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Value of Good Background.

49, value Oh u UOOO nuCAA860Un4s
There is certain chair in the Tux
edo club house," said a New Yorker
to q Tribune man, that all the women
seem to go for; it is not particularly
comfortable, but it has the reputation
,of being very becoming, having a very
high back which serves as a distinctly
good background" 1t is a well known
fact that a high-backed chair is much
more becoming to the figure and face
than low one. One Of the most sue
cessful patterns in the way of dining
room chairs has a high leather back
reaching several inches above the head
wheM the occupant is sitting down
The dull coloring of the old Spanish
leather is wonderfully efcacious in
bringing out the fresh tints Of a pretty
woman in her best attire as she sits,
framed as it.. We're, in a beautiful set
ting studded with antique nails, and
quite separated in effect from the rest
OF the room. There is something very
reposefm and aristocratic in such isola-
ton, besides being eminently becoming.
How well Mrs. Blanks white head
and fine features look against that old
leather" said q young artist who was
present at dinner where the chairs
were like the model described. Il
feel as IL we We're ut q >yyi .ction Of
Van Dyck's portraits. 8
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-18
Williams Idea. Had Changed,

William" said the old farmer to
his young and sturdy hired man who
had just fallen heir to snug little
fortune of $4,000 by the death of an
old uncle in India, Il know that l
have strenuously objected to you
marrying my daughter Sarah Ann
But 1 see things in u little different
light now, William. l find THAT my
daughter loves you dearly and would
be perfectly miserable without you:
l do not wish to wreck her happi-
ness, Il William, for she is my only
child. Therefore you 1nay have her,
William, and the $lO,O that goes
with her just as soon as it suits your
convenience.
''You are very kind, sir," replied
the sturdy William, without even the
suspicion Of q tremor i'm his manly
voice. But since receiving the
news of my good fortune my matri-
monial ideas have materially changed.
l now naturally look little higher
than your daughter, sir, and shall, If
nothing happens, soon marry Rolly
Briggs, the ieeman's daughter, land
the $75, ZOO that goes with her,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-18
Keep Salt Out II the Nostr1Is.

A late paper by a medical auth GRITTY
advises against the common and .smn-
healthy remedy" of shutting q :solu-
ton of salt and water for catarrhal
troubles. In its place is recon-
mended a solution of warm W after and
bicarbonate of Soda teaspoont6ml of
soda to a cupful of water. The same
solution is prescribed for acute sane
throat in the place of chlorate OF
potassium. Whatever solution lis
used in the nose," says the writer of
the paper, .it is a great mistake ito
forcibly snuff it into the nostrils from
the palm of the hand. If it is snufted
too forcibly it is;forced intothe upper
part of the nasal cavity. where it lis
very irritating, often causing head
ache and irritation of the eyes. The
best and simplest way to use, the soda
solution is to bury the nose entirely
in the cup of fluid and then gently
suck the solution into the nose, at
the same time holding the mouth
wide open. New York Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-18

again alarmed him at first, but grad
ually he became accustomed to it, and
at last slowly and carefully put the
other leg over, and in a few minutes
more / was riding him about. do not
think the whole lesson occupied more
than twenty minutes. OF course the
horse was held by a groom during the
process. ss Isl e. II.
81 In mounting a young, green horse,
you should be extremely patient and
gentle, lest you should get him into bad
habits which he might retain for the
rest Of his life. Remember that your
object is not simply to get on his back,
but to do it in such way that mount
ing him will be an easier task the next
time. Mount your horse first in the
stable, then close to the stable and
finally, a month later, perhaps, in the
OPEN. If You are obliged to dismount
on the road, and are doubtful OF your
ability to get back, lead the horse up to
some building if you can find one, and
if not, to tree or a fence. Tt is as
tonishing what difference the pres
ence or abse nee of such a background
makes Be sure also to have firm
grasp on the reins, in case the horse
should start just as you We're mount
ing. Do not haul yourself up with the
reins, but be prepared, mentally. to pull
up the horse if necessary.-Harper's
Young People ~.s ss
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-18

going on At the gate he was
stopped by two revolutionists OF
ominous appearance. why do you
not wear the cockade, citizenp
Where is your cockade pr they asked.
A mob gathered about him and de-
manded fercely: '.Citizen, where is
your cockadeP' Desaugiers took off
his hat, turned it around and around,
looked at it on all sides, and then
said, in a tone of mild surprise:
"Citizens, it is strange. very strange!
I must have left il on my nightcap.'
-ArgOnaut.
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THE LENGTH OF DAYS. /

. % I. &. ts. y .s ~ !, q T.
In Former Ages the Earth Completed. .
Revolution in Four Hours.
To-day is longer than yesterday;
tomorrow will be longer than to- day.
The difference is so small that even
in the course of ages it can hardly be
said to have been distinctly establish
ed by observation. We do not
pretend to say how many centuries
have elapsed since the day was even
one second shorter than it is at
present; but centuries are not the
units which we employ in tidal
evolution.
A million years ago it is quite
probable that the divergence of the
length of the day from it's present
value may have been very consider
able. Let me take a glance back and
If the. present order of things has
lasted, the day must have been
shorter and shorter the further we
look back into the dim past. The
day is now twenty-four hours; It was
once twenty hours; once ten hours;
it was once six hours. How much
further can we go? Once the six
hours is past we begin to approach a
limit which must at some point
bound our prospect. The shorter
the day the more is the earth bulged
at the equator; the more the earth
is bulged at the equator the greater
is the strain put upon the materials
of the earth by the centrifugal force
of it's rotation.
If the earth were to go too fast it
| would be unable to cohere together;
it would separate into pieces, just as
a grindstone, driven too rapidly, is
rent asunder with violence. Here,
therefore, we discern in the remote
past barrier which stops the pres
ent argument. There is a certain
critical velocity which is the greatest
that the earth could bear without
risk OF rupture; but the exact amount
of that velocity is question not
easy to answer It depends upon the
nature of the materials of the earth:
it depends upon the temperature; II
depends upon the effect of pressure,
and on other details not accurately
known to us. An estimate of the
critical velocity has, however, been
made, and it has been shown that
the shortest period of rotation that
the earth could have, without flying
into pieces, is about three or fou1
hours. The doctrine of tidal evolu
ton has thus conducted us to the
conclusion that at some inconceivabl1
remote epoch, the earth was spinning
round its axis in a period approx
mating three or four hours,-Th,
Story of the Heavens
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-18
A Newly Created Island.

According to reliable accounts the
island which sprang up in the
Friendly group. in the South Pacific,
SIS the result of a submarine volcanic
eruption, is about cine square miles
in area and rises two hundred to
three hundred feet above the level Of
the sea- An eyewitness declares that
the volcano threw up into the sky a
coluanh of water and steam fully a
mile In height.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-18
An Easy Way ts Get Thin.


Women have am awful horror of get
ting fiat, and just ant present THE plump
ar sisters are renfmg THE air with the
fdespairing wall, 'What shall /, do to get
thin?" To be sure, There are any quan-
titW of patent medicines, all ;Warranted
sure cure, but women are "a :tlitie afraid
of nnolniscuous dosing, and somehow or
other the simple milk amd sweet cures
d@M't seem to have the Nroper EFFECT.
One Philadelphia woman, known ITO the
Tunes, whose one time clarulingly
pla1rap figure had been rOmnded lealt at
a steadily increasing rate for the last
three years, became thoroughly
alarmed, and last summer she set forth
on her European tour with the firm i'll
tentiOn of making pilgrimage ito Carls-
bad to be treated for corpuleney. While
en- route, however, she stopped at Ber-
lin, where she incidentally Consulted q
physician, who recommended her stay
Ing right there, saying he could accom-
pllsh the desired result under his advice
better than at Carlsbad When she re.
turned in October with a trim and
dainty figure and minus disfgusfns
double chin, her acquaintance raised
their lorseEe ties and their eyebrows,
and to her friends she whispered the
SCI ret. It's ever SO simple, though not
exactly easy. There is no dieting; one
may eat anything at all one chooses,
and the more fruit the better. Liquids.
however, are forbidden j none at all at.
meals and only when demanded by ex-
cessive thirst at other times. Even
this isn't 20 very bad when one eonsid-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-18
Breathing a Young Horse to
IT, .s@ 81 Saddle. $3.50 -.
REMEMBERED all the Names.

!. Suppose that the horse which you are
going to ride has never been ridden be-
fore-how shall you begin? If he is an
intelligent animal, well brought up, he
will probably allow you to mount him,
provided that you do it very slowly
and cautiously; but if he be stupid or
tiDaid, you can begin by having him
carry bag of oats. I had lately a
horse that had thrown the only man
who ever attempted to ride him, and
when prepared to get on he showed
unmistakable signs of an intention to
do the same by me. So I called the
oats into play. "A bag half-full was
tied up, and he was allowed to smell
of it. When an effort was made to put
1t on the saddle he showed excessive
fear, but by proceeding gradually, and
by soothing and coaxing him, we were
soon able, first, to put it on gently, and
at&last: to throw it on the saddle with
out disturbing him At the next les
son, after going through the same pro-
cess, the bag was tied to the saddle.
and he was first walked and afterward
trotted about with It on. I then put
my foot In the stfrrup, Immediately
withdrawing 1t, however, for he became
alarmed. Then / tried again. and after
few attempts, finding that he was not
1urt, he submitted The next step was
to raise IN the stirrup, and THIS,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-18
FOR AND ABOUT OMEN.
GOSSIP PERTAINING TO THE
FAIR SEX.
A Plucky Southern Hospital Nurse
do Men Like Paint and PoWd-
er?--A Brief Hospitality
misunderstanding Sick 5.E
Headaches,

A Plucy Southern Hospital Nurse.
Miss Kate Holden, matron Of the
New York Riverside hospitals, has just.
received the. silver cross of the Order
of the Kings daughters, conferred for,
long and faithful work in the service
as described by the Evening Sun, is a.
years ago, when a typhuS fever cpl
demic threatened New York city, she
presented herself to the health officers,
then frail young girl, just out Of a
school for nurses, for this service, the
most dangerous and dreaded Of all, and
persisted in the face of their refusal
to send her to what seemed certain
death until she was accepted. She was
sent to the old Riverside hospital, then
to Blackwelrs island, and, from the
first, showed such aptitude, fearless
ness and devotion that the physicians
quickly learned to look upon her as
their mainstay in the hard and perilOus
battle. Before it was over she herself
was stricken down, but recovered and
resumed her work. She has been at it
ever since, for eight years as nurse OF
typhus, Of smallpox, of scarlet fever
and all the contagious diseases, ut the
Thought Of which most men shiver.
Since 1888 she has been the matron on
North Brother island, supervising all the
hospital arrangements and supplies,
cooking occasionally for $50 or 175 pa
tents and help for days together, when
the cook got drunk. Service on the
island is not sought for with much en-
thusiasm, and the workhouse usually
has to be drawn upon. The help is Of
q kind to correspond. Miss Holden, in
her experience with it, has been
stabbed with scissors, had her eye
blackened and the clothes, torn from
her back. She has prevailed against
the drunken servant as against the
typhus and the smallpox, by sheer force
Of character, if with her patience we'll
nigh exhausted. A couple Of years ago
she voluntarily added to her work that
of the island apothecary.> She passed
the examination required by the law
and was duly appointed by the board.
Since then she has had to compound all
the prescriptions for often more than
a hundred patients. For all this she re-
celves as matron the magnificent salary
of $75 per month, or $500 a year, half
of the pay Of the resident physician.
Matron Holden is Southern girl,
whose family lost its property in the
war. She has no living relative. For
thirteen years she has suffered a volun.
tary exile that would be considered by
most people worse than death. She
crosses the ferry very rarely, often not
for many months together, and wher
she does, is Stunned by the unthinkins
and cowardly, as if she herself were
the pestilence to battle with which she
has given her life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-18
Saved BIZ a Ready wit.

A certain Desaugiers, at the time
of q popular uprising in Paris, when
the people took possession of the
Tuileries, fastened to the palace
at midnight to see what was
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-18

We'll as wafer, anu QuHnutl1S OF IrulL,#
YOU know, are recommended. Then,
too, one must follow a simple course of
baths. First a foot bath, next day an
arm bath and the third day an all-oyer
bath, all as hot as one can stand them,
and to be continued as long as ncces-
sary. One should always lie down for
half an hour after taking a bath, or,
better still, take them before going to
bed at night.
Do Mem Like Paint and Powders
4 One may be disposed to forgive the
woman who has been beautiful, if, in
her desperate attempts to retain her
beauty, she paints and powders and
chooses to make of herself a thing of
borrowed shreds and patches. But,
says All the Year Round, when women
tell us---as some of them do tell us now
and then-th that men like a woman to
fcaricature her own womanhood; that
they prefer-it comes to that!-imita-
ton beauty to the real article, they re-
quire Of us faith too great for ordin-
airy human nature. To be told, as I
was told a little while ago-and by a
lady-that men do not care for women
unless they paint and powder is to have
too strong a strain placed upon ones
natural civility. That this same In
formant was guilty of a perhaps par
donable feminine exaggeration when
She declared that, nowadays, all women
use both paint and powder I am as
sured. Had she confined herself to the
statement that a very large number of
women are indebted for what they call
their charms to anything but nature
she would have delivered herself of an
utterance on the literal veracity of
which she might safely have staked, as
our transatlantic cousins have it, her
bottom dollar" The lady Of fashion
may not be aware that she is guilty of
reversion to savagery when she calls
in artificial aids to the help of her nat
ural attractions; but she is. Among
savage people it is an almost general
custom to revert. to such auXiliarieS.E
A Brief Hospitality Lesson.
Mind your own business.
Avoid controversy and argument
Do not monopolize any good thing.
Do not overdo the matter of enter
tainment. -
Do not make hobby of personal in
frmities.
"O uAAcCl1y WueA lue GILL VI FlSlC Is
! ended.
Do not forget bathing facilities for
the traveller.
Make yourself at home''-but not
too much so.
In ministeling to a guest, do not
neglect the family.
! Conform to the customs of the house,
especially as to meals.
Let no member of the family intrude
in the guest chamber.
Do not make unnecessary work for
others, even servants.
Be courteous, but not to the extent of
surrendeIing principles.
Do not gossip-there are better things
in life to talk about.
When several guests are present, give
q share of attention to all.
Introduce games and diversions, but
only such as will be agreeable.
Better simple food with pleasure
than luxuries with annoyance and
worry. s... ...- 49,,
Have a comfortable room in readi
mess, adapted to the needs and tastes
4 of the guest.
i A guest need not accept every pro
posed entertainment should be con
siderate of himself and Of his host.
Learn the likes and dislikes of those
| who are to be entertained; but no,
through the medium of an imperatlv
catechism.
Good Housekeeping.
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bound to Sell Them.

Crusty CustomerYou say those
glasses are three times as valuable as
Iwear. I can't see it.
Bright Salesman Certainly not,
with those imperfect old glasses
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-18
Treating Sick Henda chcs,


There are varieties of headaches pro
duced by various causes, as overstudy,
or exhaustion; or by a peculiar state of
the system, as the throbbing palm in.
the head which precedes apoplexy, but
these should be prescribed for by %
physician, writes Elizabeth Robinson
Scoville in the Ladies' Home ,Iournal.
In many cases the cause Of the head
ache is deep-seated and. must be re-
moved before permanent relief can be
hoped for. Neuralgia jim any part of
the body implies that the nerves are
starved and are crying out Tor food
This must be supplied before the pain
will cease. There are, however, meas
ures which can be tinted to give temper
airy relief, and mo- one who has not >suf-
fered from the headache of neuralgia
knows what this means to the victim
{Camphor and choral, rubbed together
until they form a Liquid, may be paint
led over the Sp1t, cor a menthol pencil
used in the SHINE manner. If these
cannot be obtained the face should be
'bathed in very hot water and a mus
'tard paste applied, taking care not to
leave it on long enough to blister. A
flannel wet with ehloroform liniment
may be tried, and "a lhot-water bag will
sometimes ease the pain. A cup of
hot tea followed lby a tteaspoonful of
'valerinate of ammonia 3may do good.
"A person suhje0t ito this form Of head
ache should seat lplenty oof nourishing
food, as fresh 'meat, ;dn the cereals,
vegetables, particularly beans and Gel
cocoa in preference ito tea and coffee.
These may be used las a stimulant in
NECESSITY, but not as 10 Irregular bever-
|:age. Friction cnf 1.-THE whole body by
rubbing is valuable and lit should be
kept warm in cold weather Thy suitable
clothing, with flannel next the skin,
|eespecially at night. .....S. s -
The teeth should be examined by a
dentist and properly ATTENDED to. III
these measures fail q NERVE tonic lis
necessary ..@t'.a- s-stt
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-05-18
Good Housekeeping.


Blushing is not an art. Neither is it
an absolute sign of il[breeding, as some
unl1ind people maintain. According to
the Boston Globe it is just as natural
for some people to blush on one Occa-
sion as it is for others to turn pale on
another. The same laws of nature
which govern the one rule govern the
other. The capillaries of small blood
vessels which connect the arteries and
veins in the body form, particularly
over the cheeks, a network so fine that
it is necessary to employ a microscope
to distinguish them Ordinarily the
blood passes through these vessels i'm
normal volumes, leaving only the natur-
al complexion. But when some sudden
emotion takes possession of the heart
it's action increases and an electric tflEiN
instantly leaps to the cheeks The thrill
is nothing more than the rush of blood
through the invisible capillaries. The
color is nothing more than the blood
just beneath the delicate surface OF the
skin. The causes that bring about this
condition in the circulating system are
called mental stimuli They consist vd
joy, anger, shame and the many other
emotions. Sudden horror, nemoEse @l
fear, on the contrary, influences THE
nerves which control the b4oOd yesselt
and the face becomes white. B1us1lins
and pallor result from the sudden
action of the mind ON the nervous sys
TEN. So, if mind be forewarned .amG
prepared for emotions both habits cal
at least be partially overcome. fs1r
when the nervous system lis highly
strung it would be lifelong. If not .
futile task, to endeavor to effect a per
foot s.
The Daily bulletin., 1893-12-16

Calling attention to tho above
announcement, beg to inform
plantation owners, ranchers and
the public generally that 1 am
now in full supply of all of DR..
Politics. Celebrated Remedies, to-
gether with his treatises on the
principles of doctoring animals
and the remedies to be used.
Dr.. Pottie stands pre-emi-
nently at the head of the veteri-
nary profession and his leading
remedies are known throughout
the whole civilized world. No
system known has shown such
splendid results. During the 20
years in which DR.. Pottie has
had charge of the Government
stables of New South Wales not
a single death occurred. Dur
ing the outbreak of "Pink Eye"
in Australia over 100000 worth
of horses were lost, but of the
cases treated by DR.. Politics. re-
medies LESS THAN ONE PERCENT
DIED. Last year over 100000
animals were treated by DR..
Pottie and his corps of assis-
tants, which will afford some
idea of the magnitude of his
business and the efficiency and
popularity of his remedies.
Special cases Of assorted re.
medies can be had at prices
ranging from IS to $50, suit.
able for plantations, stables and
ranches; these remedies keeI
for years.
1 especially call attention tc
DR.. Politics. celebrated and un'
failing remedy for NANCE, which
is so widely prevalent among
horses in these Islands at thi.
time. I regard this as a certain
cure, and can show testimonial.
for cures already effected o
very aggravated cases.
The following comprise som'
of the principal Horse, Cattle
Sheep, Dog and Pig Remedies
viz:
The Daily bulletin., 1893-12-16
A Wrathful Governor.

CHARLESTON, Nov. Ex-Governor
Tillman's message to the Legislature
treats of railroad taxation and the
dispensary law. The Governor roasts
the Supreme Court, using such ex-
pressions as "the tail wags the dog"
and judicial insolence." Referring
to railroad litigation the Governor
says the unlucky marriage between
the dignity of the Federal court
and these corporations must be an
nulled and the owners of bonds must
be made to understand that there is
point beyond which the patience
of State will not permit them to
60. The Governor expresses wonder
that the dispensary act has stood
the test of the tempest of litigation
which it has occasioned.
The Daily bulletin., 1893-12-16
PROPRIETARY MEDICINES.

Glencairn Oil,
Black Douglas Oil,
Embrocation,
Green Healing Lo-
ton,
Black Healing Lo-
ton,
Mango Liniment,
Sweating Blister,
Golden Blister,
Newmarket Blister,
Fly Blister,
White Oils,
Cooling Oils,
Sitfast Ointment,
Hoof Ointment,
Healing Ointment,
Tumor Ointment,
Gall and Shoulder
Salve,
The Daily bulletin., 1893-12-16
SEVENTH DAY ApvENTIsTs.

Seventh Day Adventist Church,
corner Punchbowl and Beretania
streets, in G. Vests cottage. Sab
bath school, 1:3O; social meeting af-
ter Sabbath school. Bible reading
every Sunday evening. Everyone
welcome.