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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
AN ANIMAL I'M PAIN.

IL Suffers Less Than Man on Account
Of Its Low intelligence.
1t is a platitude that pain is as one
feels it." But that statement falls
considerable way short of the truth.
The measure of pain undoubtedly de-
ponds as much upon realization, COM
parison and constructive memory as
upon sensation. In other words, the
individual with the most highly devel-
oped imagination enjoys and suffers
most intensely, though not perhaps
most violently Pain and death are
terrible in proportion as one is capable
Of relating them to experience. 10
children they are not terrible in this
sense, because children have small
experience and even smaller powers
Of imagining relations.
In the case of animals the power Of
constructing memory picture and re-
lating the same to present conditions
is probably exceedingly low, if not en-
tirely absent Pain to an animal rep
resents an unpleasant experience
begun and ended sharply. It is IN
related. 1t has no social or moral sig
niicance. It is not terrible in the wide
sense. An animal lives from moment
to moment. At any given moment it's
happiness is a question in the main of
physical comfort. The Gagged skylark
Though it must not be supposed that
this is any defense of an Objectionable
practice) experiences none of the
misery of the Gagged man. It does not
know that it's liberty is hopelessly lost.
It cannot relate it's present position
to past experience in the way in which
a prisoner can and must do. The cage
| is merely an accidental obstruction
| which may at any moment disappear
| Should the bird stop struggling it does
| so because struggling is unpleasant
not because it is hopeless.-Londo1
| Chronicle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
First Pub. May st
Citation for Hearing on Final Account
and for Distribution.

Estate of Milton S. Rutherford.
State of Minnesota, County of
Mile Laos. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate Of
Milton S. Rutherford, decedent:
The State of Minnesota to the next
of kin and all persons interested in
the final account. and distribution of
the estate Of said decedent:
The representative Of the above
named decedent, having filed in this
court his final account of the admin
istration of the estate of said dece-
dent, together with his petition
praying for the adjustment and al
lowance of said final account and for
distribution of the residue Of said
estate to the persons thereunto en-
titled:
Therefore, you, and each Of you,
are hereby cited and required tc
show cause if any you have, be.
fore this court at the probate
court room in the court house in
the village of Princeton, in the
county of Mile Laos, state of Mime
sofa. on the lst day of June, 1914
at 10 o'clock, a. M, why said petit
tion should not be granted.
Witness, the Judge of said court
and the seal of said court, this 9Th
day of May, 1914.
VIM. Y. Sanford.
Court Seal) Probate Judge.
E. L. Mcmillan,
A Attorney for Petitioner,
Princeton, MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
Popularity of Snow.

The water which will allay our burn
ing thirst augments it when CONCEALED
into snow, so that it is stated by ex-
plorers Of the arctic regions that the
natives prefer enduring the utmost ex-
tremity Of thirst rather than attempt to
remove it by eating snow" Yet if the
snow be melted it becomes drinkable
water. Nevertheless. although if melt
ed before entering the mouth it as.
suages thirst like other water, when
melted in the mouth it has the opposite
effect. To render this paradox more
striking we have only to remember
that ice, which melts more slowly in
the mouth, is very efficient in alaying
thirst.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
MOUNTAINS OF IGNORANCE.
Present School, Methods, Says a Sci
enlist, Will Never Level Them.

enlist, Will Never Level Them. II
There is not money enough in the en-
tire world to make impression against
the astonishing mountains OF lgn0-
rance. In this great United States Of
America one in 10000 perhaps have
never heard that the universe is run by
laws and does not know that there are
laws of nature Entire millions are
born, pass through a lifetime in this
otherwise beautiful world and die with
out really having seen anything. Their
eyes see objects, motions and natural
operations, but their minds are COM
pletely blank, so far as knowing Of
what they are viewing. -. 49,
'Education"-it is painful to mar
pure white paper with this word. The
present appalling system of forcing
children to study branches against
which nature has decreed, thus perma-
nently injuring their minds, natures
and personalities, ought to be punished
by some newly enacted law. They put
number Of totally unlike children in
the same class and expect unlike be-
ings to learn like subjects and all in the
same time to be able to withstand the
present brain curdling methods Of Eek
amination.'
II all nations on earth should sud-
denly stop war and the manufacture of
alcohol and use every dollar in the at
tempt to educate each child separately
some faint impression could be made
against the enormous ranges of noun
tains of ignorance Each child hereafter
born could perhaps have at least one
law Of nature repeated within hearing
And each child born to mathematics
| could have instruction in mathematics
! by teachers knowing something of the
| mentality of the student.
| A fine watch would not be taken to a
blacksmith: a costly dynamo would not
be for an instant placed in charge OF
! one not knowing the laws ruling the
| machine Yet far more delicate mech
| anisms, the minds of children, are
| placed under domination Of teachers
| not knowing child nature.-Edgar Lu
Glen Larkin in New York American.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
Nerve of a DYING Aviator.

The power of the will to control a
badly injured body was never better
illustrated than in the case of DR.. Con-
stantin, a volunteer aviator in the serv-
ice Of the Bulgarian army. who was
fatally. wounded by a Turkish bullet
while sailing his aeroplane over the
trenches at Tchatalja. Notwithstand-
ing the shock, the pain and the rapid
hemorrhage, DR.. Constantin kept his
nerve and was able to turn his aero
plane around, guide it back to the Bull
garian lines and volplane safely down
among his friends. He died as the
aeroplane reached the ground. - New
York World.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
THE MAGNET u A PUZZLE.
Science Can Make One, but Can't Ex-
ft plain the Change In the Metal.

Science Can Make One, but Can't Ex-
plain the Change In the Metal.
Getting the magnetism into the steel
so that it will stay there permanently
is long and intricate process. as Pro-
fessor Silvanus Phillips Thompson de-
scrlbes it in the Journal OF the lnsh-
tition of Electrical Engineers.
First of all you have to pick your
steel. It must have from 5 to s per
cent of tungsten and from O.4 to O.6
Of carbon. It must have not more than
not have any manganese, titanium, cop
per, sulphur or phosphorus. 1t is forg-
ed with as little working of the mate
rial as possible and at as low tenn
perature as convenient After forging
it should be heated to 900 degrees c.,
lowered to $50 degrees c., there main
tanned for a time and then cooled off.
This "normaliZes" it.
TO harden it it is raised to $50 de-
grees G. for not more than five min
utes, then lowered to about 700 degrees
G.. and quenched at this temperature in
| brine or at temperature under 20 de-
grees G.
Then it is "matured' by boiling or
steaming it for ten or twelve hours or
| by heating it to so degrees c. for twen-
! ty hours. It is alternately heated and
allowed to cool off several times.
Now the steel is ready to be mag
netized. If it is bar magnetizing
coil is used; if a horseshoe, then an
electromagnetic is employed. It is mag
netized to the highest degree possible,
and there is some advantage in revers-
| ing it's magnetism few times. The
result depends upon the maximum
| magnetizing force and not on the dura'
ton of the application. The current is
not shut off suddenly, but is gradually
diminished to zero. While under the
influence Of the current the magnet is
struck with a brass hammer.
It's stability is insured by subjecting
it to alternate cycles of demagnetizing
and remagnetizing about the point OF
magnetization at which it is to remain
What change has now taken place
in the steel neither Professor ThOmp
son nor Edison nor Tesla nor any other
man can explain. The steel looks the
same as it did originally; it feels the
same; it's weight is the same; it's rims
is the same; it has neither odor MOI
flavor The microscope reveals NJ
change in it's structure. Chemistry
fails to detect that an element ha:
been added to or subtracted from it
And yet it will draw another piece o
iron to itself and hold it there.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
First Pub. April 23-3t
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Determination of Descent of Land.

State of Minnesota, County of
Mile Laos. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate Of
Poulus Norman, decedent:
The State of Minnesota to the next
of kin and all persons interested in
the determination of the descent Of
the real estate of said decedent.
The petition Of Fannie Norman,
now Jongejeugd, having been filed
in this court, representing that said
decedent died more than five years
prior to the filing thereof, leaving
certain real estate in said petition
described, and that no will of dece-
dent has been proved nor admins
tration of his estate granted in this
state, and praying that the descent
of said real estate be determined by
this court.
Therefore, you, and each of you,
are hereby cited and required to
show cause, if any you have, before
this court at the probate court room
in the court house in the village of
Princeton, in the county of Mile
Laos, state of Minnesota, on the 18th
day of May, 1914, at 10 o'clock a. NJ,
why said petition should not be
granted.
Witness, the Judge of said court,
and the seal thereof, this 18th day
of April, 1914.
VIM. V. Sanford,
court Seal) Probate Judge,
e. L. Mcmillan, Esq,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Princeton. MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
Macaroni as a Food,

The rank which macaroni holds as a
food is shown by the following COM
parison: AS an energy producer it out
ranks lean steak. for it contains 1850
calories Of energy to the pound. while
the steak has but $50. While macaroni
costs from 10 to Is cents a pound and
contains only to 10 per cent Of mois-
ture which is wasted, the lean steak
contains 70 to IS per cent Of waste
moisture. Comparing macaroni, fur
Their, with the ordinary vegetables, in
point of view of energy, it is found
that white potatoes contain but 365
calories. spinach 50, turnips 100. cab
bage 115, onions 100, lettuce IS.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
A PLACE NOT ON THE MAP.
Vet Girlville Is Pleasant Place, With
Some Drawbacks.

Girlville-a pleasant. alluring little
hamlet on the road to the tablelands
Of Matrimony, with branch line that
connects with the Old Maid range of
foothills.
At one time this place depended al
most entirely upon nature for its ap-
pearance. Bucolic colors were predom
inant, and there was simplicity about
it very pleasing and restful to the eye.
Of late years, however, the city paint
ers and decorators have come in and
with their colors have given it smart,
artificial appearance. which for many
old fashioned people has largely cur
tailed it's charm Girlville, indeed, now
has a reputation for cheap display
which no other place can hope to rival.
Girlville at one time was governed
almost entirely by an eminently re-
spectacle body called elders, but it
has long since scornfully discarded
their help and governs itself. or, at
least, claims the right to do so.
It's principal industries are ragtime,
fiction, silk stockings. velvet slippers
and red paint. There is also a large
spoon factory on the edge of the town.
An appeal to the legislature to have
the name Girlville changed to Chat
terfed was refused on the ground that
Chatterville and Girlville are already
synonymous.
The inhabitants of Giriville are ex-
tremely restless and tickle. Not salts
| fed with the place. they are constantly
| attempting to leave it and, after leav-
| ing. to get back again.-Thomas L.
| Mason in Life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
Easy Fitting.

The king of England, when he wants
a new suit of clothes. is not put to the
trouble that ordinary mortals suffer.
Each of the royal tailors possesses a
dummy figure of the kings exact pro-
portions, and when the suits are taken
home trying on is unnecessary. If the
king particularly likes special suit
he will wear it at intervals for months,
but he never wears the same clothes
on two consecutive days. About thirty
suits are in ordinary wear. including
shooting and riding kits. and the king
owns nearly 400 British and foreign
uniforms, some Of which are perhaps
worn once in a dozen years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
Rare Ben's Text Restored.

Mr.. Justice Ewes vindication of the
healthiness of laughter did not tempt
his lordship to familiar quotation,
most usually misquoted. The common
form is Laugh and grow fat" but the
correct text is Laugh and be fat,' put
by Ben Jonson into the mouth of Pan
in "The Penates.'' The fairness does
not strictly follow from the laughter in
Jonson's line. but the proverbial mis-
quotation has imported that meaning
Pail Mall Gazette
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
She Was Deliberate.

1t is said Dinah Maria MulOck Craik.
the famous author Of John Halifax,
Gentleman" made habit of leaving
at her bank the manuscript of each OF
her stories as soon as it was completed.
It would remain there perhaps six
months, and then she would call for ii
and see how the story affected her
after that lapse of time. If it pleased
her the manuscript was sent to the
publisher. Otherwise it was rewritten
or thrown away.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
JuStifabIe.

"Why did you beat Dobson so ter
ribly?'' said the Judge, indicating the
bebandaged figure Of the plaintiff.
Il asked him why horse had run
away, your honor" explained the pris-
oner, "and he told me that it was be-
cause the animal had lost it's equine
unity
.'H'm,' said the judge. ''Discharg-
."-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
From the Heart,

Musical comedy writer's wife on the
first night, bitterly:
willie, do you know you've provided
your heroine with eight different cos
tunes in this piece already, though it's
only the second act and you don't give
me half that many in whole year?'-
New York Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
Dressing Leather.

One of the earliest occupations of
mankind was the dressing of leather,
and it is remarkable that Canadian In
dams, Laplanders and Africans dress
skins remarkably well, although their
processes and means are necessarily of
the rudest kind.-Detroit Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
A Sad State.

mo, am not altogether happy, now
that am rich.'
"Why not?"
Being rich, of course. l can not go
into the kitchen as I once did. Yet
servants are still careless"
"Weu?"
$50 I spend many sleepless nights
worrying about the drip pan under the
refrigerator Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
An Easy Job.

Visitor-I understand that your boy
is studying to be an electrical engineer?
Farmer-Well, advised him to take it
up. I heard some fellers say that no.
body really knew much about electric
ity, so thought mebbe Joe would have
some chance Of passin' examinations
London Express.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
A Golf Record

Another golf record has been broken.
A man has fooled thirteen times in
succession without saying one naughty
word. He is dumb man-Charleston
News and Courier.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
Her First Visit,

Mrs. Youngbride-I'd like some fish,
please. What are these in the barrel?
Clerk-Salt mackerel. ma'am. Mrs.
Youngbride-Are they quite fresh?-
Boston Transcript -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
Attorney for Petitioner.
First Pub. April 23-3t
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Administration.


Estate of John Skretting.
State of Minnesota, County Of
Mile Laos. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the esta tie of John
Skretting, decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons interested in the granting of
administration of the estate of said
decedent:
The petition of Edward Skretting
having been filed in this court, rep
resenting that John Skretting, then
a resident of the county of Mile
Laos, state of Minnesota, died intes-
tate on the 5th day of December,
1912: and praying that letters of ad-
ministration of his estate be granted
to Frank P. Morneau; and the court
having fixed the time and place for
hearing said petition; +
Therefore, you, and each of you,
are hereby cited and required to
show cause, if any you have: before
this court at the probate court rooms
in the court house, in the village
of Princeton in the county Of Mile
Laos, state of Minnesota, on the
18th day of May, 1914, at 10 O'Clock
a. ~, why said petition should not
be granted.
Witness, the judge Of said court,
and the seal of said court, this 10th
VIM V. Sanford,
court Seal Probate Judge,
! Charles Keith,
| Attorney for Petitioner.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07

why is it that a man generally saves
more money after he is married than
he did before?'
"He doesn't. He merely thinks he
does because he is getting along with
out so many things that he formerly
had."-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
Fragile.

'tShe has a complexion like Dresden
china
Eyes, and it is like Dresden china in
another way"
"What is that?"
IF she's not careful With it it will
crack."-Baltimore American.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
Farms Wanted.

I am making up my list of farms
for this season and would like to list
several farms at reasonable prices.
Robt. H. King.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07

To be occupied with good is the best
defense against the inroads of evil
William Arnot. "A
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07

Don't put too fine point on your wit
for fear it should get blunted.-Cer-
vantes. 49,, .* # f.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
There Was a Comparison.

There Was Comparison. -"
Smith-Does your wife think you're
the best man who ever lived? Jones'
OF course not I'm her second hus-
band.-Life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-22
Winner of $40 Prize
UNTO THE LEAST OF THESE"
By Quincy Carter of Freeport. Maine

> By Quincy Carter of Freeport Maine
VIE train arrived at Pennington at four thirty, and
we all scattered to hustle up what business
could before supper l did not get back to the
hotel until six thirty My next to the corner.
and when went up met John Kinds just coming from
his room which also to the round the
turn He followed me into my
1--WE have got to do something about it," he sale, =
3the chap and his wife and kid in the room.
have been in there talking with them since hour
and half ago. There he is, in bed the last few days,
and about the palest looking chap ever His
wife has been tending him until she looks about all in
for need of Sleep The kid fine boy of three four,
just took liking to them right off because you could
they the right stuff. but up against it. Seems
he got all down in Boston, where he worked, and
his advisers told him that if he could get the Maine
woods and live out in the open and rough it, he might
back. He hadn't money to get him there and
supply him for the had only enough for fares
He thought he could sell lot of mosquito and fly
ointment up in these towns, and get enough to carry
him along. Says he with the A. B. Company, and
they made him present of full gross of fty-centsze
Never Nip Mosquito & Fly Lotion. Got as far as
here, where he intended sell the fly DOPE locate
camp back here somewhere, and go in, when he came
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-22

who took it matter of just appreciation part.
l had young fellow in the day coach with
typewriter beside him. so, when returned to car
/ extracted 1etterheads and several sheets Of
carbon paper from my suitcase, hunted up the type
writer man, and laid the matter before him. He
sented to help matters along, and managed to
off about eight copies of @Ev'ybody Owns Somethn'
Exceptin' Me-
Next l returned to the dining car and had round
with the steward. / attached typewriter copy of
Mills efuson to at each table except
AT the bottom was explanatory note:
The author of the above ragtime lament the front
table, eft-hand SIDE facing He jerks off things like
this while he eats This occurred at breakfast We have
dedicated to the three dining walters You show
appreciation by attending the walters in the
tomary way. Submitted by
HIS FRIENDS
l put Wheeler next and when went in to lunch we
promptly seated at the front table, lethand sde
with Mills facing the music. The diner filled up in
few minutes, and table became center of inter-
est; that is, Mills did. They began litter through
out the car and question the walters about this
method of extortion. Mills that something
wrong and began to look about anxiousy Strengthened
his tie and then looked Wheeler and inquirngy.
Presently one of the walters brought him note:
SIR-Do the waters divide proceeds with you this
pomee If they do. III give mine dime instead of
quarter as first intended. Respectfully.
REAR TABLE RIGHT.
@Confound it, this is pretty rough stuff, Fellows!"
snapped Mills, turning very red Il have notion to
hang few dishes your internal heads!'
His confusion Immediately noticed, and brought
forth quite round of applause. Then Wheeler and
got ours Mills angrly from the table, reached for
his hat-and bright idea struck him. He took
Wheelers derby and his fist through it. Much ap
plause. Then he took my cap and carefully emptied
the remains of his soup into it. More applause. Then
he beat hasty retreat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-22
Winner of SIS Prize
EV'YBODY OWNS SOMETHIN'
By c. E. McGill of Colorado Springs

7HEN en- route from Nashville to Chicago was
w joined at Evansville, Indiana, by Billy
Wheeler and Harry Mills, fire insurance spe-
cial agents. As they dropped into the seat facing
Wheeler gave wink then rolled his eyes heavenward
and nodded slightly in Mills direction. Mills besides
being good fire insurance man, is sometimes
cradle and incorrgible nmester. Wheeler and were
painfully aware of his failing in this respect, having
suffered from his melodous efusens than once.
So Mills was wound up again
little later went back to the diner for breakfast
and sure enough our rhythmcal friend appropriated
menu and proceeded between bites and evidently with
much satisfaction deace it by transferring
or two from his system to the back thereof In due
course he passed the following little gem across the
table for applause: ~
De citys full OBJ houses.
An dere's going ter be lots mo-.
De countrys full of farm lands
From shore ter shore.
Ev'ybody somethin'.
Dat is, all exceptin me;
But how dey eber got it
Is mo- dan l
I'd like to a railroad.
Err chen streetcar line
Stocks bonds real estate
Jes glib any kind.
But udder folkses had it all
When my hat went in de ring.
An dere's nothn' lyin loose
Doggone it! not a thing
(Side remark: OATS er fac. don't own nothin)
Cause else evything.
An didn't leave nothin' fer me;
But how dey eber got it
Is mo dan l
This effort offered food for much sad thought
that tore it off the card and put into my pocket for
future reference; thereby pleasing Mills very much,