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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
Helping tho Maids.

That man or woman is blessed with
a happy temperament who can take
All apparent slight in such a manner
that the offender is kindly reminded
OF his shortening, while at the same
time their own dignity is maintained.
An incident in early American history
will illustrate our meaning: ~
I It was during the war OF the R:vo-
luton, and while the American and
British armies were contending in
Pennsylvania, that General Washing
ton was in the neighborhood of Mari
eta, Lancaster County. General Lee,
with two or three aids-de-camp, rode
in advance, and, stopping at a way
side inn, informed the landlord that
General Washington and his staff Off
GERS would quarter at his house for
the night.
This news, Of course, caused great
confusion among the inmates Of the
establishment. They wanted to do
honor to the beloved commander, and
hustled about to have all things in
readiness upon his arrival.
"Pere, you," said the genius who
presided IN the kitchen, to General
Lee, ignorant OF his rranl1 in the army.
lust 60 out to that wood-piIe, co.. 60
split an armful of wood for me- /
must hurry up this fire, or I cannot
get a good supper for General Wash
ington."
The officer, enjoying the joke, obedi-
emily took up the ak, and soon the
chips were flying in all directions. He
was busily working away when Wash
ington and his staff rode up to the
tavern. . .,
''Why, General Lee," said the COM
mander-in-chief, what in the world
are you doing?"
"Oh," replied Lee, lifting his head,
~ am helping the maids in the
kitchen. General Washington and
his officers are coming here for supper
tonight" w..
Both generals burst into a hearty
laugh, in which their companions
joined; and even the landlady, who
had set the general to work, enjoyed
the joke after she had recovered some
what from her modification.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
ELECTRICAL ETcH1NGs.
Terssxy Told.

f H.
Robert Franz thas well known composer,
is dead in Berlin 4. s
Charlotte Edgraen, the Swedish authoress
ana wife of the duke Of Cajanello, is dead.
The duke Of Devonshire says there is no
truth in the report that lie has become u
roman Catholic.
There is nothing like a converter a per-
vert vert Wayne MacKeagh now denounces the
ItepuDl1can party as revolutionary. E
IN tax list filed few days ago at In
annapolis, President Harrison's taxable
property all told is. valued at $23,650.
IN England one person in every thirty
nine Is Dauper, while in protected America
the rate Is only one person in every $50.
The executors of John Roach, the ship
builder, will. receive from his assignees
ABOUT $2,50O,000. being the surplus of his
assigned estate X. <.
a man who advertised himself as "the
eminent Dr.. Hale of Philadelphia," iii Dub
lin, was discovered to have been, few
years ago, a blacksmiths helper.
Lord Tennyson married at the age Of
forty-one, which is one reason perhaps,
why 1t is thought he was disappointed in
love while Young. His wife is niece of
Sir John franklin. . -5.
Probably the tallest G. A. r. veteran is
William +. Boyne of Green county, Pa, who
stands seven feet in his stockings. During
the war he was private in the Twenty
second Pennsylvania cavalry. 5,4
nv. David Greer,of st. Barthoomew's
Episcopal church in New York, having
sufficient private income for his own needs,
turns over his entire salary for the relief Of
the poor, and as his salary is $4,000 q
year, the relief is a substantial one.
COZ. Samuel Listoe Of Minnesota is in
washington. He is there to receive his in
struetions from the state department as
consul to Dusseldorf, Germany. He will re-
main few days and return home before
sailing. ,,...
Rev. Joseph James Cheeseman, Baptist
minister, has recently been elected presi-
dent of Liberia. He was appointed superin-
tendent of Baptist missions in Liberia in
1871, is a colored man of the most pro-
nounced type, and is very effective ora
tor and preacher.
Spanish papers say that two descend
ants Of Columbus, Manuel and Maria Co.
Jumbo, are at present inmates of an asylum
for the homeless at CadiZ. Incredible as
the story sounds, it is said that years ago
the two old people, who are brother and Sis
ter, were discovered begging bread in the
streets of the Spanish city. Documents in
their possession prove their descent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
NV fathers a clark,
My sisters a singer;
My mothers a "bobber"
And I am a ringer,

The dog-whipper was to be found IN
every county in England, and is still
at his work in the churches of some
remote places. Indeed, there is g.
church in Wales where ''lazy tongs"
with spikes in the ends are still used
to drag the unconsecrated animals
out of the sacred edifce. The
dog-whipper at Bray, in Berk--
shire, yrs provided with a. ssjerkin" to
indicate his official position, at a cost
OF shillings and 4 pence. The item
paid to Richard Turner for whipping
the "dogges' out OF a church at MOI:
ton, in Derbyshire, in 1922 was 1 shil-
ling. 1t is believed that the well-known
sexton of Peterboro, Old Scarlet was,
one OF the first dog-whippers in the
country. His portrait on the wall of
the cathedral depicts him with whip
in his belt. H. died in 1891.
In some of the churches the dog
whipper Was only allowed to driye out
truant dogs, the dogs OF the gentry be-
Ing furnished with a pew where they
were admonished to keep order. In
Northorpe church, which was Deepen
dency of Northorpe hall, there was a.
hall pew for the Northorpe CANNES
who were Of biuer blood than the col
lies OF the shepherd, and were highly
accommodated as we'll as being safe
from the taws of the dog-whipper. -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
POISON FEARFUL STRENGTH,

Experiments Showing the Power of
Virus Elected by tie Deadly Cobra,
DIR. Arthur stradling, writing to the
Manchester Times OF a number Of
77! rners which were presented to him.
says: "VipeEs have Very large poison
glands, and I obtained the venom
by allowing them to bite on a small
porcelain spoon made on purI>.
pose, covered over with oiled
silk like a drum. The fangs, sink
ing through the silk into the
hollow of the spoon, would each
discharge q tiny drop or globule of
virus, and this would collect and
store in fine glass tubes or on dried
blotting paper. There are many
other methods of getting the poison,
but / think this is the best. In India
the natives procure cobra venom
by inducing the enraged reptiles to
strike at a shell, across which leaf is
stretched. Each of my snakes could
be depended upon to yield poison
once O. day, but it was only trace at
a time-just q glistening speck that
you could hardly see. OF course this
was a slowprocess, and one day Imade
q calculation that if my sixteen vipers
had kept in full health and vigor, and
had yielded daily all the year round,
and supposing that it had been
possible to keep the fluid without
letting it dry up, it would have taken
more than seven years to produce @
quart. This will give you some idea
OF the fearful strength of the stuff,
when you think how minute is the
quantity injected at each bite. The
experiments which 1 was making lust
then consisted chiefly ofsoakins scraps
Of meat, bits of hard boiled egg and
things OF that sort in the poison, and
analyzing the changes which resulted
in them sitter a given interval. And
from these md from similar trials it
was found that this fluid had the
power OF dissolving the albumen of
flesh like the gastric juice has; so it is
thought that one great use-perhaps
the greatest-of the venom is to aid in
the digestion OF the sserpent's food.
OF course, it might do that, and serve
as ammunition to kill the prey as
we'll"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
QUEER OLD ENGLISH CUSTOMS.

5s5 4 3 i
How Sleepy Worshipers Used I'll,
BE Kept AWake--Dogsi In Church. i
There was once a time, q long time
Too, extending over several centuries,
when there was a salaried official in
church to waken sleeping members of
the congregation and to expel dogs
from the sacred edifce. These indi-
viduals are referred to in the records as
sluggard-wakers and dog-whippers,
and the fees paid thera were very lib
eral, their annual salary being a mere
plttance. The custom, which was fre-
quent in England, was also practiced
In America more than two centuries
ago, Rev. DR.. Samuel Whiting, a min
lister OF Lynn, Mass, was provided
with a. sluggard-waker, one Allen
Bridges, who brushed the faces of
those inclined to sleep with afox's tail
fastened to a long staff, t'likewise a.
sharpe thorne, wherewith he may
prick such as be most sounde." A
certain Mr.. Tonlpkins, being thus ad-
monished, sprung up with great
deal OF force and to the wonder Of all,
did, so says the record. OF the day,
"prophainlie'' exclaim in a loud voice..
"Buss the woodchuck," he dreaming,
as it seemed, that a woodchuck had
seized and bit his hand. "And I
think" continues the chronicler, che
will not soon againe 60 to sleep in
meeting. The wo men may sometimes
sleep and none know it by reason of
their enormous bonnets."
Women as we'll as men served in
this capacity, according to the Detroit
Free Press. Betty Finch, of Warning
ton, occupied this position in Holy
Trinity church in 1910, a COMPARE
lively late period. She walked males
tically up and down the aisle during
the service armed with a long stick
like a fishing rod with <bob'' on the
end of it. With this she angled for
sleepers. The term "bobbers'' was
used for this service and Betty's son,
one of a family OF officials, used to
reclte for the amusement of the tavern
goers:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
NoUse.

. In Bermuda, says Mrs. Rollins, your
driver and your washerwoman bring
you every day punches Of flowers that
in New York would cost five or six
dollars; but not even five or six dol
lars would induce them to hurry
their horses or change the day for
bringing back the wash.
In the shops dealers almost resent
your demands upon their stock, and
the story is vouched.. for of one shop
keeper who explained his lack Of some.
thing inquired for, by the extraordi-
nary statement:
People kept coming and coming for
it, and bought it all out just as fast
as we got it in; 50 we stopped keeping
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
Some One Blunlercd.

Milwaukee, Oct. 25.--By collision be-
tween freight train and working train
on the Milwaukee 4 Northern railroad "a
branch of the Milwaukee, between Elkharr
and plymouth, this morning, Thomas Fitz-
gerald OF Depere and Nick Ringle of Elk
hart We're killed. The following were In
jured: Fred Bowen Of Appleton, John ia
cob Of Hilbert, William Peale Of Green Bay,
and Chris Elsing OF Kiel. Some Of the III
jured will die. The wrecked train was
backing to Plymouth from gravel pit. A
hagm ma was sent back to flag the freight
train. Either the nagnan failed to per.
form his duty or the signals were unob-
served. s 60 - &
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27
wisconsin,s New Gerrymantler.

Madison, Wis, Oct. 25.-Both houses
of the legislature held short sessions this
evening, but did nothing. While the bill
which will he introduced is not entirely
completed it is nearly So Few changes
will, in. any event, be made It insures
fourteen sure Delnocrl tic senate districts
and three virtually sure, making seven
teen in all, or a majority of the whole.
The assembly apportionment will give
the Democrats about fifty-tive of the one
hundred members.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27

Ex-President Cleveland's Buzzard's Bay
residence known as Gray Gables, is foy
sale. It.is stated that Mr.. Cleveland wilt
again make his summer home at Marion,
Mass. .ta 3ss 3 9'H. T'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27

See that the fence about the corn
field is secure. hepastures are short
in many places. A raid on the corn
field may make you short Of cattle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-27

Use the fine scrapings OF tho barn
yard as q top dressing for the mead
ow.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-16

Mrs. Mary M. Stevens, Of Lincoln,
was married the first Of the week at
Grand Island to Nelson Wetson, of
Cheyenne. The marriage was the out.
come Of a strange correspondence. A
friend Of Mrs. Stevens is in the employ
Of Nelson in Cheyenne, and suggested
to him one evening that he knew of a
woman who would make him an excel
lent wife. Nelson agreed, if the fan
creature should prove acceptable and
could be won, 10 marry her. He imme-
diately wrote to Mrs. Stevens, setting
forth that he was the owner of large
and paying ranch, was well off in the
world and wanted some one to share his
lot and help eat his potatoes. The lady
was not averse to embarking in the
matrimonial sea for second time, and
agreed that il everything was as repre-
sented and the man was of a good moral
character she would accept
She was fully satisfied on these points
and they Immediately considered them.
selves engaged. Business interests pre-.
vented Nelson leaving home long enough
to come to Lincoln and he did not wish
to be so ungallant as to compel his be.
trothed to go to him, 80 they compro.
missed and agreed to meet at Grand Is
land. Mrs. Stevens left for Grand Island
where the couple met for the first time
Both considered that they had secured q
bargain and were mado one at once
A letter was received in this city from
the happy bride, in which she says thai
he is just glorious and too sweet for any
thing, Cor. Omaha World Herald.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-16
nronrht the omeIal. to rsrn,..

A determined German brought the Of
ficials Of a New Jersey railroad company
TO terms SO crowded was a local train
on the Morris and Essex railroad that
many of the passengers could not find
seats. AS the train started, an indig-
nant Teuton stopped the train by pulling
the bell cord and demanded that an
empty car on the track be attached.
The other passengers sustained him, but
the demands were not needed. When
the train started again the German once
more pulled the bell cord and announced
that he would pull it every time the
train started unless another car was at
tached. After considerable dispute the
railroad officials gave in, backed down
the train, attached another car, and
thus furnished seats for all its passen
gers. Yankee Blade.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-16

When the Panama canal was first pro-
posed a great cry went up that such a
"ditch" would endanger the lives of mil
lions of human beings. 1t was argued
that the waters on the Pacific side of the
isthmus were hundreds of feet higher
than they were on the Atlantic side, and
that the great rush of waters to even up
the difference in the level of the two
oceans would drown out all southern
NorthiAmerica, all the West Indies and
most of Mexico and Yucatan. Would
be engineers and sensational editors
passed their opinions or wrote yards Of
scare editorials on the subject. 1t now
turns out that the Atlantic and not the
Pacific is the higher of the two oceans,
and that in place of the difference in
level being hundreds of feet, as had been
affirmed, the surface of the water on the
east side of the isthmus is exactly Ol5
feet higher than it is on the western
side.-St, Louis Republic.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-16

Jail breaks" were being discussed by
a number Of gentlemen. "For the bet
ter security of prisoners charged with
the more serious offenses they have
adopted very ingenious plan in that
city Of Jail Breaks Denver" said Mr..
]. W. Freeman. "The principle upon
which it is worked is this: A man is put
into one Of a number Of iron cells, the
cells being ranged in a circle. Then the
whole thing is set in motion, but the
construction renders the movement so
gentle that it is not felt by any of the
convicts. The result is that if an at
tempt be made to cut a hole at any
point, with the idea of resuming the
work at future time, the attempt is
frustrated, because by the regular move
ment the cell will be completely reversed
at the time the prisoner returns to il
from that which it occupied when he
temporarily left it. The motion is kept
up from morning till night, so that es
cape by ordinary methods is an impossi
bility. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-16

The new 3O-foot hywheel to replace
the one which burst on the Amoskeag
corporation at Manchester, NJ H., last
fail, has been completed and pnt in
position for use as soon as the engine
is in readiness. Twenty thousand feet
Of brown ash was used in the construc-
ton Of the wheel, as we'll as is,00O9S by
3I6-inch screws, lot of iron rods, tons
Of iron and quarts Of glue. The small
wooden sections are fastened together
by glue and the screws, and TO strengthen
the whole there Hre stout iron rods pass
ing through tho sections in addition to
this. The screws are driven by steam
power. To make the whole mass as
compact as possible narrow openings
were left between some Of the sections
and into these were tightly driven well
fitting wedges soaked in boiling hot
glue.
The time Of its test is being awaited
with interest by the mill people It hai
been necessary TO keep large gang Of
men at work upon the racks in the mil
in order to prevent interference in thu
mills from ice.-LOwell Citizen,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-16

In an angle of basement wall knew
a contented and plethoric hermit spider
In the opposite corner dwelt another
One was black and the other was the
color of ashes. One was very fat and
the other exceedingly lean. But their
webs were as nearly alike rs possible,
and they both caught flies that came
through the same window There was
no social intercourse and used to sit
on the steps and imagine the rivalry in
business that must exist and the conse-
quent hatred meant in the course of
time to discover what the Consequences
would be if they were made to exchange
webs, but a piedacious female with a
broom came upon the scene, with a re-
suit whose details would not strike the
reader as novel.
But | am convinced that Montague
and Capulet are characters not unknown
in the spider kindred, though they re-
verse the usual and natural order of en-
nifty, and S5ht only when they are blood
relatives and precisely alike. The gray
and the black might live in distant
amity in the same basement, but two
grays or two blacks-abdomen size and
general family likeness agreeing would
not-Belford's Review.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-16

Two LABoRERs, AN ITALIAN AND AN
Irishman, sat side by side at subur-
ban railway station. They we're utter
strangers to each other, and they had
not dozen words in common. The
Italian smoked a short pipe. The Irish
man had no tobacco. Presently the
lrishman snatched the pipe from his
neighbor's mouth, placed it in his own,
and began to puff. The Italian was
surprised, but not angry He watched
his neighbor for an instant and then
said anxiously: "GudeY" The Irish
man nodded, and the Italian was man
ifestly pleased by the compliment.
That broke the ice, and they engaged
in laborious but friendly conversa-
tion.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-16

The waters Of the inlet at this time Of
the year are fairly alive with red her
ring. The general belief is that shipping
will drive these fish from any waters,
but any one standing on the deck Of a
boat lying in the stream can see millions
Of them now. Saturday afternoon sew
eral boys were observed fishing in the
old Indian fashion, and they secured a
lot Of fish. The Indian method is as
follows Take slender pole about
twenty feet long and drive in on one side
dozen or two Of tenpenny nails; then
sitting in the bow Of the boat, propel il
by padding with the pole The pole, il
passing through the water, catches the
fish on the nails. In this way a large
quantity may be caught in a short time
Vancouver Telegram.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-16
THE MEASURE OF our DAYS.

In all our walks Ia all our ways,
Think not the measure Of our days
Is gauged By figures and by rules,
As erst was taught US in the schools;
But, Rs we help brothers needs
BY noble acts and generous deeds,
BY giving comfort where we may,
BY lighting mp mOurncr's way;
The sum Of means that we employ
To turn a fellows his to joy
This is the measure Of our days.
A veteran in tho wars Of life,
A prisoned soldier In the strife
OF soul with stingy, envious Time
Is he who makes his actions rhyme
To universal brotherhood.
Though long or short hath been his road,
Centuries or decades his abode
Among his kind, It matters least
So fellows by him have been blest.
His life IS measured by his plan
OF dealing with his fellow man.
This Is the measure Of his days.
And much methlnks Of time be gains.
For all his labors, all his pains,
For reaching outward far and near
To succor want and shelter fear.
No stingy paddock hens him IN,
To mean desires and groveling sin.
A widows blessing him avails,
An orphans prayer some good entails,
While stretching outward over man
He converse holds with Natures plan,
And solving life's deep mysteries,
He grasps eternal yerities.
This Is the measure of his days
II. G.. Rice.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-16

A Custom Eight Hundred Years Old.
Tuesday evening tho bells of all the
parish churches of Brussels rang merry
peals to celebrate the Anniversary of the
return home from the Holy Land Of the
survivors of the Brusselers who took
part in the first crusade. They had left
in 1895 with Godfrey, of Bouillon, whom
they left there, and for SIX years no
news had been received Of them. They
were given up for lost, and more than
one of the forsaken wives was thinking
of giving a successor to the absent one,
when on Jan. 10, 1101, at dusk, the ar
rival was announced of a troop Of men
of-arms at the Treurenberg gate. Great
was the joy in many houses, and the
long waited for husbands were wei.
coined with the best Of suppers, to
which they did such ample honor that
when bed time came they were unable
to move from their chairs, and Their
valiant wives had to carry them to bed
Until 1881 the council of Brabant held
no meeting on that day.-Belgian News
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-16


Wednesday Stroud Van Meter and Miss
Spencer were married at Marengo, Craw-
ford county, Ind, the bridegroom at the
time being on his deathbed. About ten
days ago Van Meter and two brothers
were injured by the premature explosion
of blast of dynamite while working in
a quarry near Marengo, his injuries con
sisting Of broken leg and arm, the loss
Of an eye and internal injuries that will
almost certainly cause his death. The
wounded man and Miss Spencer had
been for some months betrothed, and
were only waiting for an improvement il
their financial circumstances to have the
ceremony performed. When the acci
dent occurred the young woman insisted
that the ceremony be performed at once
in order that she might be at liberty &c
care for her betrothed. Louisville Cou
rier-Journal