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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-30

Roland?-down this common street
and at this late hour?"
"Qnite sure"
"And went into this poor place?-is
there noW?"
eyes, Mr.. Seton. Will you ring?"
Mr.. Seton rang at the door Of the
poor lodging house. A shabby maid
answered the summons.
"You just admitted two young
ladies' he said. "Where are they?"
1No. 5, sir; Mr.. .Aubert's room, sir. !"
She pointed to door down the pas
sage, and tremendously left them.
The door was evidently uninten-
tionally ajar, for low voices within
were earnestly talking.
"Not now, when you are sick, Vic
tor?' '
"No, not now, when I am sick, Ada.
You cannot say he has ever expressed
q wish for mp return"
Mr.. Seton caught his breath at the
two voices.
mo, but I know father is heart
broken at your absence, Victor. He
would give the world if there had been
no quarrel. Dear brother, don't re-
fuse! let me tell him you are here.
Ever since Ada believed she saw you
from her fathers carriage, coming
down this forlorn street, we have
searched for you with that hope-to
urge you back home. We searched
and waited so long, dear! but could
not give you up, while Ada was SO
sure you had come into one of these
houses. Oh, Victor! have you not
suffered enough, trying ogain q liveli-
hood for which you have no training
almost starving-ill, now-have you
not endured enough, my dear brother,
to come back home and ask papa S
pardon for your own heat and dis
respect, forgetting his anger? II he
were harsh, he loves you - She
broke down crying. ....s..
''He loves you, my son." added the
father, coming into the room. ''Let
me ask your pardon for my"
"No, no, father'' cried poor, pale
Victor Seton, springing from the bed;
and they were all crying together-all
five, l believe, but there was no unin-
terested observer to make record.
1t was true, as Olive had said, that
Victor had no training for a life Of
poverty. He was almost starving as
a music-teacher. His first experience
OF the worlds hardships had been bit
ter indeed.
Father and son had learned a les
son. At 21 and 81 years of age both
had learned the same, and passion nc
longer dominates the Sections. Love
rules instead, and not one Of the large
and increasing family is more dear
than the sister and daughter who
brought about the reconciliation with
such difficulty. Large, because while
Mr.. Seton had never withheld his
consent for Olive marrying Roland, he
as willingly gave it for the union O.
Victor and brown-eyed, faithful little
Ada-and the children OF all rise uE
and call them blessed-Selected.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-30
THE MEERSCHAUM PIPE.
Some Valuable Pointers About Its
Use.

Some Valuable Pointers About Its
l am an incessant smoker, as all my
friends know. / get tired of cigars oc-
cesionally. Not long since conclud-
ed to try the pipe, and as I had al
ways heard so much about a. meer-
schaunc, I bought one. When 1 was
taking it away the salesman told me
not to smoke it too much or would
burn the wax and ruin the thing. I
smoked it very little for the first few
weeks, and saw no indications that
the thing was ever going to change. I
went into the place where I bought it
and told the fellow who had sold it to
me about my progress, or lack of pro-
gress. He said, after I had told him
how much I had smoked, that 1 had
not smoked it enough.
smoked it for several weeks after
and saw no perceptible change.
again went in, andmade a mechanical
complaint. The young man said he
guessed / kept it in the case too much,
and that he had forgotten to warn
me against that. He said it kept the
pipe too warm to keep it in the case
too much. Soon after went into the
place again. The man looked at it.,
and said that he guessed 1 handled it
too much; that ought not to take it
out OF the case too frequently, as it
made splotches on it to handle it too
often. Then we had talk all around
on meerschaum pipes. I found out
that the meerschaum is a great pipe,
and will give satisfaction if you OBJ
serve the following rules
Don t smoke it too much,
Don't smoke it too little.
Don't take it out of the case too
often.
Don't leave it in the case to much.
Don't lay it down to cool off after
you have smoked it, for in that case
it will crack.
Don't carry it it your pocket, for
then it will not cool fast enough.
l have returned to the cigar.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-30

some. It is also said to be, when
prepared with lemon juice an excellent
assuager Of pain in some forms OF
rheumatism; but for that purpose it
must never be eaten with vinegar,
which is poisn to the rheumatic pa
tent. The raw root, moreover, chew.
ed a short time before making a pub
lie address will enable a speaker
troubled with hoarsness to fulfill his
task with ease. The use Of this root
is rapidly extending, and as it's cultiva-
ton is exceedingly easy it is a profit
able crop to grow.
A few practical hints on the best
method Of cultivating it are given by
a correspondent OF the American Gull
tivator, who says that the soil for it's
cultivation should be deep, mellow
and very rich, SO that the roots will
be able to reach a good size. The
land should be thrown into ridges
several feet apart, after being raked
smooth, and the sets placed in the
hollow made by a wheel marker.
These sets are about an inch in length,
and they can be obtained from any
old bed or purchased from market
gardeners. They should not be too
large or they will branch and send up
innumerable roots to sap away the
strength OF the stalk.
The sets should be planted out in
May or June, and covered only about
an inch with the SOIL Catch crops of
beets, lettuce and spinach can be
planted along with the horse-radish,
which can be gathered up before the
horse-radish has made much he ad-
way. ".
The roots can be left in the ground
until spring, as they are quite hardy
and not much affected by the frost;
but if dug in the fall and kept in pits
through the winter the flavor and ap-
pearance will be better.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-30
The Soil InexhauSttble,

Some speculative philosophers have
Of late years, predicted that the time
will come when t he soil of the world
will be exhausted and the human race
gradually become extinct on our plan
ct for want of food-be s'starved OUT"
as it were-but the American Agricul-
turist does not take readily to this
melancholy view of the case. It says:
Zone foot in depth OF a fairly good
agricultural soil contains 1000
pounds of phosphoric acid; 5000
pounds OF potash; 10000 pounds Of
nitrogen and lime, magnesia, soda,
chlorine, sulphur and silica to afford
food for all the crops which these
three elements can feed per acre. After
farmers, by careful and skilled cultiva-
ton have exhausted all this great store
OF plant food in the uppermost foot Of
this soil, which.will require several cen
turtles, will the soil be exhausted? Not
at all. AS theland is gradually changed
INTO vegetable growth, and the surface
SAAAo W tto ldiHl crops, DIS lCSfaOudl-
~ deepens, the subsoil which contains
the very same elements becomes fitted
for plant food. And this the imper-
lshable nature of matter applies to
the soil, which can never be exhausted
during all the ages that are to come.
All that mankind has to do is to use
it's arts, under the instruction OF
science to develop this latent fertility
OF the soil, and to 60 on feeding the
human race until the end, if an end
ever shall come, when the earth will
no longer exist as fit habitation for
mankind"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-30
Horseradlsh Culture.

There is no condiment more highly
esteemed in this country than horse.
radish. Taken in moderate quanti-
ties, as 9 condiment, it is not only
agreeable to the palate but whole
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-30
Pointers.


A Marylander has marketed Sc, 600
worth, of tomatoes this year off his
tract Of 600 arces.
Manure water, we'll applied, is ex-
cellent for discriminating bugs al9d in
sects from favorite plants.
The best cooperative society-your
soil and your seed, with yourself as
chief cook and bottle washer.
It is said that farms in Connecticut
are offered for sale at less than one
half what the building cost, with no
takers.
To remove rust from plows, stick
their noses deep in.the soil It's a
good deal like holding your nose to a
grindstone.
If you want fat hogs or fat cattle
feed them fat feed; but if you like lean
critters" the poorest feed is sure ev-
cry time.
Farming is the grandest occupa-
ton on the face of God s earth" But
it only pays well when you work the
soil deeper than the face.
The biggest yield OF wheat recorded
in this country was eighty bushels to
the acre. It was raised by a farmer
near Salt Lake City some years ago.
The farmers horse generally gets
enough Of exercise to keep him healthy.
But it does not pay to keep him trot-
ting all the time to shows and races.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-30
FIELD AND GARDEN
SUBJECTS OF SPECIAL INTER
EST TO THE FARMER.
Partial Solllng--Experlme in
Keeping EgRs--H orseradish Gull
ture--Kindness to Cows
Creamery Requisites
The Soil Inexhaus-
tible.
Partial Selling.

IN many cases the cutting of green
iced and giving to the stock can be
done to advantage. The western
farmer, with cheap lands and conse-
quently cheap pasturage, would not
care to follow this plan with all OF his
stock, as the large amount OF work
necessary, would, in very many cases,
make the work improbable. But at
the same time many contingencies will
arise that a few stock can be fed this
way to an advantage. When the
work teams are kept busy it is not
always the best plan to turn them in
to a large pasture and let them run
all night. They need rest and they
will be benefited by feed Of some
thing fresh and green, and the best
way of supplying it is by cutting off
the grass and feeding to stock in the
stables. Hogs that are confined in close
pens can always be fed green clover cut
every day. Milk COWS, even when
they have the run of the pastures with
other cattle during the day, will give
more and richer milk if they are fed
grass or clover to themselves at night.
The work teams and the milk COWS
need little better feeding during the
summer than the growing cattle or
horses, and in majority of cases the
most economical plan OF furnishing it
is to have a patch of clover, rye or
grass and cutting and feeding every
day. Millet, sweet corn or sorghum,
or the second growth of clover, can be
used through the summer. 1t will be
best to grow such crops for this pur-
pose as can be cut cured and stored
away for uselater, if not needed when
matured sufficiently to harvest. Such
crops should be grown convenient to
the stables or feeding lots so as to
lessen the work in feeding.
In many cases a patch that can be
used in this way for all the stock will
be found OF considerable advantage
during thelatter part of summer when
it so often occurs that the pastures
TAIL to supply plenty OF feed. But
with the teams and mich COWS more
or less can be turned to an advantage
the greater part of the growing sea-
son.-N. j. S., in Prairie Farmer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-30
Experiments in Keeping Eggs.

At the New York State Agricultural
Experiment Station few of the
methods Of packing eggs dry for keep
ing were tested in 1890. The eggs
were all wiped when fresh with rag
saturated with fat or oil, in which had
been mixed some antiseptic, and pack
ed tightly in salt, bran, etc. Eggs
packed during April and May, in salt,
which had been wiped in cottonseed
oil, to which had been added boracic
acid, kept from four to five months,
with loss offnearly one-third, the
quality of those saved not being good.
Eggs packed after the same prelimi-
nary handling in bran were all spoiled
after four months. -. -~
Better success was had with eggs
packed in salt during March and April,
after wiping with vaseline, to which
salicylic acid had been added. These
kept four or five months withoutloss,
and the quality after four months
was much superior to that of ordinary
lined eggs. -,
The, eggs, in all these trials, were
kept in a, barn cellar, the ordinary
temperature of which varied from 60
to 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and each
box was turned once every two days.
Little difference was observed in the
keeping OF the fertile and the infertile
eggs, and no difference was noticeable
in the keeping qualities of eggs from
different fowls or from / hose under
different rations.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-30
Kindness to Cows.

When l see a man 60 among his
COWS and they every one edge away
from him, I know there is Emusic" in
his stable at milking time. But when
l see a man going through his herd in
the pasture and he has to walk
around his COWS in order to make
progress, I know that peace and quiet
ness reign when the COWS come home.
And, after all, the Jersey COW is pc
culiarly sensitive to i'll treatment,
more so than acow of any other breed,
I believe, and Jerseymen, as a rule,
treat their COWS gently; it is seldom
that you see a wild Jersey COW. And
the Jersey bulls wouldn't have the
reputation they bear if they were
handled as gently as the COWS are, but
it is a dangerous business pettlng a
bull unless he is safely anchored.
What a difference a change of milk
ers makes! Every alternative Sunday
my regular mixer is away and an
other man does the milking, one who
used to be the regular mixer, but the
change causes theloss of one pound of
butter at the next semi-weekly charm.
ing.-A. L. Crosby.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-30
Creamery Requisites.

The creamery itself may be describ-
ed as a square building 80 by 80 feet,
with engine house adjoining; the wash
room floor and office are on the
ground level, while the work room and
store are sunk in the ground about
four feet, and are cement lined
throughout. The apparatus con-
sists OF an equipment Of Cooley cans
without taps for submerging in ice
water, two Boyd tempering watts, one
heating vat, 1900 gallon churn and
one Mason power worker. Power is
conveyed to this fiat from a six horse
power horizontal engine supplied with
steam power from an engine horse
power boiler r..~..-~.. IT,.
Our butter which quickly found a
front place, is put up in packages
ranging from two pounds to fifty
pounds, while a small proportion IS
made into one pound prints and sold
from refrigerator boxes. From our
experience, and taking into considera-
ton the general conditions throughout
the province, feel that at present 1T
is not practicable to establish many
profitable creameries, but with her
rich natural pasture and other favor
able features Manitoba should make
a grand showing in the dairy line dur
ing the next decade. Let US persuade
our neighbors to superannuate the
fat pan and the dash churn, grow
more fodder corn and roots, fill up the
chinksin the draughty COW house, use
good dairy salt and pack in new neat
tubs.-E. A. Stl uthers, Manager Bar
nardo Industrial Farm.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-25

The last lecture of Father Hyacint,e
at his Gallican Church in Paris was dis
turbed by four enemies OF his doctrine.
who assaulted him with foul abuse. As
the church was full. and as most OF the
bearers were in sympathy with the
lecturer, the disturGers were set upon bv
the masculine part of the congregation.
The place of worship was almost turned
into a field 81 battle. When the dis
turbers were elected the people outside,
who We're unable to get in, would have
handled them roughly had not the po-
lice intelfered.
A short time AGO 4 m~enagerie was on
exhibition in the town of Aberdare in
Wales. Some boys managed to gain
entrance to the Enclosure where the ele.
plant, only four inches less than the re.
nowned Jumbo, was stabbed. They
proceeded to feed the elephant with
crackers, etc, when some of the more
mischlevous gave the animal u lot of
stones. This so enragcd the creature
that it attempted 10 wreak vengeance
on its tormcntors. Tho boys, however,
managed to escape over Il wall. The
elephant then turned upon an old man
named David Watkins. 60 years oil.
who had been ~ amused spectator of
the proceedings. He was unfortunately
unable to mako his escape; the ele-
plant seized him will, lis trunk, dashed
him violently TO the ground, and then
battered him with its trunk. The cries
of the old man brought to the spot the
keeper, but he was in turn compelled to
seek safety in flight. WasIans was fin
ally rescGed. but died the next day.
The Cansnche (Icx.) Chief has this
notice al a sIscimnn OF southwestern
eloquence: "Luilicr henson, tho great
temperance orator. loctured hcra 10 a
icnsely-crowdai house. Never have we
heard such an awful and terrific denun-
citation Of aie whisky traffic and the
evils of alcohol. 1t would lake the most
e~Ntravagant praise of every man, WON
nm, and child present to give the faint
est idea of the real grandeur of that
mans words-the drollest. the prettiest,
the most sublime. or the saddest words
that ever fell from human lips. With
every flight he seemed TO rise higher
and higher. and when lie brought his
majestic, sweeping gestures into play he
was like the eagle parting the clouds
with Il tireless wing; then he would
lower his splendid voice. and, in a tone
of unutterable tenderness. relate some
pathetic incident that caused tears t.
rush unbidden TO every eye; and then
suddenly, with 4 tongue of flame, he
Numbered away in q fierce attack
against the evil that has draped the
world in sorrow. willis his great, sad
eyes seemed TO look clear across the
plains of eternity. He finally closed
with 3 inference to his God, and, raising
those lustrous eyes TO heaven, he de.
livercd an R%postrophe that is seldom
egMaled. 1t was 4 burst Of solemn and
pathetic feeling; it was electric. 1t was
like the last beam of sunset, or the
CLEAN of summer lightning, radiatingg
from the brow Of cliff and mountain
tE.FTrNa aE-Mf
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-25
n C. Haines, prop'r.

In the rooms. There was never. music at
the usual Friday receptions Of Lady Wash
ington, nor was an exception made on this
more important occasion. The sabdued
tones of the courtly gal1ants, the pretty
ripple Of laughter from even prettier lips,
and the contfnuons rattle and rumble OF
arriving and departing e~quipages alone
broke the silence: ButOne innovation was
made In. favor Of New YEARS.. III Refresh
ments were served att o'clock, and though
to us who often ssvieW withsa critics eye1
a party supper Of game. salads, terrapin,
oysters; 5icas, etc, ad ininitum, the prot
fered entertainments looks very simple, ita:
simplicity provoked no comment. Tea and:
coffee, plum cake aud plain caks were
served.
The Washington MENACE vas famed for
its china, its silver, its glass and linen.
The family plate. most Of which descended
from the Cnstis. side Of the house, vas
magnificent. It had been brought to New
York by Mrs, Washington, and ON her ar
rival was all melted down'an inc reproduced
in more elegant and harmonious forms.
Each piece displayed the arms Of the Wash
ingtons, and much of It Ia still In the pos
session Of the Custis family. The massive
salver, S2211f inches long and i71T wide, Is
oval and perfectly devoid OF all ornamen-
tation save a! rim Of! beading. at the outer
edge. Upon this were servedte e andcoffee
in cups Of cobwebfneness, aothin that tho;
liquid within showed from without its
exact height In the cup. Two men sery-
ants. dressed in plain livery. passed the:
cups that cheered but surely did not in
ebriate. Though hot punches sangarese
and wines Of every sort were drunk n
0raaf nnantitipa and nj oil f}unoo Io1u
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-25
new ze.lsnd Holidays.

The ~colonists Of New Zealand, according
to Mr.. Edward Wakefield, are a holiday
making people. There is almost an aver
age Of n recognized holiday to q month,
and It Is common practices Cor all work.
ing people to take two or more days at
Christmas, New Years and Easter, SO as
to make al unbroken play time Of three or
four days, including a Sunday.
The commonest Of all holiday amuse.
ments ia the picnic, The ssyeral trades.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-25

sects ana societies nave picnics of their
own. to which the public are cordially well
come on the payment of a small sum to-
ward the expense of the entertainment. 1t
is amusingto the railway traveller to note,
AZ he passes through some pretty country
side. not one or two, but perhaps fifty diff
terent picnics in full swing, each number
Ing scores or hundreds of guests. 1t has
been said, with much more truth than is
usuallysto be found in epigrams of this
kind, that "New Zealand people are like
cattle. You need only turn a number of
them into q pasture and leave them alone,
and they will make themselves perfectly
happy"
On a warm and tempting New Years
day an enterprising burglar might walk
through a New Zealand city and help
himself undisturbed to the contents of
most of the houses. Dwellings and streets
are alike deserted, and the casual sojourner
who does not understand the ways of the
place seeks in, vain for some one to speak
to or something to do. BY 6 or Z O'Clock
in the evening the streets are lively with
returning crowds.-Youth's Companion.
First New Yorker-Poe's cottage
was sold at auction yesterday and will
be preserved as a memorial. Second
New Yorker-You don't say so. What
a shame! We could put that on the
road and make u fortune in a month.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mrs. Slimdiet, the landlady-Excuse
me, Mr.. Dashaway, | notice you have
dropped asmall bit of fish on your
waistcoat. Dashaway-Thank you.
madam. You will pardon me if i re-
place it on my plate, for Che added
sadly)d need it.-M. Y. Sun.
Johnny" said the father, severely,
''are you still reading that historyp"
Eyes, father" ''Well, you drop it
pretty quick and hustle out with your
base ball bat and go to practicing.
II you amt careful you never will get
to be famous. Merchant Traveller.
Young Cashley-O, of course, I'll 60
with you, but it does seem to me a
wegulah boeh that as soon as a girl is
engaged to a fellah, she wants to
eternally dwag him awound on exhi-
bition like alike a. His tiancee-
Like q prize calfp-1erre Haute E1-
press.
Mrs. Jinx-I'm going to commence
house-cleaning to-day. Mr.. Jinx-
WellP Mrs. Jinx-Well, l wish o
would swear your phonographfull and
send it up to the house for me to turn
on occasionally when my feelings get
too much for me, will youP-1erre
Hante Cypress.
p. M%unchausen Cadson, Esq.-Talk
about ~advenchaws! Why, dye know,
when / was out IN Nebwaskaw 1 was
stwuck slap on the-er-cheek by a
Comanche ballet, dye knowP Miss
Dorothy Debutante-O, do let me see
it, please. ! never saw a tiattened bull
let.--1o-Day.
Mrs. Jason-So you wish somebody
would carry me of, ehp And yet you
once declared thatif any man ran off
with me an inquest over him would be
the consequence. Mi. Jason--Weu. I