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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
Weather PROPHETS.

Speculations about the weather are
not wholly useless if we are to accept
the testimony of Prof. j. Hyatt, who
has been engaged for long time in
studying the relations between the
phases of the moon and the rainfall at
certain stations. It has long been known
that when the moon is full the sky is
most likely to be clear. This is not
only the testimony Of sailors and farm
ers, but also of eminent astronomers
and scientific men. It appears that the
rays of the full moon have the power to
dispel clouds, and it therefore seems not
unreasonable to suppose that the moon
exerts an appreciate influence upon the
weather. Prof. Hyatt's observations
have led him to divide the lunar month,
of about twenty and half days,
into eight periods, or octants, of three
and two-t thirds days each, and he has
found that every luration is apt to &C
quire it's character as regards rainfall
within the first octant, or within three
and two-thirds days from the time of
the new moon. It also appears that the
same kind of weather, as regards tenn
perature, cloudiness or rain, is apt to
occur on or about the same day Of the
week, or, more accurately, at the same
stage in the lunar quarters. A number
Of instances are given, extending over
considerable period Of time, which
seem to bear out the truth of these con-
illusions with remarkable accuracy, and
it would seem that if seven-tenths Of an
inch Or more rain falls within three and
two-thirds days Of the new moon, the
entire lunation was very likely to be a
wet one but if very little rain falls dur
ing that time the remaining seven
eighths of the lunation will probably be
dry. These observations verify the old
saying that the first three days rule the
month. AS resultof observations con-
Quoted at two localities, extending over
a period Of three years, the rule has
been found to hold good in at least elev-
en- cases out Of twelve, and they would
doubtless hold good for all places in the
billy country between the Appalachians
| and the Atlantic, not too near either the
sea or the mountains. Such conclusions
are only reliable for places similarly sit
uated, since peculiarities of location,
elevation, the peculiar direction Of the
wind, ETC., necessarily affect the result,
and these characteristics must be stud
led for each place. The distribution OF
rainfall is very irregular throughout the
year two or three dry or two or three
wet lunations are apt to be grouped to.
| gether.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
Lime-Preseryed Wood.

Lime has been found successful as a
wood preserver. The method, which is
French, consists in piling the planks in
large tank, then covering them with
quicklime and SHAKING them with water.
The timber requires about a week to be
thoroughly impregnated with the lime
water before it is taken out of pickle
and slowly dried. The entrance of the
mineral particles into the grain also rem
sders the wood harder and denser than
before. Beech wood, for example, be-
comes like oak, and, without losing the
elasticity that fits it for ool-handles, is
far more durable than oak
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
A Natural Boiler.

One of the villages of New Zealand
is built on thin crust of soil roofing
over vast boiler Hot springs hiss and
seethe in every direction some spout
ing upward and boiling with the great
est fury, others merely Of an agreeable
warmth. So thin is the crust on which
the people have built their little houses
that in most places, after merely thrust
ing a walking stick into the ground
beneath ones feet, steam Instantly fol-
lows its withdrawal !; and the greatest
care is necessary in walking among the
hot mud-holes and boiling springs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
Haunted.

Haunted.
I'm haunted by q pair of eyes,
Softly bright, Of wondrous size;
With pen or book
Do what will,
With steady look,
They haunt me still.
1t seems so strange that those two eyes
OF ev'rything beneath the skies
Should fill my heart
With joys quick glow,
Then make me start
With pain and woe.
All me, those eyes dread their gaze:
They fill my soul with such amaze,
To know they see
What would hide,
And pity me,
But do not chide.
They do not chide, those dear, dear eyes;
They do not seem to feel surprise,
But softer glow
On me the while,
As they, too, know
Loves own sweet Wile
In dreams they come, beyond my viii,
And steep my soul in wond'rous thrill.
I can not tell
How It can be,
This magic spell
That's over me.
Nor how those eyes, cen when away,
Can melt in mine their soft'ning ray.
They have no right
To haunt me 80,
Both day and night
Where'er they 60.
! would could forget those eyes,
That CLEAN like lights in Paradise.
With pen OF book,
Do what I will,
With steady look
They haunt me still
-Gd1reston Neaus. .-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
Treatment of Women,

From the fall of the Roman empire in
the West to the fourteenth or fifteenth
century, women spent most Of their time
alone, almost entirely strangers to tho
joys of social life; they seldom went
abroad but to be spectators of such pub
lie diversions and amusements as the
fashions of the times countenanced
Francis l. was the first who introduced
women on public days to court but be-
fore his time nothing was to be seen il
any OF the courts of Europe but gray
bearded politicians, plotting the destruc-
ton OF the rights and liberties of man
KIND, and warriors clad in complete
armor, all ready to put their PITTS into
execution. In the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries elegance had scarcely
any existence, and even cleanliness was
hardly considered as laudable. The
use OF linen was not known, and the
most delicate of the fair sex wore wooden
underclothing. In Paris they had meat
only three times week and el0 was a
large "portion for a young lady. The
better sort of citizens used splinters of
wood and rags dipped in oil instead of
candles, which in those days we're lux
ury rarely met with. Wine was only to
be had at the shops of the apothecaries,
where it was sold as cordial j; and to
ride in two-wheeled car along the dirty
streets was reckoned q grandeur so en-
viable that Philip the Fair prohibited
the wives Of citizens from enjoyingit.
In the time of Henry WILL, Of En-
gland, the peers of the realm car
ried their wives behind them on
horseback when they went to London,
and in the same manner took them back
to their country seats with hoods OF
waxed linen over their heads, and
wrapped in mantles of cloth to secure
them from cold.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12

back stairs all night and Mrs. Spilker
would snore like bass horn, in blssful
ignorance of the noise, which proves
that she is rather deaf.
There are two things in the world of
which Mrs. Spiiker is very fond a
dinner party and her husband. She
never fails to accept an invitation to one
or to carry the other with her. For the
last twenty years this couple have been
in regular attendance at every party
given by their friends, and on these oc-
casions Maj. Spilker, when called on for
a toast, would always give one to I" the
babies in such happy style that it
never failed to create a good deal of
mirth. His wife, although she could
not hear word, knew what her hus-
bands toast was, and when he sat down
supplemented it by few appropriate
remarks in which she set forth his fond
ness for babies. Not long since they at
tended dinner given by friend up
town, and, unfortunately for Maj. Spill
ker and the assembled guests, he
changed his toast without warning his
wife of the fact, who, of course, thought
her husband would confne himself to
his regular subject.
CHOW, Maj. Spilker," said Mrs. Bar
ker, the hostess, as the dinner adj
vanced, cit is your turn to give toast,
and pray say something complimentary
to our sex.
"When my charming hostess" said
the Major, rising, requests me to do a
thing, it is my duty to obey. Therefore
I take pleasure in drinking the health Of
the ladies' Gods best gift to man. The
ladies', who cherish us in prosperity,
soothe us in adversely, and by their ten
der ministerings Tighten the burden of
life-I drink to the ladies'"
When the applause subsidized. Mrs.
Spilker, ignorant of the true subject OF
the toast, but glowing with pride and
admiration, said
ooh, Mrs. Barker, you don't know
how fond the Major is of them. I've
see him have two or three on his lap at
once and
>"Algitha /" gasped the Major.
Gust teasing the life out of the poor
dear things. he is such favorite with
/ 'em, and every chance he gets he is sure
to have 'em in his arms, or be rompine
with 'em. He's got the lovingest nature
of any man I ever saw, and somehow
they come to him when they won't tt
any one else"
Maj. Sp1lker fell back in the chai1
with a groan, and silence fell on the
party like pile driver.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
A SlY Cat.

On the plains Of Nevada, mile from
any house, gentleman noticed cat, a
huge one. It lay on its back, its feet
uppermost, and was apparently dead.
Around it, feeding unsuspectingly, was
flock of small birds. Just as he was
thinking how much easier it would be
for the animal to feign death and catch
q bird by deceiving it than by slipping
up to it, he was astonished to see the
cat suddenly roll over and grab one of
the feathered tribe that was very near.
The other birds few away hundred
yards or SO, and ahghted. The cat only
made one or two mouthfuls of the game,
and then crept around to windward Of
the birds, laid himself out again, and
once more successfully played the dead
dodge.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
Specimen LOve-NIakinx.

Specimen Love-Making.
"May I call you Paula ?" asked he.
eyes," she said, family.
"Dear Paula may call you that ?"
II suppose so.''
"Do you know I love you?''
EYES," -..
"And shall I love you always"
If you wish to. y
"And will you love me?"
Paula did not reply.
"Wil you, Paula % he repeated.
"You may love me" she said again.
"But don't you love me in return 2"
~ love you to love me-"
"Won't you say anything more ex-
plicit?"
II would rather not. THE Zeodicea.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
A Fly,s Month.

No part of fly structure is more won
derful than the mouth. Watch COM
mon fly alight on piece of sugar. From
the under surface of the head, appar-
emily, is unfolded long organ looking
very like an additional leg: and with
this the fly scrapes the sugar, ticks up
the cream, spoliates the jam, and effects
destruction in other and varied ways.
10 understand what the organ in ques-
ton is, let us briefly glance at the typical
structure of the insect mouth. Four
sets OF organs or appendages compose the
"mouth. There is first an upper lip, then
pair Of large jaws, then pair of lesser
laws-:forming tube or tongue in but
terhies sand, last of all, lower lip. In
beetle the chief mouth organs are the
greater and lesser jaws, while in a bee
or wasp the jaws are also well developed
for the work of the hive, but the under
lip forms 8 s tongue 2 wherewith the bee
sucks up honey from the flowers. Now
in the fly the mouth parts are Of modi-
fed nature. Speaking generally, the
jaws are represented by small bristle-
like organs, and the upper lip is devel-
oped but it is the labium, or under lip,
which comes to the front in the develop
ment of the fy's mouth. Here it forms,
as in the bees, the chief organ of nutri-
ton. It is the under lip which we see
unfolded from beneath the head when
the fly attacks the sugar. And, when we
place this organ beneath the miscro-
scope, we can readily discover the secret
Of it's service.
The tongue" as we may term the
under lip, consists of stalk highly
movable and muscular, at the end of
which a couple Of broad leaves expand
outward from the middle to form a
! sucker-like organ, beautifully adapted
for licking up fluids and for scratching
solid matters ALSO. This fan-like end IS
supported on firm tubular frame work,
acting as set of springs to open and
shut the fans, while the microscope
shows us that this structure is really
like a file or rasp in its nature. We can
understand, then, readily enough how
such a muscular organ can be used for
the purposes Of fly nourishment. When.
after summer Of flies. the morocco
covers of our books and the fnely-pol-
ished surfaces of our furniture are
scratched and eroded, we can readily
appreciate the cause of the damage.
With this file it wages war even on our
selves. For, as a famous authority on
insects remarks, it is by it's means that
the fly "teases us in the heat of sum
mer, when it alights on the hand or face
to sip the perspiration as it exudes from
and is condensed upon the skin."-
HQrperS Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
Tricked by a Minister.

A celebrated and somewhat eccen-
trio minister in London played a little
trick on his people in order to get
them to come to church early. They
had been in the habit of coming when.
ever it suited them. thereby causing
him much annoyance. This minister
one day told the people that he would
on the next Sunday have something
OF unusual importance to commune
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
THE BUTCHERS u.ovKs.


a butcher loved a tender maid
TO WOO her were his designs;
And he sent her copies of gushing verse
In fact, real tenderloins.
The girl, alas he could not suet-
She would love him as brother;
But, when implored to marry, said:
Tripe, please, and find another"
The butcher still pursued the girl;
His pleas became much holder.
The girl at last, to find relief,
Gave to him q cold shoulder.
He knew then that his hopes were vain,
But, as he left, he eaid:
Since you have caused me such distress,
I'll haunch you when Pm dead"
He pined and grew 80 thin and pale
he felt his end was nigh;
But his woe was such he did not know
Whether to liver die.
He tried to drink to drown his cares,
And there found no relief,
But daily grew more wobegone-
You never sausage grief.
At last his weary soul found rest;
His sOrrows now are DER.
No tickle maid now. troubles him
Pork reacher, he's no more
Edauard Mdusder.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
Keep the Head Clean.

A distinguished physician, who has
spent much tine at quarantine, said
that person whose head was thorough
~ washed every day rarely took conta-
gious diseases but where the hair was
allowed to become dirty and matted it
was hardly possible to escape infection.
Many persons find speedy relief for
nervous headache by washing the part
thoroughly in weak soda water. have
known severe cases almost wholly cured
by this simple remedy. A friend finds
it the greatest relief in cases of "rare
cold, the cold symptoms entirely leav-
ing the eyes and nose after one thorough
washing Of the hair. The head should
be thoroughly dried afterward, and not
exposed to draughts Of air for little
while. - Exchange.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
spilker,s Toast.

Maj. Spilker is little man, very fat,
very genial, and with q head as devoid
of hair as porcelain doorknob. His
wife, Mrs. Algitha Spilker, is scrawny,
sarcastic and deaf as sawlog. A per-
son could kick tin bath tub down the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
A Lucky Thing.

As citizen was feeling his way up
street one dark night he suddenly made
out the form of man only few feet
away. After halt and embarrassing
silence he called out:
"Say, you'll
eyes
care you an honest MANI"
Yes; are your
eyes"
Have you got any money!"
Not red. How is it with you?"
I'm also dead broke. How are you
armed 2"
With club. How are your"
I've got a club, too. What lucky
thing it is that we spoke to each other +!
# either of us had been robber we
might have killed our man and not got a
cent -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
The Philosopher and the Humorist.

\
81 must tell story writes Boston
correspondent, that I heard this week
about two literary men Of the older gen
Grafton here two Of our greatest lights.
One, also a humorist, in conversation
about a distinguished philosopher, re-
marked of him:
"s Yes, he has great thoughts and
ideas, but he has no sense Of form.
Directly after the humorist depart
ed, in came the philosopher III question.
A gentleman present, with mischiev-
Gus desire to find out the philosopher
opinion of the humorist, commenced a
critical estimate Of the latter.
s'Yes, yes, responded the philoso-
pher, our friend is genius he has a
fine sense Of form, but he whittles it
down to such fine point you can't see
If = ~ 3
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
Eating Hot Bread.

What to eat and what not to eat is a
question every one should be able to
answer for himself. What would kill
one person may not hurt another in the
least. A person in good health may eat
and thrive on what would iniure him if
not in robust health. The american
Miller thinks hot bread very injurious.
It says: That hot bread in nine cases
out Of ten will produce dyspepsia is no
newly-discovered fact, and especially is
this terrible result sure to follow per-.
sistent indulgence on the part of those
whose pursuits are quiet, indoors and
sedentary. And yet the reformers, or
those who call themselves such-the
men and women who work themselves
into white heat over the sale of glass
Of cider will go on year after year, not
only making no cutlery against this per-
hicious indulgence, but actually filing
themselves up day by day with the hot
and poisonous gases of the oven. This
servant of the housewife can be made as
terrible stomach-destroyer as the dis
tillery, and the sworn foes of the latter
are apt to be its best patrons. Dyspepsia
paints the nose and sours the temper as
dram drinking, and many sufferers from
the former, though by their own willful
acts, inveigh the most loudly against the
latter" -.
It is nothing new to find "reformers"
among those who have not reformed
themselves. But all grown persons
should have knowledge enough to know,
and courage enough to practice, what is
good for themselves.
How to DO It. ...
We are frequently asked regarding
the best manner of dropping money into
the contribution-bo at church, and after
carefully considering the subject we
suggest the following rules First, if
you feel particularly mean, and have
only penny to bestow, you must hold
it well covered in your hand, and when
the box is under your nose you must,
| with a quick, nervous motion, let your
mite fall SO that it shall escape observa-
ton second, if you have quarter. or
any other silver coin of considerable
size to you, you must hold it in plain
sight between your thumb and fore-f fin
ger, and when you DEPOSIT it you must
let it drop from comparatively lofty ell
ovation, so that it may make a musical
! jingle when it reaches it's destination :;
thirdly, if you contemplate offering a
bill you must not take the money out of
your vest pocket until the happy time
comes when your neighbor can best see
your unparalleled generosity. The mo.
ment the collector appears at the pew
door is the one when you must tumble
for your money, and then, having me-
thodically unfolded the bill. and put on
1gyour eyeglasses to ascertain it's demon
illation, you may slowly place it on the
! top Of the box. These three rules, we
believe, will be sufficient for all ordinary
purposes. change.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
Taking Advantage OF Nature.

An ingenious application of expansion
and contraction in metals was made use
of in France, and has frequently been
taken advantage of since. The walls of
a large building in Paris were observed
to be giving way by bullying outward,
and the problem was to bring them back
to their vertical position. For this pur-
pose a number of bars of iron having
crews and nuts on each end were let
through the opposite walls and across
he intervening space between them.
he nuts and screwed portion Of the
bars we're outside. The bars were, now
heated by number of lamps suspended
below them until they had expanded as
much as possible, and the nuts screwed
up against the outsides Of the two oppo-
site walls. The lamps were next re-
moved, when the heated bars, in cool
ing, gradually contracted in length,
bringing the walls very gently, but with
irresistible force, into their normal posi-
ton. -Scieati1fc american.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12
The Summit.

( + 4. '>~,-->----o~
Johnny Boonspiller goes to school
and he loves eggs; but, during the recent
egg famine, when the price was at such
point that one. would have to mortgage
his house to buy straw out Of hens
nest, Johnny had to give up his favorite
feed. About this time the class of which
he was brilliant member was called to
give definitions. Said the teacher:
''Tommy Tompkins, name something
very high. .
The big trees of California" said
Tommy.
And you, Jimmy Jackson
The Himalaya mountains, answered
Jimmy.
..And you, Billie JONES'
I" The clouds in the PARKWAY sky, .
trump hantly replied Billie,
And You, johnny Boonspiller."
g Eggs" sententiously remarked that
young man, and, as strange as it may
seem, the teacher told him to 90 up
ahead. SteubenviNe Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12

~ " WHECIAED IN TOfCTs - u
"Ah hal" said Jones, "a billet doux!
know from some sweet maiden, fair;
Methinks it bears a perfume now,
Straight from the breath of kisses rare.
I know il's rash
It's sacrilege to break the seal
Of this white envelope that WI sps-
And yet, to see who tits 80 leal,
fain will open it-perhaps
I've made mash s"
It read: "Dear Sir-You owe this bar
An K, and must have my pay;
You've shung me up too long, by far;
And III not wait another day
I'm talking cash ~
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1881-08-26
CORRESPONDENCIA ESPECIAL
DEL BOLETIN NERO NTIL,
REVIsTA POLITlCA DE EUROPA.
(CoNOLUsI0N.)

Despuss de los desastres sufridos or
la guerra con la Alemanis, se habia Ia
Francia recogido dentro de ST mjsma
preparandose asi q cicatriSar las llagas
hechas en- una csmpana militar que COS
to al pals muchos miles de hombres, IN
rescate de cinco mil millones de fran.
COS, mas de seiscientos millones de in
tereses de las enormes sumas que Sc
entregaron 4 plasos al gobierno sleman
v la reparacion de ediicios destruidos
por la guerra que obligo ademas los
franceses q hacer, en- el extrsnjero, con-
pras de ganados, de generos, de subsis
tencias = de todo 10 demas que exige
la nueva vida despues de desgracias sin
cuento.
Neoesitabase la pax en- Ffanoia hasta
pare estsblecer el gobierno republican,
On naci6n regida por monsrquiss secu-
lsres, SO decia que 81 los monsrcas y
los emperadores hicieron las guerras, la
rep1bIics seria la aurora de la paz GUAM
do fuese impossible que IN hombre tu-
viese ell derecho de decidir por 81 solo
la aggression contra una potencia extran-
gera 8 la defensa del pals, este es, la
guerra ofensiva 8 defensive.
Sin embargo, pasayon pooos amos has
ta que, con motive de Ia llamsda expe'