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The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-22
A Very Ancient Race.

The arizona Miller publishes the
following, which will be of interest to
many of our readers:
"We were shown at the office of DIR.
Thilbobo this morning the lower jaw
of a human who belonged to a primi-
tive race. 1t was dug out of the
ground on Lynx creek, sixt en- feet
below the surface, and is entirely diff
ferent from any relics or remains of
the people who lived in this part of
the hemisphere since the birth of our
Savior. The bone is shaped after that
of q human to a great degree, is some
what wide where it is connected with
the temporal bone, but runs to a more
pointed shape at the end of the chin
eve had more than six teeth, no
grinders, which leads those who have
examined 1t to the belief that those
who existed here and to whom this
bone belongs, were grass or fruit eat
ers. Skulls have been found in this
vicinity of peculiar shape; however,
there is not the slightest doubt but
they belonged to a primitive race of
whom we have no tradition save the
relics excavated from beneath the sur
face of the earth, often being found
eighty to one hundred feet deep. We
have every evidence that there have
at two distinct and remote periods,
people lived here who were different
in every particular. The ruins of the
most ancient prehistoric race, numer
GUS and mostly hidden from view,
being covered by earth, show but little
evidence of the civilization that fol-
lowed of the more recent inhabitants.
The buildings of the Aztecs were con-
structed with great skill for protection
against the incursions from any
enemy, while the inscriptions upon
rocks show much advancement over
the older inhabitants of the earth. The
canals dug by the inhabitants who
lived here about the year 1000 show
master skill, and compare favorably
with those built in the nineteenth
century by survey of the skilled en-
gineer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-22
Not the Oldest Book.

Captain Ward, of Sumter, South
Carolina, according to the Louisville
Coarier-Journai, has the oldest news
paper, oldest book and the oldest candle
in America. He has a copy of the Not
tingham Post, published in England,
October1 II, I'LL, by John Collyer. The
book sthe "Life of William Cavendish,
Duke of New Castle" and was written
by Margaret, his wife. 1t was publish
ed by A. Maxwell in. 1885, a hundred
years before our independence, and
contains 269 pages. The candle is Of
wax, two and q halfinches in diameter,
and about an inch long. 1t was used
in the private chamber of Queen
Elizabeth.
1t Is very remarkable that any in
telligent person should suppose that a
newspaper of III and a book of 1885
are the oldest in the United States. In
the libraries of antiquaTians and in
many public libraries there are hun
dreds of newspapers and books whose
dates run 10 far back of these as to
make it scarcely worth while to men,
ton them. The first newspaper in
America was published in Boston,
September %, 1890, and we are not
aware that a copy is extant in this
country. But the Boston News
Letter" was established in 1904, and
continued every week till 1916, and in
England newspapers have been pub
lished ever since 1910. We have in
this country hundreds of newspapers
printed earlier than I'LL. And as to
books, we in the last number of this
paper mentioned a volume in our own
possession published in 1857, about
100 years before Captain Wards Oldest
book. The next book we take up is
printed in 1000, and we could find
scores and scores of a still earlier date.
Two hundred presses were at work in
Europe in the year 1900, and in Mex
leo they were printing in 1886, and in
Massachusetts in 1889. The Bay
Psalm Book, of which there are sew
eral copies, was printed in 1640.
Eliot's Indian New Testament was
printed in 1861, and is among us to
this day and the whole B BILE il 1868.
But it is needless to multiply examples
Of books extant printed long enough
before 1855.
We would think that there was
some error in the form of statement
in the Louisville Journal, if it were
not that in enc of our own evening
papers We read that Colonel Thomas
w. Knox disputes the report that
Captain Ward, of Sumter, S. c., has
in his possession the oldest book in
America, the date of its publication
being given as 1885, and gives a de-
scription of his volume printed in
1851.
1t is very singular that these gem
tlemen do not know that the Lenox
Library has cases filled with the finest
specimens of the earliest printing
extant, and that volumes printed
between 1850 and 1900 are to be found
in numbers of our private rs well as
public libraries.-N. Y. Observer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-22

"A new 1OrK farmer states That ne
uses only coal gas tar to prevent the
ravages of the potato beetle. He puts
a gallon of tar in a tub, over which
he pours boiling water, which is al
lowed to settle and cool. This is
sprinkled over the vines with an ordi-
nary sprinkler. A gallon Of tar cost
ing seventy-five cents, sufices for
several acres of potatoes.
Artificial incubation has been prac-
tiled from the earliest times in the
East, chiefly in China, India and
Egypt. In the latter country large
manuals, or ovens holding from 40, 900
to $4,000 eggs, are still used for the
| purpose, and the villagers bring their
eggs in the expectation of receiving,
after a lapse of twenty-one days, 200
chicks for every 800 eggs deposited.
The following method of s~oftening
putty is useful to those having harden
ed putty to remove from sashes: Take
soda or potash-the latter being pref
cradle and dissolve In water and mix
the solution with fresh burnt, fresh
slaked lime. After the mixture has
stood for a time pour off the clear fluid
and bottle for use. Putty moistened
with this fluid quickly softens and is
easily removed.
An association to be known as 1.-THE
British Goat Society" has lately been
formed in England. One of the OBJ
jects of this society is to establish a
system of supplying these animals to
cottagers as 3 source of milk. The
system so far works well, the demand
for goats being much greater than the
supply. The superiority of goats milk
over that of cows for infants and in
valids has long since been ackuowl-
edged, and before long it will be much
more generally used than at present.
The practice is common among the
engravers and watchmakers of Ger
many of hardening their tools in seal
ing wax. The tool is heated to white
ness and plunged into the wax,
withdrawn after an instant and
plunged again, the process being re-
peated until the steel is too cold to
enter the wax. The advantages
claimed for this method are that the
steel becomes almost as hard as a
diamond, and when touched with a
little oil of ~'turpentine, the tools are
superior for engraving and also for
piercing the hardest metals.
AS the season grows warmer, the
horses should be fed sparingly on corn.
Oats, well crushed, make the best
grain feed, as corn contains too much
oil, and produces fat and animal heat,
with little muscle. If oats are moist
ened previous to feeding the demand
for water after feeding will be lessened
and too much water st that time often
carries the grain from the stomach
into the intestines, where it cannot be
digested. Corn often causes sweating
when given in large quantities.
Quinby, the well-known writer OIL
bee culture, says "If there is any
article that l would cultivate, especi-
ally for honey, it would be catnip. /
find nothing to surpass it," This is
high authority, and ought to entitle
this common but little utilized product
of nature to a place among the valua-
BILE items of the farm. 1t is but an
other instance that goes to show that
our people fail TO utilize the native
of their farms as they should
They have not learned the value of
the things they tread upon, and often
ruthlessly DESTROY.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-22
PENIS GROVE. SALEM COUNTY, N. j., SATURDAY. APRIL % 1885,.

still. We must march along the
shore towards the light"
"Won't they see u.s."
mo; We'll walk next the water OF
the outside beach,"
"Oh, yes; and they'll think it'
soldiers going down to the Point te
head EN- off,
Just so. Come, begin! One, two,
one, two,"
Drum drum! ! druml !
Squeak ! squeak f! squeak II
For ard-march ~ .
Ha |! hal"
The fife stopped.
"Don't laugh. You'll spoil every
thing and l can't pucker my lips.'
Drum drum ! drum =!
Squeak squeak +! ! squeak
The men in the town heard it and
were amazed beyond measure. Had
the soldiers arrived from Boston ?
What did it mean Who were COM
ing?
Louder and louder on the breeze
came the roll of a sturdy drum and
the sound of a brave fife. Tue SOL
diers in the boats heard the noise and
paused in the work of destruction.
The officers ordered everybody into
the boats in the greatest haste. The
people were rising! They were con
ing down the Point with cannons to
head them off! They would all be
captured, and perhaps hung by the
dreadful Americans.
How the drum rolled The fife
changed its tune. 1t played Yankee
Doodle,,,-that hoirid tune! Hark
The men were cheering in the town
there were thousands of them in the
woods along the shore!
How the Britishers scrambled into
their boats! One of the brave officers
was nearly left behind on the burning
sloop. Another fell overheard and
wet his good clothes in his haste to
escape from the American army
marching down the beach-a million
strongl How the sailors pulled! No
fancy rowing now, but desperate haste
to get to the ship.
How the people yelled and cheered
on the shore! Fifty men or more
jumped into beats to prepare for the
chase. Ringing shots began to crack
over the water.
Louder and louder rang the terrible
drum. Sharp and clear rang out the
cruel fife.
The boats swept swiftly out of the
harbor on the outgoing tide. The
fishermen came up with the burning
boats. Part stopped to put out the
fires, and the rest pursued the flying
enemy with such shots AZ they could
get at them. In the midst of it all,
the sun went down.
The red coats did not return a shot.
They expected every minute to see a
thousand men open Oh them at short
range from the beach and they re-
served their powder.
Out of the harbor they went in con-
fusion and dismay. The ship weighed
anchor and ran out her big guns, but
did not fire a shot. Darknt SO fell
down on the scene as the boats reached
the ship. Thep she sent a round shot
towards the light. 1t fell short and
threw a great fountain of white water
into the air.
The girls saw it, and dropping their
drum and fife, sat down on the beach
and laughed till they cried.
That night the ship sailed away.
The great American army of two had
arrived, and she thought 1t wise to re-
treat in time.-&. Nicholas.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-22
The American Army of Two.
Two girls, q Drum and a Fife.
TRUE STORY.

xhAu n xAAos
ATRUE STORY.
1t was about nine O'Clock in the
morning when the ship first appeared.
At once there was the greatest excite
ment in the village. 1t was a British
war-ship. What would she do?
Would she tack about in the bay to
pick up stray coasters as prizes, or
would she land soldiers to burn the
town? In either case there would be
trouble enough.
The sight of q British war-ship in
Boston Bay was not pleasant. We
were poor then, and had no monitors
to go out and sink the enemy or drive
him off, and the good people in the
little village of Situate Harbor were
in great distress over the strange ship
that had appeared at the mouth of the
harbor.
About two o'clock the tide reached
high water marx, and, to the dismay
of the people, the ship let go her
anchor, swung her yards round, and
lay quiet about half a mile from the
first cliff. They were going to land to
burn the town. With their s~py-glasses
the people see the boats lowered to
take the soldiers ashore. All! then
there was confusion and uproar.
Every horse in the village was put
into some kind of team, and the
women and children were hurried Off
to the woods behind the town. The
men would stay and offer as brave a
resistance as possible. Their guns
were light and poor, but they could
use the old lighthouses as q fort and
perhaps make a brave fight OF it. II
worse came to worse, they could at
least retreat and take to the shelter of
the woods.
1t was a splendid sight. Five large
boats, manned by sailors, and filled
with soldiers in gay red coats. How
their guns glittered in the sun! 1t
was a courageous company come with
a war-ship and cannon to fight the
helpless fishermen.
So Rebecca and Sarah thought, as
they sat up in the lighthouse tower
looking down on the procession of
boats as 1t went past the point and
entered the harbor.
"Oh! If 1 only were a man 2" cried
Rebecca.
"What could you do ? See what q
lot of them; and look at their guns?"
1T don't care. I'd fight. I'd use
fathers old shot-gun-anything.
Think of uncle's new boat and the
sloopw
"Yes and all the boats.".
"It's too bad isn't it?"
"Yes; and to think we must sit
here and see it all and not lift q finger
to help"
"Oh, lookl look! The sloop's
afire!"
"Come, / can't stay and see any
any more. The cowardly Britishers
to burn the boats! Why don't they
60 up to town and fight like
"Come, let's get the drum. It'll do
no harm and perhaps"
"Well, let's. There's the fife, too
we might take that with u.s."
They took to the water side, and,
with the drum between them, ran as
fast as they could towards the main
land. Presently they reached the low
heaps of sand that showed where the
spit joined the fields and woods.
| IAN right but we mustn't stand
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-22

DIR. laval has recently declared in q
communication to the Societe de
Medicine Publique ct d'Hygiene Pro-
fessionelle, that the electric light, in
tke degree of division to which it has
been brought, is absolutely harmless,
and without danger to the sight.
The first discovery of fossil human
remains In the caverns of Brazil has
been made by DR.. Lund near Ague
Santa, province of Minas Geraes, where
an osseous breccis has been found con-
tanning human debris closely associ-
ated with the remains Of extinct spe-
ciss.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-22

made within the term of the lease. If
the tenant waits until his lease has
e expired, the land and all that is on it,
except the purely personal property Of
the tenant returns to the landlord
Penn. EJ.
A Question of Practice.
The Supreme Court has decided
the a of Heffner. VS.. Merteel, and
affirmed the judgment Of the Com
mon Pleas of Berks county, Pa. Heff-
ner allowed a judgment upon a bond
in favor of Merteel to be entered up
against him, with the understanding
hat execution was to be limited to his
real estate. Merteel subsequently is
sued a writ of fl, ia. against Heffner's
personal property. HeffDer then APP
piled to the lower court to open the
Judgment, upon the ground that this
execution was contrary to the agree
ment between the parties. This the
Court declined to do, and Heffner re-
moved the case to the Supreme Court,
assigning this refusal to open the
judgement as error. The Supreme
Court, however, have affirmed the
judgement of the lower Court, and in
a per curtain opinion say that Heffner
mistook his remedy in the Court be-
low. There was no ground to open
the judgment. If there was an agree
nient that it should be limited to real
estate the application should have been
to set aside the execution. Judgment
affirmed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-22

The Scientific American mentions a
recently patented device for extin-
gushing kerosene lamps, which con-
sists Of a shut-of for the air supply,
the action becoming automatic If the
lamp is overturned.
Times of the greatest calamity and
confusion have ever been productive
of the greatest minds. The porest ore
comes from the hottest furnace; the
brightest fash from the darkest cloud.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-22
A Gentleman.

Socially, the term gentleman
has become almost vulgar. 1t Is Ger.
tainly less employed by gentlemen
than by inferior persons. The n
speaks of "a man i know.n the other
OF " gentleman ! know" In the
one case the gentleman is taken for
granted, in the other it seems to need
specification. Again, as regards the
term "lady." 1t is quite in accor-
dance with the usages of society to
speak of your acquaintance the Ouch
ess rs "a very nice person." People
who would say livery nice lady," are
not generally of a social class which
has much to do with Duchesses ; and
if you speak of one of these as a per.
son" you will Dol be made to feel
your mistake. AL the year Round.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-22

The following law cannot fail to
interest the average tenant. For years
back the old law would not permit the
tenant to remove any improvements
whatsoever placed on a property after
relinquishing it; but the following
liberal decision contains the balanced
justice: AS a general rule, whatever a
tenant puts into a dwelling or erect
on the premises for his own comforts
without the intention to permanently
annex 1t, he may remove 1t any time
beoref the expiration of his lease. This
would include such things as cup
boards, shelves, c~oalsins, and even a
stairway has been held to be without
the rule. All trade fixtures and tenn
porary structures, whether frame or
brick, or without regard to their size,
may be taken down and carried OF by
the tenant who erected them. Even
q part of the realty If the right to
remove 1t is reserved. All the land
lord can legitimately demand is to
have his property restored to his pos
session in as good order as 1t was re.
ceived by the tenant, ordinary wear
and tear excepted. Whatever the ten
ant puts in of a movable nature he
may take away, but his carpenter
work must not injure or permanently
alter the property. All the decisions
concur that these removals must bt
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-22

Paper has gone into use in some Of
the restaurants of Berlin as plates for
dry or semi-dry articles of food. There
is no reason why cheap paper cups
properly glaz ID should not be en-
ployed at railroad stations. SO that pas.
sengers could take a cup of coffee
along with them instead of hastily
drinking it at a lunch counter.
Raynann has been studying the
phenomenon of passivity exhibited by
iron when immersed in concentrated
nitric acid, and finds that 1T is due to
the formation of a layer of PROPOSES.
quioxide Of iron, which is quite insol.
uble in strong nitric acid. Iron in
this condition may be used instead OF
carbon In Bunsen battery cells.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-19

Parties throughout North Texas who deal
in FIJI ures, either cotton or grain, will save
direct to Texas Cotton and Grain Exchange,
Dallas, This exchange is chartered and
backed by ample capital, and handled by
men well known. a daily report of the
entire market will be sent to any one who
will apply for them, Send for circulars
relative to margins and manner of opcrat.
ing, and you will see at glance the many
advantages you have as against sending
your orders to New York, New Or.
leans or Chicago. Address all communi
cations to A. j. WHEELoCK,
Mnunger
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STREET SlFTINGS.
Ask your grocers for Dolmonico -four.

Ask your grocers for Delmonico flour.
Cheap millinery at NJ. Rosenthal e. Co. g..
The Parlor keeps elegant lunch day and
night.
NJ. RoSenthal & Co. are selling goods for
n song.
Elegant" said stranger; where did
II come from ?n 1.-The Oilice," Of course
was the reply.
Parties wanting q nice, quiet game o
billiards. patronze the Glen Lea saloon,
opposite the HERALD office.
Orr sells all styles of Concord side-spring
buggies. Send for his illustrated catalogue
and price-list.
Splendid imported soda water aud ginger
ale ut 10 cents u drink ut The Office. Don /
fail TO call tor it,
The best lunch in the city, from 10 u. M.
to T. III. every day, at Georges Place. Try
it once and YOU will 20 again.
Cool Milwaukee, Anheuser ana Lcmp's
beer kept always ON tap, fresh and foaming
at the Wichita saloon.
The finest liquors and cigars in the city
can always be found at the Glen Lea saloon
opposite the HERALD Office.
Tendency to weakness and premature de
cay are prevented by the use of Lemp's
extra export Bottled Beer.
Icebergs2 Nowhere Just try some o
those cooling Mettord Rum Punches at The
Parlor, new catch altogether, and deli
cious.
Wines, liquors. cigars and the coolest
beer, billiard tables and polite attention
can always be found at the Glen Lea
saloon, opposite the HERALD office.
The veteran Snowman, W. 9. Coup
while in Dallas had occasion to buy con
siderable amount of liquors. He was in
duced to purchase them ut THE Office,
and pronounced them the finest he hat
found in the whole west. This is fact.
Crushed ieeu,-Oats, corn and barley
crushed is economical, hcalthiul and bette
TOR horses and cows than whole grain
Corn meal, Graham flour, hominy and grit
manufactured AT Felton's corn-mill, Pat
terson avenue.
Twenty-Five dollars reward will be givei
to any one who ever drank glass of stall
or warm beer at Apollo hall. The reason
this offer ismade is because Anheuser bee
il always sold there, which comes through
TO this city cold, fresh and parking. Don
you forget 1t.
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l.. Il. Curtis, jewelcr, corner Main and
Poydras streets. Repairing fine watches u
specially.
An elegant new stock of ladies' and chill.
drens' bracelets, wire and spring bracelets,
bangle bracelets,
American, English and Swiss watches,
diamonds, fine gold jewelry, fine assert.
ment of gents gold chains, fob chains and
charms, all new styles.
Seth Thomas and New Haven clocks, oil
new styles, walnut clocks, alarm clocks,
from 80 up, Mt corner Main and Poydras
streets.
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Very Cheap Tickets Over the Chickasaw

From and after this date, until further
notice, round trip excursion tickets, at ex.
ceedingly low rates, will be on sale at
coupon ticket offices of the various railroads
in Texas to the following named points:
Ashyille, North Carolina, Bristol, Tul-
Knoxville. Lynchburg, Norfolk, Warm
Springs, White Sulphur Springs, Atlanta
and Chattanooga.
These tickets read via the Memphis &
Charleston railroad, the line which has
snrer connections, quicker time, and fewer
changes of cars than any other route
Guide books, giving full description Of
the private and public summer resorts
reached by this line and its connections
and the price of tickets, will be mailed Oh
application to p Il. Rogers,
General Western Agent, Dallas, Texas
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English Female Bitters is an IRON and
vegetable tonic, prepared specially for the
cure of ills that atllict female sex. 1t
builds up and strengthens feeble, broken
down and worn out constitutions, repairs
damages inflicted by years of suffering,
regulates the system, adds iron to impov-
erished blood and makes permanent cures.
II tones the stomach imparts u keen appc-
tite, aids digestion, relieves sick headache
acts gently upon the liver, cures swimming
of the head, and palpitaticn of The heart.
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A Burglar Tagged.

Deputy Sheriff Burba, Of Denton county
arrested Charles Gather, colored, here yes
terday on the charge Of barglarizing The
drug store Of Fred Brown, at Roanoke sta
ton, ON the Missouri Pacific road, and tax.
ins : good sum Of money from the till. liz
ajSltsd home NTH his prisoner over the
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Get anything you want at Yves. Clarks

The Rendrcbrook house, Colorado, Tex.
rs, has thrown open its doors to the travel
ing public. To commercial men, special
inducements In the way of large and conf
modious samplc.rooms, elegant sleeping
apartments, and cuisine uncQualled are
offered. MIR, Stratton, the polite and at
the boys, and Is giving them the best ac-
commodatons to be had In northwest
Texas Stop with him.