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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-30
How They waltz in Kentucky,

A Danuille girl tells the Advocate
the following with regard to waltz
ing: 'sNo one waltz, even when
danced with the same partner, is ex-
actly the same. It is always a new
sensation. The music is not in the
same key, and the waltz does not
touch the same chords of ones soul.
If / dance twenty waltzes in the
evening I have twenty different
thrills of pleasure. With one part
ner it is soft, insidious measure;
with the next, long and langourous
movement; with the third, more of a
hop, that generally jars the brain
into delicious, dreamy forgetful-
ness; while the fourth cavalier, with
heroic tread, bears you away with
trong. and vigorous rhythm into
still another world. The lights of
this go out, you lose consciousness.
but you feel no dread as you lie
within those hurculean arms like
a child rocked to sleep in his fathers
embrace. Your feet are no longer on
the earth. It's a celestial rotation
out into space, and when you light
on earth again you feel like tired
bird stopping long flight"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-30

sing nearly SO well as when confined
in cages. To make them sing at their
best. there is nothing better tnan a
#feonly cage hung undar a glassed roof
eltEer IN the greenhouse grap,sry or
under glass let into the roof Of q bay
window. The light overhead, and
growing plants and green foliage about
them, will keep wild birds singing CON
staDtly eight months in the year, and
sometimes nine. The cage so placed
should have one-half of the top and
two sides down to the upper perch COW
i cred with green baize rs a shelter
from the hot sun and strong light.
I -Four OF five cages hung in this manner
with the door leading into your sitting
room open, will furnish you glorious
concert
Look Out for Draughts.
Draughts are fatal to Gagged birds,
so in winter see that the cages hang
in the middle Of the greenhouse, and
| at least three feet from the side or top
Of it. A bird hung with part of the
cage overlookinga south window tight
~ Weather-stripp with a branch of
Wlthered leaves dropped partly over
the window, will sing most of the time.
Birds will sing, too, when placed any
where in Il quiet room which is flooded
with sunlight part Of the day.
Some of the wild birds Gagged are
great eaters and from want of proper
| exercise become too fat to sing. To
remedy this open the cage door, al
lowing your bird the liberty Of the
room for a few hours once or twice a
| week. In case he is so heavy from long
confinement that he can hardly fly at
| all, give him daily outings until he re-
covers the use of his wings. Robins,
! grosbeaks, bobolinls, Virginia night
irgales and Am erican song thrushes
need looking after in this respect. The
food dish at times when emptied by
noon, as will often happen, should not
be filed again until the following
/ morning.
Some soft-billed birds scatter their
me- eking bird food in a very wastefu]
manner, throwing it out with side
motion of the bill. 70 check this give
| them a glass dish fastened on the out
! side of the cage, and bend CHICKEN wire
j over it with the meshes large enough
i for the bird to get its food, but not to
scatter it.
i Song birds are divided into two class
es, seed-eating and soft billed birds. The
former have rather thick, strong bills
the sparrow or linet for instance
They are easier to care for, cleaner
and as general rule, more hardy thar
i the soft-billed The latter are known
q by their slender, sharp bills. This class
. includes some of the finest singers, ikt
the nightingale and thrush. Though i
is more trouble to care for them, theil
sweet voices will repay the genuine
lover Of bird music. There are few
birds that need both seed and mockins
bird food, the skylark or the Missouri
lark being examples.
American the Best.
Bird dealers are naturally anxious t.
sell the imported birds in preference t
} the native American songsters, and will
J often 90 so far as to say that our bird
are not their equal in song, and for thi
| reason they do not keep them. This i
very untrue, for in fact in the Unite'
. States we have a larger number and
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-30

to be erected on the plain in order to
superintend the work in pers On When
it is considered that months were con-
sumed by the diggers in finding the
principal passage leading to the royal
metropolis, that often long corridors
were encountered leading to death
chambers where. the Arabian robbers
Of old had plundered every tier Of num-
mics, leaving the floors strewn with
chaotic masses of in6tsscribable matter,
that it was necessary at every. failure
to open new shafts from the plain until
the proper corridor was found. some
conception can be formed of the enOr
nifty and risk of the undertaking. In
many places the atmosphere was so
clam1ny and Sitting that the lights
could not be kept burning. The only
thing Of Importance found during an
entire month was the sarcophagus OF
a heretofore unknown king named
Nefer-Hent. Finally the resting place
of three great harem princesses was
encountered The inscription on some
Of their ornaments showed that the
mummies We're the remains Of the
Princess Hathorsat, Ment and Sent
Senbets, and that they were blood re-
lations Of Kings Ositarsen Il., Ositar-
: Sell LII, anu AluCl1CluudC LII. VI CuC
Twelfth Dynasty, (23O0 B. o.
The treasure which was found in this
death chamber and in the adjoining one
Of the Queen Aah-Hotpe and her
wealthy consort, is worth millions Of
dollars, in fact, it is a question wheth-
err money could purchase it at all from
1 the museum authorities. +,
Most conspicuous of Queen Aafr-
Hotpe's personal effects is a massive
hand-mirror, of which the handle is
of solid gold and the reflector Of the
brightest silver The workmanship
shows high cultured taste in every de-
tail On beautiful golden diadem,
heavily jeweled, the queens name is
engraved in full. ~
In a gold covered case, of. which the
wood was found entirely decayed, was
a remarkably pretty bracelet of the
queen It consisted Of rows of beads
i of gold, lapis-lazui, green felspar, and
red carnelians, strung together and at
tached by perpendicular fastenings of
gold.
j Another style Of bracelet is composed
Of a plain gold band surmounted with
| the figure of a peacock, the feathers
being represented by the yariagated col
ors Of a large number of precious
stones.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-30
HE WAS IN THE RIVER.

chances to raise the skirt, this is ex-
Gremely fetching, because you would
swear there were no stockings; but it
takes an awful pretty leg, and you
know Rebecca'sr'
'sOh, yes! we all know Rebecca's."
'sNow listen attentively, for this is
the important part. Tipped on her
curly yellow hair, she wore blue
straw sailor hat, kept in place by
handsome pin. You see, she was
dressed SIMPLY"
Eyes, yes; go on!''
1Well, Rebecca was at the stern
next to young Des Esbrouffettes, who
was making desperate love to her,
while on the other side M. de la Pal
lardiere squeezed her hand, and in
front of her Count d'Alkauve made
eyes at her."
Gin fact, everybody was very de-
voted
81 may well say, Rebecca never
lacks attention."
"But, Nine. Manchaballe, where
was the princc?"
"Oh! Don't you know the engine
'0lVldeS the boat, so that there are
eight seats behind and six in front.
Consequently the prince could not see
those behind the smokestack. It is a
most convenient way of separating
Jealous couples and avoiding unpleas-
antness.''
''Capital idea that
""The credit of it belongs to the
Duke d'Arcole He knows exactly
how to arrange these little outings. II
Is his speciality. Well, the breeze be,
came little fresh, and the yacht
scudded before it. The men pulled
their caps well over their ears, but
the women, in spite of their. wells
were obliged to hold on to their hats
But everybody was having glori
Gus time. Rebecca was giving sam
pie OF her pas-seul in Sylvia. Yor
have seen it on the stage, but it was
much funnier on the deck, becaus,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-30

with double doors, one screened, the
other glass A, bay window, with the
glass screened so that it can be opened,
adds to it's beauty. The floor should be
covered with mixed gravel and sand, 8
or inches deep, with little old NOR
tar scattered through it. A small foun-
tain with the water in constant motion
will add greatly to the comfort of the
birds and the attractiveness Of the
place. Potted plants Of the large order
should be added to give the place as
much as possible the appearance Of a
garden. A small fir tree in pot in
one corner, couple of beech branches
with the dead leaves still clinging to
them in another, a bunch Of low bushes
in third; all these little accessories
add to the happiness Of the birds. In
the fourth corner fix a number of
perches of different sizes. These may
be nailed crosswise to an upright stick
and so placed that the droppings from
birds on the upper perches can not
soil those below. 1t is important that
only birds OF the same size be together,
as the robin, brown thrasher or any of
| the largest songsters will iptimidate
and tyrannize over little fellows like
the American gold finch or European
black cap, keeping them from food and
bath and in a state Of constant fear.
Small birds so confined have often
starved to death rather than seek food
! when placed with the larger birds
Things that Delight the Birds.
About the aviary, on the side of the
room, detachable glass food cups can
be put OH narrow shelves, with slanted
strips Of tin forming a little roof over
| them to keep the seed or hooking bird
food clear. These tin roofs should be
placed close enough to allow the birds
head and shoulders entrance to the cups
but not the whole body. Two or three
| 1O-cent wooden cages like those in
which the German canaries are brought
| to this country, can be hung on nails
! about the room with some of the front
Stats taken out. These serve as re.
| treats for the birds and are a delight to
them Now add a hanging basket on a
revolving perch fastened to the cell
ing, and the place is complete. Boxes
Of chickweed, mignonette or groundse]
in season, and pieces of apple or celery
in cold weather are treat to the
birds. In winter and summer Their
mometer should hang in the aviary
and the temperature in winter should
not be allowed to go below 60 degrees
In summer air and shade must be giveI
them during the hottest months.
Place males only of the specie de
sired and not over fifteen OF twenty OF
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these in room this size as the fe-
males cause fights and jealousy,
especially in spring and summer.
It is useless to attempt breeding in
the aviary unless the room of q
screened part Of it is devoted to one
couple, as the idle birds will br sak the
eggs or pull the nest to pieces when
the mother is away from it. 5
Now and then male among males
proves a tyrant even among biz Is Of
his own size.
IL you should have such one, Tor
the peace and happiness Of your fam
ny, give him away, or exchange him
Birds at large in tho ayiary viii not
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-30
Importance of the Corn Crop.

It is not only the speeulat tor, investor
and merchant who are interested in the
condition and prospects of corn, but
also the railroad interest, for as the
financial article of the New York
Times states.it if the corn crop west
OF the Mississippi is a failure this year
twill be necessary to bid goodbye to
the present dividends on the roads
which draw their traffic from that sec.
ton. 1t will be 4 sheer imp possibility
for these roads to earn dividends. Con
5sequently the corn crop, says the
Times is vastly more important at
this time than the senate bill or the
sugar schedule Of it., which is not likely
to affect the dividends of these roads
any way it is fixed. Omaha Bee.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-30
Winter Wren.

greater variety of song birds than in
I'll Europe. The nightingale we do not
possess, but we have the wonderful
and unrivaled mecking bid, the inimit-
able boboli1ik the melodious brown
thrasher, the pure, passionless strains
of the hermited thrush, and the more
plaintiye voice Of the rose-breasted
grosbeak, and many more songsters
that cannot be eXcelled in any part OF
the world.
The proper care of wild birds in cap
tiyity is of the utmost Importance. The
writer has found by long experience,
if the following is observed, that the
birds remain clean, healthy and in sing
ing trim:
Keep the cages clean by charging
the said and gravel frequently. The.
best cage floor covering have found
is sifted building sand; when convent
ent. mix small gravel with it. Never
let it become foul enough in the cage
to produce an odor Watch the perches.
and when they become at all caked OF
rough. take them out and scraDe them
fill smooth. About once in six months
remove your bird to another cage and
mt the one he has been in in scaldlng
water: then wash and dry thoroughly.
This will keen vermin out and kill their
eggs, if any Give the birds occasional
outings in the room for their health.
If soft-billed birds, CRATE third guam
tity Of carrot into their regular mock
ing bird food daily. This will prevent
their becoming bound. When berries
are in season, strawberry, blue
berry, partridge berry, poke berry OF
| the red berry from the dogwood tree
are all a treat, and serves as variety
| to them. Meal worms give the Dlrds
much life and tend to make them sing
NV bird receives one day, but II a
| pet is moulting he gets three or tour q
| day. as a bird needs rich food then.
Meal worms are for sale at all Dlrd
1 stores, and they can also be found IN
nigeon lofts and horses boxes, especlilll-
" if they are old and full OF cracks. =
small piece Of raw beefsteak, cut fine,
! is also good, and if meal worms cannon
1 be provided, the beef, given two OF
/ three times q week, will serve as sub
i stitute.
Seed birds daily diet should be ca
4 nary seed, with now and then It1le
). rape or nav added. Hemp IS danger
Gus, and will kill some birds. 1T IS OF
use as a stimulant to a moplng or SICK
bird il sparingly given. It also serves
i to teach a bird to eat from the hanu'
/ as IS they are very fond Of it, but two OF
4 three a day should be the limit With
d the regular seed, piece Of apple, Gel
ery, chickweed or plaintain stalk, With With
q fhe seed on it, given once or twice q
i week, keeps them healthy All birds ll'I
i need fresh water daily, and 10 very
q; hot weather it should be changed twice
! u - s
i a day. 81.
Skittish. ss
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tAAS uAOtAOn Mttu0 sACI SCunUlct dlHSb
De la Paillardiere, and tumble upon
Des Esbrouffettes. Every body laughed
and the wind increased. L
Pardon, Mme. Manchaballe, but
what about the prince? Do you know
that he interests me extremely?''
well, he was talking to the duke.
He was saying to him: You know, my
dear fellow, under the empire there
were charming women; under Mar
shall Mcmahon they could still pass,
but since the republic they are get
ting wofully rare.'
cred headed D'Arcole ironically
glanced at the princes gray hair. He
understood perfectly, but wisely kept
his thoughts to himself.
Cali at once gust Of wind passed
over the deck and carried away Re-
becca's sailor hat. 1t fell in the
| water and went floating away in the
wake of the boat. You can't imagine
the confusion. At the cries Of Hat
overboardv the duke ordered the en-
gineer to 'Stopp The hat was now
only little blue speck, going further
| 4
They backed up the Seine after
the truant. Every one was armed
/ with canes and umbrellas so as to
harpoon the hat, but in vain. Each
one screamed, 'Stopr 'Bacllp For
wardv The engineer became puzzled,
and everybody tried to catch the hat.
All this time Rebecca. with her dis
hevelled hair, looked too pretty for
anything and kept saying:
g I do not care for the hat, it only
cost forty francs, but my hat pin! 1t
was pearl set in diamonds, and
worth at least 300 louis!''
s'Three hundred louis! said young
Des Esbrouffettes, by Jove!''
''Still under the influence of the
sentiment Rebecca had inspired him
with, he pulled off his coat, and splash
he was in the river. Imagine the
scene. Even the princes northern
GOODNESS was moved. The womer
screamed, the engineer stopped again
and the duke threw out one of those
pretty fe-preservers, with a white
crown painted on it, around which
are the words, Yacht Club, Paris
''Young Des Esbrouffettes swim
very badly, and besides, he had t,
hold the hat between his teeth, which
caused him to swallow quarts of un
adulterated Seine water.
"That alone would be enough tt
make him i'll, and he couldn't catcl
the buoy, so that for a moment every
body thought him lost. At last, whe1
they succeeded in hosting him drip
. ping wet on deck, he said triumphant,
; to Rebecca:
''Here is your hat and the pin-th
three hundred louis pin!"
''And, of course, they all wanted t
see the costly jewel. Then the trut
: appeared in the shape of Roma
) pearl, not worth a hundred francs!
"Rebecca had slightly exaggerated
) air, haughtily said:
/ "'My dear, one does not risk
t mans life for a paltry trife like thai
She who prevaricates about SINAI
things will do so in other matters.
, have lost confidence in you
: "And, Mr.. Richard, that is why
, Tilted Rebecca. The next day WEI
3 to state the facts to young De
l Esbrouffe ties, and I insisted that q
he was in some way the cause of til
r misunderstanding the least thing b
e could do would be to present Rebeco
with a 800 louis hatpiu."
"And what did he say, Nine. Ma:
draballe?"
''He said he would think about i t
News Letter.
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am the dramatic critic on our best
known daily, and consequently duly
appreciated by Nine. M.
had strolled behind the scenes be-
cause the house wasn't gay. The
boxes were empty for their owners
had left town. The theater had de-
cided summer physiognomy.
Nine. Mancha bale was at her usual
place in the wings when addressed
her.
ooh! by the way, Nine. M, why
didn't Rebecca dance in "Salam DO"
last Monday?"
ooh! she was merely a little pros
trated by the summer heat"
Indeed! do you know what they
say at the opera?"
t'Some ill-natured gossip, ] suppose.
What is it, anyhow"
t'The story goes that Rebecca didn't
dance that delirious Carthaginian pas
because her prince had Tilted her.
ssWell, to an old friend like you, I
will admit that there is grain of
truth in the statement"
"tAnd the name?"
SIN the first place, if knew it I
wouldn't tell, but there is no culprit
at all. Am not there to watch? The
whole thing is that Rebecca stretched
the truth little. That is her great
fault, inherited from her father
t'And merely for simple exaggera-
ton
est sounds simple, Mr.. Richard, but
if you knew the details! Why, young
Des Esbroufettes nearly lost his life
by it,
A'By Jove! tell me the story"
ssWell, last week, the Duke d Arcole
invited a party on board his yacht
the Sappho. They embarked a
Maisons- Lafitte, and were at break
fast at Pile Fleurie. The yacht holds
fourteen people, counting the captain
and the engineer. So he had invited
half dozen clubmen with their lady
friends, among them being the prince
with Rebecca. IT,. o..
She wore a stunning gown, little
Russian waist under jacket of blue
embroidered with three gold stars,
navy hlue shirt, short enough to lie
you see her Hading stockings.''
s'Pray, what are Hading stockings.
Don't you know? Why, they are
the very latest fad. They are stock
ings made of lace as far as the knee
and the wool is so fine that the lie!
looks bare-the exact flesh tint which
silk stockings never quite produce
Now on board a ship, in a balloon, O
on train, in fact wherever there ar
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-30
Group of Jewels.

3.
Of the profaned dead, and the articles
of gold, silver and precious stones stol-
en- are in the possession Of the Egyp-.
tan museums. But few Of the pyra-
mids have escaped the onslaught Of
such thieves.
OF these few a group Of five is located
near the village Of Dahschur on the
eastern boundary. Their construction
dates from about 3, 900 B. G. Two Of
them are built from the sediment of
the Nile baked into tiles, and the other
three from huge heWn blocks Of lime
stone from the qua1ries Of Turah (thes
ancient Egyptian Trojan on the east.
bank Of the Nile facing the long row
Of the pyramids Of Memphis. It has
been demonstrated beyond a doubt that
the Dahschur pyramids belong to the
Twelfth Dynasty. When Perring, an
Englishman, made his investigations in
1887 this fact was already ablished
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-30
A Fit of Economy.

Husband -Every thing about the
house has been at skies and sevens
for month.
Wife-No wonder. You say times
are hard and | have been working
myself to death fixing over an old
straw hat.
"Ohn'
eyes. Saves buying new spring
hat, you know
''You are a darling. But spring.
is about over.
true. But I have this done at
last, and think can make it do
until | buy new summer hat next
week. I"
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How He Knew.

Mold 1.-The janitor's wife in our
apartment overslept herself the
other morning. Todd-How did you
know sthatP Nodd because We had
cream. Truth
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A Certain symptom.

Mamma Why don't you go and do
the errano / told you to?
Freddie want to sit here and
see the company that's coming to
Mrs. Smiths.
"How do you know there Is any
comingp"
II saw Robbie wash his hands. = ~
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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a DISADVANTAGES.

she-isn't it too bad that women
EaYeS TO grow old
Fle-=-z fes, indeed, especially when It is
SO hard for them TO keep a secret. #
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TO MAKE AN "A. WARY
"A VERY ATTRACTIVE FEATURE OF.
THE HOME.
suggestions From nm Expert-An ASS
sortment of Birds TINT Sing and
look WeI-How to Feed and Care
for Them.

The only satisfactory way to keep
birds about the house is to set apart
a certain space for their especial bene-
fit, the amount Of space depending
upon the room one has to spare and
the time and money one can devote
to the comfort of the feathered beau
tbs.
Such a space may be a portion Of a
room screened off from the rest or it
may be an entire room. Sometimes
the birds are set free in a greenhouse
OF grapery attached to ones home.
The best way, if your house will adj
nit Of it, is to give them a small apart
ment between two well-warmed sitting
rooms, where they may be treated as
part of the family and not as prisoners
in an irons cage, nor as strangers,
kept at distance outside the house.
Such an aviary should be provided
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:'5 ffzE}1A5z
l7A7 PI1:

. FL. M "A N Gil "A
b a ! lie is the
mother of three
handsome girls,
all ballet dane
ers at the Grand
opera of Paris.
She is a typical
mere de theater,
keenly alive to
her daughters
interests, profess
sional or other
wise.
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skitffsh.

Beason-Isn' Mrs. Lakefront afraid
Of her husband?
Bacon-I guess she Is; I heard she ran
away when he married her.
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The Greek =WIltef IHerOdOtuS SpeaKS
Of Persian king Kambyses, who made
it his business to play the ghouI in
Egyptian tombs, but more than a thou
sand years prior to his reign large
gangs of grave robbers would commit
their dissertations in the sepulchers of
royalty and steal whatever jewelry
could be easily transported. Legal doc
uments describing in detail the bodies