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The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
Coral That RhaekE

On the coast Of the West Indian
islands a curious kind Of coral Is
found, called ''mflepOcs-" This has a
most extraordinary property which
makes the people who know It very
shy Of handling it. The moment yOu
pick up a piece q sort Of electric thrill
runs through you and an agOnizinZ
pain shoots through your jaws. You
feel as II every tooth and svery nerve
and muscle connected with them WA
burning. The acute pain lasts geDer-
ally for about half an hour and slowly
passes OF. but the effects do not dls-
appear entirely for hours. The reason
Of this curious shock or poisoning Is =
mystery.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
MaIzeca Sticks,

The most costly walking sticks csne
from the Malay archipelago, and the
most highly priced stick Is the maIacca
cane. To insure straightness these
sticks are reared in glass tubes. A
good malacCa should be a yard long.
the upper end. perfectly straight and
smooth and Of very dark chocolate
color, slightly mottled. 1t should be
used delicately, for the lacquer which
gives 1t it's beautiful gloss Is easily
chipped.-LondOn Graphic.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
Of eFsY~0sr------------

OF MS 0EstGE~S ~-~-T~E~
Lightkeepefs are appointed for hfa.
They enter the service between ths
ages OF nineteen and twenty-e4ght, and
their salaries are regulated according
to length Of service and not according
to station. Lightkeepers as we'll IS
the other employees OF the lighthouse
service are pensioned when too old TO
perform duty. There is q regular
lightship service. also for life, and the
officers are selected from the men.
The men enter between the ages Of
nineteen and twenty-eight. but must
have been at sea They are then eligt
bic to work up to lamplighter. mate
and master. These men are peAsioned
when too old to serve.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
Corrected.

1t is the custom Of a well known
minister TO point his sermons with
either dearly beloved brethren" or
now, my brothers" One day a lady
member Of his congregation took ex-
ception 20 this.
why do you always preach TO the
gentlemen and never to the ladies r
she asked.
my dear lady" said the beaming
vicar, zone embraces the other"
'But not In the church, was the In
stAnt reply.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
Taken Literally,

The tramp approached the pompous
gentleman and asked for a copper.
go to the ant, thou sluggard." quot
ed the gent.
"Tain't no use. mister" answered
the weary one "Me aunt's list as
light fsted as me uncle and me other
rels tiveS. Exchange.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
Not Csnuereua.

Madam. / thought would ten you
1 met your husband awhile ago. as
heard he had started from home 20
Kill man he QuarreIed with"
''Oh. sir. tell ms-was my poor WI
liam sh0t?'
"No, madam. Your poor william
was only half Baltimore Amer
lean
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
The Bow Told Him.

Father tafter a long searchl-WeIl,
here it is. wonder why one always
finds thing In the last place one
hunts for it? Bright Boy--I s'pose it's
cause after people find it they leave OF
looking
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
EnA ThA,L Can

Mrs. Muggins-When a girl is mar
rtej she l. apt to think her troubles
are over. Mrs. Buggins-Yes: she does
not seem TO realize that things can 60
amiss with a Mrs.-Philadelphia Rae
ard
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
So Foolish.

'sbe is neglecting her game Of bridge
drsadfully."
why Is she doing that7'
"Some silly excuse. Says the chill
dren need her. / believe Pittsburg
Post
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
The Cruel RaAsan.

Mrs. Gossip-How does 1t come that
Mrs. Eewrich invited you to her party 7
l thought you were enemies. Mrs.
sharp-We are. but she thought had
nothing st to wear and wanted to
make ne feel bad.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
Tha katat Cnnk

Wifey-This pudding Is a sample Of
think OF It? Hub-Fd call it mediocre.
Wifey-No. dear; it's tapioca.-BOsten
Transcript.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
Dtsuulsad.

CustOmeT-I'm going to q m9Aksd
bail. and / want s0methias that viii
somplstsly disguiss me.
CostHmsF-Certaizly, sir. I VIII sire
xoa so@sGAins HAes.-Psla Maa
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
An Ancisnt Custom,

Il wonder If men have always com
planned about the food their wives pre-
pared for them" said one woman.
81 guess So" replied the other.
adam started it."-Washlngton Star
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
Deoressinu Sjahts.

II there is anything more depressing
than rain falling on an overturns4
tombstone or the sight Of q dining
room table covered with dirty dlshes,
what Is it7-Atchison Globe.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
ha knA4.

Teacher-Now, Willie, tell Us one Of
the principal events in Roman history
Antony went to Egypt cos he had
data with Cleopatra-Harper's BsEsE.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
She Still Lectures,

Ar. Ttle-Ycur wife used to lecture
before she was married. Has she given
it up now? Mr. Milds-wall-er-yes
that is, in public
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20

II you would hit tie target ain : at
tse skOve IL Every srrsw tAzs -
AsAh - ssszAzeSm sG sA<ehs -ksmgAA
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The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
Tommy's Reason,

Tommy" the schoolma'gm aBksd,
Why are you scratching your headY'
Cause nobody else knows Just whs<a
it itches."
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20
ReIisf.

my patience Is taxed very sGhs&-"
We'll, noE3es yea st relief h the
usual way"
What's thAtF'
Swearing Il s4"-BAsEA@sss AAsz.
can.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20

Ts bear is b eOaausx Oux fxsa.-
n@p1az
The Washington bee., 1911-05-20

James Il. Dabney
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
Hiring Livery and Sale Stable.
Carriages hired funerals, parties, balls, receptions
Horses and carriages kept in 6rstcass style Satisfaction
guaranteed 1872 Third northwest Main
efice branch at More street, Alexandria, Va
Telephone for Office, Main I727.
Telephone call Stable, Main 1925. . ,
OUR STABLES IN FREEMANS ALLEY
Where accommodate 50 Horses.
Call and inspect ourn new and modern stable.
J. H. DABNEY Prop, 1892 Third Street n w
Phone, Main 3zoo Carriages for Hire
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-10-05
Ancient Greeks Had Trades.

In the days OF their greatest pros
perity the Greeks probably excened all
other nations in the variety and excel
lence of their manufactures. Their
sons were often the great scientists OF
their age, for Thales Of Miletus, one
Of the 'seven wise men OF antiquity"
was an oil merchant; Socrates was a
stone mason, who. like Hugh Miller,
left the quarry and bench to become
the teacher of mobiles; Aristotle COM
pounded drugs while trying to solve
his ''problems." apparently proposed
by other tradesmen, artists, musicians,
architects and engineers; Plato and
Scion had callings as we'll as studies
and political activities. So, too. all
were soldiers, and few men in Athens
failed to take their places in the pha-
lanx or galley when Athens called on
her sons to batte.-Charles Winslow
Hall in National Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-10-05
Notice of Execution Sale.

Under and by virtue of an execu-
tl0n to me directed and delivered, is
sued out OF and under the seal of the
district court of the state of Minneso-
ia in and for the Twelfth Judicial
District and county of Lac qui Parle,
upon judgment rendered and
oocketed in said court on the 21st day
OF ecember, 1906, in an action where
IN iheo: Hamm Brewing Company is
plaintiff and Henry o. Uglem and
theodore 1. Erickson are defendants,
ana docketed in the county of Mile
Laos, Minnesota, on the 9th day of
September, 1909, in favor of said
plaintiff and against said defendants,
TOT the sum of two hundred and
thirty EIGHT dollars, with two dollars
additional costs, I have levied upon
al! the right, title and interest of the
Judgment debtor, Henry O. Uglem, in
and to the following described real
property, to-wit: All that part of the
east half of the northeast Quarter of
section seven (7, in township thirtv-
six 1857 north, of range twenty-six
(26) west of the Fourth PRINCIPAL
Meridian, which lies east of the right
of way of the Great Northern Railway
Company, containing six and eleven
twelfths acres more or less, and being
in said Mile Laos county, and held
by the said Henry O. Uglem under the
name of Henry Uglem or otherwise.
| Therefore, notice is hereby given
that |, as sheriff of said Mile Laos
county, will sell the above described
real property to the highest bidder
Tor cash, at public auction, at the
front door of the court house in the
village of Princeton, in said Mile
Laos county, on the 18th day of
October, 1911, at II 'clock a. M. to
satisfy said execution, together with
interest, expenses and costs.
| Dated. September 18th, 1911.
| HARRY SHOCKLEY,
| 5o-6t Sheriff.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-10-05
Counterfeit Detectors.

Few men carry a bigger roll than
the professional detector of counter
feits," said receiving teller of one
of the big banks recently. Each Of
these counterfeit detectors has a spe-
cial license from the treasury depart
ment at Washington which permits
him to carry about $50 samples Of
counterfeit money. 1t is a felony to
have counterfeit money in your pos
session without proper authority For
each bogus bill the counterfeit de-
tector carries genuine note of the
same kind and denomination for the
purposes Of comparison. The total
value Of this good money that is car
ried side by side with the bad is be.
tween $4,000 and $4,000. The bills
run from dollar up to $1,000 in de-
denomination. New York Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-10-05
PRESSURE OF WATER.
Its Effect Upon a Corked Bottle Low
cred Into Ocean Depths.

cred Into Ocean Depths.
A bottle partly filled with fresh water
and tightly corked can be lowered into
ocean depths, and on being raised to
the surface it will be discovered on
opening it that the fresh water has
been replaced by salt.
This really extraordinary phenome-
non is explained in the following way:
The pressure of water increases as
the distance from the surface in
creases. Thus at the distance Of a foot
beneath the surface the pressure of the
water square inch will be about half
a pound; at a distance of, say, 200
feet it will be 125 pounds to the
square inch. At ocean level the pres
sure of the atmosphere is a little over
fourteen pounds. Thus if a bottle con-
tanning air We're lowered thirty feet be-
meath the surface the pressure of wa
ter would more than counterbalance
the pressure of the air. Ordinarily at
this depth, therefore, the pressure of
water should be sufficient to drive the
cork within the bottle, but the cork
is tightly wedged in position. TO
squeeze it within the bottle it, too,
must first be compressed, and also
there is friction to be overcome
The distance varying. then. accord
ing to these conditions, at some point
beneath the surface the weight of wa
ter will force the cork into the bottle,
COMPRISING the air before it. The
salt water Of the ocean mingles with
the fresh water within the bottle. As
the bottle again approaches he surface
the air that remains within is SUBJ
jected to less and less pressure till
finally, now having itself a pressure
greater than that of the water, it
drives the cork back into position.-St
Louis Republic
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-10-05
First Pub. Sept. 2S)
Citation for Hearing on Final Account
and for Distribution.

ESTATE OF OLIVE R. BARKER.
State OF Minnesota, County Of Mile Lacs
In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate of Olive R.
Barker, decedent.
The state of Minnesota to the next of kin
and all persons interested in the final account
and distribution of the estate CT said decedent
The representative of the above named de-
cedent having filed in this court his final &C
count of the administration of the estate of
said decedent, together with his petition pray
ing for the adjustment and allowance Of said
final account and for distribution of the resi-
due OF said estate to the persons thereunto
entitled;
Therefore you. and each OF you, are hereby
cited and required to show cause, If any you
have. before this court at the probate court
rooms 1 in the court house IN the village Of
OF Minnesota, on the 23rd day Of October.
1911, at 10 o'clock a. M, why said petition
should not be granted
Witness, the judge of said court. and the
seal OF said court, this 18th day of September,
1911. WIN. " SANFORD
lSeall Probate Judge.
CHARLES A. DICKEY,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Princeton, MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-10-05
THE DEATH DICE.
History Of an Odd Gift Of the Emperor
Of Germany.

There is shown in the Hohenzollern
museum a gift Of the emperor Of Ger
many. the death dice" with which
one Of his ancestors decided difficult
case in the seventeenth century. Their
history is an interesting one.
A young girl had been murdered.
Suspicion fell upon two soldiers. Ralph
and Alfred. who were suitors for her
hand. Both the accused men denied
their guilt, and even torture failed to
extract a confession from either of
them. Then Elector Frederick William
decided to cut the knot by means OF
the dice box. The two soldiers should
throw for their lives and the loser
should be executed as the murderer
The event was celebrated with great
pomp and solemnity.
Ralph had the first chance and
threw SKIES. the highest possible mum.
Der. The dice box was then given to
Alfred. he fell on his knees and
prayed aloud: Almighty God, thou
knowest am innocent Protect me, ]
beseech thee!"
Then he arose to his feet and threw
the dice with such force that one OF
them broke The whole one showed
six, the broken one also gave six on
the larger portion, and the fragment
split off showed one. This was a
total Of thirteen. one beyond Ralph's
throw. The audience held it's breath
in amazement
God has spoken cried the prince.
Ralph, appalled, by what he regarded
as a sign from heaven, confessed his
guilt and was sentenced to death.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-10-05
0BLIGING CRABS.
Present Their Claws to Fishers Who
Z y Shake Hands With Them,

Visitors in Seville see women carry
ing baskets full of crabs claws. The
claws are cooked, and people nibble
at them more for fun than sustenance,
just as Russians nibble sunfower
seeds. What becomes Of the rest Of
this crustacean, especially if he is a
crawfsh, of his tail?
AS a matter Of fact the crawfish has
no part in the business. The claws
are taken from a salt water crab
which lives along the shores Of Mo-
rocco, Spain and Portugal. Each little
crab, with it's one little mate, has a
cave for home, and, adopting the
eastern estimate of the other sex, he
usually keeps his wife shut inside the
cave, meanwhile staying about the
threshold himself and making a brave
show with his big claws.
When the tide runs out the crab
fishers prowl along the beach looking
for crab holes. Either the crab is
stalking up and down seeking what
he may devour and thus showing
whether he has fine claws or he is
still at home, and the size Of his door
way indicates the size Of the house
holder. In one case the fisherman cuts
off his retreat by blocking his front
door with mud; in the other case he
digs him out. Anyway, he deprives
him of his pincers and sets him at
liberty to grow some more.
Right here appears the quaintest fea.
ture of the whole affair, for the pin
GERS are not torn away from the crab
at all. Instead he presents them tc
the fisherman, perhaps even with his
compliments. 1t is a fact easily de-
monstrable that the crab can detach
his claw by muscular effort, thus max.
ing no. hemorrhage, but leaving the
stump in such condition that a new
| claw is soon grown. The fishermen
simply take the crab by the hand
whereupon it lets go, leaves the claw
with them and romps off home with
out it.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-10-05
AN ALBATROSS IN FLIGHT.
The Camera Caught a Motion the Eye
Could Not Discern

The Camera Caught Motion the Eye
Could Not Discern.
An interesting application of photog-
raphy to settle a disputed point in
natural history was made by a natu-
ralist on voyage from British Column
bia to San Francisco.
A large albatross had been follow
ing the steamer and keeping pace with
if for several hours, and the wonder
grew among the watchers on board
the ship as to how the bird was able
to fly so swiftly while apparently
keeping it's wings extended without
tapping them. AS this is a common
method of fight with the albatross, the
explanation used to be offered that the
bird took advantage Of slight winds
and air currents and was so able to
glide upon what might be called at.
mospheric slopes.
AS the albatross sailed alongside the
ship, about fifteen feet away, the nat
uralist snapped his camera at it and
obtained photograph that astonished
him and his fellow passengers.
The photograph revealed, what no
eye had caught the wings Of the alba
tross. each some five feet long, raised
high above its back, in the act of max
ing a downward stroke. The explana-
ton naturally suggested was that
more or less frequently the bird must
have made a stroke of this kind with
its wings, although the eye could not
detect the motion, and that the camera
CHANGED to be snapped at just the right
moment-Boston Globe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-10-05
Liberty and independence.

'@S' y 0''o 6510SPS110S11SSs
When the presidential struggle be-
tween Clay and Jackson was at it's
height it is related that a band OF
emigrants from Kentucky and the then
other western states commenced to
settle on the north side of the Missouri
river and called their county Clay and
the county seat Liberty
At the same time another lot Of emf
grants from Virginia and other south
ern states pitched their tents on the
south side Of the Big Muddy and called
their county Jackson and the capital
Independence. And so it remains to
this day. Clay stood for liberty and
Jackson for independence.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-10-05
Big Noses In japan.

The nose plays very important
part in Japan, owing, probably, that a
difference in noses constitutes about
the only distinction between one JAP
anese and another. The nose is the
only feature which attracts attention.
AS there are very few large noses to
be found in Japan, lady with a large
nose is regarded as one specially gift
ed by nature She is invariably a
reigning beauty and the envy Of her
less favored sisters. In all Japanese
pictures in which ladies are portrayed
the artists are particularly careful to
make the nose Of liberal dimensions
London Telegraph.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-10-05
(First Pub. Sept. 21)
Summons.

STATE OF MINNESOTA
County of Mile Laos. SIS.
District Court, Seventh Judicial District.
Charles Keith, Plaintiff,
George Mead, Andrew Anderson,
Anna Murray Jones, William Loeb
ren, Isabella Diggins, Isaac N. Tomp-
klns, Henry Webster, Alfred Prouty,
Alfred L. Prouty, Zoe Prouty, George
W. Perry, Charles M. Cannon, Samuel
81. Hail. Harrison Pratt, Frank A.
Newman, Philip E. Kuhn, Olaf John
son, E: Mark Live Stock Company
Catharlne A. Gallagher. Ruth A. Da-
Wis. also all other persons or parties
unknown claiming any right, title, es-
tate. lien or interest in the real estate
descrlbed in the complaint herein,
Defendants.
The State Of Minnesota, to the above named
defendants.
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint Of the plaintiff in the
above entitled action, which complaint has
been filed in the Office OF the clerk OF said dis
trlct court at the village of Princeton, county
OF Mile Laos and state of Minnesota and to
on the subscriber at his Office in the village of
Princeton in the county of Mile Laos within
twenty C2O) days after service of this summons
upon you exclusive of the day of such service
and if you fail to answer the said complaint
within the time aforesaid the plaintiff in this
action will apply to the court for the relief
demanded in said complaint together with
plaintiffs costs and disbursements herein.
CHARLES KEITH
PLAINTIFFS Attorney per sc,
Princeton Mimi
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-10-05
THE PRINCETON UNION: THURSDAY, OCTOBER I. 1e11.
MYSTERY CHAMBERS.
Famous Locked Rooms In Some Of tho |
Old British Castles. -.

Perhaps the most famous locked
room in the world is at CLAIMS castle,
the old home of the earls of Strath-
more. In this rambling pile there is
supposed to be secret chamber, &C.
cess to which is known only to the
Earl of Strathmore, the heir apparent
and the factor. The mysterious cham.
Der is supposed to have been, centuries
ago, the repository of a grim family
scandal, the nature of which could
only whispered even in those wild
days.
There is in Poulton Old Hall a mys-
FERROUS locked room which has never
been opened except by a representa-
tive Of the Green family. The hall and
its lands have sometimes been let, but
the Green family have always retain
ed possession of this mysterious room,
which is supposed to contain several
relics and other family treasures. It is
said that the last tenant, a prominent
Mersey shipowner, would have given
them an increased rent for it if he
could have had access to it or could
have cleared away the mysterious con.
tents. but the owners refused to give
up possession, and so the tenant left
There is very similar tradition at
Neither Hall, the Cumberland seat of
the Senhouse family. Here, as at
CLAIMS castle, the position of the Sc
cret chamber is known only to the
heir-at-law and the family solicitor
The room, it is understood, has no
window and up till now has not been
located by any one not in possession of
the key to the mystery.
A tragic interest attaches to the
ruins Of Minister Lovel house, in OK
fordshire. While it was tenanted by
a farmer a concealed vault was dis
covered, and in it was the perfect
skeleton Of Lord Lovel, seated at a
table on which was lying an open
prayer book. There were some jars
and barrels which had contained food,
sufficient, no doubt, to last some
weeks; but, the mansion having fallen
into the hands of King Henry VII,
the prisoner was unable to regain his
liberty. The discovery cleared up a
mystery which had surrounded his
fate for nearly two centuries.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-10-05
JUST TO MAKE SURE.
The Scheme Looked Good, but the Old
Man Lacked Confidence.

he Scheme Looked Good, but the Old
Man Lacked Confidence.
Living on a plantation fifty or sixty
miles out Of New Orleans is an old
poker playing, chicken fighting, horse
racing sportsman, who is always will
ing to gamble on anything and who
isn't averse to gamble even when he
has a shade the better of it. Not long
ago a professional gambler came to
him and said, esquire, you know that
Phillips man who used to play cards
on the river?'
II do"
"Well, he's showed up here with a
lot of money. Now, I've got a scheme
to get that money"
go on; you interest me-
"Well, I'll get him down here, and
We'll pot him into a game of poker
just the two Of us and him. Then I'll
cold deck him, you'll get the money,
and we'n divide'
''How do you propose to do that,
SOM"
''Why, I'll deal him four queens, and
I'll deal you four kings, and he'll bet
all the money he has. All you've got
to do is to bet against him, show your
four kings when he's through, and
We'll split the pile"
''You mean you'll deal him four
queens and deal me four kings out Of
cold deck?"
'That's it,"
"All right, son, all right. But when
you are dealin' them four kings to me
just deal me one ace also for sort of
confidence card" - Saturday Evening
Post.