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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04

gone By and let's get acquainted
through the columns of this progress
sive paper, the U Mon.
Photographer Dayton took the
picture of Halvorsen Bros.' camp,
No. 1, last Saturday. The boys had
the horses taken and two of the
largest loads of heading bolts ever
hauled to Foley.
The program in district 80 at the
Gust Carlson schoolhouse was in
every way a success with the excep-
ton of q selection sung by seven
girls. If Cora Hubbard had not
helped them out the failure would
have been worse than it was.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
SPENCER BROOK.

The dance was very we'll attended
and good time was enjoyed by all.
Miss Bengtson from Roseau county
is here on visit to her brother, John
Bengtson.
Mrs. Lois Chapman is quite sick
with throat trouble. A doctor was
called last Saturday.
VIM. Nichols is very sick With
stomach trouble. DR.. Oftedahl OF
Cambridge was called last Friday.
Wellington King has been quite
busy hauling beans to Isanti the last
week. One load brought him 1920.
S. P. Babb started on Monday for
Brookings, S. D., where he will visit
awhile and will then go to Tenstrike
for an indefinite time.
Miss Vivian Smith came over from
Cambridge to attend the dance and,
owing to the storm, was unable to re-
turn home until Monday.
E. E. Ellingwood drove to Isanti on
Monday afternoon with his daughter,
Emroy, and friend. They took the
evening train from there for Mime
apolis.
Earl Babb and George Stafford
drove to Cambridge last Saturday
and returned on Sunday. They re-
port several mishaps aud tipovers.
The roads are very bad.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
An Eye Opener.

Always have a glass medicine drop
per and bottle of rosewater in the
medicine chest and in your travelling
bag. Then when you get a foreign
body in your eye you will be spared
much pain and discomfort if the fol-
lowing very simple and harmless meth
cd is pursued: Put into the medicine
dropper six drops of the rose water.
Pull down the lower lid and float the
liquid on the surface of the injured
the eye for a few seconds use the
empty medicine dropper to suck out
the liquid. and the foreign matter will
come with it.-National Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
BLUE HILL

The party at the hall on Saturday
evening was we'll attended as usual.
Anton Olson has been taking treat
ment for stomach trouble in Prince
ton.
The year of 1912 has started we'll as
to cold-30 below zero on Tuesday
morning and we all felt it.
Our mail carrier, John Bishop,
should have lots of praise for getting
through on his route last Tuesday.
Another of those delightful snow
storms arrived on Saturday evening
and the beautiful drifted consider.
ably.
This year is leap year and all the
manageable young men will have to
be on their guard or else take to the
tall timber.
A brave young man from Princeton
manfully made his way to Blue Hill
on Sunday through snowdrifts, ETC..
Must be some attraction. .s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Berg of
Great Forks; Montana, spent Thurs
day night ofalast week visiting Mrs.
Berg's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lavelle, and returned to Montana on
Friday. They had been to Mime
apolis to attend the funeral of Mr..
Berg's father. sss
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
OPSTEAD.

About eight inches of snow fell last
Saturday night.
Our local potato buyers, Holm &
Kalberg and John Kalberg, may ship
some more potatoes in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aug. HagIund enter
tanned few of their friends at dinner
last Sunday. All who we're present
report having had a nice time.
Mrs. Ole Sagstad, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Harry ELL
gren, during the holidays, returned to
her home in Duluth on Monday even
ing's train.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Swedish Lutheran church held their
annual sale last Friday evening OF
many useful articles. A neat sum OF
money was realized.
Hans and Carl Peterson, formerly
of this place, who have been spending
the last few years in the far west, are
again at their mothers, Mrs. Anna
Peterson, in Opstead.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Skretting enter
tanned a few of their many friends and
relatives at a bountiful supper last
Saturday evening. The evening was
spent in the usual way of social inter-
course.
Oliver and Tenens johnson are
hauling logs to Zimpel's sawmill for
a man from Iowa who bought the sc
acres that Mr.: Nash used to own.
This Iowa man intends to move here
in the spring and make his future
home.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
THE EMBELLISHMENTS BATH.
Not So Worry Long Age. 1t Was an un.
known Institution.

Not So Very Long Ago. 1t Was an un.
known Institution.
We boast ourselves Clearly people
and are apt to scorn the foreigner who
does not daily perform the ritual of
the tub. Yet, the British Medical Jour-
nal points out, it is not so long ago since
we had the reputation of being an ex-
ceptionally dirty people. In the year
1SOO there was not a single private
house In London provided with bath
room.
A witness stated before the health
commission about the middle of the
last century that the only two occa-
sions on which one of the laboring
classes was washed all over was i'm
mediately after birth and after death.
Even at the present day our contem-
porary doubts if dirtier people could
be found anywhere in the world than
among our lower classes. "A French
workman would be ashamed to wear
the clothes in which the British labor
er goes to his daily work. There is
nothing that tramps who apply at
warehouses think more brutal tyran-
ny than the enforced BATH"
In the middle ages, we are reminded.
our dirt and squalor were the theme
of comment by foreign visitors. Three
centuries ago what most struck Por-
tuguese traveller in England was the
fact that the English gentry never
washed. Erasmus has left a picture
OF the dirt that prevailed in the houses
of noblemen.
1t is not difficult from this to imagine
what the state OF things must have
been among the poorer classes. At one
time both men and women who were
careful Of their compilations cleaned
their faces with a dry white linen
cloth, because it was believed that
washing the face with water made 1t
more susceptible to cold in winter and
to tan in summer. The story of Lady
Mary Wortley Montagu's hands is too
well known to be repeated. Johnson
said he had no passion for clean linen,
and even the fine gentlemen of his day
We're far from scrupulously clean in
their persons.-Westminster Gazette
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
66o Farm Preside.
GleaninRS by Our Counsry
Correspondents. go.
PEASE .


Miss Ida Santema of Hull, Iowa, il
expected home this week.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. 81. A.
Hubers, December 26, girl.
Miss Sennie Van de Riet is al
present employed at the b. A. Hubers
home.
Frank Kuperus is able to limp
around again, but still has very
sore foot.
Steven Kiel has returned home from
Raymond, where he has been work.
ing since July.
Miss Fanny Van de Riet, who was
visiting relatives and friends at Prins.
burg for few months, returned home
last week.
Miss Katie Kuperus, employed as
telephone operator at Sioux Center,
Iowa, is spending her months vaca-
tion with her folks here.
John Kuperus, the Misses Katie and
Ida Kuperus, Gerrit Ruis and Fannie
Thinner spent New Years evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Thinner.
James Drinks boarded the Tuesday
morning train for St. Paul to resume
his studies at the Manchester college
after spending the holidays at home.
We understand that G. Brink was
summoned home, so, instead of going
back to Ashland, Wis, to resume his
studies, left here last Saturday for his
home at Prinsburg.
S. Droogsma and 81. A. Hubers
drove to Green lake on Monday
evening to see Chas. Murray in con-
nection with the new road and re-
turned the next day.
Two new shareholders in the Pease
Cooperative creamery we're recently
added to the list, viz, W. M. Carpen-
ter and S. DeBoer, and we under
stand that Otto Minks is also about
to join US. The annual meeting OF
the creamery will be held the later
part of this month-the date will be
given later.
81. A. Hubers recently purchased DO
acres of land from Leroy Dayton.
This forty is not adjoining Henry s
farm. Henry was in need of a road,
so he got up petition and was
granted carJway between the old
Chas. Murray farm (now belonging
to S. DeBoer) and L. Kempton s
farm. Both these parties we're
allowed s75 damages and S. Droogs-
ma $3.50, of which Milo township
pays S110. The balance is being paid
by other parties who are benefited by
the road, while J. Nyenhuis has given
the land for the road along his farm.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
CROWN.

Ida Lemke of Minneapolis is visit
ing here.
Gertie Giese spent Sunday with her
parents here.
Emma Kriesel is visiting her folks
for a few days.
John Haas made a trip to Mime
apolis last week.
A number OF young people attended
the dance at Spencer Brook.
Rev. Polster and family were visit
ing Henry Kriesel on Friday.
Fl. Fraser of Minneapolis spent a
few days hunting in this locality.
Chas. Krouse was pleasant caller
at 81. Stoeckel's on Sunday night.
Walter Haas has returned to Min
neapolis, where he is attending bust
ness college.
Amelia and Esther Hitler, who
attend the Princeton school, spent
their vacation here.
A number of friends gathered at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. Polster, where
they spent pleasant evening. Re-
freshments we're served.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
BALDWIN,.

baldwin,.
Grandma Way has been on the sick
list.
Mrs. O. A. Dorff has been ailing
for the last week. ..-.-.
Ernest Trunk spent New Years. day
visiting friends in Princeton.
Frank Way spent the week end at
the Winkleman home in town.
We are in hopes that the new year
will not bring US any more snow. We
have enough for fine sleighing until
spring.
Misses Iva and Pearl McCracken
returned on Friday from Minneapolis.
Miss Pearl consulted an eye specialist
while there.
Miss Pauline Trunk entertained a
few of her friends on Tuesday night.
The young people spent the evening
in dancing.
Miss Daisy Looney and Jasper
Pierson spent Monday afternoon with
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Looney.
Jesse Angstman arrived on Thurs-
day from St. Paul to spend a few
days with his mother, Mrs. j. Angst
man, and family.
A large crowd of the young people
from this vicinity attended the dance
at Spencer Brook on Friday night.
Everyone reports royal time.
Henry Dorf returned to Mime
apolis on Wednesday after few days
visit with relatives and friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Olsen and sons,
Nels and Henry, were entertained at
dinner at the McCracken home on
New Years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
RATING THE GIRLS.
Terms Young Naval Officers Use In
Fixinq Feminine Beauty.

Terms Young Naval Officers Use In
Fixing Feminine Beauty.
The younger officers In the navy, and
the gallant young midshipmen especial
! ~. have a method of their own for re-
cording feminine beauty, and they use
: it on many occasions. This is a sys-
tenn Of estimating the attractiveness of
a visitor by a sliding scale from 2.5
to 4, which is the system Of marking
at the Naval academy.
One particularly attractive girl was
walking along the deck of one of Uncle
Sans big warships on day when it
was open to visitors when she over
heard two midshipmen say:
It'll give her 3.5, anyway. She
comes nearer to than anything I've
seen yet"
OF course she did not understand
!! what this conversation was about. If
she had she would have felt rightfully
fattered, as a 3.5 is an excellent mark
and one rarely given.
A 20 means passable. That is the
lowest mark that will pass at the acad-
envy. If girl is attractive and jolly,
but without any particularly striking
; beauty, she is put down as 2.5
Before girl can be spoken of as de-
serving of she must be very pretty
indeed. To merit a 3.5 her beauty must
be striking. It Is seldom any girl, no
matter how beautiful or attractive
merits 4. This is the perfect mark,
the very best that can be obtained. It
, is seldom given by midshipmen to more
than one girl in his whole career in
; the navy.-New York Herald
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
Dipiomatic.

At the time that Frederick II. used to
sup with his French philosophers he
demanded of them one day. what
would you do if you were the king of
Prussia?"
Every guest tried a flattering and
witty rejoinder. When the Marquis
d'Argens' turn came he said: 'Sire,
what would I do? would sell my
kingdom and acquire small province
in France"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
Ition with her parents At the brick

cation with her parents at the brick
yard.
Eugene Cartwright has rented the
Absalom Ellenbaum place and ex-
poets to soon move onto it.
Mrs. George Patten and son, John,
and daughter; Thora, spent Sunday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Leathers. .%.-:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
An Audravation.

II wish.' said Mr.. Growcher, that
Mr.. Jabber wouldn't use that phrase.
well, to make a long story short"
"Why?"
1T invariably serves merely to make
the story that many words longer
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
Human Faces,

Dreadful limits are set in nature to
the powers of discrimination. Truth
tyrannizes over the unwilling members
Of the body. Faces never lie, it is said.
No man need be deceived who will
study the changes of expression.-Em-
erSOn.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04
Untenable,

"By the way, why do you permit
your children to believe in fairies?''
81 can't tell them there are no fairies
and then expect them to believe in mi
crobes."-Exchange
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-01-04

In life, as in chess. forethought wins.
Charles Buxton. .tE
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-16
w. N. u, MILWAUKEE, NO. s3-ts12
FOR SAFETY TO THE DRIVER
Mirrors Installed on Streets of English
Towns Have Proved OF Material
Benefit

Mirrors at street corners to provide
for the drivers Of vehicles q view OF
the cross streets have been installed
in at least two towns in England. In
Folkestone there Is an acute angle
street crossing where one corner Is
built up close to the curb. On this
corner Il placed a 24x24 inch mirror
supported on gas pipe standards at
such an angle that drivers of vehicles
coming toward the built-up corner
from either of the two opposite streets
can see up the streets at right an
giles to their path.
The engineer in charge states that
owing to the impossibility of motor
lists seeing any on-coming traffic sew
eral accidents and narrow escapes
have occurred at that point. Since
the mirror has been fixed he has not
heard of anything approaching an &C
cident The damp, mist, rain or frost
have no Ill effect on the mirror.
which is occasionally cleaned by d
passing lamplighter when cleaning his
lamps
At Malmesburg, In Wiltshire, a mir
ror five by eight feet in size, support
ed on standards SO that It's top is Is
feet above the street, occupies an an
gular position at the apex of closed
right-angie curve. The engineer IN
charge says: THE mirror requires
scarcely any cleaning; only a wipe
over once in about three months" -
Engineering News.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-16
OXFORD SHEEP ARE PROLIFIC
Breed Originated in England from
Cross of CotswoId and Aamp-
shire Downs-Grow Rapidly.

Oxford sheep originated in England
in the early part of the 10Th century
from cross OF Cotswold and Hamp-
shire Downs. They have been known
since 1857 as Oxfordshire or Oxford
Downs, and are now widely distrib-
uted over the United States and Can
ada. They are the largest and heav-
lest of the Down breeds. When in
good flesh the rams should weigh $50
to 275 pounds, and the ewes from 200
to 225 pounds. The wool is rather
coarser than any other Of the medium
wool breeds and the fleece Is heavier.
weighing from 10 to II pounds un-
washed.
The face is usually an even dark
gray or brown, with or without a gray
spot on the tip of the nose They are
best adapted for lands furnishing good
pasture, and do not succeed as well
under range conditions, or on rugged.
broken pastures. The ewes are very
prolific, triplets being not uncommon
The lambs grow rapidly and are of
good form. The chief shortcoming
of the breed is that 1t Is not as hardy
as some others.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-16
MISSOURI SWINE HOUSE PLAN
Building With Concrete Floor Is
Shown in lIIustration-Hogs Ma
nipuIate Swinging Doors.

An excellent plan for a hog house
Is given by William Critchell in the
Missouri Valley Farmer as follows:
Illustration No. l shows the floor
plan of my hog house, "a by so feet.
In this house there are 16 stalls, by
s feet divided into a sleeping place 3
by 6 feet and feeding place by 6
feet-ons cooker room 8 by u feet,
one feed bin by II feet, and a drive
way feet wide with aiding roller
doors
No. gives an idea of the concrete
floor, "a feet wide. A is the sleeping
place, B the feeding floor with Pinch
rise next to bedding to keep out litter,
G the driveway s feet wide. A, and A
are all on the same level. The feeding,
floors Obj are inches higher than
AA, sloping to 4 inches higher than G.
All litter drops into the driveway,
where it can be taken up and hauled
out as fertilizer. No. 3 shows the
house plan, with lighting space at top
and small swinging doors at bottom
These doors are hinged at the top
SO as to swing both in and out. The
hogs soon learn to open them, and they
always stay shut. | would use 4 by
dimension lumber and make building
feet to first caves and IA feet to the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-16

HZNszP4U0Hs By DAEZKZZ.

one Of the stores to make certain
purchases for the raft
Not a word, Solomon-it had to
come. | am going to kill him. /
shall feel better then"
What il he kills your" demanded
Mahaffy harshly. The Judge shrugged
his shoulders.
That is as it may be-"
Have you forgotten your grand
SOM" Mahafy's voice was still harsh
and rasping.
i regard my meeting with Fentress
as nothing less than sacred duty
to him"
We know no more than we did
this morning" said Mahaffy. You
are mixing up all sorts of side issues
with what should be your real pur
pose"
Not at all, SoIomon-not at all!
look upon my grandson's speedy re-
cOvery as an assured fact Fentress
dare not hold him. He knows be is
run to earth at last"
Price"
NO, SoIomon-no, my friend, we
Will not speak Of it again. You will
go back to Belle Plain with Yancy and
CaVendlsh; you must represent me
there. We have as good as found
Hannibal, but we must be active in
Miss Malroys behalf. For us that has
an important bearing on the future,
and since | cannot, you must be at
Belle Plain when Darlington arrives
with his pack OF dogs. Give him the
advantage of your sound and mature
judgment. Solomon; don't let any
false modeSty keep you In the back
ground
Who's going to second you?"
snapped Mahaffy.
The judge was a picture of indif-
ference.
1T will be quite informal, the code
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-16
CHAPTER xxV.-(continued.)

You swear you'll do your part?"
he said thickly. He took his purse
from his pocket and counted opt tae
amount due Hicks. He .anSu the
total, and paused zETesc.ately.
Boat ycx- went the fire lighted"
rasksG Hicks. He was familiar with
his employers vacillating moods.
Yes" answered Ware, his lips
quiyering; and slowly, with shaking
fingers, he added to the pile of bills
In Hicks' hand
We'll. take care of yourself" said
Hicks. when the count was complete
He thrust the roll OF bills into his
pocket and moved to the door
Alone again, the planter collapsed
into bis chair, breathing heavily, but
his terrors swept over him and left
him with a savage sense of triumph
This passed: he sprang up, intending
60 recall Hicks and unmake his bar
gain What had he been thinking of
safety lay only in flight! Before he
reached the door his greed was in the
ascendant, He dropped down on the
edge of his bed, his eyes fixed on the
window The sun sank lower. From
where he sat he saw it through the
upper half of the sash, blood-red and
Iiivjd in a mist of fieecy clouds.
1t was in the tops of the old oaks
NOW. which sent their shadows into
bis room. Again maddened by his
'terrors. he started and backed toward
the door, but again his greed, the
one dominating influence of his life.
ivauquished him.
He watched the sun sink. He
watched the red splendor fade over
the river: he saw the first stars ap-
pear He told himself that Hicks
would soon be gone-if the fire was
not to be lighted he must act at
once. He stole to the window. 1t
was dusk now, yet he could distin-
guish the distant wooded boundaries
OF the great fields framed by the dark
ening sky Then in the silence be
heard the thud of hoofs.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-08-16
SYNOPSIS,

The scene at the opening of the story is
lald in the library Of an old WORKOUT
southern plantation, known as the Bar
history and that Of the owners, the
Quint8rds, Is the subject Of discussion by
Jonathan CrenshaW, business man.;
stranger known as BladeH, and Bob
Ydncy. a farmer, when Hannibal Wayne
Hazard, a mysterious child Of the old
southern family, makes his appearance.
Yancy tells how he adopted the boy. Ma
shaniel Ferris buys the Barony, but the
luintards deny any knowledge OF the
boy Yancy 10 keep Hannibal. Captain
Mnrren. q friend of the Quintards, APP
PEERS and asks questions about the Bar
ony. Trouble at Scratch Hill. when Han
nibal ia kidnapped by Dave Blount, Cap
taln Murrell's agent Yancy overtakes
Blount. gives him thrashing and secures
the Toy. YAncy appears before Squire
ISsalaanp, and IS discharged with costs for
the plaintiff. Betty MaIroy, friend of
the IfcrFises, has encounter with Cap
tain Murrell. who forces his attentions on
her, and Is rescued by Bruce Darlington.
Betty sets out for her Tennessee home.
Darlington takes the same stage. Yancy
and Hannibal disappear, with Murrell on
their trail Hannibal arrives at the home
Of fudge Slocum Price. The Judge recog-
Hizes IN the boy, the grandson OF an old
time friend. Murrell arrives at Judges
home Cayendish family on raft rescue
Yancy. who is apparently dead. Price
breaks jail; Betty and Darlington arrive
some startling things to the Judge. Han
nibal and Betty meet again Murrell ar
TiYeS I'm Belle Plain Is playing for big
stakes. Yancy awakes from long dream
less sleep on board the raft. Judge Price
makes startling discoveries in looking up
land titles. Charley Norton. young
planter. who assists the Judge. Is mys-
tcriously assaulted. Norton informs Car
fington that Betty has promised to marry
him. Norton is mysteriously shot. More
light on MurelPs plot He plans upris-
ing OF negroes. Judge Price. with Hanni-
bal. visits Betty. and she keeps the boy
us companion In stroll Betty takes
with Hannibal they meet Bess Hicks,
daughter Of the Oyerseer, who warns
Betty Of danger and counsels her to
leave Belle Plain at once. Betty, terri
fed acts on Bess advice. and on their
way their carriage is stopped by Slosson.
Getty and Hannibal are made prisoners.
The pair are taken to Hicks cabin. in
almost Inaccessible spot, and there Muir
rel visits Betty and reveals his part in
tho plot and his object. Betty spurns
his proffered love and the interview Is
ended by the arrival of Ware, terrified
at possible outcome of the crime. Judge
Price, hearing of the abduction, plans &C
don. The Judge takes charge of the
situation and search for the missing
IS instituted. Darlington visits the judge
and allies are discovered. Judge Price
visits Colonel Fentress. where he meets
Rancy and Cavendish. Becoming enraged,
Price dashes a glass of whisky into the
colonel's face and duel Is arranged. Muir
FeIl Is arrested for negro stealing and his
bubble bursts