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The People's friend., 1894-06-22
HELLO !-HALO.-N. Y. Recorder.

is better to sell at home and in their
own country and to their own people
than to be obliged to send all their
surplus to foreign countries where
competition is already too great and
where the poverty of the people is such
as to make them small consumers
They also know that to break up our
present industrial condition will re-
suit in throwing more than million
nOn-prOducing wage-WOrkers out Of
work, reducing their capacity to pro-
duce and consume, and eventually
driving many of them to the farm,
where they in turn will be active
competitors in the production of farm
crops.
We of the United States consume
ninety per cent. of all our agricultural
products; the ten per cent. which we
annually export more than supplies the
whole foreign demand. If we dosble
this export we will reduce the price
very greatly. 1t would require but
slight decrease of the consumption in
our own country to increase this pro-
portion of exports to twenty-five or
even thirty per cent. Of our total prod
uct. Should this come to pass the
farmers will find that the railways will
make more money (they will be sure
of their freight, anyway; the middle
man will get his commission all the
same: the steamship companies will
get their carriage; the European will
get our corn and other products at
half the present price, while our farm
ers, enjoying the blessing Of free trade
in the United States, will be holding
the empty bag with nothing to show
for the returns
The People's friend., 1894-06-22
The Spirit willing.

Fair Organist (after an hours hard
practice)-Here is your money, Pat
rick: but don't you think you charge
me rather a high price just for pump
ing the organ?
Patrick Bliss y'r purity Dyes, miss,
Oh wudn't charged cint if tn machine
did not make such blatherin' noises. -
N. Y. Weekly.
The People's friend., 1894-06-22
EQuiVCque. e.

Ruth-Would you marry a man just
because he was rich?
Kitty-What's the matter with his
marrying me?-Detroit Free Press.
The People's friend., 1894-06-22

Mother-Walter, see that you give
Beatrice the lions share OF that
banana.
Walter-Yes, mamma.
Beatrice-Mamma, Walter hasnt
given me any.
Walter-Well, that's all right Lions
don't eat bananas Life.
The People's friend., 1894-06-22

-30We have had the financial crisis,
we have had to borrow, we are in just
as bad plight as ever, the outlook for
a new bond subscription if more bonds
are offered is anything but hopeful,
and this state Of things may be pro-
longed indefinitely. We are paying at
the rate Of seventy-fve million dollars
year addition to the public debt for
the privilege of democratic rule-St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
The People's friend., 1894-06-22
Easy to Tell.

How do know whom q mans crank!
1t is very easy to tel, said he;
Ialwavs place man n that rank
OF men when he doesn't agree with me-
N Y Press
The People's friend., 1894-06-22

Dan Il good deal in mokiu judicious
chice Oh yoh field ob endeavor," said Uncle
Eben. "Industry an perseverance, and
plays in front oD deaf an dumb asylum. )"
-Washingt0n Star.
''EO, GERALDINE; landscape done in oil
isn't necessarily a keros( Gene. buffalo
Courier
The People's friend., 1894-06-22
low HE Lost Her,

George have been invited to
flower party at the Pinl1ies'. What's it
about?
Jacl-That's one of the notions new
this season. It's now form of birth
day party. Each guest must send Miss
Pinlie a bouquet containing as many
flowers as She is years Old, and the
flowers must have a meaning. Study
up on the language OF flowers before
ordering
Florists Boy "a few hours later)-A
gentleman left an order for twenty Of
taese flowers, to be sent to the Pinl1ies
with his card.
Florist-EIe's one of my best custom
ers. Add eight or ten more for good
meaSure.-N. Y. Weekly.
The People's friend., 1894-06-22

to labor unduly Sufferers from such Merry
ous Affections often imagine themselves the
victims of organic heart disease.
ALL NERVOUS DISEASES. as Pa
ralysis, Locomotor Ataxia, Epilepsy, or
Fits, St Vitus's Dance, Sleeplessness, Nery-
GUS Prostration, Nervous Debility, Neural
gia, Melancholia and Kindred Ailments are
treated as a speciality, with great success,
by the Staff of the Invalids' Hotel. For
Pamphlet, References, and Particulars, en@
close 10 cents, in stamps for postage.
Address, WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL
Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The People's friend., 1894-06-22

Client-Woll, l call it pretty hard for
me to be sentenced to be hanged for
killing that fellow. 1t seems to me
you might have done better.
Lawyer-Well, of all the ungra teful
fellows l ever knew, you're the worst!
Didn't get you off on the charges OF
picking pockets and obstructing the
sidewalk? You ought to congratulate
yourself! You got off easy!-Truth.
The People's friend., 1894-06-22

Is 4 democratic banner for 1896
should have painted upon its ample
folds dead sheep and a black queen
poking her head above a sugar hogs
head. 1t would be historically sug
gestive OF the sbeep-killing, flag-pull
ing, sugar-trust party.-Chlcago Inter
Ocean
The People's friend., 1894-06-22
Kindly Advice.

(Which side would you advise q
young poet to take?"
'Suicide. IN. Y. World.
The People's friend., 1894-06-22
- -k::a.s -A--.l.-lzs.k.A.s- G ~

is liable to great
functional disturb
ance through sym
pathy. Dyspepsia,
or Indigestion, often
causes it to palpi-
tate in a distressing
way. Nervous Pros
tration, Debility and
, Impoverished Blood,
, ,GIso cause its too
rapid pulsations:
Many times, Spinal
a HoctiODS caucn it
The People's friend., 1894-06-22

AN ability to mind his own business has
secured many a man s CO.. idential position.
indianapolis News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08
The fashionable Baby.

The fashionable baby has Il great
deal Of attention. nowadays, and the
wardrobe is growing more and more
important. Simple little white dresses
and sacques will no longer do for the
little sugar, cotton, oil or stocking mag
nate. In the first place come the tiny
wra ppers. Of which there must be a half
dozen, of white flannel made with deep
yolSes and beribboned and besprigged
with tiny flowers in delicate embroid-
cry. Then there are tea gowns without
number. These lovely robes are in
pink, blue and white India silk, trim
med With swansdown or lace, and are
just the thing when the baby is to be
presented to friends. These are COM
Portable and pretty, and much better
than the clumsy shawl and blanket
In socks a new idea has developed.
This is the clever fancy Of embroider-
ing in pure white about the top OF the
miniature hose garlands of bloom, gen.
orally the birthday flower Of the wee,
Wearer.-BoStOn Courier. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08
Kent No Horse.

She was a Vassar graduate and didn't
know a little bit about housekeeping
when she married her last beau and set
tied down to domestic life.
Her first order at the grocer's WAS
a crllsher' says the Detroit Free Press,
but that good man was used to all sorts
of people, and could interpret Vassar
as easily as plain English.
Il want ten pounds of paralyZed sug-
ar" she said with a business air.
''Yes'ln. Anything else?'
1.-Two cans of condemned milk"
''Yes'm.' He set down pulverized
sug.' CONDENSED milk"
"Anything more, ma'am?''
"A bag of fresh salt-be sure that it
is fresh"
'Yes'm. What neXt?'
"A pound Of desccratcd goldfish"
'Yes'm." He wrote glibly, "desiccat-
ed cod
Nothing more, ma'am2 Here's some
nice horseradish just in
No" she said. with a sad wabble to
her flexible voice, sit would be of no
use, as we don't keep horse
Then the grocer sat down on kit
of mackerel. and famed himself with
a patent dashboard. Vassar had TAX
en- the cake.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08
a Stall Partition.

Henry l.. Tell. Belleville, Michigan,
writes Orange Judd Farmer: Some
times a farmer is short of stable room,
or if he has plenty Of room there are
no stall partitions. With the device
described below a box stall, shed or
part of a barn floor can be utilized
for stalls without danger of the horses
kicking each other. Get three round
poles eight or nine feet long and four
CIR five inches in diameter. About eight
cen inches from each end bore Il hole
large enough to allow half-inch rope
to pass through String the poles on
two ropes. tying knot 1T the under
side Of each pole ut the desired height
so the poles will be parallel and about
enc and one7half feet apart. Suspend
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08
TakinE to Bad Lam EuaE

If i'll olden days inilady 'swore her
pretty oath by yea*and nay" the mod
ern dame of fashion. with the frank
ness of her world and period, uses the
"big, big D" quite openly. Smoking
seems to be an accepted fact among the
young married women belonging to the
smartest set in New York, and accord
ing to the Tribune, swearing is the lat
est development. 1t is no uncommon
thing of late to hear pretty women
use among their intimates very strong
language indeed. Curiously enough,
however, and fortunately. too. for the
general good, these little indugences
are confined to the vie intime'' Of the
inner circle, while to society at large
the modern woman of the world is
model of cold propriety. There has
grown up in London-and of course
New York has adopted this latest in
novation--a latitude of speech and &C.
ton among the truly initiated of GER
tain set that is somewhat appalling
to those who hold the old-fashioned
standard of what Il lady may and may
not do.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08

The rustic citizen, inquisitive and
guileless, was punched in a crowded
car on a Michigan Central train with
an elaborate drummer from Chicago
and in few minutes he began to
sound his seatmate.
Coin fe::?' he asked innocently.
'"ro Kalamazoo"
"COme from Detroit?'
Yes
Then he asked severtl dozen more
questions and the drummer got tired.
II s'pose you went to the Worlds
Fair?' asWed the rustic, starting on Il
new deal.
The Worlds Fair?" repeated the
drummer questioningly, whats that?'
Don't you know what the Worlds
Fair?" asked the rustic, starting on a
eyed astonishment
"No; 1 never heard Of it,
Never heard OF the Worlds Fair OF
Cmcago?'
mo: where's Chicago:'
Didn't you never hear Of Chicago
neither?'
"Never; where is it|'
The rustic youth looked the drummer
over from head to foot and pulled a 81
bill from his pocket.
"You're fooYin' me. stranger" he
said, land here's a IS that says you are
a Chicago man, fer nobody but a Chi
cago man could be as smooth a liar as
you are.'-Detroit Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08
Farm Notes.

In using 4 feeder take out the divis-
feeder in their place.
Powdered boraX is often used al
though pure lard is better for driving
away ants which T. ay be located under
hives.
An ingenious apiculturiSt has calcu-
lated that 4 single bee visits 1880
flowers for each ounce Of honey it gath
erS.
Extra work about the apary such as
making and painting hives, cleaning Old
hives and ordering apairian supplies for
the coming season, can be attended to
now.
Cleo is Il standing menace to butter,
for it incites dishonest competition. De
ceptive substitutes are always open to
valid objections from makers of pure
articles, and from consumers as we'll
The early sWarms invariably make
the most successful colonies. The ear
lier they come in the season the more
valuable they are. The time the old
stands will send out sWarmS will de-
pend somewhat upon their condition on
coming out of winter quarters.
Do not waste time and money trying
to grow profitable crops from land
whose need is thorough training. Save
your money and put it into good tile.
properly laid, and in a few years it
will be returned to you with compound
interest. Farmers Who have tried this
know its truth.
We learn from personal investigation
that many farmers have not sown their
acreage of wheat, being discouraged
from it by the low price. The question
of how best to employ this land left va
can't is a matter over which some pro-
fitable studying may be done this win
ter. .r..... II. =.
A good hay Grip is always an easy
thing to sell and usually at a price that
appears to leave very satisfactory pro-
fit A good many men are thinking
this way and so preparing to grow less
grain and more grass. But it must be
remembered that the hay takes away
good deal Of fertility from the land,
and if you do not want the farm to
grow poor you must arrange for re-
storing this. The best way to make the
hay crop profitable is to feed it at home
and return the manure to the soil
Milk with dry hands. Mixers often
dip their fingers into the pail Of milk
or milk into their open hands and
smear the teats, the drippings falling
into the milk pail. It Is a filthy habit
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08
Cigarettes for Fair Lins,

Mrs. Crawford, the noted journalist
of Paris, says that the cigarette has
not yet found its way with after-din-
ner coffee into the official drawing
room, but it soon will. At all the homes
setting up to style it is served at in
innate breakfasts and small and lively
dinners. Nobody is shocked when a
lady smokes not merely one cigarette,
but two or three. a minister of Queen
Christina is responsible for the report
that that, highly respectable and respect
ed lady is an inveterate and veteran
smoker. Most of the Russian grand
duchesses are smokers. Mrs. Crawford
does not know whether the queen of
Italy smokes. but some of her ladies
certainly do. When she was at Spezia
she saw them enjoying cigarettes while
boating on the lake and in the grounds
Of the duchess Of Genoa's villa, where
the queen was. Modjeska is an inveter-
ate smoker, and is really quite dis
turbed ii the women guests at her table
do not smoke with her. 'sAh,'' she once
said in the hearing of New York Sun
reporter, IF you would but smoke
with me then | would be sure Of your
loyalty. In Poland one ever says kind
things Of another when they have
smoked together" 1t is always cigar
cite the woman smoker INDUCES in.
Fair Phyllis, with pipe, or even a
cigar. would be a monstrosity not to be
tolerated. And yet the doctors agree
that the cigarette is far more Injurious.
Few men really enjoy seeing the wom-.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08
Ster1l1zing Milk.

AT the request o. the secretary of
agriculture. the chief of the bureau
of animal industry has furnished the
following simple directions for the ster-
ilization Of milk:
The sterilization of milk for children
now quite extensively practiced in or
dei 70 destroy the injurious germs
Wnlcn Ii may contain. can be satisfac-
torlly accomplished with very simpin an
paratus. The vessel containing Tho
milk, which may be the bottle from
which it is to be used, or any other sniff
able vessel, is placed inside of q larger
vessel of metal, which contains the wa
ter. 1T a bottle, it is plugged with alb
sorbent cotton. if this is at hand. or
IN its absence other clean cotton will
answer. A small fruit Jar, loosely Gov
cred, may be used instead of 4 bottle
Inc requirements are simply that the
interior vessel shall be raised about
hat an inch above the bottom of the
other. and that the water shall reach
nearly or quite as high rs the milk.
Inc apparatus is then heated on a range
OF stove until the water reaches q tenn
pelature OF Loo deg. Fahrenheit, when
1t is removed from tho heat and kent
tightly covered for half an hour. The
milk bottles are then taken out aud
kept in a cool place. The milk NAV be
used any time within twenty-four
hours. A temperature of $50 deg.
maintained for half an hour is sufficient
TO destroy any germ likely to be pres
ent in the milk, and it is found in prac-
tice that raising the temperature to
l55 deg. and then allowing it to stand
in the heated water for half an hour
ENSURES the proper Temperatures for
the required time The temperature
should not be raised above 155 deg.
otherwise the taste and quality Of the
milk will be impaired.
The simplest plan is to take q tin
pail and inyert a perforated tin pie
plate in the bottom. or have made for
1t removable false bottom perforat-
ed with holes and having legs half an
Inch high. to allow circulation of the
water: The milk bottle is set Oh this
false bottom. and sufficient water is put
into the pail &c reach the level Of the
surface OF the milk in the bottle. A
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08

hole may be punched III The cover Ut
the pail a cork inserted and a chemical
thermometer put through the DIRK, SC
the bulb Cps into the water The
temperature can til rs be watched with
out removing the cover If preferred,
an ordinary dairy thermometer may be
used and the tempera ture tested from
time to time by removing the lid This
Is very easily arranged, and is just as
satisfactory as the patented apparatus
sold for the same purpose. The accom-
panying Illustrations show the form
OF apparatus described.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08
Fashion Echoes,

The new perfumes that have Just
been brought out are especially deli
| cate. They are blush rose and pink
lilac.
Ladies do not now put on their gloves
after dinner, but carry them in the
hand. This allows the display of ele-
CANT rings. ...-'.
Home dresses of colored Henrietta
cloth, yelling or thin cancels hair are
made up with silk, velvet or lace. or
a combination Of the last two.
Separate house waists are made OF
velvet to be worn i'll the early spring
with gored WOODEN skirts requiring
merely a light cape to transform the
gown into a street costume
New rubbers are made of pure gum.
very thin, and have stout heels set
on as in rubber boots. Those who are
always cutting out the heels of their
rubbers will appreciate the new idea.
Waists not matching the skirts are
to be a feature of the coming seasons
styles. These odd waists are of almost
every Imaginable material. from the
most expensive and elegant brocade to
null and lawn.
Women who are tired of round waists
are adding circular basque sections to
them. These sections are from eight
to twenty inches deep, and are some
times exceedingly full forming a series
of scallops around the top Of the skirt.
q The daintiest slippers for evening
wear are made up in white and deli.
cately tinted satin. They are made
with high heels and single strap to
button over the instep. Some of the
straps are set with rhinestones or col
ored jewels. The Spanish slipper comes
in black and lGs q network Of black
drawn up over the instep and fastened
with silver clasps. Slippers to match
the gown are en- regle. Gray suede
with steel beading are especially pretty
sfor houseWear, and are soft and useful.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08

an smoke for whom they care most It is
very well at the gay little dinner after
after the play or the lively supper in
free-and-easy Bohemia And it does
seem coy and jolly to see some others
fellows wife smoke with her husband,
but for the little woman at home,
whom his children call mother, even
while he rather urges her to have a
cigarette for company in his secret
heart he is glad she refuses, and be-
cause he knows she will refuse is the
reason why he invites her so persistent
~ to share his condolences with my
Lady Nicotine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08

with the meat Although it is often
difficult to attain this desirable result
the device shown has given satisfaction
The smoke is generated in the usual
way and is carried through tlue of
metal, brick or wood to the smoke
house. where the meat is hung. The in
flow of smoke at 3 is regulated by the
damper D, which may be turned by the
handle in the smoker. The smoke is
discharged through the tlue at G. The
meat is hung by peg upon a metal
post, which can be turned around
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08
A Stall Partition.

this between the horses from above by
tying the rope to the joist. Staples can
lie driven in for this purpose. Keep the
lower pole about twenty inches from
the floor. Two-inch boards or 6XS-inch
joists will answer if poles are not at
hand. In the illustration presented
herewith, is the joist from which
the partition is suspended; tile
ropes; c c c the poles; d the Manager,
and the floor Of the stable.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08
When Smiles Are Impossible..

The utter absence Of a sense Of hui
NOR from the average feminine compo-
sition is never more clearly visible,
says the Pail Mall Budget, than in q
Lusy thorouShfare ON a wet and windy
day. a woman may be a philosopher,
she may have original ideas and bril-
liant theories on the fundamental Ques-
tions Of morality and ethics, but she
rarely rises superior to a muddy boot
or a draggled petticoat. The woman is
an exception indeed who manages to
preserve a smiling face in the teeth Of
an east wind which plays shuttlecock
with her umbrella. and dreary sleet
which beSpatterS her clothes and
freezes her fingers; young or old, fair
or Enthusiastically one of them who
does not frOWn Ominously as she hur-
ries along: forgetful of other peoples
feelings and umbrellas and toes, hust-
ling and jostling, with never a glance
for the absurdity Of the situation. For
there is something unmitigatingly ridic-
ulOus about pedestrians on a really
bad day. Nobody wants to walk on
the outside OF the pavement because OF
the splaShing omnibuses and cabs;
everybody wants to pass everybody
else, regardless of the limited space
afforded by the conglomeration of UNI
brellas; everybody pushes and elbows
and shoulders, and when an umbrella
appears in sight all considerations of
gallantry OF pol:teness or sex or age
are forgotten-it becomes an object les
son in "the survival of the fittest'' and
a free fight or something near it ensues,
in which the fair sex undoubtedly man.
age to bear their part with more than
q tOlerable grace.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08
An InUuirinE Mind.

Say, Mary, where does this I'M
screw ?'asked the bad little brother,
nearly twisting his sisters arm off.
what do you mean, you horrid boy ?
Don't! you hurt me-
"Why, papa and mamma were talk
ing about how badly you behaved at
the party last night, when papa said
you had screw loose somewhere, and
mamma said she would take you apart
and talk to you."--Arkansas Tray eler
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08
Ratified the Conductor.

Ratified the Conductor.
The man with two cork legs was in
a bad humor because he couldn't 60
skating, and he growled when he hand
ed his fare to the street car conductor.
''Wen, it Is pretty hard" admitted the
conductor, "but you have one advan-
tage."
I'D like to know what it it,
you are never troubled with cold
feet.''
Perhaps not in the day time," he
admitted, grudgingly, ''but I am at
night"
ooh, come off," protested the con-
ductor.
cts true. I tell you," he said, sharp
ly.
Get out; you haven't any feet to
be cold"
possible not, but my wife. has, and
the conductor rung up seven fares be-
fore he recovered from the shock-EX-
change.