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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-25
Tho Exauillan Roat.

The Esquimau when he goes fishing
uses funny-looking boat made of
sealskins stretched over wooden
frame. He calls this craft a kayak.
On the upper side OF the kayak, d.
rectly in the middle. is all opening
through which the fisherman climbs
into the boat wrapping himself up in
a flap of seal skin. which he laces
tightly about the opening so as to
keep out the water :
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-25
WORK IN a SWEAT shop.
How 1t Is Conducted In ChicagO-The
Miserable Wages Paid.

How 1t Is Conducted In Chicago-The
Miserable Wages Paid.
The Chicago sweat shop is place
where separate from the tailorshop or
clothing warehouse. a sweater"
(middleman) assemblies journeymen
tailors and neellewomen, to work I'M
der his supervision He takes a cheap
room outside the dear and crowded
business center and within the neigh
borhood where the work people live.
Thus is rent saved to the employer,
and time ana travel to the employed.
The mon can and do work more hours
than was possible under the central
lied system. and their wives and chill
dren can help especially when as is
often done. the garments are taken
no. to finish" Even the very
young can pull out basting- threads. J
This finishing" is what remains
undone after the machine has done it's
work, and consists in Telling the
waist and legend of trousers (paid
! J cents pair). and, in Short all the
'felling'' necessary on every garment
of any kind. For this service at the
prices paid, they cannot according to
Scribner. earn more than from 25
cents to 40 cents day, and the work
is largely done by Italian. Polish and
Bohemian women and girls.
The entire number of persons en-
ployed in these vocations may be
stated at 5. 900 men. (of whom 500 are
Jews), and from 20 900 to %. 900 wo-
men, and children. The wages are
reckoned by ''piecework' and (outside
the ''finishing'' run about as follows:
Girls, hand-sewers earn nothing for
the first month, then as unskilled
workers they get 81 to 81. so week.
So a week, and as skilled workers. Sc
a week. The first named class con-
stitutes 50 per cent of all, the second
80 per cent and the last 20 per cent.
In the general work men are only en-
ployed to do buttonholing and press
ing and their earnings are as follows:
':Pressers. IS to SIP week; .under-
pressers, 81 to 81. Cloak operators
earn SIS to $12 a week. Four-fifths of
the sewing-machines are furnished by
the 'sweaters' middlemen); also
needles thread and wax.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-25
Home Hints.

If tar has done the mischief rub
with spirits Of turpentine.
A half teas poonful of sugar in the
gravy makes it brown nicely.
If it is a case of iron rust dip in tar
taric acid and hang in the sun.
If it is fruit stain that spoils the
apron, rub with yellow soap, put on
wet starch and hang in the sun several
days. !.
When making cucumber salad if a
little tiny scrap OF the rind be left
in it will give a pleasant flavor to the
salad.
When crackers become soft from
long standing put them in a pan and
bake them over They will be as
crisp as fresh ones.
For burns make paste of lard and
flour and bind on the burn with soft
linen. or stir lime water and sweet oil
to q cream and apply.
Stains caused by sewing machine
oil may be removed by rubbing the
spots in a weak solution of ammonia
before washing the garment.
Never use u metal spoon for stirring
stewed fruit or tomatoes. A wooden
one is the best and those with short
handles are preferable for stirring
messes.
It's frequently stated that granite
ironware cannot be mended after it
leaks, and SO must be thrown away.
But in fact it is quite possible to mend
it in the same way as tin, by solder
ing. IN
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-25
His Hill. Though

FL see you We passed that bill that
you introduced" said the constituent
to the congressman.
Yes was the reply.
They amended it good deal
didn't theyp"
They did. We passed it but [
didn't recognize it, Washington
Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-25
Kentucky Blue Grass.

The celebrated blue grass of Ken
lucky will be displayed in the exhibit
which that state makes at the worlds
fair. The display will possess adj
ditioual interest from the TACT that
the sod and grasses are being collected
from historic spots,in the state, such
as the battlefield OF PeTyville, the
home of Henry Clay and the birth
place of Lincoln.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-25
trievably ruined and her skirts nearly

trievably ruined and hor skirts nearly
burned off.
She was wandering "a little in her
mind. ana when Horny gathered her
up in his arms she put her blistered
little hands about his neck and said
sorrowfully: If I'd had q mother
maybe I'd be different.
Thank God. you are your dear
loving; little sell" Henry replied, with
grave tenderness as he drew her dis
figured face close to his loving heart.
1t was a baptism OF fire. but it
burned lots of dross out Of several ma
lures. and blazed a safe and sure way
for two Of the best people lever knew
TO tread.
Yes I shall always insist that
knowing how to gallopn was in this
instance a very desirable accomplish :
ment, even If not according to the
English" method. Washington Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-25
A Delicate Fluid

H.
Housekeeper. That milk you left
yesterday was perfectly horrid. 1t
tasted Of garIicp'
'Milkman. Milk is easily spoiled.
mum. Had you been cookln' garlicP"
mo. we hadn't"
Been keepin' garlic in TIL milkpan,
maybe?"
I'VE never use it,"
Queer. Maybe some o the neigh
bors has been cookin' garlic
mo they haven't
ANY visitors at your house yester-
dayp"
MOT even caller. excepting my
daughters French teacher. y
HUMP Better drop French mum. .
IN. Y. Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-25

How England is Robbing Other Countries
" of Fertilizers. 49,.

How England is Robbing Other Countries
of Fertilizers. 49,.
The fertility of a soil may be said
to be practically determined by the
amount it contains in a condition
available for the crops nee2s of GER
tain substances. of which nitrogen is
the most important. from several
points Of view. In countries like our
own. states Blackwoods Magazine.
where an exhaustive system of hus-
bandry has long been practiced it
has been found necessary, in order to
maintain heavy yield of crops to
restore in the form OF artificial man
ures these fertilizing ingredients. In
the past the chief artificial manures
which have been used for this pur-
pose have been guano. bone, mineral
phosphates. and nitrate of soda. OF
theses guano has been nearly entirely
used up. and unless new deposits are
dlscovered-which seems extremely
unlikely-it will ere long cease to be
procurable. The supply Of bones has
also been largely diminished. although
there is always a certain amount being
annually rendered available for this
purpose. 1t is many years ago since
Baron Liebig wrote:
England is robbing all other coun-
tries of the condition of their fertility.
Already in her eagerness for bones.
she has turned up the battle fields Of
Leipsic of Waterloo and of the
Crimea. Already from the catacombs
of Sicily she has carried away the
skeletons of many successive genera
TONS Annually she removes from
the shores other countries to her own
the manurial equivalent of three mil
lions and half of men. whom she
takes from us the means Of support
ing and squanders down her sewers to
the sea. Like a vampire she hangs
upon the neck of Europe, nay, upon
the entire world, and sucks tho heart
blood from nations without a thought
of justice toward. without shadow
of lasting advantage to herself"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-25
Consistent.

1T ees howefer" said the distin.
guished foreigner as he concluded
his story. simply a matter of heard
said.
You mean 'hear-say of course
count.
.Ah-h; but zis was. told mo
some time ago. Puck.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-25
Stock Notes,


What is desired in feeding is to put
the largest quantity of fat among the
fbers of the meat.
No policy is more short sighted
than to feed a growing steer only a
maintenance ration.
In feeding the young calf it should
be remembered that he is making
muscle rather than fat.
Grow only a class of steers that are
OF such q form that at the least size
will command fult prices.
1t is difficult to estimate the cost of
the food required for the growth OF
the steer as prices vary with each
locality. sa@ $3.50. -
Next in Importance to providing
the kind Of feed that will produce the
largest growth is to secure perfect di.
gestion. .,
1t is no use to get good COWS and
then give them poor feed. it is good
COWS and good feed that makes the
best combination.
Blood will tell. no matter whether
good or bad. and in breeding cattle it
is an important item to. at least, have
a good blooded bull. .E.
All of the progress that has been
made in improving domestic animals
has been made along the line of selec-
ton of the best for breeding.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-25
A Remedy for Lice.

AS there has been much said and
done in the way Of remedy for perch
lice l wish to have a few words to
add in that direction. AS every body
has plan or remedy for everything.
and as it so happened that I have
one and have been bothered with
both kinds of lice. l send you mine.
AS to the small lice they are not
much in my way. Being reader of
your valuable paper l wish to inform
others how to get rid of the little
pests. About two years ago while
making soap our lye overrun the
grease. Having about twenty gallons
OF good I've left and thinking it would
be good dose for lice. 1 resolved
to try it. I put the contents
mo a thirty gallon kettle. filed the
remainder with water from the cis-
tern, klndled a fire under the same
and made it as hot as fire would make
it. l then seized bucket and m arched
to the poultry house. administering
to- their wants with pint cup. | first
took out the roosts, piled them in a
snug pile. scalded them we'll stirred
them up and scalded them again.
Then, for the inner part of the house
| saturated every part where thought
louise could harbor even the ground
foor and then shut the door to let it
steam. We had often scalded with
clear water only to be disappointed by
their return in about ore week. Try
the former plan and you will hold
the fort. National Dairyman. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-25

the raVlne. The fire leaped up and
ran over the bank toward the creek.
Down over the hot en- bers. hands and
feet blistering and the child in her
arms screaming in pain Cap crept
bragg .ng the wet blanket with her.
The oncoming flames swept to the
edge of the ravine. and hungrily lick
ed up the bits of dry grass left. They
singed Caps hair. and nearly cooked
her face. She could barely keep the
frantic child under the blanket, and
could not save herself.
d. The roar and crackle died away to-
ward the creek, the air cooled a little
and then came Inconsistencies
Just at dusk we found them. The
men had all taken the bridge road,
two miles around, but Bret and Cap
had gone right down over the rocky
hill and across the stream. dangerous
to ford at the proper places. doubly
dangerous there; but they had dared
and won.
Henry and his men rode right into
the jaws Of hell in the blue stem along
the creek and had to retreat till the
flames had exhausted themselves at
the waters edge
We found Bret first He had, stun
bled in dog hole. broken his leg and
died in the fire. After a search 81
four awful hours we found Cap.
Through the gathering gloom the cry
ing of the child guided us to her. The
J wet blanket had saved Nellie bu1
poor Cap was nearly dead She ha6
lost all her yellow curls. Her face was
blistered and her eyes swollen shut.
The waist to her new habit was IRE
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-03-10
The COrtlage Trust.

A letter received by the treasury de-
partment from a prominent manufac-
turer states that there are in the United
States thirty-ive cordage and binding
Irvine factories. twenty nine of which are
owned and controlled by the National
Cordage Company of New York. The
twenty mine in the trust. if it may be so
termed. produces go per cent. of the to-
tai output. There were produced and
consumed in the United States in 1890
$4,000 tons Of Irvine. all but 1000 tons of
which were made from foreign grown
fbers
Ii the seven-tenths of one cent per
pound is added to the price. as is prob
able. this tax cost the farmers of the
United States in the year 1890 alone
500. 900, and this does not include u
large additional sum charged for profits
on the increased price by the various
dealers through whose hands the product
passed Not one dollar of this large tax
reached the treasury Surely there can
be no excuse for allowing this trust to
continue the exaction of this tribute.
The raw material from which this Irvine
is made is already on the free list
Washington Letter
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-03-10
Bucking n Trust.

The rice trust people are much exer-
cised over some unexpected rivalry in
their business which they did not expect.
1t will be remembered that all the city
mills disposed of their property to the
trust some days ago. Charleston. Sa-
vannah and other cities, which are rice
centers. are not members of the monop-
oily.
For the past few days agents of mills
in those cities have been in New Orleans
purchasing largely of rough rice. The
strangers offered slight advance on
the prices Of the local trust, and were
therefore enabled to secure considerable
of the cereal in the rough. shipping it at
once to Charleston and Savannah.
The trust is angry at this competition,
and it is said has threatened the brok-
ers who deal with outsiders. even going
to the length of saying no clean rice
would be sold them if they persisted
in their dealings with Savannah and
Charleston opposition mills.-New Or
leans States s.s
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-03-10

lures. There was not, he said, Il pal
Hating circumstance in the practice. II
was the most shrewd. the most subtle
that ever elnanated from the brain Of
man Every man who formerly dealt
with him and had left him to deal in
futures had been ruined. Dealing in
futures WAS the greatest blight that ever
appeared in America The Chicago stock
dealers were IA great national ring OF
gamblers The question rose above poll
tics and religion
Such politics and religion that allowed
the cheated farmers to go to bed hungry
and tired and cold should be remedied
Supply and demand. said MIR. Howard.
had nothing to do with values: it was
gambling that controlled prices. He
wanted every deal to be a positive one;
ifshe sold man thousand bushels OF
wheat he wanted it to ne thousand
bushels of wheat and not thousand
bushels of wind. Wheat would be worth
81. 80 a bushel if it were not for these
gamblers. Washington Special
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-03-10

ANY state desiring to avail itself OF
the benefits of the fund may do SO by
the adoption of joint resolution setting
forth that the state agrees to pay to the
United States per cent. per annum on
all Sums drawn and retained by it. and
providing for the loan Of money to it's
citizens upon reasonable security at in
terest not exceeding per cent. The
secretary is to honor the request for a
loan TO the extent of 50 per cent. OF the
assessed value of the real est;ite situated
within the state.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-03-10
Tn. Farmer Bears. The Hnr,sn.

A Mississippi farmer asks The Mem
phs Appeal Avalanche this question
wish 10 call your attention TO the fact that
! cotton has been low as u and cents Tor
twelve months. while cotton goods are as high
as they were when we got 10 10 l21R cents for
cotton We pay today 619 to : cents yard for
calico. We therefore sell cotton at 'cents
pound and buy it back in calico at 49cents
pound. Still they say that too much cotton Is
made If too much cotton is made, why Is il
that cotton goods are so high? The manu-
factu re.l product ought to sell in proportion Ia
cotton. One pound of cotton will make eve
Yards of heavy domestic. Now explain to me
how il comes that cotton goods are 40 high
when raw cott0n is so low? There is some ras-
cality somewhere, am quite sure.
The Mississipian is more than half
right Some grades of cotton goods are
rising in price as the raw material de-
clines The Memphis paper quotes the
following postal card sent out by Bliss
Fabyan & Co.. of New York:
We hereby announce the following changes
in prices Of prints to take effect Feb. !. 1872
American indigoes advanced To re cents.
American shrtings advanced to 4 cents.
The jobbing price of the above named goods
will remain rs at present; at IA cents and w
cents respectively, until Feb. ID. when 1t Will
be advanced likewise to 51a cents net for Amer
lean indigoes and cents net for American
shirtings.
No goods. IA above described, must be sold
or billed after Feb. IA, 1892, until further adj
vised at less than the price indicated. and any
such sale or billing Of said goods after Feb. IL
will be construed AZ a violation OF your agree
ment with us and treated accordingly.
No wonder the farmer thinks there is
rascality somewhere. If it is not down.
right rascality it is unnecessary injus-
tice. When cotton gets down to about
six cents pound no satisfactory expla-
nation can be given of the rise of Amer
lean calico to nearly forty-five cents u
pound!
The natural laws of trade should
make the manufactured article decline
when the raw material declines.
Unjust laws, unequal taxes, and the
manipulation of the markets by gigantic
combines enable monopolies to success
fully reverse the laws of trade and those
of supply and demand.
The farmer bears the burden, and it
the Democracy does not attempt to REM
edy the oppressive conditions now ex-
isting it will be either blindly mistaken
or false to its mission. Atlanta Consti-
tuition
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-03-10
To lcauaIize Taxation.

The Farmers Alliance of Hancock
county. Ills, has resolved that. mas
much as the farmers are bearing more
than their share of the burden of taxa
ton. demanding that the provisions in
the state constitution respecting rev.
enues and valuation be enforced. at
least to such IN extent as to give the
farmers uniform assessments on real;
personal. chattels. notes, mortgages and
all other credits in towns as well as in
the country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-03-10
The Otis Loan Bill.

A dispatch from Washington says:
The creation of national union loan
fund is the object of a bill introduced in
the house by Representative Otis. of
Kansas. This fund is TO consist of
s.. 900 OOO. 600 or AS much thereof as may
be necessary of legal tender paper money.
to Ike issued by the secretary of the treas
uIy. and to be interchangeable at par
with any other kind of lawful money of
the Unite,l States. II is to be deposited
in the United States treasury subject to
the orders of the governors Of the sew
er;il states,
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Eminent Authority.

William Howard. of the ST Louis
Merchants exchange. gave the house
agricultural committee some Of his
views Oh the subject Of dealing in flu
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