The Princeton union., 1893-01-26

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Tne result Of this patchwork"
will often be exceedingly funny.
Good Advice to Forget.
The boy who never does more
work than he can help, does not grow
up to become confidential clerk or
partner. The Burlington Hawkey
tells this anecdote in point:
In one of the large railroad Offices
in this country is a comparatively
young man who is at the head OF a
large department..
''The very first day OF his employ
ment by the company, man who
had been at work in the same room
for six years approached him and
gave little advice
"'Young fellow, I want to put a
few words in your ear that will help
you. This company is soulless cor
poration that regards it's employees
as SO many machines. 1t makes no
difference how hard you work or how
we'll. So you want to do just as little
as possible to retain your lob. That's
my advice. This is slave pen, and the
man who works over time or does
any specially fine work wastes his
strength. Don't you do it, The
young man thought over the advice,
and after a quiet little struggle with
himself he decided to do the best and
the most he knew how whether he
received any more pay from the
company or not.
At the end of the year the COM
pany raised his wages, and advanced
him to a more responsible position.
In three years he was getting a third
more salary than when he began, and
in five years he was head clerk in
the department; and the man who
had condescended to give the green
horn :adYice, was working under him
at the same figure that represented
his salary years before.'' .z
Hunting Turkeys In Arizona.
The Arizona bill Of fare is too apt
to contain only the items bacon,
beans, hard bread, flapjacks, and cof-
fee 1854 days in the year. Thanks,
giving is the exception, and no dinner
is complete on that day without a
turkey to remind the miner, prospect.
or, or ranchman OF the old home in
the East. In the southeastern section
Of the Territory there is a creek called
Rio Prieto, and nicknamed the :'Tur.
key River" It is the only place with
in about 200 miles where wild turkeys
abound, but then there are enough OF
them in the narrow valley to stock a
State. E1f
just before Thanksgiving this valley
is filled with hunters from every part
of the Territory, and the slaughter is
very great; but it takes place
only once a. year, and the. ranks
will be filled up next spring and sum
mer. Some OF thehunters come SO far
that they have to make ''jerky"' ofthe
turkey meat in order to get it home.
A miner must be very fond of turkey
when ne will travel 100 miles for it.,
and then take it in the shape of salted
and sun-dried strips and shreds, and
usually fried in gravy of bacon
grease and flour.
These turkeys are very large birds,
as half a dozen are about as much as
pack-mule can carry out of the val
ley. Old-timers say that gobblers
weighing thirty pounds have been tax.
en- out of the Prieto canon.
ArmorFrom the South Pacific.
The Academy of Science in San
Francisco has just obtained suit OF
armor such as the natives of the Gil
bert Islands wore one hundred wears
ago. The Chronicle of that CITY saws
that the coat of mail and helmet, all
IN one piece, look, when off the wearer,
like g big wicker chair. When on, the
back OF the chair apparently rises
above the wearer' 8 head, which passes
up through the seat OF the chair. The
low arms, which are really straps,
pass over his shoulders. The solid
portion OF the lower part is the corse-
let, fastening around the body.
This curious garment is made of CO.
coanut fibre twisted around and
around over thick cords, making a
dense fabric stiff and stout as board.
With it are worn yoke and pair of
sleeves, also in one piece; also pair
OF legeings with short skirt at the
top. The skirt, leggings, sleeves, and
yoke are made of brown cocoanut
fibre, braided and knotted until it
looks very much like the common CO.
Goa mating. With the suit OF armor
are two spears, one eleven feet in
length, the other fourteen. They are
lonQI pointed sticks Of cocoanut
wood armed with sharks teeth.
The De eadly Electric Light.
Dr.. Morris Gibbs, in analyzing the