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The Princeton union., 1898-07-14
Eritain's TripIet OF Crosses.

From the Boston Transcript: Great
Britain's national flag has been GALES!
"a triplet of crosses" for 1t is com posed
of the cross of St. George, the cross OF
st. Andrew and the cross of St. Patrick.
Thus, the flag of est. George for AIar-
rie England" red cross on a white
ground, the red lines drawn STRAIGHT
from top to bottom and from side to
side; the flag of St. Andrew for Scot
land, a white cross on a blue ground.
the fas of St. Patrick for Ireland, red
cross on a white ground, the narrow
red lines drawn from corner to corner.
By placing the cross of St. George on
that OF St. Andrew we have "the lack.
as ordered in 1905 by James l.. whose
signature was always Jacques" hence
the expression "the jack BY laving
the cross Of St. Patrick over that OF s;
Andrew and then placing that of ST
George over both we have "the union
jack as borne since the union with
Ireland in 1900.
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DISPUTES WITH CABBY.
The New System of COMPUTING Fa,

The New System of Computing Fares
introduced in France and Germ,nv.
Americans travelling in Europe will
chant paeans of praise to the mali
who invented the new cab system
which both Germany and France have
to a large extent adopted. Heretofore.
IN preparing schedule, it was neces-
sary to make large allowance of
time for conversation with cabmen.
NO matter how we'll one might know
the rates, cab ride was bound to end
In a heated discussion. If the cabman
was English, he bullied and he threat
ened; if French, he argued; if Italian
or Spanish, he pleaded; if German, ne
grCW1ed, and, no matter what his na-
tlonality might be, he persisted until
the traveller lost his temper or weakly
capituiated in order to stop the rcv.
Now, all that is changed. An indica-
tor that looks Ike a big cyclometer is
fastened to the back of the coachnan's
box where the occupant Of the cab ca1
see it. When the cab starts the driver
sets the instrument going, and at the
end of the drive one can tell to cent
what the fare should be. Rates have
been readjusted to suit this new svs-
TEN, and the charge is made by the
minute, so that If one takes a cab for
short drive one pays for a few min
utes only, instead of giving the regu-
lar fee for course The cabmen sav
that in spite of this arrangement they
make more money than they did under
the old system. For hundreds of per-
sons will pay the present price to save
themselves short walk where not one
would have thought it worth while to
spend the price of a course for the
same distance. The only sufferers
from the innovation are the horses,
which are kept perpetually on the 20
now that SO many more persons ride,
and when one considers the forlorn
condition of the average European cab
horse it is question whether the ad-
ditional comfort to the public justifes
another imposition upon the long suf-
fering brute. Unfortunately, the new
plan has not yet been tried in London,
where, of all places, it is most needed,
and, for the present, travellers must
reconcile themselves td the wear and
tear upon nerves and temper which
are inevitable results of communion
with the London cahhv ..-s -
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I'D kinder like to-" drawled Jim
Green, the village Hercules, diverting
attention from the angry Smouse, "but
the folks won't let me. My mommer
says I amt big enough
For shame!" cried the hoarse voice
of the hunchback; "for shame. to loaf
at your mothers apron strings, when
those'-he pointed to the papers
strewn upon the aoor-"when those
call on you to fight '..
Fight" echoed Jim, what for? 1
amt goin' to be shot for lot of dirty
Cubans. Worse n greasers, anyway"
For your flag, for your country
your country, right or wrong. If I
had your strength, if T. he broke off
with a muttered curse
why don't you enlist, Humpy?" said
the Man in Politics, with an airy wink
at his constituents "Quit chouping
wood; you can't make nothin' now it's
a dollar cord an board yourself.
Turn out that plug of yourn an git.
Never mind your shape your arms as
strong as another's. an you can holler
Remember the Maine! with the best of
'em. Here's the stage. boys. Skedad-
de-
In the stampede which followed San
dy Hartog mounted Nell and rode
homeward through the gathering dusk.
On, past fields of dried-out grain, past
the Brush Hills, laden with chemisal;
through them, and beyond, to where
La Panza mountain scared upward
to the eastern sky. Halfway up the
precipitous slope perched the cabin on
a knoll-a solitary spot, fit abode for
lonely, morbid man.
Not morbid now. The pent-up misery
OF childish years, the adventurous
longlngs Of his youth, the bitterness
of manhood forswearing woman's
love or homely joys-all had vanished
in the gathering dusk. At last he felt
a man. Characteristic of change in
the dreamer, he fell to making plans
considering ways and means. Nell must
go.
Il wouldn't sell you old girl he
muttered, not for lapful of sparkling
gold twenties, but you can't go with
me, and | couldn't turn you loose to
starye. One shot and it's all over. For
our country and our flag"
He put his arm about her neck in
mute farewell; shot. rang out upon
the still night air; Nell's ha1f-starved
life was over. Unlocking the clumsy
cabin door, glancing hastily around to
see that all was well, he made for the
farthest corner Of the room, loosening
plank under which lay concealed the
spare savings OF years enough. he
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HIS COUNTRY'S FLAG.

Through the witheTed fields of grain
rode the hunchback, Sandy Hartog. on
MS blind old buckskin, Nell. Rarely
ne descended from his mountain home; !;
keeeslnly esl alive to his deformity, he dread
ed the rough good nature Of Vaquero
Water.
Amt ben down lately commented
the ledge" postmaster, notary, store
keeper, all in one-..not up-to-date on
war matters?"
WAR" cried the hunchback tsWho
WIN! What for?" '.s
Reckoned as much," returned the
otner with complacent chuckle. "Set
rlgnt down in the store, Sandy, an read
yer papers. You'll find 'em real eye
openers. Hold on till the stage comes
IN an get the latest news
Inc hunchback hesitated, then
turned and entered the darkening store.
10 MS relief it was deserted by the
usual frequenters; neither lazy Jim
dreen, the Man in Politics, nor Smouse,
the socialist of the hills, was there He
strode to where the western light fl
tered through a dingy pane, and there
read on, absorbed, breathless. For him
no waiting day by day for new develop
ments; relentlessly, from the sinking of
the Maine to the call for volunteers,
Earched events to the inevitable end
Inc evening loafers, unheeded,
dropped in by twos and threes, lounged
on the nail kegs near the door and
awaited their sole touch of contact with
the outside world, the stage from Las
PeEtas. Sprawling on the counter was
the. Man in Politics, a person of i'm
portance in the village. His voice,
raised in lazy scorn, broke in upon
the h'1nchback's reverie: ~.
Fight! Not if know it! I've been
waiting ten years to get my hand into
the county treasury. It's in now, thank
the Lord, and I don't take it out for
no blamed war"
bursts of obsequious laughter fol-
lowed His hand in this same treasury
was worth dollar day to manySsa
hanger-on.
Might as we'll co. said another
voice. "Nothin' else to do-dry year,
an no thrashin'" -.
NO., Smouse shouted, turning his
saunt unshaven face upon the speaker,
for there amt nothin' in it! Look at
me. I'll be id if I'm shot for $13 a
month. I've never worked for less'n
two an a half day. I'd ruther starve
on acorns fust.' s-, -~-=-
Begun already, amt you? Times
pretty bad in the Brush Hills, eh?"
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METHODS OF BUSTING.

Glimmerto Hopes That Some Day Men
Will Use Cloths as Women Do.
MANS dusting implement is a
feather duster," said Mr.. Glimmerton :
"woman's is a dust cloth. There can
be no doubt which is the better. but
each clings to his own. But think I
see signs of change. I saw a bow
walk out of a store uptown this morn
ing and walk across the sidewalk to
the curb and stand there and shake A,
dust cloth, just as woman would
shake one out of the window. 1 don't
know where the boy got this notion,
whether he made the discovery him
self that, except under favorable con-
ditions, with doors and windows Eoneu
at both ends and wind blowing
through, stirring up dust with dus-
ter only serves to redistribute it, or
whether there is a woman in this store
who insists on dust cloths and has
taught the boy the use Of them. May
be as the boy grows up and becomes
confirmed in this way he will teach the
use of the dust cloth to others, and
to his children, and they will teach It.
to their children, and so it may finally
come about in this simple manner
that all men will come to use it, and
that the feather duster will co. Fl
The Princeton union., 1898-07-14
The Bacon Hog.

Chas. Lehman, buyer for Armour
Packing Co., Chicago, has this to say
OF the bacon hog:
I. With regard to its conformation.
Ihe pig, like the poet, is born, not
made. It should have lengthy body,
with larger hams and smaller should.
ers than are usually seen on the hogs
tnat come to our Chicago market. A
small head set on the body with light
neck, good, deep side, and back THAI
IS not too heavy, complete its frame
T. AS to breed: The best breeds are
yorkshire, Berkshire, Tamworth and
improved Chester White and all the
cfosses OF these breeds. During Ey
Zip through the province of Ontario.
LOT the purpose of finding out all I
could learn with regard to the breeding.
ana 1eed1ng of pigs for the export ba-
con trade, I could find no other kind OF
hogs than the above mentioned and
lnelr crosses, and as far as my expert
ence goes l feel sure that the cross OF
the Tamworth boar and the Yorkshire.
SO" produces bacon hog that cannot
De excelled. The great majority OF
noss raised in the west have large
percentage of Poland-China in then,-
ana the light hogs of this breed are too:
snort and chunky to ever make a good
bacon pig. We do however, get some
hght hogs from Missouri that if prop
erly fed would be as near the right
shape as can be made.
5. Does the difference between the
bacon pig and the ordinary hog lie In
the breed or feed? It is necessary to-
naVe breed and feed to make good ba-
con pigs. Bacon pigs have been bred
iof years past to have larger percent
age or lean meat in the carcass than
the average hcg-a fact that may be
seen at once when the side of meat IS
cut ~
4. Will corn make the desired quail
lty OF bacon when fed to any sort OF
SWINE? Most, undoubtedly. no. Corn
contains far greater proportion of OIL
lnan other small grains, which the hog
asslmllates more rapidly than any otn-
er animal, and the fat so produced is
Tar softer and contains more oil than
the tat of hog fed in the proper man
AANA ~ PlOuuCc lie flSuC k1uU Oh Ba-
con. ~
.. Will bacon pigs command a pre-
MUM on tie market over the ordinary
corn-ted type sufficient to justify farm
ers in growing them? That is a very
difficult question to give an answer to-,
Ihere is absolutely no means OF know
ing how hog has been fed while he is.
alive; the only test is when he is killed
and chilled. There is as much differ
ence between the fat of a good bacon
hog and that of one fed on corn as
there is between the fat of a corn-fed
hog and that of long-nosed Texas hcg
fed On mast. There is no doubt in my
mind that if our packers could have
any guarantee that hogs were fed in
the proper manner they would be will
ing to pay, premium for them. Ihe-
best t~bacon hcgs in Canada, Denmark,
and the British Isles are fed in connsc-.
ton with dairy farming. and if that
branch Of hog-raising is 10 lie tried in.
1.-The United States it must be in con-
junction with the dairy industry 10 be-
come successful.
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quickly calculated. to take him from

quickly calculated, to take him from
Las Pelitas to the recruiting st.tion
200 miles away.
Closing the door behind him, Ha-tor.
stepped out into the fragrant night. He
avoided Vaquero Water, plunged into
the unfrequented by paths Of the brush
and, with the north star for his guide
struck into the country road, some six
miles nearer Las Pelitas. All night he
tramped; faint he felt and weary, when
toward dawn, the cool breeze stirred
among the oak leaves He still pushed
on, resolutely turning away his
thoughts from that clearing on the
mountain, where Nell lay in the star
light, with her face turned toward the
sky. III
s Next day he reached his goal; STAN
merlngly, in short, broken sentences.
ne set forth his errand. kindly they
listened; viewed with compassion the
mlsshapen body, the haggard face, the
deep-set eyes, brilliant with a feverish
l1ght-kindly still, ignoring his de-
formlty, refused him On the score of
hSo1 ulSSdSS.
The hunchback thanked them. and
slowly turning, left the room. What
now of the future? Return to Vaquero
Water, be butt for the clumsy wit of
the village store, live without Nell?
Never! One bright ray of hope had
1llumined his lonely life; to darkness
he could no more return.
Near by an organ droneG out pa
triotic airs; heavy dray lurched in
the roadway. He crossed the street
abruptly, staggered, fell. Dimly he saw
the crowd surge round him; his coun-
try's anthem family sounded in his ear
Remember the Maine," he whisper
ed, feebly, ''the flag of our country
Nell"
And the stage bore the news to Va
quero Water. ..~.... -.s.-...
whoever thought the blamed fool
would have done it?' irritably cried the
Man in Politics. 'He might have known
we was only joshin' him.
He was fool" said Smouse; ''thir-
teen dollars a month want worth it..
Shot his horse, too, an never skinned
it; might ha' gotten one-fifty for the
hide -
But six-foot Jim slipped out into the
darkness. "The hunchback was a
man. he muttered, land II am the
fool.-Edith Allandale in the Argonaut.
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For a Monument to President ~,

Capt. Lamb, representing the R;cn-
mond (Va.) district, has been working
to secure some appropriate monumen.
to mark the grave of former President
John Tyler. Visitors to Hollywood
Cemetery are pointed to the spot, over
looking the James river, where two
presidents Of the United States are
buried, but there is nothing but a mod
est headstone to mark the grave ~
President Tyler.
The Princeton union., 1898-07-14
Reyerle of a Benedict.

Many husband is lost in wonder as
he reflects that the glowing hand which
spanks his children and serves IN his
cabbage is the same hand which he
used to write sonnets about, and which
he never kissed without sense Of rev.
erence amounting to rapture-Rox-
bury Gazette.
The Princeton union., 1898-07-14
Foreigners in the Riv,.r.

There are about 100000 Foreigners
who pass from week to whole win
ter on the Riviera each year, and it has
heen estimated that the average ex-
penditure of each while there is abo,,t
$780, In other words, the foreign visit
tors spend about $4,000 900 in tha
country every winter.
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f. Lettuce In the Hen Yard.

To the Farmers Review-In rsceat.
article in the Farmers Review | saw
reference made to the growing of e.
tuce for hens. I want to add nv rss--
tiraony. have been forclbly struck.
by the great liking hens have for tbs
tender plant. l have lettuce bed
and every evening we let out the hens.
The whole flock at once makes a run
LOT the garden, and in the garden Sc
lects the lettuce bed. It is quite anus
ing to use the entire colony of biddies,
standing in the midst of the lettuce and.
eating it as fast as they can. There.
are many other kinds of vegetable that
they might pick if they wished to. but
they seem to pass all things by for the
sake OF the lettuce. 1 really believe.
that II we had some large patches Of.
lettuce it would be a great protection
to the rest of the garden, for there
would be little attention paid to tho
rest of the vegetables as long as the.
lettuce remained. 1 regard it as a
good practice to have large bed of
lettuce in the hen yard.
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Whisky can't talk, yet it frequently
tells on man, $
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Sick hogs should not be taKar
through the public highways. nor
should other animals that are sick, un-
less the disease be known to be ono
hat will not make it dangerous for
other animals to pass over the
same road.
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Government Buying Cattle-H 90.
said that the government has alreaf,x.
made contracts for $4,000 cattle. in.
Texas, to be shipped to Cuba to supply
the army. More cattle will be needaT
if the invading forces are increased
which is likely. Texas is about the.
only state that can furnish cattle for.
this trade, because they have to he,
taken below the quarantine line to he.
exempt from splenetic fever. Some cats-
tie dealers had counted on sending q,
supply from Mexico, but neutral litv
laws i forbid this, and also forbid shin
ments to this country during the war
This new demand will help the, cattle. !.
business in Texas materially -Droyers,,
Journal.
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Keep the Good Cows.-Thea wise
farmer does not sell good milk COW
The more intelligent he is, and the,
more observing, the more poor cows.
he will have to sell, and it is not like,v,
TO be an easy matter for some wears.
to purchase profitable cows. In fact
the most of them will have to be raised +
and if they are to be grown on tha
farm they will have to be fed not for
beef production but for milk. There.
is very radical difference between the.
proper method Of growing steer nr .,
heifer not intended for dairy purnoeee.
and a calf that is intended for min
production in the future. It i, varv
easy to spoil the heifer calf of a rea11v
good cow and unfit her for the spurnoas
for which she was intended, no matt.r.
what her breeding or her mothers ner-5
formance may be.-Creamefy Gazettas
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-25
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
Continued from Sixth Page.

her brother, S. A. Clemens, of Bridge
port, are the only surviving members
of the Clemens family.
Ex-senator Wagner was born in
Chambersburg, Pa, in 1927. In 1913
he came to West Wheeling, and, togeth-
er with his brother Isaac, built a
frame paper mill at that place. The
mill was washed away by the flood OF
1852, and in the same year they re-
placed it with a brick mill, which is
still standing, none the worse for wear,
at West WheeliEs. laG j. owned and
being managed by Mr.. Wagner at pres
ent The interest which he acquired
in the mills he disposed of in 1856, and
accepted the position of deputy sheriff
of Belmont county, which office he
held for two years. On retiring from
office he rebought his interest in the
mill, and has since been actively en-
gagged In the business. In 1869, with
others, he established the Wheeling
hinge factory, which industry has
proved a great success. In 1877 he was
nominated and elected to the Ohio State
Senate from the Fourteenth district,
composed of the counties Of Belmont
ard Harrison, to represent Democracy,
and served two years. He was the
first Democrat that had carried the
district for years, defeating Hon. Sam
uel Knox, a Republican who had served
two terms in the Senate and who was
a candidate for a third. Though hard
times have confronted others and en-
barrassed them, causing their paper
mills to close, Mr.. Wagner's works
have continued in operation. He has
without doubt been one of the most
successful business men in Eastern
Ohio. Mr.. and Mrs. Wagner have re-
sided at West Wheeling for the past
forty-five years. The home which they
now occupy was rebuilt in 1885, owing
to the damage done to it by the flood
of 1884. Mr.. Wagner, two years after
retiring from the Senate, was elected
in 1881 a member of the House, serv-
ing two years. Mr.. Wagner also serv-
ed as trustee of Pultney township be-
fore any houses stood above the B.
& o. bridge at Bellaire. the entire
space above the bridge being a corn
field.
Miss Claire E. Handlan will open her
dancing academy in Odd Fellows hall
this week, to continue\for a period of
ten weeks. The evenings have been
changed from Tuesdays and Fridays
to Mondays and Fridays.
Thursday of this week the General
Garden Club will entertain their
friends with a dance at their head
quarters en- the hillside. Music by
Killmeyer.
Monday evening from seven until
eleven o'clock, there will be a musicale
at the country residence of Hon. VIM.
P. Hubbard, on the National Road.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Ennis entertain
ed the employees Of George NJ. Shook &
Co., at their new home on North Main
street. last evening.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-25
PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL.

Piedmont, w. Va, September "a
The Savage Fire Brick Company, of
Mount Savage, Md, has received a
large order for fire brick to be shipped
to Cuba.
VIM. Simeral, contractor, has begun
work on the two story frame building
adjoining st. James Protestant Epis-
copal church., Westernport, Md.
The Homecoming CMd) Water Com
pany will extend their water mains
outside the town limits to Dudley, a
suburb. The contract has been award
ed to B. F. Schofield & Sons, of Frost
burg, Nd, who have already begun
work On same.
The Town Council of Piedmont has
decided to pave part of Child's avenue
with fire brick.
The plan to build a short line rail-
road in Preston county has been re-
vived. 1t will extend through Reno
district from a point near Tunneiton.
Among those reported interested in
this road, which is to develop a large
tract of coal land, are John Shiny, of
Cory, Pa; J. NJ. Guilty, of Pittsburg,
and Thos. J. Hillhouse, President OF
the Metropolitan Trust Co., of New
York
The Piedmont Electric Light and
Power Co., of Piedmont, have put in
two large new dynamos and a quanti-
ty of other new machinery.
Bryan & Book, of Keyser who re-
Gently purchased large tract of tim
Der on New Creek, will build several
miles of train road on which they will
use an engine, for getting the logs to
the mill and the lumber to the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, at keyser.
The citizens of Upshur county are to
vote On the proposition of issuing
$40 eco worth of bonds fer the erection
Of a new court house and jail at Buck
harmon to cost that sum.
The Davis Coal and Coke Company
report business quite brisk.
A large force of hands are cutting
off a sharp cure on the Baltimore and
Ohio three miles west of Piedmont.
The change became necessary on ac-
count of a landslide.