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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17

had been kinder than the railroad
folks and taken care Of him until he.
got well. His ticket for Chicago was
still in his pocket, and so he had gone
on. He supposed his little boy must
be dead--anyway he did not know
where to look for him and now here
he was. He found him. The little
wooden leg dangled pitifully as Pegs
father held him, and the people who
gathered around to listen to the story
as it was brokenly told by the glad
father suddenly were reminded Of the
contrast between the lot of their hap
py rosy children and poor little Grip.
pied Peg. A man took off his hat and
passed it around and the people filled
it to the brim. s..
'Now I'll 60 home,' said Pegs faith
er; and they went. Peg wasn't lone
some any more. The world had sud-
denly grown beautiful place, full Of
love and happiness, and as they
passed down the street there came to
them from another church jubilant
chorus, singing: ..~.. .~
Peace on earth, good will toward men.
Chicago Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17
No Economy, No Means,

Stinginess is a curse to the individ-
ual ruled by it; but thoughtless prod
igality is no virtue. The Individual
who does not and will not practice
economy, is pretty liable to find, at
length, that he has nothing either to
prodlgal with, or to practice economy
upon. That eccentric but wise-headed
old philosopher, Diogenes. once taught
this lesson to another in a. way pecul-
iarly his own. ....'-.''G.... .
Diogenes, begging, as was the custom
among many philosophers of ancient
times, asked prodigal man for more
than any one else. A bystander, see
ing this, said to him.
II see your business, that when YOU
find a liberal mind, you make the most
OF him." .... .',..a
"No, said the philosopher, 'fbut
mean to beg Of the rest again. p
meaning that the prodigal man would
soon have nothing to give. 4. r.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17
Remarkable Stone-Throwine.

The old saying that "Practice makes
perfect" must be taken with a grain of
allowance. Perfection is rare COM
modify; but one meets here and there,
even in the most unexpected places,
men who have attained to the most
astonishing proficiency in some one
thing to which they have devoted
themselves. The Rural New Yorker re-
ports striking instance of this kind:
A man died recently in Pennsylva-
MIA who was mental y deficient, but a
giant physically, and who could throw
stones with an aim as unerring as that
OF the most skillful handler oftherifle.
He had a large leather pouch attached
to one side of his coat, in which he al
ways carried a good supply of these
carefully selected missiles. With these
he bagged every year no small guam
tlty OF game-grouse, quail, rabbits
and squirrels.
He could kill a bird on the wing or a.
rabbit at full speed almost as easily
as at rest. A favorite method of dis
playing his skill was to set up scythe-
blade, edge toward him, and at a. dis
lance OF one hundred feet cut apples
in halves by throwing them against
the edge of the blade. He could al
most exactly halve two out of every
three apples he threw.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17
A tourney to the SIM.

Stop and think a moment what the
sentence "A journey to the SUM- i'm
plies. A cannon ball could hardly
complete the trip in fifteen years go
ing at the rate such missiles are known
to travel. Take the fastest express
train as another illustration of that
unthinkable distance. Had one of
these trains left the earth at the same
moment the Mayfower sailed for
America, and had it travelled at the
rate OF a mile minute day and night
since that time, it would still be sew
eral miles from it's celestial destina-
ton! The fare, at the customary
rate, would be 50, S5O,0OOi
Again, it has been found that sensa-
ton is not absolutely instantaneous,
but that a very minute time elapses
as iC travels along the nerves. There
fore. if a person put his finger to a..
heated iron, or in the blaze of can
die. there is certain almost incon-
ceivably small space of time, say the
one~thousandth part of second, be-
fore the brain knows of the burn.
Now, suppose man with an arm long
enough to reach the sun. From the
known rate of sensatory transmission,
that man would have to live more
than one hundred years after touching
the great luminary before he would
know that his fingers had been
scorched. st. Louis Republic.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17
Home Hints.

10 tell good eggs put them in water: if
the large end turns up they are not fresh.
This is an infallible rule to distinguish q.
good egg from a bad one
Rice and hominy are much nicer when
preserved in the whole grain, this can be
done by steaming them. Hominy will
take three or four hours and rice from
one and half to two hours
For dish towels some use crash, which
should be of the very best quality, though
old drilling or poor quality of ticking
make better ones; and many ladies prefer
lightweight unbleached muslin, as a
cotton cloth does not leave the lint that
linen does when a little worn
The simplest form of mashed potato is
made by taking hot boiled potatoes,
MASKING and mingling them with cream
and butter until the mass assumes the
right consistency-which varies with the
Individual taste. Then salt and pepper,
and the dish is ready and by no means to
be derided.
In making buckwheat cakes it is best to
save a little of the batter and not cook it
all. That which is saved is the Yeast for
another mess and it can be kept perfectly
sweet by filling the vessel with cold water
and letting it stand till night in a cool
place When ready to use pour off the
water, which absorbs the acidity, and mix
with tepid water.
Take a pound of white CASTLE or brown
Windsor soap, stir it on the fire with a
little water. Add lavender water or any
other kind of essence when it is melted
to smooth paste, but do not thin it too
much. Stir in half a cup or more of
almond meal or of common oat meal
Keep it in jars for use. This is an old
preparation for keeping the hands smooth
and white, which was used by the bellies
of the olden time.
Before celery is used on the table it is a
good plan to keep the roots, leaves and
trimmings and put them in the oven when
the fire is nearly out, to dry thoroughly.
Then CRATE the roots and rub everything
together through a sieve and use for sea-
soning. This bit of economy is recon-
mended by Frenchman, who says that
in well-regulated kitchen every thing
may be put to some good use, if house
keeper is careful
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17
Repairs of Old Wagons.

For two or three years with proper
care well-made farm wagon will
need no repairing. It must be housed,
and possibly painted, during that time.
Whenit begins to need repairs it will
probably sell for more than it is
worth, as the repairs required Will be
twice or three times the interest on a.
new wagon. 1t was once the remark
OF a country blacksmith that the
wagons of some of his neighboring
farmers added as much in cost of re-
pairs as did the expense of horse
shoeing. The more farmer thinks
about these wastes the better he will
appreciate the impol lance of having
some place where all wheeled vehicles
and farm tools generally can be housed
when not in use. American Cultiva-
tor -~ IL
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17
WHEAT IN HISTORY.
The Bread Grain in All Ages and in
ALI Chimes

he nread 0raln In All Ages and in
ALI Chimes.
The Chinese cultivated wheat 2, 700
years before the beginning of the
Christian era; always considering it as
a gift from heaven. Scientific agri-
culturists are of the opinion that it
was widely known and cultivated by
prehistoric man. At the present time
it is the principal bread corn OF the
leading European nations. and is fast
supplanting the use of maize o" In
dian corn, in the American states
The Egyptians attributed it's origin
to Isis. and the Greeks to Ceres. A
classic account of the distribution OF
wheat over the prilneval world shows
that Ceres. having taught her favorite,
Iriptolemus. the art of agriculture
and the science of breadmaking. gave
him her chariot celestial vehicle.
and that in it he travelled night and
day distributing this valuable bread
grain among all nations of the earth
Ancient monuments show that the
cultivation of wheat had been estab.
lished in Egypt before the invasion Of
the shepherds. There are numerous
varieties of this useful grain. Colonel
LIE Cauteur of the Isle of Jersey Gull
tlvated $50 varieties on his estates at
one timo and Darwin mentions a
French experimenter who had 1922 dis
tinct sorts growing at one timo. Vii.
MORN -Andrieux ct Gle. seed mer-
chants of Paris. have collected up
wards of 700 different types of wheat
or more than twice as many as the
great Jersey experimental.
Three small grained varieties of
common wheat were cultivated by the
lake-dWellers of Switzerland. 1t was
also cultivated by the people of Itlly
and Hungary in the time of the Stone
Age and by the Egyptians as long
ago as 1859 years B, c., this latter
fact being proved by grain of wheat
found imbedded in one of the bricks
OF the pyramids to which the above
date has been assigned.
The existence OF names for wheat in
the most ancient languages confirms
the evidence of its great antiquity
and of its cultivation in the more
temperate parts of Europe, Asia and
Africa. From the evidence adduced
from botanists of high standing, it
seems highly improbable that wheat
has never been found growing per-
sistently in a wild state although it
has often been asserted by poets.
travellers and historians. In the
Odyssey. for example. we are told that
wheat formerly grew in Sicily without
the aid of man. Diodorus repeats the
tradition that Osiris found wheat and
barley growing promiscuously in Pal
estine. but neither this nor other re-
puted discoveries of wheat growing
wild seem at all credible. seeing that
it does not appear to be endowed with
the power of persistency. except I'M.
der continued culture
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17
Farm Notes.

A loose, loamy soil is best for potatoes.
good variety of crops lessons the la
Dor.
Plan to have what you grow of the best
quality.
Oats only need the soil prepared in a
good filth.
Apply the fresh, coarse manure on the
corn land.
Good seed is as important as good soil
and good tillage.
Nearly all seeds will terminate better
with covering of soil.
good disc harrow is good imple-
ment to work down sod,
1t is quite an item to seed sown broad
cast to be scattered evenly
Plant trial plots of several varieties of
corn to ascertain their value
In nearly all cases it is better to use
too much seed than too little.
Seeds possessing a strong vitality will
start up more vigorous plant.
A rough, lumpy soil needs more seed
than one prepared in good filth
A good spike toothed harrow is hard to
beat in finishing the soil for planting
good variety of crops lessons mater.
tally the necessity for hiring outside labor.
Special farming can only be made prof
liable when the product produced is of the
best quality. ~
Cutting the material used for bedding
lessons the work of handling the manure
considerably.
When it can be done, more feed can be-
secured from the pastures if there are two
instead of one.
What crops the farmer and his family
can grow, and harvest properly will re-
turn the most profit
With all classes Of stock the quantity of
the rations should be determined by the
condition of the animals
An enthusiast might make rocky pas.
turage yield him living, while a law
man might starve on the best and richest
soil.
Properly managed, production can be
increased at a faster rate than expenses:
and hence large yield returns the best
profit.
II your cellar is damp put box Of lime
there to absorb the moisture. It will also
serve to prevent foul and unwholesome
odors Lime is q great purifier, and peo-
pie are somewhat too chary in its use.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17
Grooming the Cow.

Few farmers like to work around
COWS or other horned cattle as COM
pared with those who are at home
grooming the horse. Yet the brush
and currycomb freely used in the COW
stable add greatly to the comfort of
animals and to their thrift and good
keeping as well. If the COW is MIXED
the brush frequently used insures
cleanliness in milking and is necessa-
ry. But even the young CATTLE not
old enough to be of milking age,
should receive some care. It makes
them gentle and greatly lessons the
difficulties in handling them when this
becomes necessary. American Guilt
vatOr.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17
THE ELEVATOR MANS PROBLEM
Why Do Men All Whistle In His
Conveyance, ....

Why Do Men All Whistle in His
Conveyance, ......
Mike, be it known to you, ia the ele->
vator man!
Mike is moro than this. He is a
philosopher-a sort of sage in his way,
and, what is more, is an acute stu
dent of human nature who reads men
as we'll as books and daily news
papers.
Just now he is hard at work trying
to solve a problem that occurred to
him the other day.
ave been pulling this elevator rope
so long" said Mike the other day,
"that I've got most things about this
business down pretty fine. But there's
one thing that gets me and that I
can't make out.
"What can't understand is whv
every man who gets into an elevator
wants to whistle. OF course, it's the
regular thing for boys to whistle in
any place they happen to be, but with
men it's different. There's q good
many men that don't whistle and
don't want to. know 'em as soon
as see them. There's bank presi-
dents. Bank presidents can't afford
to. Then there's editors; they don't
whistle much either. No one ever saw
policeman whistle when any one
was about.
"Now, you take any one of these
three when they get into an elevator,
and before they have gone up ten feet
their mouths are puckered up and
they are trying to whistle. It never
fails. Men who would never think of
whistliDg no sooner get into this box
than they try to make knocking birds
OF themselves. And such whistling as
it is, too. Most of it is like the squeak
OF cart axle that wants greasing.
I've looked this here thing over and
over, and can't make it out. I'd
like some smart person to tell me
what there is in an elevator that sets
men to whistling?" ....... ..-.,..-.
j. Here is a chance for psychologists to
come to the front.--Mail and Express.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17

with the yield that I will never try to
feed hogs without them. I will give
the amount as | got it from the gar
dener OF whom I bought my first
artlchokes and at high price: He
said he had agricultural statistics to
show that in California, in good soil,
and with good cultivation they had
produced twenty five hundred bushels
per acre. journal of Agriculture.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17
Growing ArtfchOkes.

A farmer who has been raising arti-
chokes says that he has found them SO
satisfactory that he will never try to
feed hogs without them. In an ex-
change he says: My way of planting
IS in rows two and one-half feet apart,
and drilled foot apart in the row.
The tubers can be cut in very small
pieces as they contain many more
eyes than potatoes; cover and Guilt
vate the same as early potatoes be
careful not to disturb them after the
white roots start out from the stalk
for then the tubers commence to form,
and from this time forward thew will
take care of themselves The second
year there are always tubers enough in
the ground to produce crop and this
is when you got the greatest yield, and
I suppose the reason of this is, there
is agood supply of roots to grow from.
would plant from six to eight
bushels to the acre and the yield, of
course. would be according to the
amount planted. The second year
there is no trouble about the weeds,
as the artichokes outgrow them They
are not difficult to destroy and they
will not spread over a farm. / plant
ed my first lot where I did not want
to leave them, and the next spring
planted the same ground in onions.
and after them sowed turnip seed and
raised good crop. the artichokes all
having disappeared. It is my opinion
that five acres planted in artichokes
will fatten one hundred head OF hogs
with very little corn. As to the kind
OF ground to plant in, I think they
will grow and do we'll in almost any
kind OF soil. / have mine planted in
black loan. I am so we'll satisfied
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17
Absent-.Minded.

A very absent minded man was
Lord -, who prided himself for be-
ing very indulgent and considerable to
his servants. His coachman had been
suffering from light attack Of lung
fever but returned to work during the
prevalence of some rough weather.
DO you think. James. " said Lord
that you are well enough to
drive me to-day?"
oh, yes your lordship: l will
wrap myself we'll"
':Ah! Well, I will tell YOU what I
will do. james. I intended to so out
in the victoria to-day, but in order
that you may escape the exposure 1
will go in the coupe insteadr'
So he drove out in the coupe,
which. although it was covered
vehicle for himself, left the unfortun-
ate cOachman as much in the rain as
if he had been driving the victoria.
But Lord - had the complacent
air as he drove off of doing very kind
and merciful thing. Youths Com
panion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17
Facts That Sound Like Fiction

Where is the novelist daring enough
to match this? Mrs. Charles Braylev or
Brighton, Mass, eloped with her hus-
bands brother. Brayley got a divorce
and subsequently married again. The
eloped first wife repented, reformed,
became the leader OF a society for the
aid OF fallen women, and also remar-
ried. Mrs. Brayley No. 2 also eloped
with the same brother, and among
those who called to offer consolation
to Mr.. Brayley was wife No. 1. She
made q special journey over from
Lynn, for this purpose, saying: II am
interested in this sort OF work now.
and ] will do all I can for Charles
Somebody ought to do something Tor
the brother-in-law. Waterbury Amer.
lean.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17
CRADLE SONG.

Ere the moon begins to rise
Or a star to shine,
All the bluebells close their eyes,
So close thine
Thine, dear, thine!
Birds are sleeping in the nest
On the swaying bough, - *
Thus, against the mother breast
So sleep thou,
Sleep sleep, sleep! .....- 81.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich in the Independent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-03-17

A Blacksnake Swallows n Rather.
A correspondent tells this interest
ing snake story: A few days ago I
sent Two boys to the spring after water.
and in a moment one of them came
running back in great fright saying
that he saw a singing rattlesnake
with rattlers on his head and horn
on his tail, and one half of the snake
was black and the other half spotted.
l went with them to see the monster
and when we got there a blacksnake
about five feet long was swallowing a
rattlesnake about two and-a-half feet
long. The RATHER was rafting with
all his might while his colored broth
or was swallowing with all his power
We left them, and went back in about
an hour and both were dead Great
Divide.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-03-26
La Grippe successfu1Iy Treated.

8. I have just recovered from second
attack of the grip this year." says Mr..
JAS. o. Jones, publisher of the Leader,
Mexia, Texas. s.1n the latter case I
used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and
I think with considerable success, only
being in bed little over two days,
against ten days for the first attack.
have been equally as bad as the first
but for the use of this remedy, as j had
to go to bed in about six hours after be-
ing Struck with it, while in the first
case I was able to attend to business
about two days before getting down. !"
90 cent bottles for sale by Blakeley &
Houghton, druggists.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-03-26
All The Talk.

WAsHISGToN, March 25.-The sole sub
ject of talk in official circles is the dan
ger of war with England. Few believe
that war will result, but all see the dan
ger of it and look for England to recede
from the position she has taken, as they
regard that position as utterly untenable
The prevailing opinion seems to be that
war is preferable to the United States
retiring from the position she has taken.
No fears are expressed as to the ultimate
outcome should war be declared, but
at the same time, while not expecting it,
the United States will not be wholly un-
prepared should it come. Aside from
the activity which was displayed by the
navy, in anticipation of trouble with
Chill, the officials of the army are be-
ginning to bestir themselves in acquaint-
ing themselves with the strength of the
enemy. The United States navy is now
stronger than for many years and atten-
ton is being directed to the army. In
the event of war Canada would doubt
less be attacked and overrun immedi-
ately,
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-03-26
RUSSIA WILL ADD TO THE FLEET.
Cabinet Meeting Fully Attended Yester-
day---Blaine Present.
THE LONDON STAR CHANGES VIEW
Final Vote to be Taken by the Senate
Monday in Executive Session
Other News.

WASHINGTON, March 26.-The serious
ness OF the Behring sea situation is
shown by the attendance of Secretary
Blaine at the cabinet meeting yesterday,
Notwithstanding his recent illness. The
other members were all present. It is
understood decision was reached that
the government would await the reply
OF LORD Salisbury to the presidents last
note before proceeding on the assump-
ton that the English government will
not cooperate in the measures of pro-
lection . the sealing industry. Secre-
taries Foster and Tracy held a confer
ence prior to the meeting, presumably
in regard to orders to naval and revenue
vessels assigned to the duty of patroIling
IN sealing grounds. 1t is practically
settled the warships Charleston, Balti-
more, Boston, Yorktown, Adams, Ran
ger and Mohican, and the revenue YES
sells Corwin, Bear, Rush and Albatross
will be assigned to this duty. Navy de-
partment authorities hardly know how
far to go in the line of extraordinary
preparations until the international cor
respondence bears more conclusive as
pect. Meanwhile, although they con-
cede that our relations with Great Brit
ain are decidedly strained, few in reality
expect actual hostilities to arise. It is
also pointed out by naval experts that it
will hardly be the policy of the depart
ment to concentrate heavy force of
vessels in Behring sea, for even if hostil-
tiles should be precipitated by an ex-
change of shots in those waters, the war
would not be fought there, but nearer
home, and our vessels would be away.
President Harrison has been given as
surances that the Russian government
will cooperate with this government in
the matter of protecting the seals in
Behring sea, and that four men-of-wal,
would be added to the feet of six Rus
sian iron-clads now at Vladivostock.
The London Star, which, on the 24th,
approved of Salisbury's attitude in de-
clining assent to the prolongation of the
modus vivendi, has changed its views,
and today advises Salisbury to renew
the modus vivendi. It says renewal
will cause the Canadians to scream, adj
ding, ''but better let Canada scream,
than that a serious quarrel between
Great Britain and the United States be
opened -