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The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-15
Mrs. Douglas Tea Cups.
An Instance Of Her Wonderful Tact and
Winning Ways.

An Instance of Her Wonderful Tact and
Winning Ways.
The legend-lovers of Washington
have always remembered the pretty
and graceful ways of Mrs. Douglas,
and never ceased to hold her up AS the
model Of a statesmau's wife. Hrr tact
and amiabilitv were boundless, and
although when she married the Little
Giant she was very young and much
his Junior she adapted herself to the
position from the tart so thoroughly
that no wife of twenty years expert
ence in public life could equal her.
AT one of her receptions in Washing
ton, a great, shy, awkward constituent
from the most rustic region of Illinois
presented himself il Mrs. Douglas
doorway, sent up there from the capt.
toll by the Senator, who assured him
that his wife would be delighted to
see him. The visitor was anything
but a parlor ornament, a rude, unpol-
ished son of the prairie, unused to the
ways of society, but a power in the
politics of his home, and 3 man whose
influence could be of vast assistance to
Mr.. Douglas. Entering the oom gave
him a nervous chill, Mrs. Douglas
pretty greeting threw him into a
fever, and her inviting him out 10 the
refreshment room completed a case OF
palsy. Ignoring his trepidation, she
chatted away to him herself, paid no
attention to his stammering refusals,
and poured out the tea in some mirac-
uIous little cups of eggshell Sevres.
Grasping the fairy calyx in hi. fingers
for the first sip, the delicate bit of
Sevres was crushed to pieces and the
the hot tea poured in a hot stream
over Mrs. Douglas silken train. With
a CAV laugh the lady said: "How
brittle they are! just look at mine,"
and with a mighty effort she broke
another cup between her fingers. Re-
assured, the constituent drew his
breath and found himself at ease,
while that incompatible hostess
talked to him, asked about his mother,
his wife and his children, all of whom
she remembered so well and called by
name. That man went home to work
for, vote for and swear by Stephen A.
Douglas, and way back Of his political
convictions lay the pieces of those two
broken tes-cups.
Some ladies were discussing the in
cident at a lunch party the other ,tay,
and, said one pretty woman: u
wouldn't break my best teacups .or
any constituent in my husbands dis
trict." Out of the group there was
only one who courageousiy said: I'D
break my whole dinner set if it would
send my husband to the Ser ate, and
buy new ones when 1 got to Washing
TONI she shrewdly added.
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PENIS GROVE. SALEM COUNTY, N. j. SATURDAY. JULY Is, 1882.


fire. The work has ceased for the
moment.
1t is stated at Woolwich that the
! Government will summon the reserves
on Monday.
A dispatch to the Times from Paris
states that the Cabinet has considered
the instructions to be given To- Ad-
miral Conrad in view of the possibility
of the English fleet bombarding the
defences at Alexandria. 1t is under
stood that 1t has decided that he shall
remain passive. and only participate if
provoked by some act or incident.
France, in thus deciding, wished to
remain faithful to her previous res lu-
tons not 10 act apart from European
concert and to reserve freedom of ac-
ton pending the decisions of the Con-
ference. Admiral Conrad, however.
Is instructed to remain at his post and
not allow the Egyptians to regard the
action of England as opposed to the
views of France and Europe.
MADRID.-The Government has re-
ceivtd a dispatch from Alexandria
asserting that Egyptian bands have
attempted to cut the Suez Canal.
MALTA.-The Spanish ironclad Ara
gon has arrived here on her way to
Alexandria. The British ironclads
Achilles and Northumberland have
arrived from Syracuse. Ordinance
stores are being shipped on board the
ironclads Minotaur and Agincourt,
the tornado ship Hecla and the troop
and storeship Humber. The hired
transport Nerissa has shipped 1850
tons of coal and a quantity of warlike
stores and provisions.
LoNDoN.-The Daily Telegraph's
correspondent at Alexandria says:
THE answe of Arab Pacha does not
satisfy Admiral Seymour, who has
sent out a call on the English war
ships. The French are encouraging
Arab Pscha to resist"
The Standard publishes the follow
ing special dispatches
ALExANDRIA.-Although Arab Pa
cha may yield at the last moment, he
still preserves a defiant attitude.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Seymour has
received a reply to his ultimatum stat
ing that the report as TO work upon
the batteries and forts is not true.
The Arrears and Repression Bills.
London.-In the Houseof Commons
the Right Hon. John Bright support
ed the motion to go into committee on
the Arrears bill. He expressed con-
Gdence in MIR. Gladstone's estimate of
the cost and the means of defraying
it from the Church surplus.
Mr.. Parnell announced that his
party did not intend to further oppose
the Repression BILL
The House went into committee on
the Arrears bill, and progress was
reported.
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Unbalanced Justice.

"Whatl" exclaimed an Austin jus
tice to n colored culprit, "hsve you
the audacity to say to me you do not
recognize this pocketbook ?" Yes,
sah.n "But 1t was found in your pos
session." "In my what did-y er-sayi
Jedge ?" "In your possession. This
~pocketbook was found in your pocket,
sir" "Jedge, you has done tole two
stories about dat ar. Fust, yer said hit
was foun' in my possession, and den
yer lowed hit was foun' in my poe
ket. Bofe dem yarns can't be true"
The Justice called the culprit to order
and, once more producing the pocket
book, said "You denied just now any
knowledge of this pockettook. / now
ask you again, did you ever e this
pocketbook before? p "Why, Of course.
Hit am de same one you showed me a
minute ago. Yer must be losing yer
mind, Jedge." Remanded to jail
without bail.
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Pointed.

"I never pretend to know a thing
that / do not" remarked Brown.
"When / don't know q thing, I say
at once, Il don't know" "a very
proper course" said Fogg, "but how
monotonous your conversation must
be, Brown"
sFellow-citizens," said a street-cor-
ner orator, standing on a dry goods
box amid the glare and smoke of
many torches, ''my position upon this
question is a peculiar one." And
Just then, when the box caved In and
let him down in the shape of a letter
", gripped by the neck and heels, the
crowd rather thought 1t was.
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said Gounod, ~ am So happy TO hear
you speak of the success of the opera,
because all the people speak to me
only just of the Soldiers' Chorus"
Never mind" said Rossini, operas
are not born like men, head first, the
success of operas is born the feet first ;
that Soldiers' Chorus is what the peo-
pie understood at once, the rest will
come in me. l have often gone
through the experience" Gounod
was barely gone when / saw y rather
little man with very pronounced Jew
ish features, communicating, the
shabbiest possible hat covering al evil
IDENTIFY clever head, 1t was Meyerbeer;
he steered with outstI etched arms
straight towards RossiDi, whom he
always approached with an humble
mock modesty and Difference, as If he
held him by far the greater genius,
and especially as if this eference vas
due to the older man. Louis Blanc
told me once that he was so struck
when first seeing Meyerbeer with hat
particularly vulgar expression of his
face. | can not say that / found it sc.
A Jewish and a cunning expire sion |
found Predominant. R0ssini had for
MeyerbeeI a sincere friendship and
admiration, aud l give here the most
peremptory denial to al the invented
stories of his envy or jealousy, etc. /
was with Rossini when he went to the
Rue Richepanse, where Meyerbeer
lived, and where every day during
his illness Rossini inquired how he
was and where, one day, the con
cierge, with the brutality of common
French people, answered Rossini's in
curry, IN Meyerbeer? MAS ii est
mort, quot ?" Rossini fell back faint
ing, and it was only when Meyerbeer's
daughter arrived. and he had cried
like a child with her for half an no r,
that he recovered himself and 1 took
him home.
He could not resist occasionally say
ing a little witty word for fun's sake,
but he never Intentionally hurt any
body. 1 willnot deny, however, that
1 know of a rather bitter thing which
he said to the Able List, who came
to see him in his little and who
%improvised rather madly on the small
Pleyel piano. When he had done
Rossini said Jaime mieux l'autre."
"L'autre ?" asked Liszt, stupetied.
ayes, Hayden's Chaos" said Rossini,
sis 1T not Chaos you meant to repre-
sent ?" List, excessively sensitive,
was fearfully offended.
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9TH E A OF A MAN"

In the grim hush Of midnight
When your house has grown so still,
l riss from ray sleep in the c~hurchysrd
To about at my will.
Ipass your unopened door sonly
And staad once more by your side,
TIL ! GU cream that In heaven 1 love you,
Al well as the day | died.
But my hour on earth is shortened:
Inc light of the moon grows dim
IS my feet go dowr you stairway,
out nto the darkness grim,
And back to the yawning churchyard
go With the rising ind
Bui a sudden whisper nolds me
Though / dare not loo behind.
"Thiuk ) on, poor ghost, he loved you,
That you hasten 10 watch his rest,
When his heart was young he loved me,
was his Hrst aud best,
In the land of death he will claim me-"
Ere she finished a living voice spoke:
81 heard your voice in my chamber;
knew You and I awoke,
Go back to graves that claim you,
He is my husband true,
VINO lives the life OF a mortal
And has no thoughts for you,
When the hand of death shall seize him,
Claim him then, II SO you cant
Yours are the hearts of wemen,
His-is the heal 1T Of man."
ALICE TURNER,
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She Had Him There.

Goods at half price," said the sign.
How much is that teapot? ?" asked
an old lady. Fifty cents, num-"
was the response. "Guess I'll take
it," she said, throwing down a quar-
ter. The sign was taken in.
An Albany paper tells of a WON
In that city who woke her husband
during a storm the other night, ana
said: 81 do wish you would stop snQr-
ing, for | want to hear it thunder"
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EGYPT'S WAR CLOUD.
BRITISH RESIDENTS LEAVING
ALEXANDRIA.

Arab Pacha supplying Arms to the Ma
tives-Egyptian Bands Attempt 10
The suez Canal.
ALEXANDRIA. - Ragheb Pacha,
President of the Council, received a
telegram from the Sultan announcing
that the British ieet would lombard
the forts unless the construction of the
earthworks was stopped. The Sultan
holds the Khedive and Ministry re-
sponsible for the consequence. Ragheb
Pacha replied that the Ministry had
already ~telegraphed to Constantinople
that demonstrations had been made,
in consequence of which the Sultan's
permission to resume the work was
asked.
Despite all denials to the contrary,
the work on the Notifications contin-
ues. Admiral Seymour delays formally
demanding the cessation of the work
until all the British residents are on
vessels in the harbor. they are now
hastily embarking. 1t is reported that
Arab Pacha is supplying arms to the
natives.
A Turkish yacht, with two high Off
GERS on board, has arrived here.
LoNDoN.-A dispatch to the Times
from Alexandria states that Admiral
Seymour has sem an ultimatum to the
authorities demanding the instant
stoppage of the construction OF the
earthworks under threat of opening
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-11-02

eve are Frenchmen; it is La Mo-
merle, who comes to bring you help,
was the answer.
Placing sentinel at the gate Madeline
went down to the river to meet the rein.
forcements.
Monsieur, 1 surrender my arms to
you,' said the girl, with military sa-
lutte to La Momerie.
"Mademoiselle, they are in good
hands, calamity answered the Lieu.
tenant.
''Better than you think" said Made
line.
La Momerie accompanied her to the
fort, inspected it. and found all in salts
factory order, with the sentinels at their
posts.
ut is time to relieve them, monsieur, u
said Madeline: eve have not been off our
bastions for a week.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-11-02
THE TWO HOUSES.

John is man in vigorous health,
His mansion is splendid and tall,
His acres are teeming with golden wealth,
With fatlngs in field and stall;
Johns father is broken, decrepit and weak,
His reverend locRs, long and gray,
In a cottage dismantled, cold and bleak,
He is living just over the way.
John rides in carriage with twinkling
Wheels,
Bowling to all with smiles and laughs,
Johns father along the highway steals,
Borne up by an old oaken staff
Sweet music floats over from Johns bright
room,
For his daughters like fairies play,
The wind whistles shrlly amid the gloom
Of the cottage over the way.
Johns dooryard flowers are set with taste,
And his hedges are neat and trim,
Just across the way is a weedy waste,
But the old mans ewes are so dim
That he dces not see how the jessamine leaves
Johns beautiful home make gay,
Nor mark the moss on the rotten sves
Of his own house over the way.
Johns parlors are sometimes open wide
To well dressed company;
And over the springing floor they glide
70 rythmic melody;
Perchsnce it may keep the old man awake
Far on to the morning gray,
Of course his heart is too old to ache
In the cottage over the way.
John gives gifts with lavish hand
To the pauper he owns as sire,
But says he never can understand
What he wants more than food and fire.
And wonders because the old man will weep
And talk of long-gone day
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-11-02

Mp. Willis once said: The sweetest
thing in life 10 the unclouded Welcome Of
. wife," This 10 true, indeed; but when
her welcome 10 clouded with an atmos-
phers Of angry vords and eo4l scuttles.
there u something about IL that makes .
nan want 70 90 out IL the voodshed end
deep on he ~ ehest. h.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-11-02

II ever an outraged host FASTENED the
departure of . guest it had welcomed
with no little politeness and consldera-
ton. that host is the American people to.
day and that guest is the obfuscated
spendthrift Congress OF the United
States Just about to fall to pieces of its
own demoralised aud nnprincipled ex-
travaganccs. .'hiIadelphia Times.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-11-02

EngIand cannot treat with Arab Boy.
The moment he begins to negotiate with
England he will lose his power. The
English demand il that it hold the domi-
nant influence in Egypt. Arab Bey1
strength lice in bis resistance to this de-
mand and his maintenance OF national
principles. There 10 mo- mi background
on which they can meet. England must
either whip him or give mp it, abeusd
claims. II Denver Tribune.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-11-02

II will never abandon it," said the
girl; II had rather die than give it up to
the Iroquois. think it very important
that they should never get possession OF
any French fort, because If they do they
will think they can get others, and will
be more bold and impudent than ever"
Madeline commanded her little gsrri-
son for week. During this time they
had frequent alarms, for the Iroquois
still moved all about them. II may say
with truth" said the little heroine, "tbat
did not eat or sleep for twice twenty
four hours. I did not go into my
fathers house, but kept always on the
bastion, or went to the blockhouse to see
how the people we're behaving. l alwAys
kept o cheerful and smiling face, and
| encouraged nv small company with the
hope that help wonld come quickly"
At last detachment OF forty men,
under . lieutenant named La Momerie,
was sent from Montreal 10 the relief Of
the fort. They came mp sseslthily in the
night. not knowing whether the Iroquois
had taken the fort or not. Bnt one Of
the alert sentinels thought be heard .
sound and called ont: "Qui vive?" The
girl commander had just dropped into .
dozs. With her head upon . table. and
Der gun lying across her arms. when the
sentinel spoke TO her telling her that he
had heard something from the river.
Madeline immedistsIy mouutsd the bas-
tion.
who are your shs orisd.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-11-02

From Brant and Red Jacket, BY Edward Eggleson
and Lille Eggleson oeelye.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-26

The Tucson Land and Building Association. having acquired title Co thi- valuable propcrt-. will proceed Co sell the lots by
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-26

WEDNESDAY, although a national hoh- day. was not formally observed in Tucson, and the day passed as quietly as the or diary Sabbath holiday To a zealous patriot the lack of demonstration exhib- its want of respect to the memory Of the late father of his country bya weep ing and sorrowful progeny, and per haps it is so; the veneration Of men whose public career Of greatness has been chief ly the result of circumstance, Is like dust paying homage to dust, and hoWey- CT high an altitude on the ladder of fame a human being may climb, there IS a busy future coming when his memory will become but the shadow of dream to the mass of his countrymen. Ihls was quite observable on Washlngton's birthday, when the cause of the holiday was actually unknown to, or unthought of, by many people, and when reminded they would remark, "oh, yes! l had Tor gotten" Time, with its swift revolving wheels, is making too rapid progress for them to burden the memory with things of so remote origin, and were 1t not for the interest felt by the young folks in the Christmas holidays, the ey- cry day business affairs of life would be likely to soon relegate those joyous days into a commonplace, everyday geasOn
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-26
The Nn.her and the Terrier.

\ woman and terrier reached the Union Depo. yesterday half all hour be- fore the time of the Grand Trunk tram for Buffalo, and while the woman sat down in the waiting-rOOm as the best thing she could do, the dog made the tour of the room several times and then curled up in a seat not far away to get a wink of sleep before being turned over tO the tender care of the baggage man. All things were so-sO, when a young man with a good deal of a cane and watch and chain and necktie sauntered in and took a cool survey of the various females. The one nearest the dog not only had a young and pleasant face, but she was all alone. After satisfying himself of this, the young man advanced, made a graceful bow and inquired;
 Beg pardon, but do you go east?'
 She nodded.
 "AhlI thought SO. If you have any baggage l shall be most happy -ah- shall be most happy
 He had all the time been preparing to sit down beside her on the dog, and the sentence was not yet finished when he sunk gracefully back. Some dogs have been sat down on so often that they don't mind 1t but this terrier had always been a pampeTed pet, and had not been given proper time to shake off sleep and get his legs under him. When suddenly buried under 140 pounds of masher his ideas must have been terribly confused, but not for long. 4 clock couldn't have ticked over six times when the yOuug man began to rise up and whoop, and he was scarcely mp when he made a course for the door which upset every band-box and satchel for a width of ten feet. As he went out of the door black object let go of him and trotted back, and 1t was only when the dog began rubbing against the baseboard to restore himself to his former round shape that any one was able to discover why the frenzied young man had left in such hurry.-N. '. Star.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-26
The CaIiforsia Southern.


 The track-layers are now two miles be- yond Fall Brook, which is sIxty-nine miles from the starting point at National City. The grading IS completed one hundred and seventeen miles, and the remainder Of the Hne is under contract 10 within three miles ol Colton. All the heavy work yet 90 be done is at B5X Springs canyon, em5r .ced within q distance of four miles. aa.Ch Is now Cov- red by a force of one thousand men and sixty teams. According to these figures sixty-two miles oi track are yet to belaid, fourteen miles to be graded, and only three miles Co De let.
 The materia. and rolling stock on hand and on tLc way are ample 10 complete and equip the road. There are enough rails here to lay the track about one hundred miles, and the cargoes of the two foreign vessels now en route, ,the Duke of Argyle and the AlumIna, will complete the required number Other material, such as tIes and lumber, is either in the yard at National City or IS contracted for, and will arrive from to tune before the supply IS exhausted Six locomotives are now on the road two are aboard the ship Osceola winch came into port yesterday, and two are a part of the cargo Of the Pettingill which will arrive here within the next forty days. Two passenger coaches have already anyed, three are now being built at Newark in thls State, and several are aboard the.Pettingil. The supply oi box and flat cars, either here or on the way. is also ample.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-26

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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-26
Two Oueer Stories.

Among the choicest books in his IT, brary Mr. Greenville possessed one of two volumes of an excessively rare tif- teener, l think the Mazarine Bible prIn- ted on vellum and magnificentiy bound. Of course he was very anxious to get a copy of the missing volume, also on vel lum, but he hoped against hope. After many years however, be had the most unexpected and almost unexampled good fortune to get not only copy on vellum, but the identical copy, as shown by the binding, which had been so long separated from the one in his possession. MT. Greenville, when showing the books to Mir. Amyot and to Samuel Rogers, who was there at the time, told the his tory Of his good fortune.
 Amyot said'it was the most remark able coincidence he had ever heard.
 Rogers Gid not quite agree to this, and proceeded to mention the following, which he thought still more remarkable.
 An officer, who was ordered to India, went on the day before leaving England, to his lawyers in LincOln's Inn Fields. The day being wet, he took a hackney coach, and when he got out, as he was paying the driver, he dropped a shilling. He looked in the mud and slush for 1t ln vain, and SO did the coachman. On his return home after some years seruce Ee had again occasion to go to his lawyers in Lincoln's Inn Fields. When leaving he recollected his lost shilling, and by seme unaccountable impulse, began to look for 1t, when strange to say, just at the very spot where he had paid the coachman, and on the very edge of the curbstone, he fOnnd-
 "The shilling r' was the hasty cOnclu- sion of my excellent friend.
 Not exactly" said Rogers, but F. penny worth of coppers wrapped up in brown paper r'--t Nineteenth Century.