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md from a box of sweets you can inn
bibe enough spiritus frumenti to make
you merry and give you a head next
morning, says the New York World.
AS the innocent-looking CONNECTION
dissolves on your tongue liquid trick
les out that has the unmistakable. flavor
OF the good old staff. That's whisky
you say. Whisky it is, and as it mixes
with the sugar coating that has held
it prisoner, the combination is agree
able to the taste.
The steady drinking man who is not
on good terms with the bartender on
the corner finds in these whiskyized
candies the next best method Of getting
around the Roosevelt restrictions. He
gives the wink to his druggist, receives
a little box and goes home equipped
against dry Sunday.
The confectionery stores are reaping
rich harvest. Although they have no
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
A Sacred Chinese Root.

Ginseng is the feshy root of a per-
RENAL herb, native to the Middle and
Northern United States and Canada,
but found far south on the mountains.
1t grows in rich soil and shady situa-
lions, it's root being from four to nine
feet long and bearing q simple stem
about a foot high, carrying three five
divisioned leaves and terminating in
an umbel of inconspicuous greenish-
white flowers which are succeeded by
small, berry-like red fruit 1t has
peculiar and rather pleasant smell and
q sweet, somewhat pungent, aromatic
taste. European and American doc
tors consider it almost worthless as a
remedy, but the Chinese regard it as a
general panacea, so much so that it's
use will doubtless greatly increase
with the larger supply and lower
prices. It abounds back Of Kingston,
Ont, wholesaling at 81 per pound and
retailing at S.. A practical fioricultur-
list says that if the trade is to be pre-
7erved, care should be taken to prepare
3fle root properly and not dig it up in
discriminatory, as the root does not
reach any great size i'll one season, but
takes years to develop. 1t should be
dug in the fall, when the roots are
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16

the same position opposite to her So
entirely was the latter transixed by the
gaze of it's enemy that it never moved
when the child went quietly forward,
and gently taking up the rat by the
neck, carried it into the adjoining yard
Il remained quite quiet in her hand,
put on being placed on the ground, and
a man stupidity taking hold of it by the
tall, 1t Immediately turned and bit him,
pelng by that time aroused from it's
stupor. That the ancient Egyptians
held the harmless necessary cat in
great generation may be known from
the mummied remains of the animal
preserved in the British museum and
elsewhere. They were even in the hab-
1t OF expressing their sorrow and re-
spect by adopting outward signs OF
mourning when the family possessing a
cat was deprived of it by DEATH
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
The Retentivenesssof Soils.


Prof. Crosby of Michigan, has re-
Gently conducted some experiments to
determine, among other things, the de-
gree of retentiveness Of moisture that
exists in various soils. Sand, clay,
loan and muck were used as represent
alive soils, and after being thoroughly
kiln-dried and equal amounts of water
being added to equal amounts of the
several soils, the vessels containing the
soils were exposed to the August heat
from the 18th to the Goth Of the
month, inclusive. At the end Of nine
ty-seven hours the sand wa sdry. At
the end Of 1877 hours the clay had prac-,
tically lost all it's moisture-that is,
99.2 per cent Of it. The loan had lost
Ola and the muck 62.5 per cent. In
general way, therefore, it will be seen
that sand dries out a little more than
twice as fast as clay; that loan re-:
tains its moisture longer than clay,
and that muck holds moisture still
longer than loan. While these geper-
al conclusions are not new, exact ex-
pertinent with the four kinds of soils
under precisely similar conditions,
showing their relative retentiveness,
do not exist so for as we remember.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
The Famous Pig. Case.

The trial of the Michigantown pig
case is over. Some months ago the
town marshal impounded pig belong
ing to John Hills, the animal being ar
rested as vagrant and thrust into pris-
on on the charge of lettering. The au-
thorities wanted $1.5O for the pigs re-
lease, but Hills would not pay it, say
ing that it was more than the pig was
worth. In justice court the town beat
Ellis and made $40 and costs. In the
trial in circuit court the jury decided
against the town, awarding Hills the
hog Cts full-grown hog now and
$l.O1 damages. This, with costs ex-
ceeding $500. Michigantown must pay
Cor false Imprisonment of the pig.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
Discipline Breaking Down

1t is pointed out by the Berlin cor
respondent of the London Times as a
sign of an abnormal condition of affairs
in Prussia that the discipline former
~ enforced in the civil service of that
country is breaking down. This is
shown in the betrayal of the higher
officials by the lower, who give Sc
cretly out for premature publication
official documents, with the object of
defeating the measures of the govern
ment. The socialist papers have received
thus many state secrets which, under
normal conditions, would not get out till
the proposed measures were ripe for
public discussion. The effects of this
disloyalty is often to wreck measures
before the arguments in their favor
can be officially stated.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16

Map No. 2-TerritOry Taken From
Venezuela by the Scholnburisi>
Line in 1871, Marked. in White.
In, 1S41 the Schomburgk line was
run, the tract included as shown by
the white portion of map No. .. The
territory claimed by this boundary, il
it is allowed to stand, includes the
larger part Of the valleys Of the
Mazaruni and Cuyuni rivers and ex-
tends far outside the water shed Of
the Esequibo and to the great mouth
Of the Orinoco. The object Of this
change in boundary was to establish
q post at the mouth of the Orinoco
and to dominate it's commerce. The
opposition Of Venezuela, to this bound
airy was vigorous, and finally, in 1914,
Lord Aberdeen proposed compro-
mise line, abandoning the mouth Of
the Orinoco, but including the larger
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
JUST ABOUT WOMEN.

The mother Of Dwight L. Moody is
still living, at the age of 80.
The empress of Austria, who has
been staying at ,Aix-les- Bains, insists
upon taking her mineral bath at 4
o'clock every morning.
In several of his popular novels Will
lam Black speaks of his wife as ..Queen
Titania," and gives the impression that
she is a small woman.
Sarah Bernhardt drew a large audi
ence to a Paris civil court lately, where
she was sued for not paying a horse
dealers bill. s.I
Some women in Galicia, Austria, have
sent the Emperor Francis Joseph a
petition worded as follows: Sire, we
women of Galicia, PROSTATE at the foot
of the throne, present this our ardent
request: AT present, whereas every
man, young or old, is liable to military
service, we women, often more robust
than effeminate men, think we ought
not to be excluded. The arms now in
use are well made and easy to handle
We, therefore, pray your majesty to in
stitute a corps of amazon volunteers. y
E Mrs. Isabel G. Barrows, one Of the
first women to enter the civil service
at ashington, for a long time figured
on the pay roll as 81. G. Barrows,' to
avoid the reduction Of pay which would
probably ensue on the discovery OF her
sex, All went well until she was OBJ
liged to appear in person, together with
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16

Map No. 1-Origina1 Boundary Line
Between Venezuela and Guiana.
as understood and agreed to by Ven.
eZuela. EZ
The British government, acquiring.
what is known as British Guiana,
claimed that the reference in the
treaty of 1851 was not to the Esequibo
itself, but to the entire water shed
draining into it. Assuming this posi-
ton, Great Britain pushed her pos
sessions far to the westward. In dis
cussing the question it was commended
that even if this provision was adj
mitted the water shed Of NEsequibo.
river could not extend beyond the
Morocco Tor MaronD river, which also
flows northward and into the Atlantic
ocean fifty miles to the west Of the,
Esequibo.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
CATS CURE INSOMNIA
Presence OF the Animal IN a Room
Sure to Induce Sleep.

Sure to Induce Sleep.
"a discussion has recetly been carried
on in the Vegetarian on the subject OF
the magnetic power Of the cat. One
gentleman writes: "'Allow me, as one
who often has sleepless nights, and has
tried everything you suggest, to sug-
gest a remedy which have found above
them all, and which you do not notice.
It is simply to take pet cat to sleep
with 18th one. Cats are the very best mag
ne netizers and hypnotists, and the safest.
10 obtain the remedy it will not do to
take cat into your bed and as soon as
you have found relief neglect her. You
must be kind to the cat before and after
and make her your friend. She will
give you the precious sleep, when all
other remedies fail, and better than all
put together. The cat is the truest
friend of man, were man intelligent
enough to know it. The Egyptians
knew what we seem not to know. Do
not force your cat to lie this way or
that; let her take her own way. Do
not even force her to come to you if she
does not wish it, but let her be in the
room, outside the bed. Sooner or later
she will come in and nurse you as no
other animal can. Even to look into the
eyes or even the face Of a cat will often
produce feeling Of drowsiness, leading
to sleep. Cultivate the friendship of
pussy, and you will never regret it.
AS pendant to the above may give
the following incident which happened
to my own family, and which shows
how powerfully magnetic is the cats
influence on it's prey. One morning my
daughter Chen quite d child, on going
into the garden early, was surprised at
seeing the favorite cat crouching on
the ground, perfectly motionless, with
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
Superstition in prussia.

At Peukuhl, a small village in Prus-
STA, farmer died last March. Since
then one Of his sons has been sickly,
and somehow rumor was started that
the dead man would not rest until he
had drawn nine members of the fam
lily also into the grave. To "conjure"
the spell, near relative must open the
grave and decapitate the corpse. Ac-
cordingly the sick man, armed with
spade, went to the cemetery. exhumed
his fathers body, and cut off the head. L
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16

mead master Of the school for fifty
seven years, and, though stanch roy
allst, held his place through the civil
Warrand the commonwealth. DR.. Bus
.by,s reputation as flogger has lasted
to this day. A Frenchman wandering
into the school playground was set
upon by the boys. DR.. Busby saw the
row and ordered those engaged to be
logged, The Frenchman was taken
with the boys and fogged too. He
then went, in his wrath, to the doctor to
demand an explanation, but as he could
not speak English WE'LL after few
words the doctor got angry and ordered
him to be horsed, which was done. The
Frenchman, mad with rage, went to
his inn, wrote challenge and sent it
to Busby by the porter. The doctor
read the challenge and at once had the
porter horsed. That was too much for
the Frenchman. He packed up his va
lise and fled in terror to France.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16

license to sell liquor, they do not fear
any trouble from what, at first glance,
may seem to be a harmless infraction Of
the law. But as young girls and boys,
as well as grown men and women, are
buying the drops, the excise board will
have every excuse for interference as
soon as they have read this article.
A Sunday World reporter bought rye
whisky bonbons at two places in Broad
way last Sunday and at one place in
Columbus avenue, near Seventy second
street. He also bought brandy in bon
bons at two places. In two pounds Of
this mixture of whisky and candy was
enough intoxicating liquor to produce
decided feeling
The chocolates put up with whisky in
them were not put on sale in. this city
until two weeks ago. Since then the
demand for the article has been great
Brandy drops were made years and
years ago on small scale, but not UNI
til the screws were put on Sunday
drinking did the whisky drop make It's
appearance. The whisky drop is not
different in appearance from the old
time chocolate or brandy drop, and is
about the same SIZE At some of the
shops it is covered with plain chocolate,
while at the more stylish places it is
wrapped in tin and gold foil.
In some of it's forms it is composed Of
a little jug made of crystalized sugar,
into which the liquor is squirted with a
syringe. Then the small opening is
plugged with sugar and dipped in boil
ing chocolate and laid out on boards to
dry. The foil is put on to hold the COM
pound together in case it is exposed to
damp atmosphere.
People who have not bought whisky
drops, and who have no idea of the
amount of the juice Of the rye contained
in them, will be surprised by the fol-
lowing figures, derived from an analy-
sis: (.
In pound of chocolate drops there
are eighty pieces. Each piece weighs
IS grains, Troy weight. After drop is
broken and the whisky is poured out
there are found IS grains of sugar and
chocolate and 40 grains of whisky.
Counting eighty drops. to the pound,
there are 5000 grains of whisky in each
pound box Of the new mixture.
A half-pint of good rye whisky
weighs 1926 grains. Thus in each
pound of chocolate whisky drops there
is half pint Of whisky, less ffty-fiye
grains.
/, Bartenders say the average New
Yorker does not pour out more than
sixth Of a half pint for drink.
According to this there are about six
average drinks Of whisky in every
pound Of the new candy.
There is a gallon of whisky, accord
ing to the statement of manufacturer.
in every sixteen and half pounds Of
this candy. The price of the candy. Of
course, depends on the quality Of the
brandy. Some pound boxes cost 80
cents, others cost so cents
Diluted opium is mixed with choco-
late drops in China, and in New Orleans
a factory has been making absinthe
drops for the past five years.
The saleggirl in one of Broadway's
largest candy stores said
We have been selling wink drops,
as we call tn nm, for the past two weeks,
ana the salo is growing every day.
= Ii
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
Farm Notes.


Have things handy about the house
and farm. Plan to save steps and la.
Dor.
Begin with the new year to keep a
record of the income and expenditures
of the farm.
Carefully retrospect the work of the
past year, and prepare to avoid the
mistakes of the past.
Land properly handled, instead of
being allowed to run down, can be
made more fertile every year.
Care should be exercised in storing
the remainder of the corn crop. Don't
throw wet, sobby ears into the crib
Ground that was SUBSIDIZED the past
fall has caught and will store a large
amount of water that has recently fall.
en-. 545
If Is cents worth Of corn will man
ufacture 81 cents worth of pork, as
some writer's say, why is it that more
do not engage in the business?
While the ground is too wet to gath
err corn or haul, the time can be spent
in cutting up good supply Of green
cook wood Let it season we'll before
using.
The days Of the surface we'll arc
numbered, and if the drouth brings no
other good thing with It than to COM
pei farmers to go dow n far enough to
secure good. pure water, it will at least
have served one good purpose.
Every farmer should study his own
farm and business. How much time
there is wasted in studying the vel
fare of our neighbors! Many OF us
need to study ourselves, and the more
we do this the more we find out what
great strangers we have been to our
selves.
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where England Fight, -.est

The prospect Of another &shantee
war recalls Sir Wilfred Lawson s sum
mary of the English campaign in 1873.
He asked in the house of commons
what England had gained by her VIC
tories over the Ashantees. IAN old
umbrella and a treaty" he made. an
swer to his own question. He was re-
minded that there had been no treaty.
He remarked that he was not sorry, as
the. treaty would have been worth no
more chan the umbrella. 5S
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
Sled Shoe for Soft Snow.

After light fall Of snow, or when
the snow. has softened by reason of
thaw, the comparatively narrow run
ners of the ordinary farm sled cut
down deeply, greatly impeding work
The accompanying illustration shows
a wide shoe that can be put on and off
in a moment. It's use will prevent the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
a Monster Moose.

The biggest moose ever taken in the
Aroostook region Of Maine, the states
best hunting ground, was killed re-
Gently by Col. "A. "a. Baker Of Newport,
r.. i. "a game official measured the an
imal, and his figures were: Weight,
dressed and including hide, with bob
sled on which it was hauled, 1850
pounds; spread of antlers, 49 inches.
The antlers have fifteen prongs on one
side and thirteen on the other.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
Map No. 3-TerritOry Conceded by
Venezuela to Great Britain Marketk

In White.
part Of the water shed Of the Cuyuni.
Venezuela in the meantime had inai--
Gated her willingness to concede. tile.
boundary as beginning at the mount
Of the Morocco river, granting England
in this way full soverei gntx over the.
white portion, as shown in map No. g..
The controversy remained unsettled
and in 1881 Lord Granville proposed q
new line, claiming still more territory
than was claimed under the Aberdeen
line. So the matter rested until the.
discovery Of gold fields westward of;
the Schomburgk line. Then England
began to push her pretensions to the
west and gradually extended the
sphere of her activity and influence
until she had laid claim to an enor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
The BASIS of Trouble.

hat was the trouble with Barker
and his wife p
Well, the beginning of it was when
she used a Camembert cheese to bait
the rat trap. Then she made plaster
for a sick servant out of his imported
mustard, and capped the climax by
smoking insects out Of her rose bushes.
with q box Of his best Perfectos.''''-
Harper's Bazaar
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NEW EST KIND OF j.
CANDIES WITH WHISKY INSIDE
5s OF THEM.
And Sold Without q License---very Pop
ular with Women and Many Male
Drinkers Who Don't Care to Take It
Straight.

II T: E v cry latest
phase ;7 Sc Of social
twickedness is the
bonbon with a little
Gag concealed be-.
meath its sugary
exterior. You can
get drunk on candy.
With your chocolate
creams and gum
/. drops you can buy
whisky or brandy,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
The Garden in Winter.

It is not too early to be laying plans
for next seasons garden. Indeed some
3 Of our readers must soon be sowing
seed out Of doors would they get the
best returns from early vegetables,
and many will wish soon to be making
the hot bed for early plants to be
transplanted as soon as the weather
permits.
The first thing to he done is to de-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
suppose that We sell at least fifteen

suppose that we sell at least ifteer
pounds here a day. You have no idea
how many young fellows, schoolboys,
between &c fifteen and eighteen years, buy
them. They cannot buy liquor in sa-
looms, SO they buy whisky drops and
think they are real sporty
Grown men purchase them, too, on.
Sundays especially, and say, you would
die laughing to see how embarrassed
some OF them are when they come in.
they don't know exactly how to ask for.
them, and / suppose feel a bit ashamed
at buying candy for the liquor there is
in them.
We put up two classes of 'Winks,'
abrandles and whistles. 1t is hard work
for anyone not in the business to tell
them apart. In fact, in their innocence
lies their charm. A number Of our
women customers, and we have any
number of them,' have discovered the
case where the drops are kept and in
stead OF saying that they want whisky
or brandy drops, they merely point to
the tray and say, A pound of those,
please To the uninitiated they appear
to be purchasing ordinary chocolate
creams.
I'VE have been selling brandy drops
for years without being bothered by the
law, and it was only to meet sudden
demand that whisky was used. The
idea OF a person getting intoxicated on
brandy or whisky drops may sound
funny funny but there was a girl who for
merly worked here that ate them to
such an extent that she used to get
sleepy in the middle of the day. She
lost her place on account of her devo-
ton to the, wink drops'.''
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axle. Make the pole of hard wood and
the other parts Of some light, durable
wood, so it will not be too heavy. 10
use it, hold the end of the lever up
ward, push the pole under the axle as
far as it will go, then press the lever
down against the upper cleat (A.)-
3. II. Rooster, in Practical Farmer.
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Busby Was Stern.
Westminster school recently cele-
brated the 200th anniversary of the
death of DR.. Richard Busby, who was
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-16
A Ginseng Plant.

A Ginseng Plant
heaviest and command the best price;
carefully washed and shipped in box
es, not bags, as the Chinese do not
like broken roots. The roots are dried
before shipping. Farm and Home.
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sinking Of the sled, even in light
SHOWS, the wide shoe serving the sled
much as snowshoe does the hunter.
The iron strap at the rear end passes
through the shoe, but is filed off smooth
ly with the under surface. The strap
in front moves quite freely, so that the
sled runner can be slipped into the
rear strap, when the one in front can
be put into position. Two light wedges
make everything firm.
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q. Handy Wagon Jack
The illustrations show plainly how
to make it. 1t can be used for heavy
or light wagons, and for any height OF
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-03
wretohed suItsa

Editor Stead says: 1.-The sultan Is the
most wretched. pinched up little sover-
eign ! ever saw. A most unhappy look
ing man, Of dark complexion. with q
look Of absolute terror in his large east
ern eyes. People say he is nervous, and
10 wonder, considering the fate Of his
predecessor. Yet this is to be regretted.
for II he could surmount these fears, his
would be an agreeable and refined coun-
~tenance, eminently Asiatic in type and
with u certain charm of expression. All
/ can say is that his eyes haunted me for
days. as of one gazing at some unknown
horrors, so emuciated and unnatural 10
his appearance that were he q European
we should pronounce him In a swift de.
cline. I hear that his greatest friend and
favorite is his physician. And no won.
der, for he must need his constant care,
considering the life he leads. How all
the tabled state of the oriental potentate
pals before such q lesson in royal mis-.
cry! The poorest beggar In his dominions
is happier han he |"