The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-10
FACTS AND F.ANCIES


Ir seems to be universal practice
that when Bridget comes in to sweep, the
whole family viii get up and dust.
a BOZ recently hanged himself. be-
cause s somebody found fault with n !"
That boy was a4ainly not hsra + be
an editor. q ~ 800
"a NAN has invented . chair which can
be adjusted to 5000 different positions.
It is designed for a boy to sit in when
having his hair cut
!" Will you have some cream and
glucose in your coffee r. is the question
now propounded from the maternal end
of the breakfast table. 60 Yes, y answers
pater-falnilias, :. and pass the oleomar-
garine. I" @ s. IS i's5 Is .3
So MANY societies for the promotion of
things are established that Johnny
wants to know why somebody doesn't
get up society for the promotion Of
boys in school without making them
study, SO.
Blanc NANCE. Boil one and one-haH
ounces of isinglass, three ounces Of sweet
and six bitter almonds, well pounded, in
quart of milk; let it boil until the ism
glass is dissolved; then strain it through q
napkin; stir it until nearly cold, and put
it into the mold.
To KEEP away mosquitoes: Dip piece
Of sponge or flannel in camphorated
spirits, and make it fast to the top Of the
bedstead. A decoction Of pennyroyal,
or some Of the bruised leaves, rubbed on
the exposed parts, will effectually keep
off these troublesome insects. r
THEY were sitting together Sunday
evening, with an album or two between
them, when she pleasantly asked:
How would you ike to have my
mother live with you?" In just fifteen
seconds he had his hat halfway down
over his face and was boiling through
the gate.
AFTER family prayer, few evenings
SINCE, says an exchange, little boy
asked: Mamma, how can God hear
folks pray when He's SO far away p Be-
fore the lady could frame suitable re-
ply, a sunny-faced little miss of five
summers vehemently said: "I'll jes'
bet He's dot telephones a-runnin' to ev-
cry place"
In the manufacture of tobacco, mo-
lasses, icorice, paste, decoction of
figs, and glycerine are used to impart a
sweet taste. Common salt and other
salts are used for favoring, and nitrate
of potash or soda is added to increase it's
combustbiGty. Anise and other aro-
matics are added for their flavor, and
smoking tobacco has It's odor, if not its
taste, improved by the introduction of
cascarilla bark. Cabbage and other
leaves are often used to adulterate chew
ing tobacco.
A LITTLE boy, years old, having
often been told it was wrong to ask for
anything at the table, was down at des-
sert. After patiently waiting for some
time without being noticed, he ex-
claimed: Mamma, please may I have
an orange if I don't ask for it 2" Yes,
dear, was the reply. But, after con-
siderable interval, the little fellow, not
getting his orange, again addressed his
mother with: 'Please, mamma, Tn
not asking for an orange This time he
was duly rewarded.
In cold weather, horses which have
been driven rapidly, or have become
heated from exertion, throw off great
quantities of steam or vapor. The reason
Of this is that the heat thrown off
from the body on coming in contact with
the colder air is condensed in the form
of vapos. The principle is the same as
that which causes the windows of q close
room to become covered with ice on a
cold day in winter The warm air of the
room becomes condensed on the cold
glass, and it is CONCEALED in the form Of
ice.
PREv1ous to the time Of Queen Eliza
beth stairs were all constructed on q
circular plan, and were called turret or
corkscrew stairs. During the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries staircases with
wide, straight fights were first intro
duoed, aud we're made the leading feat
ures in mansions Of the Elizabethan
style. They had usually massive oak
balusters with carved panels and pen
dants. Staircases of this description are
still in common use, but are lighter in
style, Light cast-iron being used instead
Of oak balustrades.
TIE geographical center of the United
States is at 95 deg. 474 min. west longi-
tude, which is about the vicinity of
Omaha. The center Of population, con
sidering the United States a plane sur
face, itself without weight, but capable
Of sustaining weight, and leveled with its
inhabitants, in number and position
such as they are found, and each indi-
vidual being assumed to be of equal
weight, and consequently to exert press
ure on the pivotal point, directly pro
portioned to his distance therefrom,
both north and south and east and west,
is at a point forty eight miles east and a
trife north of Cincinnati. s
A MARYLAND schoolmaster told re-
fractory girl that unless she wrote COM
position he would punish her. She ap-
peared with two big brothers. The
pedagogue laid revolver on the desk
and called for the screed. 1t took her
about ten minutes to indite the senti-
ment: "There air various kinds Of big
brothers. Sum would stand up for a
sister under any circumstances, but there
are some ily-iyered, slab-sided mum
grels, who air cross between q Gibral-
tar jackass and a Maltese Jew, who
would sit around like rat-hole, while d
red-headed, eross-eyed slab Of unre-
spectful poverty wanders around with a
borrowed pop, and makes their poor sis
ter paw around fur the materials fur a
composition. &
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