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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01
"FUNCTlONS' IN COAL MINES.
Iowa Church Members Uncarth a New
Place for Fashionable Capers.

Iowa Church Members Uncarth New
Place for Fashionable Capers. e.t
From the Detroit Free Press: The
latest fad in Iowa is the holding OF I'M
derground church socials. The Pres
byterian church members are the latest
to give one Of these unique enter
tainments that are becoming popular
all over the state in districts where
coal mines exist The latest, held at
Seymour, was 240 feet below the sur
face of the EARTH One hundred and
sixty men, women and children, in re-
spouse to an invitation issued by the
young ladies of the Presbyterian
church, gathered at the opening Of the
mine, where they were provided with
common miners lamps, that were
placed in caps furnished them. They
all carried lunch baskets and a tin cup
and were dressed in old Clothes There
were many who had never before been
down in coal mine, and to them an
explanation of the details of the mine
were most interesting. Courteous and
obllging miners were there to explain
everything to the satisfaction Of the
unlnltiated. Excursion trains were run
to every part of the mine, and the on
ly charge was to keep "heads down."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01
Learning the Town.

Kentuckian-"Wen. sir. have VOL
canvassed our town pretty thoroughly
in order to secure the views of our
citizens as to the success of your en-
terprise?" Capitalist-'I think / have
called upon about all of your prominent
business men," Kentuckian-"Havo
you talked with Col. Potts YETI" Capt.
talist- "Potts? No; 7 don't believe
have met him." Kentuckian-s.Yor
ought to see Col. Potts by all means
He's one of our most influential citi-
zens." Capitalist-"I guess I'd bette,
hunt him up. What street is Col
Potts saloon on?''-New York World
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01

He was detained by snow-storm in
a small town, the one "hotel" OF which
could scarcely be said to deserve the
name. It was crowded to overflow
ing, and the traveller was assigned to
a room in company with a tall, hard
featured backwoodsman, who seemed
inclined to give the stranger a cordial
welcome.
There's only one objection to your
sleeping with me-" he said, heartily
land that amt any objection to me
but you may feel different about it.
You see, I'm an old trapper, and I gen
orally bark back to the past in my
dreams, and live over the days when
l was shooting wild animals and kill
ing Injuns.
where I stopped last night they
charged me two dollars extra because
I happened to white up part of the
foOt-bOard while l was dreaming. But
| feel kind of calm and Deaceable to-
night, and like as not I may lay still
as a Kitten"
The traveller surveyed the narrow
bed, and reflected that he was about
half the size of his prospective bed.
fellow, and a sound sleeper into the
bargain. He sat up in one chair with
his feet IN another that night.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01

successful practitioners of the present
day.
And just here I want to say that
-hot-Water bags and hot-water cans if
hepl mandy by, and used whenever
there was any reasonable excuse for it.,
would save many sick spell and more
uoctors' bills than those who never
use not water can imagine. I have
pallent who is and has for many years
oeen almost an invalid. Only the most
palnstaklng care has kept her on her
ieet. She is subject to neuralgias and
chllls and low state of vitality gen.
orally, and finds it impossible to keep
warm in a quite comfortable temporal
ture. Some years ago she had several
cans made for holding hot water. They
held about one gallon each, and had
screw taps to close them. They are
hlled with hot water and kept at her
reet at night or in her easy chair dur
Ing the day. Whenever she has one
Sot the chilly spells from which she
suffers so much she wraps herself up
warmly, places one can at her feet and
another at her side or back and curls
nerselt up for cozy nap. In almost
every instance she wakens up re-
freshed and bright and able to go on
with whatever she has in hand. Before
she adopted the hot-water theory, she
used to try in vain to get sleep or rest.
She tossed and writhed and ached with
WEAKNESS and exhaustion. Now the
cheering warmth rests and restores
her, and almost Immediately she falls
into sound and refreshing sleep,
from which she awakens really bene-
hted in mind and body The heat
draws the blood from the brain, equal
ICES the circulation and increases the
vitality
1T is one of the most difficult things
imaginable to make people understand
the value Of heat in almost all minor
disorders. Whenever the system be-
comes what is popularity spoken of as
run down. there is a feeling of chilli
ness which is not only exceedingly I'M
comfortable, but may be the forerun-
ner of illness. If the temperature can
be kept up to the normal one may as
'Slst nature to shake off the disease
We are very far from knowing Just
what the effect of medicine is on the
human system. We know that it helps
to remove distractions and restores
lost conditions, but precisely how it
does this is not as yet given to us
to comprehend.
There are certain things that we
know will produce certain results, and
many Of these are exceedingly simple,
and within the reach of every one To
keep the feet dry and warm, the body
prote cted from chills and the diges-
tive organs moderately we'll supplied
with nourishing food is to go a long
way on the road to good health. It is
not generally understood that hot
water bag applied to the stomach is
a better aid to digestion than all of the
dinner pills and powders ever COM
pounded and put upon the market 1t
seems quite as little known that a glass
of cold water at the end of a meal has
been the first cause of more dyspepsia
than doctors have ever cured. A little
hot drink at meals, and a great deal
of hot water bags and cans would save
untold suffering, and keep many a per-
son in the enjoyment of excellent
health"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01
It Raises q Doubr.

Soxey-"I am beginning to disbelieye
the classics" Knoxey-.I don't un-5
derstand.' Soxey-"The old Greek;
poets and historians cracked up their
countrymen as fighters, and think the
old dodgers must have been noyelists
writing in rhyme. Pittsburg News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01
SMART YOUNG SAILORS.

The boys responded with surprls-
ing quickness and good order. This
is the second life they have saved this
WINTER These were the concluding
words of a statement made by Com
mander Field of the school-ship st.
Mary's at meeting of the Board of
Education of New York city, few
months ago, regarding a rescue made
by the boys of his ship.
On the night of the 23d of February,
after the boys on the St. Mary's had
turned in, the cry was raised on the
wharf at the foot of which the ship
lies, in New York, that man had
fallen overheard in the North River.
The boys turned out, lowered a boat,
and in moment were off to the res
cue. Just as the man rose for the
last time they pulled him in, and in
an insensible condition he was taken
to the hospital, where he revived.
The next moment would have been
the mans last, and the least delay on
the part OF the handy boys would have
been fatal to him. But if they had been
capable of delays they would not have
been good sailors, and they made no
delays and did no bungling
The Scholarship on which these bows
acted so bravely and promptly this
time, and have acted as promptly and
effectually before, is, though command
ed by an officer of the United States
navy, a part of the public school sys-
tenn OF New York city. The boys are
just such as go to the public schools
in the most crowded parts of the me-
tropolis
They are good material for the MAX
Jig OF prompt, quick, ready and intelli-
gent sailors, and-for much the same
causes as those which make them good
sailors-for the making of good citi-
zens as we'll.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01
TOO RISKY.

II 1t is true, as is generally conceded,
that one must be easy in mind and
body to go to sleep quietly, it seems un-
likely that a recent sojourner in a
western state can have passed a restfu]
n; ght on one occasion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01
KEEP WARM NOW.
II II Y S lClA MS VICE TO
HEALTH SEEKERS.
ot water and Hot Bags Should Be
nept Near in the Very Warmest
weather - Keep the Feet Dry and
Warm.

T may seem a far
fetched caution to
tell my patients to
be sure and keep
warm when the
thermOmete r is
ranging around in
the seventies and
eighties, but that is
just. what 1 find it
needful to do said
'ono nf tho moct
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01
Ahead of Him.

4. MI. sprockett- You are improving
in your bicycle riding, then?'' Miss
Bloomer -"Oh, yes; I rode over Ave-.
miles today and ] kept ahead Of your
brother all the way you don't saw
SOL Yes; we were on tandem. -
Yonkers Statesman.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01
AT the Whist Climb

Mr.. Wiggles-"Did YOU 90 tn the
whist club today?" Mrs. Wigg1es-
Eyes, Mr.. Wiggles-|What was the
subject for discussion this afternoon 2"
-SOmerville Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01

Gloves for use in husking corn are
MADE with steel point inside the palm
TO project out beyond the forefnger
and rip the husks open.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01
up to that point is worth $50 in the
market any day.

There are innumerable small cages,
made of wood and wire, in this room,
and also two or three large cages in
which number of the birds are placed
together. Near the bird organ is what
appears to be an ordinary cupboard.
The two front doors have an orna-
mental opening cut in them, quite SIM
liar to the openings in the body of a
violin. Examination shows that the
affair is really built on the principle
Of a violin, the front covers serving as
scunding-boards. When the birds are
having their voices trained they are
placed in this dark cupboard and also
in some smaller ones, constructed so
as to just take in one of the little wood
en- cages each. Kept thus in the dark,
tention from the notes of the bird Or
gan, and so long hours are spent by the
little pupils in piping up their little
voices to the lead of the mechanical
teacher. When their education has
been completed they are shipped in the
little cages to the New York, Cincin-
natl and Chicago markets.
Purchasers suppose that when they
buy bird in one of these little cages
it is guarantee that they have been
Imported. Not so, however, The
cages are made in Milwaukee, even to
the little earthenware drinking-jug
that is fastened Within And just here
a word Of advice to buyers of canaries
The male birds are, of course, the sing
ers, and it is important to be able to
tell the male from the female The
female has a white shade or simmer
across the feathers on the top of the
head. The eye of the female also is
surrounded by a little white rim OF
the flesh, easily detected by the fan
cier.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01
CANARY-BlRD CULTURE.

The Milwaukee Sentinel claims that
that city supplies the United States
with the bulk of the Hartz Mountain
canaries, and that there is no great
crime in the deception, for the Milwau-
kee bird IL really an improvement on
the imported article, having just as
fine a voice and being much harder.
Experience has shown that the i'm
ported singer loses the power of trans
uniting his voice to the young after
passing through an American winter
This is the case, also, it is said, with
the Tyrolean singers who come to this
country, theil voices losing the pe-
culiar Alpine yodling quality when
they have been here a year.
Before they are mated the hen birds
are kept in separate cages in the music
room, carefully fed and made to listen
to the mu.ic of the singers and the ma
chine used in training their voices. In
this way the hen is enabled to trans
NIT the best musical quality to it's Off
spring. The mushroom is a large one
with a south exposure, and is kept
with the same scrupulous neatness as
the breeding-room. In the corner OF
this room is the bird organ, and with
it the little birds are given their vocal
training When the machine is start
ed the notes emitted are wonderfully
like the song of the untutored canary
These notes are known to rd-trainers
by the term pfeiffen. Gradually the
whistle strikes on to different line
It is an Improvement over the pfeiffen
and it is called klingel role. A higher
step still is called the klingel, and a
still higher step hohl klingel. Lastly
comes what is called hohl rollen, and {
bird whose voice has been developed
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01
IN THE ODD CORNER.
SOME STRANGE, QUEER AND
CURIOUS PHASES OF LIFE.
The Famous Tulip Mania-At One Time
Nearly Every Family in Holland Had
One-When the Thames Ran Dry
A Curious Chinese Monastery,
The Old Armchair

LOVE 1t, / love 1t;
and who shall dare
To chide me for low
ing that old arm
chair?
I've treasured it long
as a Sainted prize,
I've bedeW'd it with
tears, and e m =
balm'd it w i t h
signs;
IT is bound by a
thousand bands to
my heart:
Not a. tie will break,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-05-06
The Cheerful Face.

Next to the sunlight of heaven is
the cheerful face. There is no mis-
taking 1.-THE bright eye, the un-
clouded brow, the sunny smile, all
tell Of that which dwells Within
Who has not felt its electrifying in
fuence? One glance at this face
lifts us out of the mists and shadows
into the beautiful realm of hope
One cheerful face in the household
will keep everything light within.
1t may be very plain face, but
there is something in it we feel, yet
cannot express and its CHEEKY smile
sends the blood dancing through the
veins for very joy. All, there is n
world of magic in a plain, cheerful
face, and we should not eX-
change it for all the soulless beauty
that ever graced the fairest form on
earth. 1t may he little face, but
somehow this CHEEKY face ever shines
and the shining is 50 bright the
shadows cannot remain, and silently
they creep away into dark corners.
1t may be a wrinkled face, but it is
all the dearer for that, and none the
less cheerful. We linger near it,
and gaZed tenderly upon it, and say,
/" God bless this dear, happy face !"
We must keep it with us as long as
we can, for home will lose much of
its brightness when this sweet face
is gone. And after it is gone, how
the remembrance Of it softens our
way through life!
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-05-06
Legal Plea for Her Hand.

The judges daughter was per.
turbed.
Papa" she said, knitting her
pretty brow, "l am in doubt as tC
whether 1 have kept the proper
form of procedure. In law one can
err in so many little technicalities
that am ever fearful. Now last
evening George"
The judge looked at her so sharply
over his glasses that she einvoluntarily
paused.
81 thought you had sent him
about his business" he said.
81 did hand down an adverse de-
cision," she answered, "and he de-
clared that he would appeal. How
| ever, L convinced him that | was
the Court of last resort in a case like
that, and that no appeal would he
from my decision"
Possibly the Court was assuming
little more power than rightfully
belongs to it," said the Judge,
thoughtfully but let that pass
What did he do then ?"
He filed petition for a rehear-
ing"
1.-The usual course" said the Judge,
"but it is usually nothing but a
mere formality."
$50 l thought" replied the girl.
81 was prepared to deny it without
argument, but the facts set forth in
his petition were sufficient to make
me hesitate and wonder whether his
case had really been properly pre-
sented at the first trial"
Upon what grounds did he make
the application ?" asked the Judge,
scowling.
WE'LL" she replied, blushing a
little, "you see, he proposed by let
ter, and his contention was that the
case was of that peculiar character
that cannot be properly presented
by briefs but demands oral ar
guments. The fact that the latter
had been omitted, he held, should
be held in error, and the point was
such novel one that l granted his
petition, and consented to hear the
whole case again. Do you think"
81 think" said the judge, "that
the Court favOrs the plaintiff"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-05-06
Fulflllment OF Prophecy.
Editor Greenbrier Independent.

Editor Greenbrier Independent
More than twenty-four hundred
years ago the prophet Daniel, in
forecasting the future history of the
world penned the 44th & 45th verses
of the NJ Chapter of his prophecy.
These two verses have been for
many years Interpreted to be pre-
diction of the final overthrow of the
Turkish dominion. The 44th verse
says: " But tidings out of the east
and out Of the north shall trouble
him; therefore he shall go forth
with great fury to destroy and ut
terly to make away many"
We find this to agree exactly with
the conditions existing to-day. We
are told in the news of the day that
the present Sultan was troubled by
news of Russia's warlike prepare.
tions on the north, and of Armenia's
devotion on the east. Therefore he
went forth with great fury to utterly
destroy, and, as the passage means,
to devote to utter destruction many.
He went forth to utterly destroy the
Armenians and Cretans.
Whether this is to be the final
overthrow of Islam or not we do
not say, but the conditions now ex-
listing are those foretold by Daniel
more than two thousand years ago.
And if the times be fulfilled, then
the predictions made in the 45th
verse will also he fulfilled. And
" he shall come to his end; none
shall help him."
We all know that when other ma
tions shall cease to help him he will
come to his end. We hope that
time has now come.
But how could Daniel more than
twenty-four hundred years ago fore
tell the conditions under which this
power would rise, decline and fall?
All literature does not contain.
outside of the Apocalypse, marvel
so great, a creation so wonderful.
M. A. ID.
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out in two plates. The stern Sur
ge0n-General smiled and smiled
again as the piles grew higher and
higher. Then with extreme care he
poured all into big glass jar la
belled "Quinine." Before the dolls
left the hospital they were again
plump with sawdust and resplendent
In their finery. The stern Surgeon
General carried them home with him.
At the door Alice met him with
wifely smiles, and all his sternness
vanished as her curls touched the gold
stars on his collar. For the Surgeon
General was Alice's john"
Such happy Christmas-eve they
had, even in beleaguered Richmond
And, oh, the delight which Willie
and Lily danced into their parents
room next morning, to show the
magnificent Yankee dolls that Santa
Claus had sent to them!
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-05-06

FAITHFUL TO HIS CAPTAIN
That was loyal if not very gentle
answer once made by private
soldier to Frederick the Great of
Prussia, as the story Is told in Har-
per'S Round Table:
During a campaign in Silesia the
king made 1t his habit 70 stroll
through his camp in disguise at
night, to come into closer relations
with his soldiers. One night he was
stopped by sentry, but, giving the
proper password, was permitted to
proceed. Instead of doing so, how
ever, he endeavored to tempt the
sentry into accepting a cigar, saying
that smoke would solace his long
watch.
" 1t is against the rules" said the
soldier.
But you have my permission" !"
said Frederick.
Your permission !" cried the sol
dier. And who are you ?"
- am the king"
"The king be hanged I" said the
incorruptible sentry. L" What
would my captain say?"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-05-06
That Terrible Boy.
HE EXPLAINED MATTERS WHICH
HIS MOTHER DID NOT
WANT KNOWN.

A woman, accompanied by her son
who was about nine years old, were
passengers on the Staten Island boat
the other day. She was very nervous
woman, and he boy who wanted
to see what was going on. He
wanted to see the boat leave the
slip, but the mother seized his hand
and said:
Harry, what did / tell you?-
Now, you sit right down and be
quiet !"
Later on he wanted to see Castle
William and Ellis Island, but she
gave him cuff on the ear and ex-
claimed:
Harry, must l whip you before
all these people ?"
&" But can't 1 see something" he
protested.
Yes, you can look around the
cabin"
He was quiet for five minutes, and
then edged away to look at an ocean
steamer. He had only reached the
window when his mother was after
him, and as she took him and fopped
him down, she said:
81 don't know why brought you
alongw
81 do" he answered.
"The idea of you acting as you
do !"
" You brung me along" he con-
tinued, in voice which reached
every part of the cabin, "because
you was going to get married and
give me new pa, but when we got
there he didn't show up, and l hope
he never will"
During the next ten minutes that
boy had the range of the boat, while
his mother sat bolt upright and kept
her eyes fastened on the ceiling.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-05-06
A SEAsICK Ships CARpENr,

A SEASICK SHIPS CARPENTER,
Once when tho Pensacola was COM
ing up to San Francisco from the
South seas, somewhere off Homo
lulu she met gale that almost laid
her down. Carpenter McGloin, II
privileged character who invariably
became seasick in heavy weather,
promptly went to bed. Finally ii
was reported to the captain that
something was wrong with the FORE
tOpmast. The captain sent for Nc
Gloin, and the carpenter staggered
on deck.
"Get up there" commanded the
Captain, "and see what's the matter
at the foretop."
" Up that mast?" gasped McGloin.
The proposition so dazed him that
he lost his breath.
Up that mast" reiterated the
Captain, land find out what's the
matter at the foretOp.n
Captain," said McGloin, in a last
despairing protest, "do you really
mean that you want me to 90 up that
mast in this storm, with this shil
going this way, and see what's wrong
with that foretop?"
You heard what ] said," ex.
claimed the Captain, losing patience
at last; "now get up that mast, and
be quick about it, too"
Captain" said McGloin, sol.
emnly, eff there was four-inch
plank from here to Brooklyn, I'D
walk home.n
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Two Thousand Pigs.

A butcher, residing in a country
town was afflicted with terrible
lisp. One sale-day, being suddenly
seized with an inspiration to raise
his own pork, he invested in a few
pigs; but having no place ready for
their immediate occupation, he
called upon neighbor whom he
knew had an empty sty.
thay, old man." he began, /" 1
have juth bought a few pigth.-
Could you lend me your thty?"
Certainly, if it is any use. But
how many pigs have you? The sty
Is none too large"
"Oh, only two thowth and pigth."
"Two thousand pigs! Good gaa-
cious! 1t wouldn't hold two hun.
dred ="
II did not sthay two thowthand
pigth. / thed two thowth and
pigth !"
Yes, hear; and it won't take Il
qnarter Of them. It's no use."
You don't understand me-" said
the poor fellow. 81 do not mean
two thowthand pigth Il mean two
thowth and pigth."
Well, you couldn't get twenty
in; so there -
~ don't want to I" exclaimed the
lisper, excitedly. "There are not
two thowthand pigth, but two thowth
and pigth" (gesticulating)--"t two
thowth and pigth, tell youu" And
SO he kept on in vain; until at last a
happy thought struck him. 81 did
not mean two thowthand pigth, but
two thowth and two pigth !"
He got the sty.