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Tombstone epitaph., 1895-07-21

"Mired trains. carving pss.enger and reiSht, arrive st Be1sNn. east bounc. al , p. 10 west hnanf at S1 m.
Tombstone epitaph., 1895-07-21

The above roads use Pacific time which ia one hour slower thsu Tomb stone time.l S
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
The New Non-Sini1abIe Boat.

The New Non-Sini2abIe Boat.
which shall be either eight feet high
by six feet in diameter, at the widest
girth, with a seating capacity Of ten
persons, OF else one ten feet high and
eight feet wide, seating twenty-five
persons. The former style of boat,
made wholesale, would cost only S125,
and would carry 1000 pounds without
sinking more than four feet in the
water, riding as buoyantly as a top.
In the base would be plenty OF room
for supplies and water to last from
ten to fifteen persons several weeks.
without any danger from water or
vitiated air. For the first named size
of boat the circular entrance would be
three feet in diameter, and the win
dows one foot. Chains are attached
on the outside for people out in the
water to catch hold and climb up by.
The lifebcat cannot possibly tip over,
but simply bobs up and down like
cork.
Already on Lake Calumet there is a
little "ifeboat'' of this pattern. and
the inventor expects soon to have one.
on Lake Observation-Disclosures Inter-
Ocean.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
NON-sINKABLE LIFE-L- AT.
Description of an Interesting Craft
s. Constructed by Chicago In-

Description Of an Interesting Craft
Constructed by Chicago In-
yentOr.
The man didn't live in Chicago who
complained that there is nothing new
under the sun, else would his mind
have changed at sight of the little
model brought to the Inter-Ocean Of
flee yesterday Of a new "life-boat" just
patented by a Swedish-AmerIcan resi-
dent Of the South Side. A. S. He'd
berg, Of No. 215 One Hundred and
Eleventh street, in the Roseland ward.
Made Of galvanized iron-in actual
service different materials can be used
the miniature looks like a large tur-
nip, and is in two parts, cut apart hOr-
izontally at the line Of greatest girth.
The halves, however, are firmly clamp
ed together with Water-tight connec-
ton, when the toy is dumped into the
water, to which it takes as jauntily as
a rubber feather, and the only means
of entrance and exit then is via a lit
tie upward opening like a melon plug,
and very easily made use Of, as also
readily rendered water-tight in its
turn. At the top are several little
holes for ventilation, but which can
also be closed at will. Furthermore,
there are six windows, round as port
holes in the ordinary Ship. Over. all
this is flagstaff which can be lower
ed and put up at pleasure, with water
proof connections and ventilation de-
vice, and on the top Of the flagstaff is
a lantern. There are two oar holes
also, one on each side, similarly water
tight in the play of the pair of strong
serviceable oars
And last, and most important of all,
the apparatus always rides the wave
Observation-Disclosures, because Of the
abundant ballast in the bottom. The
interior Of the miniature is fitted up
completely, with seats all around the
wall, and there are straps for addition
al support in case Of storm.
For practical use the inventor pro-
poses a life-boat" of this description
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
Effect of Good Food.

Eggs from hens that are fed large.
on Stops and refuse are not as good for
cooking purposes as those which are
laid by hens having liberal ration of
corn or wheat, and of the two corn
makes the richest egg, as it adds to
the fat content and gives the contents
of the shells a consistency that makes
it specially valuable for baking and
kindred uses. A meat ration also adds
to the value of the eggs, and it is be-
cause ducks are such ravenous hunters
OF frogs, and the many insects on land
and water that their eggs are prefer
red to all others by bakers and CON
PETITIONERS. Guinea eggs are specially
rich in this quality and are better for
baking and making icing than those
of almost any other fowl. The pro-
duction of good eggs is comparative
~ new idea and it has not been dis
cussed half as much as it's merits do
serve that it should be. 49,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
Some Garden Talk.

Do not let beets grow too thickly in
the bed. Two to a foot is enough for
the ordinary garden sorts.
Don't let the weeds grow up and 60
to seed where early crops have been
removed and in the paths. If you do
1t VIII be adding to your work next
year.-Farm News. -. y
Keep the soil stirred during the dry
weather. 1t is better to do this late in
the afternoon, as turning the cool soil
to the surface serves to condense the
moisture that is in the air ard the
plants get the benefit of it.
Remember that cabbages cannot be
cultivated too often. Put coat of fine
urn yard scrapings or commercial fer
'.-lzer on the patch and work it into
the soil as the cultivation proceeds.
This will help the plants when they
are ready to head up.
Celery may be set now. Dig trench
es a foot deep and then make the bot
tom fine and rich for four inches more.
Give the plants plenty Of water and
MI IN the trench as they grow up. be-
ing careful not to allow any loose soil
to get into the heads.
Sow turnips from the 10Th to the
last of July. The earlier sorts do best
If the sowing is put off till late. The
purple top strap leaf is good variety,
but some Of the round. early white
varieties are very fine in texture and
flavor. We prefer the SNOWFALL to any
other variety.
# you have not poles for the Lima
beans q very good substitute is COM
mon plastering Hath. Set them in the
hills and tie the tops of four together,
and and pinch off the vines whfn they
reach the tops of the lath. This will
make q heavier crop of mature beans
and the side branches will perfect
their crop better for the pinching back.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
Cutting and Curing Clover.

AS many farmers do not possess q
hay tedder and most plans described
by agricultural writer's include one.
the following from correspondent Of
Country Gentleman ought to be read
with interest. He writes: @~ 80
give a plan which has been in ev-
cry way a success for years, and 1
have no hay tedders. First, clover
Should be cut as soon as it shows the
blossoms WELL and before all of it is
In bloom. The time of day when cut
has much to do with successful cur
i1g. 7 never start the machine in clio
yer until the dew is off, and then NOW
1t, and in the heat of the day, who,
1t is partially wilted. rake it and Il
up in not too large cocks. These Il.
generally left untouched one day, and
If the weather is not frst-class hay
weather they stand until the second
day, and then are opened out, not very
thin, but in such a way that the air
can get through it and the sun not dry
it too much E2
After short time the clover. is put
In the barn, where it can be kept as
much as possible from air, drawing
through it. When it can be done, put
IN and fill the storage place as soon as
possible, and put, some straw or old
hay on the top, and you have some
thing to absorb all the moisture that
comes from the fresh-cut clover, and
Will have none ON top black or
moldy. tE .5a
Should you get a field cut and in
the cock and a few days rain come,
it should be cooked over, and by. this
means it can be kept from coloring
badly and getting musty. II one had
q caps to cover when cooked up, there
would, perhaps, be no necessity of
cooking over, vet I should not use the
hay caps in fairish weather as the hay
Will sweat and cure out better uncov-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
Sowing Alfalfa,

BY way Of recapitulation I will re-
peat the rules for the successful start
ing of crop:
F'lrst-The ground should be lightly
plowed and then well narrowed and
timely pulverized. If the farmer has at
his disposal water for irrigating the
land he should begin with very thor
ough and deep soaking of the land be-
fore blowing, which latter should be
zone as soon as the ground is in fit
condition to work we'll.
Second-The seed should be sown
upon the land at the rate of not less
than twenty pounds per acre, and then
lightly narrowed so as not to too deep
~ cover it; after this the field should
be well rolled, which is very necessary
where the soil is light, and the locality
sub Ject to high winds, and if there is
water to be had for the purpose the
field should be given an irrigation
amounting to two or three inches in
depth for the whole field, and care
taken that no puddles or pools are left
standing anywhere upon the surface
over twenty-four hours.-C. W. Irish.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
KNOWING A RIVER.
What Il Pilot from PittsburS to-
Cairo Must Carry in His Head.

What Il Pilot from PittsburS to-
Cairo Must Carry in His Head.
At this season of the yeaI, when the
river excursion business is at it's.
height, and hundreds of boats are
carrying thousands of people to and
fro along the entire length Of the Ohio
river from Pittsburg to Cairo, many
persons who ordinarily never give the
subject a thought are being impress
ed with the wonderful way in which
navigation on our beautiful stream is
carried on. The first thing noticed
generally is the accurac y with which
the pilot handles the boat, avoiding
the bars, which are near the surface
of the water at this season of the year
going from one size of the river to the
other, and finally, without a jar, land
ing them all safely at their destina-
tion. When the excursion business is
over these same men will assume SINH
lar positions on packets and towboats
carrying hundreds Of tons of freight
and thousands of bushels of coal on
every trip with the same accuracy
with which they handled the excur-
sion steamers during the summer.
A large number of the pilots run
ming out at Cincinnati know the river
from here to New Orleans, others
from here to Memphis. and others still
to points up the river as far as Pitts
burg. ''Know the rivers This phrase
means much. For instance, man
running from here to New Orleans
must be able to take charge of the
wheel of his boat at any hour Of the
day OF night, at any point Of the river,
and on any stage Of water. He must
be able to tell at a glance exactly
where the boat is, at any point on this
long stretch Of 1913 miles. He must
know every bend and chute, and by
day the different points by which to
steer, such as houses, barns, trees.
fences. and even haystacks; by night
every light placed by the government
in conspicuous places, as we'll as the
hills and their shape: he must know
exactly how long to hold the boat to
one light or object before changing to
another. When the Mississippi river
is reached a new feature presents it
self i'll the shape Of the constantly
changing chanel. TO work here re-
quires more skill and greater i,ldg-
ment probably than all the rest Of the
difficulties combined. Going down, q
boat may go on one side Of the river.
coming back it doesn't go within two
miles of that place. When these
things are appreciated land they are
only small number of the things a (
Pilots must know, then it is that the
prot gets credit for what he does
Pittsbrrg Commercial Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
SOME FARM TOPICS.
INTERESTING INFORMATION FOR
TILLERS OF THE SOIL.
Good Management Necessary to
II Mako Wheat a Profitable Crop
B, For Feeding Calves-A Convenient
81 CratH-SOme Garden Talk.

Even at the recent advance in price
d It requires the best Of management
to make wheat a profitable crop. And
yet when regular system Of rotation
is carried out in many cases wheat can
form a part of it to good advantage.
But all reasonable care must be taken
to secure the best quality Of product
at the lowest cost. Cutting at the
right stage and managing so as to Sc
cure in the best condition are impor-
tant items in this. If wheat is cut too
early the grain will >shrivel more or
less in curing, and il allowed to be-
come too ripe it will bleach and waste
more in handling. 81. t.s= s.
+ The self binder not only lessons the
cost but does the work so much faster
than the old reaper that a much better
opportunity is afforded Of getting the
& crop harvested in good season. So far
as can be done, the cutting should be-
gin as soon as the grain begins to
harden well. Have sufficient help to
shock up well as fast as cut and
bound. See that it is capped we'll or
hard driving rain may do serious
damage. .g.1@
{ Unless it is to be threshed out of the
shock there is no possible advantage
in allowing the wheat to stand in the
shock more than two or three days.
Ordinarily wheat, cut at the right
stage needs very little curing, and the
sooner it is stacked the better. It will
lessen the risk of loss as we'll as make
the task of threshing somewhat easier
If It is put up in small ricks rather
than stacks. If to be thrashed from
the stack so far as possible arrange
ments should be made to do the work
as soon as possible. So long as the
weather is dry wheat we'll shocked up
can stand some time without injury,
can stand some time without injury.
storm followed by rain damaging the
crop that the sooner the threshing is
| done after cutting the better; and in
order to make sure of having it done,
arrangements should be made in ad-
vance. Have the machinery needed
for harvest in good condition so that
there need be no chance for delay that
can be avoided.
| When wheat is to be stored in the
granary it will pay to clean out thor
oughly and whitewash. Adding a small
quantity of carbolic acid will be help
in purifying and killing out vermin.
/ Care should be taken in getting
wheat harvested at the right stage
and in stacking or threshing so as to
save in the best condition, doing the
work in as economical manner as
possible without lowering the quality
Of the product. Plan also to save the
straw as on the farm nothing should
be wasted.-N. J. Shepperd in St.
Louis Journal of Agriculture.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01

The back board is hinged to tine front
of the pen on the side marked ''a -
The pail can thus be set into the
holder on the outside of the pen and
the holder swung a quarter Of the way
round and hooked, thus bringing the
pail inside the pen. When removed a
button keeps the calf from getting his
head out through the opening. Such
continuance can easily be made by
any one handy with tools, and will be
found a considerable saving of time
as well as feed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
cred. Clover cut at the time mention.
ed and cured as directed will come out
of the NOV as bright and green az
when put in
A Convenient Crate.

The illustration shows q very con.
Venient crate for handling sheep.
calves and pigs. Each end ia hinged,
so that the animal can be driven in al
one end, the handles slipped into the
iron sockets at the sides, the crate car.
ried to the point desired, and the ami
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
The Time to XIII Weeds.

Undoubtedly weeds at one time had
their use to stimulate farmers to work
the soil so as to destroy them. But
nowadays the best farmers do not
wait for weeds to appear before they
set the cultivator going. The time to
kill weed and have it do the great
est good to the soil is just after it's
seed has terminated. But cultivation
does much more than destroy the
weeds. 1t mixes the soil, pulverizea
the hard Jumps and enables the soil
to hold greater amount Of air in con.
tact with it's moist surface. This caus-
es fermentation in the soil and de-
velops carbonic acid gas, which makes
mineral fertilizers soluble.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
Crate for Young stock.

,-.,-5:L Crate for Young stock. t@
NAL driven out at the other end. Such
a contrivance is specially valuable in
handling calves, which in many cases
can neither be led, driven or coaxed
along. The crate should be made light
but strong, spruce being the best wood
for such constructions, as it is light
but exceedingly tough.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
Cooking Feed for Hogs.

The veteran agricultural writer, WAL
do E. Brown, in the Practical Farmer,
presents a strong argument against
the practice of cooking feed for hogs.
He quotes a nine years experiment
made at the Maine State college, end
ing in 1878, in which it was shown that
in each of the nine years uncooked
meal gave a greater gain in weight
than cooked. 1t is a very conclusive
trial, and we give the table herewith.
The difference between the figures in
the first and second columns shows
the excess of grain Of the pigs fed
raw over that Of those that were fed
cooked meal:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
For Feeding Calves.

A trough fastened into a pen is not
desirable for feeding calves as it can
not be as thoroughly scalded out as it
should be. Moreover, pouring milk
into any receptacle in a pen in which
there is a calf is hazardous business,
the operation usually resulting in spill
ed milk. An arrangement with a feed
ing pail is shown in the Illustration.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-01
Denial

'4Villaine she Kissed. D,ep-dyeo
villain!'' 81 .ss &;
AS The tattooed man look, ! l.,,r,. '. In
deed, ma'am.' said he, u hasten to
assure you that it is only skin dee, >. z
Journal.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12
SOME NEWS NOTES.

Miss Minnie B. Wilkinson, who COM
mitted suicide in the lecture room Of DR.
Hoge's church at Richmond, had letter
Oh her person verifying the reas ons that
have been given for the act, and saying
that her lover, MI. Marques, had forsakel
her because he did not think she was as
much sanctilied as he was.
The new city council of Lynchburg has
shaken up things. 1t has elected the fol
lowing new officers, displacing the old ones.
w. S. Carroll. city collector; A. w.
Nowlin, city attorney, and r. M. Wooding
superintendent of the market.
The Pullman Palace Car Co. at Chicago
has just raised the wages of its 1000 meI
ten per cent. without Saskatchewan adj
vance, the demand for which last year
when they could not comply with it. re.
suited in the Chicago riot.
Rev. John Wesley Hilldrupp, Confed
crate veteran, pastor Of the Scottsyille, AL
bemarle, circuit, has just died of bullet
he had carried in his lungs more than thir.
ty years.
Mrs. Cleveland, wife of the President
was delivered of daughter on Sunday af-
ternoon at their summer home at Gray
Gables, Mass.
Fifty thousand dollars worth of Lynch
burg city bonds, a part of the estate OF
Gen. Jubal A. Elrly, mas just been sold
there.
Mr.. VIM. I. Fowler. a student at Hamp
den Sidney, has been received by Baltimore
presbytery as a candidate for the ministry
The Berry Il McFall mill at Harrison
burg, Va, has just begun the shipment OF
all order for 1000 barrels of -four to Cuba
Robert B. Berry, a prominent Mason and
Odd Fellow, and former Mayor Of Freder-
icksburg, is dead.
Hon. John w. Arbuckle has been elected
Mayor of Lewisburg, w. Va.
Washington magisterial district of Kappa
hammock county at last Mays election return,
ed a negro man Justice of the peace.
There are one hundred and forty three dis
tinct religious denominations in the United
States with 20 612, S06 communicates.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12
POLITICAL NOTES.

Washington letter in Alexandria Gazette:
ga sure sign that silver received black
eye in the Kentucky Democratic conven-
tion is the fact that Senator Turpie, one of
the three Senators who issued the call for
a conference of the friends of silver in this
city next month, has written private
letter here stating that he will not be pres
ent; and that the other two, Senators Nor
gan and Harris. though written to on the
subject. have not as yet responded"
MI. Camm Patterson of Buckingham,
announces himself candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Senator from
the Appomattox, Buckingham and Flu
wanna district, now represented by Senator
Hal. D. Flood. The nominating conven-
ton is called to meet at Buckingham G.
H., Sept. Sd-Buckingham 26 delegates,
Appomattox IA. and Fluyanna 16.
Richmond letter in the Baltimore Sun
'sSenator John w. Daniel is announced 20
deliver speech before an alliance meeting
at Yellow Branch, in Campbell county, on
July 10. His subject, as given out, is 1.-The
Evils of the Decentralization of Silver
This speech. if made, is likely to be used
by the Populists and other anti-DemOcrat-
ic dement's in the coming legislative
campaign"
There is lively contest for the Demo
cratic nomination for the State Senate
from the Westmoreland district. Among
the candidates are r. J. Washington of
Westmoreland, Ben. Chambers of North
cumberland, Howard Hathaway of Lancas-
ter, and ex-delegate j. E. Mason Of King
George, author of the Mason railroad bill
passed by the legislature few years ago.
1t is stated that Speaker of the House of
Delegates Ryan will be nominated for the
House from Loudoun county. and that
Col. John Scott of Fauquier, will be nomi-
mated for the House as fioater from Lou
doun and Fauquier.
Congressman VIM. D. Bynum made
strong speech on the currency question
at Spencer, Ind, Monday night. arguing
that free coinage would produce violent
contraction and great financial panic.
At ameetlng in the court house of Clarke
county, Va, last week, addressed by Maj.
A. w. Mcdonald of Charlestown, w. Va,
Col. U. l.. Boyce and others, a Free Silver
Club was organized with Marshall McCor-
mick as president.
State Senator Henry T. Wickham is a
candidate for the Democratic re nomina-
ton from the Hanover district.
The Kentucky Populsts in their State
convention adopted platform demanding
the free coinage of silver.
Congressman Thos. G. Lawson, Of Ca.
declares in an interview against the free
coinage of silver.
Congressman Benton McMillin spoke at
Carthage, Tenn, in favor Of the free coin
age OF silver.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12
A GREAT PAPER.

The Richmond Dispatch is a great paper
and it has just taken effective means to
spread it's greatness over wider surface
with more speed. 1t has just gotten a
gigantic Hoe printing press which will print
its edition, whether four, six OF eight
pages, at the rate of twenty thousand an
hour. The Dispatch was not born great, for
We well remember when the puny infant APP
-,peared in its swaddling clothes Oh Cover
nor street; it did not have greatness thrust
upon it-forno newspaper ever won its way
up hill by more honest hard work and
judicious enterprise; 1t achieved greatness
by all those legitimate methods that make
great paper. Wise heads and honest
hearts started it nearly a half century ago.
and wisdom and honesty have characterize
ed its work ever since. Long may it hold
its place of to day-the wise teacher and
enterprising news gatherer of Virginia.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-07-12
THE RETURNS FROM The NFW
ASSESSMENT

The scattering reports furnished from
the Auditors Office to the Richmond pa
pers vary. Here and there there is an in
crease, but the aggregate is always de-
crease, sometimes slight, sometimes far
from slight. Some of our contemporaries
speak of these reports as a"good showing
They do not seem to understand the situa-
ton. Compared with their expectations
it may be good showing, but compared
with the financial status of the State it
is bad showing. The State has spent
more money than it has collected: it has
gone heavily into it's Treasury nest egg.
There are three ways to remedy this; there
must he an increase, not decrease. fl ON
the new assessment; an increase of the rate
of taxation, OIL there must be a decrease of
the expenses Of the State through consti-
tutional convention. That is the way the
financial question in Virginia stands
,, to day.