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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
Charming Gulf State Bellies.

Probably in no quarter of the Union
can feminine beauty be seen in greater
perfection or in more varied types than
in the gulf states. The ethereal
blonde, the glowing brunette, the win
some chatain, stately or petite, with
features statuesque or piquant, seem
to find in our soft and languorous eli
mate a congenial atmosphere that aids
the full blossoming of their loneliness.
But the true secret of their power
lies not only in their undeniable pos
session of the fatal gift but also in
their charm of manner: which is gen.
tie without being insipid, and fasci-
mates as much by the warmth of itself
in word and expression. This is rec
ognized abroad as we'll as at home-a
fact illustrated by the position accorded
the bellies of the far South, and the
admiration they elicit when, like
Bonnie Lesley, they undertake to
'spread their conquests further" -
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
A Dainty Picnic.

The St. Louis Globe-Democrat saws
the English sparrow has mortal,
enemy in the common red-headed
woodpec5er, who, though no giant
among birds, is as big as half Dozen
English sparrows and not afraid of
half a hundred. The woodpecker's+
beak is so hard and his head and neck:
are SO powerful that in single peck
he can kill a sparrow, and the English
birds have become aware of his powers
and are very much afraid of him. The
appearance of a red-beaded woodpeck-
er will set whole flock of sparrows to
flight, and the only time they will face
him is when he makes an onset on
their nests. The eggs of the sparrows
are not larger than peas and their
young about the size of grubworms.
and nestful of young sparrows is a
dainty picnic for woodpecker, which
he is careful not to overlook. The
sparrows will fight but they cannot
drive him away.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
TO MY WIFE.

Come to me, dearest, I'm lonely without thee
Day time and night time, I'm thinking about
thee; ...
Night time and day time in dreams 1 behold
thee;
Unwelcome the waking tibet ceases to fold
thee. ".#
Come to me darling, my sorrows to tighten;
Come in thy beauty, to bless and to brighten;
Come IN thy womanhood, meekly and lowly;
Come in thy loneliness, queenly and holy.
Swallows will fit around the desolate ruin,
Telling of Spring and its joyous renewing;
And thoughts of thy love and its manifold
treasure,
Are crcling my heart with a promise ofpleas-
Q, Spring Of my spirit! O. May of my bosom!
Shine out Oh my soul till it burgeon and bios
som;
The past of my life has root within it,
And thy fondness alone to the sunshine can
win it,
Figures that move like song through the
even;
Features lit up by q reflex of heaven
Eyes like the skies of poor Erin, our mother,
Where shadow and sunshine are chasing each
other.
Smiles coming seldom, but childlike and sim
pie,
Opening their eyes from the heart of a dimple;
Oh, thanks to the Saviour, that even thy
seeming
Is LETT to the -xje to brighten his dreaming.
You have been glad when -ou knew l was
gladened;
Dear, are you sad now to hear I am saddened?
Our hearts ever answer in inc and in time,
love,
AS octave to octave, and rhyme unto rhyme,
love.
| cannot weep, but your tears will befowing;
You cannot smile but my cheek will be glow.
ing;
| would not die without you at my side, love;
You will not linger wher | shall have died
love.
Come to me, ere fle in my sorrow,
Rise on my gloom like the sun of tomorrow
Strong. swift and f>~I, as the words which
speak, love,
With u song On yonr lips and a smile on
your cheek love.
Come, for my heart in your absence is weary,
Haste, for my spirit is sickened and dreary
Come to my heart that is aching to press thee,
Come to the arms that would fondly caress
thee.
Joseph Brennan.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
LIFE OF AN ACTRESS.
Sadie Martinez Has Some Advice for
Stage-Struck Women.

Stage-Struck Women.
The general impression prevails
among not only stage-struck girls, but
people OF more mature judgment, that
an actress life is one of constant va
rlety and pleasurable excitement, to-
tally devoid of the cares that fall to the
lot OF humanity at large, and overflow
ing with the adulation which women
love. All of which may be true of the
'extras" and ''coryphees" in the bal
let who stand about the stage in start
ling gorgeousness at night, and prom
enade the street in kaleidoscope array
the next day. But the successful wom-
an OF today labors harder than the av-
erage shop girl, with a seriousness,
aconsclentiousness and nervous anxiety
concerning her work which, if exer-
cised by teachers and preachers, would
evangelize the world, writes Sadie Mar
tinot in Kate Fields Washington. She
lives on applause, dies if deprived of
sympathy, and who would not leave
the stage, with all it's hardships and
pitfalls, to be crowned queen of the
world and empress of the nations. But
the high lights in the picture the world
sees have their corresponding shadows.
Now just fancy listening to that same,
play, laughing at the same jokes, weep
Ing at the same misery-in short the.
same angels, same daisies,'' same
everything 100, 200 or 800 nights,
as plays run, beside the matinees. Try
to imagine the sensation when it de-
wolves upon you to make other people,
laugh with your. merriment, weep with
your suffering and enthuse with your
enthusiasm. Think of laughing every
night at the same joke sobbing over
the same pathetic remark made by the
same man, whose eyes are dancing
with fun, perhaps, all the time.
Again. an actress must never be i'll,
never tired, never sad Every other
woman in the world may have moods
and lenses, headaches and heartaches;
but for the actress there is no living
around on sofas in picturesque conva-
lescence, while someone reads softly
aloud and flowers and fruit are sent by
the basket. Yet, if an actress is i'll,
not only her managers, but all the
people in her audience feel that she
has robbed them like highwayman of
their money, and even if an under
study is supplied, they consider that
they are receiving only small per-
centage on a dollar, as in financial
crash.
Then there is another thing tiresome
enough to give you nervous prostra-
ton. You make hit in one part and
forever afterward managers cast you
for that particular line of work, so that
you will have no opportunity to ac-
quire versatility.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
He Ought to Have Sworn off
Sooner
From the Hartford Tines

An interesting case was received
Thursday evening at Johns Hopkins
Hospital, in Baltimore. The pahient
has animals in the shape of snakes
living in his blood He is from
Charleston, S. c., and has suffered
from his peculiar disease more or less
for twenty years. Many times his
blood has been examined under the
microscope, and the snake-shaped
parasites have always been found
present. This is the first case of the
kind to put in an appearance at
Johns Hopkins Hospital. Only
twenty-five cases of this disease are
said to have been reported in this
country. rsa--
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
Forgery for Love.

Love, it is said, was the cause of
the first ascertained bank note forg-
cry. A young man, an engraver,
sought a pretty girl in marriage.
Her father would not consent to the
match unless his daughters sweet.
heart put down n certain sum in
ready money. He put it down in
notes of the Bank of England notes
forged by his own hand-hnd the
fraud being discovered he was hanged.
Montreal Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
Boston Wakes Up.

The Chicago Tribune says: Ever
since the fact was made public that
Chicago consumes about twice as MANY
beans as Boston the envious New Eng
land metropolis has been trying to rob
this city OF its prestige in other direc-
lions, and has succeeded a. last. It
took Marion Manola, the actress, only
twenty minutes to secure divorce in
Boston the other day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
which any one may gain a livelihood
at little cost in the way Of labor. -
Colman's Rural World.
Farm Matters.

No soil is ever as fully supplied with
plant food as it might be. The richest
land naturally will show the effect of the
manure.
With poultry, as with every thing else on
the farm, there is always an opportunity
to sell at good prices fowls or eggs that are
of little better quality than others are
offering.
The best treatment for young orchards
is to keep the surface of the ground mel
low and clean. If while the orchard is
starting the owner feels that he must use
the land for some productive crop, it should
be some hoed crop that requires clean cult
walton.
A New York farmer puts his clover hay
in the NOW, alternating layer of the
clover with layer of oat straw. The oat
straw thus has the flavor Of the hay i'm
parted to it, and while it, Of course, con-
tains no more nutriment than formerly, it
smells and tastes better, and the sheep
that are fed upon it eat it all up clean.
Dairy Notes.
Overproductions There may be at times
an overproduction of grease and poor but
ter, but have no fear that there ever will
be too much of that nice, sweet, full-da-
vored, rosy butter. Never!
Cheese making has been supposed to be
very simple thing, said D. M. Mcpherson
before New York state Farmers Institute
My experience of twenty-one years has
taught me that it is a very difficult thing
1t is almost impossible to control results
and to make cheese such as is wanted. AS
result we have a great deal of cheese of
bad flavor and chort 1ivod
Any discovery which would enable us to
determine the exact amount of moisture
would be boon to cheese makers. AS
shown with the hot iron, the curd should
contain 48 per cent of moisture when there
are fine threads on the iron. When taken
from the press the cheese should have 38
per cent. of moisture and when well cured
80 per cent. An excess Of moisture, tends,
to carry on fermentation; reduction to
lessen it.
There are two strong reasons why butter
should be brine-salted while it is in the
granular condition. First, that the influ-
ence Of the salt may disengage the Gaseous
matter from the fat, so that it can be east
ly washed out; and second, that the gran
ules of butter may be enveloped in strong
brine, and the sailing nearly done, so that
far less working of the butter will be ne
cessiated than is the case where there is
considerable Gaseous matter left in it, and
the salt is all to be worked through it, to
make it as evenly distributed through the
mass as possible.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
Market GRrdening.

Market gardening has advantages
which are attached to some other oc-
equations. It is a very healthy occu-
patton; it can be carried on upon q
comparatively small scale, if need be.
without hopelessly handicapping the
chances OF success; part of the pro-
duce grown can be eaten by the
grower, SO that some portion of q
living is assured while trade is carried
on; and, above all, it is honest and
manly. But we would warn all such
as have had no experience in this
cauing that it is not a business at
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
recovery of thirt,

thousand dollars, ofwhich he claimed
that said Butterworth had defrauded
him. The circumstances were these
Butterworth owned and kept the
principal store in Acton, and though
he had never been regarded as an
exemplary gentleman, his honor in
business had not been impugned.
Those who had the faculty of looking
upon the undercurrent of human ac-
tions decided that he was a man not
bound by honor, but who understood
the laws of self interest too we'll to be
guilty ofsmall meannesses inbusiness.
What he was capable of doing ON a
grand scale was not mooted until the
occurrence of which am about to
speak.
Seth Damon had removed from
Edison to Acton in the fall, and had
purchased the iron works Shortly
otter concluding the purchase he had
apayment of 100000 to make, and
late on a Saturday afternoon he ar
rived from New York with the money
part of it in bank notes and partof
it in gold. When he arrived he found
that the parties to whom the money
was to be paid had left town, and
would not return till Monday Mr..
Butterworth had the only reliable
safety vault in town, and to Mr..
Butterworth Damon took the $780,
900 asking permission to lodge it i'm
his vault over the Sabbath, which
permission was readily and cheerful
ly granted.
During Sunday night the people OF
the village were aroused by the
alarm OF fire; and upon starting out
it was found that the alarm came
from Butterworth's store, but Mr..
Butterworth had been active. He
had discovered the fire in season,
and, with the assistance of his boys,
had put it out before much damage
had been done. Upon looking over
the premises it was found that the
fire had not only been the evident
work of an incendiary, but that it had
been set in several different places.
''How fortunate," said the owner,
"that ! discovered it in season.
But very soon another discovery
was made. The safety vault had been
broken open and every dollar it had
contained stolen away! Here was
alarm and CONSERVATION. Gabriel
Butterworth seemed fit to go crazy.
''For myself care not" he cried.
IA few hundreds were all I had in
there: but my friend had a great
sumr'
Immediately search for the robber
orrobbers was instituted, and word
was seat far and near to all sheriffs
and their deputies and to the police
OF the cities.
Now, it had so happened that on
that very Sunday evening-or, l
may say, Sunday night, for it was
near anidnight-I, JOHN Watson, had
been returning from any brothers g,
in punishable. I had left nv hired
team at the stable, and on my way
to my boarding house I passed the
store of Mr. BBtterworth> In the
back yard of the store was q horse
trough, and. being thirsty, ] stepped
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
Perhaps He Knows.

The French are somewhat isolated
people, but they do have some penetra-
ton of Judgment and know how to ex-
press an opinion. Nine. Henri Gre
vile, who has seen more of this coun-
try than most French women, says the
American woman makes too MANY &C
quaintances and too few friends.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD 9 i j
FEARFUL OF THE COST OF HAv-
ING GOOD ROADS.
Many Matters of Interest and Value to
the Agrlculturist Mentioned and
Discussed-Househol old Hints
and Other Notes.
Fearful of the Cost.

There are many farmers who do not
have faith in the possibility of better
roads. They have never known any
better, nor did their fathers and grand
fathers. When such men are told OF
the roads in France and England they
DO not half believe what they hear.
But the most serious contributing
cause to the farmers Indifference to
the subject is the fear that if any
system of general roadway improve
ment were inaugurated the agricultural
people would have to pay entirely for
them. The support of the agricultural
people of any measures in this direc-
ton can never be obtained until it is
made perfectly clear that the general
public will pay the charges.
The most comprehensive system OF
railways is that in France, and there
too, perhaps, are found the best roads
in the world. The French minister of
public works has charge of all roads,
and these are administered by spe-
cial department and council of which
the minister is president. There is a
staff of six hundred engineers and in
spectors and two thousand inferior Of
tcials. The department has also a
school of roads and bridges for the
education of engineers. The roads are
national, departmental, military and
vlclnal. The national roads are main
tanned entirely by the national treas
ury There are twenty-five thousand
miles of these. The vicinal or cross
roads are maintained chiefly at the
cost of the communes, but under ma
tlonal administration. On these roads
there are constantly employed fifty
thousand workmen and three thousand
overseers. What a contrast this is to
our happy-go-lucky method of work
ing out taxes on the roads?-Colman' IS
Rural World.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
Household Hints.

"A black gown is always in good taste
and may be worn anywere except to 6
wedding, where it is supposed to brins
bad luck to the bride.
A very nice dessert is made of q
meringue custard and bananas. Slice th*
bananas and stir them in the custard JUS
before taking off the range.
Toothache can generally be cured i'm
medlately by putting a small piece of cot
ton saturated with strong amonia into the
hollow of the affected tooth.
When your face and ears burn so terri.
bly,, battle them in very hot water, as hot
las you can bear. This will be more apt to
cool them than any cold application.
When the carpet has been soiled by ink.
INSTANTLY apply blotting paper, then milk,
then blotting paper, and so on until the
spot is out, as it will be. Don't rub.
DR.. John Hunter was an enthusiastic ad-
vocate for the apple; cure for govt In.
stead of wine and rare roast beef, he en-
joined upon his equity patients the import
ance, OF the free use of apples ---,-,-. ...z
Steaming the face at night over a bowl
Of very hot water and then bathing it in
very cold water is simple method of civ.
make the skin whittier and smoother and
firmer.
The smell of paint may be taken away
by closing up the room and setting in the
center of it a pan of lighted charcoal, on
which has been thrown some juniper ber-
ries. Leave this in room for a day and
a night, when the smell of the paint will
be gone. Some persons prefer a pail of
water in which q handful Of hay is soak
ing. This is also effectual in removing the
odor Of tobacco smoke from room.
Good Housekeeping: Sheets, pillowcases,
tablecloths and napkins should not be
hemmed until they have first been shrunk-
en-; but before the shrinking process each
one should be made into its proper length.
If this is done they win always fold evenly
when ironed, which is not the case if made
up without shrinking, or if shrunken in
In the piece, and then made into proper
lengths. Sheets and pillowcases should be
torn by thread; tablecloths and napkins
should be cut by thread.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
Violent Exercpse.

Mrs. De Style: Good morning.
my little dear! How is your mamma?''
Little Miss De Fashion: Mamma
isn't feeling very well to-day. guess:
she was at tn opera last evening.
cause she's awfully hoarse."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
Livestock Notes.

If you want to improve stock to the best
advantage, stick to one breed.
Water as hot as the hand can bear it, is
one of the best remedies for caked udder
In many cases it is the carelessly kept
barb wire fences on which the stock iniure
themselves.
The products must be fed to stock in
such a way as to secure the best gain at
the lowest cost.
A sandy loan is the best in which to
grow root crops, and with clean cultivation
good yield can be secured
A moderately quick walk, either when
under a load or empty, is less tresome on
horse than very slow pace.
Much loss often occurs in keeping too
much stock, especially of those that seem
to eat all that they can get without any
appreciable gain.
All things considered, the best time for
dehorning is when the calves are but two
Or three weeks old, when the horns have
Just started to grow.
The general eheapness and abundance
of corn has made it the chief food for hogs,
young and old, and in many cases making
it a too exclusive food has in reality been
detrimental.
Do mot invest too largely in new forage
crops. Corn is hard to excel for this pur-
pose.
Growing pigs should be kept in a good
condition. From different causes the sup
ply i'm many localities is below the aver
age, and prospects are good for better
prices in the fall
The best profit with sheep is secured by
keeping whatever number the farm can
carry to the best advantage, and keep
them all of the time rather than in buying
lin and selling out.
while there are several breeds of horses
and cattle, yet as a rule, at least with the
the average farmer, the better plan is to
only keep one breed, taking all reasonable
care to improve as much as possible.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
HE BEGGED FOR MERCY.

UR1NGthe month
of February, 1858,
Seth Damon, ofAc-
ton, instituted an
action at law
agains t Ga bri ell
Butterworth, ofthe
same town, for the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
A Natural INQUIRY,

What are you doing now?" Wood
en-: 'Oh, I'm living by brain work >
Wagg: Il want to know! Whosep'>
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
Feeding Hogs For Loan Meats,

IL Is cheaper 10 produce meat That
contains large proportion of lean
with the fat than to fatten hog to
such condition as to fit it only for
the production of lard, and it is fact
that feeding for lean meat a greater
weight of carcass is secured, and at no
more expense than in producing an ex-
cess of fat This is explained by
reason OF the fact that when an animal
is given food containing the elements
of growth of bone and muscle as well
as OF fat, the condition of the animal
is sustained in a manner to permit
more perfect digestion and assimila-
ton, and greater proportion for the
support of the system of the nutritious
elements that are required, and which
are more evenly distributed through
the body instead of the semi diseased
condition produced when corn is given
as an exclusive diet.
Hence the farmer who diminishes
the ration of corn allowing but a por-
ton only, substituting therefor bran,
middlings, milk and clover-cut fine
and scalded-will have his hogs larger,
heavier, healthier and of better quality
OF flesh than from corn. While giving
the advantages of systematic method
OF feeding for the best results in pro-
ducing the heaviest pork, the fact that
prime lard brings a price that makes
it desirable on the part of the farmer
to have his hogs fat, it must be admit
ted that it is serious obstacle in the
way when lean meat is advocated, but
the lean is simply interspersed with
the fat it must be admitted that it is a
serious obstacle in the way when lean
meat is advocated, but the lean is
simply interspersed with the fat, and
the greater increase from the variety
of food does not diminish the supply of
lard. The farmer will find that on
those portions of the carcass from
which the lard is produced but little
difference will be observed, and the
hog will be much more valuable as a
whole.-Philadelphia Record,
Astounding Ignorance.
It is astonishing, nay, more, it is
really astounding, the extent to which
men of ordinary intelligence depend
upon that which is not food to correct
in their stock the results of vicious
system Of feeding and handling. This
thought is suggested by a request r1ade
to an exchange by Missouri farmer,
asking IF it would be good plan to
throw lime into the pond from which
he takes his water for stopping swine.''
What he wished to accomplish by do
ing so, he does not say, but he was evil
IDENTIFY possessed with the idea THAT
lime was medicine and that hogs
need medicine. When men are willing
to study right foods and proper methods
OF feeding and of keeping, as much as
they now study how to obviate the i'll
effects of their improper and unphilo-
sophie methods, they will think less of
lime Or any poison called: medicine
than now. The Rural World holds
that breeders may, if they will, so feed
and otherwise treat their farm stock as
to keep it in health, that they can SO
breed and feed as to keep everything
vigorous, thrifty and healthy, and build
up such constitution as to even enable
all kinds of stock to be almost impervi-
Gus to contagious diseases. w estern
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