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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
Household Ornaments.

A handsome cover for cologne bottles
can be made of wine-colored satin,
Stretch it as tightly as possible around
the bottle and sew at the back; put q
auting of silk lace at the bottom and
lower end of the neck, and above it puff
ings of the fringed-out satin. Make
bows of fesh-colored and wine colored
satin ribbon, and fasten at the neck,
with ruffle of lace above it; cover the
shoppers Ghey should be fat, and paint
Or fasten "pasters on them and on the
front of the bottle. ''.
Very handsome tides can be made
fro m the Japanese handkerchiefs now
used for fancy work. Take one-half
yard OF Java canvas (drab), haste the
handkerchief or pictures in the center,
buttonhole around with black saddlers'
silk; one-haf inch from that fasten q
row of black velvet on, working the
corners and every little distance with
gold silk, and then, beyond the velvet
(the width of it), buttonhole cardinal
satin ribbon, working the corners and
buttonholing with the black or cardinal
saddlers' silk; fringe the edge, and it is
finished.
Fancy pincushions for ornament
rather than use, for the dresser or COM
mode, can be made by making cushion
of the right size, covering with delicate
colored silk or seicia, and fastening
on the top one of those beautiful
little white lace and applique tides
now SO much seen, and with ruffles of
silk and lace under the edges.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
Storey, OF the Chicago Times.

Personally Mr.. Storey is more amia-
bic and pleasant man than would be
believed, to Judge from his paper. He
entertains very Hospitality at his home,
and is very mild and courteous in his
manners. The present Mrs. Storey was
married to the veteran editor about four
years ago. She was young widow and
noted for the exceeding beauty of her
face and figure. Mr.. Storey was deeply
fascinated with her, and rumor says he
had considerable difficulty in winning
her. At the wedding he gave his bride
many handsome presents, the most val
liable of which was half interest in the
Times. He is deeply devoted to her
and lavishes money upon her with an
unstinted hand. Last year he took her
to Europe, where he remained several
months. While there she purchased a
number Of elegant dresses, which were
brought back to Chieago. For making
up these dresses M. Storey paid
over $4,000. He is ambitious to have
his wife the best-dressed Woman in Chi
cago, and it is said he paid $500 to secure
a guarantee that one of her dresses
should not be duplicated for any lady
on any account.-Fort Wayne Sem
G02eZ -.-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
Incidence.

When young Anne Maillard was at
college, the professor of rhetoric gave
the class as subject "A E11logy of In.
dolence."
On the given day the compositions
were handed in, and the professor, after
casting his eye over the papers, re-
Marked:
I'M. Mailiard, where is your essay?
I don't see it among these"
"Didn't I hand it to you?, I beg
your PARDON" said the student, and
passed up a neatly-folded package oil
manuscript.
The professor opened it, turned owe,
the pages, got very red, and exclaimed
Sirrah, this is miserable joke
This paper is blank--not a word in
eulogy of Incidence anywhere on it,"
ooh, I thought that the highest
eulogy of Incidence I could give" re.
piled the student, "would be not tc
write anything" -Paris paper.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
The Bedouins of America.

The Apaches, who have given us SO
much trouble though not near SO much,
probably, as We have given them still
claim to number, with all their tribes,
from 5000 to 10000. When the Span
iards, in their search for gold in, The
high lands of what is now New Mexico,
first met these Indians they found them
proud and independent, though harm
less and even kindly. Wronged and
outraged, the Apaches at last retaliated,
and the Spaniards were never able 10
conquer them. To this day they hurl
defiance at all government and civiliza-
ton. They are the Bedouins of this
continent, and are all mounted on small
ponies capable of great endurance.
These savages, fierce and untamed as
they are, do not scalp their enemies.
They are fond Of smoking and of cards,
and when idle have q strange, monot-
onous chant. In battle they keep their
ponies in motion, and are themselves
always changing position. They seem
to be Monotheists, and Montezeuma, or
the spirit of God, is blended in their
mind with some sort of religious aspira-
ton. They have superstitious regard
for the eagle and owl, and will not kill
or eat the bear or the hog. Rattlesnakes
they dread, imagining them to be evil
spirits. They never cultivate the soil;
live principally by plumber, and are in
the main Informed, emaciated, and mis-
cradle in appearance.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
Earth Eating.

In different parts of the world there
are people who eat earth; among them
are some of the natives of Java, who
eat red kind of earth as q luxury.
This earth, which is soft and smooth to
the touch, has been analysed by a Ger
man chemist, who finds it very rich in
iron, with a small quantity of potassa
and soda. Some tribes eat earth to
stay the pangs of hunger by filling
their stomachs, and because at times
they can get nothing better; but the
people in Java eat their earth, baked in
thin cakes, as an agreeable variety in
their general diet. The cakes, when
slightly moistened are rich and unctuous,
and the enjoyment in eating is supposed
to consist in the sensation produced by
tatty substance. It is curious fact
in the history Of human habits.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
Floors and CARPETS.

Iron the american Agr1cuiturtst.l
There IS strong pro est offered, In dit
ferent ways and from various sources,
against our long established practice of
making poor floors, with the design of
keeping them covered with carpets
stretched and Stted to every part and
carefully tackled down. Carpets in daily
use cannot be Kept clean except by very
frequent shaking and beating, aud they
do much towards corrupting the air by
retaining impure gases, hiding the finest,
most penetrating dust in their meshes
and underneath them and by giving off
particles of line wool into the atmosphere,
with other dust as they are swept or
walked upon. There is demand for bet
ter floors, not necessarily inlaid or mo-
sales, of different kinds of precious wood,
but made double, of strong seasoned
wood, that will not shriRk or warp
(spruce, however we'll seasoned, is almost
sure to warp), and then carefully finished
so as to be durable and easily cleaned.
Carpeted floors seem relief TO the house
keeper, when once the carpets are pro-
cured and fitted to the rooms and tackled
down, because they do not show the dirt
as the bare floor do. But OIL when they
do get full of Dust And when house
cleaning time comes and they must be
taken up and shaken and whipped as
they we'll deserve! With warmly made
floors and large warm rugs, couldn't we
do without these abominatOus even in
winter9 Certainly our rooms would be
cooler and sweete. without them in sum-
mer. But in that case we must take
more pains with our floors, and we must
have something better than the common
unpainted ones.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
Wanted Il White Snirit
Some Facts rs to Its Origin

An Indian carried the dead body of
bis sister to the top of hill at Rose
bud, Neb., and stationed himself by it
with a rifle in his hands, Intending to
kill tic first white man who came with
in range, SO that white spirit might
accompany her to the happy hunt: ng-
grounds. BE stood there six hours, fir
ing occasional but harmless shots at
distant persons. Then a white man
who had lived many years among the
Indians, and whose wife was squaw,
walked unsuspectingly that way. The
Indian shot him in the breast, and was
satisfed. But the wounded man recov-
cred, and accepted thirteen horses, forty
blankets, and an apology in settlement.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
e Pluribus Unum.

mfr. A. Louden Snowden, of Phila-
delphia, thus describes the origin and
use of the motto E Pluribus Unum
ut is ascribed to COL Reed, of Ux-
bridge, Mass. It first appeared on a
copper coin struck at Newburg, N. Y,
where there was private mint. The
pieces struck are dated 1856. In 1857
the motto appeared on several types of
the New Jersey coppers; also on very
curious gold doubloon, or SIG piece,
coined by goldsmith named Brasher.
It was there put 'Unum E Pluribus.
Only four Of these pieces are known to
be extant, and they are very valuable.
One of them, in possession of the Mint,
is supposed to be worth over 81 900.
When Kentucky was admitted, in 1871,
it is said copper coins were struck with
e Pluribus Unum. They were made
in England. The act of Congress of
1892, authorizing the establishment of
a mint, and the coinage of gold, silver
and copper, did not prescribe this mot
to, nor was it ever legalized. It was
placed on gold coins in 1896, and on
silver coins in 1898. It was constantly
used thereafter until 1881, when it was
withdrawn from the quarter-dollar OF
new device. In 1884 it was dropped
from gold coins to mark the coinage in
tho standard fneness of the gold. In
1887 it was dropped from the silver
coins, marking the era of the revised
Mint Code. It has been thought
proper to restore it recently to our new
silver dollar, without any sanction OF
law, although the expression is one very
proper for our coin"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
Throat ana Lung Diseases.

Physicians say that every kind Of
cold, bronchitis, diphtheria. sore throat,
and pulmonary complaints are remark
ably prevalent now. Sensible people
ought to reflect that nine tenths Of these
troubles arise from preventable causes.
Wet feet are probably first cause of a
good many of them. There is no ex-
cuse for any one who catches cold from
wet feet. Overshoes are cheap, and in
this climate they ought to be worn all
the time between the LIST of November
and the LIST of May. tits never safe to be
without them, exceptin summer, Henry
Ward Beecher ascribes his robust health
mainly to the wearing of overshoes !;
and all other men who know how to
take care Of themselves testify to the
same effect. Another cause Of throat
and lung diseases is insufficient cloth
ing. Girls and women who go slow
necked and short-sleeved to parties
take off their fannels to do so, and when
consumption declares itself wonder
how they got it. A still more general
cause is overheating cad bad ventila-
ton indoors. The lungs, parched and
poisoned in the house, are in i'll condi-
ton to breathe cold OF moist air out Of
doors. Carbonic-acid gas puts them in
state of incipient inflammation before
they meet the fresh air at all. Atten-
ton to these simple dictates of COM
nonsense would prevent, we believe, a
large proportion of the dangerous
coughs and colds which do not come
from constitutional weakness or predis-
position; and in the latter class Of cases
the need of careful watching is greater.
-Ehicn00 TIrib9L92e -. A.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
Excessive Brain WORK.

One of the clergymen of Worcester,
Mass, in the course of sermon recent
~, uttered the following cautionary sug-
gestions in regard to immoderate brain
work:
1T is lesson that we are slow to
learn-one that has to be enforced by
an occasional thrilling fact-that the
most robust physique has it's limit of ex-
ertion; that well-compacted and tough
ened mental fiber may succumb to un-
due stress at single point. A piece of
steel wire can bear only given amount
of longitudinal tension. Beyond that
limit it snaps. By the annealing pro-
cess of intense study or application to
exacting business q mans brain gets
toughened. It can bear All immense,
prolonged strain, but there is an un-
known terminus of your powers; ex-
coed that point and the subtle thread of
reason snaps. A ruptured capillary on
the brain paralyzes that center of
thought, and the stalwart, brilliant man
of yesterday, full of hope, projecting
grand schemes, the pillar Of strength to
his family, the pride of many, the pos
sible envy Of more, is to-day an en-
feebled or quite broken-down victim of
Incorporate brain work. You might
charge me with an exaggerated idea of
the perils of over-exertion among bust
ness men, did not facts Justify all L
have suggested. Have we not seen
some of the brightest stars in the
cluster of enterprising citizens, of which
we are justly proud, wander from their
orbit of reason and pass, unless God
shall disappoint our fears, into the
shadow of permanent mental eclipse
The saddest feature of this phenomenon
is that it seems to fall upon the highly
organized, generous, sympathetic ma
lures first. A FLOODED, grasping
Shylock, who cares little for the good
name SO highly priced by another, ap-
pears to be in no danger of such q
} calamity. Better far to confess poverty,
be an honest bankrupt, than to be brok-
en- down in body or mind undes too
great an exertion to avoid such calam-
ity. With emotions of unspeakab1e
| pity for every man harassed by his un-
satisfactory affairs, I turn to expostulate
with the coming generation. Keep q
sound mind in a sound body. Do be
contented with things honest with
comfortable mediocrity. Husband the
stock of physical and mental life God
has given you, that you may not grow
prematurely old-useless before you,
time"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
How Big Estate Was Divided by Lot.

Mention was made recently of the
lottery scheme for the partition of lands
between heirs, and it was supposed that
the division of the Bailey estate was
made in this way for the first time in
this State. It appears, however, that
one Of the largest estates in Missouri
was partitoned i'm 1861, under the
direction of Mr.. Britton A. Hill, coun-
selor for the estate of Peter Lindell,
the real estate whereof was valued at
about $6,OOO,0OO. There were ten
heirs, each one being entitled to one
tenth of the whole estate. By virtue of
a contract executed for that purpose
between the heirs, the city and country
lots, comprising the whole estate, were
accurately surveyed, numbered and
plated by w. 81. Cozzens, Esq, and
each lot was appraised by Commission
ers Charles X. Dickson, James T.
Sweringen and Charles H. Peck. They
then divided the lots into ten equal
shares, and each share was bound with
its plats and streets and descriptive
calls. On the day of the allotment in
1864, the heirs met in the unfinished
room in the second story at the south
east corner of the first Lindeu Hotel.
The ten numbers of the shares were
written on the respective shares from
one to ten by the counselor, the ten
numbers were written on ten square
pieces of paper and placed in hat;
the names of the ten heirs were written
on ten other square pieces of paper
and placed in another hat. Neither one
of the heirs knew the contents of either
one of the bound volumes containing
the several shares. When all was
ready, q crippled boy beggar, passing
on Washington avenue, was called in,
blndfolded under protest, and directed
to draw one paper from each hat, thus
designating the name of the heir and
the number of the share, and to con-
tinue until the drawing of lots was ccm-
pleted. The bindfolded boy was
released, and bright tears glistened in
his eyes as ten golden half-eagles we're
dropped into his hand, and he was told
that he had completed the division OF
the great Linden estate to the satisfac-
ton of all the heirs then present.-St
Louis Globe. Democrat
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
A Fine Law Point.

An ingenious Nevada lawyer has
raised novel point of law in behalf of
client who is under sentence of death.
During the trial the prisoner was COM
PEELED to expose his arm and show GER
tain marks that a witness asserted were
there, thus proving his identity. His
counsel objected, on the ground that
this was compelling witness to testify
against himself thing prisoner can
not be forced to do in criminal prose-
cution, and on this ground new trial is
demanded.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
AT THE GARDEN-GAn

They fingered at the garden gate
The moon was full above; ..
He took her darling hand in hin,
Tho trembling little dove,
And pressed it to his fervent lips
Aud softly told his love.
About her waist he placed his amt
He called her all his own;
His heart, he said. It ever best
For her, and her alone;
And he was happier than . King
Upon golden throne.
"Oome veal come woe, ;" Tn ardent tooeo
This youth continued he,
AS is the needle to the pole,
90 will constant be;
No power on earth shall tear thee, lovos
Away, Iswear. from mo !"
From out the snair ber-window popped
A grizzly night-capped head;
A hoarse voice yelled, "You, Susan Jane
Come in and go to bedl"
And that was all-lt was enough
Tho young man wildly ned.
UirSas1HSssR RnzNf.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
A Spartan Governor.

Gov. Roberts, of Texas, affects an
austere and Spartan life. While at
work in his Office correspondent de-
scribes him thus: "He was seated ON q
spint-bottom chair at a plain table
covered with books, pamphlets, and pa
pers. In the middle of the room stood
a bed with common quilt thrown
across the top like blanket over a
horses back. The fireplace and mantel-
piece are of the primitive kind; all the
carpet is burned away in front, and at
the side stands the broom by which the
room is swept. A cheap little wash
stand stands in ono corner of he room,
and the whole place looks Tor the world
like haf-kepe' Students room ct COL
le9e.s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY,

MOUNTAIN CAKE Two cups Of sugar,
one cup OF butter. the whites Of four
eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, two tea
spoonfuls Of cream of tartar, one pound
Of raisins, pinch of salt.
TEA STAINS. Tea stains should be
wet in equal parts of alcohol and am
monia, and then washed in tepid soap
suds. If the spots be firmly fixed, ex-
pose them to the fumes of burning sui
phur.
PoL1sHMa FLooRs.- Some persons
will persist in scrubbing and securing
polished floors, which is both silly and
injurious. They should be swept with
q broom covered with flannel, and pol
ished twice year.
To CLEAN CLOTHS. The best way is
to steep them in warm water for half an
hour, then use borax soap, rubbing it
freely on the most soiled parts, finally
washing we'll with very hot water. After
ward rinse in cold water.
CoRN-STARoH CAKE.-One cup of but
ter, two cups of sugar, two cups of flour,
two cups of corn-starch, four eggs, one
cup of milk, one teaspoonful of soda,
and two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar,
pinch of salt flavor to taste.
CEMENT FOR SEALING BorrLEs.-Mix
three parts of resin, one of caustic soda,
and five of water; this composition is
then mixed with half it's weight of
plaster of paris. The compound sets in
three-quarters of an hour, adheres
strongly, is not permeable like plaster
used alone, and is attacked only slightly
by warm warm. ~. -
To CURE A HAM.-One ounce of salt
peter, one ounce of black pepper,
ground, and one ounce of juniper ber-
ries, bruised, one pound of common
salt, two pounds of brown sugar; mix
all this together, and put on your ham +;
rub and trim it every day for month,
then hang it up in chimney where
wood is burned. ~...oa.@
To CLEANSE GLASS G1oBEs.-If the
globes on gas fixture are much stained
on the outside by smoke, soak them in
tolerably hot water in which little
washing soda has been dissolved. Then
put teaspoonful of powdered ammonia
in a pan of lukewarm water, and with
a hard brush scrub the globes until
the smoke stains disappear. Rinse in
clean cold water. They will be as white
as if new. 49,. -st
CHICKEN PM.-Take two chickens
weighing about two pounds each; cut
in pieces the size you wish to serve;
put them in water enough to cover
them, add one tablespoonful of salt, hall
a teaspoonful of white pepper: let them
cook slowly until tender-that should
be about one hour-then remove them
to plate and take out the largest bones
SUCH as drumsticks and neck. Make
a crust of two cupfuls of chopped beef
suet, one of butter, and three Of flour
prepared is the best. Linea four-quart
earthen pie-dish with two-thirds of the
crust, put in the chickens and the liquid
they are boiled in, which should be q
quart; if not, add cold water enough.
one teaspoonful of pulverized sage, and
lump of butter the size of an egg
Let it cook one hour in moderate
oven. ss. ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
FrOth.

In all cities there are three grades Of
people, the substratum, the substance,
and the froth. The sa4bstrataIna are the
vicious poor who hide in dark alleys.
The substance are tbs mechanical and
commercial industries. And on top of
these floats the worthless, fashionable
troth.-Des Moiaes Register.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07

We saw young man with two heads
on his shoulders the other day, but
didn't consider it much Of Z curioaity-
one belonged to his girl.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-05-07
PITH AND PUNT.
VnL1An TELL was an arrow-minded

WILLIAM TELL was an arrov-minded
How TO produce telling effect
Communicate secret to WOMAN.
EVERYBODY" says an exchange,
likes radishes in Japan" It's mis-
take. We don't, for one. We like ours
here.
"WHAr shall be done with our chill
dren when they leave school?" asks q
contemporary. Why, give them their
dinners and send them back.
THEY called the doctor in to stsunoh
The blood that flowed like rain;
But artery had tried awhile
He said it was In vein.
-YO1skers G0sctte. y
us THAT the second bell?" inquired
q gentleman of colored porter. mo,
sab" answered the porter, "dat am the
second ringin' ov de fust bell. We hab
but one bell in dis establishmum."
WHAT city in France is man about
to visit when he goes to get married?
he is going to Havre Qhave herr. An
old bachelor being asked the question
promptly replied, ITO Rouen" (ruin).
Some men never lose their presence
of mind. In New York q man threw
his mother-in-law out of window in
the fifth story of q burning building,
and carried feather bed down stairs
in his arms. .s t.,E- Az. z.,-~...
l. s1r "W1LL ye love mo thus foreverf~
. And she looked into his eyes
'' With glance that seemed q token
OF the fervor of her signs. 'ss..
.... ~ wudn't guaranty it, '.'l'
With smile responded Pat
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-08-07
COURT PROCLAMATION.

~ WHEREAS. The Hon Charles A. Mayer. Prssl.
dea u ihs Court 4 Common rieas Il the ash JairAl
District consisting nf the COUNTIES Il Csntrr Unts.
and Cl"arhsd. and The Hon. samuel Frank aud the
Hon John rtep. Asssraio Judges 10 Centfr c8Buty.
having isusi their pfecrJt irAfinK date 9Th day Il
July. 1879 90 mn dtrsgt t~d fat holding a Court II
uY-r and TeTmiaer and GrnsTAi Jail Delivery and
Quarter Ssssinus q The Peace Va liefauts f1f the
eanniy % Centre. sB1 g. Commence tho FuHrth
Monday u August next isinr The 18th day q August
l@sS, and D. ruutiaue tNo wefks Notice 10 hereby
given 20 the Coroner Iusiicss 4 the Peace Aldermen
snd CnusAlles e aid caunty 4 Csaire that they l.
then and therp in their proper persts At 10 ocioek
in ihs fuIeno"p q said dsy uiih their ress inqni.
attaus. examinations, apd their awn remembrance,
T. D. thsH things whirh g. their ofcn Appeftaina b.
be dns, and tho=e uha bound IN Tesguizsfces g.
prosecute against the pJisoners that % shall te ia
IL" jail 4 Centre eaanty. - then and there g. pfs
euts against them a. shall be lust
Given under my hand. ~ Bellefenie tho 81 hay NJ
Jolly IN The yeaF = our Lori is5a. snd the one
hnhIrsd snd thiFi ysar u the Independence Il the
United States.
3pH JOHN sPANGLEH sheriff