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The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-01
The Red Ear.

II was October when / came to the
Sumac Farm-red, rare October, with
the maple trees all dyed in scarlet, the
woodland streams checked with dead
leaves, and the nuts ripening on the
chestnut boughs; and l . well re-
member the thrill which went through
all my veins at the sight of the glori-
GUS landscape, as the stage driver set
me down on the doorstep, with my
trunk and carr ct bag, just as the sun
set, bursting through a>shield of low
ering cloud, blazed across the old
house, painting its caves with orange
light, and turning the small window
panes to ~quivering tablets of gold.
For / had been born and brought up
Ia the city and all this wide, wild
landscape, colored. with autumn for
ests and scented with dead leaves, was
new and marvellous in my sight.
"Do you like 1t, Cousin Olgaf"
Coquettish like Barbara Blake asked
the question, as she fitted to and fro,
apparently intent upon the arrange
ment of the supper table, while all the
time she kept a bright eye on Walter
Midway, who sat by the light mend
ing q defective spot in the harness.
Every much," 1 said, quietly.
Walter did not look up, but 1 could
feel his quiet eye on me all the time.
I wondered what he thought of me. I
thought, uneasily, Of my dusty dress,
my disheveled hair, the stiff, unbecom-
ing linen collar which / had chosen to
wear, instead of the lace frill which
hest suited my face. Not that l wanted
him to admire me but every woman
likes to appear to the best advantage,
and I was no whit different from the
rest of my sex.
I was a Philadelphia shop girl.
There vas no glamour of romance
about my life. / worked for my liv-
ing, like many another, lived quietly
in scant and forlorn lodgings, and felt.
sadly enough, that my lot in life was
to be a chrysalis's rather than a butter.
fy's-until Fayal & Co. failed, and
hearing that / was out of employment,
my unknown cousins of Sumac Farm
wrote to me to come and spend the
winter with them.
They welcomed me kindly after
their fashion. Uncle Blake gave me
a kiss, and remarked obviously, thai
II didn't favor any of the Blakes thai
ever he knew Off Barbara, his daugh
ter, wondered why 1 looked so pale
Jonas brought his pretty young wife
who had been q Mildmay-to gree
me and her brother Walter, who WA
boarding there, alse shook hands
politely with me, and "hoped / should
like the country" In An Indifferent
way.
The fire OF huge logs blazed ant
cracked in the deep, smoke blackenet
chimney place, and the leaves rustleS
against the doorstep outside, and
cricket chirped shrilly under tn,
hearth. and it was all so strange-s,
strange, yet so restfuli
After supper they left me all alone
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-01
THE PIGEON GIRL.

On the slipping markei-piace.
IN the village of Compeigne,
Every Saturday her face,
Like a sunday, coints again;
daylight finds her IN her seat,
with her RAINIER" at her feet,
Where her pigeons lie In pairs;
Like their plumaRe, gray her gown,
To her" sabots " dropping down:
And o kerchief, brightly brown,
Binds her smooth, dai k hair.
All the buyers know her well,
And, perforce, her face must see,
As a holy Raphael
Lures us In a gallery,
Round about the rustics cape,
Drinking in her comedy shape,
And the housewives gently speak
When into her eyes they look,
AS within some holy book,
And the gables, high and crook,
Fling their sunshine on her cheek.
In her hardstwo milk-white doves
Happy in her lap TO lie
Softly murmur OF their loves,
Envied by the passers-by;
Oht ~ OAiO thtAh So eaSJ e
Bought and cherished for her K
r,nsS. 49, 800 annrooon
soot "a ooo.n
-. +. o,ooha
Ring the noon for Picardie.
Round the vi lage see her Gid
With a slender sunbeam's paeel
Mirrored in he Discs tide,
The goldfish float upon her fa'e;
All the soldiers u their caps;
In the cafes quit their maps
80 sa.S,a. .mI,.
- 80. 1ora \ a,sIa
p,oo,ra,n other wb,Ie.
49, ahnroh ofsa,nt Iacopas
Now h climbs her dappled ass
He weli-plt ased such friend 10 know
And right merriiy h pass
The armorial chateau;
Down the long straight paths d tread,
Till the forest. overhead,
=. .haarohwavs areen care.s
.-dr,oa.ss-
- han..th ~
-. $500. 80 .hova
1 have met her DER and DER,
AS | strolled alone apart,
BY a lonely carrefour"
In the forests tangled heart,
Safe as any stag that bore
Imprint of the Emperor;
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-01

1t Is estimated that there are now
within radius of twenty miles around
New York city no less than 1900
.'wheelmen," and that no less than
1900 machines are scattered all over
the country.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-01

ArDutuss
Under the winter snow,
Under dead leaves below,
Where brooks In secret flow,
To the bare earth there cling,
Heavy with scent OF spring,
Hinged like dawn's flushing hours,
Fragrant Arbutus flowers.
Under the snow OF years,
Under the weight of cares,
Watered by secret tears,
To the bare heart there cling,
Heavy with scent of spring.
Sad thoughts of sammy hours,
Memory's Arbutus lower
The best society and conversation ls
that in which the heart has a greater
share than the head.
Song.
Where, from the eve OF day,
The dark and silent river
rursues through the tangled woods away
Ger which the tall trees CULVER;
The silent mist that breaks
From out that woodland cover
betIayb tie nluuen patn ~ Akch
And hangs the current overi
So oft the thoughts that burst
From hidden springs of feeling,
Like silent streams, unseen at first,
From. our cold hearts are stealing.
But soon the clouds that veil
The eye of Love, when glowing,
Betray the long u~nwhispered tale
OF thoughts In darkness iowipgi
LoNaEELLow, 1926.
Simeon adopted the following rules
for the conduct of his life l. To hear
as little as possible of whatever is to
the prejudice of others. 2. To believe
nothing of the kind till 1 am abso-
lutely forced to. 3. Never to drink
in the spirit of one who circulates
an ill report. A. Always to mod
crate the unkindness which is ex-
pected towards others. s. Always to
believe that If the other eide were
heard q different account would be
given of the matter.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-01

The greatest wealth is contentment
with q little.
The Call OF the Partridge.
The fields are wet, the fields are green,
All things are glad and growing,
And fresh and cool across he pool
The gentle wind is blowing.
Tho humid clouds yet ill the sky,
The rain has ceased it's falling,
And from his rail- across the swals
hear the partridge calling,
The spotted partridge calling.
Thro' the silence lot a note
His listening ear is greeting,
But near, o hear, how loud and clear
His call he is repeating.
What pleading fingers in his tone,
What tenderness revealingi
o, soft and sweet across the wheat
A timid answers stealing,
The timid answers stealing.
STELLA A.. GANore.
Friendship survives death better
han absence.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-01
Gems of Sentiment.

Hearts agree minds dispute.
The greatest wealth is contentment
q little.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-09-14
UNSETTLED TERRITORY.

According to the census of 1880 there
are 100000 square miles of unsettled
territory in this country, which is near
ly one-half its whole area. Since 1880
the unsettled area east of the Appalachian
range has been reduced only 10000
square miles. In the original l3 states
there are still Ii, 900 square miles of un-
occupied laud. Northern Maine, part
of New Hampshire aDd the Adirondac
region constitute the wilderness. In
Wisconsin and Michigan 20,5O0 square
miles are still unsettled, being largely
covered with timber or unfit for agricul-
tural purposes. Florida has nearly o.
900 square miles of swamp and ever
glade. Texas has 1877, 900 square miles
of vacant lands. In the remaining terri
tory west of the Mississippi, 1900, 600
square miles are either unsettled or oc-
cupied only by Indians. OF this, 240,-
900 square miles are embraced in Indian
reservations. But while there is plenty
If space it is. according to Gen. Francis
4, Walker, comparatively worthless
space. Taking out mountainous, arid
and barren tracts there remains very lit
tie public land tit for agricultural pur-
poses, aud what is left will probably be
takeu up within year. This statement
does not Imply that all the Ia nd iu the
country fit for cultivation is ctually IN
der cultivation. 1t simply means it has
been disposed of in one way or another
to states. schools. railroads. etc.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-09-14
The Misfortune Of Finding Gold.

From the London Telegraph
A man who finds El2, 900 worth Of
gold hidden away in an old wall is gen.
orally regarded as lucky individual;
but the civil tribunal of Dion has Just
proved that even find Of this magni-
tude may be anything but fortunate
occurrence to the discoverer. In the
month of April last joiner named Job
in, taking down the paneling of an old
house about to be demolished, belonging
to DIR. Chanut, at Dijon, found sum of
300, 900 france in gold Of various dates
just previous to the great revolution.
The coin was packed in rouleanx and
wrapped in pieces of Moniteur, published
duling the reign of terror. With the
money were certain scraps of manu-
script, showing it to belong to one who
was mayor Of Dion at that period. His
descendants on hearing Of the discovery,
brought an action against DIR. Chanut
and VI. John to recover the treasure,
and the court, after duly investigating
the claim, gave judgement in favor of the
plaintiffs. What is even more CALLING to
the finder Of the treasure and TO the PRO-
prietor of the house. where it had re-
NAMED concealed for nearly a century,
is that they were mulcted in the cost OF
the trial
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-09-14
AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS IN ENGLAND.

From the annual report of the British
Postal Department it appears that nearly
ten million American newspapers entered
England last year. The New York
Herald says: We congratulate the
mother country on her sagacity in seek
ing the best sources of information on
current affairs. English newspapers are
good in many respects, but to those
Britons who realize that the world does
not consist exclusively of the various
portions Of the British Empire the typi-
cal American journal is almost necessi-
ty. On this side of the ocean there is q
nation of fifty million people and of
more than three million miles of area,
upon which England is almost as de-
pendent as she is upon herself. About
this nation an Englshman who does not
wish to be ignorant is compelled to iu-
form himself, and his home newspapers
do not enable to do this. But aside from
this there is much about English inter-
ests and the general run of European af-
fairs that he can learn only from Ameri-
can newspapers; it is cause for hearty
congratulation that he has learned this
to the extent of reading nearly ten mil
hon American newspapers per year.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-09-14
Kerosene.

The Boston Journal OF Chemistry cor
reefs the impression, which may be gen.
erslly extant, that that "vsluable con-
trivance," the kerosene lamp, has no
time to attend to anything else than "in
blowing human beings into hospitals
and eternity" II says: "A convincing
proof of its ability in another direction
is found In the announcement Of the
death 10y suffocation Of priest who had
slept iu a room iu which lamp was
burning imperfectly. How many thou
and headaches are discovered every
morning in bed-chambeIs that have been
lighted through the night by kerosene
lamps turned down low will never be
known, but the aggregate is enormous,
and cannot be otherwise; for the small
fame in the lamp chimney does not
cause enough draught TO insure perfect
combustion. and, this being the case, the
slumberers breathe carbon and carbonic
acid gas as literally rs II they stood over
the chimney Of petroleum refinery. II
q little light be necessary i'll bed-cham-
ber it may ne supplied by specially
prepared taper, by candle or by wick
floating and supported in animal or vege-
table oil; but the turned down kerosene
lamp is always Il menace to health and
life
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-09-14
The Yellowstone Country,

John Mccullough, the tragedian, who
accompanied General Sheridan and par
ty on trip through the Yellowstone
country, pronoupces it "the grandest
country spectacularly that God Almighty
has made" He says: "Shakspeare's
dictum Mature is greatef than art is
here verified again and again. confess
that was skeptical. had the most ex-
aggerated-as then thought--ac-
counts Of the park and its wonders, and
was as hereticai as could be. The half
vas not told. The half? Not the thou
sandth part, nor can it be. Pages of
description are all too faint, though the
strongest superlatives in the language
are used unstintedly. Why, to sit on
the edge OF Hell's Half-acre and watch
the Sheridan geyser is to have lifetime
memory. 1t is twice as big as this
hotel, and the steam and water ascend to
height OF 400 feet. 1t Is sindescribably
grand to watch it first sending up a
cloud Of steam, then water higher and
higher, until the stupendous magnitude
OF a full eruption is reached. Then the
Bee. Hive, the Fan, Old Faithful, and
Giant and Giantess, the Paint Pots-I
laughed for an hour at those queer mud
bubbliugs-and all the rest. Pshaw, I
can't tell you the tithe. The grand
canon is a marvel of the world, and the
falls! why, what is Niagara TO them /?
When l tell you that a vast body of
water leaps down precipice 800 feet
high you can gather faint idea of
what it is: / crawled around the jut-
ting angle in the canon from which
Moran took his view and saw it all, from
top to bottom, in its entirety of grandeur,
and the remembrance will linger as
long as life does. The mammoth
springs at the entrance of the park, the
Yellowstone Lake and the hundreds Of
smaller gems should be recounted, but
who can properly describe them? for
got to tell you, to give you some idea of
the volume of water thrown up by the
Sheridan geyser, that when it runs into
the Fire Hole River, distance several
hundred feet, it changes the temperature
from that of icy coldness to actual heat.
You've heard that story about cooking
your trout where You catch 'em. It's
true. 1 did it. caught fish in an ice
cold stream, and walking not farther
than acfoss this room, plunged it in a
spring, in which in an unconceivably
short time il was boiled through and
through. But could go on for hours
telling of the wonders. One of our
newspaper men should 60 to the park
and spend month there. I have never
seen really well written description of
its wonders. A book wouldn't be read,
but series Of short articles would take
I'LL. n l. n
of the exhibitions of vandalism which
abound. Relic huntershave Clipped off
huge pieces Of the craters and have
thrown stumps and logs into the cauld-
drons, which when elected tore huge
pieces from the symmetrical sides.
There's no harm in throwing small
articles in, Of course. / deposited pair
of pants in one crater. They were
thoroughly washed when they came out,
I can tell you"
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-09-14
On the Banks Of the Nile.

Perhaps, saysthe London Daily News,
the most striking idea of the effort of the
Nile water is obtained from standing on
the summit of the Great Pyramid Of
Geezah. The pyramid stands on the des-
ert, but close to the cultivated soil-the
cultivated soil in this case means the
land which has been covered by the in
updation of the great Iiver. To the
height which its waters have reached the
color is green from vegetation; where 1t
has not touched is desert. So distinct is
the line Of green with the buff colored
sand that looking down from the pyra-
mid it seems as if you could put one foot
on the cultivated and another on the I'M
irrigated ground. The sharp, defined
edge Of q well-kept lawn and gravel
path will picture the state of the case to
the mind of any one. Gazing on thS
from the pyramid-can be seen as far as
an eye can reach to the north and south
the importance of the Nile water is rea-
lized. As high as the inuudation rises
ther, ;s growth end cultivation, food for
man ana beast is produced; where the
water has not moved on the surface there
is the desert sterile and bare, and with q
hot, monotonous sun glaring everywhere.
The essential cause of Egypt's greatness
in the past is realized as well rs the con-
tinued political importance OF the coun-
try to our own times.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-09-14
OUR DEXTERITY.

Probably the highest tribute to Ameri-
can skill, energy and quickness COMES
from contributor to Chambers Jour
nal, who says, after eulogizipg the way
in which we would build cities at short
notice here: "Wbat [ have said of the
building trade applies to all others.
Indeed the higher dexterity, taste and
skill busiuess requires, the more does
the American workman respond to the
demand. The Elasticity of type, to
which I have referred, is nowhere seen
so plainly as in the domain of useful
arts. Germans and Frenchmen have
given a finish to American manufac-
lures that is wanting in our own. Be-
sides there l. native neamess, the re-
suit Of high ideal of excellence. This
matter deserves the serious attention of
British manufacturers. who are losing
many markets simply from the clunsi-
ness of their goods. There is rising in
the United States a race of artists, de-
signers and artificers, who promise to
surpass those of all other nations. The
fervor of the climate develops the es-
thetic side of man, the clash of mil
lions of eager, inventive minds is pro-
duoing a standard of excellence that is
both novel and exalted; the possible
ties OF wealth are vastly beyond those
of any European state, and the love of
the elegant and the beautiful pervades
all classes. The inevitable sequence Of
these conditions must be widespread,
all dominating art. 1t is seen in the
gorgeous public buildings, in tde ex-
quisite villas, in the light yet strong fur
niture, in the beautiful appointments of
drawing-rooms and table eGuipages;
while every American lady, yea, though
black, is living evidence of an innate
taste iu dress that makes the English
suffer by contrast. Into every avenue
of life this characteristic of taste goes,
modifying manners aud behavior as
much as architecture, furniture, dress,
ornaments and TOOLS"
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-09-14
LABOR REFORM IN ENGLAND.

Mr.. Jacob Holyoake, one of the
wisest and most prudent of the leaders
of the working classes in England, has
come to this country to endeavor to per-
suade the government to issue some sort
of a guide book for the use Of immi-
grants, setting forth the peculiarities
and resources of every section CT the
Union. In the meanwhile he is o. work
on such book to be published on his
own responsibility. With this end in
view, he will visit the various cities oil
the country IN search of facts and statis-
tics. To enable him to pursue the work
Mr.. Gladstone has granted an allowance
of $500, which will be increased to
81, $50, and Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson
has sent him check for $500. Touch
ing the condition of the working classes
in England, Mr.. Holyoake says that
everywhere they command greater con-
sideration than formerly. Employers
are solicitOus about the welfare of their
hands, the hours of labor have been
shortened through the exertions of
trades unions; more freedom of action
is conceded on Sundays, and the custom
Of early closing on Saturday prevails;
industrial partnerships between employ
ers and laboreIs are multiplying, and
rates Of wages have advanced. "Politi-
cal candidates." says Mr.. Holyoake,
"show an increased regard for working
men. In towns where there are two
liberals returned there is an increasing
demand that one or the other shall be q
representative Of the working classes.
The few representatives they have in
parliament are listened to respectfully.
Among the reforms at which the work.
ing classes in England aim this repre-
sentative working man names the i'm
proyemen, of the land laws, the aboli-
ton of the game laws, the abolition of
the laws of primogeniture and entail,
and the abolition of hereditary peer
age. In this opinion there is a rapid
growth Of republican sentiment in Eng
land winch will lead to a peaceful revo-
luton.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-09-14
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A EaithIess Uthello.

A few months since Miss Ada Deyo,
pretty and accomplished white girl in
New York stale, broke her engagement
with an estimsble young man to run
away with a negro who had been work
ing on her fathers farm. They could
find no minister 10 marry them until she
had blacked herself with cork and passed
for negress. She is now an inmate OF
a poor house in an adjoining county.
When asked why she LETT her dark
skinned husband she cried and said:
"You see, as long as they kept coming
to see US, and everybody was excited
about our marriage, John was very kind
to me. He protected me from inquisi-
tive people, kept mp my courage, and ap-
peared to love me as did him. But he
gradually changed, and after our little
boy was born he was never the same.
Finally, he failed to support me, and, as
/ was unable to work for myself, came
here" Her father has repeatedly offered
her home if she would only leave the
negro Sampson.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-09-14
A Romantic Criminal.

A San Francisco man laid down pack
age of United States bonds while he
paid for a magazine, when a well bred,
well.dressed gentleman engaged him in
a discussion over an article which had at.
tracted his attention in the magazine.
They grew quite interested in it, but
presently the gentleman withdrew. The
bondhOlder put out his hand TO pick up
his envelope OF bonds. 1t was gonel
The police said "English Bill was the
cove, and set out to find him. But they
we're quite baffled, with the exception Of
one detective who hung on. The only
clue be had was the fact that "Eoglish
Bills" pal was seen driving in fashion
able quarter and stopping at we'll
known boarding school. The detective
made himself "solid" with one OF the
chambermaids, who declared that there
was not q man III the house. But he
patiently coAtinued the acquaintance.
One morning she came out Of the gate in
the back yard and emptied pail of
slops into the gutter. Suddenly he saw
a bit of paper floating along. He
picked it up and looked satisfied. A day
or two after when "a French girl, " who
had been in the institution few days
aud had kept her room on account of the
neuralgia, was about driving away in a
carriage, the detective disrobed her and
showed the astonished schooltescher
that sbe had been harboring a man.
Most of the bonds were recovered. The
thief had been detected by shaving pa
per. To maintain his feminine charac-
ter he had been obliged to use the razor
every night when the rest of the house
was asleep. Weeks had been employed
in perfecting the ruse and arranging the
matter 80 as to allay all suspicion. The
clever rascals had learned all about the
school, and in the Introductory cores
pondence bad, without appearing to do
so, played upon the lady's vanity. An
unconsidered triie had betrayed them.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-09-14
Run by Q Stock Company.

tFron the New York Commercial Adyertiser.l
IL was on the line of the O. q M.
Railroad, in Michigan; a railroad trav-
eler rushed into the eating house and
called for quail on toast.
"Sorry, sir, but quail are out of sea.
SOD, )" was the reply.
"Any partridgesp"
"None."
ANY turtle soup?"
"Just ont Of soup, SIR
"Any spring lamb?"
"No spring lamb"
"Any spring chicken?"
"Served the last yesterday"
"You must have roast beef?
"No roast beef"
"Any leg Of muttonP"
"No, sir.
"Well, what have you got p
"Coffee, corned beef and sandwiches,
SIR"
"And you call this a frst-class eat.
ing -house!" =
mo, sir; this is an eating-house run
by stock company. Some want spring
chickens on the bill of fare, and some
say that ham is good enough, and so the
cook splits the difference and sets out
corned beef. Don't speak so loud, sir,
as the stockholders are Just now having
a meeting in the other room. and have
presented resolution to buy fifty
pounds of chicory per month to brace
up our coffee,