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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
English ana American skaters.


1t has been said that there are no
skaters on ice in the world as graceful
as the American girls. This may be
due in measure to the difference in
method between the skating Of the
girl Of the new world and her English
sister, but be the cause what it may,
the truth Of the assertion still holds.
An essential feature Of the English
method is to skate with a straight
knee, which cannot be accomplished
to the letter and at the same time give
the graceful, easy stroke which is SO
noticeable a chara cteristic of the
American skater. It cannot be said,
however that the women of the old
country are as prone to adopt this
method as the men, and there are in
England to-day some really fine
skaters. Englishmen as rule execute
their movements on the ice on grand
scale. They appear to be flying rather
than merely gliding over the surface Of
the ice, and some Of their strokes are
really marvels Of strength and skill,
one stroke frequently carrying the
skater the entire length of the rink.
The American skater, however, takes
the stroke with a slightly Bonded knee
and then coming up to the straight
knee movement, makes a most easy
and graceful appearance. w ashington
Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Dividing Line Between Beef and
Milk relnperamentS. ii
TEMPERAMENT IN cows.

Dividing Line Between Beef and
Milk Temper:lments.
Just where the dividing line always
is between beef and milk temporal
ments IS often, in individual cows,
quite hard to determine, but when
hundred COWS are compared, this line
is easily found in ninety-fve Of them,
and the remaining five, it tested for
year with scales and fat tester,
would be less difficult to define. Some
of the chief promoters of the temporal
ment doctrine now are busily engaged
in classifying it, or rather subdivld1ng
it, SO that there now seems to be
sort of trinity combination about it;
Prof. Curiss of Iowa and Hacker of
Minnesota being it's chief priests at
present, the latter having added a
muscular temperament to it, to ap-
ply to a class Of dairy cows that can
not be fattened at all, all the nutrients
fed to them going, if not to milk, to
the muscular system. Of course, all Of
us have thin, sharky cows, that all
"go to" milk or wickedness, but the
cause for it is now announced by Prof.
Hacker, and with all the more proof,
as he himself is one of the kind that
mas all tie nutrients VI Ills lOOu ue-
posted in his nerves and muscles,
never going to visible fat. Hear what
he has to say:
Take an animal with a long spinal
column, a long neck, generally a long
tail, thin tanks, and an animal of that
description you can feed all you want
to and it will never get fat. You
might give me half a dozen meals a
day and l wouldn't get fat. My tenn
permanent prohibits it. Now, in the
third kind Of a COW the nervous tenn
permanent dominates, and it will not
let the nutrients in the blood go to the
muscular system or the vital system,
| but they are conducted down through
| the udder.- You will always notice that
| the best cow always breads cold the
| most. The best cow will always come
to the barn door first to come in. Sim
| ply because the nutrients are not d.
tributed over the body in the form of
flesh, as with the beef animal, or in
the muscular system. What we want
is dairy cow, one in which the mus
cular system has become DORMANT
John Gould in Practical Farmer. w.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07

little fellow; up it went onto the gem,
tlemans broat. shoulders and The
queer pair started for the little hut
hidden away in the copse. Leland said
to the child in Romany, I'VE must be
very careful and not let the police see.
u.s. and that remark established per-
feet confidence between them.
The mother saw them coming and
came out to meet them full Of fright,
for she thought her small son was go
ing to be arrested, but the stranger
threw down the wood and said in a
cheerful tone, and in her own tongue:
Mother, here is some wood we've
been stealing for you.'' The poor
woman gasped with establishment, and
made half articulate sounds when she
tried to speak, and her mysterious Wis
itor disappeared in the gathering dusk
without another word.
A Romany Offer.
All these things are told though
among the gypsies all over England,
and even get printed about from one
side of the ocean to the other, and MI:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
NIOII'S Sly Trick.

Leland is welcomed in many a tent
and van and gets many lesson in
Romany in return; sometimes he is
offered more substantial favors. Once
he happened to stroll over to the
Hamton races in England, the coster-
mongers' races, with only six shillings
(about dollar and half in his peck
ct; meeting an old gypsy friend he
gave her shilling and said, ''I'll stand
that for beer, mother, but that's all
can do to-day, for I've come out with
only shave trin-grush."
Old Liz took the coin and looked at
it and then at the Romany Rye; at last
she shook her head and said: 'Itll
never do, Rye, you ought to have more
than five shillings to see the races
through; eg'lar Romany Rye like you
ought to throw some money around for
the credit Of his people, and if you
want bar Ga pound, or five dollars)
I'll lend it to you and never fear about
it,
Mr.. Leland said he'd pull through on
his five shillings, with all thanks to
his friend, but he was made very hap
py at having a gypsy offer him charity
on the lowest race ground in England.
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rs GIBRALTAR UsELEssF
Tic Range of Modern Artillery Has,
Changed Old Conditions.

Tie Range of Modern Artillery Has,
Changed Old Conditions:
An article of exceptional interest
evidently written by a Spanish mill
tary officer appears in the current
number of the Memorial de Artillia, :,
showing that the extended range OF
modern artillery has completely revo-
lutionized the conditions which have
hitherto enabled Gibraltar to protect
It's own arsenal and dockyard and to
afford safety for vessels at anchor UNI
der the guns of it's fortress.
.3i When Gibraltar was taken by the
English in 1904 the greatest range for
artillery fire was only about .S,OO1a
yards, so that a fleet under the batter
les of Gibraltar was secure against at
tack from the Spanish coast.
It is now pointed out that, with a,
comparatively small expenditure OF
money by the Spanish government,
batteries constructed in the bay of Al,
Geciras, upon the ridge of mountains
known as the Queen of Spain's Chair,
would actually command Gibraltar at
a distance of 5000 yards, and would
be capable Of demolishing the whole
length of the Notifications from the
%0dMSIlcS W IGlllOp1 OlAt.
Spanish batteries would also threaten
the entry Of ships of war to Moles-
Tkis plan would merely involve the
mounting of some forty heavy guns OF
from 4.7-inch to Pinch caliber, and A.
similar number of howitzers.
At the present moment the strategic
al points on this part of the Spanish
coast are entirely nnfortified, and with
Spain's present embarrassmentS in
Cuba and the Philippines, it is not.
likely, as the Broad Arrow points out,
that the Madrid government will take
Immediate action in the matter. But
that these batteries may be construct
| ed some day or other is far from inn
probable, and in view of the great i'm
portance to England of Gibraltar as a
naval base, and the renewed expendl-
ture upon it's combined arsenal and:
| dockyard the subject is beginning to-
attract the serious attention of naval
and military authorities New York
Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Cure for Weak Nerves.

The natural antidote for weak nerves
is the healthy development of the mus
cles that is, of the general muscular
system instead of special muscles only
This can only be done by active cxe
else in the open air, which thoroughly
.oxygenates the blood and wastes the
muscular tissues, thus preparing them.
to be replenished from the food eIe-
ments in the blood. This constant
waste and rebuilding are vital pro-
scesses that measure vitality and eff.
cheney When these go on BEAUTIFULLY
nervousness is never present except by;
some fragrant abuse of the digestive
functions, some unwise drain OF
vital fluid or some eXhausting tension
Of the mind Therefore steer clear OF
these and give proper attention to the
muscles and nervousness will be avoid
le d.--Troy Times.
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ure, gave this description Of the. .eoy,s

ure, gave this description Of the ''eowy
for him. II q S 3
The ideal cow he said, is not.
large; she weighs about 1000 pounds;
she is something like a race horse, for.
speed in the horse and milk in the COW
are closely allied. Beef in a horse ard
beef in a COW mean strength always.
1t is a question Of nerve power, and.
that is something food will not pro-
duce, only maintain. For the typical
dairy cow you must have the race
horse type, bony and muscular, wheth-
Ell she be a HOlstein, a Jersey, or what
ever she may be. You will find her
with bony head and strong jaw, long
between the eyes and nose, with broad
muzzle. She should have very bright,
prOtruding eye-l want a cow can
hang my hat on her eyes. Why?
Simply on account Of her brain power.
It means strong nerve force, and that
means action later on. l want a thin
neck and retreating brisket. The lines
above and below must not be straight,
or she will steal from you; want her
slightly depressed behind the Shout
ders, with sharp chine; I don't want
too straight backbone. She must
have large organs of reproduction "
you don't want a COW with a straight
back; I want her wedge-shaped.
want two wedges, large in rear and
large heart-girth, i. e., between the for
ward legs, sharp on shoulder. This
gives me large heart action and the
strong arterial circulation I want.
Then, last, but by no means least, she
must have good udder, for one half
the value of the cow is in her udder.
She should have a long udder from
front to rear. Then she must have a
good handle on each corner of her nd
der. And why? Because, if she gives
two pals Of milk per day, it is a mat
| ter of some labor to milk her"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Necessity the Mother of Invent1onr
IF a man keeps his eyes open he

Necessity the Mother of Invent1oHI
IF a man keeps his eyes open he
sees many a funny thing while riding
on steamers said a regular patron Of
the Peters avenue line. eff you viii,
take ride on this line some dark
night you will notice that on some of
those back streets where electric lights
are curiosity, frequently ahead Of
the car you will see light waved
across the track, and if you watch
closely you will see the motorman be-
gin applying the brakes and the ear
will stop, and a smiling 'colored gem
tleman will board the car, and, laugh
singly. say that he got this car to stop
for him. I found, upon asking CON
$ductor one day, that the negroes I'm
this part of the town have caught On
to the fact that as that part of the
city is black at night the motormen OF
the swift-moving cars cannot detect
their presence on the track in suf6-,
cient time to stop their cars for them,
so they, fguratively speaking; hang
out a light for the car to stop, and ii
seems to work both to the satisfaction
of the colored population and the mo
tormen on the cars" Necessity is the
mother of invention, and it seems oHr
tcolored brother has hit upon scheme
to offset the lack Of lights on those.
streets back of town trayersed by cleo
trio cars. New Orleans Picayune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Gen. Grants Two Tunes.

8 "A drum corpse in passing caught
sight of the general, and at once it
struck UP a then popular negro camp.
meeting air. Everyone began to laugh.
and Rawlins cried, Good for the
.drummels!'' whats the fun o. in
quired the general by. was the
reply, .they are playing, Amt I Glad
to Get Out OBJ de Wilderness!' The
general smiled at the ready wit of the
musicians, and said, Well, with me q
musical joke always requires explana-
ton. Il know only two tunes; one is
Yankee Doodle and the other ism -
Century.
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2 i
Mr.. Leland knows more Romany than
they do, and more about gypsies the
world over, they will beg him to tell
their fortunes and he will look at
their. palms studiously and do it! His
friends tell him that this is the height
of all cheek-to start in to tell gypsy
girls their fortunes!
Leland delights in playing many
tricks that are very gypsylike in
spirit. Wood is scarce in England, and
every twig is looked upon as property,
and to take one is to steal. One even
ing when he was walking in the coun-
try in England he came in a remote
lane on little gypsy boy dragging a
aJsag full of wood; it was clear enough
that he had neither begged nor bought
! It, and he cast a frightened, despairing
look at the well dressed gentleman
who had caught him, but the well
dressed gentleman said, "Larishan,' =
which is Romany for How do you
do?' and offered to carry his wood for
him.
4. The lead was much too heavy for the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
CAPTURING WILD HORSES.
Australian Hunters Are Skillful In
Handling the LassO.

Australian Hunters Are SkillfU1 In
Handling the LassO.
The Australian herds of wild horses
number from ten to twelve animals
each, made up Of mares and one stall
ion. No stallion will allow another
stallion in his herd, and stubborn fights:
frequently occur between horses owing
to this. The beaten moleS, after being
expelled, join herds exclusively OF
stations On any herds being sighted
by hunters, a good idea can generally
be formed by the experienced man as
to which route the animals will take in
their way to the rugged hills, for
which they invariably make when dis
turbed. A scheme is mapped out to-
cut them off if possible. and the party
scatters each to take up his allotted
position. Of course, while doing this,
every advantage is taken Of the natur-
al inequalities Of the ground, so rs to
escape observation. When the alarm
is given. however, all need for caution
| is at an end, and each hunter puts his
steed in full gallop. The stallion,
the head Of the herd, boldly comes oat
to meet him and endeavors to distract
attention from the rest. s2
In some rare Instances he is lassoeG
aud captured at once, but he generally
manages to rejoin his wives, which,
by this time, have trooped Tito single
file, with the favorite mares in the
lead. Should the herd be turned and
get into difficulties tine stallion takes
up his position in the van, and the
! great object is to shut him off from the
: rest. Should this be accomplished,
both he and the mares become con-
fused, and the lassoers often manage
to take two OF three per man. In
stances have been known where horses
have been thrown to the ground by the,
hunters giving a violent jerk to the
animals tail when it was making an
abrupt turn. When the quarry IS
brought down, either by this method
or the use of the lasso, the rider
1. jumps from his steed, whips blind
err "a handkerchief is used when there
is nothing else procurable) over the
PROSTATE horses eyes, and straps mp
one of his forelegs securely. II this is
properly done the animal may be safe
" left until called for" for no horse
thus secured can stray far Chambers
Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Care of CaIving..

After having used all possible care
in selecting the cow, a dairyman is re-.
ported in the Wisconsin Farm Insti-
tutes to have said, and after you have
religiously resolved to treat her with
kindness and consideration, your prof
it's for the year all depend on the treat
ment you give her for thirty days after
freshening. Give special attention to
her general condition and health prior
to this time-a prosperous, thriving,
upgrade condition preferred. 1t is
after freshening that all the skill and
judgment of the herdsmea is called for.
She should have box stall, and in
winter weather should be kept blanket
ed and absolutely free form drafts of
cold air for thirty days. All water
given should have the chill taken off,
and she should receive small quantities
frequently, especially for few days.
Remember the cow has more or less
fever at this time, her temperature
ranging from 1O3 to lob ID, OR even
1O4 degrees is often reached without
any apparent physical disturbance,
For this reason, coupled with the fact
that she is a mother, performing the
functions Of maternity she is sick
COW, and in all cases should be treated
as such .Twenty-four hours previous
to parturition we administer one-hali
ounce of nitrate of potash in one pound
of salts. After freshening she should
receive ten grains of aconite twice 8
day, counterfeit the fever. If she is
a heavy mixer, give no slop food fora
week, OF until the danger period is
passed. Do not expect an increased
flow Of milk until the fever subsidies
and she resumes her normal condition
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Dairy Notes.


The richer the food the better the
manure.
Milk from fresh COW produces the
most perfect flavor of butter.
s The cost of support is in proportion
to weight; but the yield in butter is not
in such pOpOrtion.
Slightly new cream needs churning a
few degrees lower than sour cream
cream that has stood for several days.
No matter in what shape the flavor
exists in butter. we know that it is ex-
ceedingly volatile and escapes easily.
Butter that is washed until it is dry
and hard usually lacks that quick,
fresh taste that is in butter not sc dry
and hard.
When butter is worked very dry the
grains of salt left in it are not dis
solved and remain in gritty condi.
ton.
The principal advantage with Jersey
milk it that the proportions of all Of
it's solids are greater and of water less
than the average milk.
Heifer calves should be fed clover
hay, grass and Oat meal, and such
foods as will stimulate milk-produc-
ton.
"a COW should always be MIXED clean
to the last drop in the udder, as on
that practice the durat ton of her milk
ing season will largely depend.
The heifer that is expected to make
good dairy COW should always be
kept in a good, thrifty condition-not
stunted in growth at any timeas this
4,
to maturity.
Breeders Of the small dairy cows
claim that large cows eat in proportion
to their size, and have to consume
such a large amount Of food to sustain
life that it renders them unproltab BILE
The profit in butter-m making IS thai
amount received over and above the
cost of caring for and feeding the
COW, with interest on her value and
other expenses of caring for her.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Barn Germs in Dairies,

Bacteria are constantly present in the
air Of the dairy room or stable. The
number found in the stable in one case
at 5 a. m. before beginning barn work
was 17S in 81 cubic inches of air. An
hour later at close Of milking, 1913. At
$50, at close of feeding hay, 504, and
then later decreased. All of which
emphasizes the point that every care
full dairyman practices the stirring up
of as little dust as possible before or
during milking.
1t has also been found that the num-
Der Of bacteria in milk is far less when
the udder is carefully washed and
wiped than when it is not cleaned.
Now, as these bacteria are the causes
of fermentation or decay and are ia
vorable to other bad qualities, we can
not be too careful to keep the milk
free from them. The germ of consump-
ton Tor tuberculosis bacillus) may be
in the spit Of animals or persons; if it
dries in corner the germs mingle with
dust and then are easily carried
through the air to infect milk or ami
mails.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
Hunting with n Mirror.

A taxidermist at Northwood, N. Y,
has been making experiments as to the
effect of light reflected in birds eye.
A glass seven or eight inches in diam
eter has been found most serviceable.
The antics of the blue jays are remark
able when the light strikes them as
they sit in the shadow Of an evergreen
tree. They jump to another branch
and try to look into the light, but they
have to turn away, as the light Gaz-
zles them. Then they fly around the
reflector, but after practice one is able
to keep the light always on them, and
the birds not infrequently come with
in reach Of a mans hand.
A ruf1ed grouse gives startled look
when the light strikes it. Then it
jumps and away it goes. Hawks, too,
are usually startled or annoyed so that
they fly off. Woodpeckers don't seem
to mind it at all.
Rabbits blink and stare at a glass for
awhile, then go around a stump and
sit up again, as if waiting for the light
to play tag with them. New York Sun.
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Proof.

Sometimes a horrible doubt comes
over me, and I can't believe you love
me more than you did your first wife,
Yet, in all of the four years that we
lived together she never wore a waist
that hooked up on the shoulder, be-
cause she didn't dare to ask me to fast
en- it for herr
And he was never doubted again.
Cleveland Leader. 81.
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A Little Gypsy Thief,

But though gypsies never believe in
their own fortune telling, and will
never try to palm off their prophecies
on those. who know their tongue and
their ways, they always think there is
such a thing as true fortune telling,
and sometimes when they find that
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Dairyman Gould, in a recent lect-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-20

CHICAGO. Apdl 20-- rbough u grave
had DeeI dug in Rose HUI cemetery
Tor the body Of LsO w. Daniels, the
real estate dealer who died al Whiting,
Int, on Thursdsy OF last week from
the effects o. a buI'a, wound, the BODY
WAS not buried. Murder 10 suspected
by the relatives anu friends OF the
family. While the last religious ser.
vices were In progress In the Dinies
homo the police decided to Temporarily
prevent inierment. Before the
coItege had reached the gate OF the
cemetery, Supt. Scott was prepared 10
obey tequestithe.of the authorities that
The body be placed in q vault to allow
tie doctors t. make post mortem ex-
animation. The widow not Satisfied
with the verdict OF ths coroneT's Jury
In regard to the death OF her husband.
she claims that he was murdered and
has asked the police to work ON the
case. The visit Of Daniels to the
Indiana suburb cannot be accounted
Tor by Mrs. Daniels. With others she
firmly believes ne was decOyed to
town on pretended business deal anu
there drus ged and aiteIward shot. He
10 known to have hal n roll OF bills "a
his pocket on the DAY Of his disappear.
nnce.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-20

battle that hal take place at LJc hiei
between Ave soldieFs aud some out
laws who are oauy wanted by the
Mexican officials. LOchlel In village
situated on tue BOUNDARY line between
tle United States AMI NJ KIDD.
The baudits, An. el EGalante, Geo.
Brady anu others wEo nad been stay
ing o. the ArlzIua 81 e OF the line, got
dfunk aud went over tO the Mexican
side, and began TO make trouble. A
cltzen was immediate y sent cut for
5anta Cfuz, sOme m,!es distant, u
notify the authorities Of the Outlaws'
appesrAnce Ia SJnoIa. Gu hearing
he pews tue pr Silent dispatched i've
sOldIcf- 20 captuie item. Fhe sOlulefe
arrivei at IL ,cbIei in tue evening anu
they Immediately went 10 al adobe
nouse where the men were. The sol.
diefs reques ed them to eurrenuer,
whereupDn the ba dits all drew guns
and cum np.ced TO fire, retteating
throuSh the back door. In the o.
counter wolcn .nsued eighty shots
were exchanged, and resui ell Ia thu
ling Of one bandit anu tue wounI-
ing OF II soldier. After the ammuni.
ton hal given out tue dtBpersdoes
Returned to the Arz ma HiJe, taking
their dead compauIou with them and
the soldiers were compelled TO return
to Santa Cruz empty handel. An
effort viii probably ba made to extra
uitv tue law bTesk.rs.