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The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-01
Western Newspaper Enter
prise.

The great italian tenor, Signor Cam
panini vas careless enough to feel an
indisposition a week z in Detroit,
and did not sing as announced. A
careful search was made among the
dirty dishes in the hotel where he
lodged, and the following was publish
ed as the slight repast he had taken as
q supper on the night that he was I'M
able to appear: Soup, boiled shad, six
pounds of roast beef, two pigeons,
mashed potatoes, one pound and ahslf
of dinner bread, three bottles of claret,
bottle of Apollinaris water, extra
coffee, cheese, two shapes of jelly, let
tuce, three hard-boiled eggs and
young onions" If a man had not a
light to plead illness after a supper
like that, we should like to know
what would constitute such q right.
But the able investigator who made
up the list published it with the obser-
walton Naturally enough the Detroit
people are somewhat sceptical as to
Campanini's Illness" The Detroit peo-
pie must have large ideas of the ca
pacity of the human stomach. Miss
Cary was the next victim. She was
unable to sing in Chicago recently be-
cause of a sore throat. 1t was at once
announced that she was in excellent
voice but very bad temper" at the re-
hearsai the night before the concert,
and a letter was published from a ere
liable party saying that the sore
throat was a mere excuse, and that
"she was liz high ~dudgeon'' because
she had to sing without orchestral ac-
compartment. The "reliable party''
added the valuable and polite infor-
nation that, lit is said she used some |
very vehement expressions" A few
years ago Salvini and Theodore
Thomas happened to be giving per-
in Chicagoa at tAe same time
acting 'Hamlet' the other Civ.
ing concerts with his orchestra. The
notices of both were put under the
heading, tom and SAL"
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The Tay Bridge.

The i'll fated Tay bridge is about to
be rebuilt, or, rather, replaced by a
new n of similar structure. The
Tay is about a mile wide, and subject
to sudden and violent storms. The
new bridge will run alongside of the
old one, whose remains can be utilized
to some extent. 1t will begin starting
at the south end, with four brick
arches, each of fifty feet span, and be
followed by girder and truss spans, as
follows: One of 11S feet, ten of 129 feet,
thirteen of I45 feet, eleven of PAS feet,
two of 227 feet, one of 1852 feet, ter of
129 feet 8 inches, one of 127 feet 6
inches, and twenty-five of II feet. The
long centrals spans will be seventy
seven feet in the clear above high
water mark. The trains will run be-
tween the girders of these spans, and
on top of those on either hand, as in
the cd bridge. The foundations of
the piers are to be iron cylinders filled
with concrete, upen which brickwork
will be built up and surmounted by
wrought iron pillar. Before travellers
trust themselves to any great extent
on this new piece of engineering, they
are likely to want their nerves quieted
with definite assurance that it won't
blow over in a gale, train and all, like
its predecessor. The water of the Tay
beneath the bridge Is 100 feet deep or
more, so that it is sure death to be
plunged into it in tightly-locked rail-
road cars. The passengers who went
down with the 1imsey old concern
proved this conclusively.
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The Pepper Plant.


Few condiments are more common
or universally used than pepper, yet
1t will surprise many to learn that it Is
comparatively a recent conner to our
culinary department, and likepotatoes,
tomatoes, Indian corn, coffee and tea,
an object unknown in ancient times,
and even in the Middle Ages.
One LIE Poivre, governor of the Isle
of France, was the fret to appreciate
it, and when he introduced the piquant
seed into France, it took his name and
bears it to this day. We, of the Eng
glish tongue, were never very skillful
at mastering French words, so in
time Mr.. Poivre became Mr.. Pepper.
Although not so costly AZ cloves or
cinnamon, pepper is of a much greater
commercial value, as its consumption
Is at least a hundred times greater. 1t
grows on a beautiful vine, which, in
capable of supporting itself, twines
round poles prepared for it or, as is
more common in the Travancore
plantations, the pepper vines are
planted near mango and other trees of
straight high stems. As these are
stripped of the lower branches, the
vine embraces The trunk, covering it
with elegant festoons and rich punches
of fruit in the style of the italian vine
yards.
The leaf Of the pepper plant is large,
resembling that of the ivy, and of a
bright green the blossoms appear in
June, soon after the commencement of
the rains they are small, of a green
ish white, and are followed by the
pungent berries, which hang in large
punches, resembling in shape those of
grapes, but the fruit grows distinct on
little stalks ike currants.
In Malabar, pepper is gathered in
February, and has the same appear
ance as in Europe. Although the vine
begins to bear in the fourth or sixth
year, it is not in perfection before the
ninth OF tenth, and continues bearing
as many years longer, if in a congenial
soil.
Assiduity and cleanliness are essen
TALLY necessary in a pepper garden,
not a weed is permitted to grow; the
produce, however, amply ~compensates
this trouble, as q plant in full growth
is able to furnish six or seven pounds
of berries.
This valuable spice grows chiefly on
the Malabar coast, in Sumatra, Bor-
neo, Java, and Singapore Its cultlva-
ton has also been introduced In
Cayenne and the West Indies, but
our supply comes mainly from Java
and Sumatra. The black and white !
sorts of pepper are both the produce of
the same plant.
The best white peppers are supposed
to be the finest berries which drop
from the tree, and, lying under it, be-
come somewhat bleachsd by expo
sure to weather; the greater part of the
white pepper used IS a condiment is,
however, the black merely stepped in
water, and decorticated, by which
means the pungency and real value of
the spice are diminished but having
a fairer and more uniform appearance
when thus prepared, it fetches a
hIghsI prize. nAh |
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-01

Nearer TO glory they stand than we,
in this world and next! 1t was q gen.
tie and not unholy fancy that made
the Portuguese artist, Siquiera, in one
of his sweet pictures, form of millions
of infant faces the floor of heaven di-
viding it thus from the fiery vault be-
meath, with its group of the damned
and lost. For how many women has
this image been realized How many
have been saved from despair or sin
by the voice and smile OF these uncon-
scious little ones ? The woman who is
a mother dwells on the immediate
presence of guardian angels. She will
bear on for her children's sake. She
will toll for them-die for them-live
for them-which is sometimes harder
still. The neglected, miserable, NAL
treated wife, has still one br1ght spot
In her home; in that dsrkness a watch
light burns she has her ehildren's
love- she will strive for her children.
The woman tempted by passion has
still n safeguard stronger than ali
with which you would surround her
she will not leave her children. The
angry and outraged woman sees in
those tiny features a pleading more
eloquent than words; her wrath
against her husband melts in the sun
shine of their eyes. Idiots are they
who, in family quarrels, seek to pun,
ish the mother by arting her from
her offspring for in that b~lasphemy
against nature they do violence to
Gods own DEGREES, and lift away from
her heart the consecrated Instrument
of His power.
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Observe the Birthdays.

Let the birthday of each member Of
the family be always remembered
when it comes. Let there be some
thing a little out of the ordinary rou-
tine in the arrangement of the table;
cookies fashioned as Johnny likes
them best; one of Franks favorite
plum buildings, Oh Julia's special lik-
ing, a loaf of ginger cake; or a won
derful lemon pie, such as only mamma
can make.
Then there must be presents. Some
times people may think they cannot
be afforded but reflect. The little one
needs shoes, dresses, aprons and many
other things. Purchase n or more
for the birthday. 1t will seem just AZ
much a present to the recipients n
though they were not obliged to have
it.
Next comes school-books and story
books, a set of furs or a pair of skates,
(should the birthday in the
WINTER a pretty little dinner-bssket,
or, If the parents a afford it, a little
gold band for one of the white fingers,
q necklace, q watch with a shining
chain, or the pony that has been
wished for SO long.
Encourage the little ones in giving
to each other, and also remember
father and mothers birthday be
lieve me, it will be bread cast on the
waters; the days will only be few
ere some returns, and there will be q
never-failing supply Of pleasure ~
ong as you and your children live.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-01
Telegrahic Communication with
Moving Trains.

G. F. McGlashan, of the Santa Bar
bara (Cal.) Press, has lately patented
q device for keeping every moving
train on a given line of road in tele-
graphic communication with a central
office. The specifications call for
"two No. s telegraph wires for the en-
tire length of the read ordinary posts
placed sixty or seventy yards apart;
insulators which cost but a trifie more
than those ordinarily employed, and
a light metallic truck to be drawn
along the wires by the moving train.
The only other article necessary Is one
piece of rubber hose, say twenty feet
long, which draws the truck along
the wires and connects it with the car.
Within this piece of hose are coiled
the inlesding and outleading wires,
which convey the electricity from one
of the main wire, to the telegraphic
instrument In the car and from the
instrument back TO the other wire.p
1t would be necessary to have an ope-
rator ON each train.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-01
Roman Remains In London.

Modern London is built on the de-
bris of the London of the times Of
Julius Cesar and Agricola, and 1t is
by no ean infrequently that 1900
year old relics of the Roman town are
found many feet below the surface 81
the existing streets. There was a rici,
find recently in the vicinity of War
wick Square at the depth of nineteen
feet. The most interesting relic that
came to light was hitherto unknown
coin, of the year so, which lay along
side of about q dozen urns containing
the products of cremation. Just think
of the pangs which dying would have
afflicted on those ancients If they had
known that their ashes would have
been seen and handled by an un-
known C eighteen centuries and u
half, nearly, after their demise! The
most aristocratic urn was of glass and
fifteen inches high. Well executed
leaden pots inclosed several of these
repositories, and roofing tiles the rest.
The use of lead as well as of tin, By
the way, has great antiquity in Bril-
tain. Herodotus speaks of the produc.
ton of tin there. Emblems of more or
less significance touching the future
state appeared on some of the recepta-
cles. Along with the coin of the year
so were others of dates bet tween 40
and 300. But the Romans left ome
thing besides these useless things tn
be remembered by. They introduced
into Great Britain its chestnut, walnut,
peach, pear and cherry trees.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-01
How to Trim a Lamp.

There is such q vast difference In
both the quantity and quality of ligh
produced by a common coal-oil or
kerosene lamp when properly trimmed
and that produced by the same lamp
when improperly trimmed, that it Is
surprising how any one of ordinary
intelligence and observation eau
be satisfied to use, even for a single
hour, an imperfectly-trimmed lamp.
Yet, strange to say,a large proportion
of the millions of kerosene lamps that
are in nightly use are not trimmed as
they should be. Careless housekeepers
and stupid servants think sit will do
just as WELL" in trimming a lamp, to
break the charred wick with the
fingers, to saw 1t with q rough-edged
knife, or to haggle it with a pair of
dull shears, as it will to clip 1t
smoothly and evenly with a sharp
trimmer. But people who are fastidi-
GUS enough to care for a light they a
read write, sew or do any kind of work
by, with satisfaction and comfort,
know that such is not the fact.
Since kerosene came into use as a
light producing agent various imple-
ments for trimming lamps have been
patented and placed upon the market;
but, after a pretty thorough examine
ton of the most of them, 1 incline 10
the belief that nothing has yet been
invented for the purpose quite SO con-
venient, cheap and effective as a pair
of ordinary. medium-sized scissors.
To do the work properly, however, the
scissors must be sharp, for it is impos-
sible to trim a lamp perfectly without
a sharp trimmer.
The belief is quite general that to
prevent "a lamp-wick from fiaring at
the corners and breaking the chimney
it must be cut rounding" to CORE
spond with the cap or cover of the
burner. My experience, however,
coupled with close and careful obssr-
walton, leads me to the conclusion that
the way to trim a lamp SO as to secure
the very best results-to get the most
and pleasantest light with the least
breskage of chimneys, is to cut the
wick parallel with the top of the tube
of the burner.
When ready to trim the lamp re-
move the chimney. Raise the cap of
the burner. Turn up the wick and
with a pair of sharp scissors clip 1t
even with the top of the tube. Be
careful not to cut or squeeze the tube
with the scissors. See that no lint or
thread remains On the wick, and that
1t has not been pushed out Of its per-
pendicular position and cut diago-
nally. Close the cap I'VE the tube.
put the chimney in place, and the
lamp is ready for use. If these direc-
tions have been strictly followed, 1t
will, when lighted, yield a broad,
straight-edged fame without a notch
or indentation In it, and furnish a clear
steady, pleasant light. Try it and see.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-01
Rsthetic and Otherwise.

Darwin's new book on Monkey
Shines will show that the monkey IN
shining does not sadly reflect on man.
1t will show that the Garden of Eden
was an ape.iary.
A lady about to marry was warned
that her intended husband, although
a good man, was very eccentric.
"Well," she said, "ifLe is very unlike
other men, he is more likely to be a
good husband"
A Telegraph man went to a concert.
The violinist played very nicely,
holding his audience spell-bound,
until suddenly a string snapped. The
telegraph man shouted, "Wire down,
by Georgen
A delegation of boarding house
keepers who went to see the play of
Macbeth" got mad as blazes at the
witch scene, declaring that the mixing
of hash on the stage was a deliberate
slur at them.
: An Esthetio Bride.
/ shall wed a fair aesthetic,
Quite regardless OF expense;
All Task is, that she's utter,
And in all things quite intense.
Limp, of course, and lank, she must be,
Glad in minor tones of green;
~Consummately soulful, earnest,
Must she be, my precious queen.
We shall feast or lilies daily,
QuaffiAg draughts of beauty fair,
With a dish of ferns on Sunday,
Or a peacock's feather rare.
Thu shall flow our lives forever,
Like two gently-gurgling rilis,
Breathing poesy and too-too-
And her dad shall foot the bills.
A handsome lady entered a dry
goods store and inquired for a ''bow.n
The polite clerk threw himself back
and remarked that he was at her SER
vice. eyes, but 1 want a buff, not a
green one,' was the reply.
An unsuccessful vocalist went to
the working house and delighted the
inmates with his singing. He said 1t
was a natural thing for him to do, and
he had been singing to poor houses
ever since he began his career.
"Why," said Mrs. Jones, the es-
thete, to Oscar, as they were getting
a boss car, show poetical the
papers are getting. They must be
speaking If male calves out West
when they say that there are plenty of
COW boys"
"There, / have itln exclaimed
who had been looking at Slap
painting. "The trouble is this,
he uses too much ochre." "Yes,n
said Fogg; mediocre"
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-01
Briefs of Fashion.

Mustard yellow OF yellow-brown
cheviot suitsare leading favorites.
Long, tan-colored Bernhardt gloves,
of channels leather, will be again in
vogue.
No positive styles will be announced
by dressmakers and milliners until
Easter.
Lengthwise tucks in the upper
breadths of overskirts appear in many
silk costumes.
A lovely design to paint on a large
holly palette is simply a branch Of
woodbine with autumn tints.
Cotton sateen and light alpaca are
frequently used by economical dress
makers for the foundation skirt of
silk and yelling dresses.
Plain, tight fitting bodices, full pam
Ter or tablier draperies and much
trimmed skirts is the style of spring
suits of light wooden stuffs.
Efforts are made in Paris as well as
London to introduce the fashion of
wearing the hair short and arranged
in small fiat, round curls, in the
style ofthe first French Republic.
The tops of worn out ten-button
length mousquetaire gloves can be
sewed on to new two or three-button
gloves with obvious economy. The
joining seam will be completely hid
den by the wrinkles in the wrist and
the bracelets now universally worn.
Many of the yelling suits are made
with a gracefully draped tsblier over a
killed skirt, and for black drapery a
large double-looped bow of moire lined
with taffeta silk. The ends ofthe bow
are square, and reach only three-quar-
ters down the length of the skirt.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-01
Women and Girls.
Girls a. Wood Engravsrs.

A contemporary asked a wood en-
graver why he did not employ girls.
His reply was 81 have employed
women very often, and I wish / could
feel nor encouraged. But the truth
is that when a young nan comes to
NE and begins bis work he feels that
it is life's business. He is to cut his
fol- tune out of the little blocks before
him. Wife, family, home, happiness
and all are to be carved out by his own
hand, and he settles stes Oily and
earnestly to his labor, determined to
master it, and with every Indictment
squirting him on. He cannot marry
until he knows his trade. 1t is exactly
the other way with the girl. She may
be as poor as the boy, and as wholly
dependent upon herself for q living,
but she feels that she will probably
marry oy and by, and then she must
give up wood engraving. So she goes
on listlessly she has no ambition to
excel she does not feel that all her hap
piness depends on it. She will marry,
and then her husbands wages will sup
port her. She may not say SO; BIT
she thinks so, and 1t spoils her work."
A Judicious Wife.
A judicious wife is always nipping
off from her husband'ssmoral nature
little twigs that are gr6swfpc in wrong
dill ections. She keeps him IN shape
by continual pruning. If you say
anything silly, she will affectionately
tell you SO If you declare that you
will do some absurd thing, she will
find some means of preventing you
from doing it. And by far the chief
part of all the common sense there Is
in the world belongs unquestionably
to women. The wisest things . man
commonly does are those which his
wife counsels him to do. A wife is a
grand wielder of the moral pruning
knife. If Johnson's wife had lived,
there would have been no boarding
up of orange peel, no touching Of all
the pos,s in walking along the street,
no eating OF drinking with a disgust
ing voracity. If Oliver Goldsmith
had been married, he would
have worn that ridiculous coat. When
ever you find a man whom you know
little about, oddly dressed or talking
absuIdly. or exhibiting eccentricity of
manner, you may be sure that he Is
not a married man for the corners
are rounded OF, the little shoots pared
away, in married men. Wives have
generally much more sense than their
husbands, even though they may be
clever men. The wife's advice Is like
the ballast that keeps the ship steady.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-01
A LOVE SONG.

Lowest thou but me,
I with e'er love thee,
All my days on earth so fondly
Short were summers days,
Now the flower decays
Comes again with Spring so kindly.
What you said last year
Still rings la my ear,
Al I all alone am sitting,
And your thoughts to try
In my heart to fy,-
Picture life in sunkhiny fitting.
LftE tnlt 10y,
Well l neal the boy,
Signs behind the birches heavtng,
1 am in dismay,
Thou must show the way,
For the night her shrUud is weaving.
F1onna lomznd, hgs,
Sang | of a kiss,
No, thou surely AIT mistaken,
Did'st thou Eeari IL, say?
Cast the thought away,
Look on me as one forsaken.
oh, good-nighti goodnight!
Dreams of eyes so bright,
Hold me now In soft embraces,
But tina willy word
Which thou ~thought'st unheard,
Leaves in me OF love no traces,
In my window close,
But in sweet repose,
Songs from thee | hear returning,
Calling me thy smile.
And my thoughts beguile.-
Must I 9 FER for thee be ~yearning?
-Bj9rns4erne BjerYasos
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-01

Considerable surprise and excite
ment were created in Wall street the
other day by a prominent operator
appearing on the steps OF the Treasury
building with his hands in his own
pockets.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-01
Clips.

"Well," said an Irish attorney, "if
it PLACE the Coort, if / am wrong In
this, I have another point that is
equally conclusive"
An enterprising Snowman up in
northern Michigan advertises that he
has found the missing lynx.
A man is like an egg. You ,an't
tell whether or not he's gooduntil
he's "broke.u
Mustapha Bey, the ruler of Tunis,
bought 100000 umbrellas while in
Paris. Mustapha is evidently prepar.
ing for a long reign.
"You had better change that rug,n
said a lady to her servant. Don't
you think it corroborates better with
the carpet in this way" was the re-
spouse.
The Doubt Resolved.
To go or stay, I scarcely knew,
Perplexed by mandates twain,
Fer while my love pronounced "Adieu,'
Her aspect said Remain"
'Twixt what 1 saw and w I heard,
My judgment wavered quite
Whether she meant by glance or word
To part us or unite.
But now each lover l advise,
Like me, to make his choice;
In duty to bis lady's eyes
To disregard her voice.
Such orbs with kindlier light are filled,
The nearer we adore;
And poutiug lips, If bravely stilled,
VIII Danish us no more.
The man that says that women
neve invented anything should listen
for a few minute sat the keyhole of toe
sewingsociety.
81 declare" sail Julia, "you take
the words right out of my mouth"
"No wonder ; they are SO sweet" said
Henry. The day was set that even
ing.
Student fresh from college, to eon-
ducter ~ wish to get on the penul-
innate car" Conductor-"We have
no peanut car; you can take the
smoker" Mutually disguised.
what is tine matter ?" asked a
lawyer of his coachman.
1.-THE horses are running away, SIR"
"Can you not pull hem up?"
81 am afraid not"
"Tben,n said the lawyer, after judi
cial delay, run into something very
cheap"
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-01

A chapel in memory of the Rev.
William Morley Punshun, ID. D., is to
be built in Colwyw, Wales. 1t will
cost $50
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-09

standing nonf by NJ was violently used
| by the crowd ind wns only rescued from
ilpm Wien three ar four policemen came Ia
iufed by one al The crowd.
MncLean, who Ia miserahlv clad,
was taken into llifii street and thence con
yoycl Ia tho police station In q cab. The
general opinion Is that the act Is the result
Of lnnacv. The report Of the pistol was
sharp bit not loud MacLoar apparently
intended firing again, but the revolver was
knocked from his hand and handed 10 the
police. Eion scholars were prominent In
the attempt 10 lynch MncICar II Is re-
ported the queen has not sustained any
shock
I'm the house ofcommons, 10 night, Sir
William Harcourt replying 10 an
inquiry from Sir Stafford North
cote, stated that the man MacLcan
who shot at the queen this afternoon was
a clerk by occupation, and q native OF Lon
don. lie added that the queen was not
alarmed by the event