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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-12-25
PRINCETON THURSDAY DEC 2 1890
President LincoIn's Habits.

The president rose early, as his sleep
was light and capricious. In the sum-
mer, when he lived at the Soldiers
home, he would take his frugal break
fast and ride into town in time to be at
his desk at 8 o'clock. He began to re-
ceive visits nominally at 10 o'clock, but
long before that hour struck the doors
were besieged by anxious crowds,
through whom the people of Importance,
senators and members of congress, el-
bowed their way after the fashion which
still survives. On days when the cab
met met, Tuesdays and Fridays, the
hour of noon closed the interviews of the
morning. On other days it was the
presidents custom at about that hour to
order the doors to be opened and all who
were waiting to be admitted.
At luncheon time he had literally to
run the gauntlet through the crowds
who filed the corridors between his Of
fec and the rooms at the west end of the
house occupied by the family. The
afternoon wore away in much the same
manner as the morning; late in the day
he usually drove out for an hours air
ing; at o'clock he dined.
He was one of the most abstenious of
men; the pleasures Of the table had few
attractions for him. His breakfast was
an egg and a cup of coffee; at luncheon
he rarely took more than biscuit and a
glass of milk, plate of fruit in it's sea.
son; at dinner he ate sparingly of one or
two courses. He drank little or nowine;
not that he remained always on prin-
ciple total abstainer, as he was part
of his early life in the fervor of the
"Washingtonian" reform, but he never
cared for wine or liquors of any sort and
never used tobacco.-Col. John Hay in
Century.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-12-25
Hung the Wash on the Electric Wire.

Hung the Wash on the Electric Wire.
A very careless trick of domestic in,
family residing in the Coriss block
was to use an electric wire running over,
broke and came near setting fire to the
block. The wire was eight inches abovel
the clothes line, and she had been eau
toned about using it. That's the way,
careless people sometimes do, -Haverhil
Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-12-25
Two Ancient Tombs.

Two mounds of the prehistoric period
have been discovered on the isthmus Of
Corinth by P. Kastromenos, who thinks
that they are the tombs of Sisyphus and
Neleus, mentioned by the traveller Pau
sanias when describing the country sub
ject to the rule Of that place. Boston
Transcript.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
Humiliating IN Unwasheh princclinr

Tie Empress Victoria, wife Of the late
Emperor Frederick of Germany, has al
ways been Il careful and keen eyed dis
cii'lnarian i'll domestic life. She notice;
the slightest variation in the dress of a
ho'isina'i as quickly rs she used to detect
II fault i'll her children, and Furnishes one
rs lncXorably as the other Prince Hcnrv.
ihr brother of the present Emperor, had,
when small boy, the greatest objection
to his daily bath, and the nursery became
every morning the scene OF Il vigorous
and fearful struggle, on his part, against
D, "'ltupbing,'i &: His mother tried in vain to
spefsuAdp, hun that baths were iur> liable,
and thEt he must submit to them; but
she tipAtly gave the nurse orders. one
morning ITO let him have his own way.
Prince Henry, confident that he had
gained n remarkable victory, was cx-
u'ttni, and when he set out for his morn
ing walk, took no pains to conceal his
triumph. lie INDUCED in sundry taunt-
Ing remarks to his attendants; but, on
returning home, he was surprised to no.
tlcc that the sentinel at the gate did not
present arms rs he passed. On reaching
thr palace, Inc found second sentinel
equally rcmiss, and linowinuas well as any
OF ms pnnctilious military race what was
due 10 his rank, the little fellow walked
NJ to the man and asked, severely: "Do
you know who | am?" eyes, IIohcit, :"
SAID the sentinel, standing motionlcss.
NV no am Il" 'Prinz Heinrich" .sNNhy
don't you salute, them" "Becausc we
do not present arms to an unwashed
Prince, replied the sentinel. who had re-
ceived his orders from the Princes
mother. The little fellow said not 4
word, but walked on, bravcly winkinr
back the two big tears which filled his
eyes. Next morning, however, he took
Ills bath with perfect docility, and was
never known to complain of it again
1JJJDUUUf
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11

The physical powers of the Lycosidtc,
the popular running, ground or wolf
spiders, are we'll illustrated by an in
siancc recorded i'll the proceedings of the
Academy Of Natural Sciences of Philadcl-
ph:n. The result us reported WAS
achieved by pure strength and activity,
"it'iou; any OF the mechanical advan-
inge' Of snare. Mr.. Spring, while
walking with Il friend in swnnpv
wool, which was pierced by Il dixie three
zee; wide, was attracted BY the extraor-
binary movements of IL large black spider
III the middle of ditch. Closer exam
ination showed that the creature had
caught 81 fish! Sie had fastened upon it
with Il deadly grip just on the forward
side Of the dorsal fin, and the poor fish
was swimming round and round slowly,
or twisting lis body as ii i'll pain. Tie
heal Of its black enemy was sometimes
almost pulled under water, but the
strength of the fish would not PERM. an
entire suDmcrsio:. 1t moved lis fins MS
II exhausted, and often rested Finally
it swan under Il floating leaf near the
shore and made II vain effort to dislodgc
the spider by scrapiny against the under
silc of the leaf
The two hal now closely approached
the bank. Suddenly the long black legs
Of the spider emerged from the water,
and the hinder ones reached out and fns
tened upon the irregularities of the sides
OF the ditch. The spider commenced
tug5ine at his prize in order to land it.
The observer ran tn the nearest house for
q wi'!e-mouthed bottle, leaving his friend
TO watch the struggle. During an inter.
val of six or eight minutes absence the
sp'lcr had drawn the fish entirely out of
the water; then both creatures had fallen
i'll again, the bank being nearly pcrpcn-
dic'ilar. There followed great strur
gle, and on Mr.. Springs return the fish
was already hoistcd head first more than
half its length ont upon the land. 1t
was very much exhausted, hardly making
any movement, and was being slowly and
steadily drawn up by the spider, who had
evidently gained the victory. i"pultr
Science No"thly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
MATCHING CHEST FOR GIRLS.

In Germany they have pretty fashion
when the stork comes down the chimney
and brings a girl baby to make the house
glad to begin on her first birthday to
form her trousseau, says the Ladies Home
journal. Her Sodmothcr gives the big,
handsomely carved Matching chest, and
in this goes gradually the bed linen, the
napcry and the silver that, rs an indus.
trious fraulcin, she is to carry to her ne w
home.
The American mother is beginning to
see the value of the custom, and the
Matching chest now makes its appearance
and is carefully filed. Grandmamma,
wisely enough, begins set of table
spoons, and when the little girl is twelve
years old she will have full dozen OF
them, each bearing her initials. From
an adoring aunt will have come the tea
spoons, from an uncle the forks, and
from mamma the handsome napery.
Now, these things cost Il lot OF money,
but rs they are given so gradually on
birthdays, not one feels that they are any
great expense.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
A GOpher's Long Sleen.

Early in 1861 young farmer of Bul-
loch, Ga, furnished home for himself
and bride. The Kitchen was log one
with one of the old-fashioncd hard clay
iiosrs. He had built over gopher iA,h.
and OF course the hole was filled up And
the owner was forgotten. The farmer
went of to the war and when he came
back he found some charfcd timbers. Tho
house was rebuilt and the dirt floor was
still feature. But the kitchen was
never remodcled. The other week the
mother, who first set foot on the clay
door twenty mine years ago, was sitting
by window, when CHANGING to look
down on the kitchen aoor she was aston
ishcd to see it show signs of being dis
turoed underneath. For five minutes
she watched it intently, and then called
other members of the family, who entered
Just in time to see his gcphership emerge
from his long slcep.-Atlaata Constitu1
ton
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The Siberian Mosonitoes

During the short summer the temper.
AZURE rises rapidly reaching So de.
grces f. But with the warm SCISSOR
come the mosquitoes, which are q
plague OF these regions more difficult Ia
endure than csld. II nevo- would have
believed" says the correspondent of the
Rassay FeaomOsty, of Moskow, RUSSIA,
who has been cxilcl TO these parts, "that
the insects could appear in such swarms.
They literally dar&cned the light, fillipn
the air with an incessant noise, covering,
as with black mantle, our horses, whose
TANKS were soon bleeding all over. Mad.
cened with pain, the horses kicked and
reared, but seeing that all was unayail-
ing, they dropped their heads and sub.
mitted. to the inevitable In vain we
tried to protect ourselves with wells, tray-
cling, Notwithstanding the hot weather,
in winter gloves and ovcrcoats. The
mosquitoes penetrated through the
sleeves under the shirts, singing the
breast and the body, which ached rs if
burned with fire. The more we struggled
to get rid of our tormentors the more we
opened the way to thousands more of
them. On arriving at the huts of the
fakues we kindled a great fire, which
made such . smoke that it prickcd the
eyes and choked the breath, though we
lay stretched on the earthen floor. The
mosquitoes disappeared, but as soon rs
the smoke dispersed little, new swarms
penetrated into the hut, covering all OF
us thickly."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
How Timothy Grass Was Named.

Timothy or herd grass is the most com.
mon grass of continental Europe, grow
ing wild throughout all that vast region
between the Mediterranean Sea on the
south and the North Sea in the direction
the name implies. 1t is not known ex-
actly when it was first introduced into
the United States, but this much is
known: it takes its name from Timothy
Hanson, farmer of Maryland, who
brought it into general notice as q hay,
grass after he had cultivated it extern
sively for his own use for years. The
botanical name for the grass is phlepm
pratense. 1t is a curious fact that N
though its native home is Europe, tic
United States is the first country in
which it was grown. cut and cured for
hay. Not longer ago than 1855 some
timothy heads and seeds were taken to
England and exhibited as c,lriosities,
Chicago Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
THE DAYS.

They pass, mute figures, through a .ombre
gate,
Wien Time, tho Warder, turns the noise
less key,
Yelled are their Rces, aud u mystery
OF grayest robe enfolds their cloudy state
In single march they move, nor soon, nor
late,
And gifts, joy, good, tho fruits of lifc's
fair tree,
Love the crown, the cross of pain and pow
erty,
Their full hands hold, these Almoncrs of
Fate,
For some. ;aey wake glad bells to chiinings
soft:
70 some. they bear the cirism of sweet
death
Nninly we strive to bar their footsteps oft.
Or, eager. call on them with quick drawn
breath.
They pass, mmovcd, to join. the shatiowy
train
OF vanished days that shall no: come again.
Elisabeth ". f'isLc, IN Cosmopolitan.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11

The sanitorium for aged and INDECENT
cats Mt Brighton, Mass. has made its re.
port for the year ending April, 1890.
Oilicially it is known rs the "Shclterinp
Home for Animals" and its regulations
include the care of dogs that are i'll o.
have no fixed place of residence. The
unsympa'hetic small boy of Brighton
calls it the Cat hospital. The report
bears upon the epidemic of Ii grippe.
which seemed to find the cats unpreparcd.
Large numbers were prosiratcd by this
mysterious and dread disease and not
wi'hstanding the utmost precautions, tho
deaths were numerous. There we're III
cats received, while the number of dous
was Isl. Ninety cats found homes, while
ITO dogs did the same thing, which, nc.
cording to the opinion OF experts, tends
to show the superiority OF dogs.
York 1riJu6c.
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How TO Save Money.

Experience has shown that some sys-
tenn is absolutely necessary to induce a
large proportion of the persons of mod
crate means to lag aside Il part of their
incomes. The smaller the income, the
greater, of course, is the temptation to
spend it all in order to supply wished-for
comforts of life. When money saving
means denial OF some creature comfort,
some equivalent for the denial must be
presented clearly to view The naturally
frugal spy out this equivalent fo- theai-
selves. But there are SO many WHO
are not by nature frugal; and it is Tor
them that system must be devis6H.
The most efficient system of this kind
should combine three things: 1, An
easily perceived inducemcnt to save; 3,
regularity in laying aside the savings; 8,
as much compulsion as may be in enforc-
ing the economy. These conditions are
best fulfilled by the form of cooperation
known as the Building and Loan Asso-
ciation.-iScriJner's Nagasine
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Finest Specimen of sevres in the World.

The so-called Isabey table, considered
the finest specimen of Sevrcs in the
world, has been irrcparably damaged by
the carelessness of the portcrs engaged at
removing 1t from the building in which
1t was exhibited during the Paris Exnosi-
ton. The table was made to the order
OF the first Napoleon, and exquisite min
latures OF that monarch and Of his four
teen marshals we're executed by Isabey on
the porcelain. Four years were con-
sumed in the making of the chef d'eeuyre.
and for it Napoleon paid the sum of
SIoo0. At the fall OF the Empire the
table was returned to tue factory for the
purpose OF having the royal arms and a
figure of ivory inserted; this was never
done. The artist Isabey hearing that his
S:"at work was about to be sold to 4
Spectator who intended to cut out the
portraits of the marshals and sell them
separately for extortionatc sums, hustled
around and induced n private individual
one NJ. de Series, to buy the table and
preserve it. De Series paid S12, 900 for
the treasure and hid it away for thirteen
years. In 1880 the famous table was ex-
.hlbitcd i'll Paris and in London. Durinn
the reign OF Napoleon III. repeated ef-
iorts were made to sell it to Eugene.
but the Empress would not buy; so the
table remained in the De Series family
until 1857, when it was purchased for
SGO00 by the daughter Of Isabey, the
artist. Set up last year in the Paris En-
position, it was conceded by all who saw
1t be the masterpiece of Sevres. And
now latter notable history, it is cracked
from end to end by laundering truck
man &C Chicago Mens.
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saluc, and then searched the dead. Tho
three lad about $40 i'll gold and silver
among them, aud one had Il white mans
scalp, which had been taken within two
days. When really to start headed to-
ward the southeast fof the river, and mt
3 o clock rode right into the camp of the
payty, which had settled down for sport
anu had given me no thought. Next
day party OF us rode over to give the
bodies a more careful inspection, and We
found on each one silver Government
medal, given them during Lincoln's first
terin' as good Indians. p-Ne.o lorb
San,
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A TRICK or the rEApE.

Owner of Premises Ito tcnanD-"Now
Jones, you may show Inc those room,
that you think need repairing"
Tenant with alacrity)-"All right
Well begin with"
Owner (enthusiastically)-"Onc mo.
ment! Is this your baby, Mrs. Jones:
What remarkably pretty little follow
ootsy, tootsy, pootsy! Won't you conc
ana sit on my knee, baby' Bless its lit
tie bright cycsl I'll be along in minute,
Mr.. Jones'"
Mrs. Jones ito baby-"Go and sit on
the Sentlcman's knee, dcaric' (To Mr..
Jones)-''Joiln, don't see that there's
anything about the house that needs fix
ing up SO very badly" Chicugo Tribune.
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A Great Engineering Work

TITO Manchester GnglanD ship canal
which is slowly approaching completion
is one of the greatest engineering works
of the age. The engineer, Mr.. Leader
Williams, recently stated that there were
employed upon it II, 4S9 men and boys,
1872 horses, 5000 wagons Gncluding cars,
as VIC call them), and 169 locomotives
The work necessitated the laying of 21s
miles of railway, and there we're used
every month 5000 tons of Portland ce
ment and 10000 tons Of Coal. Rail
GaY Aqe. -
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A GOWN WEIGHING THEE orScEs.

About the year 100 Il fair Young
bride in the village now known as New
Haven, wore dainty costume of white.
The gown was cut low in the neck and
was sleeveless. The dress was of light
and tilmy texture and weighed but about
three ounces. 1t has been handed down
from generation to generation, until it
has at last come into the possession of n
Danbury lady. The dress is remarkably
well preserved and is extremely valuable,
both from its age and the beauty of the
emb-oideries with which it is covered.
The design of the trimming is prettily
worked in the coarse linen thread so COM
mon in those days. Necs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
UNCLE SANS Girls

Do both sexes work together in the
Treasury Department?
OF course they do, says the Cleveland
Le0aer. American girls can take care of
themselves in any place, and these
maidcns are by no mcars spring chickens.
Not many of them are or the marry,
though every now and then we hear OF
one dropping off the pay-rolls with good
husband. The late Attorney General
Brewster got wife in the Treasurer De-
partmcnt. She was the daughter of an
ex-Secretary OF the Treasury, and she was
one of the pretticst women that Wash
ington has ever known
Stephen a. Douglas married depart
mcnt clerk, and many of the ladies of
the departments 90 into the best Of WASH
ington society. 1t is an unwritten law
in some of the departments that nus
band and his wife shall not he on the pay
rolls at the same time, and when two de-
partment clerks marry, one is expected to
leave. Postmaster General Villas, how
ever, objected to this theory, and a
number of Cabinet officers now allow
their clerks to marry if they choose.
One of the prettiest girls in the
Pension Office was married the other day
to very accomplished young clerk who
worked beside her. Their field of work,
however, was changed, in order that no
remark might be caused by the marriage,
and they now have good positions in
New York. Not a few clerks are married
secretly, and their names appear on the
payroll of the department as single after
they have been married.
There is, of course, occasional flirting
among the clerks. If you put one
woman with three men anywhere in the
world she must be an extraordinary
female if she does not throw coquettish
glances Mt at least one of the three, and
the men are not human if they do not
look at her. happen to know, how
ever, that three fourths of these Treasury
girls could be married if they wished
husbands.
FASHION NOTES.
Light cloth riding habits %ill be much
worn.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
Qnccr Memento of n Singr1 cat

y pet cat, who was suifocatcd in q re.
cent fire in Charleston, S. c., left he,
portrait behind her. The smoke settled
on the floor and blackcncd it, except
where the cat was lying. Now that her
small body had been removed, there an.
pears on the floor reversed silhouette.
IN outline OF the cat in white on black
ground. BY keeping the smoke from the
DIT OF flooring upon which she Law she
n'.' ,. her own picture. l: is perfect
outline even to the collar on her neck
and the spreading hair of her tail. The
section ot floor will be vanished and the
outlines OF kitty" prcserved.-Nem
York Witness.
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TWO NEAT COTTON GOWNS.

One OF plaid pink, olive and white
American Bingham, at eighteen cents a
yard, is charming enough for garden
party if worn with Il large leghorn flat,
trimmed with pink roses and black lace.
Yet it is simply made by any home dress
maker. The skirt is cut on the bias,
bringing each plaid block liamondwise,
and hemmed; it is five yards wide. The
round bodice has IL one piece back, shir-
red ut the waist line, while the fronts are
are in folds from the shoulders to the
waist centre where they meet over n vest
OF white embroidery. The full sleeves
and bodice are cut on the bias and have
turnover frills ut the neck, and wrists of
line embroidery in vaudykes A wide
belt ribbon, matching the pink, is held
in front with II pearl buckle, and the
ends fall toward the left where they are
caught in large rosettes near the foot of
the skirt. The other gown is of old
rose sateen, having Persian pattern
outlined in black. This forms IA full
skirt, bordered with black velvet ribbon.
The "early English" bodice is SHRED
around the neck to tit to the form and has
very full sleeves SHRED above and below
the elbow. The fitted belt of black vel
vet is shaped over the bottom of the
waist line with point in front. Deep
cuffs and gorgct collar-one having Il
deep point in front like tiny yoke-of
the velvet, finish a quaint toilette. White
and blue or green ginghams need only a
collar and cuffs of vaakyke embroidery.
The ginghans, satcens and embroidered
muslins are lovely this season, and quite
cheap. Ladies' H9n,e Jo4raai.
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MEAN, But TRUE.

: The boys at n certain college not far
from New York, have got what they call
Il fearful down on Professor "" Con-
se1uentiy, they make his life bowling
nature. lie was woke up at one in the
inornin. tho other day by violent ring
ing Mt his bell. Drawing Oh his drcssino
gown, he threw up his window and in.
4ured what WAS the matter,
"liurglars are around, and We wanted
to tell you that one of your windows is
open" -
(which one1" he asked, anxiously.
The one you have got your head stucp
out oil, replied the students in chorus
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THE HAIR MUsr RE MORN Low

There is one fact determined upon, and
that is that the hair must be worn low
with this seasons chapeaux. The Paris.
ienues have taken long time to lend
themselves to this change. Hair worn
low in the neck is less chic, or at least
the fair French ladies have thought so,
for good many years, but this season a
decided variation is proclaimed, and en-
tire America will have to follow the low
decree. 1t is still permitted to wear the
high hair in the hopse.-Ncw York Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
Why the Colts Licked the Calf.

y farmer named Hilton hired very
inexperienced boy to help about the
place One morning he told the lad to
go ard salt the calf over in the pasture,
The boy took about quart of salt. rubbed
it all over the calf, working it into tbe
mar. A gang OF colts in the pasture
scented the salt and got after the calf.
ihey licked the hair all off the calf's
l back and tried to lick the hide off too.
ING farmer tried to catch the calf to
wash 1t, but the creature, thinking he
wanted to lick too, kept out of his way.
ne colts are the only ones that got any
fun out OF it.-Saraanah RepuJlica