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The Penn's Grove record., 1883-12-22
Inventions of a Halt Century.

The nj mber Of inventions that have
been made during the past fifty years is
unprecedented in the history Of the
world. Inventions of benefit to the
human race have been made in all ages
SINCE man was created; but looking back
for half a hundred Years, how many
more are crowded into the past fifty
than INTO any other fifty since recorded
history. The perfection of the locomo-
tive, and the nov world-traverslng
steamship, the telegraph, the telephone,
the audlphone, the sewing machine, the
photograph, chromo-lithographic printing,
the cylinder printing press, the elevator
for hotels and other many-storled build
ings, the cotton gin and the spinning
jenny, the reaper and mower, the steam
thresher, the steam fire engine, the lm.
proved process for making steel, the ap-
plicaiion of chloroform and ether to des-
troy sensibility In painful surgery cases,
and so on through a long catalogue.
Nor are we yet done in the field OF in
vention and discovery. The application
of coal gas and petroleum to heating
and cooking operations is oaly trembling
on the verge OF successful experiment,
suG lubIOuuCLlOu III Tue SltdHl lTOm Ii
great central reservoir the general use
for heating and cooking is fo~reshadowed'
as anon the coming events; the artificial
pi oductlon of butter has already created a
CONSERVATION among dairymen, tho navi-
cation Of the air by some device akin to
our present balloon would alsQ@eem to be
profigured, and the propulsion OF macnin-
cry by electricity is even now clearly IN.
dlcated hy the march of experiment.
There are some problems we have hlth-
erto deemed impossible, but are the mys-
teries of ever the most improbable OF
them more subtle 10 grasp than that OF the
ocean cable or that OF the photographer
or the telephone? We talk by cable
with en- ocean rolling between; we speak
IN our voices TO friends a hundred miles
or more from where we srtlculate before
The ~microphone. Under the blazing sun
of July VT produce ice by chemical
means, rivaling the most solid and crys-
talhne production OF nature. Our sur
geons graft the skin from one persons
arm to the face Of another, and 1t adj
heres and becomes an integral portion of
his body. We find a mile Of white
printing paper and send it on q spool
that a perfecting printing press nnwinds
and prints. and delivers to you, folded
and counted. many thousands per hour.
of a verify this is the age Of invention,
NOR has the world reached a stopping
place yet.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-12-22
south African Inns.

South African inns are ~proverbial
for their horrors. Sometimes the
of the food makes 1t difficult
to support life; sleep is nearly always
only possible by the unlimited applica-
ton Of insect powder. The slaughter
effected by this valuable compound
considerably astonishes the stranger
when he rises from his bed in the
morning and finds numbers of dead
insects, of which many are worse than
deas. On one occasion last circuit, the
judge and some barristers, who were
sleeping at a farmhouse between two
villages, were literally driven out of
their beds in the middle of the night,
and spent the remaining hours in their
travelling carts. The i~nn-keepers,
moreover, have no idea of each person
a room to himself. Two,
three and four are put into the same
ROOM, and often moore than one are
expected to sleep in the same bed.
Baths are lucky accidents, which turn
up sometimes, but are not by any
means to be counted upon. Fresh
butter is rarely to be met with, good
milk is a luxury, and vegetables are
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-12-22
JOSEPH D. WHITAKER, Proprietor and Publisher.
THE OLD oHURCHYARD.

Breathe soft and low, o whispering wind
Above the tangled grasses deep,
Where those who loved me long ago
Forgot the world and fell asleep.
No towering shaft or sculptured urn,
Or mausoleum's empty pride,
Tells to the curious passer by
Their virtues, or the time they died.
[ count the old familiar names,
O'ergrown with moss and lichen gray,
Where tangled brier and creeping vine
Across the crumbling tablets stray.
The summer sky is softly blue;
The birds still sing the sweet, old strain
But something from the summer time
Is o that will not come again.
So many voices have been hushed-
SO many songs have ceased for aye
So many hands [ used to touch
IRE folded over hearts of day.
The messy world recedes from me
1 cease to hear its praise or blame;
The messy marbles c back .
No hollow sound or empty fame.
[ only know that, calm and still,
They sleep beyond life's woe and wall,
Beyond the feet of sailing clouds,
Beyond the shadow of the vale;
only feel that, tired and Norn,
L hall upon the highway bare,
And gaze with yearning eyes beyond
To fields that shine supremacy falr.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-12-22

Sir William Thompson, the eminent
Professor Of Mathematics in the Uni
versity Of Glasgow, in his inaugura
address as President of the Midland
Institute at Birmingham, preached the
idea of the existence of a magnetic
sense. This sense he called the seventh
sense, to distinguish it from Ii other
SIX senses-namely, those of sight, hear
ing, taste, smell, beat and force. He
said that, in speaking of a possible
magnetic sense, he in no way supported
that w~retched, groyeling supe r~stition
of animal magnetism, spiritualism,
mesmerism, or clairvoyance, of which
they had heard so much. There was
no seventh sense of a mystic kind.
Clairyoyance and 81 on was the result
Of bad observation chiefly, somewhat
mixed up with the effects of wilful
imposture, acting on an innocent and
trusting mind.
If there was not a distinct magnetic
sense, it was a very great wonder that
there was not. The study of magne-
tism was a very reconcile subject. One
very wonderful discovery that was
made in electric magnetism was made
by Faraday, and worked out very admi-
rably by Foucauld, an excellent French
expeIimenter, showing that a piece of
copper, or a piece Of silver, let fall be-
tween the poles of a magnet, would fall
down slowly, as if through mud. Was
it conceivable that, if 3 piece of copper
could scarcely move through the air
between the poles of ar electric magnet,
that a human being or living creature,
III the same position, would experience
no effect ? Lord Lindsay got an enor-
nous magnet, so large that the head
of any person wishing to try the expert
ment could get well between the poles /;
and the result of the experiment was
marvellous, the marvel being that moth
ing was perceived.
Sir William Thompson. however, was
not willing to admit that the investiga-
ton was completed. He could not
think the quality of matter in the air,
which produced such aprodigious effect
piece of metal, could be absolutely
without any %perceptible effect what
ever ON a living body. He thought the
aynarimenf woe worth rnOaatin0 . and
it was worth examining whether or not
exceedingly powerful magnetic force
was without perceptibie effect on a
vegetable or animal body. His
own speculations had led him to con
clude that there might be a seventh or
magnetic n !, and that it was posi-
BILE an exceedingly powerful magnetic
effect might be produced on living
bodies that could not be explained by
heat, force. or any other sensation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-12-22

81 DON'T understand why women
dress that way" said a man pointing at
a lady who passed along the street.
81 don't either" replied a bystander.
''That woman" continued the first
speaker, rs dressed ridiculously. Her
husband must be a fool"
81 know he is" said the ~bystander.
"Do you know him?"
"oh. yes. Iam th~e--fool I"
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-12-22

COLONEL Hicklebolus has a very
promising son. whom he recently dedi-
Gated TO the Texas University and to
future hopes OF the goyernorship Of the
State. The old man gave his son q
great deal of sage and valuable advice
on his departure for the seat OF unIver-
sal knowledge, which words OF advice
were accompanied by a well-filled peck
et-book.
''See," said the old man, "that you
write to us soon after your arrival, in
order that we may know that you are
alive and WELL"
At the end OF Il weeks time Col.
Hicklebolus received the following mes
sage:
Mgr. Capel says his mothers
name was Fitzgerald, and that she had
a rich Irish brogue.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-12-22

The proposed increase of n. Pasteur's
pension to 25, 000f. has finally been yo-
ted by the French Chambo of Depu-
ties. Why there should havs been any
difficulty in the matter at all it is diff
cult SO say. except that NJ. Pasteur is
not the one who makes friends readily.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-12-22

The drug store Of G. G. DAVIS. in
Wslpo!e, New Hampshire, was entered on
the 9Th by burglars. who blew open the
safe and robbed 1t OF about $1,000 in secur-
sirgand money. Most of the bonds taken
aestieristeTed and not negotiable.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-12-22

Tourists complain that the Swiss
hotel-keepers now charge as much as
eight and ten cents per glass for milk,
and this extortion in the country Dar
excellence of milk, they think is too bad.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02

Our quiet Eastern Shore neighbors
are year by year adding to their repu-
tation for producing the most sensa-
ton scandals of the century. Within
FIVE years the quiet conservative COM
munity between the two bays has been
the scene of the Duer-Hearn shooting,
the wedding of twelve year old girl
with her uncle by marriage, and the
attempted murder, under most dramatic
circumstances of a negro who had
gossipped too freely about the daugh-
ters of his mistress, while one of the
most remarkable murder trials that
Maryland has ever known is now go
ing on at Denton, and two scandalOus
poisoning cases await investigation in
the same county. Perhaps all these
things attract more attention from the
fact that they have occurred in an
ordinarily law-abidiRg community,
little disturbed by contact with the
busy outside world.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02

A New Orleans dude at the opera
stood and leisurely surveyed the i'm
mense audience before divestiHg him
self of his topcoat. Perhaps it was the
light weight of the new Spring garment
that deceived him. Anyhow, he mad
vertently took off the Overcoat and the
undercoat together, folded them slow
and gracefully, and laid them over the
back of his chair. The sight of the
dandy in his shirt sleeves and vest
seemed to catch the eyes of everybody
in the house instantly, and a general
giggle deepened quickly into unani-
nous haw-haws. So much of shirt
bosom is exposed in the prevailing
style of evening dress that he naturally
did not at once discover his undue ex-
hibition of linen, and he was seated
before he was aware that he was the
cause of all the noise. Then his stud
led equanimity was for once destroyed.
His struggling haste to pull his swal-
low-tail coat out of the other, and to
put it on, was as comical as the rest Of
his miShap.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02
TIE Mail Order DEPARTMENT.
BAILEY, BANKS O. BIDDLE.

NO PART OF THE BUSINESS
of Bailey, Banks s. Biddle is con-
Quoted with greater perfection of
detail or more general satisfaction
to purchasers than that of selecting
and sending goods in response to
requests by mail.
WHETHER THE ORDER is
for costly or inexpensive articles
whether for an assortment to enable
apurchaser to decide at home which
article suits best, or for something
to be shipped directly to a third
person as a present, the purchaser
relying upon the house for good
choice-the selection is invariably
made by an expert of well-tried
taste, possessing thorough knowl-
edge both of the goods and the
changeful fashions.
DIRECTIONS ARE INTELLI-
gently followed; the least hint of
preference is carefully noted, and
in every instance the newest and
most desirable goods are sent, ex-
cepting when an article not quite
SO new presents such inducements
in price as to make it seem best to
inform the customer and await
further instructions. Full explana-
tions are given whenever the in
terest of the customer requires them.
GOODS MAY ALWAYS BE RE-
turned if not entirely satisfactory.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02
WHOLE NO. l,45l.

There is something queer again
about the Irish juries. Brady and
Curley, the Phoenix Park assassins who
were arranged first, were found guilty
in way which seemed to indicate
that there were still men in Ireland
who had the courage and the con-
science to convict murderers. But
when Timothy Kelly was placed at
the bar there came a sudden halt.
Judging by the summary of the testi-
nony sent by telegraph, the evidence
against this man has been as strong as
that against Brady and Curley; and
his defence was as weak. Indeed, it
seems weaker, if possible, for if an alibi
sustained by the oaths of fifteen per-
sons Is not enough to justify verdict
of acquittal, it ought to go for less
than nothing at all. Moreover, Kelly
admits that he was an Invincicle. But,
despite all, two juries have been un-
able to agree upon a verdict in this
case. 1t looks very much as if the
work of intimidating jurors had begun
again. 1t is significant to note that
out of the panel summoned Friday
to try Pagan, another Phoenix Park
murderer, seventy-fve men failed to
appear, although their absence will
cost each one $500.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02

The Irish Convention in Philadel-
phia last week turned out to be tame
affair. The O'Donovan Rosa patriots"
were either absent or under restraint.
Mr.. Parnell's dispatch indicates pur-
pose to continue the agitation within
safe lines. The recent act passed by
the British Parliament, instigated by
the dynamite warfare, has evidently
had its effect. 1t will be good thing
for the future of ireland if her own
sons will take part in suppressing the
dynamite fiends. There is noticeable
absence, however, in Mr.. Parnell's dis
patch of any word of reproach for the
dynamite method of promoting agita-
ton.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02
Battles in the Air.

The tornadoes that swept away
villages and country houses and killed
scores of people in Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia, and South Carolina on Sun
day week possessed some peculiar fea-
lures which render them particularly
worthy of attention. The first notewor-
thy thing about them was their number
and the great extent of territory they
covered AS in the case of the lorna
does of last June in the region lying
southwest of the great lakes, a perfect
nest of atmospheric eddies seems to
have been suddenly formed over the
Gulf States on Sunday, and the lorna
does thus generated darted swiftly
across the country, cutting clean
swathes many miles long and only a
few hundred yards wide. Some gem
eral cause must of course have been at
work to produce the extraordinary
meteorological conditions favorable for
the simultaneous development of these
storms, so widely separated, and yet so
similar in their character and effects.
This cause is found in the conflict
between the cold storm current which
was at the time sweeping across the
whole country from the westward, and
a less extensive but powerful warm
current advancing from the Gulf
Where these currents met there was a
sort of struggle for the mastery, which
resulted in the formation of tornadoes
along the line of meeting.
Another fact of special interest is the
wonderful electrical discharges which
accompanied the tornadoes. Electricity
is always strongly developed during
such storms, but in this case the light
ming seems to have been incessant, re-
minding one of accounts of thunder
storms in the tropics. Books and
newspapers were read and letters writ
ten by the almost unceasing illumina.
tion in the clouds.
There seems to be no means within
human reach to cope with these pow
: ers of the air. A tornado cannot b,
arrested in its course. The only thin:
to do is to get out of its way. But a
: present there is not even any means o
< predicting their coming. The sigma
: service can only deal with ordinar,
: storms that sweep in an almost un
n varying course clear across the cont
d nent. The telegraph can give warning
: of the approach of such a storm, bu
tOrnadOes spring into being and rus
d away on their career of destruction il
e the most unexpected manner. Still,
n the theories of the meteorologists ar
e correct and tornadoes are general
formed where opposing currents NEE
It and as ofShoots of main storm,
d should be possible to obtain some war;
e ing, even though short, of the time
+" and places where these frightful battle
it in the air are likely to be fought
Is | N Y Sim
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02

France is young Republic but she
is a model in the line of economy.
France is bound to be economical, no
matter what occurs. She has just de-
termined to convert her five per cent.
bonds into lower rate of interest. At
the same time she is fitting out an ex-
pedition against Tonquin. Soldiers
are in readiness and gun boats are
being manned. An unknown land is
to be conquered and a great war is to
be risked with China. Disasters may
have to be encountered and millions of
dollars may have to be spent but this
is the economy of our sister Republic.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02

STRIKEs.-It would be appropriate
if almanac-makers would inclnde in
their prognostications a statement to
"Look out for strikes about this time of
the year." Cigar-makers, carpenters,
and some other artisans in New York
city, have been on strike, and the
coal-miners near Pittsburg have quit
work. The iron-wOrkers have the
subject under consideration. Last year
the strikes in this country cost the
wOrkmen as well as the manufacturers
millions of dollars. and they resulted
in no satisfactory settlement of the
questions at issue. 1t is pity that
some less wasteful and more civilized
method of settling such disputes could
not be put in practice.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02

THE MARYLAND TEMPERANCE AL
LIANCE.-At Thursdays session of the
Maryland State Temperance Alliance,
in Baltimore, reports were received
from delegates as to the improved con-
dition of local option counties. Col.
Mullikin of Talbot, had not seen
drunken young man there in eight
years. George A. Blake said that the
effects of prohibition have been decid-
edly noticeable in Cecil county. Most
of the liquor drank there comes from
the cities and neighboring counties of
Pennsylvania and Delaware. Mrs.
Harper attributed the defeat of prohi-
bition in Worcester county to the
ignorance of the colored people.
Favorable reports were made for Kent,
Caroline and Somerset counties. Reso-
lutions were adopted favoring the sub
mission to the people of a prohibition
constitutional amendment. An even
ing meeting was held in the Masonic
Temple, at which Ex-Governor St. John
of Kansas, spoke.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02

THE FAILURE OF THE VERMONT
SUGAR CRoP.-The failure of the maple
sugar crop in Vermont is the eOmplet-
est for many years. The depth of the
snow and the absence of sharp frosts
after the season began, limiting the
time ofthe flow of sap, have together
reduced the production very much,
and damaged the farmers some hnR-
dreds of thousands of dellars. Many
who. usually make enough for their
own use and and have a surplus to sen
will not have enough to supply their
own needs.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02

CHURCH PROPERTY IN WILMINGTON
CONFERENCE.-The WILMINGTON Con-
ference met in its first session in 1859.
The value of church property was re-
ported that year as $910,150. At the
recent session the value stands at
81 ,24S, ,528. Here is an Increase of
1888, 1873, in fourteen years. The value
of parsonage property has been also
steadily on the increase. 1t was re-
ported in 1869 at $4,000. 1t foots up
to-day $143,9OO. The increase in this
item is not great, and yet it shows that
as a church they are moving on.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02
SIGNS OF MAY.

May day and June day,
Spring and Summer weather;
Going to rain: going to clear:
Trying both together.
Flowers are coming! No, they re not,
Whilst the air S so chilly;
First it S cold, then it S hot
Is MT weather silly?
S'pose the little vi'lets think
Spring is rather funny,
So they hide themselves away,
Even where it S sunny.
S'pose the trees must think it s time
To begin their growing.
See the little swelling buds!
Sec how plain they re sho ing!
S'pose they know they re going to make
Peaches, apples, cherries
Even vines and bushes know
When to start their berries.
Only little girls like me
Don't know all about it:
May be, though, the reason is
We can do without it.
Winttrtime and Summertime
We keep On a-growing;
So. you see, we need mt be
Like the flowers and like the trees,
And the birds and bnmble-bees-
Always wise and knowing.
M ". d., in 81. Nicholas for May.
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Smyrna times., 1883-05-02

The PRESIDING ELDER AND THE
PARROT.-Rev. T. o. Ayres after de-
scribing how the new Presiding Elder
of Dover District is delightiAg the peO-
pie with his preaching and especially
his new departure of going back to
the old time ways and days of power"
by going in his carriage and staying
and working with the people, narrates
the following amusing incident which
occurred at the home of an official
brother where Mr.. Milby stopped:
THE colored cook was dressing a
chicken when the parrot said, Polly
wants some chicken" The cook re-
piled, you shant have it, the chicken
is for the preacher" Polly said no
more about the matter till the next
day when she asked, did the preacher
eat all the chicken?'' Yes" said the
cook. Polly wants the bones,'' said
the bird. So even the parrots have
found out that the presiding elders are
fond of chicken. Brother Milby says
he enjoys the road and don't propose
to Kill himself going home.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02

Josh Billings says: "Next to a clear
Conscience for solid comfort Gums an
old shue." He probably never suffer-
ed with q cough OF cold, otherwise no
would have referred to DIR. Bulla
Cough Syrup as being alse a good
thing to secure relief and comfort.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-02

Young Men wanting Neck Wear
sbould bear in mind ]. E. Phillips.
He has the largest and finest stock in
town. Nothing here to equal 1t.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-21
Vermont News.

A G. A. R. post at Williston has
been organized.
Rev. T. L. Drury's congregation is
building a church on Williams street,
Rutland.
Mrs. Henry A. Buttolph has given
the Methodist Episcopal church of
Shelburne large bell.
OF the 1872 books taken from the
Brattleboro library in August, l,525
were works of fiction.
The grasshOppers have devastated
large number of pastures in the south
ern part of Windham county.
Robert S. Kelley and Charles Bum
ford of McIndOes Falls have chopped
S2s cords of wood in eleven days.
The annual state convention of the
Young Mems Christian association will
he held in Rutland, October 1921.
The general term of the supreme
fourth Tuesday of October, the 23d.
The Burlington aldermen have or
dered that the telegraph poles on Main
street must be removed before May J..
OF the 567 town taxpayers in Brad
ford, 2S6 have thus far paid their taxes
to the treasurer, leaving 3Ol not paid.
| 1t is understood that the trustees of
the Mary Fletcher hospital will at once
build Il capaciOus reservoir for fire pur-
poses.
The village of Enosburgh Falls is
soon to be supplied with water from a
large spring about two miles from the
village.
The Central Vermont imported 81
carloads, or ,l34 tons, of locomotive
coal from Canada during the month of
August.
The earnings for the month of Au-
gust of Vermont railways are largely
in excess of those of the same period
last month.
1t is estimated that it takes four
times as much power to move freight
over the mountains of Vermont as it
does to transport it over ordinary
grades.
A new locomotive has just been put
on the Central, which is the best and
handsomest passenger engine on the
road. 1t is named the "GOvernor
smith," and has steel boiler with
siXty-eight inch drivers seventeen and
onehalf by twenty-four.
The Central Vermont Marble com
pany has been incorporated under the
laws of New York, with capital of
5000 The directors are Green B.
Raum, late commissioner of internal
revenue, james Giltillan, late u. 5.
treasurer, and Corydon Carr of Buffalo.
This marble property is located in
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