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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-18
EXACTLY AT TWELVE.

A Dogs Imperative Demand for
Dinner at the Stroke of Noon
In downtown establishment that
sells birds, monkeys and other pets is
a white bull terrier, waiting for some
one to come and buy him. He is a
good-humored dog, and likes to poke
his cold nose into your hand, even if he
never saw you before. But he is
cranky on the subject of having his
dinner promptly at IL o'clock He
never gets up until 1915, but that
makes no difference in his wishes He
has cage large enough for three dogs
of his size, and in his cage is fiat
bottomed tin pan in which his dinner
is served. Two minutes before - he is
calm and quiet, and there is no crowd
around his cage. Promptly at IL his
performance begins, and the crowd
gathers around him. He let's out a
yelp and springs upon the tin pan as
though it were full of rats. He barks
hercely and claws the pan, and timid
above the cage are two parrots, which
enter into the spirit of the riot, and
shrek at the top of their voices.
The dog pays no attention to persons
or other animals. The tin pan is turned
bottom upward, Whereupon the dog
tries to claw a hole through the bot
tom, yelping all the while as if he
could see three rats underneath. The
monkeys across the way embrace vari-
GUS things with their tails, peer through
the wires of their cages, and crate in
way that would please Garner. The
Guinea pigs under the monkey cage
try to hide in the sawdust on their
floor, and purchasers swarm in from
the grocery department next door to
see what it's all about.
None of these things disturb the dog.
He turns the pan over, catches it in his
mouth, hurls it on the other side of the
cage, and is on it by the time it lands.
Then he pretends to be another dog,
hated enemy, and proceeds to shake
the stuffing out of it.. Small boys
stand around anG cheer him on, The
man who knows It all steps up, takes
look at the performance and finds that
the dog has bone in his throat,
whereupon the boys invite him to go to
various places.
At 1915 the attendant comes with
the dogs dinner. The performance
ends, the monkeys get back and whis-
per to one another, and the parrots
stick their heads under their wings
after throwing out insinuations con-
corning the stupidity of dogs and peo-
pie who watch their stupid perform.
ances.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-18

an it stuck in me head. I kim here
cause Greenfield sounded like grass
without sign onto 1t. When yer ask
ed ne said Mics Tisha Prendergast,
cause twas easy-an' somehow I
didn't mind tellin' whoppers then
He sighed sigh that seemed to come
from the very depths Of his heart.
Now, Teddy, I'll be goin'."
She took his resolute face between
her hands,
DO you think I shall let you go?
No, indeed! You shall live here and
call me sAuntie,' as Tisha does. Lam
Miss Letitia Prendersast.''- Ph iladel-
phia Inquirer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-18
Dangers of Cycling In Hot Weather.
The world is largely composed of two

Dangers of Cycling in Hot Weather..
The world is largely composed of two
classes of people-those who don't
know how to take care of themselves,
and those who, possessing that knoWl-
edge, have not sufficient self-control to
utilize it. For such as these particu-
larly, and for the public generally, DR..
J. r. Whitmyer gives some valuable
hints as to bicycling in very hot wealth
Err The habit os. stopping by the way
side and Immediately indulging in
drink of iced water, cold beer, lemon7
ade or any other drink is to be con-
demned and carefully avoided. The
cyclist should sit down and get thor
oughly cooled off before drinking any
thing that is cold. The practice of
avoiding intense thirst by chewing
gum may be INDUCED in safety if the
pure and old-fashioned spruce gum is
used, but the chewing Of the modern
gums" impregnated with all sorts Of
powerful flavoring substances, may
prove actually more injurious to the
stomach than the sudden Shock in
ficted on it by ice-cold drinks. People
need to be very sure they are abso-
lutely free from any sort Of heart
trouble before they ride uphill, and
even then, if they are prudent, they
will not do it. The wise bicyclist never
rides up hill. Riding up hill is always
a dangerous thing, but particularly so
in warm weather. It causes the heart
to overact at a furious rate, and this
| overaction, when continued for any
length of time, must eventually cause
an enlargement or dilation Of the or
gan, with such symptoms as shortness
Of breath, rapid and feeble heart action
| and loss Of flesh and strength The
| bicyclist who is not consumed with
vanity dismounts at the foot of the
hill and wheels his machine to the
summit. Another most serious danger
| to the health Of the wheelman is in
| riding Immediately after a meal. The
wheel should never be mounted until
the process of digestion is well under
! way-say, from an hour and a half to
two hours. Long rides should never be
! taken without proper training. Many
young people, who cannot stand the
prolonged strain Of Century rum
do themselves an injury which may
not be recovered in weeks by attempt
| ing to do so. Another danger to cyclists
is sunstroke. In taking long rides in
the country it is best to ride before
noon and after o'clock in the after
noon. When seized with a feeling Of
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-18
Cooked Food mt whole.aI~

A recent metropolitan development is
the wholesale restaurant 1t buys It's
meat by the carcass and it's vegetables
by the wagon load, and sells cooked
meats and roasts and prepared food OF
all kinds to the smaller restaurants at
a figure that enables these to cater to
the wants of the hungry at low rates.
Three of these wholesale cook-shops
have been discovered. Close on to.
these people are three or four men who
make living by buying up the REM,
nants from big dinners, wedding recep-
tons and similar social affairs, assert
ing them so as to be presentable, and
then selling them to cheap restaurants,
boarding houses and saloons. People.
who live under their hats in large cit
les shouldn't be too inquisitive New
York Letter.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-18
Needed No Director

Mrs. Knice-But don't you think the
boy would get along more commenda.
bly, if he had somebody to direct his
tastes?
Mrs. Knumb Oh, no; his tastes are
all right. He'll eat anything ron pat
before him, longs it's vtctuals. Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-18

exhaustion, fatigue, headache, Of faint
ness the rider should dismount at once
ana he down IN cool and shady place.
Ulcers who are subject to such seiz-
ures should carry small quantity Of
aromatic spirits Of ammonia. a tea
spoonful IN little cold water will do
wonders. The run, = however, should
be discontinued at once.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-18
A QUESTION: OF sHIrs.
"A Floating Vessel Weighs the SAND
as the Water It Displaces.

"A Floating Vessel Weighs the SAND
as the Water It Displaces.
Il The fundamental principle OF nave
cation, and therefore the controlling
elementary law Of maratime strategy,
is the physical law Of displacement
that q floating vessel invariably weighs
neither more nor less than the quantity
of water which its immersed part dis
places. It is consequence OF this
that the weight Of a ship Of given size
is constant. Within certain limits q
builder may distribute the weight as
he pleases. He may assign SO much to
hull, so much to engines of propulsion
and the remainder to cargo. For a
given speed the weight Of the engines
for ships Of the same size will be much
the same The builder, therefore, must
choose between assigning weight to
hull or giving it to cargo. A very
strong hull means reduced carrying
capacity, a great carrying capacity
means a hull Of the highest possible
construction. To these elementary con-
ditions is due the difference between
ship Of war and a merchant ship;
the merchant ship must necessarily be
constructed to carry the greatest
weight of cargo possible, consistent
with a hull strong enough for naviga-
ton and with propulsion sufficient for
the speed required in it's business.
The moment the hull is unnecessar-
lily strengthened the ship will cease to
be able to compete as a cruiser with
other ships of the same size and speed,
which, having lighter hulls, carry
more cargo. A ship built with a hull
specially strengthened in order to with
stand the various shocks of battle can
not in peaceful trade pay as a COM
mercial enterprise, and the merchant
ship, with it's hull ightened down to
the margin Of safety, can never be ex-
posed to the same rough treatment for
which the man of-war, with its spe-
cially strengthened framework, is pre-
Dared.-Nationa Review.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-18
Crafty Dawson.

Why Is Dawson painting his house.
such vermi1lion redy'
he thinks that it will look 80 warm
TINS summer that no one will want to-
visit there. Detroit Free Press. 3 y
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-30
Keens Hot All Dax-

In making round of Chinatown a
few nights ago a st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch reporter saw something which
cannot fail to be of interest to the house
wife. At one Of the places visited tea
was served smoking hot, and yet no
sign of fire was about the place. The
Chinaman keeps his tea hot for hours
at time without having it near fire.
The teapot is placed in a box thickly
padded with cotton. The movable top
is also padded with the same material,
so that when the lid is closed the box is
perfectly alright. Tea placed in this
receptacle piping hot will not decrease
perceptibly in temperature for hours
afterwards. 1t is claimed by the Chi
nese residents of Dope Alley that they
make tea just once day and it stays
hot till bedtime.
A box stuffed with feathers under a
covering is said to retain heat still bet
ter. For instance, 1t is claimed, If any
thing which has to cook one hour, be
taken off as soon as the pot boils and
placed in feather-lined box, the cook
ing process will go on just the same,
thereby effecting a saving in fuel, and
with minimum of heat in summer.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-30
MANUFACTURE OF CANES.
Grown, Boiled, Warped, Fired, Pol
ished and Ornamented.

Grown, Boiled, Warped, Fired, Pol
ished and Ornamented.
The manufactures Of canes reveals
an interesting process connected with
a growing industry. There are sew
eral large factories in Philadelphia
and some In New York. These have
recently been established. The cane
Is grown mostly In Austria, France
and Japan. There are numerous spe-
cies, among which are the Congo. Co
rine, Penang, Bamboo, Furze, Wham-
poo and the Weischel. Many canes
are partly shaped while growing. At
the mandatory the crude canes are
placed over large steam vat. Cloths
are wrapped over the sticks and they
are left in this position until the wood
has become perfectly soft and pliable
at the end, where it is intended to form
the handle. Having reached this condi-
ton. they are taken out separately and
placed In wise, around mold Of
whatever shape it Is desired to maxi
the curl. While the cane Is grasped
tightly In the wise. the upper end is
placed in a steel spring having cast
iron handle, which Is drawn sharply
around, warping the cane al this point
into the precise shape desired. When
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-30
Applied Theology.

Stonewall Jackson's religion was al
ways spoken Of in the same breath as
his military genius-of which, indeed,
it was an integral part His servant
used to say that he always knew when
there was to be an especially bloody
battle, for the general spent most of the
preceding night on his knees. His staff
could not fail to be imbued with the
sentiment of their leader. Mr.. ]. n.
Jones, chaplain in the army of North
ern Virginia, relates a characteristic
incident that owes it's wit and COM
plexion to "Stonewalrs" well-known
religious character.
During the battle of Malvern Hill,
General Jackson rode, as was his wont,
into the very hottest Of the fire. For
some time he and his staff sat on their
horses at point at which there was
converging artillery fire, but the gen.
eral seemed to be entirely oblivious Of
it until one Of his couriers was killed.
Then he turned to his staff, and told
them to dismount and shelter them
selves.
Major Dabney CHANGED to be near
very large, thick, oak gate-post, and
very wisely got behind that, sitting bolt
upright with his back against it.
Soon after Major Nelson rode up to
bring some message from the general
Of another division to General Jack
son, and with soldiers keen eye, took
in the situation. Delivering his mes
sage, he rode to Major Dabney,. salut-
ed and said:
major Dabney, every shot and shell
and MIME ball strikes just where the
Lord permits. You must excuse me,
sir, for expressing my surprise that you
are seeking to put an oak gate-post be-
tween you and Special Providencew
The major, not at all abashed, re-
piled: "My dear fellow, you do not
understand the doctrine Of Special
Providence. At this juncture, look
upon this gate-post as very Special
Providence
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-30
Knew All About 1t.

A consequential young man called at
the marriage license office yesterday,
gave the necessary information and
was given pink certificate directed to
the Treasury Department.
Now" said Clerk Danforth, you
take this to the fee department Of the
Treasurer's office, down stairs at the
other end Of the main corridor, pay 81
and get your receipt. Then-"
Thanks. I guess can attend to the
rest of the affair myself, sir"
Danforth only smiled. Last night at
10 O'Clock there was ring at his door
He threw on enough clothes to make
himself presentable, and hurried down
At the door he found the young man
who had called for the license.
What kind of COMPOUNDED blunder
did you maker he demanded. II asked
for a license and got this" and he
waved the Treasurer's receipt for 81.
THAT is only the receipt for your
money. If you had brought that back
to me would have issued the license,
said Danforth.
"Why didn't you say SOP
II tried to, but you knew it all and
wouldn't let me-"
"Well, want license. The guests
are all at the house waiting, and the
minister won't marry us till get Ii
cense."
"All right. Let them wait. Come tc
the city hall tomorrow during Office
hours and I'll issue a license. Coco
nightV' And the young man who knew
all about it was shut out in the cold
last night-San Francisco Post.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-30
MARCO POLO'S TALE.
His Story of His Uncles' Visit to
Kublai Khan.

When the Two Brothers got to the
Great Kaan. he received them with
great honor and hospitality, and show
ed much pleasure at their visit, asking
them a great number Of questions.
First he asked about the emperors,
how they maintained their dignity and
administered justice in their domin-
ions: and how they went forth to bat
tie, and so forth. And then he asked
the questions about the kings and
princes and other pOtentates.
And then he inquired about the Pope
and the church, and about all that Is
done at Rome, and the customs of the
Latins. And the Two Brothers told
him the truth in all It's particulars, with
order and good sense, like sensible
men as they were; and this they were
able to do as they knew the Tartar Ian
guage well.
When that Prince, whose name was
Cublay KAN, Lord Of the Tartars all
over the earth, and OF all the kingdoma
and provinces and territories Of that
vast quarter of the world, had heard
all that the Brothers had to tell him
about the ways of the Latins, he was
greatly pleased, and he took 1t into his
head that he would send them on an
Embassy to the Pope. So he urgently
desired them to undertake this mission
along with one Of his Barons; and the!
replied that they would gladly execute
IL nf
Sovereign Lord Then the Prince wen.
to summon to his presence one of his
Barons whose name was Cogatal, and
desired him to get ready, for it was
proposed to send him to the Pope along
with the Two Brothers. The Baron re-
piled that he would execute the Lords
commands to the best Of his ability.
After this the Prince caused letters
from himself to the Pope to be indited
in the Tartar tongue, and committed
them to the Two Brothers and to that
Baron Of his own, and charged them
with what he wished them to say to the
Pope. Now the contents Of the letter
were to this purpOrt: He begged that
the Pope would send as many as an
hundred persons of our Christian faith;
intelligent men, acquainted with the
Seven Arts, we'll qualified to enter in
to controversy, and able clearly to
prove by force of argument to idolators
and other kinds of folk that the Law Of
Christ was best, and that all other re-
ligions were false and naught; and il
they would prove this he and all under
him would become Christians and thu
church's liegemen. Finally he charged
his ENJOYS to bring to him Oil Of the
lamp which burns on the Sepulchre Of
our Lord at Jerusalem.
When the Prince had charged them
with all his commission, he caused to
be given them a Tablet Of Gold, on
which was inscribed that the three Am
bassadors should be supplied with ev-
erything needful in all countries
through which they should pass-with
horses, with escorts, and, in short, with
whatever they should require. And
when they had made all needful prep
ara atoms, the three Ambass adors took
their leave Of the Emperor and set out.
ST Nicholas
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-30
Thinnin~ Grape Runches.

Every bud of last year will make this
year a shoot, and by the first of June
will be set with two, three or four
buds for poisoning, thus showing how
many clusters may be expected from
1t. The quality Of the fruit will be
greatly benefited by removing from
each shoot all the buds except the two
that are largest. These will grow to
larger size and ripen earlier IL the full
strength Of the shoot Is concentra ted
into them. 1t Is the multiplication of
seeds that makes grape fruiting so ex-
haustive to the vine. 1t requires an
abundance Of potash to form the seed
and to ripen and color the fruit When
an overloaded vine mildews Just about
the time the grapes are half grown.
1t Is certain indicate that potash
Is deficient. But even where plenty
of potash has been provided, the thin
ming Of the punches should not be neg
lected,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-30
An English RuII"

Sir Francis Scott, the British COM
mander in the recent expedition against
Ashantee, is not believed to be a coun-
tryman of Sir Boyle Roche, but In re-
viewing the troops after their return
to England he made remark which
Is almost worthy to stand beside some
Of those Of the celebrated maker of
bulls"
Sir Francis, In addressing his men.
said: you were no doubt disappoint-
ed because this campaign gave you no
opportunity to fight; but IL there had
been any fighting, there would have
been many absent faces here to-day!"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-30
TURNED DOWN BY A WIDOW.
The Old Man Did Not Seek to Dis
rnxer the Reason.

cover the hCdeohs
I had been stopping for day or two
with a mountaineer named Collins,
who had been a widower for several
wears, and had grown-up children ana
as was ready to proceed on my jour
ney he said he'd go along for couple
of miles, says the Detroit Free Press.
As we walked along be suddenly broke
out with:
"See here stranger, do 20 think I'm
often to git married ag'tnT
"Why not?" l qTeried In reply.
"Dunno. but thought I'd ak yo."
"You are not an old man yet, are
fairly we'll off, and unless the children
raise a row / don't see why you
shouldn't marry again.
mo, the chill'en won't raise row
about It."
"Who is the woman In question, Ii l
may ask"
'sThe Wilder White, who lives up
we're bout a mile. Powerful nice wom-
an. the wilder is. Bin sorter junin' up
to her for a var past, but hain't cum
to the pint. I sorter reckoned-sorter
reckoned-"
'Sorter reckoned whatT / asked, as
he stammered and paused.
"Sorter reckoned might stop and ak
her this mawnin', If yo' reckoned / was
ltten," he finished.
why shouldn't you be fttenT'
Dunno, but maybe / Amt"
I did all could to assure him on that
point, and before we reached the wild
ow's house 1t was agreed that | should
&c on a piece and wait for him, and
after he had talked with Mrs. White
he should come on and tell me the re-
suit. I hadn't waited ten minutes be-
fore he came hurrying along, and l
knew by his looks that something was
wrong.
"Well, how did you come out?" ask
ed, as he took a seat on the stone beside
me.
II want fitten,' he replied.
"But why not?"
Dunno. l jest went In and axed the
wilder If she'd have me, and she said
I wasn't fifteen and run me over the
bresh fence with broomstick."
"And you didn't ask for any explana-
tionY
Mary one. When man hain't fltten,
and a woman says he hain't fifteen,
what yo' gwine to do? If yo's fifteen
yos all right; if you's unfitten then yo'
amt fifteen and it's no use to AK about it
or waste time. Mawnin', stranger; I'm
gwine back home and git to work at the
coin"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-30
A HORSE IN THE NAVY.

Official Regulations Little Vague as
to the Treatment of Live stock.
Several years ago band of naval Of
ficers was ordered by the commandant
of one Of our naval stations to hold
survey on one Of the horses belonging
to the station. The board met, eXamin-
ed the horse, found that he was suffer
ing from 1.-The scratches" and string
halt" and was generally run down.
An examination of the navy regula-
tons showed that only certain recon-
mendations could be made by the
board. as follows:
ITO be turned into store for USE ITO
be retained In or for use," Sold"
Used for scrap metal" ITO be issued
for any other purpose" ITO be thrown
on the Dump" ITO be transferred to
some other station" ITO be used for
repairs for some other article" or ITO
be extensively repaired" Since it was
the unanimous opinion Of the board that
he ought to be treated by veterinary
surgeon, 1t was recommended, in con-
formity with the regulations, that
he be extensively repaired"
This was three or four years ago, and
he was Extensively repaired" by a
veterinary surgeon, but evidently the
repairs" were not lasting, as the Sc
quel will show.
Recently there came recommends
ton from the present command that
the horse be shot, as he was old and
worthless, and that it would be kind
ness to put him out Of his misery.
In the same mail came requisition
from the same commandant asking for
authority to buy ten tons of Al, first
class fertilizer.
1t was then that the navy department
Endorsed on the requisition why not
use the horse to produce the fertillzerY
The commandant promptly returned
the paper with the endorsement, "Since
the horse Is not an AL first-class horse
being old and decrepit, he is incapa BILE
Of filling the BILL"
And here the matter stands for the
pres ent.-Washingt Star.