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The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
THE DEATH LOTTERY.

AS figure it," remarked my friend,
Balcom, "there is just about one war
story that remains to be told in print .
"And what is that?'' queried.
"And that" he went on, is the story
Of what happened to me the first time
I came in contact with Mosby, the
guerilla"
II was commissary captain at the
time, and we were located in our win
ter camp, four miles south of Winches-
ter, Va. Ny duties were light, and
consisted mainly of passing my train
of wagons between the town and our
camp. 1t was only short journey,
and the thought or fear of encounter
ing any danger in it was so far from
my mind that half the time I went
without either sword or pistol.
well, one afternoon in November,
as | rode in front of the wagon train
with my orderly, said to him:
Leonard, send the sergeant here to
take charge, and you and I will ride
on ahead. These confounded mules are
slower than cold molasses.'
This was done, and Leonard and l
rode on We had gone about halfway
to camp when we saw six mounted
meI swing out of by-path into the
main road ahead of us.
"'What do you make Of those fell
lows, Leonardo said 1.
They are some of our boys, I reck-
on, replied Leonard. They've got our
uniform Oh. and | don't believe the
rebs would venture so far inside our
lines. anyway
81 must be nervous this afternoon
l laughed. of course they wouldn't.
See. they turned towards our camp!
"Assured by this, we kept on at the
same lively pace, and soon overlook
our ellow-travelers. AS we aD-
preached they opened ranks to let us
pass. and we rode between them.
I'VE had no sooner got by than we
heard the clicks of half a dozen pis-
tolls and the command, Halt! We
faced round in blank surprise.
"'What does this mean?' cried
"'Chop talk" cried the big fellow in
command You Yanks want to Keep
your mouths shut, and do as you are
told, or it will be the worse for you
Like flash my hand went to my
belt. but it was empty, and perhaps it
was WE'LL for at that instant we were
covered by six cooked pistols.
Forward, march! the command
camc, without delay. and away we
went, surrounded and guarded by our
captors.
"a quarter Of a mile along our little
cavalcade swept off from the main
road into q bridla Dath Presently if
halted, and Leonard and 1 were Sc
curely strapped to our saddles. Then
we rode on in silence for about two
miles,
Snow, I suppose. you .Yanks would
like to know what's to become of you"
said the big fellow, at last. We'll, I'll
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
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Literal Factors involved.

L1Ieral FACTORS Involved.
John, : remarked Mrs. Billus, Il ex-
pect to give q tea tomorrow even
ing
MI. Billus, who was reading his
newspaper, !e''Vpper, grunted, but made no re-
ply. 81.
Il said I expected to give tea to-
i: morrow evening, john she repeated
Il heard you,' said John, 81 can
take my dinner down town.
i think said a little while ago.
again remarked Mrs. Billus, after an
interval OF silence, that | intended to
give a tea tomorrow evening"
That will suit me to T."
And | shall need an X!'' she snap
ped.
Mr.. Billus feebly calculated "Gv'
but he forked it over. Chicago Trib-
une it.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
How He Looked at 1t.

You men don't seem to have even q
faint appreciation Of your privileges, -
said Miss Shingiss to Mr. Van Braam.
"Aw?" ....,.
No, you don't. In China a man has
to pay from $3.50 upward for a wife.
In this country brides are given away,
and yet men hesitate to marry
Still think the Chinese have rather
the best Of it, replied the incorrigible
man. I'm that country the fashions
never change and the cost of keeping
a wife isn't worth mentioning. ."-Pitts-
burg Chronicle-Telegraph
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
He Meant 1t Anyway

An old gentleman reproved his
nephew for fighting with another boy.
But" said the lad, she called my
sister Names .
Why, you haven't any sister, and
never had one," exclaimed the uncle,
in astOnishment.
II know it, said the boy doggedly,
"but he thought I had, and said she
was squint-eyed. and I thrashed him.
Weekly Telegram
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
Cheap at the Price

II paid dollar and half for this
seat" said the angry plebian in the
front row, "and didn't come here
merely to listen to your chatter"
Ny deah fellaw," suavely responded
Chollfe from the box, ''theah aw per-
sons who have gone to the expense of
thousands and still were unable to get
within hearing distance of any Of ouah
set. You have bawgain' '-Indian-
aDoliS Journal.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
Care Of Angora Goat. IN winter


Except in some favored districts
goats should have in this country some
extra rations and shelter during the
winter season and they should be kept
sentlrely under roof in cold, wet spells.
The quantity of food necessary to keep
them in good condition varies accord
Ing to the climate, but one fourth of
pound OF corn, or it's equivalent in
other grain, and one-half to three
foGrths OF pound Of hay at ration
once day lin the evening) is suffici-
zent; It the pasture is scant they ought
to have it both morning and evening;
and on wet, cold days, when they are
kept in the stable all day, feed them
three times. They should be taught
early to eat their hay chopped, moist
ened and sprinkled with bran, oil meal
or corn meal, which, as it digests cas-
ier If given in that way, will save
about 20 per cent Of the feed.
Goats do not require much water,
and rarely drink more than one and a
half pints at a time, and in winter
considerably less. Avoid watering
early in the morning, but rather do so
during the warm part Of the day. and
when stabbed never Immediately after
a meal. Cold alone does not hurt goats
after they are three or four weeks old,
and 1 have seen goats frolicking in
the snow on a sunny day, with the
mercury about Zero and sleeping at
night in an open hed.-Secretary
Hoerle, American Mohair Growers AS,
SociatiOn. -9.7. 8
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
WeiShinG Stock.

Here is my plan to have fair deal
ings with stock buyers, and no room to-
complain without reason: Take some
strong, light material 2x2 inches and
make two frames 41ax4h feet Cover
one frame with pine boards A-inch
thick, boards running across In each
side piece bore small holes 6 inches
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
A Church Choir Leader.

Il understand your church choir has
got another new leader said one
Leadvilian to another. '.S
lis he good runner?' ...
II believe he isl s.
'Does he know the shortest way out
of town." 5-~
$50 am told'' ~
swell, he's just the man to lead
them. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
COnscientiousness.

s'Wait one moment" said the en-
inent statesman to the reporter who
had come for the manuscript of his
speech. 81 want to make little cor
rection.'
And he made hasty erasure where
he had written the bracketed word,
applause" and the applause had
failed to come in.-Chicago Tribune.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
TO MAKE BOILER FUR FLY
Little Device to Accomplish That
and Also Soften Water

Little Device to Accomplish That
and Also Soften Water
One of the latest devices that has
come into play in England is a curious
contrivance for softening water and
preventing the growth of ''fur'' in ket-
ties and boilers. 1t is called the ''octo-
pus.' and. considering what it accom-
plishes, it is such an exceedingly slm-
pie little apparat tus as to seem some
thing of a wonder. 1t is briefly moth
ing but small metallic disk surround
ed by a circular mass of vegetable
fibre. "
The principle that governs it is SIM
pie. eur" so-called, is that yellow
substance that lines old kettles and is
often to be found in Jumps at the bot
tom. Hitherto the only method of get
ting rid Of this was to chip off the ex-
crescences that kept continually in
creasing. This chipping naturally
weakened Cne boiler or kettle, and,
after a time, made it unfit for service
Eur" has even worse effects than
this, for it sometimes leads TO the
bursting of boilers by blocking up the
pipes. @e
The new invention, tiny little af-
fair, is slipped into the vessel. ard
some unknown power Of attraction i'll
the vegetable fibres draws of all the
fur from the inner surface of the metal
to itself.
1t turns as well, by the same power
OF attraction that lies within it's fibres,
hard water into soft by drawing unto
itself the magnesia and carbonate of
cooking purposes, and especially for
making tea. Not only that, the chemi-
calls spoken Of prove after a while in
furious to the human system, and in
certain cases make necessary lAe pain
full operations of lithotomy and litho.
trity.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
The Best They Gould Do.

'Don't you sometimes make a mis-
take and lynch the wrong man." asked
the visitor from the East.
'We did once" replied the native,
"but we offered to do the square thing
by the Widder."
'HOw was that?'' a...
.''We told her she could take the pick
Of the crowd for her second husband"
Life. -.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
No Kick Coming,

Mr.. Haicede--Say, This here soup
has got 50 mich pepper in it that
can't eat it.
WaiterAl. what's the matter with
you? Why didn't you get here earlier?
What the nations that got to do
with it?'
IVY, every guy that had an order Of
soup put pepper in it, didn't he? An
of course, it's full Of pepper by this
time.-Indianapolis Journal
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
After the Manner of Poets

'sWhat is that queer splotch On the
face of the earth?'' asked Apollo.
That" replied Pegasus. looking
down over his shoulder at the remains
Of the would-be poet. "That is a little
thing tossed off short time ago, in
a moment of inspira ation.'- '-Indianapo
lis Journal.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
A Refined Taste.

"Culture?" repeated the cannibal,
something scornfully. 'Have we any
culture? Why, I tell you we're getting
so cultured we don't like to have any
thing on our tables but French mis-
sionary. Cultivated? Well, rather"
The wind at the moment managed to
execute faint sough in the top of
cocoa palm not far away.-Detroit
Tribune.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
Improved wire Fence

where the top Of the fence is, and will
thus give trouble by flying over it,. If
the rail is placed foot below the top,
as shown in the sketch, this trouble
will be obviated, as the hens will be
greatly deceived as to the position Of
the top-a hen not having the most re
markable of discriminating powers
The rail in the position shown will
properly brace the fence and give all
needful rigidity to it.Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
Satisfactorily Explained.

We'll, of all the impudence! Asking
me to help you because you have three
wives to support!'' ..s-t
'They don't all belong to me, mister;
nothin' Of the sort. They belong to
my sons-in- law indianapolis Jour.
nal. - -
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
"A Stern Remedy

Johnny screamed his mother,
why are you sitting on your brothers
chest? You'll kill him!''
Il know it," responded the urchin.
If let him up he'll go swimmin and
be drowned. Adams (Mass.) Free
man.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05

# Mrs. Ferry For the same reason,
suppose, that you sit around reading
the sporting column Of the paper and
hguling up how much you might have
won il you We're a betting man. 1t is
q sort of mental diversion. Cincin-
natl Inquirer. ~.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
A Pedestrians View.

Jazrey-Do you believe in 3-cent
fares Oh the street cars?
Broggs-No; / favor 5-cent fares.
R Jazrey-Why?
Broggs- Well, you see, there's some
satisfaction in walking when you're
saving a nickel by it.-Roxbury Ga
Zette.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
Even Then.
It was in the Coliseum.

It was in the Coliseum. ss
Pardon me-
Seneca leaned forward and touched
one Of Agrippina's ladies in waiting on
the shoulder.
Pardon me, but would you mind
taking down your coiffure so that I can
see the arena? I am particularly in
terested in to-day's massacre
Her only reply was a swift glance
Of patrician scorn, for she knew ha
had come in on a press ticket. Truth.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
He Escaped.

He Escaped.
.'He stood at the top Of the steps,"
she said, in telling about it afterwards,
'sand mustered up enough courage to
say: You know, this is leap yeary .
Eyes. What then?'
Then he leaped, and haven't seen
him since. = Chicago Post.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05

Photography is making wonderful
strides. The other day man took
photograph of bullet shot from a
gun.
. B.-While it was in the air?
A.-Why, certainly.
BID like to see that photographer.
believe he could photograph sud
den disappearance of my weeks sal
ary when my wife buys a new spring
bonnet. I'd like to see him try it, any
how.-TeXas Siftings.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
Foolish Sheen.

The rape plant furnishes an excel
lent food for sheep. 1t is not only pos
sessed of great fattening properties
but sheep grow very fond of it when
they become accustomed to it. In
fact, there is then danger that they
will consume too much Of it. But
when sheep have never before eaten
rape they will oftentimes not touch it
at all until compelled to do so by hun
ger Instances have come to the no.
tice of the writer in which sheep have
run in a pasture, part of which con-
sisted Of rape, and yet they did not
eat the rape at all. but confined them
selves to other pasture. Nevertheless,
as soon as they begin to eat it their
fondness for it grows. They get to
like it so we'll in a short time that they
will first pick it all out when growing
5along.swith other food. When, there
fore, a farmer sows rape for the first
time, and he finds that his sheep will
not eat it, he should not in anywise be
discouraged. If the sheep can be con-
fined to the rape they will soon take
kindly to it, and there will be no more
trouble on that score. The sheep
which refuse to eat rape are certainly
foolish; but they will soon learn wis
dom. The rape plant is more and more
coming into favor, and those who have
never sown it should not be deferred
from doing so because Of any state
ments which they may have heard to
the effect that sheep do not like it,
Northwestern Farmer. 49,.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05

were Still plenty in the country will.
without it any doubt, be a good deal
wiser before they are richer from their
deals: In this connection we note that
q the Breeders Gazette mentions that
the average weight Of hogs received
at the Chicago market is growing ap-
preciably lighter, the decrease in aver
age weight being about five pounds a
week, zee. and INC it very properly adds that
this does not hint very strongly that
farmers 1-a%'f rs are holding back their hogs
on the cheap corn.,-
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
Clean Sleeping Places for Hogs.

Clean Sleeping Places for Hogs.
Everyone who has tried it knows
how difficult it is to keep the bedding
clean and comfortable in hog house
in the winter season. And yet it
should be so kept if the swine are to
do as well as they ought to. ]. A. Dob
in. in the Ohio Farmer. submits the
following plan. the value of which he
has proved in his own experience: He
divides the sleeping apartment by
placing a board on edge about six
inches high, and on one side he puts
the bedding, on the other side the pigs
deposit their droppings. The bedding
is changed as often as necessary. The
old bedding is strewn over the part
where the droppings are deposited, and
this part is cleaned out as often as
the old bedding is changed. The old
litter is used as al absorbent of the
liquid weddings. BY this system the
beds are kept clean and dry. The alb
sor6ent thus used goes far to prevent
waste in the fertilizer. and the results
generally are satisfactory. When the
bedding is thus protected it is surpris-
ing how careful the pigs will be not to
foul it with their voidings. Northwest
ern Farmer
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
Pigeon ROosts Fifty Years Ago.

Pigeon Roost, Scott county, Indiana
received it's name from being the
nightly rendezvous of the passenger,
or wild pigeons These pigeons usu-
ally selected some heavily-wooded or
elevated locality for their roosting,
bordering on their feeding grounds,
which might be several hundred miles
in extent. The pigeons usually COM
menced to arrive before sunset and
continued in increasing numbers until
after midnight. At daybreak the birds
would begin to leave the roost, and on
swift wing depart for their feeding
grounds, miles away, returning at
night, as stated. It may safely be said
that these birds ranged the forests Of
Indiana from the Wabash to the Ohio,
and extended far into Kentucky. SO
large were their roosts that they be-
came localities Of great interest. None
was more famous than the one in Fin
ley township, Scott county, Indiana;
hence the name Of the settlement ear
ly established there Pigeon Roost-
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05

apart. Now take small wire and thread
from one hole to another until you
have a wire cage about 3h feet higm
with the exception of the ends. Make:
two light swinging doors from 1a-inch
pine, attach to the upper frame, then
place two strong wires to the upper
frame to meet together in the swivel
of the main scales, which every farmer
possesses, and your hog, calf or sheep
rack is ready. If made according to
directions the weight need not exceed
80 or 40 pounds. Set the cage by a
high fence post, then set another post
of the same height on the opposite
sids; suspend the scales from a cross
piece, then fix a chute by mailing two
10-foot planks in an angling manner
from the fence, close your forward
door, run the hog in, shut the rear
door and weigh him. Then open for
ward door to let him out and you are
ready for another. By putting both
weights on the scales a 460-pound ami
NAL can be weighed. This has saved
me many dollars am sure.-J. S. Nor
rison in Practical Farmer. @
Proper Way to Construct a Poultry
e-. Fence.
Poultry netting is now so cheap that
it has come to supersede all other
kinds of poultry fencing. Where yards
are constructed side by side it is well
to have a couple of feet of boarding
at the bottom, especially if cocks are
to run in the yards. The common plan
is to drive posts nail on the boards at
the bottom and a rail at the top. The
result is that the hens see exactly
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
An Astronomer.

Mrs. s.-By the way, I hear Jupiter
1.-The evening star is worth seeing
just now. Can either of you girls tell
me where to look for it?
Bertha Yes, I can. It's exactly two
yards and a half to the right Of the
Great Bear.
Mrs. S. Two yards and half! What
on earth do you mean?
Bertha Well, I've measured it care
fully with my umbrel la. London
Punch.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
A Photographic Fent.

"What! fight with deah old Eng
landY-Truth.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
stock Notes.

Il
To feed straw proftably it should be
mied with more concentrated foods.
No matter how low prices Of feed
may be it will pay better to feed it to
stock Of good quality than to scrubs.
The sheep is an animal that needs
petting, as a rule, to produce the best
results. Il. ~
Such a winter as the one about clos
ing, there is danger of having the
quarters too warm for the sheep.
Somewhere in the Southwest there
are thousands Of hogs that are as wild
as the old razor backs, the descendants
Of a herd of Berkshires turned loose.
It helps sales of swine to some ex-
tent to have uniformity. Many think
there is nothing that sells so we'll as a
batch Of 225 pound pigs all exactly
alike. s
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
PIeasures Of PInyinr

Mr.. Ferry Why on earth do you
spend so much time running around
pricing things you have no notion Of
buying? s.s8 5
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
Our Fathers Knew This
Different Then

Different Then. a a
{ Marley you speak more than
one language? .sa
Barley-No, except when drop my
collar button and it rolls down the
register.-New York World.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-05
Defined,

3 Bennie hats conversationalist
Jennie oh, it's a man who doesn't
have to stop talking when he hasn't
got anything more to say.Truth.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-02
THERE Is NOTHING NEW.

Changes on "the new woman
are still being rung with wesri
some iteration, and often in an
offensive manner. 1t makes III
tired and il seems now that it il
time to call a halt. The appli.
cation Of a New York lawyer
for a diverse from a tyrannical
wife IS the latest occasion for
this sort Of pleasantly.
Ii appears, from a slight in.
spection Of this New York law.
yer's complaint, that he is a
pusillanimous creature. No
manly man would endure such
treatment as he says he has
borne. And a man who would
submit to it for a week would
desere il for a lifetime. He
complains that he was compelled
TO find his unsbared dormatoriaI
accommodations in the garnet
that when his wife had COM
pany he was not permitted to
CUme TO the table, and that he
was forced 10 take care of the
babies-his own and the callers
while his wife entertained
company in the parlor. All this
was bad enough, but IL was not
the full measure Of this mans
woes. He might have borne his
solitary vigils in the garrett.
might have found life endurable
even TO a man shut out Of the
dining"room and compelled to
tend babies in the kitchen, but
a greater indignity at last
aroused his anger, and he fled
TO the court. The browning out
rage was reached when he was
compelled 10 hand overall mon.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-02
A SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE.

Trinity College advertises in
this issue. The past year has
been a year of great success in
college work. Trinity College is
reaching and influencing the in
tellectual life of North Carolina to
a marvellous degree. Its faculty
has delivered more than a hun
dred lectures in this and other
states during the past year. The
courses OF study are up to the
best standards of college work.
Located rs Trinity is, in one of
the leading cities in the state, it
offers to its students opportunities
not to be found elsewhere. Young
men are brought in contact with
the best cultural life, the most
successful business enterprises, and
have the best opportunity to be.
come acquainted with the leading
men of the state. Expenses are
very low, though the appoint
ments of the college are most
modern. Extravagant athletics
are now allowed. No opportuni q.
ty is lost to build up the highest
cultural life. Young men going
to college would do well to ex-
anime the catalogue of Trinity.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-02
"RULE OR RUN"

The motto of gold men is rule
or ruin. They would split Their
party to pieces if they could not
rule it. This fact was demon.
strated at the recent Democratic
State Convention, which nomi-
mated almost the weakest set OF
men they could find to lead the
party.
1t was impossible to nomi.
nate men in favor of gold so the
agents of the Wall street crowd
went down to Raleigh deter.
mined to nominate men that
would split the party and while
they were well tangled up Nc.
Kinley might capture the State.
Kope Elias, from the western
part of the State, boosted while
in Raleigh that Mr.. Cleveland
had told him not to let things
go wrong down here and that
he had come TO the convention
with TWENTY-FIVE REVENUE OF.
Ulcers AS DELEGATES.
Now isn't this a pretty state
Of affairs3 Mr.. Cleveland, a
gold bug" telling Mr.. Elias,
another 'gold bug" not to let
things Ego wrong" down here.
and be making this kind of a
boast. A set Of gold candidates
could not be nominated, but this
agent could assist in nominal.
ing men who could not be elect
ed, and thus throw in men who
favored a single gold standard.
The people of North Carolina,
the south and the west, have
been slaves long enough. 1t is
now time for action. Vote for
men who CAN BIZ ELECTED and
who are in favor of SILVER AS a
MONEY. This is the final strug-
gle. Will they lose or VIM