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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-29
HAD TO DANCE
IN HORSE
BLANKET

Port Jervis n. Y, Aug. 99.-Forty
Brooklyn and as many young men went
10 barn dance at Abe Dexters boarding
house. near Calicoon, Saturday night
They gathered from all the boarding
houses round ana they declared they
never had a better time at "A ball In
Madison Square garden or Prospect hall
They danced and cake walked with eX-
sreme animation. Fred Nipoon wore duck
trousers and the girls vowed he looked
like an Adonis. While he was swinging
corners with great vigor' there was a
sound a. II some one had torn i'm half a
yard of duck aud Mr Nippon cane very
near looking like the original Adouis.
lie retired into stall and his most
intimate male friend took him horse
blanket Abe Dexter, an ohliging man.
ran into his house and fetched a pair
of pants Ii was on with the pants
and the dance-let JOY be unconfned.
Sidney Schenck was cutting a pigeon
wing when his susprnders gave way.
Being a bachelor. Mr.. Scheuck has 10
stw on his own buttons. so he girls
were very sympathetc Two lent Mr..
Schenck their bolts and he hitched the
belts together and was as good as new
again.
II was green corn dance: for sup
per roast corn boiled corn and succo-
tssh were served with pumpkin pic and
home made cake for dessert. As \ beau
tiful young woman from BROOKLYN. a
graduate ~ Pratt institute. remarked
Only when one is rid Of convention
ality and etiquette is one truly happy" "
'Ye-es.' assented Mr.. Nipoon. hesitat-
tngly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-29
CASHIER
Girl. LANDS
SW|NDLER

New York. Aug. 29.-Florence Greer Il
in I;owe's bakery, T2O Second avenue.
Saturday night a tall man sauntercd into
tho bakery and asked the little cashier
If she could change a 500 bill. She said
she could, and he remarked. "In he back
with the bill in a minute"
But the stranger failed Ia return. An
hour later. however, short. thin man.
coatless and hatless, as though from a
shop counter. hustled in and said. II want
a S3l bill for these 20 ones" and he hand
ed the cashier roll OF greenbacks
Receiving the 500 bill from the unsus-
pecting girl. he slipped It into an en-
velope and then said. Better count that
money. I may have made mistake"
Sure enough he had; there were only
10 bills i'm the roll
TOO bad" said the little man. In apollo
getic tones Here you keep my envelope
with the S20 bill in ii and I'll go out after
that shy dollar"
Out he went. taking the l9 one dollar
bills with him and leaving an envelope
which was found To Se empty The police
were notified. and they said these same
men had perpetrated two other swlndlcs
recently.
Then little Miss Greer proceeded TO at
busy. Early Sunday morning she was
on the street scanning every face. She
was getting tired i'm the afternoon. when
she suddenly beheld the little man on
Second avenue.
She followed him to SlI Second avenue.
and called the police. They found him
In a room with a tall man. but I'm the
absence of evidence lmplicailas- -lAs=4.t4-
ter they only arrested the little fellow
II gave his name as Thomas White and
the little cashier positively identified him
as the person who had swindled her
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-29
FEAR that
CHINESE
HAVE HER

New York, Aug. 29.--Chinatown Is being
keepsie girl supposed to have been taken
as captive from her home city by a
Chinaman.
The girl is Miss Ida NJ. Baker She
attended the high school IN Poughkeepsie
and was n clever scholar. Three weeks
ago she disappeared from the home OF her
parents and after search had been made
OF Poughkeepsie and nearby places Il was
believed that she had met foul play.
Two weeks ago a Poughkeepsie friend
OF the Baker family. while with a sight
seeing party in Chinatown. saw Miss
Baker pass into hallway with a China
man. lie gave chase. but the place was
dark and dangerous. and he abandoned
the pursuit. The girl looked pale and
tired. the friend told the family.
When Miss Bakers brother learned OF
the discovery. he PUT the police on the
case. The man who had seen the miss
ing girl could not remember whether 1t
was in Mott. Pell or Doyers street
Roundsman Daniel Costigan and the
Eggers squad have been making a care
ful search. but 10 a late hour last night
had not found the girl. The police be-
lieve she is being kept in hiding by her
captor.
A brother. Clarence Baker. employed by
the New York Central railroad. with the
assistance OF two friends. tried for two
DAYS and two nights TO find his sister
but only failed. He. too. believes she is
held captive I'm a Chinese den.
on the morning following the last
battle OF the Chinatown feudists. cir
was taken from Chinese resort in No
. Doyers street by young man armed d
with a revolver The police do not be
lieve she was Miss Baker. as she did
not answer the description OF the cir
now sought.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-29
BAD CHECK
GIVEN FOR
TOMBSTONE

Kankakee, H., Aug. 29--Charged with
passing a worthless check with which to
pay for tombstone erected over her hus-
bands grave, the widow OF John Maisson
OF Flanagan, near here has been arrest
ed In Kansas city. ana will be brought
back hero for trial
Mrs Maisson's arrest rcvives interest
IN the circumstances of her husbands
death last December Henry J Maisson
his brother. intlmates that the family
has never accepted the theory that John
MuissOn's death was natural
MY brother Mr. Maisson says. was
married in Milwaukee We knew nothing
OF the marriage until his widow returned
here with his body last December She
said she had been married three times
her second husband having been one
George Lester of Racine. Wis
THE name Of her FIRST husband ] have
forgotten. My brother died suddenly of
blood poisoning The doctor said he IRA
scribed arsenic. but We have no evidence
that my brother was not given an over
dose. From what We can learn the
wyman's other husbands died in the same
rra stctious manner.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-29

TROUBLES
ON PHONE

Nlnccntown, y. j.. Aug 29-The Rev.
DR. J Franklin Long. rector OF Trinity
church, OWNS 10 his troubles here. may
lose tho rcctorship OF q 1ourishlng parish
In New York city m, facts are told by
one OF the most prominent and wealthy
citizens of this place.
This authority says that during the
last Few days vestryman from n New
YORK Episcopal church. having large
congregation. came hcre and sought the
u.s. of telephone which happened TO
be on a party line
The visitor pat tho receiver tu his oar.
hnd while, waiting for recognition from
the central exchange. was able 20 hear
q conversation between unknown per-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
GlaSSnlakiuE.

Much mystery has in times past at
tached to the art of glassmaking. It
was formerly the custom for the work
men in setting pots in the glass furnace
to protect themselves from the heat by
dressing in the skins of wild animals
from head to foot. To this queer garb
were added glass google eyes, and thus
the most hideous looking monsters
were readily presented to the eye.
Show was made of themselves in the
neighborhood, to. the infinite alarm of
children, old women and others.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
An EarlY Betr0thaI.

In the early days of California the
daughters of the Lugos were sought in
marriage by the best families of the
state. 1t was a boast that they were
even courted in the cradle, as when the
young officer Colonel Ignacio Vallejo
being in San Luis Obispo on the occa-
sion of the birth OF daughter to the
Lugos, asked her father for the hand
of the day old baby, provided when the
time came to fulfill the contract the
senorita should be willing. This SEEM
ingly absurd betrothal took place. The
child grew up to be an intelligent as
we'll as attractive young woman, mar
ried her betrothed and became the
mother Of many children, among them
Mariana Guadalupe Vallejo.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
BUSY INSECT EATERS.
What One Days Hunting Brought to
Brood of Pied WagtafIs.

What One Days Hunting Brought to
Brood of Pied Wagtai1s.
A close student of bird life writes:
"ObservatiOn of several species of in
sectivorous birds has shown that the
parent birds will, when their family is
growing up, make between them in the
neighborhood of 500 visits to the nest
In the course OF a day, carrying on
each occasion a whole beak load Of
gnats or spiders or larvae For the
birds which feed on gnats OF other
small life generally take to their youn-
gest not single insects, but a whole
collection at time. On one occasion
I spent an hour in taking the record
of pied wagtail which had it's brood
Of newly fedged young ones in an old
disused punt that had settled down at
its mornings into the mud at the side
Of the pond. During the hour the male
bird alone was looking after the fami-
~ the female amused herself by run
ming about on the bank catching in
sects for her own consumption and
varying the Occupation with long spells
Of attention to her toilet. The male
bird, on the other hand, never rested
for one minute from his work of bread
winning AS his hunting ground was
the open surface of the pond, above
which he fitted, he was never out Of
my sight.
In the course Of the hour he made
twenty eight trips, the shortest absence
from the young lasting one and a half
minutes and the longest nearly six
minutes. On no occasion did he remain
at the punt for more than fifteen Sec
onds or just long enough to turn over
the food collected Oh the last trip to
the proper youngster and be off again.
Myriads Of gnats were dancing above
the water, and at each dip the bird
struck at one, but one could not see
whether he always caught his quarry
or not. AS far as it was possible to
guess he always did. On his shortest
absence he m de over forty shots, and
from that the number ran up to con-
siderably over 200.
"supposing that he missed his aim
half the time or afterward dropped or
swallowed the insects, so that half of
them we're wasted and failed to reach
the family at home, there must have
been from 1900 to 1000 gnats brought
back to the punt in the course Of that
one hour. Later in the day both parent
birds were hawking simultaneously,
each returning methodically to the
young every two or three minutes.
What the gross consumption of insects
was in the course Of the day it is i'm
possible to guess, but it can hardly
have been less than 10000 or $4,000
and was probably twice as many
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
RULES FOR A HOME.

Remember that home begins with
charity.
Remember that open windows make
health epidemic.
If you must worry, take a big thing.
The little things will knock you out.
Keep your children, your dogs and
your troubles away from your guests.
The dining room should always be
sacred. That is the one room where no
scraps should be allowed.
Have the same standard of morals
for yourself as for your children. You
need it as much as they do.
There are three standpoints to every
home-your own, your wife's and the
cooks. Try and forget your own.
Put over the front door for every
member Of the family to read, Gle
who enters here leaves satire behind
Buy everything Oh the installment
plan by paying for it all in one INSTALL
ment-the first.-Tom Mason in Judge
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
THE PUEBLO INDIANS.

The1r Religion Is In a Way u Species
of Water Worship.
Eagle feathers are much used in the
ceremonials of the Pueblo Indians, and
in order to make sure of a supply the
Zuni keep the birds in cages, plucking
few feathers whenever they happen
to want them. On the other hand, the
Moki have eagles nests located at va
rious spots within thirty or forty miles
Of their towns, which are considered
the property Of different clans among
them. The eagle lays it's eggs in the
same nest year after year, and the
clans inherit rights to- certain nests
from generation to generation.
The eagles are not killed, but the
new tedged young ones are taken
from the nest-that is to say, all but
one or two, which must be left To
remind the eagle god to encourage the
laying Of more eggs by the birds an
egg carved out of wood is placed
where the divinity will be sure to see
it; also, after being plucked, the ca
glets are carefully buried in a certain
cleft in the rocks, which is the eagle
cemetery. Here the eagles have been
inferred for centuries, and the place is
very sacred.
The Pueblo Indians have a tradition
Of the food, and they say that the tur-
key is marked in commemoration Of
that event, it's tail being black at the
end where it was dragged through the
mud after the water had subsidized.
The duck is another sacred bird, be-
ing associated with water. From the
Pueblo point Of view, anything that is
related to the all precious water in any
way is an object of worship. Their re-
ligion is made up to great extent of
aquatic divinities and might be called
a species Of water worship.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
ANALYZING MILK.
The Process Is Neither Difficult Nor
Complicated.

The Process Is Neither Diff Nor
Complicated.
The chemical analysis of milk is not
complicated nor difficult. First the
chemist weighs a small dish, cup or
saucer and carefully notes down the
results in ounces, grains and fractions
Of grains. Next he pours in some milk
to be analysed and again carefully
notes down the result. By subtracting
the weight Of the dish from that of
both the weight Of the milk is found
and recorded. Next the receptacle is
placed over steam jet, which evapo-
rates the water of the milk, leaving
only the residue or ''solids.'' Again the
dish and it's contents are weighed, and
by a simple calculation the percentage
Of solids is ascertained.
The "solids" Of the milk have been
found by innumerable analyses to
average about 13 per cent, and while
the fat varies in milk from different
cows the solids left after extra citing
the fat are found to be a very constant
quantity, seldom falling below 10 per
iSt positive basis for his calculations
and enables him to state with great
certainty whether or not the milk has
been Watered
The fat or oil in milk is determined
by dissolving it by means of ether, the
residue remaining after such test be-
ing termed "solids other than fat
The average fat OF oil found in milk
from cows is per cent, and any
amount less than 3 per cent indicates
almost to a certainty that the milk has
been skinned. If analysis shows Il
decrease of fat it indicates that the
milk has been watered, while if fats
and other solids together are low you
may infer that the skinner has done
its worst
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
Binding q Bargain.

In the book Of Ruth a shoe is men
toned as being handed over to ratify
a bargain, and the custom in a sense
seems to have been repeated later, for
In the year 1902 certain bishops were
put into possession of their sees by re-
ceiving glove. These may have been
richly jeweled gloves, for such formed
part of the episcopal habit, and when
some abbots thought fit to array them
selves in similar hand covering pecul-
lar only to bishops they were forbid
den their use by the council.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
How to Clean Old Book Plates.

To restore old book plates that have
been injured by age and damp proceed
as follows: Place upon fat surface
sheet of white paper somewhat lar
ger than the print to be cleaned. Care
fully dampen the print on both sides
with soft, wet sponge and then satu-
rate it with a mixture Of chloride of
lime and oxalic acid dissolved in about
equal proportions in a pint of cold
water. You can tell when the mixture
is right by it's turning magenta color.
Continue to apply it until every stain
or spot has disappeared and then with
a clean sponge wash the print freely
with cold water.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
A Japanese Rabbit Hunt.

'There is a Japanese rabbit hunting
story says q Japanese authority,
(which runs as follows:
Zone Jap meets another in the hunt
ing season with gun over his shout
der.
"'Aha! Been shooting:' he says
You look upset
Il am upset. replied the huntsma1,
and with good reason. started rab-
bit. Cherry Blossom, my dog, ran aft
er it. fired, and Cherry Blossom fell
"'Too bad. And the rabbit?
"The rabbit? It brought Cherry
Blossom back and laid her at my feet"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16

A New York stock broker put on a
full outfit from collar to shoes and
gloves which cost $7.75 and was dub
bed we'll dressed by his associates.
The togs which American mothers used
to make came cheaper than that l,y
half, although they were not SO scrump-
tious. Still it is a comfort to a young
fellow to know that he can dress for
whole season on a single weeks
wages and have carfare, with the price
Of creams and bonbons left ovor
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
HABITS or HAREs.
Making the Toilet Is Long and
Careful Process.

Careful Process.
A clever observer writes: "a good
many hares find a secure retreat in the
sand hills during the daytime and feed
on the marshes in the morning and
evening. The hour at which most of
them leave the marsh varies, but it is
any time before o'clock. All the
hares, however, do not return, some
preferring to lie out all day and make
their forms in any standing clumps
of grass in the Enclosures. I found this
out one day while taking shelter among
the fir trees from a downpour of rain.
AS soon as the rain got really heavy I
saw first one and then another hare
appear, as it were, out of the ground in
the middle of the Eelds and race for
the shelter Of the sand hills.
ION their return to the hills in the
morning many Of them take up their
station on the sunny side Of fir tree,
generally on a slope, and sit there, Ell
Their among the fir needles or else on
the bare ground or sand, without any
sort of form apparently. They like
warm, sunny seat, out Of the wind, or,
in wet weather, sheltered from the
rain. Here they sit and sleep, unless
disturbed, until an hour or two past
midday.
AT some time between 100 and 5
o'clock they wake up and begin their
toilet, which is a long and very care
full process. have seen them roll in
the sand, then get up, shake them
selves and finally lick their bodies all
over, for the most part directly with
their tongues, but those parts of their
bodies which they cannot reach So
face, back of head, ears and nape Of
neck-are dressed by the fore limbs ex-
actly in the same way that a cat does
it.
''These toilet operations often take
half or three-quarters of an hour.
When complete, there is a short time of
rest, then a long stretch and a yawn,
fore legs first, then the hind legs;
finally, the whole body is raised into
an arch, after which the animal be-
gins to move off for another feed"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE,
It Was Built by oliver Evans, who
Couldn't Lay Up Money.

1t Was Built by oliver Evans, Who
Couldn't Lay Up Money.
The real inventor Of the locomotive
never realized cent from his inven-
ton.
His name was Oliver Evans. He was
born in Delaware in 1855 and spent all
his life perfecting inventions which
were destined to bring him nothing but
more poverty. He was the original in
ventor Of the high pressure engine used
in locomotives, the only kind that could
be employed to advantage in this form
OF transportation, but realized nothing
for his idea.
his application of the notion to both
lana and water power was somewhat
novel.
In 1904 the municipality Of Philadel-
phia called for bids for the dredging of
the river and the cleaning of the docks
Evans put in a bid lover than any of
his competitors and when it was ac-
copied determined to build a steam
boat to do the work.
He fitted out scow with steam
SAS]AS, Ou11O1uS UOCu Luc cuSluc uuu
the scow in his own workshop.
When the boat was ready to be
launched Evans determined to give the
people Of Philadelphia an object lesson
in mechanics, so he put the boat on
wheels, fitted up push wheel behind,
set his engine to work and propelled
the boat through the streets to the riv-
er in the midst of an open mouthed
throng, not few Of whom had a dim
idea that he ought to be arrested for
witchcraft.
When the boat reached the bank of
the river, the wheels and axles were
taken off, the craft was launched, fitted
out with other wheels and made to do
the work of dredging the harbor.
So far as the invention of mechani-
cal devices went Evans had a splendid
genius, but when dollars and cents
came up for consideration he was 4
mere child, and even allowed himself
to be cheated out of the money that
was due him for cleaning the Philadel-
phia harbor with his new tangled
steamboat
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
Bryant's Remuneration.

It is amusing to know how small were
the pecuniary rewards of Bryant's lit
erary labors. Two dollars a poem was
the price that he named and he seemed
to be abundantly satisfied with the
terms. A gentleman met him in New
York many years after and said to him,
VI have just bought the earliest edition
Of your poems and gave 500 for it."
"More, by long shot," replied the
poet, than I received for writing the
whole work.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
A PoliCeman'S Testimony.

J. N. Patterson, night policeman of
Nashua, Ia, writes, "Last winter
had a bad cold on my lungs and tried
at least half dozen advertised cough
medicines and had treatment from two
physicians without getting any benefit.
A friend recommended Foley's Honey
and Tar and two-thirds of a bottle
cured me. I consider it the greatest
cough and lung medicine in the
wOrld.' Sold by G.. A. Jack.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
Proof.

Prospective Purchaser-You say this
is healthy place, yet the man next
door is confined to his bed. How do
you account for that? Real Estate
Agent Oh, he's d doctor and is slowly
dying of starvation Chicago News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16

The "possum an de coon" shivered
all for nothing when the underground
telegraph brought news of the recent
visit to the south of the mighty hunter
or washington. With all his inclina-
tons that way the president didn't
find time to indulge in real, old fash
Toned, jolly coon hunt.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
Few Chances.

"You must try to love your papa as
much as he loves you," said the visitor.
"Oh, love him more!" replied Tom
my.
Indeed? Doesn't your papa love you
very much?"
mot much. He says he only loves
me when I'm good"- Philadelphia
Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16

Oh, that you could turn your eyes to-
ward the napes of your necks and
make but an interior survey of your
good selyes!- Shakespeare.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16
Treachery.

Deliberate treachery entails punish
ment upon the traitor. There is no pos
sibility Of escaping it, even in the high
est rank to which the consent Of socie-
ty can exalt the meanest and the worst
of men.-JInius.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16

President Loubet Of France Journey
ed into foreign land to pay visit to
the young king Of Spain. It seems
that there is no unwritten law in
France which limits the travels of the
executive to his own country.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16

MAY 1 ask" inquired the melancholy
stranger, what is your pursuit in
life?"
1T depends" replied Subbubs, cup
on whether I'm going or coming. It's
the 7:48 train in the morning and the
6:l2 at night. Ledger
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-16

1t is estimated that $4,000 settlers
from this side Of the border have be-
come naturalized citizens of the new
canadian provinces. With our people
going over at the rate of 1000 a month.
as they have been for the past year, the
American vote may ultimately control
the politics of western Canada