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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26
ATTY THOUSAND RAGPick

rhe Army OF people Who Explore
the Rubbish on Paris Streets.
The wealth Of Paris is so boundless
that the rubbish and refuse Of tho city
are worth millions, says writer in
Harper's Magazine. There are more
than SO, 200 persons who earn a liv-
ing by picking up what Others throw
away. Twenty thousand women and
children exist by sitting and sorting
the gatherings OF the pickers, who col
lect every day in the year about !, 200
tons of merchandise, which they sell
to the wholesale ragdealers for some
20, 600 francs. At night you see men
with baskets strapped on their backs,
g lantern in one hand and in the 9th
er a stick with an iron hook on the
end. They walk along rapidly, their
eyes fixed on the ground, over which
the lantern filings q sheet of light, and
whatever they find in the way OF pa
per, rags, bones, grease, metal, ETC.,
they stow away in their baskets. In
the morning, in front Of each house,
you see men, women and chill
dren sitting the dust.bins before
they are emptied INTO the scaY-
engers carts. At various hours
OF the day you may remark isolated
ragpickers, who seem to work with
less method than the others and with
q more independent air. The night
pickers are generally novices; men
who, having been thrown out of work,
are obliged to hunt for their living like
the wild beasts. The morning pickers
are experienced and regular workers,
who pay for the privilege OF sitting the
dust bins Of a certain number OF
houses and of trading with the results.
The rest, the majority, are the cour.
eurs, the runners, who exercise their
profession freely and without control,
working when they please and loafng
when they please. They are the phil
osophers and adventures of the pro
fession, and their chief object is to en-.
Joy life and mediate upon it's prob
lens. s@g--5.. rs&s5 FL $3.50 III
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26
A CARPENTER-cOOK.
Royal Menu on Deal Table Withno
e & i Table-cloth.

Royal Menu on Deal Table Withno
= Table-cloth.
For forty years there was maintain
ed in the same ownership an eating
house, at the corner OF Market and
Monroe streets, which was renowned
for it's beefsteaks. Some time since
the proprietor OF this place retired
from business, or at least attempted
to do so; but his former clients would
not hear of it. Although he abandon
ed the clearinghouse down town he has
continued to crafty his patrons
under conditions which would deter
any but the most enthusiastic bon
vivants. In the office OF q carpenter
shop up town he still continues to
cook his famous beefsteaks. So
much is he in request that parties
must notify him days in advance OF
their coming. The most exactins
amateurs of the town to avail Of
his cookery are content to putup with
what, under ordinary conditions,
they would consider revolving neon
veniences. All that this famous man
provides for them in the carpenter
shop is a deal table without cloth
| a towel-not napkin-5to each per
son, a plain bench without q back to
sit upon, no knives, forks lnor plates.
The steaks are cooked over the en-
| bers OF q fire made OF hickory wood.
When the1meat is done the proprie-
tor cutsit upsinto small slices, which
/ = \ Il
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26
THE GRICULTIJ LWORL d.
SOME PRACTICAL HINTS FOR
PROGRESSIVE FARMERS.
Care Of Dairy Utensils Best Cheese
CoW--The English Wheat Crop
Benefits of Drainage
Useful Hints--Farm
.ss238s Notes. 5$3
Care Of Dairy Utensils.

- , Z ST. !
In no other work is there as great a
demand for cleanliness as in the three
parts OF the dairy business, milk, but
ter and cheese, says the American Ag-
riculturist. The most attention is
needed to maintain the cleanliness OF
the milk receptacles, such as pals,
pans, cans and churns. In the first
place there should be sufficient sup
ply Of pans that those emptied and
washed in the morning need not be
used until evening or the next day.
After washing they should be placed
in the sunlight until used. On cloudy
days they can be thoroughly dried
about the stove and not nestled when
they are wet, and allowed to thus re-
main for several hours, as in that CON
dition they cannot dry, and when
separated at night they will give off a
disagreeable odor, and the warm milk
placed in them is certain to be
contaminated. All tin dairy uten-
sils should be first washed in boiling
water, then thoroughly rinsed
in clean cold water, and turned bot
tom side up to drain and dry until
again used. All vessels about the
dairy should be cleaned as soon as
.emptied, and not allowed to stand
neglected for hours thereafter. The
shelves, benches and racks upon which
the pans are set should be washed
with soap and water every time they
are cleared. Even a few drops of milk
allowed to remain on them to mould
or gum up with butter fat would
prove unhealthy, and detrimental to
The milk in the same apartment.
Where only a few COWS are kept the
same scrupulous cleanliness should be
observed. The surface of the butter
in the tubs should be covered with a
cloth saturated with strong brine,
both during and after the filling is
completed. Locate the filled tubs in
a cool, dark portion OF the cellar, ex-
anime once week, and if the brine is
found oozine through the slaves, it
should be wiped away and not allowed
to remain and stain the wood, giving
it a most uninviting look. y
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26

abundant bread, they deprive the
farmer OF all hope Of better prices for
some time to come. So long as the
average production Of wheat remains
IN excess Of average requirements, so
long will the price remain abnormallys
depressed. -Lond on Chronicle
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26
africans Become Christians.

The Basic missionaries in the Cam
eroons, Africa. are witnessing the
rapid growth of q very remarkable
spontaneous movement among the
natives Of the Abo and Wuri coun-
tries. Societies have sprung up among
them, calling themselves stithe men Of
Goo, VINO have renowned idolatry,
declared in favor of the Christian
God, and keep the Sabbath. In the
5Abo country there is scarcely a single
native town that has not one Of these
societies. Although unable to read,
each member purchases and carries
about with him a copy Of the New
Testament as an evidence of member.
ship, and makes every effort to &C.
quire some knowledge OF it, at least
by heart. &
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26
How to Cure Hams.

Many hams, like cider vinegar, are
spoiled in the curing. A good brine
may be made as follows: Five pounds
OF sugar to 200 pounds Of meat, one
ounce of saltpetre to 20 pounds of
meat, one ounce of salt to every pound
of meat, and water to cover all the
hams packed in this brine. It should
be understood that the lower the
temperature the longer it takes to
cure them and in very cold winters the
temperature in the cellars for ordin.
airy pork-curing is so low that consid-
cradle time is required. -
After the hams have been we'll brin-
ed they must be smoked for three
days, and if on cuttingit is found that
the pickle has not reached all the way
through them, the brine can be boiled
over and skinned. Pack the hams
away in a temperature of about 400.
They should then be returned to the
smoke house for day after the brine
has dried off. A bitter taste will be
given to them if hung in the smoke
house wet with the brine. To give tho
rich brown color so we'll known in
market hams. hang near stove for
several days, and rub over thorough
ly with cotton cloth. Fine looking
and nicely favored hams will thus be
secured.-Northwestern Agriculturist.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26
Prisoners Declined With Thanks

Prisoners Declined With Thanks
The civil war was, in the main, grim
and bloody, but occasionly a CLEAN
ofhumor lighted the life of a soldier,
Colonel James Ross Howard of the
Confederate army, who died recently
in Washington, was a brave man and
officer. A member of his staff tells
this story OF him:
s'We were in the Kentucky cam
paign under Kirby Smith, and one
day the Colonel, myself and two
others got separated from the regi-
ment. We had gone up considerable
hill to look for the Yankees, but failed
to find any. Blackberries were ripe,
and we stopped to enjoy them ALI
of us kept our bridle-reins over our
arms but Howard, who tied his
mount to a tree, laid aside his sword
and pistols, and proceeded to enjoy
himself. I suggested that it was we'll
not to get too far from his horse. as
Yankees were uncertain. oh, said
he, there isn't Yankee within twenty
miles of here b. s.,
He had hardly got the words out
of his mouth before four tall raw
boned blue-coats rose up on the other
side Of a clump Of hazels, ana covered
us with their rifles, while the sergeant
drawled, sDu tell!
Howard looked at them, and then,
replied, Speak OF the devil, and you'll
see his horns.
"He went on picking and eating,
and the Federals lowered their rifles
and looked at him in q surprised way,
and began an onslaught on the. big:
berries. We chatted with them while
we ate, and found them very agreeable
companions. When we had finished,
Colonel Howard said, We'll, are you
fellows going with us, or do you pro-
pose to take us with your
WAL. said the sergeant, slowly,
as hereached for new berry bush, i
kinder calkalate we hahn t a-goin' with
you. Ef y want t. surrender, we'll
take y in, but we ain a hank erin fer
yer company &
s8 III Same here, said Howard; and we
parted.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26

married myself, you see, and am
very happy, and want TO see other
people So 81
Then sheleft frankie to make her
self as pretty as possible.
That was q very happy evening, I
assure you. Mrs. Locke having made
herself the good genius OF the long
parted lovers, was adored accord.
ingly, and was always spoken Of
thereafter by Frankie, as ''my dar-.
ling step-mot her. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26
ORIGIN OF A SLANG PHRASE.


ITO Eat Crow Originated on
Manhatten Island Many Years
The origin Of the exposition ito eat
crow" caused dispute in a New York
clubhouse one evening, and one white
headed old politician subsequently
accounted for it in this way to Trib-
une reporter: 4.
Years ago" he said, "a soldier
stationed on Governors Island wan
dered up into the city and out upon
the pasture lands just north OF
Chambres street - have some fun.
There he spied q crow hopping about
among the cows, and he instantly
aimed his gun at it and shot it dead.
AS he did so ragged little boy, who.
had been watching him dashed off
with q wild yell in the direction of a
distant house. The soldier laughed
at what he thought to be the boys
terror at the report of the gun and
laying it down carefully at the root
OF the tree he went to pick up the
crow. After that something else at
tracted his attention and he did not
think OF his gun again till he heard an
angry voice behind him and turning
round, found himself gazing straight
down the barrel. A furious Dutch
man was at the other end of the gun.
The soldier had shot the Dutchman's
pet crow, the boy had borne testimony
to the deed and now for the penalty.
"Sparing you a recital of the heat
ed conversation which followed, the
result was the Dutchman spared the
soldiers life only on condition that
he would straightway eat the crow he
had shot. The soldier argued vehem-
entity, but to no purpose. He finally
secured permission to pluck the crow
and cook,it a little over fire made.
| with a few chips. Then he began to,
eat, but before he had eaten more!
than half of the carrion bird he be-
came so sick that he swore he would
rather be shot than finish it. The:
| Dutchman's wrath seemed to be APP
peased by this time, however, and
| he restored the soldier his gun and
bade him BECOME. The soldier took
the gun, but instead of begoneing he,
instantly took aim at the Dutch:
mans head and vowed to blow his
brains out if he did not at once eat
the other half of the crow. The.
Dutchmau was compelled by fear Of
death to swallow the rest of the
loathsome flesh, and then the sol,
Dutchman ready to burst with rage
and chagrin. The latter swore ven
geance, and the next day appeared on
Governors Island and made COM
plant to the commandant that one
OF the soldiers had wantonly shot his
tame crow. The commandment told
the Dutchman to pick out the offend
er and he should be punished The
Dutchman pointed to Ia soldier not
far away and identified him.
| Calling the soldier to him, the.com-
manding officer said, sternly, Did you
ever see this man before?" pointing to
the Dutchman.
"'Yes, sir, replied the soldier, with
a laugh in his eye, 4 dined with him
yesterday :.
"This answer so amused the Dutch
man, besides reminding him of how all
| his friends would laugh at him should
the story get out, that he refused to
push the complaint against the
soldier, and TO eat crow, meaning to
| suffer anything Notifying or humili-
ating, passed into aproverb from that
day. New York Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26


laughter
"When Harry heard I was to be
married again, she said, II can tell
you he was furious; and when he saw
Mr.. Locke, and recognized him, I
really thought we should have a
rel-though I did not quite know
why. Harry only said that Mr..
Locke had done him "a great wrong.
Finally got him to tell me his story,
and then I brought him to reason.
"Don't you see,' she said, that is
the best thing for you? For can be
| your friend. Mr.. Locke will never
object to your visiting his daughter
I know she is very nice, and all will be
we'll if you still like each other Well,
| my dear, I sha''n't tell you what he
said about that, only that he consid-
cred himself engaged to you, and how.
ever you felt, should never like any
one else, and Well, he will tell
you all about it, you'll see him to.
night. I've got up nice little supper
for you all. Now make your toilets
the trunks are coming upstairs, and
let us all be happy. !"
"Oh you are so kind, Mrs. Locks,
J said Miss Penn, running into hel
room. But frankie threw her arms
, around thelady's neck and kissed her
: II never thought a stepmothel
could be so nice, she said, and ther
as Harry's mother, it would be tn,
I regular rule for you to hate me-
EXACTLY said Mrs. Locke, return
ing the caress; We just been gettinl
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26
Useful Hints.

The following schedule sent out by
the experiment station of the Agricul-
tural college, Guelph, Ontario, con-
tains some useful hints in regard to
butter making:
1. We do not consider that we
know every thing about buttermak.
ing, as something new is being discov-
cred every month. Not only from our
own work are we continually learning,
but also from the observation and re-
search of others.
2. We do not keep a COW that
makes less than 200 pounds OF butter
to year;
8. Nor put COW on starvation
ration; E....@
4. Nor expect a COW to make some
thing out Of nothing;
5. Nor keep our COWS in an ice
house, hog-pen or dungeon;
6. Nor allow them to go a whole
year without cardng or brushing
them; Is T..
q: Nor depend upon pasture alone
for supply of summer feed.
8. We do not allow the milk to
stand very long in the stable to alb
sorb foul odors. !.
9. We do not neglect to strain the
milk at once after milking;
10. Nor set the milk in deep cans
in water without changing the water
at least twice, or without ice;
IL. Nor mix sweet cream with
cream to be churned less than
| IL hours before churning 1.-THE cream
| is ripened in one vessel which holds
the cream for whole churing); Sc
-. Nor add scalding water to the
cream; nor guess at the temperature
with the finger; nor take two or
three hours to churn;
Is. Nor gather the butter until
the "dasher stands on top" and
then dip it out of the buttermilk;
IA. Nor add coarse salt by guess;
nor work the butter into grease;
/ IS. And finally; we do not send
our butter to market wrapped in old
rags that may have seen other ser
| vice in the home.
The English Wheat Crop.
! According to Sir ]. B. Lawes' an
i nual letter on the wheat crop, Eng
4 land this year has q poor yield o
Light grain. The figures show an av
erage of twenty-five and seven eighth.
bushels per acre, weighing sixty
/ pounds per bush, |; and the yield or
1 the 2. 295,183 acres OF wheat nov
grown inthe United Kingdom is, there
fore, less than Z, 500, 900 quarters.
After deducting two bushels per acr,
for seed, the quantity available 10:
consumption is less than 7,OOO,OO(
quarters. ,.#=s
The population being nearly SO, 500,
. 900, and the annual consumption 81,
& bushels per head, the quantity o
wheat required for the lively
months ending next harvest will
be %, 100000 quarters, 22,OOO,OO
IL quarters Of which will have to be pro
!; vided by stocks and imports; an,
there is no doubt we shall get all "
require easily, since the stocks o.
hand are enormous, while 6,4OO, 90,
!. quarters of American wheat now 81
!. the water constitute the visible
supply, as against s, $50, OOoquarter
!, at this time last year.
! These figures are quite sufficient i
account for the low price OF wheat
and while they assure the public {
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26
Farm Notes.

Farm Notes.
If you want eggs give your fowls
plenty OF good, wholesome food. Sue
cessful poultry men place much more
reliance in that than in patent egg
producing compounds.
If raising fowls for meat instead Of
eggs, you want the large breeds and
those that grow rapidly. These will
require lots OF food, but they will use
it to good advantage.
Too much heat in an incubator is
just as bad as too little. It should be
| kept steady at lob degrees. Practice
| maintaining an even temperature be-
fore you put the eggs in.
To learn any trade thoroughly re-
ouires study as we'll as practice
head work as we'll as hand Our
| boys should be taught that farming is
no exception to this rule.
If you have not already done SO, it
would be well to examine your gran
airy now and make sure that it is rat
proof. twill not pay to hold grain
if the rodents have free access to it. 8.
Millet is Of very great value to the
dairyman, when properly grown and
harvested. In planning for next
seasons crops try and arrange for d
field OF it. II you have no silo, this
will to some extent make amends IN
the winter feeding.
One or two acres Of well selected and
well cultivated fruits will go far to.
/ ward supplying the ordinary house
1 hold expenses. A little land devoted
to such purposes always makes an
come, and will repay the labor needed
i to secure it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26
Benefits OF Drainage.


It is never out OF place nor waste
of time or money to drain wet land.
Without proper drainage, there can
be no surely successful agriculture.
In many cases too much dependence
is placed upon natural drainage. It
is doubtful if there is any soil that
can not be somewhat benefited by I'M.
derdraining. If dry, the drains let in
the air, from which the cooler earth
attracts the moisture, to the benefit
OF the crop; if wet, they furnish an
outlet for the surplus moisture, and
this also benefits the crop.
For it is an undeniable fact
that either too little or to much
moisture is injurious. If too little,
there is no circulation of water in the
soil and the plant not only suffers
from thirst but starves for want of
liquid containing available food; if too
weak in nutriment to furnish suffi-
Gent food, so the plant literally both
browns and starves, Hitherto very
little thought has been given to the
circulation of water in the soil; but it
is found that this is one of the most
important onsid erations in the grow
ing Of a crop, and is receiving atten-
| ton.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-10

:, a fulgurite is formed by a bolt OF
lightning; A geolosist gives this exp,an.
alton; When a bolt Of lightning strikes
y bed OF sand u plunge downward into
thc sand Tor a distance, less or greater,
transforming simultaneously into glass
Tue siliea ~ the material through which
y passes Thus. bs i,s gneat heat II
lorins at once q glass tube Of precisely
Us ewn size. Now and then such a tube
u found and dug up. Fuleuritcs have
i neen i9howed into the sand by excaya-
ilons Tor nearly thirty feet. They vary
IN interior diameter from the sixe. Of 4
aulh q, three inches or more. Accord
ing 10 the bore Of the Hash"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-10
TT CURED HIS WIFE AND OHM
RInN

. PURCEPOLIS, Robertson county. N
Eve gave bottle of Chambeflain's
Conc, Cholera and Diarrhoea, Remedy 10
gentleman whose wife was bad an
with bowel complaint and it cured her,
ms children were also taken with bowel
tainly a good preparation.
ALDERMAN & BUIE.
For sale by n. Il. Grammer and j, p.
Nicks * Co, Druggists.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-09-22
Ell GsRssuOnSs dshsFa dar sH dirseei0n por e0Hiusta
afFmaF can caFidaH
Fuegos artificiales

Ri que suscribe ene Ia honra de participar favo
recedores al pdblco general haber trasladado 81 ta
ller de poecnica de las ncas de don Andres Oa
contigua la gaera de Puerta de Terra Para los peddos
pueden dgse ben al establecimlento de don Pablo P
neroen la Plaza del Mercado, las ociDas del Pare
Puerto -Rco 26 de Mayo de 1S03.-JuAN RoDRIeuEz
RADA, W-Ss
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1893-09-22

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-09-04
Salbe Staten fir bic ssabrt na&)
Chicago unb amrii&.

Sas lange ertpartete greianiB III
enbli6 eingetreten, bic paiIagiers Staten
fir bic Gabrt nod @bieago unb suriid
ltn6 auf bic 6dlfte rebueirt porben.
Wom l. 4uguit an oerfauft bic
Santa GesBabn &etour Billette nod
Chicago pia st. 2ouis ober aanlas
Gitp gum preiie Der einfa6en sSabrt
plus $500. Sol9e Sidets meroen
tdgli3 bis gum 81. October 1893 per=
tauft werben. Dieielbem baben cine
9iiltisfeit bon 80 Sageu fur bic &iidz
fabrt bonn Sage bes gertaufes an.
Oie Snbaber berielbeu linb feinen gez
i9rdntuugcn in 8eaug auf bic Nccom>
mObationen unterporfen. gDer bafiir
ertra be3ablen min, tann au1 pldbe
in ben pullman' den 8eitibills@ s@blafs
Wasen beIegen, 9ie Senubung Der
ho1eleganten @bairsGars Der Santa
Ge gabn ftebt ben Baiiaeieren ubne
@rtras sgergtitung aur gerfiigung,
Die pahagiere f0nnen BON Gbicago
an bic &iidfabrt nod 8elieben autres
ten, porausgeieBt, bdB bas innerbalb
Der 30tdgigen @iiltisteitsbauer Der
Sillette 9ei6iebt. unb penn man sus
riidtebrt, nirb man ni6t nur bas 8ez
DuBtiein nit ii9 nod 6auie nebmen,
benz groBartigiten S9auipiel Der
Welt beigeDObnt su baben, ionbern
baB bic &eiie au9 bic bentbar angez
nebmife unb bequemite getpeien if-
ME bas eben nur bel Der bofelegan.
ten unb mobernen glusriiftung Der
3iige Der Santa Sc 8abu m6gli9 1T.
Sine entfprs9eube niebrigere State
wir6 fur ale puntte an Der Santa Sc
8abn na6 st. 2ouis unb &anfas
@ita unter benfelben 8ebingungen
feitgeieBt werben.
Dian wenbe fi9 miinbli9 ober
f6riftIi6 an irgenb einen 8iletts Mgens
ten Der Santa Sc 8abn in Beaug auf
8ilette ober ionitige @inselbeiten.
Man lalie Ii6 einen "ColumbiasFols
der" geben, Der ni9t nur cine aenaue
8eI9reibung Der WeltausftelIunass
8auten entbdlt, ionbern au6 eiuen 0es
nauea plan BON @bieago.
%. 8. &eenan,
8eneral.pafas asier.G9ent.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-09-04

Der gerliner r9oeals9lH3eiger" !,
ber gepife amtli4e 8erbinbunsen uns
terbdlt, iast, baB 3aiier Wilbelm bel
bem In MeB wdbrenb Der 6erbfman6s
Der itatiEnbenben Bantett in ieiner
&ebe erfldren iuerbe, tpesbalb er es
abgelebnt babe, Der @aft Der Sta5t
Strabburg su fein.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-09-04

9esmiHHnngtn unb llnrestlmdbisttiten,
periobiiden 6@mtr,sn, gsridubuns, Gut.
,tinbuns nuh GiteruBs bar Gsbdrmutttr, BET
benz .niessrlisbenbeH @siiibl" uuh abnljhen
DeidrperbsH bsilt 20 iiaer, ober Aas Gels
bafitr tvirS jsradssssbsn.