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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
GnychOpNgy.

M. Berillon, 4 French doctor, who
has been directing his attention for
some time past to the study Of nail
biting, or, as he calls it, onychophagy,
finds that habit or disease extremely
common. In a public school in
Paris, out of 265 pupils examined dur
ing the month of April last, GO, that is
to say, nearly one-fourth, were adj
dicted to biting their fnger-nails. Cur
iously enough, results vary greatly in
different districts, and in different
schools in the same districts. It seems
that girls are more given to the habit
than boys. In one girls school i'll the
department of Yonne eleven out of
twenty-one were confirmed nail-biters.
In another girls school the proportion
was 81 out of POI pupils, and of those
81. Is were found to be IN the habit
of biting the nails of both hands, and
the others Of biting only those of one
hand. NJ. Berillon recognizes that
nervousness has much to do with the
habit, and he proposes to cure it by
means of "suggestion.' - London
Tines,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
T STONES IN VEGETABLES.
Formed From the SiliceOns and CAL
careOus Juices in Their Organ

Formed From the siliceOns and CAL
isms. g-s s$& ,r
In certain species Of vegetable
growths there are found stones sup
posed to be formed and deposited in
their tissue from the siliceous and cal
careous juices circulating in their or
ganisms. Thus, in the bamboo, q
round stone is found at the joints Of
the cane called .tabasheer,' says a
writer in Pearson's Weekly.
Another curiosity Of the sort is tne
"cocoanut stone,'' found in the cndos-
perm of the cocoanut in Japan and
other East India islands. DR. kim
minis describes it as a pure carbonate
Of lime It is sometimes round, some
times pear-shaped, while the appear
ance is that Of a white pearl without
much lustre. Some Of the stones are
as large as cherries and as hard IS
feldspar or opal. They are very rare,
and are regarded as precious stones
by the Orientals, and charms against
disease or evil spirits by the natives.
Stones Of this kind are sometimes
found in the pomegranate and other
East India fruits. Apatite has also
been discovered in the midst. Of teak
wood.
Canada supplies nearly all the plumbago
susel by the American manufacturers OF lead
pencils.
s. n one recent year s55, 0o8 volumes were
called for in the Birmingham, Eng, tree
Hbrary,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
For SuperhuOus Hair.

Pumice and cream remove s:oerflu-
Gus hair from the chin. Rub the chin
thoroughly with the cream to soften
the hair: then take q piece Of o,lnnice
stone and rub the affected parts stead
lily but gently for five or ten minutes,
being careful not to continue it until
the skin is irrit,tcd. Continue this
treatment every night and morning for
six months and the result will be
gratifying Some may say that it
takes too long. but the disfiguring hairs
have been many months on their way.
Vaseline should never be put on the
face. as it will continue a growth OF
hair very quickly on the smoothest
skin. If the hnirs are stiff and coarse,
the electric needle may be necessary.
But the continued us. of pumice stone
and cream will give wonderful results
if Dersevered in for q few months.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24

enough, and he shouts :jargon that dis
pels the belief in an Indians stoicism
Now and then !le is relieved by a white
man who knows less OF Indian life than
lie does CT anything else excepting
grammar. But he makes up for the
lack in an acquaintance with what he
supposes are the. particularly stron.
terms of the successful barker.
There is q plaintive fellow in front of
the I4apland village-a man who seems
to regret seeing you walk past. He
knows you are missing the sight Of
your life, and he breads to continue ex-
istence with that load Of responsibility
npon him. But he doesn't touch the
heart as does the better man at the
Arabian desert. He can receive all the
dimes that from the beginning Of time
were intended for his show, but he can
capture few beyond that. And it is a
funny thing to see him hopping around
after departing visitors, frantically
urging them to come back and sit in
the cool Of a Lapland cave and see the
wonders Of "the frozen region Of the
North"
This side for the ostrich farm!' yells
a man from across the way This side
for a view Of the most beautiful plume
in the world. This way for sight of
ostrich farming, a new Southern Cali
fornia industry, and the quickest way
on earth to make a fortune
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He has some empty ostrich egg shells
lying about in front Of him, and he as
sures the people who ask him that
there are larger ones inside. Now,
you're killing time-killing time, ladies
and gents" moaned the barker for Da-
honey. Come and see the wonderful
women warriors. Come in and see the
women from the widest country in the
world with their weapons and their.
songs-the savagest human beings alive.
In the world
But spoken words and CHASTITY pic
lures on the walls are both against his
acquiring wealth in hurry, and the
people who pass him by escape the
chance of hearing their women insulted
by the alleged savage denizens Of an
exaggerated barbarism. .
Panta1OOn and COnfuc1us. aF
Humor simply bubbles over at the
Chinese theater. The barker there who
attracts the most attention is fairly
good looking young man who has
painted his face to look as nearly like a
horrible joss as he possibly can. He is
as straight American as one can mag
inc. He is, inded, so tough that one
might almost charge him with being
from the sand lots made sacred by
Dennis Kearney, only that such a lad
would scarcely give himself to the EN-
ploy of a Chinaman, whatever the in
ducement.
But he isn't tough at all. Listen to
him for awhile and you will find he is
| an exceedingly acute and polite young
| fellow. After the smart stranger from
| Milwaukee has looked him over and
listened to his choice English until the
question of his nativity is settled, there
! comes moment Of badinage from Wis
ltor to barker. Then the hoodlum-lOok
ing barker comes out strong.
Il am not a Chinaman, ladies and
gentlemen I am simply painted up
this way to show you how the actors in
the theater within are Ornamented at
the present moment. Go in and see
them. Go in and see the most wonder
full show in the world. If you are not
pleased with it, come here and I'll give
your money back -.
Across the portal from: him sits q
real Chinaman, and in the pauses OF
the hoodlum the. son of Confucius lifts
up his voice and howls: >... ,.,>
a You wi fna coolest pace in E,wo's
ia g'ounds-a'so in Midway. See Chi
nee women also Chinee babies"
He is legitimate drama. The painted
youth across the entrance from him is q
speaking PANTHEON from some forgot
ten Humpty Dumpty.
There is no barker for the representa-
ton of St. Peters at Rome, but VOL
cannot walk half the length Of the Mid
way without hearing the strains OF
the pope's band. 1t is music of All i'll
sistent kind and permeates all the re
gion about the Ferris wheel with thu
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24

teach school all over that country. l
forgot at first. How did you come
down? BY New Buffalo?"
The old mar nodded. He was begin
ming to give Up. This young man GER
tainly knew the country.
Law, yes,' resumed the barker. Il
remember Paw Paw Is the long COW
cred bridge there yet? No! Built an
iron one, did they. Do you remember
the time they had big fight there in
town on a circus day? So do I. Come
on in, and let's talk it over when you
I come OUT r. 49,.
Bankers That Make No Noise.
| Maybe that reference to the circus day
was what cost the barker q patron.
Certain it is the old man looked all
| over his tempter for a moment, and
then put his hands behind him and
walked down in the shade Of the VIA
duct. The latter looked at him for a
moment, smiled little and then went
on assuring the people that the show
| within was going on all the time, and
| that they could get through with it in
fifteen minutes, and that it was cool as
an ice cavern.
The bagpiper at the beauty show
comes nearer being a barker than any
one else in this portion of the ground.
He says nothing, but there is seduc-
| tiveness about his strut back and forth
| that ins,lres enc his moneys worth
| in the purchase Of ticket. Tie sign
that calls attention to Barney castle
is louder than the bagpiper. 1t lifts it's
mammoth black against the white sides
| of the castle and offends as far as the
| eyes can see.
This business of barking has come to
be a recognized industry in the Plais-
ance At the beginning it was sup
posed the dignityof the place would not
be offended by anything of this kind;
and for time the ''Hot, hot, hot" Of
the waffle man was the only cry Of the
kind. But the promoters seem to have
found out that they need vocal adver-
tisement, and they have offered induce
ments to- men who have made that their
business in half the circuses Of the
country. ~ = - -55zzEs s.. .:..ss..r j. Y;
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
A STOWAWAY.s
A Man Found Sleeping Among a
~ Quantity of Fish.

Quantity OF Fish.
When the fish tanks of the Great
Northern railway arrived from Grims-
by at the Royal Mint depot for trans
ference to Billingsgate the fish porters
succeeded as usual with light hearts
and archaeological jokes to unload the
cargo. Suddenly great cry Of terror
arose among them. One shouted cts
a shark" a third cts an octopus!,
and a fourth TT must be Jonah!''
Surely enough something abnormal
was in the tank, but as it made no at
tempt to bite anybody the proposal to
run round to the tower for the loan of
gun to shoot it was not carried into
effect. There it lay serenely and peace
fully Graded among the fish, which
wobbled around it as the tank was
slowly moved When the porters
gained their self-possession and exam
med the object they found it was a
man sound asleep. After he had been
well shaken they asked what he was
doing there, when he modestly replied:
"I'm working my passage to London.
I worked it on a smack from Hull to
Grimsby, and as I have some friends
in London I thought I should like to
see them, so got in among the fish,
He gave his name as John \Vaterhouse
and was carried, after being washed
and scraped, before the lord mayor,
charged with travelling on the railway
without ticket, and his lordship gave
him the option of paying five shillinga
or going to prison for three days
III. London Telegraph.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
more.
Belgian Block Quarrled in America

"Belgian'' Block Quarried in America
Anyone asked where the Belgian
block comes from would say, ..Why,
from Belgium, of course" but this is
far from the truth. Great quarries at
a point four miles above Sellersville.
Buck county, known as the .'Rocks,
supply most of the blocks used in
this city. A great piece of rock was
recently blasted there from which
were cut $4,000 Belgian blocks CT:
regulation size. The rock was thir-
ty five feet wide, twelve ana ons half
feet deep and sixty-fve feet long.
The blocks cut up will realize n.-arly
$1,000 for the quarry man. -Philadei-
phia Record,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
FOR OUR WOMEN READERS.
MATTERS OF INTEREST," TO THE
sttA FAIR SEX.
ZOO Much OstentatiOn in Our House,
keeping Arrangements - Favorite
Material for Bathing Suits-Diet
and Complexion. lt-|

The solution of this problem Of OK
cessive housekeeping is perfectly OBJ
vious, writes Edward w. Box in a
thoughtful article discussing the prob
lem Of Modern housekeeping and
its effect upon our women in the La
dies Home Journal. What we want
in our homes is a much simpler style
Of housekeeping, and we shall have it
when we learn the great lesson-which
is the only remedy for this matter
to live more for comfort than osten-
tation; to- live less for show and more
for substance. There is where the evil
lies. We live too much for others;
too much for the world. We fix up
our homes altogether too much with
the idea of either what the outside
world will say Of them or to Guido our
neighbors. When we reach that point
where we shall dismiss Il little Of that
r Ostcntation that is now so prevalent
i'll many of our homes, we shall not
only reach a happier state for our
selves, but we will remove one-half of
the nervous ailments from which our
women are now suffering. 1t is all
well enough to have q pretty home,
with rooms filled with dainty bric-a-
brac, mirrors, cushions aud ornaments
of every sort. Put some one must take
care Of these things, and generally it
is not the help we employ. So far as
the ornamentation of our homes is con-
cerned we are OVERRIDING it in the ma
jority of cases anyway. A room taste
full in it's rich simplicity is the excep-
ton rather than the rule. The greater
part Of our drawing rooms resemble
museums more than anything else, and
. a man is never so comfortable as when
1 he is out of them. Between kicking
something over, or knocking something
off, the average mans mind is any.
thing but tranquil one in the typical
modern drawing-rOO
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
what: Was He to i).?

Sunday School Teacher Yos,.
should not fight, Tommy. If thine
enemy smite thee on the right cheek.
turn to- him the other.
Tommy Smathers He gimme a.
jab on both cheeks, an / didn't haze.
no more to turn him.-Puck
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24

cardinal virtue Of noise. Follow one
OF those strains to it's source and you
Will discover the guards of the cathe-
dral dressed like their predecessors have
been for the past 400 years, each one
| toying with the most modern Of musical
instruments.
1t is a particularly incongruous thing
to see one Of the pope's guards manipu-
lating that musical stomach pump some
times called trombone.
Barker and Reuben.
Near the viaduct there is a prac teal
exhibition of deep-sea diving, and it
is graced by a barker who would win
prize at the front Of any circus in the
world. He sits there in such shade as
the place affords AID assures all passers
that the show will .1ot take them more
than fifteen minutes to complete, aud
that it is cool as an ice cavern and going
on all the time. .. - .
While he was sitting there barking
away in listlcss fashion the other
day a granger came along-one of the
kind sometimes called ICY" by irrev-
erent youths in the city-and looked at
the capper' with open mouth, and an
appetite for anything that promised
the wonderful. The barker gazed at
him for q moment, and then leaped to
his feet, and. grasped the hand of the
granger. ,-r Ia
Il knew it, he shouted, smiling, and
looking forty kinds Of welcome straight
into the eyes Of the farmer. Il knew
you'd come Ever since I took this job
I have said to myself: He'll come
today And here you are. Well,
how'd you leave everything? Why, 60
on. Go in and see this thing, and then
We'll talk about old times. Come on,
go I'M 49,.
But the old man hung back He had
been reading the papers, and he had
doubts about this man.:
| II don't remember YOU" he said at
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24

are reported in the newspapers as hav-
ing been caused by the explosion Of oil
stoves. In such cases what really hap
pens is generally only this: That
person rushes into kitchen where
there is an oil stove, sees the stove,
enveloped in fame, and, catching it
up, dumps it bodily out Of the nearest
window. The stove is broken to pieces
by that proceeding, but there has been
no explosion; in fact, the dealers say
that oil stoves never explode.
The trouble seems to be that people
do not take proper care Of the stoves.
Instead Of cleaning them from time to
time, as in the case of lamps, they
neglect them and allow them to become
clOgged up with a coating OF dust and
oil. That mixture is very inhammable
and if it remains about the wicks it
will eventually take fire. In order for
the stove to explode, there must be a
sudden ignition of gas generated with
in it.; if that happens the stove will be
blown to pieces. Most of the. stoves
are now made. however, so that the
gas from the oil can escape through
holes perforated in the cap Of the oil
chambers; and as those holes allow
communication with the open air, if an
explosion-that is. Il quick ignition OF
the gas--shorlld take place. it is doubt
full if it would do any damage.
If Il stove should burst into flame on
account Of the coating Of dust and oil
so long as the fame did not come into
contact with anything int1ammable,
like wood, there would probably be no
damage done. The dust and oil would
burn off the surface. then the flame
would go out. >
1t is possible that trouble might be
occasioned in rare instances by the
oyerheating of a stove; but according
to the dealers the temperature must be
raised to $50 degrees before the oil will
fame The dealers seem to think that
if the stoves are kept thoroughly clean
the chance for trouble is very slight.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
Too Much Stri u.

1T amt no wonder that city peo
pie don't live long, said old Mrs
jackson. Law, me! ii had as;
many neig hbors toslook after a ) folks
that lives in cities must have ia be-
dead in less'n year. .
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
A Laundry Note.

Shirts, cuffs, collars ANY thing, in
fact, that needs to be stitfened and pol
ished-should be washed perfectly
clean and allowed to dry thoroughly
before they are starched. Let them
soak before washing in blood-warm
water long enough to thoroughly soft
en- the old starch. Take care not to
bend the stiff parts sharply back OF
forth until gentle rubbing has made
them pliablc, for -starched linen
is almost as frangible us cardboard,
even when new and sound OF fiber.
Especially it is SO with fine qualities
used for dress shirts. When shirts
are ready for the line be sure to hang
them on it properly.-that is, with the
shoulders tightly laid over it. the bo-
som hanging smooth and straight be.
tween. If shirt bosom dries drag.
cling slantwisc, the several thiclnesses
pulling about, no after effort will
achieve quite the proper smoothness
and solidity. With cuffs and collars
it is much the same. Snap them out
straight and hang them SO that warE
and wool pull true.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
Always Clean.

Good Minister observe With.
pleasure that your family bible is not.
covered with dust. Little Girl t1s.
always nice and clean now, eyer since
the piano stool broke.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
What to Do With the Hands.

What to do with the hands gives
more trouble and anxiety to the lords
Of creation than woman generally
supposes. If man is at all shy or
self-conscious, those members feel like
veritable excrescences which are quite
foreign to the body and have to be dis
posed of in some way or other. What
a relief it would be to thrust them into
the depths of ones pockets if it were
only permissible and get them comfor-
tably out of sight. Some men compro-
mise the matter by hooking one thumb
into the pocket, thus leaving only the
one hand to be disposed of, which is
comfort as far as it goes Others field
their arms in gloomy, saturnine fashion,
while others thrust them behind as II
to hide them altogether. Cholly ard
Chappie have a very curious fashion
peculiarly their own and hang them
loosely from the shoulders Il little In
advance of the body, letting them
wave lightly as they enter room.
But according to an exchange in which
the foregoing remarks occur, whatever
is the style assumed it is very nOticea-
BILE that not one man in ten is absolute
ly unconscious of his hands or uses
them in a perfectly natural manner.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24

very Much Like Me.'' - :
the gate man with q 25-cent charge,
and there he stands, inside the line,
and argues while the genuine children
in sight are wishing they were as big
as those before them. The gate1nan is
obdurate as a general thing, and re-
fuses to permit any diversified urchin
to get in on an understood pass. If he
errs, in fact, it is on the other side.
EIe is 50 devoted to the interests of
the fair that a good healthy boy of -
is likely to be classed with the grown
people. ......s
Once inside you see that same labor
Of trying to get people in followed
with a vim and an energy that deserves
success, even if it do not achieve it,
But in this case it is the different side
shows that the people are urged to so.
The first advocate Of the kind is sta
toned in front OF the Arabian village.
He is one Of the best bankers that
seems to lie the technical name Of the
class-that ever took station in front of
a show. He is a city man, safe enough,
and an exceedingly smooth one. But
no man knows better the way to ap-
proach the pocketbook Of the granger.
His words have an oriental tWang to
them. II he sees 4 man and woman
who look as if they had attended church
at home this barker gives them some
thing about the desert Of Moab or a
line of eloQuence touching the wilder
ness in which the children Of Israel
| wandered. ..-N "
Indians and Ostriches.
Down at the ranch of Rain-in- the Face
an Indian himself does the barking.
| He is a target for the sun most of the
! day, not enjoying the advantage of q
location on the south side Of the Plais
! ance. But he stands up there bravely
! enough, with his c., B. and @. fan over
his eyes, and his heart set upon the
gathering of dimes. What he says is
| never understood by the white people
! who pass him, unless one may accept
the statement that Sitting Bulls 'cabi1
Is shown here. But they are caught
by the figure Of that chief standing III
and challenging the scrutiny Of the
whites, and they 50 over and look Al
him.. -.
He is q fred man of the forest" s;lrf
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
why OIL stoves Explode.

Just as regularly as the summer sea-
son comes round numberless small fires
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
BARRIERS AT THE ia .IR.
THEY SOLICIT TRADE FOR THE
MANY SIDE SHOWS.
jome Know Their Business md
Some Do Not-Best Ones Are Former
Circus Employees. Who Know the
Country.

One Of the first bankers you see at
the fair is the big man from the north
side who tries to get all his progeny
through the children's gate. It makes
no difference to him that the boys are
big enough to save a mans wages every
day they work for him, nor that the
girls are sure Of gentlemen company
every Sunday night. He brings them
here with the hope that he can get past
The Newtown bee., 1893-06-09

Mrs R. A. Canfield's, The first part of the week. E. Starr Garfield of Bridgewater was at Mrs k. A. Canfield's, last week Tues day. Henry Davis is boarding at Albert Dickey's. Iuman Beach returned to his home at Bridgeport, Wednesday. Mrs Charles Lee and little daughter have returned home after short visit with friends in Meriden. Starr Garfield of Bridewater was on Pumpkin Hill, recently. Albert Smith and bride spent Sunday at his brothers.
 Miss Alice J. Hamlin has visited friends out of town.
 Martha Marsh is now staying at Mer- win Hines.
 Mrs Andrew Bradley and two ladies from New Milford, were in this place on Saturday.
 Jesse James and three ladies were here, Saturday, from Brookfield, also John Lee and Henry Wildman and wife of Long Meadow.
 George L. Hamlin, Jr., and lady of Bridgeport, spent Sunday at his home.