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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
BEAUTY IN AN Ak.
Glowing Tribute to the Symmetry Of
the American Product.

In Professor L. De Tarmo's "Aes-
thetic Education" Won Hartmann's
formal orders of beauty are the text
for several chapters. one OF which i'm
treating the proportion maintains the
following thesis:
''There is an actual. possibly a nee
essary, correlation between mechani-
cal efficiency and aesthetic proportion
In other words, as tool or a ma
chine increases in all round efficiency
there is corresponding increase in the
aesthetic quality of it's proportions
As an example the American ak.
''the most beautiful in existence" is
described and analyzed:
Theory, accident and experience
have stood beside the smith as he has
forged the blade, the head and the eye
Of the ak The same forces have in
huenced the makers Of the handle as
they have selected the hickory, have
shaped it in the rough with ak and
drawing knife and finished it by the
open fireside with knife and sandpaper
and broken glass. From a straight,
round stick it has become what we
see, a gracefully curving handle. fat
enough to enable the woodsman to
hold the blade true, large enough to
fit the hand comfortably, enlarged suf-
fciently at the end to make sure the
grasp yet be no bar to the comfort Of
the user and curved enough to secure
the maximum of ease and vigor of
stroke.
1.-THE whole constitutes a balanced
perfection which is as beautiful in it's
proportion as it is efficient in it's ac-
ton. The edge of the blade rounds
gently at it's extremities for ease of
entrance to the wood and recovery
from it; above these rounded ends Of
the cutting edge the blade is made
somewhat thinner front and back
than through the body of the wedge,
and for a similar reason, namely, that
there may be greater recovery for the
next stroke. The head is just mas
sive enough to balance the blade and
is either made square for striking
a nonpenetrating blow or is gently
rounded"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
DISEASED THOUGHT.
When You Realize That Is What Worry
Is You Have It Mastered.

When You Realize That Is What Worry
Is You Have It Mastered.
Concentrated thought is virtually ir-
resistible. All the vast edifice of mod
ern science and industry is obviously
the product of thought, much of it Of
our own time and observation. The
birth of an idea in the human mind is
clearly the one and only dawn of en-
pires and revolutions. of engines. phi
losophies, trade routes, civilization.
To class worry under the head of
thinking. therefore, seems glaring
sacrilege. Yet worry is thought, for
all that-diseased. impure, adulterated
thought. 1t means an admixture of
emotion, of the worst Of all emotions
fear-into ones thinking Instead of
concentrated, clear. serene thinking
on the problem in hand, worry is
thinking muddled black with fear. It
is about as helpful as clapping the
brakes upon wheels toiling uphill
Yet all the world is laboring under
that Egyptian heaviness Of the wheels,
and almost every spirit is a spirit in
the dark prison Of fear But once we
grasp this truth clearly. once we con-
vince ourselves that we can rid our
thought Of emotonalism, of fear, the
day of our deliverance is at hand. And
the substitution of encouraging. healthy
thought. Of new channels among the
worn ruts, is a powerful aid
There may be failures and back
slidings. as is customary in all mortal
effort and human endeavor. But fear
is weakened like a choking thing. and
more and more clear and unimpeded
becomes our thinking, for we realize
at last, once for all. that where think
ing cannot help us fear certainly will
not, And then we have worry by the
throat.-Collier's Weekly,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
Statesmen and Smiles.

''The smile is one Of the greatest as
sets Of the successful salesman or
saleswoman," says the manager of a
department store linen department
ut makes friends for the store as read
lily as do moderate prices and good
goods.
'The ability to smile for eight hours
day is a trait hard to acquire and
possessed by few store help. Yet it
can be gained by constant practice
the watching of oneself and not per-
hitting at any time the slightest indi-
cation of frown.
II recall my first purchase in New
York department store. l was directed
to the counter where I could find the
special article of my choice ! was met
by a gruf What is it?' from the sales
man. recall l said. 'Nothing,' and I
haven't been in that store since."--
New York Press
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
They Court Death.

Steeplejacks are proverbially reck-
lessor apparently so-in their actions
when engaged on their dangerous
work. A laborer who was attached to
one of these experts used commonly to
take midday nap wherever he might
happen to be situated. His mates
commonly found him on the top of
steeple or chimney stretched full
length upon a single board. his arms
dangling over its sides, fast asleep. A
single lurch would have meant fall
of couple of hundred feet. and there
fore certain death, yet he treated this
possibility with the utmost indifference,
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
TRIALS OF. AN EXPLORER.
Sickness and Agony That Livingstone
Endured In Africa.

Sickness and Agony That Livingstone
Endured In Africa.
Writing on David LIVINGSTONE. mis-
s1onary and African explorer, Sir Har-
~ 81. Johnston says in the British
Geographical Journal: During the
winter or rainy season of 1869 Liv-
lngstone was very ill. He had been
wet times without number and suf-
fered from terrible pains in the chest
and pneumonia. z1es was often semi
deltrious and subject to decisions, such
as that the bark of the trees was COW
cred with figures and faces of men.
He thought often Of his children and
friends, and his thoughts seemed al
most to conjure them up before him.
For the first time in his life he was
being carried and could not raise him
self to sitting position. The Arabs
were very kind to him in his extreme
weakness. but the vertical sun, bis
tering any part Of the skin exposed to
1t, tried him sorely in the day marches.
I'm July, 1870, his feet were almost
~oAouACA WALL AAAIdUAc, 0dLAuss ulCeES,
pulsating with pain. These sores
We're obviously communicated by mos
qu1toes from the blood Of the wretch
ed slaves who were tortured with
them. Livingstone could fall asleep
when he wished at the shortest notice.
A mat and shady tree under which
to spread it would at any time afford
him refreshing sleep. But in his
last years Of travel sleep was often
made sad by the realistic dreams Of
happy English life from which he wax
ened to find himself i'll and consumed
with anxiety that he might not live
to complete his mission.
"After 1869 he suffered much from
the results Of the decay and loss of
his molar teeth, so that imperfect mas
tication of rough African food induced
severe dyspepsia, and his bodily
strength weakened under a condition
Of permanent malnutrition. Stanley.
by relieving him when he did, gave
him at least two more years of life,
a certain measure Of happiness and the
sweet consolation that he was not for
gotten and that the magnitude of his
discoveries was appreciated
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
cuzC0 AND THE INcAs.
Peru's Ancient City Was on the Plan
Of the Roman Camn.

Perus Ancient City Was on the Plan
Of the Roman Camp.
Inc ancient city of Cuzco, when first
viewed by European eyes, was, accord
ing to the best authorities, great and
wealthy municipality of perhaps 2OO,-
OOO souls. How old it was at that time
we have scant means of knowing.
Garc1lasso would have US believe that
there were only thirteen Incas in the
royal family line from Nance Capac
to Huayna Capac. Montesinos, on the
otner hand, assures us that the Incas
ruled thousand years! Which are we
to believe? No written history of the
race exists-only the records Of the
:]ulpus, those queer knotted strings
which We're the Incas' sole documents
and for which no archaeologist has as
yet discovered the key. the Rosetta
stone
Cuzco's original plan was. singularly
enough. that of the Roman camp, a
quadrangle divided by two intersecting
streets into quarters. with a gate on
each face and towers at the angles
AAS AACdS, l1he Lie c1L1ZeuS OF the
United States, had no more definite
name for their country than Tavan-
tnsuya, the Empire Of the Four Prov
lnces. The four streets Of the capital,
prolonged by great roads, divided it
into four main provinces, each under
the dominion Of its governor. When
their people came to Cuzco they lodged
IN their own quarter. where they ad-
hered to their national costumes and
the customs of their own province.
The city today retains the same
general plan, its two principal streets
being virtually the old main thorough
fares. Its two eastern quarters lie
upon steep hillsides: the two western
are in the valley, where runs a little
river, the Huatanay. spanned BY
bridges.
The northeast quarter was the Pala-
tine hill Of this South American Rome
and contains the palaces Of the kings
for each Inca. after the manner Of the
Roman emperors. built his own abode,
scornlng to live in that Of his prede-
cessor.-Scribner's Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
Misters Are Second Class.

Though one cannot decide what is q
lady by rule of thumb, there are GER
, tain kindred problems that can be
solved in that way, and the railway
company knows how to solve them.
Are you, for instance, an esquire or
only plain mister? The railway COM
pany can tell at once. If you hold a
second class season ticket any letter
comes addressed to Mr.. Blank, but if
you rise to first class you become
at once A. Blank, Esq That is where
the railway has the pull over the mo-
London Globe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
Quite SuperHuous.

Mrs. Ellsworth had new colored
maid. One morning. as the maid came
downstairs. the mistress said:
Emma. did you knock 1T Miss
Flora's door when sent vor I'M With
her breakfast?"
NO. ma'am.' replied the maid with
preternatural gravity. What was de
use OBJ a-knockin' at her do" wen I
showed TO sure she was in dar:"-
New York Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
One Worse.

Binks, with a yawn, said to fish
erman:
Time amt very valuable to you.
brother; that's plain. Here I been
a-watchin' you three hours. and you
amt had a biter'
''Wen," dra wled the fisherman, "my
times too valuable. anyhow, to waste
three hours of it watchin' a Teller fish
that amt gettin' a bite."-San Fran
cisco Call.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
In the Same Boat:

Her Dad (sterny'-So you want TO-
marry my daughter, do youo Scared
Sultor Yves. sir. h-b-but not anv,
worse than she wants to marry me.
Boston Transcript.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
Habits Of the Hired Man.

We'll, did them moving picture peo-
pie get pictures Of everything on the
farm?'
Everything but the gosh blamed
hired man." said Farmer Heck. 'They
couldn't ketch him in notion
sas City Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
Cheering.

Mrs. Knagg-1f were to die you'd
never get another wife like me. Knagg
Its very kind of you to say that
Boston Transcript.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
The Onion In COOKING.

The greatest Of French cooks, being
asked to give the secret of his success,
answered.: The very foundation of all
good cooking is butter and onion! l
use them in all my sauces and gravies
They have the effect Of making a Gus
toner come back for more. Butter
without onion will drive the customer
away after few days. Boil the onion
till it melts or entirely disappears;
then add the butter and call the mix
ture stock" -Exchange.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
Planning Mill Will Open.

| shall open my planning mill for
business on Monday, September Is.
Bring in Your lumber now, as this
will be the last run of the
season. {. q. Moore. 36-3tp
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11

He is the truly courageous man ryhn
saver desponds:.- Confuch,s..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11

Method is the hinge Of business, and
there is no method without order and
punctuality. Hannah More.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
Nerve Of Her.

"How is your new maid ~
Il guess she is all right: she has the
baby out at present. But she has
nerve"
How was that:''
''She wanted to take Fido along, and
she Is almost wholly unknown to u.s."
Houston Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11
All In the Game.

Harold, you mustn't eat all the pea
nuts. even if you are pretending to
be monkey. You must give sister
some
But, mother, I'm pretending she's
some kind o animal wot doesn't eat
peanuts."-Life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-11

If you know how to spend less than
you get yon have the philosophers
stone. Benjamin, Franklin.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-19
JOHN GOT HIS'N

john" said the manager to the
iveried official whose duty it was to
stand all day at the door and usher
customers in, you've now been in
our service for 20 years"
Eyes, SIR
"And you've always been prompt
and honest. In fact, l may say,
you've earned for the firm thousands
of dollars
1--WE always done my best, sir" re-
piled John, respectfully, touching his
forelock.
"And now, John, we're going to do
something for you"
Thank you, indeed, sir!" cried the
smiling porter.
Eyes, john" continued the man
ager, 1--WE propose to allow you to
wear five stripes of gold braid upon
your sleeve instead of three!"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-19
FAREWELL, STRAW LID

How dear to my head
Is the fit of my straw hat,
The straw hat I've worn
Every day of this year.
I well know it's faded,
Through rain it's paraded;
All summer it's. rested
Upon my left ear.
That Weather-Worn straw hat
That wrinkled old straw hat,
That poor bandless straw hat
Is doomed now to die. -,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-19
TO PROBE DISPOSAL OF THE
BODIES OF THE POOR

Public opinion may force an inves-
tigation of the disposal of the bodies
of the friendless poor who die in the
County Hospital. ,
Robert Catherwood, president of
the county civil service commission,
and County Agent Joseph Meyer are
about to probe the matter.
1t is said that employees of the
County Hospital have been selling the
bodies to the Illinois Demonstrators
Assn. for 81 each, and putting the
money in their own pockets. ...
The Illinois Demonstrators Assn
in turn sells the bodies, to various
medical schools for price ranging
from $25 to SIS.
Catherwood is determined to find
out what becomes of the money paid
to the county employees.
An act of the legislature created
the Demonstrators Assn. for the
purpose of distributing them to the
medical colleges.
1t is said that if a relative wishes
to claim any of the dead bodies after
they have been sold by the county it
is necessary to pay So.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-19
WEATHER FORECAST

Increasing cloudiness with show
ers tonight or Saturday; warmer to-
night; cooler Saturday,, moderate
southerIy winds tonight shifting to
northwest Saturday and increasing.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18
WORKING FOR BETTER ROADS
Movement Everywhere Growing Apace
as Necessity for improvement
Becomes More Apparent.
tBy HOWARD H. CROSSE

The movement for good roads is
everywhere growing apace. The agita-
tion for better highways is reaching
every nook and corner of the land.
The necessity for this improvement
becomes more and more apparent as
we progress along u various lines Of
activity. A very little investigation
will convince anyone that more than
one-half the money that is raised for
good roads Is absolutely wasted by I'M
skilled work, inefficient and costly SUI
pervision and by doing the wrong in
stead of the right thing, or doing what
is done at the wrong time of the year.
Among the significant movements
for better highways in the central
west is the proposition to place the
whole matter of highway improvement
under a county unite have n man
thoroughly skilled in the art Of road
building and maintenance, who shall
be well paid and who shall give his
whole time to the care of the roads in
his county. In large counties he would
have one or more assistants. This GER
tainly is a business-like proposition
and ought to give better results. AS it
Is today, under the hit-and-miss propo-
sition, those who are informed will
agree that practically one-half the
money raised is wasted by ill-timed
and misdirected effort. Hence the
logical suggestion is, first to expend
wisely the money that is now being
raised, to the end that we will have
something to show for the expenditure,
and second, that the highways shall
show an improvement from year to
year.
The care and maintenance of the
road ought not to be placed upon the
farmer, for the roads need attention at
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18

the result? She'll conclude that this
is a pretty good place to work; she'll
see that we give her credit for pos
sessing good taste, and we will have
no more trouble over the servant
problem for awhile anyway"
Mrs. Glenfaddle decided to take her
husbands advice for once. If the sol.
emn truth must be told, she has lever
become addicted to the habit Of doing
this. But there seemed to be a few
CLEANS of reason in his argument,
and accordingly she decided to make
her Emma thrice glad on Christmas
morning The girl had been very pa.
tient and faithful for quite a while
anyway, and it was no more than
right that merit should be rewarded.
Among the things In the box which
Emma found on the kitchen table
when she went down to get breakfast
on the morning Of the great day were
cloth for a fine new dress, a toilet set
for her bureau, a glove box with a
pair of gloves in it, and a purse made
of seal leather.
The next day when Mr.. Glenfaddle
got home his wife said:
"Oh, by the way, Arthur, I wish
you'd put an ad. in the paper tomor
row. Emma has given me notice that
she will leave US a week from Thurs.
day. She has found a place where
she can get rs cents a week more than
we are paying her.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18

When Willie has the toothache and stays
awake all night
And walks the floor and hollers, pa says
1t serves him right;
II told you that you'd suffer-" pa tells
him when he groans,
Because you've been neglectin' to go to
Doctor Jones;
Next time you'll see the dentist before
they ache. I guess
Stop howlin'i Thai don't help 'em TO get
to hurtin' less"
When Willie has the toothache and gets
up out of bed
And yells so that he makes you believe
he's nearly dead
Pa tells him hat only babies howl when
they have q pain.
And threatens that he'll lick him II he
let's loose again;
1T doesn't help to blubber." pa says
when Willie cries.
'Or howl so other people can hardly
close their eyes"
Last night pa had the toothache and
stayed up till daylight,
And walked the floor and pounded on
things with all his might;
He moaned and groaned and said things
he never said before,
And reused up the whole family and
ripped and raved and tore.
And when ma said that bowling would
not do any good
He did'n throw things at her-but once
I thought he would.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18

Won't you drop her a line and explain
that I've been so swamped with work
l couldn't write, but will do better
next week?
81 forgot to tell you that the client
through whom / expected to get that
Sheffield platter at wholesale for the
Atkins wedding present is out OF
town, so l suppose we'll have to buy
something the usual way. We really
ought to get it off Immediately. Do
you realize that the wedding is day
after tomorrow? You can choose
something in silver when you're down.
town today. I'll just dismiss it from
my mind. You know about how much
we should spend and what Dot and
Rob will like. l think it would be a
good idea for you to write some of
your clever verses to send with the
gift.
1T wouldn't be much trouble for
you to shorten the sleeves in my new
golf shirt, would it? You do it SO
much better than the h~aberdashers,
and l want it to wear next Saturday.
You'd better do it today, because to-
morrow and next day we'll be away
on that little motor trip with the
Thoms. That reminds me. There's
a button off my automobile coat.
Please get one as near like the others
as you can and sew it on today.
while you're at your desk this
morning, please write to Jaxon's for
a UNDERGROUND bag Of that un-
Drowned Hawaiian coffee we use.
Thorn asked me to order some for
him nearly two weeks ago, but it es-
capped my mind. You can send a
check for it, and I'll settle with you.
Speaking of checks, don't forget to
make out the checks for those bills I
handed you last night. l don't want
to wait another day to get them paid.
Just keep a memorandum of the
amounts for me and mail the checks
today.
well, I must be off. Aren't you
glad o aren't a slave to business,
Laura? For goodness sake, don't
work around the house or drag
around downtown for hours getting
yourself worn out. Remember what I
told you about resting, and be sure
to take a good long nap this after
uoon."-Chicago Daily News. F,
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-12-18

g. she


Mr.. Glenfaddle started out about
two weeks before Christmas to solve
the servant problem.
1.-THE trouble with women" he said
to his wife, sis that they don't go at
the thing right. This trouble will
never be settled until it is settled by
diplomacy, and diplomacy is a thing
that, l am sorry to say, doesn't come
natural to Servant girls are
only human-that's a thing which is
too often forgotten. Treat your girls
kindly and they will stand by you.
That's the rule l go by in my BUSH
ness affairs. What kind Of a time do
you suppose l would have with the
men in my Office if l tried to manage
them as a woman manages the help in
her kitchen? Why, I'd always have
to keep breaking in new people.
Nov let me give you a few point
ers. Get something nice for the girl
on misunderstanding that you
would be glad to have yourself. Most
women give their servants a few
cheap trinkets that serve no other
purpose than to show the girls that
they are put away down in the social
scale.
Instead of getting her a ten-cent
comb or a new continuance to scrape
the crumbs off the dining-room table,
buy her a nice present this year. Give
her something she will be proud to
show to her friends. Then, you see,
they will get to envying her and con
pairing their own cheap presents with
what she got from US, and what'll be