The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-07-29
ALL SORTS.

BAsHFU1 lover Ito his belle):" Would |
that I had three Kilograms Of dynamitew
Belle: "Why, monsieur % Bashful |
lover To break the ice between u.s."
In his younger days Prince Bismarck
was credited with saying that all large
cities should be swept from the face of
the earth, they being but hot-beds OF
revolution. ''< %
A MASSACHUSETTS lady is reported to
have scolded her little boy for taking
drink Of water at hotel. "For," said
she, "we pay dollar for our dinner,
and water is filling"
To CLEAN FURNITURE. pint lin
seed oil, one pint vinegar, half pint
spirits of wine or alcohol. Shake be-
fore using; gives good polish and effect
ually cleans the furniture.
A REPORTER on the Rochester Demo
crat counted twenty seven young men in
one evening who were driving livery
rigs with one hand. The other hand was
either off or belonged to an arm around
girl. .'- ....~ .,...,..
IF some one would successfully start
the report that ice-cream spoiled the
complexion and made women bow
legged, it would be thousands Of dollars
in the pockets of our poor bit love-
stricken young men. ....s.-
A PRIZE was offered at an Odd Eel
lows picnic in San Francisco Of a chair
for the fattest baby, and when the award
was made it was discovered that the win
ner could not sit in it. The proud but
exasperated mother declared that the
blunder was "iust like these men,"
The New Haven Journal makes the
curious statement that q post-mortem in
the case Of B. D. Purdy, Jr., Of New
Canaan, Ct, revealed the fact that
his death was caused by broken neck,
and that he had been living in that con-
dition for some three years as is sup
posed .....
No, SON, no you needn't be afraid of
it. just drink tubful of it, if you
wish. No man ever got drunk or learned
to be drunkard drinking Sunday
school picnic lemonade. You might
get the dropsy, or you might drown
yourself with it, but it will never make
you drunk. IL
A FAITHFUL man is Dennis Colgan,
bridge-tender at Bridgeport, Ct, for
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company He has held the
/ place for thirty years, has never lost
day, and has watched the bridge at all
times, never sleeping more than ain hour
and half at time. ,.." .EH -
= A BOY was stamping somespackages
at the postofice in Macon, CD; when a
lady came in who bought Scent stamp,
and then, turning to the boy, coolly
asked him to run out his tongue. The
boy did so, when the lady moistened
her Scent stamp, applied it to the let
ter, mailed it, and walked off. ..
To MARK tools: Warm them slightly
and rub the steel with wax or hard tai
low till film gathers. Then, write
your name on the wax with a sharp
point, cutting through the STEEL A lit
tie nitric acid poured on the marking
will bite the letters. Then wipe the
acid and wax off with hot, soft rag
! AT the head of Fall creek, Nevada
county, CAL, pines and frs over 100 feet
in height are 50 buried in snow that only
few feet Of their tops are to be seen.
Where a dark forest lies in summer
there is now only to be seen white ex-
panse Of snow, with here and there what
appears to be clumps of bushes, but are
really the tops Of the tallest pines.
An agricultural paper has an article
on Washed and Unwashed Butter"
Itsays that the markets now demand
that butter shall not only be fresh and
rosy, but be properly worked and
washed. A pound of butter that comes
into market without having its, face
washed and its hair combed IS not very
inviting, that's a fact.
Herald.
WHEN, in the reign Of James T., Mrs
Turner, chief starcher to the Queen anc
the fashionable world, was hanged, SHIT
: came to the gallows in the peaked style
of hat introduced by Queen Elizabeth
which sent that kind Of head gear out O
fashion as effectually as did Mrs. Man
ning's Black satin dress at her execution
that glossy material now again in vogue
The bonnet worn by Queen Victoria OF
the day of her accession was genuin,
coal scuttle.
In some parts of Germany, instead o
smoking meat to preserve it, it is huns
up in a dry, well-ventilated room, ane
painted over with wood vinegar (pyro
when wood is burned in air-tight stoves
~ VI dAy O1AAcI EIAttCc Wuc1o CAClo - III
; free access Of atmospheric ali. Tn
painting three OF four times with thi
vinegar answers every purpose Of smok
ing. It protects the meat from insects
fungi, and putrefaction.
, The fretted taste of an invalid is some
l times very distressing; one dislikes t
] offer anything, lest it should cause an
{ noyance, and it becomes necessary t
prepare all food in new and temptinI
, forms. Children sometimes are too = !
= or too sensitive to take sufficient tea t
/ nourish them if it is given in liquid form
but if it is frozen and offered in SINAI
4 pieces they enjoy it. Whole tomatoes
I too, which may always be procured !
: sealed glass Jars, will often relieve feve
! | and stimulate appetite il they are dresse
8 with sugar, then liked, and pressed; IT e
= gether Ike figs. 80. ~. - No 81.
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