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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15
Fitted Under Difficulties.

An English war correspondent in a
Cuban prison sent for a tailor to make
him suit of clothes, but on the arrival
Of the man of the shears the prisoner
found he could only consult with him
through the bars, and had to stand
quite close to them to be measured. In
a few days, however, the tailor again
appeared on the scene with the gar
ments cut out and pinned together for
fitting on, and this he accomplished
by stretching his arms through the
window bars as before until the fit
was to his mind correct. When the
correspondent came to wear this extra
ordinary suit a short time after he
found it most satisfactorily, and well
fitting so much so that it Is being
worn in London now with much pride
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15

It is highly probable that there is no
town in the United States OF less pre-
tension than Ludington, city Of 5000
or 5000 inhabitants that is we'll spread
out over several square miles of terri
tory at the point where the Hotepsea-
KAN river joints Lake Michigan.
Certainly there is no town along the
western shore of the southern PENN
sula OF Michigan where the dweller in
, seaboard city would be more sur
prlsed by anything strongly reminding
aim or the shipping to be seen in a
great Atlantic port. Yet not a day
passes that the inhabitants Of Luding-
ION 40 not see the arrival Of what
closely resembles an ocean-going
steamer of such size as would be no
alscred1t to any transatlantic line, and
quit throughout of steel.
AZ nrst sight this vessel, the bows Of
winch are labeled with her title, Pere
marquette, seems in every detail like
a sea-going liner She has two thick
Dlack tunnels, two pole masts, a regu-
latlon bridge and the high black sides
mat are the chief characteristics of all
deep sea-water craft as distinguished
from most Of those which navigate in
land or inshore waters, while every
thing about her seems so thoroughly
snlpshape as almost to be out of place
on one of the great lakes. t.
But you can't inspect the Pere Mar
quette closely, as she comes into Lud-
lngton's snug harbor, without gradu-
ally perceiving that she differs in many
ways from the ocean-going craft with
which you are familiar. In the first
place, she sets abnormally high on the
water. Apparently, too, she is of much
less draft than such big boat should
be, and her bows are unusually bluff.
BY the time she has approached near
enough to the shore for you to perceive
these things, you notice that she is
preparing to back in, and that she is
making toward what looks for all the
world like ferry slip. .-.
And as she swings her graceful
though ponderous bulk about, so that
you get a stern view, you see, per-
haps with amazement, that her stern
is built much like one end of ferry
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15

several bad spells of weather this fall,
without ever suffering delay of more
than an hour, and has also proved her
ice ever known to form.
Before she was put on, in February,
1897, there were some predictions that
it would be ice, if anything, that would
Interfere with her service. So far
however, she has shown the ability to
pillow through the product of the heav-
lest freeze-up with all the ease in the
world, though it is true that she might
be put to more delay than any she has
yet experienced were it not for the
pains taken by the railroad company
to keep the harbor open for her..
For a year or more the business Of
fering itself to the Pere Marquette has
been so large that instead of making
only one round trip each twenty-four
hours, as originally intended, she
starts as soon after arrival at Manito-
woe or Ludington as her cargo of cars
can be run on board. It thus falls out
that her trips are somewhat irregular,
but, in spite Of this, her passenger list
she is fitted with first and second
cabins, staterooms, dining room, etc.,
above the spar decks always of re-
spectacle length, and frequently she is
crowded. Next year when her sister
ship, already now under way and soon
to be launched, is put on the route,
an attempt will be made to run more
regularly by alternating the two boats.
Although the Pere Marquette com
bines the business Of carrying cars
with that of a passenger boat, she car
ries no other cargo either in bulk or
packages, and this means that the
space in her hull below the track deck
is entirely unoccupied save by the en-
gines and boilers and coal bunkers.
This is accounted a great blessing by
her engineering force. since it has re-
suited in the, most spacious engine
rooms ever known on a vessel of SINH
lar or any other type.
Instead Of having to do their work
in quarters so cramped that they can
squeeze about with difficulty only, her
engineers, oilers and assistants work
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15
! MEMORIES OF Chopin.
Tragedy AID Comedy Of His Life and

Tragedy aEd Comedy Of Ills Life and
George Sands.
Chopin gleeps in Pere Lachaise and
though the Ariel Of memory will add
to the rest morceaux Of his own noe
turnes and melodies till, if you will,
the place be as full of noises, sounds
and sweet airs" as Prospero's isle, says
Chambers Journal. It is pleasant to
rest awhile, listening to these things.
and looking on at what fancy will do
to their measures, the visions 1t will
bring, the figures it will shape and UNI
shape from the fugitive brain scraps
you throw it. But among the pictures
which come and go, like the faces over
the witches kettledim cathedral,
glaring opera house. twilighted draw
ing room, yellow moon over the trees
-ah, Chopin, what fools you made Of
us!-come others of an impersonal
kind, biographical vignettes which
these men around have left on all our
minds. There is the Partisan salon,
Heine smiling over at Bellini; the fair
lady, amused with the mastro's curls,
dellcately destroying them with his
cane. Not one of them thought that
In fourteen days time poor Bellin1,
curls and all, would be under the
ground at Pere Lachaise. Then ap-
pears severer apartment; short,
muscular man there, square-jawed and
angry-eyed, as Cherubini turns upon
MIN half bitterly: "Citoyen General,
perceive that you love only that mu-
SIC which does not prevent you from
thinking OF your politics. And the
Italian moves away, as if adding uil-
der his breath, why is this man not
M1das-eared?" For, that little, stout
man, Napoleon, had alone mid ap-
plauding Paris, belittled his music.
And now rises room in Florence, a
litter OF books and papers, De Mus
set writing, George Sand debating. 1t
is Chopin's doing-he has reminded us
OF them. But now he appears himself,
his piano before him, dreaming through
his finger tips and making more
dreams for his crouching listener, the
same George Sand. The tragedy and
comedy Of those two lives!-they make
US weep and smile by. turns. The
sculptured muse on a composers tomb
sits mourning, Tyre in hand. But it
is all past now, that sorrowing time.
~ For when Chopin died, did he not
leave us his better angel? The musi-
clans soul of him, does it not dwell
purely among us, one of the "choir
invisible which is ever urging us to
larger issues?" One wishes the fig
ure would lift it's head as the SICK
hearted do at the last burst in the
March Funebre.'' The few poor
bones she weeps over are not Chopin.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15
Some Points for Mixers.


In the course of an address deliver
I'd by the Dairy Instructor for the Butte
county Council, says Dairy World
(Eng), several suggestions were made
by the lecturer as to the operation OF
milking, which we may summarize as
follows: To milk a COW "clean" has
always been the ambition of the milk
er, and when the end was attained he
was perfectly satisfied. But to milk a
COW in a clearly way, although OF
equal Importance, did not in a large
percentage of cases come within the
scope of his consideration. Good cows
nave been quite spoiled through bad
and careless milking, and there are
very few mixers who understand any
thing about the cows udder or milk
vessel. A word or two on this point
may not be out Of place. The cows
udder is divided into two chambers by
an 1mpervious membrane. This divid-
Ing substance runs in the same direc-
ton as the backbone, and the milk
from one chamber cannot pass into the
other. For this reason, it is advisable
that the mixer should operate, say, on
the front and hind teats on the side
next to him, and having emptied one
chamber of the cows vessel, should
proceed with the other. This is not,
however, the general practice. It is
customary to operate on the teats Of
different chambers simultaneously, on
the ground that that method of proceed
ure preserves the natural state of the
udder, whereas such contention is
quite contrary to fact. The lecturer
stated that he was quite sure that the
general method Of milking is mainly
responsible for much of the malforma-
ton in the udder Of so many COWS.
That, Of course, is a great evil, as it
detracts from the appearance of the
animals, and lowers their money value
when offered for sale.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15

boat, and then that she is loaded, not
with grain in bulk or bags, not with
fruit or merchandise in packages, but
with freight cars. And then, If you
ask some Ludington bystander about
the craft, he will tell you proudly that
the Pere Marquette is "the biggest sea-
going car ferry in the world and that
she is apparently Transforming the
Flint and Pere Marquette railroad, OF
which she is an appendage, from line
almost wholly local in it's business TO
a through trunk highway of commerce!
Further investigation will develop a
number of facts novel to most eastern
men,. The so-called "sea-going car
ferry" is an important institution on
Lake Michigan. BY it's use freight be-
tween the Middle Northwest-Wisco
sin, Minnesota, and the Dakotas-and
the great cities of the Northeastern
seaboard-New York, Boston, Phila-
delphia, etc.-can be put through in a
shorter period by at least thirty-six
hours than by any of those lines which
go round Lake Michigan via Chicago
instead of across it. Moreover, in
stead of paying extra freight for this
shortening of transit, shippers actual
Iy make as big comparative saving
in money as they do in time.
That the shippers appreciate this
combination is abundantly proved by
the big business done by the various
car ferries on Lake Michigan. Those
who know most about these craft and
their performances feel assured that
they are bound to work nothing less
than transformation in the carrying
trade between the Northwest and the
Northeast. Already four vessels are
kept constantly busy in the trade.
Three Of these are run in connection
with the Ann Arbor railroad plying
between Frankfort, on the Michigan
shore, and one or two Wisconsin ports.
None Of these three compare favora-
bly, either in capacity or appearance,
however, with the Pere Marquette, be-
ing smaller and much more like the
car ferryboat Maryland that plies New
York harbor in connection with the
Pennsylvania railroad than any other
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15

craft familiar to the eye of Sunday
Press readers .gs
The Pere Marquette plies between
Ludlngton, Mich, and Manitowoc, Wis.
she IS tWin-screw vessel, $50 feet
long, of 56 feet beam, and drawing IA
feet Her compound engines-two sets
working independently-w built for
the development of $500 horse power.
Her main deck is IS feet and her
bridge 30 feet above the water. She is
ntted with sufficient trackage on her
car deck to accommodate thirty freight
cars OF the largest size in use. Owing
to her ocean steamerlike build the cars
once safely loaded on her tracks are
as secure from being wet by the waves
no matter how boisterous the weather.
as they would be on land.
Lake Michigan, as every one knows.
is a pretty big pond and wide enough
for a good stiff gale to develop seas
mountains high, even if not as colos-
sal as the heaviest ones developed on
the ocean. r..."
Naturally, heavy seas result in deal
OF pitching and tossing and rolling
about on the lake, exactly as they
would on the Atlantic, and were it not
for divers ingenious devices adopted
on board the Pere Marquette her
wheeled cargo would often be in i'm
minent danger of rolling from its prop
er resting place into the fresh green
waters. These devices include, be-
sides automatic couplers that fasten
each short train of cars firmly to the
snubbing posts on board, a series of
locks and chains that fasten each in
dlvidual car snugly to the rails. These
hold the heaviest cars as securely as if
they were part Of the ships structure
itself, and no matter what the weather
the Pere Marquette makes it's trips as
uninterruptedly as any steamer any
where in commission,
Of course, this could not be so were
she not staunch and seaworthy. In
this regard she appears to be all that
can be desired, since she successfully
has weathered many storm that has
wrought destruction to all sorts of
steam and sailing lake craft, including
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15

drowned before the old duck picked
it up in her bill and carried It to the
shore. The old duck was not satisfied;
with one lesson, however, as she has
made half dozen attempts to teach the.
chicken to swim, all being rank fall
ures. Now the boarders are making
bets, "Do or DON'T on the result, some
holding the chicken will drown and
others that the duck will teach it to
swim.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15
Crowns Worth Millions.

According to the Court Jeweler, pub
lished in Germany, the crown that
adorned Queen Wilhelmina of Holland
on her coronation, and which was once
stolen and regained, is valued at $780,
600. This is not the only crown that
has had an adventure. Prince Drago,
grand nephew of Isabelle, former
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15
Accounted for.

Chipper-There goes that wonderful
boy of Bulger's. They say he's only
IA years old, and yet weighs nearly
200 pounds. How do you account for
such prodigious dimensions? Upper
Why, they say his family are all wrap
ped up in him. Detroit Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15
Spider Stops a Clock.

A spider that had woven a web
around the pendulum, after infinite
trouble and many failures that would
have discouraged one less persevering,
succeeded at last in stopping an Old
and reliable clock at Nantucket.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15
His Infant Prodigy.

Yeast ct here's q lady pianist at this
museum which plays with her toes. =
Crimsonb eak'stU lymph! That's moth
ing; my baby does that. s" Yonkera
Statesman .5s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15
EGG Production.

Doubtless the largest profits from
the farmers poultry yard will always
be those arising from the sale or use
of eggs. The egg is nearly always
cash. It comes nearer to a circulating
medium than almost any other thing
the farmer produces. The demand for
strictly fresh eggs seems never to be
fully supplied, except in the immediate
locality where the eggs are produced.
The farmer that produces eggs knows
that he can always sell them for cash,
and that usually there is far more
profit in the exchange than is the case
with any kind of flesh. The produc-
ton of eggs is increasing from year to
year, but not more rapidly than the de-
mand.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INT ERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of tho Farm-A Few
Hints to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry. H.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15

DR.. Pritchard, Royal Vet. College,
says: The check rein is a great
cruelty. It interferes with breathing
Injuries the mouth, induces paralysis
and causes stumbling. All veterinary
surgeesn.s condemn it {.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15

Death in Ventilation.-The hardest
task yet undertaken is to prevent poul-
tryElen from killing their birds with
fresh air. Fresh air has killed more
birds than all other causes com bined.
A breeder, during cold day, whose
first hatch for the season was Just out.
had the top of the window down to
give the tiny and tender little chicks
fresh" air, and yet he had 81 in a
basket not foot long, all tucked
under blanket, which he had not
yet put in a brooder and which did
not suffocate. A poultry house can
hardly be too close in winter. No one
would suggest the Withholding Of pure
air, but it is affirmed that in winter
the ventilator, by causing draughts.
kills the birds.-Ex.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-15

Factory-Made Butter in New South
Wales.-The production of factory
made butter appears to be steadily in
creasing in New South Wales. In the
season which ended on March 81 last
the total output was 29,409,966 pounds,
of which 23,713,509 pounds was, accord
ing to the Melbourne Journal of Com
merce, made in factories. The total
production was the largest on record,
and, whilst the proportion made in
factories in 1S93-94 did not exceed 60
per cent, it now represents 80 per cent.
The quantity exported, 6,526, 673
pounds, valued at f25S,725, was much
in excess of that of the previous year.
A decline is recorded in the production
of cheese, which only reached 3,937,168
pounds in 1898, as against 4, o1e ,844
pounds in the preceding year.-Ex.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-26
AIDED BY MRS. PINKHAM.

Mrs w E. PAXTON, youngstown,
North Dakota. writes about her strug.
gle to regain health after the birth of
her little girl:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-It is with
pleasure that I add my testimony to
your list, hoping that it may induce
others to avail themselves of your val
liable medicine.
After the birth of my little girl,
three years ago, my health was very
poor l had leucorrhea badly, and a
terrible bearing-down pain which
gradually grew worse, until could do
no work. Also had headache nearly
all the time, and dizzy feelings. Men
situations were very protuse. appear
ing every two weeks.
II took medicine from good doctor,
but it seemed to do no good. was
becoming alarmed over my condition,
when / read your advertisement in a
paper. l sent at once for bottle of
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and after taking two-thirds Of
the bottle felt so much better that /
send for two more. After using three
bottles felt as strong and we'll as any
one. -..
II think it is the best medicine for
female weakness ever advertised, and
recommend it to every lady meet suf'
fering from this trouble"
Maternity is wonderful experience
and many women approach it wholly
unprepared. Childbirth under righ
conditions need not terrify women.
The advice of Mrs. Pinkham is freel
offered to all expectant mothers, ant
her advice is beyond question the mos
valuable to be obtained. Mrs. Pax
| ton had written to Mrs Pinkham be
fore confinement she would have beef
saved much suffering, Mrs. Pinkhami
address is Lynn, Mass.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-26
MILES COMING HOME.
Made for Work OF
the Commissions.

Ponce. Aug. 22--General Miles has de-
cided to leave with his staff for Wash
ington in few days. possibly tomorrow.
He will turn over the command to General
Brooke.
Miles has arranged matters generally
with Captain General Macias, prepara-
tory to the meeting of the peace commits
sion at San Juan. Macias, while main
tanning the outposts, is steadily retiring
his forces to the capital preparatory TO
embarkation.
Mail communication between Ponce
and San Juan has been established, and
the overland telegraph res, which have
been severed, will be nected lmmedi-
atelv. All that will rel ain to do, Miles
saws. will be to secure al inventory OF the
government property Il ore to be trans
ferred to the United Stat
Nlacias has shown the b, spirit. He
is anxious TO cooperate in bringing about
the evacuation at the earliest M ne pos
sble and is placing no obSt les in the
way of the volunteers RET ming home.
order Prevails san Juan.
New York, Aug D. dispatch to the
Herald from san Juan IS:
Order prevails, altho some EMILY DIS
posed persons are tryi' to stir up racia
and religious difference among the lgnor
ant portion of the PEG The sooner thu
commission arrives t, sytle matters anC
diSpel doubts the bette IT the future.
/ The streets are tilleu with furniture
laden carts returning fro the suburbs
At the palace and other government build
inas the work of packing the archives
going on. Telegnphic communication wa
opened yesterday with all parts Of the Isl
and.
1t is still impossible for large ships t
enter the harbor and there have been n
Iimportations. Some scarcity OF food SUI
niles exists. The mines in the harbor hav
been raised so as TO allow the ships to ell
ter.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-26
MORE WORTHLESS ALLIES.
WATER SUPPLY IS CURTAILED
The FiiipinOs Limit the Water at
Maniln-They Are Unit to Gov
ern ThemseIves-NewG Governor of
Guam Taken Prisoner and Car
ried to Manila.

New York, Aug. pa dispatch to the
World from Manila says:
The natives control the water supply
of Manila and refuse to allow the water
to run except for a few hours each day.
They have demonstrated that they are in
capable of self-government.
The fourth American expedition, which
left San Francisco July Is, in command of
General Otis, arrived Today. All are well.
The monitor Monadnock arrived Au-
gust l6. On the way over she stopped at
the Ladrone island of Guam, which had
been seized by the first expedition. She
found that Spaniard had repudiated the
American rule and set up government
on his own account. Captain Whiting of
the Monadnoek promptly upset this new
government, made the usurper a prisoner
and brought him here.
Brigadier General Macarthur has ap.
pointed as provost marshal Colonel Over
shine of the Twenty third regulars, and
for deputy marshal Colonel Smith of the
California volunteers. Brigadier General
Greene has been appointed fiscal admins
traitor and Colonel Whittier collector of
customs.
The total number of deaths in the cam
paign is 25 and of the wounded 100. Pri-
waite c. Dunn of the Aston battery and
Captain Bjornested Bursen of the Mime
sofa volunteers have died of their wounds
since the battle. The other wounded Off
GERS and men are doing well.
Payma General Stanton has ordered
three paymasters with funds to go to Ma
Mia to pay the troops there. They will
sail from San Francisco in a day or two.
Adjutant General Corbin has cabled
General Merritt to send list of the
wounded at Manila.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-26
A WELL DESERVED HONOR.
Lieutenant Mills Made superintend-
ent at West Point.

New York, Aug PA special TO the
Herald from Washington says:
For the first time in the history of the
United States first lieutenant will be
made superintendent Of the military acad-
envy. The officer to be thus honored is
First Lieutenant Alfred S. Mills of the
First cavalry, one of the heroes OF San
tiago, who now has temporary rank as
captain IS member of General Youngs
staff. THE president made this selection
personally and as reward for gallant
conduct at the storming of San Juan
heights.