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The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-11
Birds of the Hebrides.

Curiously enough Of all the birds pfo.
hibited by the Levitical law as unclean,
the only one ever eaten is the cormo-
rant, which is certainly one of the least
tempting of fowls. II is such a satanic
looking bird thas the very look of it
always suggests Milton's legend of its
having been the first creature whose
form vas assumed by the arch-fiend,
when, perehed on the tree of life, he
overlooked with enviOus eye the fair
Garden of Eden, plotting how to work
mischief r the blissful pair. The fshy
taste of this repulsiye looking bird is
considerably diminished by burying it in
the sand for four-and-twenty hours, and
then skinning 1t, after which its flesh is
said to make tolerable soup, in flavor
happily combining fish and fowl, the
former predominating. There is some
thing very weird about these solemn
black birds (~scarts, as they are called,
which haunt the dark caves along the
rocky coast. In the innermost recesses
they heap up a pile of dry seaweed,
selecting, with unerring instinct, a spot
where the highest spring tide cannot
touch them. There they lay their eggs,
and sit guarding their nests, or else
stand solemn and immovable on the
rock lodges, never stirring till we are
well inside their cave, when a sudden
flap of dusky wing startles us, aud they
dash past us with piercing cries. Well
does the seaman recognize the voice
of these birds of ill-omen, whose shrill
n0fes invariably herald the coming
= IHr.
Try pretty, however, to watch
them fishing, as they pounee on their
silvery prey and gluttonously struggle to
swallow it alive, though, perhaps,
twice too big for comfort, and, more
over, wriggling piteously all the time.
In olden days, some of our ancestors
imported fishing cormorants from
France and from Holland, and enjoyed
their sport as fully as do the Chinese
cormorant-fishers of the present day,
fasten ng a leathern strap round the
lower part of the throat, to prevent the
birds from actually swallowing their
prey, and training them to return TO
their masters and disgorge their spoils.
Wonderful is the amount and variety of
bird-life to be seen on some of the out
lying rocky islets, where sea-birds of
every sort and kind eongregate in count
less multitudes. Thousands of puflins
burrow in the turf like rabbits, while
on every rocky ledge sits closely-packed
lows of sea-gulls, guillemots and kitti-
wakes, black-headed gulls, stormy pc
trels, eider-down ducks in short, all
manner of wild-eyed beautiful birds
guarding their precious blue or green
eggs, which lie in millions on the bare
rocks or half hidden among the grass
and PUSHES, while f~eathery clouds float
in mid-air. lowering near then mates,
aud appearing in the distance almost
like a shower of drifting snowflakes,
cleaning in the sunlight. For all low
eTs of such beautiful, wild bird-life,
| can conceive no greater enjoyment
than a yachting cruise in the Hebrides
in the early spring-time.-AH the Year
Round.
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A Telegraphic BIunder

Telegraphic anecdotes being in order
reminds US of a dispatch which some
years ago a business man in Boston sent
to his correspondent in New York, re-
questing him to have a room reserved
for him at the hotel, as he should come
ON that afternoon.
Arrived late at night lie stood serene
ly behind the crowd at the old Astor
House who were registering their names,
even till the clerk began to turn appli-
cants away for lack of room, assured that
his dispatch in advance must have Sc
cured accommodation, but was sur
prised and indignant to find that no
order for a room had been received,
and was obliged to hunt up lodgings
for the night else where.
Early next morning, in response to
the demand if his dispatch had been
received, his correspondent replied in
the affirmative, and said that a store.
house had been hired for him in Beaver
street as ordered.
"A store-house | never ordered q
store-house.'
The dispatch was produced. 1t read
"Shall be on tonight have room in q
store-house secured at once.
Application at the telegraph Office
revealed the fact that the young woman
who received the message as it CANT
slowly from the wire supposed the oper
ator had been abbreviating (?l thu
spelling of the message, which origin
| ally read i'Have room in Astor Houst
secured at once" The division o.
A-ster and addition of an ''e'' produced
quite a different result than was de
| sired
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-11

begipalng on a small scale rises In
some cases TO rs much as 40O0f,, %
/ $500 a year. In both establishments
the hours Of attendance are from 9 to 4
on six days of the week and the male
and female clerks in different rooms
the women being superintendent by
officers of their own sex, and thus en-
joying the greatest possible privacy.
A Turkish gentleman who has just
arrived in New York, and who is the
son of N. de Castro Bey, private coun-
sci to the sultan, tells a reporter of the
Journal some interesting things about
the harem of the son of the sun. The
first question asked by the reporter was
suggested by a habit which is by no
means confined to American ladies, but
is universal throughout the feminine
world. He wanted to know if the
ladies of the harem flirted, 10 which
Nh. de Castro replied mo, they can't.
Like all other women, however, they
would like to-" ''Why can't they z"
''Their religion compels them to hide
their faces whenever they meet a man.
If they happen to be met without a
veil they will gather up Il of their
skirts and throw it over their heads"
Where does the Sultan obtain his
wives ?" From Circassia and a certain
part of Asia. The countries are noted
for the beauty of their women, and the
Sultan has emissaries stationed there
to make selections and importations.
The governments of these countries
often send pretty young women to the
Sultan to obtain his good will and
favor" ''Are the women blondes or
brunettes 2" ''Brunettes. "Do they
eycr bleach their hair ?n ''Oh, yes.
Blondes are so scarce that they are in
great demand, and the women use a
paint for turning their hair yellow y
What is the color of their eyes ~
BLACK as jet and as bright as dia-
monds." Are they petite or large 2"
Small of stature, but very plump.
When they are young they are really
the handsomest women in the world,
but they don't last a great while. ="
''They fade, do they - Eyes. Their
lives are so luxurious that they decline
for want of healthful exercise What
do they do - 'Sit on low divans I'M
der bright canopies and sm oke cigar
cites and drink strong coffee" How
do they dress ?" every temptingly in
loose, bright garments, i'll Turkish style,
but are adopting European fashions as
much as possible. The Sultan has often
issued DEGREES against the adoption of
European tastes, but the women don't
care about the dress nowadays, and
when ON the street many of them wear
high French heels aud bustles. They
always wear white muslin wells, how
ever, which add much to the seductive
ness of their general appearance"
"How do the ladies wear their finger
nails - "They bleach them red, and
have them cut short. The nails are
short, | suppose, because they are afraid
their tempers might get the better of
them,n and Mr.. de Castro stroked his
moustaehe and laughed heartily.
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teod, annually, during the past ,ir
years, n has not met with = single,
failure. lie says ~ plant any time
between May 20 and June 20. using a
corn-planter, ard planting one quart of
seed per acre. Cultivate exactly as you
would corn, and make thorough work.
The plant will be ready to cut and put
IN shock by September /, at which time
cut and shock the same as corn, letting
1t remain in the field until it is wanted
for feed in the winter. 1t makes excel
lent feed at any time, and especially
when the ground is covered with snow.
only feed sorghum during bad
weather, unless | have an unusual sup
ply, when | feed it at all times. 1t
makes a very rich food, and all kinds of
stock will eat it with a relish, eating it
clean, stalks and leaves.
"Another method of growing sorghum
for feed is to prepare your ground by
blowing fine and deep Immediately after
harvest. Plant with a corn- planter as
fast as you pillow until you have the
number of acres you intend to put to this
use. About the lst of August the sorg-
hum is nicely up, then harrow it thor
oughly legthwise Of rows. By the
10th of August the sorghum will proba-
bly, be from six to eight inches high, at
which time proceed to seed the field
with rye. Drill one and one-half BUSH
els per acre then, when the cold
weather comes, turn your stock in upon
it, and you have an excellent pasture.
L consider this latter mode one of the
best and most profitable ways of cult
waiting sorghum for winter feed. 1t
does away with the expensive item of
harvesting. Whenplanted on or before
July 10th the sorghum will mature before
frost sets in and a field thus planted will
secure you a great amount of valuable
fodder for all kinds of stock in winter.
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The New York 3ailioad Commission
ers recommended that the New York
Central and Hudson River andthe New
York, Lake Erie aud Western Railroad
Companies abolish the charge of OF e
cent per bushel for elevating grain
from their docks into vessels.
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Sorghum for Feed.

The following statement is from the
first quarterly report of the KanSas
State Board of Agriculture. The
writer, MI. G.. E. Hubbard, of Pawnee
county, has been growing sorghum for
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DIR. 4. c. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT. .
guaranteed specific for Hy st-tfs r Etness CONCLUSIONS Pns,
Nervous Neuralgia, Headache, Nervous Pro&trstiop caused
by the use Of alcohol o. tobacco, wskefulness, Mental De-
precision, Softsning OF the Brain resulting in insanity and
leading 50 misery, decay and death Premature Old Age
saTrenness, Ioss Of Power In either sex, Involuntary Lospes
and spermAtnrrhns caused by over-exertion Of the brain,
sslfsbuse or overiRia sence. Each box ontAins one months
treatment. 81 8 boz, or six boxes for IS, sent by mail pre-
paid on receipt of price.
wr cunsAArEE civ acxEe
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To enre any case. with each order received by us for sfx
boxes, accompanied with ~, we will send the purchaser our
written qua aatee TO refund the money " the treatment does
not effect a cure. Guarantsehi ssued only by
UsSER 4 MExDELs0s, $40 Race Street. Phiisdelphis, Pa
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-10-10
Americans in Mexico.

The Mexicans have others reasons
than their pride for extreme reserve
toward foreigners, and especially,-1re-
greet to add-toward Americans. have
had occasion many times to blush for
my country, or rather for the conduct
of some of her representatives here.
Perhaps it is the case with all countries,
that the men and women who drift over
the border are the scum of society,"
the failures, and cranks, and disappoint-
ed ones, if not those whose actual mis-
deeds have exiled them from their own
country. ''for their country's good"
The American nation has been pro-
verbal for its abuse of hospitality, since
the days when King Philips generous
gifts of maize saved our ancestors from
starvation. Mexicans are by nature ex-
tremely hospitable, but again and again
has this generosity been abused, their
trust betrayed by foreigners whom they
have received into their homes, until
they have been forced to the wise deter
mination to admit none unless vouched
for beyond question. Naturally, the
feeling Of distrust has grown to undue
proportion, as, in the Bible play-..In
Adams fall we sinned all''-the limo
cent are obliged to suffer for the sins of
the guilty. Should undertake to tell
you, ever 50 delicately, the doings Of
some Americans, of both sexes, in this
city, our good editor would refuse to
print and You to read the recitals.
Monterey Cor. Springfield Republican,.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-10-10
WhY Widows Win.

Are widows really so fascinating? The
popular impression seems to be that
single women are placed at an extreme
disadvantage when brought into compe-
tition in The matrimonial race with
those of their sex who have once worn
the orange blossoms and who have been
compelled by cruel fate to assume the
sable habiliments of woe. Strange to
say, widows themselves do not share in
this almost universal opinion. There is
not one of them who does not believe
that she is heavily Handicapped" SO
to say, in the contest, and who would
not gladly exchange places, if she
could, with her sing lie sisters The at
tractive widow, nevertheless, carries off
the bachelor sweepstakes very often,
leaving her spinster rivals pale with
envy and wild with rage. Her con-
quests, however, are very much exag-
gerated. Widows who have not COM
Portable bank account or corner lot
find it as difficult to elicit proposal as
other d0werless members of the sex.
Whom we first love we rarely marry
has become q truism, and herein lies
the advantage of the widow with large
dover right. The old admirers return
and the old flame is easily relighted.
Beauty in distress with good-sized
package of government bonds is some
thing quite Irresistible. Y. Journal
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A Drunkard's Diary.

On the person of a stranger picked
up drunk the other night the police
found diary of the affair, reading as
follows:
"wednesday morn.-Ar'd in Det.
Fine town. Had jaw with a hack
man.
''Later-Town impr'ves as I look at
it. Took drink. Cum neer having a
fight. Took an'ther drink.
.'Still Later-Seen the P. o. and City
Haul. Fine struktures. Had dispute.
Took drink. Town imp'rves. Saw
a runaway. Had some beer. Saw a dog
fight.
'Yet later-Seen all the opera h'ses.
Took a drink. Saw the river. Treated
man to the bearc. W'nderful how
m oh bizn'ss is card on here. Fine
town. Took dirk. Feel good.
'.Afternoon-Town imp'rves on me.
Took drink. Had a row. Bizn'ss
rushing. Big g'sses of beare FIR five cts.
Feel jolly nice.
.Later-Great rush bizn'ss. Took
brandy this time. Seen 'er m'r'k't.
Seen 'er wheat el'vat'rs. Feel good.
Nice town.
.'Still later nice town. Fleel gooz.
Took 'er driz. Shaver p'lecceman.
Whoop! Took dr.
Very w-shaw-s-h-a-w a
b'leceman. All riz. Zeal happy. Zeal
zif could-c-o-u-l-d-could-'
But he couldn't. He made for an
alley and went to sleep, and he was SO
drunk that they tied his legs up in a
knot and carried him down in the shape
of q ball
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Don't Poison Your Family,

Stores of vegetables or of fruit have .
direct effect upon the air of the cellar,
and consequently upon that of the
rooms above, and, as matter of health,
should not be tolerated in any consider
able quantities. The method of storing
vegetables practised by the market
gardeners is applicable everywhere;
and while it preserves the roots, etc., in
excellent condition, it will relieve the
farm house of one source of discomfort,
if not of disease. Large masses of our
products, whether those we term vege-
tables, such as roots, cabbages, etc., are
not dead, inert matter, but are con-
stantly acting upon the air which sur
rounds them. As rule, they take up
oxygen from the air. and give off car
bonic acid gas, poison to animal life.
No very large mass of vegetables or
fruits should be stored in the cellar of
the dwelling house for the winter. So
far as roots are concerned, as we'll -
cabbages and celery, they are much
better stored outside. OF course, on
farms where roots are largely cultivated,
proper cellars are provided for storing
them; but where moderate quantities Of
beets. carrots, parsnips, and other roots
arc to be preserved, to be taken out Is
needed for use, or for sale, the method
of storing in trenches is to be commend
ed. The place selected for the trench
must be one in which water will not
settle, or provision must be made for
complete drainage; otherwise the meth
cd will fail. A long pit, or trench, is
dug, six feet wide and three or four feet
deep. The roots are then stacked up
in sections about two feet long, and as
high as the top of the trench. One
stack, or section of roots, being made,
another is begun about half foot from
it, and the space between the two filled
in with soil. The trench, when filed,
will be two feet of roots, six inches of
soil, and so on for its whole length. The
roots are to be covered with soil, and
before freezing weather comes on,
enough earth should be put on, two
feet, more or less, and so rounded as to
shed the water from rains and to ex-
clude frosts. Agricultur.
ist
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The Wall street sandwich-Bull on
one side, bear on the other, and little
lamb in the middle.
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Naughty Turkish Beauties.

The government is poor, it is harass-
ed with many weighty questions be-
sides the means of defense against
cholera. Yet it has found time to enter
upon crusade against the fair sex, and
it finds the ladies harder to deal with
than the car himself. During the pres
ent month, when all moslems observe
the fast of Ramazan, those who can
afford it lie abed through the heat of
the day. By night, however, the city
is all astir. From 10 clock until mid
night all the Turkish ladies who can
find carriages take their drive through
the most fashionable squares. The
jam in such places is tremendous. One
night the chief of police was promenade
ing in search of evils to be cured, and
he observed these great lines of carri-
ages full of ladies passing along under
the eyes of the young men of the city
standing on either side of the roadway.
And then he saw, to his horror, ladies
lean forward and smile at the young
men, and even wave handkerchief from
carriage windows. He saw handker-
chiefs dropped from the carriages, by
accident, and he was morally certain
that the young men who politely hand
ed them back to their owners delayed
long enough to squeeze the fair hands
that received them. All these things
were gall and NORWOOD to the old
gentleman. The next day an order was
posted though the city prohibiting ladies
from driving after nightfall. This of
course raised storm which is not vet
appeased. It has drawn out the start
ling and reasonable claim from somo
Of the ladies that they have equal rights
and privileges with the men! It Is Of
course to be expected that the Turkish
ladies will win in this matter, in spite
of police and the fact that Turkish
dictionaries do not admit such 3 word
as Irritation. - Con stantin0DZe,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-10-10
o Loving Hearts.

o, loving hearts! not priced when they were
ours!
Now lost to all but mem'ry and to grief.
Could we recall them, or those vanished
hours,
When they were with us, it were some
relief
To those who mourn, who mourn, alas! too
For loving hearts!
We sigh and mourn and sicken-yet no hand
Is stretched to aid US, and no kindly voice
Aghast to feel and know we should rejoice
1t death would summon uS-fOr all is past,
o loving hearts!
Remorse! All. yes, in that, we think and
And seek to find relief-but all in vain
Our sorrow for the past. Some wounds we
cannot heal.
Our wearied hearts may pant, but not
complain:
We may not speak-we only sigh too late
For loving hearts!
They once were ours, those loving hearts now
lost,
They come to haunt us, when too sadly lost
Upon our sleepless couch. We fain would
They once again were with US. but too late,
loving hearts!
Ye may not hear us, and We may not know !
OF our wild heart-beats, and our useless
tears.
They should have come before; the tears that
Are qerid now-they cannot calm our
Nor case our troubled hearts. All, all is
past.
Glowing hearts!
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Repairing Lofty Lightning Rod.

nepalrlng q h01sy lightning bod.
Quite crowd collected in the neigh.
borhood of Baltimore and Front streets
yesterday shortly after midday, and the
gaze of each and every one was direct
ed heavenward. Following the line of
their observations, two figures could be
seen on the top of the shot tower. The
height was necessarily too great &c
distinguish the countenances of the
aerial excursionists, and when one OF
them climbed the flagstaff which tops
the tower, went through queer move.
ments, and then rapidly descended, ex-
element was at its height. The crowd
increased momentarily, and from many
windows in the lower section of the city
which commanded view of the lofty
elevation curious persons gazed upon
the two figures. Presently both disap.
peared inside of the tower, and the
show was over. An American man
went over to the tower and ascertained
that Mr.. August L. Eicke, in company
with colored man, one of his EN-.
ployes, had been busy fixing up the
lightning-rod attached to the tower, and
doing similar lofty work Mr.. Eicke
ooAu' Au4S IOWCI IL Z1l lcCI ulSu, anu
it takes 1874 ordinary stair steps to
reach the top. The flagstaff is SIS feet
high in addition, and to-day I put my
ightning-rod glasses on the staff and
renewed the flag halyards. The flag
staff is only about eight inches in diam
eter at the base. and when I climbed up
it shook like willow. I would have
remained up longer and completed
more work, but to-day, like every other
sultry day, the air at high attitudes is
full of electric currents, and they be-
came so strong at one time that / was
compelled to slip down the pole dis
lance of more than six feet, and thus,
you see, lacerated and cut my hands.
1t is much warmer up there than it is
down here, and l was in profuse per-
SEPARATION all the time. Tomorrow
shall continue my work, which will &C.
cupy me two or three days, and finally
will come down the lightning-rod out
side of the tower, and repair any de-
fects may see. "-Baltimore An,ericau.