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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-07

electric light, unless the wires are insu.
lated.
Mr.. w. 81. Preece suggests that the flov
of tidal waters, and in elevated stations
wind power might be used to reduce the
cost of producing the current for the cleo
trio light.
Efforts are now in progress to attract to
Louisiana the silk growers Of Provence,
whose prospects in France have been
blighted by plaques affecting grapevines and
the silk culture,
Belgium promises to become the great
industrial teacher of Europe. Many for
eigners are now attending her schools. She
has fifty mine technical schools, thirty two
industrial schools, and higher CONNER
cial school-all receiving funds annually
from the state.
A newly vanished carriage is liable to
spot. To prevent this, some wash the
carriage two or three times in clean cold
water applied with sponge instead of us
ing hose; this will help harden the sar-
face, and prevent it to some exte4 from
being injured by the mud or watsr getting
splashed on it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-07
Scientific Scintilations.

It seems that the introduction of magnets
into the great grain mills of the west has
fulfilled the highest expectations of those
who complained of wire in wheat. Not on
" have the magnets captured all the stray
pieces of iron bands, and thus removed the
last and only objection urged against wire
binding harvesters, but they have revealed
the singular fact that of the scraps of iron
and steel that find their way to the mills
mixed with the wheat fully one-half are
something besides pieces Of wire, and q
larger proportion of these are of such ma
ture as to be even more dangerous to mill
machinery. The magnets gather everything
of this kind with unerring certainty.
A recent analysis of Lake Superior cop
per is as follows: Copper. SO, 961; sulphur
5000: silver, OOPS; iron O,OO7; oxygen,
O,OO2.
The IRON Age states that the first rolling
mill in America was built at Middleboro,
Mass. for Peter Oliver, one Of the crown
judges in the province, in the year 1851.
n. Jauemann proposes to manufacture
an improved soap BY dissolying twenty
eight parts Of soda ash in 100 parts Of. mo-
losses, and then stirring in 100 parts Of
0leic acid.
The New York board Of fire insurance
underwriters have decided to rate as sspec-
tally hazardous" all buildings using the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-07
Observations OF Gabe Tucker.

You may notch it on de palm as mighty resky
plan
TO make your judgement by de cloes dat xiv
erS up man;
For hardly needs to tell you how you often
come erCrOag
fifty dollar saddle on twenty-dollar hoss
An, wukin de low groun's, you diskiver as yeu
Dat de fines shuck may hide de meanes' nub-
bin in row!
I think man has got mighty slender chance
for Hebon
Dat holds on to his piety but one day out oh
seben;
Dat talks about de sinners wild heap of sol
emn chat
An nebber drops nickle in the missionary
OATS foremost in de meetin' house for raisin
all de chunes,
Put lays aside his 'ligion wild his Sunday pan
teloons!
nebber judge o'people dat I meets along de
way
By de places whar dey come FUN an, de houses
whar dey stay;
For de bantam chickens awful fond o'roostin'
pretty high,
An de turkey buzzard sails above de eagle in
de sea. -
An you fines de smalles' possum up de bigges'
kind a. tree!
j. A. Mason, in Scribner for July.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-07
ISABELLA AND PEDRO.

An Old Fashioned Romance Run to Seed.
From the San Francisco Argonant
The last CLEAN of day was silverirg the
waters of the Granddaughter, ut the mouth
of which stands the ancient city of V.len-
Cha, as the congregation was slowly depart
ing from the cathedral of Saint Ceciius.
Among the last Of the worshipers was a
young female closely shrouded in mar
tilla. In her hand she carried fan Of the
most exquisite workmanship; behindl er
he bbled an old duenna, who with difficulty
kept pace with the tripping feet of Dora
Isabella, for such was the name OF. the maid
en-. Close by her side walked Young
and noble cavalier, whose deep, dark Eye
was riveted upon her, while ever and anon
glances of recognition were exchanged le-
tween them, till at length the suspicion of
the old lady was aroused, who, Selling Il
arm of her young charge, quilted her not
until they reached mansion in the neigh
borhood of the ever verdant Glorietta.
Just as Donna Isabella was ascending
the steps leading to her mansion, she
dropped her fan, as if by accident. TIE
opportunity was at once seized by tho
youdg cavalier, who, lifting it, unseen BIZ
the duenna, slipped within its folds billet
and, kneeling, presented it to the blushing
oamsel. A
@You will not fail to meet me as the note
says" he whispered beseechingly. You
underestimate"
Il tumble, was the maids reply.
That night when the bell Of Miquilet
tolled the midnight hour, Isabella stood in
her balcony, which overhung the garden.
A slight movement was soon heard among
the orange foliage, and tall figure shroud-
cd in s flowing mantle, ADVANCED and stood
ceneAth the balcony.
Are you ready?" asked the mask.
20. K!" answered the maiden, in q
breath scarcely audible from terror
The next moment she was in the arms Of
her lover.
Now then for the chapel of the nearest
Justice of the Peace. Ere the sunlight
falls upon the Alhambra saloon you will be
nine"
THAT morn you will never see," cried a
man who advanced from an outrageous
shrubbery close by, and struck Pedro a
powerful blow under the left ear.
The unfortunate man sank senseless into
the arms Of his assailant, who bore him
swiftly away.
The next morning Donna Isabella was
buried in grief and percale wrapper.
Corsetless, and with tear stained cheeks
she sought her mother. ''They have taken
my Pedro" she exclaimed, despairingly,
''Who could have done it?"
1t must have been the ,ten-spot or Jack, y
responded the mother. Nothing less
could take it,"
In one corner of the Valencia cemetery
may be seen a grave kept beautiful bp fow-
ers which loving hands have strewn npon
it. 1t is the grave of Donna Isabella. She
died at the age of "A, having raised seven
children. This is not romantic, but you
can bet on its being centre shot on the
truth
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-07
GeneraiitieS.

The Boston Transcript tells of tele-
phone invented by Prof. A. E. Dolbear,
Tufts College, which dispenses wholly with
the magnet and it's attendant diaphragm
and magnetic coil, that form the special
features of the Bell telephone, and brings
the wire directly to the ear.
Private letters from Russia show that that
unhappy country is confronted by fresh
difficulty. Thirty thousand Greco- Inmates,
forcibly converted to orthodoxy in 1875,
have resumed their cid form of worship, in
spite of the threats of the local authorities.
The total number Of GrBco- Uniates driven
into the orthodox fold was quarter of
million, and if these join the malcontents,
as they are expected to do. fresh thorn
will devlop in Russia's side in Poland.
Certain features of the new Tay bridge
that shall supplant the one which went down
with such frightful loss of. life, appear to
have been exactly fixed upon. Its total
length will be 10000 feet, or about two
miles, and calculations will be made for
double the wind pressure which the strong
est gale will ever bring to bear upon the
bolts. The wind pressure is placed at 81
pounds per square foot, and allowance is
made for Sc pounds. Each pier will be en-
tirely independent of IN old one, and will
be placed in an opposite position. It is in
tended that there shall be parapet of
wrought iron, as precaution in case car
should leave the rails.
Punched or clipped coin are becoming
more and more common, despite the re-
fusal of many large firms and corporations
to take them and the melting down of guam
titles of them by brokers who buy them at a
discount. It is probable that some men
make regular business Of punching silver
coins, and as they can get about five cents
worth of scraps" to the dollar and sell the
mutilated coins at 2 per cent. discount, they
can make something by this means. Of
course there is a stringent law against the
practice, but it is no more universally en-
forced than it was in the days of the early
English kings, when defacing coins was
punishable with death, vet unmutilated
money was the exception rather than the
rule.
A good antidote to tho mining fever may
possibly be found by some persons who
contemplate exchanging a comfortable
home for they know not what, in the fol-
lowing paragraph from the San Francisco
Bulletin: ''There are not less than 1900
prospectors in the mountains of California
at the present time. Most of them have
been prospecting f. ten or twenty years.
They are all poor. With few exceptions
they have been poor and hard up" all the
time. They do not average SO cents day
the year round; and no men work harder;
or more hours day They live on ..the
coarsest and cheapest food, with no lux
uries, and wear the cheapest of clothing.
But they toll on month after month and
year after year, hopefully and courageously,
infatuated and driven forward with the be-
lief that they will strike it rich" one of
these days, and then they will have rest
and good time down at the Bay" or at
the old home in the States"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-07
CONQUER THYSELF.

IT'S good thing sometimes to be alone,
Sit calmly down and look Self in the face,
Ransack the heart, search every secret place;
Prayerful uproot the baneful seeds there
IS. sOwn,
Pluck out the weeds ere the full crop is grown.
Grid up the loins afresh to run the race.
Foster all noble thoughts, cast out the base,
Thrust forth the bad and make the good thine
own. go a&ks 5$5&&
Who has this courage thus to look within,
Keep faithful watch and ward with inner eyes,
The foe may harass, but can't meier surprise
Or over him ignoble conquest win,
0! doubt it not if thou wouldst wear a crown,
Self, base Self, must first be trampled down.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-07
POISONOUS DRINKS.

What They Give Us k1avors-Rancid Fat
and Taliow Oil rs the Basis of Pineapple,
Strawberry, Raspberry, Apricot, Etc.
There is mighty little genuine fruit ex-
tracts in the syrups and fiavors of COM
merce," said the chemist of manufacture
ing house to reporter on the New York: Snn.
Natural havors are both weak and costly,
For instance, if you sugar down pineapples
or strawberries you get delightful natur-
al syrup, but your white sugar alone will
cost you cents gallon, and the fruit is
expensive, as you know. The flavor is Just
at its proper strength and will notgo great
and SO only small portion of the fruit
syrups and essences OF commerce have any
fruit about them. Smell this.
He unstopped a vial of thin, transparent
liquid. 1t ditfused strong pineapple odor
''That, he said, sis butyric ether.
Mixed with alcohol. it is the pineapple oil
of commerce, and it enters into nearly
every flavor manufactured and into most
perfumes. 1t is extracted from rancid fat.
The tallow oil which is the basis of arti-
fetal butter will furnish it. Another PROM
inent ingredient Of artificial fayors is amyle,
which you will know better by the name
OF fusel oil. Some one of its compounds
go into the manufacture of the fiayors
of pineapple, strawberry, raspberry, april
cot, pear, orange, and apple. Compounds
OF methyl, an extract of coal tar, are also
much used. Succinic acid, obtained from
amber; sebacic acid. extracted from fat;
and benzoic acid, originally extracted from
vegetable resin, but now made from
napthaline, a coal oil product. are also much
used in various shapes. Formic acid, an
other ingredient, was originally obtained
from ants, and hence its name is derived
from the Latin word for ant, formica. But
it is new manufactured arti6clally. Chlo-
reform goes into some favors, notably grape
essence, and oxalic acid goes into the bloom
of gooseberry, apricot, lemon and apple.
Tartaric acid is also largely used Most Of
these substances are used in the form Of
others, and their strength of oder is due to
their exceeding volatility.
Are not such compounds injur1ous?o
Not when used simply for davoring pur-
poses, was the answer. The reason why
they may be used to initiate natural flavors
with such success is doubtless due to the
fact that the Hayors of the natural fruits are
due to their presence. Butyric acid is
naturally present in the pineapple, tartarie
acid in wine, citric acid in lemons, and or
alc acid in gooseberries. While artificial
davors Of essences would he poisonous,
taken in large quantities, It does not follow
that their use as davors is injurious any
more than that almonds should not be eaten
because their concentrated extract is poi-
sonous. As matter Of fact, soda water
davors and candy favors are almost inyari-
ably artificial; and the boquet and flavor Of
many bottle Of vine is due to the various
amyGc or fusel oil ethers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-07
Growth of the Traae in Frogs.
From the Boston Commercial Bulletin.


In spite of prejudice existing against the
frogs, frog eating has now established it.
self firmly as an American institution For
d time it was confined to the eastern states,
but soon the hardy Westerner succumbed
to the custom of effete Europe, and Chica-
go and San Francisco are as deeply in the
mire as Boston or New York. At Elgin,
ILL.,, there is man who. found it 80 profit
able that he went into the business, a few
years sinee,of raising q peculiar kind of
frog for the western markets. While here
in many cases they are sold under fictitious
names, it is said that In the west they are
served up as fried frogs. A considerable
improvement has taken place in this trade
recently, and a dealar says there is good
deman for all that can be secured. Many
restaurants and most Of the hotels have the
deicacy, though not on the regular bill Of
fare, only serving to order. A large part
of the frogs sold here are native, but there
is serious competition on the part of the
Canadian article. In Canada, the business
is conducted on q large scale, and the in
dustry, which lately received considerable
encouragement by the increased demand.
is at present very promising. Numbers Eof
the frogs in the country ponds and streams
and sell them in tie city to the commission
dealers, from ~hom they receive to 10
cents a dozen. The commission men skin,
pack in ice, and ship them to the northern
and western cities, where the delicious
tidbits bring them a handsome profit. In
this city the frogs are sold generally by the
dozen, and bring from 20 to SO cents, ac-
cording to quality. AS the demand in
creases the business will furnish quite
source Of rural income, and thrifty Cape
Codders might consider this suggestion, as
from personal observation it is known that
vast numbers Of frogs are there which now
live to respected, serene, and honored
old age. The subject Of canning frogs is
now being talked Of, and efforts are being
made to discover . good process for this
purpose.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-07

W. Rignold {Cleme,,l Huntingf ford, a man
in the gallery was q excited and carried
away that he should to the latter to alook
out. The houseof course roared, aud
roared again whn, the handkerchief being
thrown over Mr. Rignold' IS face, he called
out again, sThre, I told you so!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-07

Elevated street railroads and lighting the
city with electric lights, are just now
matters Of consideration in st. Louis, with
9 fair prospect Of the early Introduction of
both. -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-07

In one corner of the Valencia cemetery
may be seen grave kept beautiful bp 6ow-
crs which loving hands have strewn npon
it. 1t is the grave of Donna Isabella She
died at the age Of "a, having raised seven
children. This is not romantic, but you
can bet on its being centre-shot on the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-07

Two years 1ICefWafd, and hall city IN
!: ourning, because Of the pitiless scourge
relentlessly down upon it. And in nearly
deserted hotel, where fashion, and beauty
and wealth had fed before the grim oncom-
ing OF the pestilence, two people lying dead
young, handsome evon in death, with
refinement and nobility on their marble
faces.
And the death roll, that morning, tele-
gnphed TO happier northern cities, con-
tanned those names: Mr.. Horace Van
Verst, and his wife, Mrs. Isabel LislA Van
{ Verst;:s while, in an dioining room, rosy,
healthy, joyous and unconscious Of her
awful loss. their baby girl. q year old.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-06-03
For the ChiIdreR's Sake

Keep Hale'S Honey of HOrehound
and Tar always at hand in the cor
ner cupboard. BY administering it
in the early stages of cough, colds,
influenza, crOupy hOarseness, or sore
throat, lung fever, diphtheria, Group
and other fatal diseases of the respi-
ratOry system may always be pre-
vented. Mothers bear this in mind.
The central depot for this matchless
medicine is CrittentOn, I1j Fulton
street, New y DIRK, but it NAV be had
at all druggists at SOC. and 81. Great
saving to purchase large size.
Pixies TooTHACHE DROPS cure in
one minute.
HALF-CURED ERUPTIONS AL
WAYS RECUR. Eradicate them with
GLENN.S SULPHUR SOAR.
Hills HAIR AND WHISKER
DYE" Black or Brown, SOC.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-06-03
Telephone Posts

The telephone is a public benefit,
and of course the public should be
willing to put up with a little dis
comfture on this account. 1t does
this by submitting to the erection OF
poles on the street, but 1t does not
appear to be necessary that these
poles should be placed at such regu-
lar intervals that they are in the
way of vehicles. The poles on South
Temple street in two places are
placed in unfortunate positions.
There is one near the old Camp
building, now the property OF Mr..
Ed. Murphy, which is placed IN the
street lust where teams coming west
would turn down into First South
street. 1t is right in the line Of the
road which is used for the purpose
indicated, and while it can easily be
avoided in the day time, on a dark
night any person is liable to drive or
walk right into it, or catch some
thing on it. BY trifie of a stretch
or a little different calculation, this
difficulty could have been avoided.
We question if the company has
dealt fairly in allowing this to be
done. 1t is an unnecessary impede
ment in the public thOroughfaTe
and can be remedied. For this rea-
son it should be remedied at once
and all like cases avoided in the
I future.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-06-03
A Bad Road.

Suffering humanity-or that por-
ton OF it which is forced to use
vehicles-has good cause for CON-
plaint at the almost frightful condi-
ton of South Temple street, from
the Eagle Gate as far east as the
residence of Hon. John Sharp. At
best it will always remain poor
road. owing to the fact that the
sudden dip to the south has made it
necessary to terrace it, and in view
OF this unfortunate fact, together
with the Other-at present nnfOr-
tunate-fact that its location compels
a vast amount of one kind of traffic.
and invites a great deal from tour
lists, some favorable consideration
should be given it. Both the north
and south terraces, or roads, are cut
up and full of large rocks, sOlidly
embedded in the earth, from which
the gravel long since wore, until
they now stand out in bold and UNI
merciful relief. On the same ter
race. near the new residence now
being put up by Judge Hardness,
IS 8 water tank, right in |
the road, the top of which
stands some six to eight inches
above the level of the road, and is
as thoroughly disagreeable as it is
unnecessary. The south
terrace, which was a tTiile better
than the upper one, and for that
reason fell into more general use, is
fast becoming as bad. This street is
now adorned with some of the neat
EST residences in the city, and it is
certainly entitled, on account of the
great traffic absolutely forced to go
n that direction, to be put in bet
er condition than it is at present;
t could hardly be any worse unless
t were a mud hole. Is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-06-03
Rescued from Death.

The following statement of VIM,
j. Coughlin, of SOmerville, Mass, is
so remarkable that we beg to ask for
it the attention of our readers. He
says: an the fall of 1876 l was taken
with a VIOLENT BLEEDING OF THE
LUNG followed by a severe cough.
l soon began to lose my appetite and
flesh. l was so weak at one time
that | could not leave my bed. In
the summer of 1877 l was admitted
to the City Hospital. While there
the doctors said l had hole in my
left lung as big as a half dollar. 1
expended over 800 in doctors and
medicine. I was so far gone at one
time a report went round that was
dead. l gave up hope, but friend
told me of DIR. VA. HALLS
BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS. /
laughed at my friends, thinking that
my case was incurable, but l got a
bottle to satisfy them, when to my
surprise and qualification. 1 COM
menced to feel better. My hope,
once dead, began to revive, and to-
day feel in better spirits than j
have the past three years.
81 write this hoping you will pub
lish it, so that everyone afflicted with
diseased Lungs will be induced to
take DIR. VIM. HALLS BALSAM
FOR THE LUNGS. and be con-
WINGED that CONSUMPTION CAN
BE CURED. 1 have taken two
bottles and can positively say that
it has done more good than all the
other medicines have taken since
nv sickness. My cough has almost
entirely disappeared and l shall
soon be able to go to work" Sold
by all druggists,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-06-03
Telephone Exchange.

1t was expected that the telephone
when introduced, would rapidly
come into public favor, but no one
had any idea that the demand for it
would be so great. Accommodations
when the Office opened were made
for 100 subscribers, but the system
had not been running a couple of
weeks, before the demand overtaxed
the facilities of the exchange. Other
instruments were Immediately tele-
graphed for, are arriving daily, and
are now being distributed, those who
subscribed earliest being the earliest
supplied with instruments. 4
couple of additional switch boards
were ordered, one of which arrived
on Wednesday night. The present
central office affords inadequate
room, and it is to be removed, the
place selected being the third floor
of the DeSeret National Bank, where
a large and cOmmOdiOus room is
being fitted up for the Office. 1t was
the intention to have moved into
this Office on Sunday next. but it
will hardly be prepared in time to
admit of the removal on that date,
and when it will take place is not
known at present. There are now
about $50 subscribers, 100 of whom
are enjoying its benefits. Every
energetic business man is securing
it as fast as possible, and it will not
be long before the subscribers num-
Der 500.