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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-12-01
THE THANKSGIVING TURKEY.

To praise the turkey we s A
With x 7 c sublime:
In D D makes Thanksgiving Day
II. X L all other times.
His drumsticks r N joyed by tots:
ALL A DIS like his breast, la)
And none B they've T. 10 lots
~ Will G K chance to rest
His Turks cap makes L o deem (2")
His N NJ E is right; y =
of fortune & u light.
SO good to E T is that we "a.
$: x Q's our hungry haste '*
And shout for more" with N RG
Till stuffed about the waist.
The carver has no E q time;
It's H R B hates, (3*)
With per c V rance most sublime
He fills the M T plates.
In K c dosen't rightly carve
And helps us to X s,
At dinners N d has to starve
And P K bone, We guess.
But if he's Y q will retain
The P likes to get
We don't c Y he should refrain
For N E etiquette.
The turkey is N O BILE bird;
Thanks for him B stow,
And ifthis U 10 G he heard
He'd rise, though dead. & crow.
H, G. DODGE.
XPLAINATIoNs NEs-S-A-RY.
L&) "All ladies like his breast"
,S) "Makes fellow deem."
~ 1t is Il job he hates"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-12-01
Musician or Artist?

To be an artist is to be a poet; to
be touched by all the revelations OF
art and nature; to love, to suffers
one word, to live! To produce a
work of art does not make an artist.
First OF all ON artist must be touched
by all the manifestations OF beauty,
must be nterpenetratedb by them, and
know how to enjoy them. How many
great painters, how..many illustrious
musicians never were artists in the
deepest meaning Of the word!--Mas,
s e.. in the Century.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-12-01
Short Items,

Greasing the pillow will make it clean
| itself in clay ground in wet weather..
Work everything into the soil that
will give it life or add to the supply OF
plant food.
1t is folly to undertake more than
can be done at the right time and IN d
proper manner.
A crop that can not be made pro-
ftable when thoroughly tested under
favorable conditions, should be
abandoned.
Ii the hens have to shift for them
selves, they will be likely to prove a
shiitless set. ~.
When hay can be used on the farm
to good advantage prices must be re-
markably good if it can be sold off the
farm advantageously.
Great care should be taken to pre-
serve the feed in the best condition,
and to feed in the most economical
way. Raising a crop is only one point
in the business.
Do not leave the corn which you in
tend for seed in the crib through wins
ter. Humid weather, followed by low
temperature, will render its germinat-
ing power very uncertain.
In sending potatoes to market do
not mix varieties, and sort as evenly
to one size as you can. Dealers like
to handle goods that show some care
and judgment on the part OF the
shipper.
What sort of thriftless curmud-
goon are you, anyway-you who viii
not provide your hens decent quar-
tiers to live and sleep in, and yet ex-
pect them to scratch up q living and
supply you with q bountiful lot OF
eggs, summer and winter, spring and
fall. Il s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-12-01
Farm implements are costly, and
good care Of them pays a handsome
dividend on the investment. Try it,
ard see if it doesn't.
Lining the Stables.

Lining the Stables.
The condition in which some far
mers keep their stables, both for
horses and cattle, is simply disgrace
full. They are seldom cleaned at all,
and then the work is only half done.
The same old dirt and stencil are
carried along from year to year,
standing menace to the health of the
stock, and a shameful evidence Of
neglect and carelessness on the part
of the farmer.
The stables ought to be kept clean
and sweet. No accumulations Of
manure or old rubbish Of any kind
should be allowed. If the cleaning is
frequently done there will be no great
amount OF labor involved in keeping
the stables in good condition.
But they want to be sweetened as
well as cleaned, and there is nothing
that can be applied to better adyan-
tage for this purpose than lime in the
form of whitewash.
Some time ago we read of an ineeni-
Gus method OF applying whitewash in
very rapid and effectual way. In
stead OF a brush, force pump was
used with a fine spraying nozzle. By
this means the liquid could not only
be rapidly applied, but forced into
every nook and Granny of the wood
work, as could not possibly be done
with q brush. The inventor of this
method employed it mainly in whiten-
Ing his fences, tree-trunks, etc. But
the editor OF Field and Farm has
found 1t equally advantageous in linn
ing the stables.
The pump used was of the straight
SINGLE brass cylinder sort, weighing
four or five pounds, made on the
double-acting principle, to be used in
g. pail or barrel. The hose was leng-
thened to eight feet, and a Nixon No.
8 spraying nozzle was attached to it.
Any nozzle that will throw
a. fine spray will do. With
bought for about SIS, he found that
the cleansing material could be forced
into the remotest corners and crevices,
doing perfect job, while ten times
more work could be done in given
time, and vastly better, than with
brush.
Such an application, made as often
as seems to be necessary to keep the
premises sweet, would be much better
than a coat OF paint, as we'll as a.
good deal cheaper. And the chicken
houses, hog pens, granaries, cellars,
and, IN fact, all the farm buildings
would be benefited with an application
now and then OF this purifying agent
particularly, and often, the chicken
houses, where troublesome lice are
apt to congregate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-12-01
Take Care OF the Tools,

We need make no apology for re
curing to this subject, for it is one
which cline upon line, precept upor
precept" is required. The neglect O.
farm tools is one OF the biggest leaks
next perhaps to the teaching manure
pile that depletes the resources O.
the farmer. And yet it is one of the
most difficult habits for a. farmer tc
break himself of when once it has
settled itself upon him.
There is nothing that so clearly
marks the difference between a tidy,
forehanded, thrifty man and one Of
opposite character than this of the
care of his tools. It runs through
every line OF business. Some men are
everlastingly mislaying things. A
careless merchant will spend half his
time rummaging for papers he has
failed to put in the proper pigeonhole.
A needless carpenter will leave his
saw here and his hammer yonder,
and never knows just where his jack
plane Or screwdriver is. And like unto
these is the unthrifty farmer who
neglects to bring his pillow from the
field and abandons his mower or
reaper to the tender mercies, like those
Of the wicked, are "cruel."
If he wants a hoe, he has to spend
an hour or SO hunting for it, running
it down at last in the middle of a COW
field. And the spade-where in the
dickens is it, anyway? The last time
he had it was well, he doesn't rightly
remember when or where, but finally
RECEIVERS it, we'll rusted, by the side Of
a ditch he was digging last spring.
And so it goes. No place for any
thing and, Of course, nothing ever in
it's place.
Now isn't this poor business? It is
wasetful Of time and money, and the
men who are most addicted to such
folly are the very ones who cannot
afford it. Men who are prosperous
don't indulge in such extravagance,
for it is by carefully avoiding leaks OF
every kind that they have, in large
measure, attained prosperity. One
OF the most economical institutions q
farmer can have is u good tool house.
We described not long ago
what tool house should be; but if
it can be no more than a weather.
proof shed, in which the tools and
implements of all kinds can be stored
when not in use, so that they will be
safe from the corroding elements, 1T
will. be a great gain
An iron or steel Implement that has
been allowed to get rusty has lost IL
considerable part Of it's value; and
the wooden parts, ifweather worn and
cracked, will not do half the service
that could have been got from them
had they been properly housed and
cared for.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-12-01
WHAT RUSSIANS EAT.
NOVELTIES OF THE MOSCOW
E CUISINE. III
Hotels Are Large and Well Appoint
ed. but There Is Lack Of Cleanli-
ness--The Rich Are Extrav-
agant Livers, but the
Majority Suffer
Want, 81

The Slavinski bazaar OF Moscow is
one OF the biggest hotels in the world,
and though this is a land of famine
I have never lived so well as have in
Russia, writes Frank q. Carpenter in
the Chicago Herald. The Russians
eat as much as any other people on
the face of the globe. Their meals are
big ones and they are always nibbling
between them. The hotels Of Moscow
and ST. Petersburg are amongst the
largest in the world. The hotel de
Europe OF the latter city has many
hundreds OF rooms and you lose your
self again and again wandering
through them. The hotel at Moscow
must cover five acres, and you can
feed a thousand people in it's restau.
rant at one time. You can get very
fair dinner here for75 cents, and had
for this amount the other day a soup,
roast, some fish, some game and q
dessert. This meal was served under
., great dome and my table was next
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-12-01

pipe to let the water into
the basin. It was a long time before
! could find how to turn the water in
to this pipe. There was no cock and
no screw, but / finally found O. little
pedal at the foot OF the washstand
and BY putting my foot upon this
found that the water spurted out in.
to the basin. Tt stopped flowing,
however, as soon as took nv foot
Oft, and the result was that | used
but very little water. The Russians
do not fill a basin full of water and
wash III it. They catch the water as
it falls from the spigot and rub it over
their faces, then get another squirt OF
handful or SO and use it in the same
way, and 60 on thus until they have
finished their toilet. A half pint of
water is thus enough for the Russian
facewashing.
The better class of Russians live very
extravagantly. They spare nothing
on their tables and they are fond OF
giving big dinners. 1t is not uncom-
mon for a whole sheep to be brought
on the table at such dinners, and I'M
ported wines flow like water. They
are very fond of flowers, and there
was a dinner given at St. Petersburg
not long ago at which rare orchids
adorned the board and at which the
flowers cost more than $4,000. At
some dinners given by young men the
host expects to pay for all the dam
age that may be caused by the young
fellows when they are drunk after the
feast, and there have been dinners
here in Moscow which have cost O.
small fortune. -,
The lower class Of Russia live on
what would kill the American laborer.
Their diet is made of sour bread and
cabbage soup, and they are always
eating green cucumbers. [ see Gu
cumbers sold from the corners of
many OF the streets and they are used
in all sorts of ways. The favorite
way OF serving them at the hotel
tables is just as they come from the
vine, without being pared or cut, and
you are expected to dress them to
suit yourself. The peasants eat but
few vegetables. They know nothing
about raising vegetables and the only
articles OF this kind that they use to
any extent are potatoes and turnips.
I have seen a. good many peasant
families at dinner. They use neither
plates nor knives nor forks, and a.
fair set OF table furniture for Russian
family is a wooden bowl for soup and
dozen large wooden tablespoons,
which the different members of the
family stick into the common bowl OF
soup and, helping themselves, thus
carry the ice cold or steaming hot
liquid to their mouths. They have
milk and eggs, but, little meat, and
they do not seem to care for much
more than bread and cabbage.
1 visited some of the Russian mark
cts here the other day, and they have
many features which could be adopt
ed with profit by us. Fish are sold
alive, and the only dead ones are the
dried ones. They are kept in stone
watts OF running water, and the fish
wife will stand with a dozen of these
marble watts about her each filled with
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-12-01
Her Floral offerings.

"Donnerwetter, what q sight you
are!' "Just as I was leaving the
house to come to the club my wife
pelted me with flowers" "But that
doesn't account for your bruised and
battered appearance. You see,
she forgot to take them out OF the
pots!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-12-01
NOT JEALOUS NOW.

ARGARET, m y
mother would
say to me, "ifyou
don't conquer
that jealousy OF
yours it will make
your life niser-
able.
[ was but a lit.
tie girl when she
began to try to
cure me OF jealous
miseries, and aft
er one of her low
ing | e ct u r es /
would fight the
bitterness OF nv
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-12-01
FOR THE FARM AND FIELD.
USEFUL CONFORMATION REGARD
ING FARM TOPICS.
what Is Grade?--Take Care OF the
iools--L lming the Stabies--
Shelterlng the Stock Pays
Sowing Rye for Pasture--
Short Items.
What Is a Grade?

1t is always good plan in making
an argument to begin by defining your
terms. The rule is equally good when
making classification OF animals.
It's especially important that this
should be done when premiums are
to be awarded, for wrong definition
may give one competitor an unfair ad-
vantage over another. For example,
as an exchange points out, when a
county or State agricultural society
offers q premium for grade COWS and
helfers it is essential that the exhibits
should be graded, and not unregister-
ed, thoroughbreds in order to make
the competition just one.
The term to be defined is, therefore,
what is a. grade? Some stockmen
class all unregistered cattle as grades,
whether thoroughbred or not. And
one case is mentioned in which a we'll
know exhibitor OF cattle refused to
have his COWS registered because he
found that he could do better with
them in the grade classes.
This is sharp practice; but it is
more than that-1t is downright de-
ceptlon. A grade is a grade, and a.
thoroughbred does not become a grade
simply by failure to register. 1t is q
thoroughbred, not by virtue of regis
tration, but by descent from pure
stock. The simple neglect to keep a
cows record does not make her grade
any more than it makes O. Jersey a.
Devonshire. She may not be eligible
to the pure bred class on account Of
loss OF record; but neither is she eli
glble to the grade class. She is simply,
through the carelessness or inditfer-
ence OF her owner, outside the pale.
The following definitions, from the
Maine Farmer, very happily state the
limitations of the three classes into
which animals above the scrub class
are properly divided.
A pure-bred or thoroughbred ami
NAL is one whose breeding runs back
unbroken on both side, to animals
recorded in the herd book OF the breed
to which it belongs.
A grade is one whose breeding runs
back, or either one side or both, to
the common stock of the country.
"A cross-bred" animal is the off,
spring OF pure-bred sire OF one breed,
coupled with a pure-bred dam OF an
other breed.
Fairness demands that these defni-
tons should be kept in mind and
honestly observed in the awarding of
premiums at fairs. For if an exhibit
or have the right to put a pure. bred
animal in competition with grades, it
may though does not always-give
him a very Important advantage over
his rivals. The element of fairness is
of the first Importance in such
matters. Take that away, and there
is no longer any real value in the COM
petition, and all interest in the con-
test will soon die out. For it is, of
course, the comparison and not the
premium that gives the competition
ita va111a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-20
gaftorius &ereiu

The German-American celebration,
at VIM Johns grove on the 18th. was
attended by a large number of our
industrious people The grove is
situated under bluff that broke the
south wind, and the day could not
have been more pleasant. Speeches
were made, appropriate to the occa-
sion, and a general, all around good
time was had. The next meeting
will be held Oct. 6, 1898, at Zuta-
vern's grove, east of this city. Fol-
lowing are the officers elected for the
coming year: President, Fred Zuta-
vern; Vice Presidents, VIM Gagelman,
M. RAIDER, III. j. Roetzel, John Cru
Der, j. Lutschk; Secretary, John Zoel-
Ter; Corresponding Secretary, Louis
Zutavern; Treasurer, VIM Brueser;
Executive Board, Martin Msnzer,
Henry Schugart, Karl Kreisel.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-20
Columbus Celebration.

Friday evening, Oct. 21st, there
will be grand celebration at the
Catholic church Of this city in honor
of the 400th anniversary of the dis
covery of America by Christopher
Columbus. The services will be of an
interesting character. The church
and surrounding grounds will be deco
rated, especially for the occasion. Our
brass band and public school children
viii be there to. render music, instru-
mental and vocal, Of a patriotic kind
The evenings celebration Will clio sc
with grand display of fire works.
Everything is being done by Father
Kelley to make this most memorable
day, and he wishes all good citizens
to join with him, to show their patri-
otism. The morning service at 1870.
will be of religious nature, while thai
of the evening will be of a patriotic
character.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-20
Program.

The following is the program for the
Barton county Teachers Association,
which meets in Great Bend, on Satur.
day, November 5th, at 1880 sharp.
Paper: 'Place of the slate and pen.
Gill;" A w. Hamilton. Discussion by
Mr.. Commons.
Paper: "First morning with the little
folks. Esther Wins, Ella M. Day.
Paper: s'First steps in language. y
Alice Button, Grace Mathewson.
Recitation Elnora Landrum.
Paper: "Shall teachers sit while
teaching?"- w. T. Clark, julia
Miller.
Debate, 1.-THE word method. AT.
hrmative, S. w. Pugh; Negative, E
E. Morrison.
Papar: 'sGrading of rural schools.
M. L. Harrison, Geo. H. Caraway
Paper, Overcoming Indifference in
school. Prof. F. A. Briggs, Clerence
Aldrich.
Paper, "Third grade certificates ani
rural schools. Prof. w. F. Bell.
Paper, 1.-The question of spelling.
Anna Taught.
american Literature" Chapters I
z and 8, by E. E. Morrison.
"Copayre's Pedagogy" Chapters I
z and 8. conducted by w. T. Clark.
A. U. r. LIvEsAy, Pres
ESTHER WILLMs, Secy.
{ Ella M. Day,
Com. E. E. Morrison,
wv. T. Clark.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-20
A Great Show.

Fort Scott has had many circuses
and menageries but what is generally
regarded as the very best that ever
pitched its tents in this city was the
Walter L. Main two ring circus which
exhibited in this city yesterday to a
large and delighted audience. The
riding, the acrobatlc and the entire
ring performance was par excellence
and the circus, taken as a whole, was
all it was advertised to be, everything
being clean. chaste and artistic. The
Walter T.. Main circus has come to
the front and Barnum and Forepaugh
will have to look to their laurels.-
Fort Scott Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-20
Columbus's First Voyage.

The story Eof that wonderful first
voyage is one of the most interesting
in all history. 1t reads like-nay, is
a romance. The sailors, now weeping
and again threatening. horrifYiDg each
other with forecastle tales of demons
and giants, whirlpools and CULTS; even
the pilots and officers beseeching their
commander, with clasped hands, to
turn back while there was yet time;
the double log kept by Columbus, the
one accurate, for himself, the other
false, to deceive his men as to the dis
tance sailed from Spain; the myster-
ious sights and sounds; 1.-THE wond-
rous great ships mast" found floating
in the sea; the discovery of land which
was no land, but cloud, and the sing
ing of the Gloria IN ErceIsis On all the
vessels; the plot to murder the leader;
the flight of unknown birds; 1.-The air
SO mild that it wanted but the song of
the nightingale to make it like April
in Andalusia;" the light first seen by
Columbus himself. and then the glad
cry ''Land. hol" from the sailor Rodri
go Trianal What drama it is! And
what heart-mOving scene was 1t that
the amazed natives witnessed on that
morning of October 81, 1892, when Co
lumbus set his foot on San Salvador,
and with his officers and men knelt
down and kissed the soil with tears
and thanks to God. 'sThen arising"
says the record, ''he drew his sword,
and unfurling the royal banner, took
formal possession of the land in the
name of the Sovereigns of Castile.''
Columbus had discovered "the wes-
tern route to the Indies,o as he beliey-
ed, and now he must make good the
remainder of his promises. His royal
patrons expected him to find gold.
Some of the natives wore rude gold. or
naments, which, by signs, they in
formed him came from the southwark,
from the Ciango of his dreams. the
place of gold and jewels whence the
potentates of the Indies filed their
TREASURES. For many days he sailed
hither and thither, coasting the bays
and exploring the streams and lagoons
overarched by the luxuriant foliage
among which flew birds of brilliant
plumage. He found no gold. but he
discovered several islands, among them
Cuba, which he thought was the main
land of India, aud Hayti, which he
supposed was the ancient Ophir Of
Solomon.-From "Colunbus: His Story
and His Country" in Demorest's Fami-
ly Magazine for November
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-20
Program for Columbian Day.

Detail Of veterans expected to arrive
at $50.
2-Reading Of President sProclamation
3-Raising the flag by Veterans.
4-Three cheers for Old Glory, By Vet
Grams and all.
5-Salute to the flag and pledge.
6-Song, Red White and Blue.
prayer.
8-Song, America.
9-Address, Meaning of the four CEN
turtles.
10-Song of Columbus Day.
1.-THE Old Columbus Banner.
12-Battle Hymn of the Republic.
In the Ward schools the teachers
with the exception of the two songs on
the National Program, will supply
what National songs they desire.
''Thank De Lord dat de republican
party have made dis gov'ment invisi-
BILE by de democrats" exclaimed Rev.
Harper, black preacher from
Wichita, at republican speaking in
the court house Tuesday night. An
other speaker, from Topeka, explain
ed the financial question to a t-y-tee
To put the whole business in a nut.
shell, he said: "Now, frien's yo'
know dere is 412aa grains to de bull
ion," etc, etc. One brother exclaim-
ed: "My friends, dis causes emotions
in me-" and sister in the audience
cried out, ''In me, too, brodder."
The meeting was as good as an origi-
nal minstrel, and the g. o. p. strikers
about town make as much fun of it
as any one. Send on some more col
Ored "orators."