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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-20
CONGREGATIONAL.

Continuing the study Of the Book Of
Acts, DR.. Peatfeld will speak on 'The'
Making Of History by One Man," At
the evening service, a special Christ
mas sermon will be delivered, which
will be followed by confirmation SER
vices. The Young Peoples society will
meet at the usual hour, and an earnest
invitation is extended to all young
folks to attend. This is Christmas
Sunday, and Princeton people should
make a special effort to attend church.
On Christmas eve a splendid Christmas
tree entertainment will be given Don't
miss it.
Hours Of service as follows:
1890 a. m-Morning worship.
12-Bible school.
$50 p. my. P. S. C. E.. Leader,
Leara Veal.
7:30 p. m.-Christmas service.
p. m. Monday-Christma enter
tainnent.
Everybody is cordially invited.
Ernest H. Peatfeld, D. D., Pastor.
Methodist.
We wish all Merry Christmas.
Christmas sermon and music.
11:45-Sunday school.
3:00-Junior league. -
6:45-Epworth league:
7:30-Annual Christmas program in
the auditorium Of the church as fol-
lows:
Professional Primary Department
PeeKsS E azrt 1s~ss sser
Recitation ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Christmas Dreams
Beatrice Larson.
'o"s Geraldine Henschei. Madeline Fierson: ''
Doris Geer, Frances Scalberg.
Dialogue ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" jesus Birthday
Mildred Howard and Pearl Harding's Glass.
NeelSa''0n Willard Nei hon o"i'S''''"S ''7S'
Recitation ........ My Dolly .... Harriet Orton
Recitation - His Speech . Jennings Madsen
SGn ios For Jesus like t6a VIE G Me5
~ '' Mrs. Ewines' Class. .
Recitation r; c;. A Merry Christmas
Recitation ................... Christmas Presents
| Frances Scalberg.
| Recitation . Spelling Season 49,. Philip Bavel
Recitation Observation-Disclosures. On Christmas Dag
! Laurence Pierson and Dorothy Hoffman
Dialogue Observation-Disclosures. Burning for Hin
| Vera McMinn, Dorothy Thompson
| and Ruth Jones.
| Recitation ............... 1 Am Very Little CIR
Minerva Ness.
| Recitation .. A Man ....... Rolla Howard
| Recitation ...... Faith ...... Vivian Winsol
| Recitation ..... ............ Santa Know:
! Wayne Vandevanter.
Dialogue ....... Bethlehem's Sta
| Mrs. Pitmons Glass.
At the close of this program by the littl'
folks the beautiful Nativity" scene will b
put on by the adult department. This will
portray the Bethlehem manger, Mary ane
babe, the angel, shepherds and wise Will
| the aid of our stereopticon will try t.
picture night Bethlehem's hills
with solos and ouartets, ending with a girl'
chorus sung in the gallery, '"There's a Sons
in the Air"
/ All the parents and friends Of the church
are especially invited, and all strangers whs
happen to be in our town over the Christmas
season will be very welcome.
| C. l.. Jump, Superintendent of Adult Dept
| Mrs. c. Larson, Superintendent of Primar!
Department.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-20
Swedish Lutheran.

Services at Princeton Sunday at 3
o'clock p. m. Sunday school after the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-20
1e .................... Bethlehem's Star
Mrs. Pitmon's Class.
James A. Geer, Minister
Episcopal.

Divine service will be held in the
Congregational church on the fourth
Sunday Of each month at 2:30 p. m.
Rev. T. J. E. Wilson, Hinckley.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-20

Christmas day, Otte song at $50
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
Communal Kitchens.

1t is expected that, with the assent
of the food controller of Great Brit
ain, an experiment in the use of COM
munal kitchens will be in vogue very
soon. The need for these aids to the
feeding of the people is threefold !;
the large number of families who are
unable, through ill-health or other
causes, to participate in the economic
advantages of the war; the difficulty
of obtaining suitable and nOurishing
food for children; and the necessity
of having an organization like this in
direct touch with the central headquar-
ters. The food once cooked at the
central kitchen would be sent out in
large tin-lined boxes or double cans
to the various depots for sale, and In
these big, closed receptacles it would
keep hot long time. At the depots it
might be we'll to supply hot plates for
the food to stand on so that when
bought it would need little reheating
before it was served, says a London
correspondent. The demand for a va
riety of diets can all be met, and
plans have already been thought out
for dealing with a thousand-and-one
interesting questions that arise.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
Substitute for Copper.

The use of soft steel and iron as
q partial substitute for copper in the
manufacture of decorative metals is
being experimental with in the depart
ment of manual arts at the University
OF Wisconsin.
For years it has been traditional for
decorative metal products to be made
wholly or in large part of copper, brass
or some other alloy of copper. The
price of copper is now so high, more
than so cents a pound, that substi-
tute is needed in decorative metal.
The kind of steel and iron required
in this kind of work costs at present
IA cents q pound. In many respects
this steel is as good, If not better, than
copper. 1t works easily, wears as
well, is not discolOred or Oxidized as
quickly, and for many uses is even
stronger than copper. 1t lacks the
red-gold luster, but can be given a
silver-hued burnish, or can be decorat-
ed with paints.-University of Wiscon-
sin Bulletin.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06

A hurried examination is likely to
prove disappointment. Observe
blemishes, vice, faulty conformation,
unsoundness and general characteriS-
tics. Common blemishes are scars
from old wounds, poll evil, scratches,
shoe boils and small ruptures. Com
mon vices are halter pulling, cribbing,
kicking, stall walking, weaving, and
biting. Common faults of conforma-
ton are straight shoulders, crooked,
weak or improperly set legs, eve
neck, long, weak back and dropping
Group.
Common unsoundness are splints,
thoroughpin, SPAWN, curb, extreme
fistula, ringbone, side bones, extreme
atrophy of muscles, contracted ten
dons and broken wind. General char
acteristics include fieshing, tempera-
ment, quality, color, and age. In final
selection, look for the good qualities
and weigh them against the defects.
Enlargements or scars (due to de-
formity, unusual mishap, or uncom-
of those discussed should cause a
horse to be rejected unless the nature
of the cause and the detriment to the
value and usefulness of the animal is
self-evident. Experience gained by
examining large numbers of horses
will aid in quickening the eye and
judgment, thereby making it possible
to perceive readily any unusual condi-
ton, but it should be remembered that
a hurried examination is liable to
prove a disappointment, consequently
plenty of time should be taken in
making the examination, because time
is much cheaper than money tied up
in an unsatisfactory horse. If pos
sible, get a history of the animal, and
while you are about it, get a history
of the person having it for sale. So
many defects may be covered up by
such unfair methods as drugging that
it is a good plan to make purchases
only from those with good reputa-
tions. Horses offered at auction sales
should be thoroughly examined pre-
NAouS " lllelA pelAS plouSAl lulo lAC
ring, or else they should be tried out
in compliance with the rules of the
sale before time for settlement.
1t is well not to form the habit of
seeing only the defects, for horses, like
people, are seldom perfect, conse-
quently in judging them weigh the
good qualities against the bad. A
horse should be valued by the amount
of service he will perform rather than
by his minor shortcomings.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
LATE POTATO BLIGHT SPRAY
Work Should Begin as Soon as Plants
Are Six Inches High and Continue
at Intervals.

The weather conditions which favor
the spread of late potato blight are a
humid, still atmosphere with a tenn
perature around 73 degrees F. Above
78 F. and below so F. there is prac-
tically no termination of the blight
spores. Since spraying for late blight
is preventive rather than curative
measure, spraying should begin as soon
as the plants are six inches high and
should continue at intervals of one or
two weeks, depending upon weather
conditions until near the time of ma
turity.
The effectiveness of spraying as a
preventive depends upon the thorough
ness with which it is done. 1t is essen
tial that the whole plant be kept con-
stantly covered with the mixture if
the blight spores are to be prevented
from finding a place Of entrance into
its surface.
The wheels of the sprayer do not
seem to injure the vines sufficiently to
be source of apprehension, even
when they are large and cover the
ground, as is often the case late in the
season.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
PLAN TO FERTILIZE TUBERS
Phosphate Recommended as Ideal
by Ohio Station.

Selection of good clover sod where
potatoes have not grown for at least
five years, and the use of barnyard
manure with acid phosphate are given
by the Ohio experiment station as
ideal conditions for fertilizing pota-
toes. After % years investigations
with this crop the experiment station
advises farmers to plow under u to
16 tons of manure per acre if plenty
is available, and then to apply about
300 pounds of acid phosphate per acre
as a surface dressing. If manure is
scarce four or five tons per acre may
be used, and then 400 pounds of acid
phosphate along with 100 pounds of nj
trate of soda will yield about the
same results. These experiments have
shown that fertilizer should be spread
over all the land and not confined to
the potato rows, for in this way the
potato roots spread out more widely
and succeeding crops make better use
of what the potatoes leave.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06

Fifty years ago the average length
of human life in the United States
was in the neighborhood of thirty
four years. Today the average Ameri-
can citizen lives to be forty-five years
of age. And fifty years from now
the average human life will have
heightened to almost sixty years.
All of this gain in heightened life
is due to the practice of disease pre-
vention And if the world would put
into practice all that is known of dis-
ease prevention today, the life of even
the present generation might be
heightened by a dozen years or so.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
ESTIMATE OF DAYS FLOWING
Time REQUIRED to PIow an Acre De-
pends on Size of Plow and Num-
Der of Horses Used.

Farmers frequently want to know
how much land can be plowed in day
and how much work it requires to
break an acre. Records at the Missouri
College of Agriculture on 2,122 acres of
land show that it required 3.4 hours of
man labor and 9.3 hours of horse labor
for each acre. Of course, the time re-
quired to plow an acre will depend on
the size of the pillow and the number
of horses used. A four-horse gang
plow with two 12-inch bottoms will av-
erage about 4.12 acres a day of 9.6
hours when it is running six inches
deep. The same plow running eight
inches deep will break quarter of an
acre less. A three-hOrse sulky with
IA or 16-inch bottom will average about
2.5 acres at a six-inch depth, and
about 2 acre less for the eight
inch depth. A two-horse 14-inch walk
ing plow will break about 1.75 acres
day at six-inch depth and about 2
acre less at the eight-inch depth.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
BREAD AS ECONOMICAL FOOD
Home Baked Variety Was Always
Good, Say Government Experts.

q If home-baked bread were uniformly
well made, 1t would be used more ex-
tensively than at present in place of
more expensive foods, say specialists
in the United States department of
agriculture, and this would be dis
tinct economy. From the standpoint
of nutrition it makes very little differ
ence whether breadstuffs are served in
the form of bread or in the form Of
breakfast cereals, side dishes with
meat, or desserts.
A man engaged in moderate muscu-
lar work can profitably consume about
three-fourths of pound day of
breastuffs in any one of these forms.
This quantity is the equivalent of one
pound of baked bread AS a matter
of fact however, it is not probable
that in the average family this guam
tity is consumed and the deficiency is
made up by the use of more expensive
substances. OF course bread alone is
not sufficient for the maintenance of
health, but from both an economical
and hygienic point of view should be
used more extensively than it usually
is, declare the experts.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
The Reichsrath a Babel.

That parliament of Babel, the
reichsrath, now engaged in playing an
obscure part in the Hungarian
peace hunt, is permitted to express its
emotions in eight official languages
symbolic of the war of tongues raging
in the empire itself. In the great vocal
chorus the Slovanian may be said to
have struck the strident top note, for
the very word he has coined for him
self expresses the belief that no man
is talker except himself. "Slowan," "
in Old Slavonian, meant ito speak" "
and as the Slav understood no other
speech, the others were naturally the
dumb dogs.-London Daily Chronicle
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
STORY OF sEAGoING STEER
II Floated Around New York Harbor
for Many Hours and Caused Much
Excitement Before Rescued.

Several longshoremen were biting
water front when there came prOdi-
gious humping on the plank under
meath. The floor of the pier gave forth
a hollow sound.
One of the longshoremen, the Brook
lyn Eagle testifies, swallowed his gar
lie the wrong way and let out Polish
exclamation. Then he bent over and
applied his eyes to crack in the
woodwork. At first he could not make
out anything in the murk, but at length
a pair of green eyes met his Mortified
gaze, it seemed, to his untutored mind
conclusive evidence of a personal call
from the evil one, and when horns
raped the planking and long tail
swished the water he went away from
there very quickly. With him went
the rest of the longshoremen.
Up winding Fulton street they sped
and around the crooked corner into
narrow Poplar street, where they very
nearly carried the door of the Poplar
street police station off its hinges. They
arrived before the desk sergeant all
abreast and told their story, as their
knees smote one against another and
their hands groped feebly for the desk
rail-. The desk lieutenant thought at
first it was a case of greenhouse"
whisky, but he finally sent man down
to investigate. The patrolman found
that the apparition was only steer
which had been thrown into the river
and had swum up under the dock. He
did not know just what to do and his
police manual gave him no help. OBJ
viously he could not loosen the steers
collar and roll it over barrel. Nor
could he give it an antidote for poison.
At last he had bright thought and
called up the dock department, the
steer being at dock and therefore,
per Sc a fit subject for the dock de-
partment.
The dock department responded-or
part of it did-with saws. Then having
opened nice round hole in one of the
city's docks, it's work was done, and it
sent for the S. P. G. A. The S. P. G. A.
does all hoisting jobs appertaining to
steers, mustangs or other animal Hot
sam lifted from the river.
Some brave man passed a rope
around the middle of Taurus and every
body gave "Yo, heafe ho" Up came
the steer and stood dripping on the
dock with the seaweed hanging from
his f1anks.
This steer is supposed to have been
in the river for 48 hours before it was
rescued.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06

troubled with cramps and feel ike .
different woman. / cannot praise
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound too highly and am recommend
ing it to my friends who suffer as did. !"
Mrs. GEORGE R. NAYLoR, Box 72,
Marysville, Pa.
Young women who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backache,
headache, dragging down sensations,
fainting spells or indigestion should
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Thousands have been re-
stored to health by this root and herb
remedy.
Write for free and helpful advice to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (con-
fidentiaD, Lynn, Mass. Only women
open and read such letters.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
LOOK OUT FOR SQUASH BUGS
Insects Attack Melon, Cucumber and
Squash Vines When Plants Are
SmaIl-Use Netting.

Look out for the yellow striped
squashbugs that attack melon, cucum-
ber and squash vines when the plants
are small. The best preventive is to
put mosquito-netting tent over each
hill, using two little sticks as supports,
and covering the edges with soil to
hold the netting in place. Erect these
tents as soon as the plants come
through the ground, or sooner, and
leave them in place until the vines be-
gin to push for room. Then store the
netting for future use.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
F
Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
Holy

Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots.
There's longer the slightest need Of
feeling ashamed of your freckles, the
prescription othine - double strength - Is
guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-double
strength-from your druggist. and apply q
little of 1t night and morning and you
should soon that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t is seldom
that more than one ounce Is needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
money back If 1t fails to remove freckles.-
Adv
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
War Spirit Contagious.

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was
more than once placed in a perplex-
ing position by the loss of members
of his cast during his tour through
out Canada and the United States.
No less than ten members enlisted,
including two ladies for service in
war hospitals. One humorous Incl
dent occurred after the engagement
of a deputy" in the United States.
She was not very much interested in
the war prior to her appointment,
but the talk behind the scenes among
the company bore so frequently on
the loss of relatives at the front that
she felt one night impelled to vOlun-
teer as a nurse, was eventually ac-
cepted, and her place had to be filled.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
Save the Babies

frghu We hardly realize
children in civilized countries
before
than oneh before they ve oneha before
they are fifteen!
We do hesitate that timely Of Castora would
these lives Neither hesitate that
of nfane deaths occaone by the narcotic
Drops nres and soothing sold for hdrens contain
deadly In quantity they retard circulation and lead
toria if it bears the signature of Chas H. Fletcher
opiates narcotics of kind ~
LE<<z%9
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
A Sporting Event.

At recent sports meeting in coun-
try town an old countryman picked up
a disused program of events and was
studying it earnestly when swell ap-
preached him.
Hello, old chap, what's the next
event on the program
Old Man Cooking up from his card)
"A donkey race, sir. Are you going to
rum"
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
CAUSE OF SC0URS IN CALVES
Avoid Irregular Feeding and Dirty
Milk or PaIs-Best to Separate
Affected Animal.

Scours in calves are caused by ir-
regular feeding, overfeeding, sudden
change of feed, fermented feeds, feed
ing dirty or sour milk or milk of dis
eased cows, the use of dirty milk pals
or feed boxes, and damp, dirty stables.
AS soon as scours are discovered it is
best to separate the affected calf from
the others and carefully disinfect the
pen.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
twenty-five Years
Experience With
Kidney Remedy

Between twenty-five and thirty years
ago commenced selling DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root and during all that time 1
have never heard single complaint from
my customers; they are more inclined to
praise it, and judging from their favor
able remarks and the repeated sales 1
enjoy / am confident that Swamp-Root IS
a valuable medicine for the troubles fox
which it is intended.
Very truly yours,
OTTO 81. G. LIPPERT,
Pharmacist.
1901 Freeman, Cor. Liberty Sts-
Sept. 10, 1915. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Prove What Swamp-ROOt VIII Do For YOw
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You.
will also receive a booklet of valuable,
information, telling about the hdneye
and bladder When writing, be sure and
mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles for sale at all
lrug stores.-Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06

WOuIO nave w 6L6y
in bed several days
every m on tn. !
tried all kinds Of
remedies and was
treated by doctors,
but my trouble con-
tinued until one day
/ read about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
what it had done for
others. / tried It
and unuu I ann navaP
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
Her Partino Shot,

"You have returned all my letters
and presents, Hortense," says Egbert,
but you seem to be retaining my
photograph. May 1 yet dare to hope
that"
"Oh, your photograph? 1 sent that
to Life, thinking the editor would want
to run it as one of those pictures for
which they pay 500 to anybody that
can supply proper title."-Life.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
A Question.

'9The Hindoos have some queer Gus
toms. The women wear strings OF
gold coins and many bangles. One fe-
male will frequently carry all the fam
lily wealth."
"Are we so Very different?' inquired
Flubdub, indicating a display of easy
payment diamonds that was going by.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
SOUNDNESS OF HORSE
One Of the First Considerations
of the Buyer.
Temporary Unfitness Should Be Dis
tinauished From Permanent Un-
soundness-Some of Common
Faults and Blemishes.
(By H. H. REESE.)

Selection of a horse must be based
primarily on a thorough, systematic
examination; the examination should
be based on a clear knowledge of de-
sirable and undesirable qualities. Not
only the presence of unsoundness but
also the condition or seriousness of
the unsoundness should be noted.
Temporary unfitness should be distin-
guished from permanent unsoundness.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
FEED CALF SEPARATED MILK
This May Be Done Where Animals Are
Especially Strong at Birth-Make
Change Gradually.

Calves especially strong at birth may
be put on separated milk entirely at
two weeks of age, but this should not
be attempted with weak ones. Until
the calf is in vigorous and thrifty con-
dition no attempt should be made to
change to separated milk, This change
should always be made gradually.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
GOOD RACK FOR IMPLEMENTS
Device Shown in Illustration Keeps
Tools Together and Saves Gar
dener Much Time.

To have the tools within reach
makes for economy of time in putting
in odd moments in the garden. Tools
have a way of scattering and hiding
when wanted most. A tool rack as il
lustrated, placed in a handy place,
keeps the tools together. Such rack
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
Whenever YOu Need q General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as Cen
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
MP the Whole System. 50 cents
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
An Abandoned Industry.

Henry-I see it be ordained as the
farmers should grow pigs these times.
Have you any coming along, large?
George-NO. Emery; l 'aven't taken
no interest in pigs much since the
missus died.-LOndOn Tattler
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
Still One More 1ask to Eace.

$50 your long days work is donew
''NOt yet. I've finished as far as
the officeis concerned, but as soon as
get home and eat my supper I've got
to go with my wife to some moving
picture show"
The midland journal., 1917-07-06

wright's Indian Vegetable Pills contain
nothing but vegetable ingredients. which act
gently a tonic and purgative by stimu-
latioR and not by irritation. Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06

Dr. Peery'O Dead Shot" 10 powerful and
prompt but safe One dose only is enough
to expel Worms Tapeworm. No castor
oil necessary. Adv.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06

is merely a modification of a carpen-
ter's saw horse. Holes bored through
the top hold the handles of tools and
a board across the bottom is for the
handles to rest on.
The midland journal., 1917-07-06
JameS J. Hill, deceased, left $4,000,
900 worth of property in Minnesota.

l know what pleasure is, for have
done good work.-R. L. Stevenson.