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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-24
How to Bone q Turkey.

Buy good turkey. neither too fat moi
too old, and pick dry. SINCE the bird.
Gut the neck off about an inch and a
half from the body. Cut also the wings
off about the second Joint and the legs
just above the first Joint; the third
joint is the one nearest the body. Split
the skin from the end of the neck to the
rump; use small sharp-pointed knife
commence with the knife between the
bones and flesh on one side till you come
to the third joints Of the wings and legs.
BY twisting and raising both wing and
leg, but one at a time, you easily crack
the joint, and then separate it from the
body with the knife, continuing to run
the knife between the bones and the
flesh on the same side till you come to
the breast bone. Do the same on the
other side. Pull out the crop and cut
off the rump from the body, but with
out touching the skin, as the rump must
come off with the skin and flesh. Then.
by taking hold of the bird by the neck
with. the left hand and pulling the skin
gently down with the right you partly
uncover the breast-bone. Then again
run the knife between the flesh and the
bone on both sides until you come near
" to the edge or end of the bone. Then
lay the bird on its back, having some
body to take hold of it by the neck, hav-
ing the breast of the bird toward you.
All along the edge of the breast bone
there is no flesh between the bone and
skin. Take hold of the skin of the neck
with your left hand, pulling gently
downward, and with the knife detach
the skin carefully from the bone, the
carcass coming off whole. Place the
bird on the table, the inside up; pull
out the bones Of the wings and }ece.
scraping the flesh all around, SO as to
leave it attached to the rest. Pull or
scrape off all the tendons Of the legs ):
push the legs and wings inside the bird !;
see that the runp is clean and out off
the ring under it if necessary. Then
proceed to stuff and cook.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-24
Industries Transferred to Western
Cities.

It is evident that rapid growth Of
many classes of Industries is in progress
in the Western cities and States, and
that the East has not only changed
much within ten years, but will change
much more hereafter. The industrial
census Of Chicago shows that in ron,
machinery, implements, railroad sup
plies, and many associate articles, there
is already an imposing aggregate Of
business done nearly $40, O0O, 600 be-
ing the value reported for the census
year wilhelm lumber products and fur
niture, in leather, clothing and articles
of personal wear, the aggregates were
also very large. Provisions, In the line
Of cut and dried meats, is the largest of
all; also, lard, lard oils, and other
like products. All products Of grain
and of fermentation and distillation are
large, and certain to continue to find
their natural position in the West.
The textile Industries alone are ittls
affected. and not likely to be withdrawn
from the East in any material degree.
They require the aid of many adiuncts
not easily obtained away from the sea-
board cities imported dyes and chem
icals, with facilities for prompt exchange
with Europe in patterns, and all the in
cidents of competition with European
establishments which they have grown
up to rival. The transportation Of wool
and cotton is very trifing element of
tho cost Of either as a raw material :
and also to the cost of delivering finished
cotton and wooden goods, the locality of
manufacture is of very little consequence.
- IeEkiZe Record.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-24
Not Disinterested.

In the early years of the war a Mich
lgan regiment of infantry found itself
IN battle line before q :. right SMART
lot Of Confederates down near Win
chester. Skirmishers were out, mus
kets were popping, and the Colonel
was riding up and down in front of the
lines, brave as a lion, when a private
stepped out of the: front rank, advanced
and making asignal for the Colonel to
halt, said $ Kernel, it's gettin' purity
hot out here SEQ back! Go back y
shouted the Off GER. aSay. you're
liable to be killed out here, = continued
the private as he ducked mis- head for
bullets. 8 You'd better go to the rear
and let me stay here and be shot u
. Get your placego back -go back ~
yelled the Colonel. The man walked
back, and as he took his place in the
ranks his captain said: . What made
you do that! Do you want to be
killed - 6 Not exactly was the slow
reply $ butt was willin' to run all
risks for the sake Of the Kernels
creditors back in Blankville. He owes
father for one, and if he gets wiped
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-24
The Duke of Connaught and the Irish
te man. @t -eE

All classes in Ireland are fond of
grandeur and circumstance, and the es-
Establishment of royal residence there
would have most beneficial effect.
During the stay of the Duke of Con
naught in the country, he was, as
usual, very afable, and won golden
opinions among rich and poor. L was
told that, one day when he was standing
at the door Of a hotel, d tatterdemalion
came up to him, and with native assur-
ance called out:
Welcome to Ireland, your Royal
Highness I hope see your Highness
WE'LL
'.Quite we'll. am much obliged to
you" replied the Duke.
''And your royal mother, the Queen 2"
continued the man. =" I hope sheis also
enjoying good health ?"
Yes, thank you, returned the Duke;
"the Queen Is very WE'LL"
II am glad to hear it, your Royal
Highness s., And how are your royal
"Get along there, fellow 70 said one
Of the des.de- camp, who happened to
come up at that moment.
What are you interfering with mo
for, sir?" retorted the tatterdemalion,
much affronted. Don't you see that I
am moulding conversation with his
Royal Highness ?''-London Society.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-24
JUVENILE WIT.

SAID school teacher eff have ten
apples, and give you five and your big
brother five, what will be left ?" I'll
be left" responded the younger brother,
"tor he will get away with all of them. :"
WHEN Theo was 5 years old, she, hay
ing been taught that it was rude to stare
at people, was heard calling from a
room in which sat an exceedingly stout
lady, I'm not staring, mamma but
isn't she fat %
On rainy morning, small boy, who
has exhausted all his excuses for not
putting III an appearance at school,
opens the door and says to the aston
lshed master: Sir, ma says [ can't
come to school to-day-it's raining too
hard"
JOHNNY, yon don't know how proud
was to have you at the head of your
class, and now you have fallen back ever
so far" "You ale to blame for it, ma. :"
How so, Johnny % "The Bible says
pride goes before fall. Your pride
went before my fall. Besides, it is some
other boys mothers turn to feel stuck
up"
A GENTLEMAN asked little girl
(Which lowest thou best, thy kitten or
thy doll ?" She was about to reply
aloud when discreet second thoug ht
came to her. She whispered softly in
the questioner's ear: IT love my
kitty best, but don't you let Dolly sus.
pect it, or there will be fuss in the
family!'
He was the only son of his mother,
the pride, the hope, the apple of her
eye. Over his fair face scarce three
summers had passed. ''And be sure,
Peter, and recollect this" said his fond
and only parent. as she shut up the
good book" never put off till to.mor.
row what you can do to-day" "A-h, :"
said Peter, with glistening eyes, "then
let's finish up the pudding tonight,
mamma =
A LITTLE girl in Belfast, Me-, dropped
her doll and broke its arm. The doll
was favorite one, and the accident was
to the child calamity of the severest
nature. The tears started, the little lips
were trembling with grief, when bright
thought struck her. With a beamlne
face, she exclaimed, "Papa, I don't
know as I care, after all. Perhaps it
will be put in the paper"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-24
An Unbuilded Monument.

Poor Artemus Ward! In our day
there has been no more delightful hui
morist. When he died, the press of En-
gland and America was filled with trib-
utes to his memory. In New York a
meeting of newspaper folk was held, at
which it was resolved that his memory
should really and truly be perpetuated.
The manner in which this was done is
amusingly told in the following, from a
Boston friend:
weeks vacation at Waterford, Me-, and
graveyard to view the final resting place
OF Artemus Ward. With some trouble
[ found the grave, there being nothing
about the plain white slab to distinguish
it from many similar ones around.
While thinking and wondering that no
monument had ever been erected to the
humorist, countryman approached, to
whom said, MY friend, can you tell
me why it is that Artemus never has
had monument erected to his mem
ory?' well, stranger, guess kin.
was the reply. You see, arter Artemus
died, three or four hundred printer fell
lers down in New York city got together
and passed some beautiful resolutions,
saying that Artemus should have mon
ument, and they would pay for it then
and there and then they took up a col
lection, which amounted to 800. go, so
I'm told; and since then this town
hain't seen either the monument or the
money; but, stranger, we did get copy
OF the resolutions. -Harpe,'s Maga-
zine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-24
WOI1lal1,s Rights.

Talk about women's rights. Why,
woman is the most independent creature
on the foot.stool, hog on ice not ex-
copied. When man goes into a room
he looks about him, and will keep his
hat on or off according as others have
done; but woman, Lord bless you,
will only ask herself, EDO I look bet
ter with or without my bonnet % and as
chat question is decided will she newt
ably act. It makes no difference to her
whether it be ball or funeral, sup
per party or at church. If her bonnet
is becoming she will wear it, and if it
isn't she won't. Talk of woman S rights!
Boston Transcript
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-24
Language or the Hands.

Raising the. hands toward heaven,
with the palms united, expresses devo-
ton and supplication wringing, grief
throwing them toward heaven, admira-
ton; dropping hands, despair and
amazement; folding them, idleness
holding the fingers inter1ningled, mus
ing and thoughtf,lness holding them
forth together, yielding and submission !;
lifting them and the eyes to heaven, sol
emn appeal waving the hand from us,
prohibition extending the right hand
to any one, peace, piety and safety !;
scratching the head, care and perplexing
thought laying the right hand on the
heart, affection and solemn affirmation !;
holding up the thumb, appreciation !;
placing the right forefnger on the lips
perpendicularly, bidding silence.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-24
High orsLoW Heels.
1 Some time ago Mr.. Morev of To

Some time ago Mr.. Morey, Of London,
devised an apparatus for registering the
steps, which he has called an odograph.
It consists of small cylinder. rotating
by means Of clockwo1b IN its interior.
and Of . pen which marks on the cylin-
der, and is raised at each step by an I'M
pulse communicated by q ball Of air be-
meath the sole. Observations have been
made on number Of young soldiers. It
was ascertained that the step is longer
il going up hill than in gong down hill.
tits shorter when burden is carried :;
longer with low than with high heeled
boots longer when the sole is thick and
prolonged little beyond the foot than
when it is short and flexible. It thus
appears that the heel may with benefit
be almostind definitely lowered, while it is
disadvantageous to prolong the sole of
the boot beyond certain limit, or to
give it an absolute rigidity. Some influ-
ences which lengthen the step lessen its
frequency; so in going up hill the
step becomes at the same time longer
and less frequent. In walking on level
ground, the length Of the step and its
frequency are always proportional; the
quicker the walk the longer the step.
Nature here proves the folly of the
high heel in O most practical manner !:
and the objection to them in men is
equally applicable to ladies': and if thew
could only see themselves as they totter
along, perched up on high heels, and
walking as if stepping on egg-shells,
their ludicrous appearance would at once
stop the fashions Any one accustomed
to country life and long walks on the
hills must have felt that terrible leg
WEAKNESS which days shopping with a
lady entails. The slow, irregular walk,
the frequent pauses, and the difficulty of
taking short steps with proper balance,
are trials we'll known to men. Without a
good-shaped, low-heeled boot no lady.
however pretty her foot or graceful her
carriage, can walk becomingly, with ease
to herself, and a proper fexion Of the
muscles of the feet and legs. Half the
rlcked ankles come from heels being too
high to form a proper steady base for the
weight of the body, and the narrow
pointed toes prevent their proper ex-
pansion and use. Make q footprint in
the sand and then go and place YOUR
boot in it-what margin there will be
Horses, even, with horny hoof, suffer
terribly if their shoes are cramped and
do not allow the foot to expand. Much
more might be written of the accom-
panying ills Of tight and high-heeled
boots but as long as women will bear
the pain so as to appear taller and to
have tiny feet, SO long will they do VIC
lence to natures gifts. Legs and feet
we're given us for use to exercise the
body upon. In fact, so cramped up and
stilted has fashion made the walk now
adays that a lady with wooden legs might
pass muster in the park undiscovered.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-24
The Enormous Growth of Our Cities.

Inc enormous Growth OF Our cities.
In the 300 cities of the United States
containing a population of $500 and
over there were in June, 1880, II $780,
~ people. This aggregate exceeds the
population of the whole country fifty
years ago by almost million, and there
! are now IN Philadelphia alone as many
people within less than twenty thousand
as there were then in al! the cities of the
Union together.
Since 1870 the city population las in
.:rersed about three eighths, while the
population of the country outside of the
cities has advanced considerably less
than one-quarter. Whereas our cities
contained about eight million ;nhabitants
IN 1870, they now contain more than
eleven millions The population of the
country outside Of the cities was about
10000, 900 in 1870, and in 1880 it was
about 100000.
Until the great Irish immigration
began our city population was INSIGHT
icant in total, and it's proportion TO the
whole was small. In 1890 we had only
SIX cities with a population Of over 1000,
and they contained in aggregate only
about one thirtieth of the four million
Inhabitants OF the Union. It was not
until 1910 that the number began to show
any striking increase. Between 1910
and 1850 the advance was rapid, the
cities about doubling in number and in
total population. In the next decade
the number of their inhabitants again
nearly doubled, and we began to get
cities which compared in size with
European capitals. In 1860 the urban
population Of the country comprised one
sixth Of the whole. In spite Of the war.
the advance during the next ten years
was tnee-6 fths, and of the inhabitants
of the Union one-ffth were found in the
cities when the census for 1870 was
taken. Since 1870 the increase has been
about three and q quarter millions; and
now, out of our 50, 152, 379 inhabitants,
II $3.50, 600 live in the cities.
The vast body of immigration and
the growth and multiplication of man
ufacturing industries are chiefly respon-
sibIe for this increase, which has been
encouraged by the development of our
railway system; which plants cities as it
extends itself. Already the Western
States have an urban population exceed
ing three and half millions. The more
rapid growth of their cities is likely to
make it in 1890 nearly equal to that Of
those Of the Middle States, the cities of
which, Delaware and Maryland included.
now contain about five millions of in
habitants.
We have now city population exceed
ing eleven and quarter millions. If
the rate of its increase during the next
ten years shall be equal to that during
the last ten, the number of our people
who live IN cities will aggregate more
than sixteen millions in 1890.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-24
out here our family will lose 800 and
six months interest -
A Curious Client.

Brooklyn newspaper man received
note from law firm. Smith, Jones &
Smith, notifying him that claim against
hlm Tor several dollars had been placed
III their hands for collection. and in
str,1cting him that he could save him
self some trouble if he'd come around
and talk the matter over. The journal
ist was perfectly prepared to converse
ON the subject, but disinclined to paw.
SO he dropped in on Smith, Jones &
Smith, and notified them that he had
son1e business for them.
There's q man in this town threatens
to sue me, said he, '"and Tn prepared
TO spend any amount to beat him. Can
You undertake to carry me through 2"
Certainly . CALCULATED Smith, Jones
y smith, to whom the newspaper man
was q stranger.
!" What I want to do is to bother him, .
observed the client. Scan I bother
him, whether I owe him or not %
Well, we should smile |! /" remarked
Smith, Jones & Smith. eth take him
twenty years, if we work the case
You are strangers to me, gentlemen"
said the client, Though / hear YOU
highly spoken of. Now, suppose he
should sue me, how would You 60 to
work 90 =
First, we should stave of the an
swer. Then we would take a lot OF
dispositions de be,ae esse. Just before
the trial we would issue commission to
examine witnesses in Siberia: other
witnesses would be taken: we would
have such engagements that we would
stave the trial of, and if he got judy
ment we would appeal. Yes, sir, he'd
use up twenty years getting the money. -
But what would the lawyers on the
other side be up to all this time? Tn
told they're pretty smart fellows -
Don't care. Who are they?"
don't remember their names. bnt 7
have got their letter. Here! what's
this? By Jove, gentlemen, they're
Smith, Jones & Smith !"
The partners looked aghast.
1 hope that nothing I've said will be
used against me, = said the client, look
ing from one to the other. 81 trust.
gentlemen, that you won't give me
away in this matter. It's an awful blum
der on my part, but I sincerely hope
you won't take any advantage of it."
Smith, Jones & Smith held q brief
consultation. e:
80 Am I in much peril?" asked the
client anxiously.
s..We think not" said Smith, Jones &
Smith. :" We are-eh- are-we are pre-
pared to drop the proceedings. We
won't mention it,.i you WON'T
III agree not to mention any name. y
replied the client, with grin, "and
III promise you my business in the
future
There was some further conversation
at an adjacent hotel, and, gentle reader,
the only trouble is their names were not
Smith, Jones & Smith.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-24
Habit.

A bad habit is SO readily acquired
that great care should be taken to teach
children only such things that may
hereafter be for their good. In case Of
sickness those that use liquors, brandies
or vines should not, in their homes, adj
minister it as a sovereign remedy against
oil ll-as Is SO often done IN many
places !; it cultivates taste for stimu-
lating food, for everything highly sea-
soned, and when used fosters the taste for
tobacco, which in turn seeks for a new
stimulus in liquors. The result is sor-
rowing households and bro zen learts-
where JOY and happiness should be SUI
preme instead. Take care of the little
ones, and by example do not lead them
astray.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-24

forced to do likewise. Should 8 brain
less man or woman be chosen leader
and the less brains they have the better
dancers they are as rule the suffering
is intense to some who take part in the
same. It is no wonder then there are
less dancing men. There are good
many left, however, though not enough
to go around. When many society men
find that the party they are invited to is
to be dancing party, they just politely
decline. Alta recent swell dancing party
it was given last week-there were
eight ladies present to each man. They
gave the men SO much dancing that they
women; and that man, it matters not
how good dancer or piano player he is,
if he has no other qualifications, should
be Stunned. This kind of education
has had terrible effect upon dancing
parties. The result is that the modern
were p.4l :shed considerably, as they de-
served to be. Since then some OF them
have announced that they had enough
of dancing, and wanted to be excused
from any more of it this season. The
dancing men found that in many cases
they were required to dance with lot of
women whose ages had reached that
point where they could be called with a
degree of certainty grandmothers. The
young society lady does not dance as
much as did her predecessors. The col
leges where forty young ladies have
been taught in the last few years have a
way of Installing into their graduates
that dancing after all is not the, or
should not be the, chief ambition of
young lady as well as the modern young
man don't take much dancing in their
amusement. When they want to see
dancing they prefer to have some one
dance for them, as base ball clubs now
hire men to play for them instead of
playing themselves, as they did when the
game was introduced, or go to q theater
where professional dancers can be seen.
It is no wonder then that dancing men
are scarce. It is not the young society
ladies who are crying over the disap-
pearance OF the dancing man, but those
who in early life learned nothing except
how to enjoy what is mistakenly called
society pleasures. The society lady of
the past and many still living know little
else than society matters. The modern
society lady can tell the name at least,
if not anything Of the contents, and
often she knows it all, of the latest his
torical, scientific or political work which
has been issued. She can talk of what
Is going on around her, and has pretty
good idea of public affairs. The decay
ing society woman knows nothing but
society. People who don't know any
thing of the patter will deny this in
toto, but the facts remain as I state
them, -S-
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and yet be one-fourth larger than the
similar buildings in Philadelphia were.
The estimated saving on expenses is
81, OOO, OOO.s The gate money received
at Philadelphia was S., 1884, 900; on the
estimated basis Of attendance the gate
money in New Y ork would amount to
$8.OO0.00O. Philadelphia received
$558.O0O from miscellaneous sources !:
New Y ork, it is thought. would not
receive less. The terms of subscription
are 10 per cent. cash after 81. 100000
has been subscribed. .The remaining
80 per cent. is payable in installments
OF Is per cent. as needed. at intervals
OF not less than sixty days. -Abol +
$535,000 has already been subscribed.