The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
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Ills WIG supports him by taking in wash
ing.
Connecticut is land of huckleberries,
and girls there earn $6 to So week picking
them
The whole worlds produce of salt per
Annum is 1900 900 tons. England produces
the most.
A Kentucky mountaineer who sold his
vote for so cents has been fined $175 and
DISTINGUISHED.
Men keep young by continu ing to work
When men retire they have invited old age
to come in and take possession.
Edward Mcdonald, Of Allentown, Pa,
thinks he owns the smallest dog It is five
months old and weighs four ounces.
The father Of family was seen lately
bearing eight oversboes of assorted size
''nested'' like Chinese puzzle boxes.
A Bohemian living in Bridgeport, Conn,
mad cut out Of his leg recently bullet
that he received in the Franco German
War
Diplomats are trained to s'obscure" the
meaning of language. The car of Russia
says he cannot believe word his diplomats
tell him.
n. D'Ennery, author of Two Orphans, is
so years old, but he is still the busiest play
wright in France. Atpresent he has seven
new melodramas under way.
1t has been calculated that there are
about 200, 600 families living in London on
about 81 a week, and they are in large
measure the people of one room.
A bell, cast recently for the Kharkow
Cathedral, contains 6s per cent of pure
silver. It weighs GAG English pounds and
its vibrations last several minutes.
Mrs. Davis, the wife of Senator Davis of
Minnesota, has gone to black. All her
undergarments are black and she has dis
carded white bed clothing for black.
Virgins, the weather prophet, believes
in the transmigration of souls. It is not
material however, as to what Virgins
may believe or what he may prophesy.
The police courts of New York do not
exist for nothing. Last year they had
10000 cases. This report is not very
creditable to the city on Manhattan island.
It appears that the great majority of per-
sons committing suicide in Japan are over
fifty years Of age. Next to the list comes
persons between twenty and thirty years
Of age. "
A single orange tree in Florida has been
Known to bear 5000 oranges in year.
Such a yield is excessive, as grove that
will yield 1900 to the tree is considered ex-
cellent
Bismarck's wife is very domestic. She is
IN expert with needle and is famous as
Sho -.1c ich-
ments and is proud of them and so is the
prince.
A New York money prince has recently
ordered a,set of brass floor registers plated
with gold in an exceedingly ornate design.
The registers will be placed in the owners
palace
Ninety years ago Mr.. Palmer, an actor,
fell dead on the Liverpool stage. The
moment before his death he had exclaimed,
20 God, o God, there is another and bet
ter world.''
Gold is found to be much more malleable
than silver Recent tests show that it can
be beaten 1900 times thinner than printing
paper. One ounce Of it can be made to
cover 146 square feet.
In Florida sugar cane grows luxuriantly
without fertilizing, and the average cost Of
preparing and planting sugar crop there
is $40 per acre, as compared with SIS in
Cuba and s24 in louisiana
At one time General Custer tanned tiny
inkstand on his desk. It grew very fond
of him, and ran over his head and shoulders
and even through his hair.
Anew Hampshire dentist has put up
sign, s'Teeth pulled while you watt and
draws much extra patronage from people
who do not stop to think that teeth cannot
be pulled in any other way.
The pumps in the Gold Hill mine at Grass
Valley, Cal, We're uncovered recently af-
ter lying nine years under water. They
were put to work and lifted water as well
rs the first day they were down.
The Presbyterians of Spokane recently
sold their church to a man who at oncs
started a saloon in the basement and now
there is seen beer sign on the corner Of u
fine structure with a tall steeple on it.
There is too much truth in this statement
made by Puck: ssThe man who howls loud
est about the equality of man is invarifs-
bly, the man who is most firmly convinced
that the world contains no one equal to
ltmself.''
The distance travelled by Stanley in the
interior of Africa is estimated by him at
400 miles, of which all but 1000 were On
foot. The expedition occupied three years,
and rescued 800 persons, at a cost of less
than ee3O, 900.
The Cinnamon Of New York have given
to their joss, at 16 Mott street, a new UNI
brella, which they had brought over from
China. It IS covered with dragons and
other monsters with glittering eyes. and is
said to have cost $400.
The army of the United States consists
Of 2, 167 commissioned officers, and little
over %, 600 real private soldiers, exclusive
of those performing civilian duties. In
other terms, one-tenth of the military force
consists Of it's officers
Taking the oath in Japan is serious
business. Blood is drawn from the arm
and taken to seal the oath. The witness
who swears falsely must do so over his own
blood and that is something they do not
like to dishonor in that way.
The odd Witch House, in Salem,
Mass, is still standing, just as in the days
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