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The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-29
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and the loggers of La Crosse, II the mild
weather continues in the end, will
have but 100, 0C0, 900 feet for their SER
cons work. The estimated cut on
the Black River was over 200, 900, 600
feet, of which probably not more than
three. fouIths will be secured. 1t IL
confidently predicted that a large
number of small and new contractors
will be ruined through the want Of
snow.
Importance Of the Lumber Interests Of one
Shipping Fort, PENSACOLA, Florida.
There were Sc vessels entered with
an aggregate tonnage of 40 ZIG. There
were SO vessels cleared for ious
ports in Great Britain, France, Italy,
Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Germany,
Jamaica, Cuba, Central America,
Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, and the
Northern ports of America, with an
aggregate tonnage of 3 5,09s. The total
exports during the month sum up as
follows: Hewn timber, 400, 129 cubic
feet; sawn timber, 654 059 cubic feet;
lumber, s,165. OOO superficial feet. This
is a fair pretty exhibit of business for
one month, to say nothing of several
caTgoes of shingles, and one Of l $50
bales cotton for Boston.
Timber Growing.
Soft maple seeds must he gathered
as soon rs ripe, which will be with
the ripening of strawberries-lste in
May or early in June. Plant imme-
diately without drying, AND they will
come up in a short time and make
about as large a gro With rs locust. Ca
talpa seed is very delicate, lighter than
parsnip seed, and on clay land ifthere
comes a heavy rain it cannot come up
through the crust. They bear trans
planting as well as cabbages, aud I
would recommend sowing thickly in
a prepared seed bed, ami then trans
plant to nursery rows six inches apart
letting them stand one year. They
will, with good care, grow three feet
high the first season end very stocky.
l think it better to give cataIpas a lit
tie more room, and allow only two
hundred plants to the square rod in
stead of five hundred, as l recommend
for locusts and NAPLES. The earlier
the trees can be planted in the spring
the better, but the ground must work
dry and fine. PIow and harrow till
in good order, and mark out with the
twohorse pillow, making a furrow as
deep as the land is plowed. Three
hands are needed in planting, but a
boy will do for me-. One holds the
tree upright, and the others with light
shovels throw the soil on the roots and
press it with their feet. l think 1000
can be planted well in q half day by
two men and a boy.
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PENIS GROVE, SALEM COUNTY, N. J., SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1882

it being announced that, unless the
strikers voted to return, the upper
mill would be shut down for six
months. The treasurer now orders
the upper mill to be closed for six
months. This includes the entire cot
ton manufacturing department of the
Pacific Mills and one-third Of the
worsted department, and will throw
25ol hands out of work.
A thousand looms are in operation
at the Central Pacific Mills, with 342
wesvers, a gain of 90. The entire
spinning at the Tower Mill can be
operated, as sufficient help has been
engaged. 100 additional cards and
four more raping frames were started,
and there appears to be no doubt that
the entire Central Mill will be in full
operation shortly.
CLEVELAND, O.-TbeM Mineral Ridge
district miners, who have been work.
ing at 10 cent? reduction, came out
of the mines, and will await the ac-
ton Of to-morrow's State Convention
at Columbus. The Churchill miners
gave notice that an advance of 10
cents will be asked after next Mon
day.
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio.-The striking
miners resumed work, accepting 624
cents per ton. Ea
WILMINGTON, Del.-The Kaolin
laborers at Hockessin who struck for
$3.50 per day have resumed work.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-29
"The Man with the Iron Mask

The Identity of the "The Iron
Mask" or 1.-THE Man With the Iron
Mask" has never been satisfactorily
established. About the year 1879 he
was carried with the utmost secrecy to
the Castle of Pignerol, and wore dur.
ing the journey q black mask, which
was not of iron, but of black velvet,
strengthened with whalebone, and
secured behind with steel springs, or
by means of a lock. as some say. The
orders were that II he revealed himself
he was to be killed. He was conveyed
in 1856 to the Isle of Sainte Marguerite,
and during the passage the strictest
watch was kept, that he might not
allow himself to be discovered. The
unknown prisoner was in 1893 trans
ferred to the Bastile, and was, as be-
fore, hidden behind the mask. In that
prison the captive remained until his
death, in 1703. On November 10th,
the day after his death. he was buried
Ia the cemetery of S.. Paul, under the
name of Machioti. 2ta J6jf RI
The unknown was treated with the
utmost respect, but SO closely was he
watched that he was not permitted TO
take off his mask, even in the presence
of the physician who attended him.
Many corjectures have been haz.
arded as to who 1.-THE Man With the
Iron NJ lsk" could have been, the M
generally received at the present Gay
by those who have carefully mvesti.F
gated the subject being the following:
It is ~corjectured that he was The Cunt
Matthioli, a Minister of Charles III
Duke of Mantua. This Minister bad
been largely bribed by Lonis XIV,
and had pledged himself to urge the
Duke, to give up to the French the
fortress of Cassale, which gave access
to the whole of Lombardy. Louis
found that Matthioli was playing him
false, and lured him to the French
frontier, and then had him secretly
arrested and imprisoned. As he was
Minister Plenipotentiary at the time,
his seizure was a fragrant violation of
International law, which 1t vas safer
to be able to deny than justify, and
when the denial was made once, the
''honor'' of France was involved in
upholdibg it.
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Scraps.
Ipfluen za-Out few comfort.

IDfluen za-Out few comfort.
"Him!" said the disguised politi-
clan of his opponent-''he couldn't
beat a carpet"
Wisdom for April.-Never, never go
out without your umbrella-or some
other persons.
81 die content" said the fly in the
bakers dough somebody will take
me for a currant."
The ancient Egyptians did not use
tobacco, and, mark you, the ancient
Egyptians are dead.
The difference between a dandy and
a tramp is only a difference in ,iegree.
One has his trousers tered, and the
other has his trousers t'order.
Did 1t eve occur to you why a
lawyer who is conducting q disputed
will case is like a trapeze performer in
a circus? Didn't2 Well, it's because
he flies through the heir with the
gre atest OF fees.
An Irish priest once a ked q milk
man, who admitted that he filled his
pail occasionally from the pump,
How do you know, Michael, when to
stop watering ?" "Begorra, your rev.
erence, we go on watering till the
customers cry out against it."
An elderly S;otchwoman went one
day to an apothecary's shop with a
prescription for two grains of calomel
for a child. Seeing the druggist weigh
the medicine with scrupuIous exact
ness, and not thinking he did this
from anxiety not to get al overdose,
but from his pen%uriousness or desire
to give as little "a possible for the
money, she said: "Dinna be sac mean
vii 1t, man. It's for a puir faitherless
bairn.n
Father and son were driving along
in the neighborhood of Niagara Falls,
when the child's face suddenly bright
ened and he exclaimed What a
lovely place, papa! Whose is IT."
"That is the country residence OF n
well-known hackman, my DEAR" said
the old man. "And wha. q big ice.
house he's got, papa" THAT isn't an
ice house; it's the vault where he
keeps his diamopds." Then the lad
settled down with a tired look as If he
had heard something like that before,
and resisted all tenn ptation to talk
further.
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Phrases About Women.

Wrinkles disfigure a woman less
than ill-nature.-Dupuy
Woman is an idol that man werships
until he throws it down.
Women love always; when earth
slips from them, they take refuge in
heaven.
The whisper of q beautiful woman
can be heard further than the loudest
call of duty.
Tt ere is III torture that would not
suffer to enhance her beauty.
OF all things that man possesses,
women alone take pleasure in being
possessed.
Before promising a woman to love
only her, n should have seen them
all, or should see only her.
We meet ia society many beautiful
and attractive women whom we think
would make excellent wives-for our
friends. .e,
We censure the Inconsistency of
women when we are the victims we
and 1t charming when we are the OBJ
jects. y..fI....t a
The highest mark of esteem a woman
can give a man Is to ask his friendship;
and the most signal proof Of her lndif-
ference is to offer him hers.
at twenty man is less q lover of
woman than of women he is more in
love with the sex than with the in
dividual, however charming she may
be.
Men are so fearful Of wounding
a woman's vanity that they rarely
remember that she may by some pos
sibility possess a grain Of common
sense.
Woman among savages IS a beast of
burden in Ala she Is a piece Of fur
niture; in Europe she is a spoiled
child.
1t is not easy to be a widow one
must reassume all the modesty of
girlhood, withuot being allowed to
feign its ignorance.
Women of the world never use
harsh expressions when ~condemning
their rivals. Like the savage, they
hurl elegant arrows orDameDtsd with
feathers of purpleand azure, but with
poisoned points.
Doctors say that the govt may be
Inherited. If any fellow were to
leave us the govt, we should contest
his will on the ground for insanity
A national exhibition of mining,
metallurgy, ceramics, End glass man
ufacture Is to be held at Madrid under
the auspices of the Spanish Govern
nent, In May.
France expends $3.50 900 annually
in the purchase of native horses in
Algeria for cavalry purposes, besides
awarding prizes to breeders and sup
porting studs.
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A Story of Early Steam Travel
ing.

1t IL related that an old country
dame committed herself for The first
time to a railway carriage, and by a
.misadventure the train on arrival that
very day was run too quickly into the
station, so that a Van or two became
smashed, and the passengers were
much thrown about. The old lady In
particular was jerked under the seat
upon the top of her bandboxes, where
she was fond by the guard, meekly
and patiently awaiting the opening of
the door. Upon his exclaiming, "For
goodness sake, ma'aw. come out.
there's been an accident" she gently
replied, "oh, sir, / thought you al-
ways stoppedh ike this"
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The Fair Sex.

The Iowa legislature has wisely
passed a bill providing that the state
board Of school examiners shall here
after have a woman member.
CJnjugal AmeDities. -"Do you
know in what month of the year my
wife talks the least ?'' "WelI, ( sup
pose when she catches cold and loses
her voice" Not at all. 1t is in Feb
ruary." "Wby is that ?" Because
February has the fewest days"
S.nator Sawyer, of Wisconsin, is
both practical and affe ctionate. Call
ing his young daughters to him M
morning, he asked them, as a testi-
mony of their love for him, to learn to
make their own clothes and to cook q
good dinner. They promised, and not
long after invited pa and ma and q
few friends to dine with them. They
cooked the dainty dinner, and wore
handsome gowns made by themselves.
The senator's pleasure therattook form
in the shape of a S25 900 check to each.
A very top-Sawyer indeed to those
maidens.
The regular annual meeting of the
M Massachusetts, society for the promo
tion of the university education of
women was held in Boston recently.
The formal report declares that the
success of the society's work is graft
flying. Safe universities and many
professional schools and colleges offer
openly their advantages to women and
the more conser, alive institutions are
beginning to realize that The world
does not stand still. The Msssach,i-
sets Institute of Technology last sum-
mel gave 20 two young women the de-
gree of bachelor of science and it Is
known that similar institutions are
willing to receive women.
If young are not honest aEd
wholesome clean through, and IL
young women will not train them
selves to the finest and sturdiest
womanhood possible TO their nature ;
if they will not eat brown bread, and
work in the garden-if they have one
with some more grip than "a bird
scratching, and quit readi & novels in
u hot room, and devouring sweat
meats if they dare not face the sun
and wind, and try TO outwalk, ay, and
outrun their brothers, and LIT our wise
mother, nature, buckle their belt
they had not better say, Amen, when
the stalwlrt young husband cries,
"Mercifully ordain that We may grow
aged together. Robert CoHyer.
Women's Shoes.-Take the latest
fashion of shoes. The heel of the hui
man being projects outward, or rather
backward, and gives steadiness to "the
sure and certain step of man" But
fashion has decided that the heel Of
the boot or shoe shall get as near the
centre Of the instep as possible. In
stead of the weight Of the body rest
upon an arch, in the modern fine lady
1t rests upon peg, with the toes in
front, which have TO prevent the body
from topping forward. Then the heel
Is so high that the foot rests upon the
peg and the toes, and the gait is as
elegant as if the lady were practicing
walking upon stills. With such mod
err improvements on sandals which
allow the feet perfect freedom and
play-the present mademoiselle, when
she attempts to run, is a spectacle at
which the gods-well, not quite that,
bat at which her mother might well
weep.-FFom Good Words.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-29
Kicked to Death by an Ostrich.

Ostrich-farming is not without its
dangers. a. many a man has learned
TO his cost when sauntering among q
flock of these birds without taking the
necessary precautions against a sudden
onslaught from q vicious member OF
the herd, but 1t is not often that we
hear of a man being actually kicked to
death by an ostrich. SIch 9 fatality oc
Cured recently In the district If Victo-
ria West, C,pe Colony. The bird had
strayed OF to the public highway, and
disputed the progress of the unfortu-
rate man to such purpose that he was
kicked and trampled to death
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-29
1 ATIoN.

LoNDoN.-A dispatch from Paris to
the Standard states that 5000 en-
ployes, representing every trade con-
nected with the manufacture of iron,
nave struck against the proposal of
the masters to deduct three centimes
on every one hundred francs of wages
to be applied to the payment of insu.
premiums Of the men against
accidt nts. M4sN AM
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-29

Where to plant is an important
question. As general rule, l would
say plant on land not well suited for
cultivation. A hillside that would
soon be scanned and quilted into bar
renness when cultivated, IL set with
trees and sown with blue grass, be-
comes profitable and ornamental. 1t
is a good plan to plant shelter belts on
the north and west sides Of exposed
fields. DIR. Warder made the state
ment that on the prairies of the West,
with one fifth of the land planted in
timber, they would grow as much
wheat as when the whole breadth
was sown. l feel satisfied that there
are many exposed fields that would
actually yield more grain II a double
or triple row CT trees was planted along
the western and northern borders
Couatry GeatLemlan.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-29

owing TO the open winter the
logging interests of Minnesota and
Wisconsin are suffering greatly. At
Moose Lake camp one party, who
could get In 800. 900 logs IL ths re was
snow, does not expect to have 800, 600
feet another has 5000 900 feet cut but
is unable to handle it while a third.
after abandoning a section where it
expected to gather 1000 600 feet If the
snow held out, will be lucky TO secure
200, 900 feet. In the camps on the
main Chippewa, Flambeau and their
tributaries, the open winter has re-
duced the cut Of logs one third The
estimated amount of 600, 600 900 feet.
At Menomonee, Wis, thirty.five
campo expect to bank loo. OO0. 600 feet,
Smyrna times., 1882-08-23
THE NEw YoRK PEACH MARKET

THE NEW YORK PEACH MARKET
The following from the Tribune of
yesterday will give an estimate of the
peach business in that city:
"The peach market yesterday was
very brisk and the fruit was of a super
ior quality. The early Crawford were
plenty and sold at good prices. Besides
the shipment by train, one of the
steamers of the Old Dominion Line
arrived from Lewes, Del, having over
1000 crates of peaches on board.
There were sixty-six cars in the peach
train that arrived in Jersey City on
Sunday morning. OF this lot twenty
five cars were purchased by shippers
who sent the fruit into the adjoining
country. There were twenty cars sent
on TO Boston. The rest of the peaches
were sold in this market, and as there
was no peach train yesterday the sup
ply was utterly cleaned up, and all
that were consigned were sold by the
receivers. The prices of the fruit
ranged from 80 cents to $t.25 basket.
A large peach train arpiYed in Jersey
City at about 2 o'clock this morning.
IL is expected from the advices that
have been received that the fruit will
be as fipe and the prices as low as at
any period during this season, Within
the next few days the receivers expect
TO have sent them the very best varie'
ties of the Delaware peach crop. For
that period they will be abundant, ex-
cellent and low-priced After q few
J dayssthe prices viii be higher.
Smyrna times., 1882-08-23

THE Democratic State Convention
which met yesterday, at Dover, to
nominate candidates for Governor and
Congressman did their work promptly
and with more harmony than was ex-
pected. Col. G. G. StOckley, of George
town, being nominated for Governor,
on the first ballot by a large majority
and Chas. B. Lore, Esq, ofWilmington,
for Congress by acclamation. The posi-
tive declination of J. Turpin Moore, by
telegraph on the morning of the con-
vention, threw confusion among the
delegates opposed to Mr.. Stockley and
gave him a walk over. Otherwise the
balloting might have made different
result. The younger members of the
Salisbury family were decidedly hos
tile to Mr.. S. but will doubtless give
him an active support. Both the can
didates are we'll qualified for theil
positions. The arrangement of thu
mails this morning by the railroad ac
cident prevents us giving the details o
the convention.
Smyrna times., 1882-08-23

THE PHOSPHATE ANALYsEs.-We
did not intend to do State Chemist
Wolf an injustice and regret if we have
done so, but can hardly regret for him
the editorial allusion last week, as it
has called out statement that exoner-
him from what appeared an unnecessa-
ry delay. The Newark Ledger explains
as follows:
I'm making these analyses, of which
the TIMEs speaks, DR.. Wolf has been
absent from the laboratory but one
single working-day since commence
ment. He has, moreover employed
two assistants and paid them for their
services out of his own pocket"
We are at loss to conjecture what
the suspicious and adverse criticism
may be, but suffice it to say that nc
one who knows DR.. Wolf question:
his honesty and integrity"
"The cause of the delay is readily
understood. The law providing fol
this work to be done by the STATE
Chemist allows too short a time il
which to complete it."
at is an utter impossibility to com
ply with its provisions. DR.. Wolf wa
not consulted about the terms of tn
law by the lawmakers; and the!
were ignorant of the Prerequisites to
careful and exact analysis. The Law
should be changed"
"When the best possible is don
under the circumstances, it is wOrng t
impute blame. In a spirit of fairnes
the TINES should make the amend
honorable"
Smyrna times., 1882-08-23

THE New York Herald last week
had an article on political platforms in
their modern aspects, in which it says:
with the end of the civil war and
the exhaustion of its issues the change
began. Resolutions began to be adop-
ted by State and national political con-
ventions solely for buncombe,' with a
tacit understanding among party lead
ers that party lines were not to be
drawn upon them and that politicians
might disregard them at their pleasure
without forfeiting standing in their
parties. The consequence is an era of
infidelity in politics as general as the
infdelity in religious professions, which
also is prominent feature of the age
we live in"
The statement is doubtless over
drawn when applied in its broadest
sense, but as made to apply to a large
number of our State Conventions, it is
true because they cover up, rather
than divulge a great fact. When there
are real issues however, platforms can
be made tO set forth a great deal of
meaning.
Smyrna times., 1882-08-23

THE passage of the Pension Act and
River and Harbor bill are looked upon
by the country in very much the same
manner as was the SALARY grab" bill
a few years since, and with somewhat
the same effect. Many ofthe Congress
men are being put on the witness
stand, and already some have failed of
a denomination. These with the un-
fortunate Anti-Chinese bill have given
the legislation of the eight months
session an odOr that the good they did
will not sweeten. Their work was not
wholly bad, in fact it will compare
favorably with other sessions, passing
211 public acts, 200 private acts and SO
joint resolutions. Among the bills of
public benefit, were the Tariff Commits
sion bill; bill to suppress Polygamy; to
promote the efficiency of the Life
Saving Service; to provide additional
industrial schools for Indian youth; to
enable national banks to extend their
corporate existence; to improve the
Mississippi; to regulate the carriage OF
passengers by sea, and to regulate
immigration; to make deductions from
the gross tonnage of vessels of the
United States. What they didn't dc
however was culpable in its neglect o.
the public good. Some attempt wa:
made to afford a slight relief from
burdensome and useless taxation, bu
partisanship killed it, and in fact thC
relief proposed was at best barrel!
worthy the word. The Tariff question
was simply shirked all around. Moth
ing was done in behalf of the needy
Navy, though the need was admitted
The people expected relief from tn,
burdensome war tax, on matches, checl
stamps and other things and their rep
resentatives cannot give satisfactor.
answer in the light of simple duty VIII
it was not done. A cotemporary i
speaking ofCOngressiOnal matters says
: "The weak point in our system {
Congressional legislation is to be foun
in the competency of Congressman t
pass statutes or refuse to pass statute
} when their vote affects their chance
5 for denomination or reelection. Ever
representative recognizes the nation;
7 shame of having thousand grOg-shOI
r open at the capital but not one wi
3 move against it, because he fears tt
4 power of the Protective Liquor Dealer
Association in his District. He know
: too, that under the shelter of exeml
s ton laws, the Catholic organizatio
e holds large part of the real estate
Y Washington but he will not lift
a finger for repeal, because he will n
v invite solid Catholic vote against hiI
A vote in Congress for or against a &C
c pOration interest or a tariff duty m;
o secure powerful friend or disarm
IS enemy"