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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
First Pnb. June st
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the
BOARD of county commissioners of
Mile Laos county, state of Mime
sofa, will receive bids for road work
to be done on State Road No. 3 in
the town of Kathio, said county.
this summer. Said road work con-
slsts OF ditching, grading, turnpik-
ing and installing of culverts and
must be done according to the speci-
hcatlons and requirements of the
state highway commission. The
plans, protiles and specifications for
said work are now on file in the
office Of E. E. Dinwiddie, town clerk
OF said town of Kathio, at Vineland,
MIMI, and can be examined there
by any prospective bidder. All bids
shall be sealed and filed with the
auditor Of said county on or before
the 9Th day Of July, 1912, on which
day said board Of county commits
sioners will meet in regular session
and consider said bids. The success
ful bidder will be required to fur
nish bond for the faithful perform
ance of the contract, with sureties
to be approved by said board, and
the amount of said bond to be fixed
by said board at the said meeting.
BY order Of the board of county
commissioners, Mile Laos County.
Mimi. ". G.. DOANE,
County Auditor
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
EXCESS LOANS IN 989 BANKS.
Comptroller Issues Peremptory Order
Against tho Practice.

Comptroller Issues Peremptory Order
Against tho Practice.
After number Of warnings against
1nfractions OF the national banking
laws prohibiting excessive loans Comp
troller of the Currency Murray has 1s-
sued peremptory order that on or aft
er Sept. l. 1912. no national bank shall
have excess loans-that is, individual
loans Of more than the legal proper
ton Of capital and surplus.
The returns from the last call for
statements of the national banks.
showing condition as of April Is, re-
vealed that $50 banks in various narts
OF the country had excess loans. The
comptroller in statement points out
that he has frequently called attention
to this abuse. and, finding this inef-
fectfve, he has ordered that losses re-
sultlng from excess loans shall fall on
the directors authorizing them and not
on stockholders of the bank.
The peremptory order is given two
months and a half in advance of the
date it becomes effective to allow suf-
ficient time to adjust the excess loans
without loss. The comptroller takes
the ground that since the excess loans
law has been pretty generally violat.
ed for fifty years it is only fair to give
the delinquent banks time to adiust
them. -,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
First Pub. June 27-3t
Letting of Bridge Contracts.

Sealed bids will be received at the
office of the county auditor of the
county of Mile Laos, at the court
house in the village of Princeton,
MINI, until one O'Clock p. NJ, July
18th, 1912, for building four state
bridges in said county of Mile Laos,
state Of Minnesota, more fully To-
Gated and described as follows:
One state bridge across Prairie
brook on state road No. 10, on sec
ton line between sections % and
"A, town Of Greenbush. The SUPER
structure will be % tt. span; Is #.
roadway; concrete floor: on concrete
foundations. Distance from top of
floor to bottom of foundations about
II it.
One state bridge across Estes brook
on state road No. 20. on section line
between sections IS. and 36, town of
Milo. The superstructure will be
~ tt. span: Is #. roadway: concrete
floor: on concrete foundations. Dis
lance from top of floor to bottom of
foundations about IA it.
One state bridge across the West
Branch of Rum river on state road
No. %, on section line between Sec
tions % and 30, town of Princeton.
The superstructure will be a l2O #,
span; Is it. roadway: wooden floor
ing.
One state bridge across Rum river
on state road No. p, on section line
between sections Is and %. town of
Page: The superstructure will be a
100 tt. span with two 30 #. ap-
proaches; Is TT. roadway.
The complete plans and specifica-
tions for each of said bridges may be
seen at the above named office on or
after the 5th day of July, 1912, or at
the office of the State Highway Com
mission at St. Paul at any time after
the first publication of this notice.
Each bridge must be bid on sep
arately but any prospective bidder
can bid on one or more of said
bridges
Each proposal must be accompanied
by cash or certified check for not
less than per cent of the amount of
the bid, payable to the county treas
urer of said Mile Laos county. All
bids must be upon the blank forms
furnished by the undersigned.
The board reserves the right to &C
cept or reject any proposal.
W. @. DOANE,
County Auditor, Mile Laos County,
Minnesota.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
NEW YORK MAN PLANS
ELECTRIC CHICKEN FARM.
Or. r. c. Lienau to Fatten Poultry Aft
Or Method Discovered In England.

DR.. Rudolph G. Lienau, a New York
dentist, is having installed on farm
belonging to him at Great River, N.
T., the apparatus necessary to raise
chickens by electricity. DR.. Lienau
expects that his chickens will equal
ordinary chickens in weight in half
the time or. in a similar period, will
exceed the common barnyard fowl in
weight by some 80 per cent.
The dentist says that his ideas are
similar to those of DR.. Thorne Baker
of London, who finds that by prac-
tically continuous doses of high fire.
quency electricity be can shock his
chickens into rapid growth. DR.. Lie
nau tells of a comparison which DR..
Baker made. @
1.-The conditions surrounding the two
were IDENTICAL" said he. '"They had
the same food and the same runs.
Some 5000 volts of electricity were
used in alternating current, which was
so directed that it swept the basking
runs of the treated birds. The cost Of
the treatment was found to average 4
cents bird from the time it started to
killing time"
The dentist presented the figures of
DR.. Bakers test showing that four
chickens which had been treated with
electricity to the broiling stage weigh
ed 4 pounds 1913 ounces, while four
not spurred to more rapid growth by
the current weighed only 3 pounds s58
ounces.
DR.. Lienau says he has devised some
improvements in the manner of con-
veying the shocks to the chickens, but
otherwise his farm will be modelled ON
that of DR.. Bakers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
SHAKESPEARE.



He Evidently Was Not a Player Of Any
Great Power.
It was probably in 1893 that Shake
speare first appeared as Adam and as
the elder Knowell. and it was probably
in 1902 that he first personated the
ghost. being then thirty-eight years
old. says Brander Matthews in the
North American Review. He was to
remain on the stage ten or twelve
years longer, but there is no reason TO
suppose that the parts be played in
later life were any more important
We do not know what characters he
undertook in the plays which he wrote
after Hamlet" nor do we know what
parts he assumed in the many pieces
by other authors which made up the
repertory of the company. That be
continued to act we need not doubt
For instance, he was one of the per-
formers in Ben Jonson's "Sejanus.''
probably produced in 1902 or 1903.
But the absence of specific informal
ton on this point is evidence that be
did not impress himself upon his con-
temporaries as an actor of power. As
Lewes declared, 1.-The mere fact that
we hear nothing Of his qualities as an
actor implies that there was nothing
above the line, nothing memorable to
be spoken Of" The parts which we be-
Heve him to have played did not de
mand or admit various excellencies"
Shakespeare may have had lofty his.
trionic ambitions. but probably he was
not allowed to crafty his longings, and
certainly we have no tradition or hint
that he ever failed in what he at
tempted in the theater. Perhaps we
are justified in believing that he had
gone on the stage merely as the easiest
means Of Immediately earning his Hv-
ing. that he did not greatly care for
acting and that be was satisfied to as
sumo the responsible but subordinate
parts for which he was best fitted,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
Umbrellas and Parasols,

Fashions change in umbrellas as well
as in clothes. We find on visiting the
London museum that George Nv. used
to carry a green silk umbrella fringed
with gold and about twice as large as
the umbrella Of today. Parasols. too,
have diminished in size since they first
came into use. Henri Estienne. writ.
ing in 1878, speaks Of a parasol as ca
pable generally Of sheltering four per-
sons from the sun. And when they
diminished in circumference the ma
terial remained of the heaviest. Red
velvet parasols. with heavy gold
fringes, were carried by ladies of FASH
ion in the days of Louis XIV. At that
time it was possible. when crossing a
bridge in Paris. to hire parasol at
one end and deposit it at the other. the
charge for the accommodation being
a sou.-London Chronicle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
CEMETERY OF SUICIDES.
The oreary Plot In Which Monte Carlo
Buries Its Victims.

Buries Its Victims.
Matilda Betham-Edwards in her book
I'm the Heart of the Vosges" advises
all visitors to Monte Carlo to go to the
suicides cemetery before those other
places for which Monte Carlo is IA
nous She describes the small inclo-
sure, walled in and having a gate of
open ironwork, always locked.
"Here, in close proximity to garden
rubbish" she says. "broken bottles
and other refuse rest the suicides Of
Monte Carlo, buried by the parish
gravedigger, without funeral and with
out any kind Of religious ceremony.
Each grave is marked by an up
right bit of wood. somewhat larger
than that by which gardeners mark
their seeds, and on which is painted a
number. nothing more Apart from
these are stakes driven into the ground
Which mark as yet unappropriated
spots. The indescribable dreariness OF
the scene is heightened by two monu-
mental stones garlanded with wreaths
and surrounded by flowers. The first
records the memory Of a young arti-
san and was raised by his fellow
workmen; the second commentaries
brotherly and sisterly affection. Both
suicides were driven to self murder by
play.
The remainder are mere numbers.
There are poor gamesters as we'll as
rich. and it is only or chiefly the poor
ones who are put into the ground here.
The bodies Of rich folks relatives, if
Identified. are Immediately removed.
Many suicides are buried at Nice and
Mentone. but the larger proportion fur
ther off STILL"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
(First Pub June N.)
Notice Of Application for LIQUOR
STATE OF MINNESOTA. !
County of Mile Laos, So.
Village of Princeton.

- - = - - " HlNSE1oO1A. B
County of Mile Laos, SIS.
Village of Princeton,
Notice is hereby given, that appli-
cation has been made in writing to
the common council of said village of
Princeton and filed in my Office.
praying for transfer of Andrew Sjo-
.Dlom's license to sell intoxicating
liquors for the term commencing on
July 10, 1912, and terminating on
February %, 1913, by the following
person, and at the following place,
as stated in said application, re-
spectively, to-wit:
+. Sjoberg; on ground floor of that
two story brick building situated on
lot 5, block 6, of original townsite of
Princeton
Said application will be heard and
determined by said common council
OF the village of Princeton, at the
recorders office in the village hall,
on said application of F. Sjoberg in
Mile Laos county and state of Min
nesota, on the 9th day of July, 1912,
at s O'Clock p. M, of that day.
Witness my hand and seal of village
of Princeton this oath day of June,
1912.
G.. UMBEHOCEKR,
(Ohicial SeaD Village Recorder.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
The ORDINARY MAN,
Some Of the Snaes He Struck In His
Journey Through Life.

Some of the Snaes He Struck In His
Journey Through Life.
The ordinary man walked into for
lists shop and. pointing to a beautiful
Towering plant, asked it's price.
THAT Duodecimum foriatum?" ask
ed the florist as nearly as the ordinary
man understood him. 1T is worth
dollar
He dropped in at his physicians Of
flee and requested that gentleman to
tell what was the matter with him.
''Oh. you've just got a slight mani
festation Of Nasopharyngeal comblom-
merus," the doctor said, or words to
that apparent effect.
The ordinary man stopped to look at
an automobile. and the agent said:
You see. the differential is set at
tangent to the assimilator, and that
brings the obloid paralleling chute in
diametric connection with the swivel
ing trunnion," as nearly as the ordi-
nary man caught the remark
The ordinary man consulted his law
yer.
I'VE will appeal to have the decision
reversed" declared the attorney. ION
the grounds of lex judicatum non con-
tendre posse comitatus'' At least that
is what the ordinary man gathered.
So be became so bewildered over the
way things are told to ordinary people
that be was careless when be crossed
the street and was rim 6Oun nv an an
tomobile being demonstrated by the
agent and was picked up and carried
into the doctors Office and called the
lawyer to make his will, and later the
florist got an order.
And. to pursue him still further, they
carved on his monument. "Requiescat
In Pace Chicago Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
FOR A BUFFALO RANGE.
New York Zoo Offers Ten to Govern.
ment as a Nucleus.

|
ment as Nucleus.
The New York Geological society has
offered the American Bison society a
herd Of ten buffaloes, consisting of
males and females of various ages. for
the nucleus herd with which to stock
the new Wind Cave national bison
range when it is established by con-
gress. A bill is now pending in both
houses Of congress to authorize the es-
tablishment of this Wind Cave ma
tional park, near the Black Hills dis
trlct. South Dakota, as a national
game preserve and especially for the
purpose Of preserving the American
bison. the elk. the Rocky mountain
sheep and other large quadrupeds in
digenous to the United States.
The measure has been favorabl re-
ported up by Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson and Secretary Fisher of
the interior department. 1t provides
for the esta blishment of the preserve
to include the Wind Cave national
park. comprising some 10000 acres, al
ready the property of the government,
and about 5000 adjacent acres. most
Of which is also government land.
The adjacent lands. the 5000 acres
outside of the present park, contain
several good streams of water and fine
pasturage area.
The bill provides for an appropria-
ton to cover the cost of such addi-
tional lands as may be purchased and
the cost of fencing the same. a total of
only $4,000. The American Bison So
ciety has agreed to stock the game
preserve with herd of buffalo. Own
ers of other varieties of animals have
also offered to help the enterprise
along. DR.. W. T. Hornaday Of the
New York Geological society assured
the Bison society that the herd he Of
fered is of the purest blood.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
AN UnPUEli !, VEL.
6Srnaby's Handwriting Was So Bad L
Could Not Be Read.

exrnaby's Handwriting Was So Bad Il
Could Not Be Read.
1t was stated at the time Of Colonel
Burnaby's death that he had left be-
hind him the manuscript of a novel for
which there was considerable competi-
ton among the publishers.
This Is quite true The manuscript,
a bulky parcel, was handed to me
with discretionary power either to pub
lish it myself or to use it in connection
with the proposed biography.
Here singular and, as it finally
proved. fatal obstacle presented it.
self Familiar for many years with
Burnaby's handwriting, I could not
after diligent endeavor make out more
than sentence here and there on the
crowded page of manuscript.
Burnaby's writing was, possibly with
the exception Of Dean Stanley's, the
worst ever saw. It looked as If be-
fore sitting down to write a letter he
had pulled a twig out Of the hedge.
mixed a little backing and then gone
ahead.
He wrote the whole Of his ride to
Khiva" and his "Ride on Horseback
Through Asia Minor with his own
hand. But before they reached the
printer they were fairly written out by
a copyist.
The hapless man used to make out
as much as he could, then leave blanks
for filing up which he had to seek the
assistance of the author. Sometimes
there were more blanks in page than
words.
Despairing of making anything of
the manuscript of the novel, it was
submitted to publisher. who turned
upon it his most skillful decipherist.
Neither head nor tail could be made
Of the manuscript. and the intention
Of publishing the novel was conse-
Quently abandoned.-Sir 81. w. Lucy
in Cornhill Magazine. ~. a..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
(First Pub. June ~
Citation for Hearing on Final Account
and for Distribution.
ESTATE OF GuSTAv D

ESTATE OF GUSTAV PLOOG.
State OF Minnesota, County of Mile Laos
In Probate Court =. =
In the matter Of the estate of Gustav Ploog,
decedent. >Oe'
The state Of Minnesota to the next of kin and
al persons interested in the final account and
distribution OF the estate of 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 res
ldue OF said estate to the persons thereunto
entitled: >-'
Therefore. you, and each Of you, are hereby
cited and required to show cause il auy Won
have. before this court at the probate court
rooms, IL the e. court house in the village of
Minnesota, on the 22nd day of July. 1912 at
be granted. 'o'
Witness the Judge Of said court, and the seal
OF said court this 18th day of June. 1912.
WIN. v. SANFORD
(Oourt SeaD Probate Jndoa
E. L. MCMILLAN ESQ
Attorney for petitioner
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
MONUMENT TO IDA Lewis.
Schoolgirl Raising Money For Me-
K1aaHial "a &k> L

Schoolgirl Raising Money For Me-
mortal to tho Lighthouse keeper.
If the efforts of Jane Dewick, daueh-
ter OF Mrs. George Dewick of New
port. R. l.. are successful the grave Of
Mrs. Ida Lewis Wilson. Ida Lewis. as
she was known while keeper of Lime
Rock lighthouse. will be marked hv .
monument. memorial from the citi.
zens Of Newport.
A subscription was started by Miss
Dewick. When she has enough mon
ey she will request Mayor P J. Bowie
TO appoint a committee to get q mon.
ument and have it erected.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
Hindu Weddings and Burials

V1'u00 "o0oIu9S ara oUrIdI8.
The expenses Of a Hindu wedding
come upon the brides father. and they
are so great that family sometimes is
ruined or impoverished for many years
by the marriage of a daughter. The
next most costly affair to the Hindu
is the burial services. Should the
head of the family escape bankruptcy
when his daughter is married the cid
est son is almost sure to be ruined
when he buries his father.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
Why Madqe Declined Tea.

Madge. three years old, Is of a POSI-
tive nature and always ready with in
dependent opinions. A woman visiting
Madge's home sat next to the little girl
at table and offered her a spoonful OF
her tea. which was declined with an
emphatic shake Of the head.
take little,' urged the visitor
"just little for your stomach's sake"
II amt dot no tummick ACHE" was
the indignant reply. - Indianapolis
News. II
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
AST0R PENSIONS WATCHMAN,

Madden Has Been Employed at Fern
cliff For Thirty Years.
Vincent Astor has retired Peter Mad.
den. an aged Waterman at the Astor
Fernclif estate. Madden, who has
been a Waterman on the estate for
thirty years, is to receive full pay and
all the other considerations which he
has been receiving.
Mr.. Astor intends to spend much OF
his time in Rhinebeck, be has told the
residents Of the village. The fact that
he has engaged carriagesmith to put
in condition all the carriages at Fern
cliff Is taken as an indication that his
mother. Mrs. Ava Willing Aston, will
spend part Of the summer there.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
Learned by Experience.

- Learned BY Experiences. II
Hes the most careful man I ever
knew"
THAT so?' .r-. -
Eyes. asked him If he could change
$40 bill the other day. and what do
you suppose he didT'
Il don't know
He made me show the $40 bill be-
fore he'd commit himself. Said he'd
been touched for IS that way before"
Detroit Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04

There is no necessity whatever for
people to wait until a certain day
before they can have their pictures
taken. My studio is open every day
in the year. Remember that.
J. L. Payette, Photographer.
O-tfc The Pyro studio.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
Bound to Please Her.

0oUn0 70 FJeaSe Tier.
"1've tried for ten years to please my
wife," said the married man, "and I've
never yet succeeded"
"1mpossfblev' calculated his friend.
"No, l don't think it isl said the
married man. I'm going to shoot N.Y.
self."-Satire.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
Her Exclamation. AZ II

What are you laughing at?'
'Maud's letter. She writes that they
had foggy weather all the way across"
Il don't see anything funny in that,
NO. but she adds that the captain
must have neglected to take out clear.
ing papers. Boston Transcript.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
Sure It Was Safa.

you say that your airsh1p Is abso-
lutely SAFE" said the Investigator.
Nov, how can you make that state
ment?"
I'VE haven't been able to get it to
leave the ground" replied the In.
ventor.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
Defined.

II say, what's call moneys?
II guess it's the kind you pay tele~
phone bills Baltimore Amer
lean.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-04
BUSINESS CARDS.
TOWN CLERKS,

e A. ROSS,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
VIII take full charge OF dead bodies when
desired. Ood1ns and caskets OF the lates. ssvle,
always N stock. Also Springfield metalics
Dealer In Monuments OF All kinds.
Z. A. ROSS. Princeton. MINI. Telephone No 80