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The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-18
The So-Called "Weaker
Vessels"

In France women live an average Of
IL years longer than men.
A Chicago wholesale cloak house ad.
vertised for a ''female model with q
thirty-six incn bust, " offering S. week.
There were twenty-five applicants in
two hours.
Mile. PiccoIo, a Partisan actress,
drove nine burglars out of her house
with a revolver the other night, and
then held two of them, who had climbed
up a tree, until the police arrived.
An Indiana woman gave up a trip to
California, sold her ticket for half price,
and returned home from the railroad
station, on learning than she could not
have her pet dog with her in the car.
In modern Egypt a young man is not
permitted to see his wiie's face before
marriage. As a const quence not infre-
quently SOC after marriage he makes
up his mind that he never wants to see
it again.
One energetic woman did the work
of a mob at Michigan City, Ind. She
dashed into the saloon in which her
husband had become a drunkard, used
a lamp in lieu Of q club, and smashed
every bottle.
Mary Bullock got a ridiculously heavy
verdict against the English company on
whose railroad she was slightly hurt.
But a new trial has been granted on
the ground, as expressed by the Judge,
that she and her sisters, who APP
peared a her witnesses, were so beau
tifai that their charms of person had
deprived the jury of common sense.
The Poetry OF Women's Rights:
The right to watch while Others sleep.
The right Ger others woes to weep,
The right to succor in distress,
The right when others curse to bless,
The right to love when others scorn,
The right to comfort all who mourn,
Inc right to shed new Joys On earth.
The right to feel toe souls high worth,
The right to lead the soul to God
Along the path her Saviour trrd
Such woman's rights God will bless
And crown her champion with success.
Types of Womep.-A London paper
claims that young English women of
middle and upper ranks are physically
stronger than their compeers in any
other European country, or in the
United States. Well bred American
girls are famous for an elegant and re-
fined type of lo~yeliness French ladies
are the best dressed in the world the
youthful frauleins of Germany have the
finest heads of hair ! the Spanish girls
the brightest eye to be found anywhere;
and in Venice and Florence may be
seen, to this day, direct descendants of
those old world blonde beauties still
fresh and fair upon the canvas of III
tian. When, however, all is said that
courtesy to the foreigner demands,
young English ladies remain stouter Of
limb, clearer of complexion, and alto
gether more hearty than others else
where. Plain food, sound sleep, and
suitable clothing, exercise in the open
air, and the plentiful application of
soap and water, are the hygienic open
secrets for the preservation of health in
the human being +; and the use of those
aids, helped by a climate favorable to
physical development and personal
beauty, have made young English
women what they are at their best,
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-18
The Wisdom of Minerva.

a child, while walking through an
art gallery with her mother, was at
tracted by a statue of Minerva. ssWho
is that ?" said she. my child, that is
Minerva, the goddess of wisdom y
why didn't they make her husband,
too" because she had none, my
child.n "That was because she was
wise, wasn't it, mamma ?' was the art
less reply.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-18
CHAS. ". CABLE,
HOUSE & SIGN AIN Err,
MAIN Street,
PENNSCRovE.
Killed by Lightning.
The CHASTITY Discovery Made by .
Texas Ranchman in a Lonely
Spot.

Texas Ranchman IN q Lonely
Spot.
A letter to the Galveston (Texas)
Nees from Lampasas, says A carriage
containing the skeletons of three adults
and two children, sitting bolt upright
under a large tree, has been found near
a road in Llano county. The tree was
shattered by lightning. 1t is supposed
the occupants sought shelter under the
tree and the carriage was struck, the
bolt killing the inmates and TIE horses.
The weather-beaten appearance of the
carriage and its trimmings indicate
that the event happened a year or two
ago.
In a small trunk was a letter address
cd to James q. Chamberlain, London,
Eng" The remains were found by a
ranchman driving cattle, and the dis
covery was reported at once to the
authorities. The parties are supposed
to have been tourists. The spot where
they we're found is very secluded and
far from any ~habitation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-18

"a reference is't ." exclaimed the
girl at the intelligence office, when
asked by the lady in search of help for
a recommendation IAN why should /
give ye a reference 1t Is meself that's
got to live wild ye an not We wild me-"
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-18

England's lords won't have marriage
with a deceased wife's sister. 1t is also
recorded that the monkey kissed the
baboon's sister. Thus history goes on
accommodating Wheeling I~ntelligencer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-18

a pebble on the streamlet scant
has turned the course of many a river
a dew-drop on the baby plant
Has warped the giant oak forever.
Charlotte Cossitt.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-18

The best. of men
That e.er wore earth about him was a suf-
ferer
A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil
spirit,
The first true gentleman that ever breath
Thomas Decker.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-18

The good are better made by i'll,
AS odors crushed are sweeter still.
Samuel Rogers
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-18

The steps of Faith
Fall on the seeming void. and find
The rock beneath.
John G.. Whittier.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-18

thus through the word, like bolt and blast
Ana SC urging fire, the truth has passed.
break tho steadfast heavens re-
paaih
Weeds hurn; the ashes feed the graini
Anon.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-18
SHORT SERMONS.

Ali languid hand. safe in some scented
give.
Drop that bright prayer-book catch at
rock and thorn
Give aims Of bread-give truer aims of
love-
To other hands whose scars and stains
you scorn.
Sarah M. Bryan Piatt.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-18
A Little Nonsense.

Care in our conin drives the nails. no
doubt,
But Mirth with merry fingers plucks them
out.
The National tribune., 1883-03-29
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Our Agricultural Editors Weekly Chat With His
RegderS.

Resders.
"A Young Contributor" asks us to insert
the following as mis- first contribution: "Why
are see1s, when sown, similar to gateposts?
Because they are set in the earth to prop-a-
gate"
where 1 obtain the plant which produces
the imported currant of the gocery stores? wish
( s. Y raising 'he'n,"-E r. s. Hamnl0nsp0rt'
Ans: The currant, or corinth, as it was for
merly called, is the dried fruit OF small
seedless grape, which is probably variety of
the Black Hamburg, having partly or wholly
imperfect flowers this iInperfection is not
constant as large berries with seeds are some
times produced. Currants arc mainly produced
in the southern Ionian Isles, and it is stated
that attempts to introduce their culture in
other countries have failed from the tendency
OF the plant in few years Go produce seed
bearing grapes. We consider it useless to at
tempt the culture of the plant in your State.
81 notice in a rural paper mention made Of a
new fodder plant called prolqttS PdbuIdri from
the mountains Of Tibet: ii is said to be hardy,
prolific and TO make excellent hay and fiouTishes
well on poor soil and in q cool climate Can you
inform me where II is 10 be obtained? &C. K. S.,
Concord n. II.
Ans: We presume that the plant meant is the
Praagos pabaJaria, perennial herb, a native
of high mountains in India. 1t has been men
TONED as a forage plant, and has been called
Thibet hay. 1t is said that sheep are fond of
it, but it is not considered worthy of notice
where grasses can be successfully grown.
"Will you please inform me how 20 plant hick-
orynuts and chestnuts; dc they have to be pla ted
In the fl or can they be planted in the spring? -
"A. +. 81, Washington, iowa.
Ans: They should either be planted in the
fall or kept in sand in a cool place until spring.
If they have been kept dry all winter they
may have become too dry but probably some
may grow even now, if they not been too
much dried up.
The National tribune., 1883-03-29
Bound to Get Even.


A son of toll from one of the woodsy counties
of this State entered village jewelry store a
few days ago, after walk OF seven miles, and
said to the proprietor:
"Me an the old woman have been disputing
for the last three months about eight-day clocks,
and now I've dropped in to have you settle the
matter"
"Well."
THE old woman says sn eight-day clock is
a clock which runs eight days if you forget TO
wind it up every night, while / say it's clock
which takes you eight days to wind up"
"Your old woman is right"
as she?"
"She is. She's got the best of you in this
case"
"Waal, I'll be shot! But she needn't do any
growing over it I've just heard that her
brother was dead, and being she's ahead on
the clock, I'll keep the news to myself to get
even with her."
The National tribune., 1883-03-29
A Bad Husband.
[Frons The Boston 4rarelrsr.l


A belated pedestrian going up Fort street, in
Detroit, at late hour the other night, thought
he observed figure crouehing in the latticed
porch covering front door, The matter had
a suspicious look, and he halted and looked
over the fence. Go on now!" called the voice
of a female through the gloom. DO you live
there?" inquired the man. Indeed / do"
Cant you get in?" Indeed | can" "Well,
what are you waiting for?" he asked after a
pause. "What for?" she demanded. Would
a respectable woman be crooked over here at
this hour of the night, with a club in her hand,
if she didn't expect her husband every blessed
minute?"
The National tribune., 1883-03-29
A Calls Ride Through the Air.

There was another blast in this part Of Yir
ginia few nights ago exceeding IN fury, if
possible, the previous one week or two since.
Fences were blown down with want0n vio-
lence, houses racked, and so forth. The house
of Mrs Sally ReXrode, near town, was unroofed,
and the stable of MIS-. Polly Jordan, in Steam
Valley, treated in the same way. A two-year-
old calf in Squire Trimbe's house was
found in the hay-mow on Wednesday morning,
and the supposition is that it was blown UP by
the wind during the night, as there was no
Underway for it to climb up.
The National tribune., 1883-03-29

Owing to the announcement that the Ger
man decree against the importation of Ameri-
can hog products has been promulgated, largo
provision house at Chicago is gathering statis-
tics from all parts of the country to eonvinee
the German government that our hog products
are worthy of aeeeptation.
The National tribune., 1883-03-29

Ben Grim, of Bee Heights, on visiting his trs2
last Tuesday, saw what he first supposed TO be \
huge wolf. but on getting nearer he discovered
Mr.. Shipman, who had accidentally put one OK
his thumbs in q bookkeeping trap, and was
sitting down in the snow eoolly waiting fox
some one to come and release him from hin
unpleasant position.
The National tribune., 1883-03-29
The Intelligent Georgia Chicken.
[From nie Atomic Constitutional

Aaron Lowe, of Hawkinsville, has some edu-
Gated chickens. Among their numerous ac-
complishments is the sagacity displayed in
catching jack worms. The fowls have been
taught to take pine straws in their bills run
them in the holes where the worms live, and
then keep very quiet until the jacks move the
straws. When this is done, the chickens, with
The National tribune., 1883-03-29
Decline of Man.

Impotency of mind limb or vital function,
nervous weakness, sexual debility, ETC., cured
by WORLDS DIsPENsARy MEDICAL AssocIA-
TIoN, Buffalo, n. z. Address. with two stamps,
for pamphlet.
The National tribune., 1883-03-29

great dexterity, snatch the ssraws from ths
holes, and, nine times ont of ten, they catch
the jacks. Tom Jorion says it's real treat 70
see them fishing for jacks in this manner.
The National tribune., 1883-03-29
PROFITS OF SORGHUM.
NOTES AND EXTRACTS.
A Digest or Information Collected From Various
Sourcas
APPLYING FERTILIZERS.

DR.. J. B. LarYes, of England, discussing in
one of his reports the question as TO the proper
application OF concentrated fertilizer, makes a
statement based on observation and his long
continued and useful experiments at Rotham-
sted: If the most rapid growth from seed is
desired, the manures and seed should be drilled
together; in this case, however, the manure
should be confined to superphosphate alone, as
almost all other artificial manures are injurious
TO very young plants. Our turlip crcPs suffer
greatly from a small fly, which eats off the
leaves as they start from the ground. We
mix the seed and superphosphate together, and
push the plant through its early stages with
great rapidity. This Is. therefore, special case
ior special object; and for all other cases
should recommend sowing nanures broadcast
as evenly as possible over the whole surface of
the soil. Roots follow the food If you place
the food in one place, the roots viii concen-
trate there; consequently they will not have as
much command of the moisture of the soil
as they would have if spread all over the SOIL
Except, therefore, in the case of superphosphate
with turnips the whole of our manure was sown
broadcast, and ploughed or narrowed into the
land before the seed was sown. With autumn
sown wheat we apply salts of ammonia and
nitrate in the spring"
The National tribune., 1883-03-29

the total for the shortest month OF the year Ia
s9S92i, indicating business returning nearly ST.
20O0sO year. The books show that il il triple tha
business done IN any previous February. Ia tha
twenty-foUr working days of last month Mr. Beatty
shipped l. lo2 organs. He shut down for a week IN
january, TO put in new boiler; yet he shipped in
that month ,lO2 Instruments In the twenty-six
working days IN December he shipped l. 40 organs.
$50 IN November, ,23 IN October, and l5i in sep
TENDER. His shipments of pianos not included.
They average about 100 week.
Mr.. Beatty - the largest taxpayer In Warren
county. lie seems TO be wealthy aside from
his organ and piano business. lie i the largest
stakeholder IN the Washington Water Works, and
he owns the most OF the stock in the First National
Bank of that city His mandatory cost him As il
stands, over SsS01e0. About eighteen mouths ago
it was burned TO the ground In 190 days the pres
ent structure the ruins of the old one IL
is third larger yet its owner says that he is driven
night and day to III his orders The fire was dsass
trous blow to MS business, but. by his inoIntabI
energy and pluck, he has overcome every obstacle,
and to-day no tlan in New jersey seems to stand
higher M tie business community The
plete sale guards against fire fIad IN the new
manufactOry. The building be flooded at .
moments notice BY water from the city aud rom
private rlains.
Mr. BeAtsyS business success seems TO be due to
three He T.lileS irsE-elas5 organ sella ia
cheaper tkan others and he lets the pubic know it
As he is his agent his customers get the per-
centasscs usually paid to agents He il enc Of tAa
heaviest advertisers IN the country.
The National tribune., 1883-03-29
ENsILAGE.

Chemists and most persons who have had no
experience in feeding are opposed to this
system, as being costly and wasteful. But hun
dreds of careful, observing farmers, who have
had from one to five years experience in its
use TO man pronounce it the most economical
and profitable method Of preserving and feed
ing green crops TO all live farm stock, and
especially for dairy products and growing
animals. This wide difference of opinion may
be, perhaps reasonably accounted for, by the
fact that the chemist deals with dead matter en-
tirely in his laboratory, while the farmer deals
with life in the food and life in the animal
The chemistry of life and the chemistry of
death may differ as much as the difference in
opinion that exists between the chemist and
the farmer upon this subject.-B. f. Ware in
Mirror and Farmer.
The National tribune., 1883-03-29
A GREAT ENTERPRISE.
What Visit to Bestty's Organ Factory Disclosed.
from the N T. S,sz1

Washington ". j., boasts of an organ manufac-
tory where complete instrument is turned out
every twelve minutes. 1t IS owned by the Hon.
Daniel +. Beatty, Mayor of the city. The works
and yards occupy thirteen acres IL contains $50
wood and iron working machines, 40 feet of lima
shafting two miles of leather betting, over
seven miles of steam and water piping. three miles
of electric wires $40 Edison lights 400 feet of speak
ing tubes and 50O-horse- power engine, and Il
poys 500 hands All the scroll and fancy wood
work is made by machinery. The shrieking of ths
and planners sounds as though drove of pigs
was being butehered. The dust from the saws and
planners is sucked up through tin tunnels, carried
to the engine room, and used fuel for the boilers
The water for the boilers is heated by the exhaust
before il Is turned into the boilers. Every
thing is done to preserve the lives and health OF
the employees. The hatchways Open and close by
machinery while the elevators in motion. Even
the tuning OF the reeds Is done by steam. Fty-fvo
tuners employed Each is shut IN a small cell
by himself, where he listens to his monotonous
music and nothing else during working hours.
Mr.. Beatty asserts that he has the largest organ
mandatory IN existence He claims that his in
strunents of superior make and durability and
he challenges q trial with any other organ His
sound boards are of cedar, constructed that 81
leak Is impossible, and his reeds devctiled and
firm rs though cut from a solid block of brass.
While visiting Washington last week AIr. Beatty
opened his books for the inspection of the writer.
They showed the following receipts from tina sale
of and pianos in February.
The National tribune., 1883-03-29
OUNCE ON THORN.

For more than forty years there has been
growing, not far from my farm, near a fence
by the roadside without culture, a ounce bush
grated upon common thorn. It has annually
born good crop ever since l moved here
forty years ago-and upon inquiry | find that
it had done SO for many years previous to my
coming. With me the ounce upon its own
root is short-lived and uncertain, and the
above facts may be of interest, and perhaps
profit, to some of the many readers of the
Rural, and of great advantage to ounce grow
ers.-J. Z. Miller an Rural NeaC Yorker.
The National tribune., 1883-03-29
=. "a. s ~ :: &C EEs.

How much Of the great advance which has
been evident of late years in tho keeping of
awns is due to the improved, light, cheap and
efficient lawE mowers now universally used
it might not be easy to say, but that they have
had much 70 do in increasing the number of
smoothly shaycn grass plots which are now
everywhere seen there is no doubt. We are in
receipt Of a circular from It. & w. H. Coidwell,
kewburgh, N. ", showing an additional inn
upon their popular Excelsior lawn mowers.
The National tribune., 1883-03-29

DlsheS Tor breakfast and Tea.
Welsh RGre-Bit.-Haf pound of cheese two
eggs, speck of cayenne, tablespoonful of butter
one tcaspoonful of mustard, half a teaspoonfuI of
salt, hall cupiul of cream. Break the cheese in
small pieces and put IL and the other ingredients
into bright saucepan and Set the pan over boil
ingwater. Stir until the cheese melts; then spread
the mixture on slices of crisp toast. Serve illme-
diateiy. cupful of ale or beer may be used in
stead of the cream.
Wetsh Rare Bit, No. 2-Grate one pint Of cheese
Sprinkle on it half teaspoonfu of mustard one-
fourth OF teaspoonful of salt, and spect of cay
enne. Heap this on slices of buttered toast. Put
into hot oven for a few moments, and when the
cheese begins to melt, serve at once.
Cora Pie, dish for breakfast.-Take four ears
OF cold boiied corn, two eggs, one tablespoonful of
butter, one OF -four, half cupful of milk half a
teaspoonful of salt. little pepper. Cut the corn
from the cob. Mix the milk gradually with the
flour. Beat the yolks and whites of the eggs sep
nratey, and add them and the other ingredients to
the flour and milk. The butter should be melted
Bake twenty minutes i'll two squash-pie plates.
Strawberry Short Cake.--One pint of -four meas
ured before sitting; one teaspoonful OF cream of
tartar, half teaspoonfu of soda, one-fouith of a
teaspoonfui OF SALT two tablespoonfuls of sugar
four of butter one teacupful of milk. Mix the
other dry ingredients with the flour and rub
through sieve. RuL the butter into the mixture
aud add the milk. Butter two tin squaSh-pie
plates. Spread the mixture in Them and bake in
quick oven from eighteen to twenty minutes.
Mash quart of Strawberries with three fourths
of cupful of sugar. When the cakes are taken
from the oven split and butter them and put ha If
OF the strawberries and sugar III each cake. Serve
Immediately
s,oee, Strawberry short-CaEe = Three eggs, one
cupful of sugar two of -four, tablespoonful of
butter scant teaspoonful of cream OF tartar a
small half teaspoonful of soda. Beat the butter
and sugar together. Add the eggs well beaten.
Mix the soda and cream Of tartar with the flour.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-02-13

\ fire broke out in the western
limits of DIartinsburg at 1 O'Clock
Saturday morning, which destroyed
the entire stock of merchandise, store
room and dwelling, including every
article OF household furniture, of Mr..
Adolphus Sprinkle, himself and fam
lily barely escaping with their lives,
and two other adjacent dwellings,
one belonging to Welcome Sprinkle,
his brother, and another store-room
and dwelling, owned by DIR. E. c.
Williams, and occupied by Newton
Onderdonk- Mr. sprintle's loss in
goods. household effects and build
ings, will amount to So, 500: DIR. VIII
liams's, $1,000; Mr.. Ondcrdonk, in
damage to goods, $500. and AIR. VI.
Sprinkie's house and contents. esti-
mated loss. 81, 0G0. The origin of
the fire is unknown. No insurance
was on any of the property.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-02-13

SUIT FOR DAMAGEs.-The Harpcr's
Ferry Milling Company has sued
Messrs- Percy and Sloan. of Cum
bertrand, Md. for $4,000 damages
for causing the mill of said company
to lie idle during the past summer,
Messrs- Percy and Sloan having pur-
chased n controlling interest of stock.
The case comes before the Circuit
Court at Charlestown this month.
Eminent lawyers have been employed
on each side, and actively time is ex-
neutrality-suspicious. Register.
The Register is considerably mis-
informed in the above, as there is
nothing of that character docketcd for
trial before the Court. There is, how
ever, an injunction pending restrain
ing Andrew Hunter, trustee, from SELL
ing the Harper's Ferry Mil prop
erty; but no salt for damages has
been instituted.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-02-13

The Ladies of the N. p. Church
will hold an Oyster Supper in Middle
way, commencing Wednesday eve
ming, Feb 1lth-and continue Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday, 10Th, 10th,
& 18th Ice Cream, Cake and other
refreshments will also be served.
The patronage of friendly public
respectfully solicited. Proceeds for
the benefit of the Church. BY order
of committee of arrangement. W. F.
Livingston, Chairman VIM. N. John
ston, Secretary.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-02-13

PRESCRIPTIONS BRING THEM TO u.s.
L This department of our business receives
our greatest care and attention. and nothing is
spared to make everything connected with it US
complete and perfect rs possible. None but the
purcst and best ingredients are ever used The
greatest care and attention to even the minutest
details are invariably observed. None but eN-
perienccd and thoroughly competent persons
are allowed in this particular Department. No
pains Is spared to have the prescription pre-
pared from the very best ingredients with ex-
treme accuracy in order that the result may be
PERFECTION. Weinvitc your patronage. guar
anteeing satisfaction and reasonable cflar,scs ut
all times. GEO. T. LIGHT
October 3. 1852 Druggist