The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-06-16

from behind her book. When it had
gone lar enough she read aloud 'sThe
cat sees a rat"
flush, :" said the mother, tread to
your self, DEAR and she returned
her novel. The passengers singer
ed. Presently the good-lookino yonno
woman turned to the father and said
with the sweetest OF smiles. won't
you please Tx this window blind? The
sun annoys me-" The father blushed
and stepped over, and his ingenious
little girl read in the same bold, clear
tones, "See the cat has ,caught the
rat" Some OF the passengers were
still grinning when the train drew into
town.-St. Louis Globe-Demo GRAFT.
Knew the Defendant Was Hon.
est,
A pleasing story comes from
Maine court. Farmer A. was the
plaintiff; Mr.. B., a merchant, the de-
fendant, Farmer A. was giving testi-
mony, and would not be restrained
by counsel Or court. He was very
generous to his opponent, and in
sisted upon saying that he was an
honest man. "And," said he," 81 will
tell you how I know he is an honest
man. ] have traded with him for
many years. We always settled every
tour month. One time / asked him
how we stood, and he looked at
his books and said [ didn't owe him
a cent. His clerk said there was not
a scratch OF a pen against me- Yes.
Mr.. b. IS an honest man, tell you,
just pulled out my wallet and paid
hlm 1913 that 1 knew [ owed him.
and which he did not have charged to
ME. Oh, there's no doubt but what
MIR. b. Is an honest man and a good
man to deal with" The next dav.
as might have been expected, the case
was settled by agreement of parties
and withdrawn from court.-IIewiston
Me. Journal.
The Brain of an Ant
There is an old puzzle question
which asks, "What is smaller than the
mouth OF a mite?" The answer is,
"What goes into it's mouth"
Although an ant is tiny creature,
yet it's brain is even timer. But
although it is necessarily smaller than
the ants head which contains it, vet
it is larger in proportion, according
to the ants size, than the brain of
any known creature. This we can
easily believe when we read of this
Insects wonderful powers The
quality of instinct or sagacity does
not fully explain some of the stories
told about them. The best writer's
upon ants-those who have made the
astonishing intelligence of these little
insects special study-are obliged to
admit that they display reasoning
ability, calculation, reflection, and
good Judgment. Such qualities of
brain show a more than FordinarY
instinct, and we are not surprised to
hear that the ants big brain carries
out our idea that he possesses O.
higher intelligence than is shown by
other workers of his size. 1850 .:.----
Mashona Negro and Wheel-Bar-
Wlimo had never seen a wheel-bar-
row before, and was much exercised
AS to how TO set it in motion. He
began by facing the wheel, catching
hold of it with both hands and trying
to pull backward. Seeing the wheel
would not turn, he let go and took
fresh observations. 1t dawned upon
him at once, for the native mind is
quick, that as the barrow had two
arms it required two men to lift it,
and hallooed for one OF his mates to
come TO his aid. They both tried to
get within the arms of the barrow, one
man laying hold of the left arm with
the left hand while the, right encircled
his fellows waist, whose right hand
had hold of the other shaft, while his
disengaged arm was bound around
Wilmo's neck, and they were prettiIy
yoked; but they covered no ground,
and by and by tripped each other and
fell pell-mell over the wheel-barrow,
which, of course, turned over. Then,
after an hour or two, Wlimo under,
stood how to wheel this barrow.
A Lesson In Circulation.
If you place visiting card or light
screen between you and the flame OF a
candle, and blow On it you will find
that you will not put out the light, as
your breath cannot pass through the
screen, but curious effect will be pro-
duced-viz., the flames of the candle
will incline towards you, as if blown
by some one i'm an opposite direction