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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
Selecting Seed Corn.

Now that the season has arrived
when the crop of corn is being har-
vested, says writer in the Ohio
Practical Farmer, it might be well to
offer a few suggestions in regard to
the selection of. seed corn, Many
good farmers select the seed for next
years corn crop in the fall. All farm
ers should do so but too many are
thoughtless or perhaps careless con-
corning this matter and when plant
ing time comes they go to the crib for
their seed corn. ...
This season, owing to the wet
weather, much corn was planted very
late and the probabilities are that
should there he severe cold weather
early in the winter, it will be found,
when too late, that a large per cent
OF the corn in the crib will fail to ger
inmate. This being true, all corn
growers should see that they secure
an abundant supply OF seed corn be.
fore freezing weather and store the
same i'll a dry room where the temper
allure will not fall much below the
freezing point during the severest
weather. -:.a.
Many writer's advocate the gather
ing OF seed corn from the earliest
ripening stalks, on the theory
that the. corn will be earlier.
Be his as it may, the best seed corn
cannot be secured in this way. The
proper time, and the only proper
time to select corn for seed corn is
when the corn is husked. Let the
husker keep all the best ears separate
from the balance of the corn when
husking the shock. Then when haul
ing IN, fasten box that will hold q
bushel or two somewhere about the
wagon in which my be placed the
select corn. When taken to the crib
the box should be emptied and
after Il more critical examine
ton the very best ears are
secured for seed. This method
causes but very little trouble and
you are sure that your seed corn will
grow when planting time comes. l
think many times that corn thus Sc
lected makes a more vigorous start
and is less liable to rot after planting
than corn taken from the crib. Furth-
ermore, by q careful selection of seed
it requires but n few years to estab-
lish your own ideal corn, and you may
never fear that your corn will run
out" but on the contrary will be more
inclined to run i'm and your less
careful neighbors will buy their seed
from you.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
An Umbrella Story.


"What a queer picture!" said
Charlie. "Look, mammal q nan.
holding an umbrella over horse; III
the barn, too!''
''The story is true, though an
swered mamma. "Agentlemano UDeai
a pretty horse, gentle and spirited,
good in every way except that she was
afraid of an umbrella. He was not.
willing to whip the horse; besides, he:
had sense enough to know that 10
would only make her more afraid and
unruly.
"He tried very hard to eontriye
some way to get her over her fear
She was very fond of potatoes he
went into her stall one morrsng,
carrying an umbrella closed, with a.
potato on the top. At first she shed
away from it, but with waiting and
coaxing, she came nearer, looked visit
fully at the potato, and finally
snatched it off.
1.-THE next day he did the same
thing and she took the potato With
less fear.
$50 he kept on, and in few days
he opened the umbrella a little way,
then more and more, as she grew used
to it, till she would stand still with III
open oyer her head.
"But he was not yet sure what she
would do outdoors. The first RAINY
day he tried driving on the road Of
course, he had not gone far before she.
met a young man with an open UNI
brella.
Instead of shying, she crossed The
road toward it, expecting to get d
potato. She had one when she cazDe
home, and never afterwards showed
any fear of an umbrella.
kindness and patience are w5sest
always. Mrs. Johnson, in Our little
Ones,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
OVER THE PALM.
ARION HART

ARION HART
LEY leaned back
in her invalid
chair and listen
ed dreamily to
the seductive
music borne up.
on the June
breeze from the
illuminated lawn.
From her shell
tered post the
gay figures could
he Dlnin1v seen.
and although she
never had nor
could ever hope
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27

AT the top Of the lamp chimney fE
on another potato cylinder, or a.
cork pierced with cylindrical holes
like those below, but this time each
hole must have each axis vertical and
not obliqne. Then, through verti-
cal hole in the center, pass a string.
to suspend the apparatus. Catch
this string below the cork by passing
a match through it. Attach the up
per end Of the string to nail i'm the
ceiling, or to the chandelier which
hangs above yonr center table
Meantime put a lamp shade over the
glass chimney and force it down to-
the largest part; then suspend ali
around the shade little horses and
riders out of paper.
Place a bowl on the table, directly
under the lamp chimney, and pour
water into it through the chi1nney's
upper end. This will set the apparat-
us iii motion at once. The water
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27

passes through the holes in the cork
at the upper end, fills the tube and
runs out at the oblique ori6ces in the
potato. The whole thing begins to
turn with great rapidity, and yon
have hydraulic racing match before
you. The little horses and riders
will move around merrily.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
For Soldiers to Ride

Interest in the bicycleas means OF,
rapid transportation in the time OF
war is growing every day. Numerous
experiments have been made abr Dad,
and America has shown @ desire to
investigate the subject. GeneralA g5ses,
the noted Indian fighter, firmly believes
that the use Of the wheel in war time.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
A F;sh-Catching Dog.

1t was & pleasant drive OF two miles
over the hills that Lewiston Me.
Journal correspondent enjoyed with
two companions a few days ago. At
the end of that distance in the pros
porous farm Of James R.deout. We
found Mr.. Rideout, a large, genial man,
at his home. After while he said:
"Why don't you go down to the
brook and see my dog catch ale
Wives?"
OF course we went. It was but a
a short distance from the house that
the brook joined the salt water, and
for fifty yards, when the tide was out
spread itself in shallow ripples over q
broad bed OF pebbles end stones. The
little son of Mr.. Rideout had built
with the stones several small in
closures, the water flowing from one
to the other. When the tide filled
the brook the water was fairly alive
with alewives, and as the tide went
out a number OF them were left in
these artificial pools, unable to es-
cape. Then the dog, a handsome COL
lie, would dart into the pool and
drive the frantic fish before him till
one became stranded, when he would
seize it and bear it ashore. -.,
Such was the state OF things when
we reached the mouth OF the brook.
The tide was out. There were several
hundred fish in the pools, which are
not over a foot deep, and the dog was
splashing about in one Of them, while
the cleaning, lively fish we're Jump
ing from the water in their efforts to
escape him. OF course, though he
snapped at them very quickly, he
could not seize q fish that was free to
move in the water, but as soon as one
dashed among the rocks the dogs
teeth held it fast and brought it
ashore. There were at least fifty fish
on the bank that he had caught since
the tide went out. He never eats
them, and his teeth make scarce'y g.
scar. r.. . =. 81.
We've been eating alewives every
day for weeks said Mr.. Ride.
out. "He's been catching them for
years now. Sometimes he stays
down there till O'Clock at night. It
seems like a waste, there's so many
left on the bank. But the crows come
here and eat 'em, and it keeps 'em
away from my corn. So that's one
good thing"
We gathered up forty five ofthe fish,
which were about ten inches long, and
took them home. We ate some the
next morning, and they tasted just as
good as if they hadn't been caught by
dog.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
Hydraulic Racing Ma toh.

Carve out of q raw potato q cylin-
der of the diameter Of the upper por-
ton Of q lamp chimney Of good size
and about an inch tall. Then with
aquill toothpick pierce in this cylinder
four cylindrical holes oblique with
relation to the axis OF the large cylin-
der.
Our picture shows you the place
and the direction of the holes. Then
take the chimney and close the largest
end with the potato thus prepared.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
Poultry Mites,

Kerosene emulsion which has been
used so successfully to destroy the
diseases OF the plants has of late been
applied to animals on the farm to rid
them of lice, scab, etc. It has also
been used in the poultry yard. It is
very useful to renovate the roosting
places and the buildings frequented by
fowls, as well as being sure death to
all vermin on the chickens themselves,
when applied to their bodies. 80.
A successful poultry raiser in Michi-
gan gives his experience with the emul-
sion: "Last spring, as soon as warm
weather came, the mites began to
come by the millions. I cit dis
couraged and finally thought would
try emulsion as had some experience
with it on other insects. Hound it to
be good. I got the kettle and put it
on the stove; put in two gallons of
water and one pound OF hard soap.
When the soap was dissolved l added
one gallon of kerosene, then took my
force pump, with the sprinkler on,
and churned until it was like cream.
| went to the coops and sprayed them
all over with this hot emulsion.
perches and platform and all parts of
the coops. l used three gallons OF
kerosene to 60 through my three
coops. but it made q final finish of
them. When I find any get the
emulsion, take brush and paint it
on the parts where they are.
Harvesting and Curing onions.
A writer in the Orange Judd Far
mer gives some good hints on har-
vesting onions. He says: A long
period of rainy weather will injure
the bulb for the market, if left un-
pulled. At maturity the tops fall
over and begin to waste away; so
when the majority of the tops are
dying down, the time has come for
pulling. They should be left upon the
ground for some time to cure, and for
this it is very desirable to have dry
weather. If rain comes they should
be raked over carefully with lawn
rake. A week or more of dry weather
is necessary for curing. Then, on an
afternoon Of dry day, gather the
crop and dry them inside, storing
them in open sheds, lofts, on the
barn floor, or in any dry, airy place
where the onions can be spread out
thinly. There they may be left Until
perfec ~ cured. Where q business is
made of onion growing for market, a
shed suitable for storing them should
be built; varying in dimensions &C.
cOrding to the needs of the grower.
All bins are made of Stats, with
spaces between for free circulation of
air. In rainy weather the sides
need covering with canvas or adjust
able boards.
Short Pointers.
It pays to investigate and exper,
ment.
Keep close account Of the cost OF
crops.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
READY FOR WAR.

is feasible. Connecticut National
Guardsmen have done q great deal to,
prove the value of the wheel for scout
ing, carrying dispatches and DONG
signal service work.
The picture that accompanies this
article represents q member. OF tbe
Connecticut Signal Corps ready for
work, "
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
FOR BRIGHT YOUNG PEOPLE
INTERESTING READING
BOYS AND GIRLS, 4
!; for
Paper Money! A Fish Catching Dog
;-For Soldiers to RIde--A Hy-
draullc Racing Match--
An Umbrella
Story.
Paper Money.

A Government engaged in the man
ufacture OF money takes particular
pains to prevent counterfeiting. Els.
pecially is this the case with bank
notes, or paper money The pro.
cesses that the paper undergoes in its
manufacture render it very difficult
for an outsider to produce good i'm
itation. The Bank OF England indi-
Gates the amount of the note by a wa
ter-mark, which requires much time
and trouble to perfect, and when a
note once issued is returned to the
bank, it is Immediately destroyed. In
this way acertain account can be kept
of the numbers of the notes outstand-
ing and counterfeiters are puzzled.
Our government has different
method of battling dishonest people.
The paper has particular fibre, and
in addition silken threads OF different
colors adhere to the suface OF the pa
per, which only receives the particular
kind of ink that the government uses.
There is but one man who knows how
to mix this ink, and he received the
secret from his father, who invented
it. The manufacturer employs six
men to prepare parts of the in
gradients that 90 to make theink, but
the mixing is done private. The
manufact urer locks himself in his
room for a fortnight once year, and
perfects in that time enough ink to
last the government year. For
this he receives $4,000. ... f..
The paper is manufactured in Mas
sachusetts, and the silk mill that
makes the silk threads is close at
hand. The threads are three-eights
of an inch in length, and distributed
differently on each issue of notes.
The paper is cut into sheets 81 inches
wide by 13H inches in length, which is
just the size of four notes. It takes
1000 sheets of tn paper to make IL
pounds, which means 1000 notes. 1t
is said that the average number of
pounds used by the government is
IT'S, 900 a year, and as every twelve
pounds may be anything from 1000
100000, the government must be
kept rather busy making money.
After the paper is received from one
place, the ink from another, and the
engraved plate from still a third
scource, the Government Printer has
his shands full perfecting the notes,
which 60 through several more hands
before they get into the peoples
pockets. 0. course the notes are only
certificates for so much silver or gold
deposited in the Treasury, and "pay-
able on Demand" but the general
faith in the honesty of the govern
ment is SO great that most people
prefer the notes to the heavy gold or
silver, as being more convenient and
just as good for all purposes.-Har-
per's Young People.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
Short Pointers.

It pays to investigate and exper,
ment.
Keep q close account Of the cost OF
crops.
Keep air-slacked lime in your cocps
and about your houses.
Do not entertain the idea that nest
eggs increase eg, production.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
Warrants for two Centuries

Warrants for two Centuries ~.-..
The descent to Avernus is easy"
wrote q great poem long ago, and de-
scent is slways easier than aseeDt..
That is one reason why there are 30.
many failures in the world. Abont
200 years ago a family named Roers
pushed it's way into the limits of the
present State of New Hampshire
While others worked hard and ,sccuna-
ulated money this family became per
sistently vagrant and finally ceased TO
do any work at all. In an old wagon
covered with white canvas, drawn by
a yoke token, they kept on the road
continually, ming at night on some
farmers premises, Begging the nights
hospitality, and carrying off enough.
food for the next day. As the old
Rogerses died their places were taken,
by the younger ones, and thus for two.
centuries these victims Of heredit AIRY
yagrancy have cursed several St ates-
I'VE be the Rogerses," is the reply
they make whenever asked to tell who
they ore.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-16
SHORT SPECIALS

Tho Mitchell @. A. r post received
the most recruits Of any post in 1ndians
last year.
II has been discovered that Plainneld
N. j.. is built over . large and swifl
subterraneau river.
Numerous iron mills at Pittsburgh
have Discharged part Of their forces -
. measure of retrenchmcnk
Eugene Il. Clapp. . prohthftionisl
leader and prominent business man,
died Thursday st Boston. Mas
William Pryor. aged IL, shot end
killed william lee, agsd 10, at LsxinG'
ton. KY. Monday. Both were eolored
tockeyA
Sparks from IN engine ct Ore - tn
depot It Carksvillc. Ark. Monday and
les bales Of cotton burnsd The total
loes was 90. .eoo
Work on schooners d being pushed
st Mare Island navy yard, 20 that Z
formidable 6eet can be sent 70 Behrinr
go II necessary.
= 2. Stevens and George d Mitchell.
New York sstorncys. arrived ~ San
frapcisco Monday on their tour around
the world on bicycles
Thomas McCus fell eleven ssories,
lso feet down IN elevator shaft Ia
New York Monday and wss able q
eet mp and walk ahouk
New York brokerA IL b said. have
defrauded The Rovernmeut Of eioos ~
ia eustoma duties by 3 sYofem ef undoe
weighing and false entrieA
Frvd Hoppel has bees sentenced q
one rear 10 The penitsst5sxs % osh
koeh for forging the name of Bradley
= Meseslf. Of Miiwashee. 70 check.
George Floto. deiirioua With fever
plunged from = briies - orand Rap
idA Mich. Sunday night s1d WA
drowned His body has nct t<en re
covered.
Noadsy : a<-foes Ay-wh<el weighing
twenty four tons hasst IN the Gnein'
natl electric light works. knockinx ous
one side Of the bu,ldirg and doing 30.
90 damage
Sensational charges against Capt
Bourke. of The United stafea arnsy,
ere said - hare been plsc<d befors
President Harrison ~ Me1icaa rap<h.
ers - the Texas frensi<7.
nenjsnia Paes died - nlooNing
6ele tN ~ iesene nsyinn. MoeAar,
wkere - ho1 1een coaGued tuon4y
oaven yearA a. 0ne tims Ne y - pfom
tesas = Sew Ye<h spsissss
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-16
SALOONS OPEN IN DULUTH.
Courts Decide That shs License Law j.
Void.

DriurH, Minn.. March Is. Municipal
Judge Powell decided yesterday that
the city ordinance regulating the llcsn.
sing of saloons IL illegal and void. and
% far ~ 1t 10 concerned the liquor
seller can keep open seven days week
twenty.four hours every day. The de-
cision 10 the outcome ef = ruling re-
Gently made BY the suursme court Of
the stats, regarding tho ordinance.
Any one dosirinx : liccnse Was CONF
pelied TO pay specified sum. The
licenses al expired at the same time,
but no difference Was made IN the
amount charged for IL, whether when
issued the license bad : full year to run
or only week. THIS she supreme
court decided Was rncoussitutionsl and
unjust discrimination. and pronounced
the law void. In Duluth is was ap-
piled in the SAltef case. soma days
ago Al Salter wss arrested for keeping
his saloon open on Sunday, contrary to
the provipsons Of the city ordlDance.
The city law now epplylng 10 ilstgA
liquor selling b that Of the sgate, whp.h
10 ssjd 10 be Unconstitutional, m the
same grounds - tbe munjoipal ordi.
nance. All the other iiconoeo, except
the psddIers' licences, will cooe under
the same rule.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-16

ALBANY, March l5.--1he s'tsrsat New
York" bill, which contemplated the
nsereing OF New York, Brooklyn and
adjsoent cities, was defeated IN the ~
sembly On its 6naI passage today--i5
yeAs, - nays. senator Csnter intro
dueed : bill "a the senate today feduc-
Ing the state tar on corporations from
ene-eikbth Of per cent. 70 oae-twen-
tieth OF Per cent. the same - in New
Jeepey. The hill 10 intended 20 preveut
large corporations leaving The state.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-16

wAsuIxorox. March l5.-It 10 under
stood that the ways add means COM
mittse viii report : ball soon repealing
the tin plate feature Of the Mckinley
Law and restoring the old duty rate Of
one cent per pound on tin plate. They
INSIST that the Mckinley act has not
caused production CT tin plate in the
United States or reduced the price OF
tin.
Republicans. however, will show that
nearly = score Of tin plates mxnufac-
tories have been established since the
passage Of the act, with millions of dol
lars Invested. and now beginning to
turn out American plato in large guam.
tiues; and that. even though the indus
try has only begun, prices are lower
now under the high tariff than they
we're under the old rate. 1t 10 not
beloved that the bill can pas the sem
ate.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-16

WAsHTNarOSs March l5.-4ho most
comprehensive measure OF civil service
reform which has bssn reported to oon-
eress since the civil servsce act went
into eject, WAS agreed upon yesterday
REFORM IN the civu service. The bill is
ton. early in February. to exclude
bf Iaborers under the authority Of the
United States."
Mr. Andrew has been busy since the
introduction Of tie hill in gathering
dat4 IN support OF is and preparing Z
report. He finds that the ball will
Affect more than 20 ,OO0 lab0rers in the
navy yard, on river and hasbor lm-
provoneuts. and ia the vanous
dspartmsnts. This IL two-thirds
OF the entire number of en-
ployee now subject % competiIive
e1amiuasionA under the ciyl esrvice
in the CLASSIFIED service four years ago.
this morning. however, that his system
wouId involve no such expense as that
His bill userely authorizes . systeul Of
has applied in the navy yards, aad
oueh = has bssn in ~ for sevsn years
i'm Boston and other cltieo in uaooochu-
setts. The power - frame rules - vest
ed IL The oivil s4rvico commIosjon, but
theoo ruleo muss have the approval 81
The preGdest. end il 10 intended that
ex~w nkan l~~v~ H. ts>~s.~ ~ 4k~ t{oo
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-16

Church Mattox Kept His Word. and Indi-
ana is Stirred Up BY 1t.
ExeLIsH, Ind, March 15.-One Of the
most sensa tional arrests in the history
OF Crawford county il the Wholesale
one in which A. J. Scott. county COM
missioner and preacher, accompanied
By bis brother Lindsay and their sons.
George Scott. William A. Scott and Viii
liam e. Scott. along with Albert Jones
and William Conden. two more minis
ters of tho gospel. were arrested upon
the charge of taking Church Mattox
from his nome near Narengo one night
last week with . rope shout his neck,
leading HIM two miles, and threaten
ing TO hang him for stealing pork.
which he bought from William Glbbs.
Mattux promised = eensatiou in the
revelationof names; And be has given
IL Matecz's reputation .is not shove
par, while most OF the aocCood hare al
ways been reckoned gilt-edsed.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-16

The MilkWon'e associasioa bed theh
regular aneeting last night - Tie rsoi.
deoce ef Mothew Z. McEamarn, Ne.
o Lake avenue. Various mAtaor6, uiRk
= hearing on the kettermenl: - too or.
GanisAtton, were discussed. Mix In
opeotor FiuoGon yeoeivol ataention
and diRereut phasoo q NJ a1mlnioGra-
ton, objectioonhle 10 tbo aaoociatapu.
were talked over. AZ yot ~ decisive
actioQ hob beea taken, bus 1 comu.is.
~ nn1 ben oppoiutod 90 lormoloHB Z
pett1eo. and recoumes1ntious uhioh.
- ope t1Do, vi11 - peoennoo1 - ohs
pousspon eooncii ard tho 6oo1l 81
heplth. r6e pf1qcipal kicD = ~ -.
l1 1uoompc1ol>ey e III ehe poei1,on.
uot10 now unpun>Dso were a1do1,
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-16

NEW YoKK. March l6.-May Knowles,
= handsome and bright young actress,
whose family 10 one Of the oldest and
weAlthiest in Newburx, died under
mystesious circumstances on Sunday.
She was 10 years old and very beauti'
fuI. Official inquiry develops IN :--:ss.
mortem statement she made that medi.
c1ne for IN illicit purpoee had teen
gwen her by medical students and {
roommate. Her death resulted.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-16

TorExA. Kas.. March l5.-Ex-Gov.
ernor Click Of Atchison. in an in.
tervlew hero to-day, stated that the
democratic and peoples party central
committees nad arrived ct m under.
standing and combination between
the two parties - now = certainty.
The peoples party politicians deny that
any agreement has been reached at
any conference between the slemocratl
and peoples Genital committees. Gov
ernor Clicks statement 10 the first
authoritative announcement ~ the re-
eulk