The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-04-14
ALL SORTS.

DEE WAhEI ne cried, pointing to 8
pot of honey.
ACIDS and pickles are usually the
contents of the family jar.
THIS is simple medical advice for
curing a pimple: First hold the PIN
pie over slow fire until it comes to q
boil; then bust it."
LIE existence of animal life in the
moon is said by astronomers to be i'm
possible. on account of the absence of
any atmosphere and the extremes of
heat and cold.
How TO LIME Eaas.-Eggs are lined
by packing them in liquid made as
follows, viz: One peck of fresh lime is
Stacked in sufficient water to make q
thin paste; when thoroughly Stacked,
which will require twenty-four hours.
water is added to thin it SO that it can
be strained through fine sieve into
clean barrel, which is then filed up with
water; the eggs. perfectly fresh, are laid
carefully into kegs or barrels, and the
stirred lime liquor is poured over them,
board being foated on top to keep the
eggs under the surface. In this way the
eggs may be kept six months.
CERTAIN diseases of childhood very
frequently affect the ears; such are
scarlet fever, measles, diphtheria, cere-
bro-spina meningitis, whooping- cough
and mumps. During the attacks of
these diseases, and even when conva-
lescence has been established, although
earache may be absent, occasional e.
aminations Of the ear should be made,
in order that, if affected, they may re-
ceive early attention. Deafness is
usually an early symptom of most
aural affections; but, on the contrary,
in some instances very considerable i'm
pairment of the drum cavity and its
contained mechanism exists without
any perceptible impairment of the
hearing. zs.. ...s
GROWTH OF THE NA1Ls.-The growth
OF the nails is more rapid in children
than in adults, and slowest in the aged:
goes on faster in summer than in win
ter, SO that the same nail which is re-
newed in 1872 days in winter requires
only 116 in summer. The increase of
the nails of the right handsis more
rapid than those of the left; moreover,
il differs for the different fingers, and in
order corresponds with the length of
the finger, consequently it is the fastest
In the middle finger, nearly equal in the
two on either side of this, slower in the
little finger, and slowest in the thumb.
The growth Of all the nails on the left
hand requires eighty-two days more
than those of the right.
THINGS TO Avo1D.-Never examine
the cards in the card basket While
they may be exposed in the drawing
room, you are not expected to turn
them over unless invited to do so.
Never, when walking arm in arm with
lady, be constantly changing and going
to the other side, because of change of
corners. It shows too much attention
to form. Never should the lady accept
of expensive gifts at the hands of q
gentleman not related or engaged to
her. Gifts of flowers, books, music, or
confectionery may be accepted. Never
insult another by harsh words when ap-
piled to for a favor. Kind words do
not cost much, and yet they may carry
untold happiness to one to whom they
are spoken.
MANY A LITTLE, ETo.-To plant one
grain of wheat, in the hope of in few
years producing enough to seed a field,
may seem to many as hopeless task.
But we do not realize the vast increase
which is made in the produce of sin
gle grain in the course of few years.
Plant one grain this year and gather
fifty from it and repeat, and the third
year the harvest will be peck; but the
sixth year the product will be $4,000
bushels, and the twelfth harvest would
be sufficient to supply the whole popu-
lation of the world for their natural
lives This fact may tend to show what
may be gained by course of persever-
ing industry and economy in the pur-
suit of agriculture and the rewards
which are offered for honest work in
the labor for which our race was first
created-the cultivation of the soil.
Power OF A GROWING TREE.-Wal-
ton Hall had at one time it's own corn
mill, and when that announcement ne
cessity no longer existed, the milestone
was laid by in an orchard and forgot
ten. The diameter of this circular
stone measured five feet and hall,
while its depth averaged seven inches
'AA>A6AAOuVS ACo OCAUld1 uO1O q I'LL
ameter of eleven inches. By mere &C.
cident some bird or squirrel had dropped
the fruit of the flbert tree through this
hole on to the earth, and in 1872 the
seeding was seen rising up through the
unwonted channel. AS it's trunk grad
ually grew through this aperture and
increased, it's power to raise the pom
drous mass of stone was specialized
upon by many. Would the filbert tree
die in the attempt? Would it burst
the milestone? Or would it Lift it? In
the end the little flbert tree lifted the
milestone, and by 1868 wore it like
crinoline about it's trunk, and Mr.. Wa
terton used to sit upon it under the
branching shades.
How TROUT HEAR NOISES IN THE
WATER. -Prof. E. D. Cope, wel-known
naturalist, controverted in the Forest
and Stream Seth Green's allegation
that trout cannot hear. The professor
says that there is nerve at the base of
every scale on trout, at the point
where the scale is united with the skin.
All these nerves, from the base of every
scale, lead to large ganglion situated