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The Penn's Grove record., 1884-06-07
The Goodwin Sands.

The Goodwin" in England is a
quicksand, and it is this, as well as the
tremendous sea that beats upon it in
heavy weather, that makes it so ter
ribly fatal to vessels that get stranded
on it. AT low tide a portion of the
sand is dry and hard and firm, and can
be walked on for a distance of about
four or five miles but as the water
again flows over any part of it that
part becomes, as the sailors say, ''all
alive" soft and quick, and ready to
suck in anything that lodges upon it.
Suppose a vessel to run on with the
falling tide where the sand shelves or
is steep, the water leaves the bow, and
the sand there gets hard the water
still flows under the stern, and the sand
there remains soft a longer time ; down
the stern sinks lower and lower the
vessel soon breaks her back or works
herself deeper and deeper by the stern
as the water rises she fills and works,
and still sinks deeper in the sand every
roll she gives. until at high tide she is
perhaps completely buried or only her
top-masts are seen above water. Other
vessels, if the sea is heavy, begin to
beat heavily and soon break up, Lift
ed up on the swell of a huge wave, as
it breaks and flies away in surf and
foam, the vessel thumps down with all
its weight upon the sands, the timbers
give and strain the seams open she
soon ceases as she fills with water, to
rise upon the "a !; great gaps are torn
from the bulwarks {; the decks burst
open with the air seeking to escape
from the hold, and as the sea rushes
over the vessel each roll she gives
wrenches her more and more the masts
fall owe the side her cargo floats and
washes away, and speedily, even in a
few hours, she is IN a torn and shatter-
ed condition, completely wrecked and
destroyed. The broken hull is full of
water, and lurched heavily to and fro
with each wave, rolls and slightly lifts
and works until it has made a deep bed
in the sands in which it is completely
buried-so that many vessels have run
upon the sands in the early night, and
scarcely a vestigeu of them been seen in
the morning.
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PENIS GROVE, ~ j. SATURDAY. JUNE 7. 1884.

Woods country seat, at Carthage, at
night, He had recently "eaten STICK
or received the bastinado, for having
sold some antiquities to a tourist, and
had reason to be cautious. A few nights
later, however, he came with some eight
or ten Arabs who bore the mosaic on
their shoulders. A bargain was made,
and the precious fragment was deposit
ed in a magazine, where it remained
until shipped 70 Philadelphia in 1876.
The floor Of the temple from which it
was taken has since been examined. 1t
is of vast extent, and the designs were
all life size. From the Arabs descrip-
ton it appears that the center figure re-
presented female, probably the goddess
Astarte, driving a chariot drawn by
stays, and around this central design
were grouped animals Of various kinds
lions, tigers, leopards, stays, ante
lopes, giraffes, bears, hares, even hippo
potami, crOcodiles, snakes, and fishes.
The only part of the floor that the
Arabs succeeded in removing besides
the ''mosaic lionn was the principal de-
sign, representing Astarte in the chari-
OF: This was on its way to Sir Richard
Woods, when unfortunately one Of the
bearers slipped and fell, and the others
fearing to be crushed under it-for it
was even larger and more ~ronderous
than the lion-allowed it to fall to the
ground, where it was broken into frag-
ments. The only portion. therefore, of
this magnificent pavement that now
exists is that in the National Museum;
the rest was broken in the hasty and
clumsy efforts of the Arabs to detach
it in sections from its bed.
The "'mosaic lion.' as it came to be
named at the Philadelphia Exhibition,
is the largest and most perfect ancient
mosaic in America, and it is quite I'M
likely that anything equal toit will ever
find It's way to the United States here
after.
When the Vandals invaded Africa
they destroyed all works of art, and to
them are due the many headless, arm
less, and noseless statues found in Bar
barry. In destroying the temple of AS
tarte their iconoclastic frenzy wa pro-
badly more Immediately directed against
the statuary and other sculptures and
in overthrowing them, together with the
walls of the ediice. The floor was
covered with debris, upon which, in the
course of centuries, a deep layer of
dust was deposited, which protected the
mosaic from the cOrroding effects of
wind and rain, and to this we may at
tribute its perfect state of preservation.
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THE UNDER DoG IN THE FIGHT.

AS for me, and ! care not a single fig
If they say 1 am wrong or am right,
1 shall always 90 in for the weaker dog,
For the under dog in the fight.
know thatthe world-that the great big
world
Will never a moment stop
To'see which dog may be in the fault,
But will shout for tue dog on topg
But for mel G shall pause to ask
Which dog may be in the right
For my heart will beat, while it beats at
ALL,
For the under dog in the fight.
Perchance what I've said, / had better not
said,
Or, 'twere better 1 had said it ineog,
But with heart and with glass filed chock
10 the brim,
Here is luck TO the bottom dog,
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An antique Roman Mosaic from Carthage

Many who visited the Centennial Ex-
hibitiOn will remember seeing in the
1unisian section the large and beauti-
fully executed mosaic representing a
Numidian hon seizing an antelope.
This admirable work, which probably
dates from 100 to so years before the
Christian era, is of Roman workman
ship, and was discovered in Carthage in
1873. 1t formed a very small part of
the vault floor Of a temple dedicated to
Astarte (Aphrodite), the tutelary deity
of the Carthaginians. The Romans,
who assimilated the gods of the people
they conquered as easily as they absorb
ed their territories, erected temple to
the Goddess of Carthage, and adorned
1t with great splendor. 1t was situated
on a commanding hill facing the sea,
near the citadel and other public build
ingS.
The Tunisian Government a short
time since enacted a law prohibiting
private search for antiquities, but grant
ed this privilege to the son of the prime
minister at that time in power. The
finder of treasures or antique works of
art was required, under severe penalties,
to give immediate information to this
official, The Arabs. however, in spite
of imprisonment, bastinado, or fire, not
unfrequently appropriated whatever
fragments of sculpture, Inscriptions, or
mosaics, and especially funeral lamps
and vases and coins, they might find,
and sold them secretly to travellers and
strangers.
Thus it-came to pass, one day, that an
old Arab sheik informed the British
agent and consul-general, with a great
show Of secrecy and mystery, that he
had discoveries wonderful mosaic floor.
a portion Of which he offered to take up
and deliver for a consideration. He
described the floor, which, even with
due allowance for the imagination
of the Bedouin, was evidently one of
the most beautiful and complete works
of the kind that had ever been discover
ed at Carthage, The sheik refused to
tell where it was, but promised to bring
the piece he had taken up to Sir Richard
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Patent

1t is stated that the people of this
country consume patent medicines to
the amount of 5000, OOO. 900 every year.
That is four dollars worth to eveEg
man. woman and child in the lad.
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Silence never yet betrayed any one.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-11

Oliver l.. Patch, who shot his wife's par
amour, Harry b. Davids, Saturday night,
after passing a sleepless and comfortless
night in the lookup, felt somewhat nervous
yesterday. He was extremely reti-
cent and absolutely refused to answer
any questions, explaining that
any further information must be
obtained from his attorney. Being asked he
refused to state who his attorney is, and it is
said that the attorney matter is only ruso
he has resorted to, that he has really retained
no one as yet His friends and comrades of
l.. 7. Plummer post, G. A. r., will doubtless
sec that he has the best legal talent, however.
1T is now pretty well understood that his plea
will be self defence. He will cndcavor to
establish in the preliminary examination the
fact that Davids gave him chase down the
street, aud when admonished by him to come
no farther, Davids only increased his speed
aud thrust his hand In his pocket in menac-
Ing manner as though about TO pull a re-
volver. Then knowing him TO be his deadly
Toe Patch pulled his revolver and opened
bombardment Patch will probably be ar
raigned before Judge Mahoney this morning
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-11

General orders No were pretty generally
enforced yesterday, although in few cases
The right parties found admission to saloons
through back doors, where they queuched
their thirst from the flowing bowl, and, in
their independence, laughed the fiat of the
reform mayor tn scorn. Those who
had not been initiated into the
secrets and consequently did not know the
raps to be administered to the back door,
were exceedingly indignant and denounced
the marrow policy as a relic of old dominion
days, OF as a persecution akin to the old
Connecticut blue laws, aud an infringement
upon the personal liberties of our people.
To them the scriptural teachings ''Knock
and it shall be opened unto you," was not
verified. They remained outside and Cazed
obviously upon the peregriuations of the
peripatitic and select few, or else they al
lowed their auimoSlties to get the best of
their discretion, and uneorked their
walls of wrath and poured
them upon the gray head Of '.his honor"
Those who had quaffed their stimulating
beverages since the joyous spriugtime OF
their maturity, and could not eifectually re-
strain their desire to honor the habit, took
trains for st. Paul until it looked like one
general exodus. The telephone had fur
uished them with the information that St.
Paul was no longer narrow gagged. That
was precisely the sort of city the admirers
OF "personal hbertyn wanted To spend the
day in.
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81 Third St s., Minneapolis, Mill
Treat all Chronic, Nervous Diseases of
Men and Women.
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Is well known the founder of the Montreal
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his entire attention for the past twenty years to
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cident to both sexes, his success has produced
astonishing results. BY his method OF treat
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health. He would call the attention of the
afflicted to the fact of his long-standing and
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Those suffering from Catarrl or Bronchitis,
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DIR. SPINNEY can detect the slightest dis
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and guarantees cure in every case he under
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II matters not what your troubles may be,
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WILL TELL you THAT; for he will not undertake
a case unless he is confident of affecting d cure
will cost you nothing for consultation; so please
call and satisfy yourselves whether the Doctor
understands your case.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-11
THE INDEPENDENTS.
The Boston Committee of One Hun
dred Give Their Reasons for
Supporting Cleveland.

BosToN, Aug. 10.-The address of the In
dependent committee Of 100 to the voters Of
Massachusetts, which will be issued to-mor-
row, is very pointed and vigorous produc-
ton. The question, it says, is not what the
Republican party has done, but what it will
do--not what it was, but what 1t is-not
whether Lincoln and Seward and Sumner
and Stanton and Fessendeu were great men
and great leaders, but whether Blaine and
and Kellogg are men to whom we
can safely confde the future OF our
country. The sins OF Colfax, Delano. Bel
KNAPP Robson and Williams, aud the south
ern contracts, the whisky rinGr aud the star
route frauds are recalled, and'referencc is
made to the frauds in the signal service, the
treasury department and in other branches
of public support The support of Malone
by the federal government is also pointed
out in the scratching Indictment. Then, in
reference to Blaine. the address continues:
''The candidate of the Republican party for
president is man charged with the basest
of public crimes, the absuse of official power
LOT us Own ptCuuidiN d1lN duttSt. WHO loF
eight years has never dared to demand
that full investigation of the charges which
his political associates would gladly have ac-
corded, and by which alone those charges
can be met upon the evidence already pro-
duced. We believe him guilty, and we know
that many of his prominent supporters share
our belief"
The address points to the alliance Of the
Republicans and Greenoackers in West vir-
giuia and the political assessments which are
being levied under thin disguise, and after
declaring that the party is tending down.
ward. concludes as follows:
by the nomination of James G. Blaine
the Republican party has thrown down the
gauntlet OF corrupt aud partisan govern
ment. The Democratic party answers the
challenge. Its candidate is the aeknowl-
edged champion of reform and political hon
esty. Tue issue is thus joined. The leaders
are representative men, the foremost of their
kind, and we cannot for an instant hesitate
in our choice, or doubt what the true in
terests of our country demand We. do not
ally ourselves with the Democrats party.
still less sanction or approve its past. but its
present candidate has proved his iilelitY to
the principles we avow, and in the coming
election he commands and viii receive our
support.
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YOUNG MEN

Who may be suffering from nervous debility
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greatest boon ever laid at the altar of suffering
humanity.
DIR. SPINNEY WILL GUARANTEE TO FORFEIT
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for every case OF weak
ness or disease of any kind or character, which
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therefore say to the unfortunate sufferer who
may read this notice, that you are treading on
dangerous ground, when you longer delay in
seeking the proper remedy for your complaint.
You may be in the first stage-remember that
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no assistance; when the door Of hope will be
closed against you; when 10 angel OF mercy can
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upon your Imagination, but avail yourself Of the
beneficial results Of his treatment before your
case is beyond the reach OF medical shill, or be-
fore grim death hurries you to premature grave.
Piles Cured without Using Knife or Ligatur
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MIDDLE-AGED MEN.

There many at the age from thirty to sixty
who are troubled with frequent excavations OF
the bladder, often accompanied by slight
smarting or burning sensation and weakening
the system in manner the patient cannot &C
count for. On examining the urinary deposits
q ropy sediment will often be found, and some.
times small particles Of albumen will appear, OIL
the color will be Of thin, or milkish hue, again
changing to a dark and torpid appearance.
There are many men who die Of this difficulty,
ignorant of the cause, which 10 the second stage
of weakness OF vital organs. DIR. S. will guarantee
perfect cure in all such cases, and healthy
restoration of these organs.
Only one interview required in the majority OF
cases. Balance of treatment can be taken at
home without any interruption to business.
All letters or communications strictly conf
Dental. Medicines packed as not to excite
curiosity, and sent by express, IL full description
of case is given, but personal interview in all
cases preferred.
OFFICE HouRs-9 to 10 a. M, to 5 and to
p. m. Sunday, to 10 a. m. only. Consultation
free.
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Oil in Wyoming.
Especial Telegram to the Globe |

CHEYENNE, Wy, Aug. 10.-John R. Both
well, of New York, and party of capitalists,
engineers and experts, who went westward
on trip to the oil fields of the territory sew
eral weeks ago returned to-day. They were
satisfied with the prospects of the country.
Two hundred miles of pipe line
will be shipped to the oil fields
Immediately and 100 miles of rail be made
ready for the construction of road as rap
idly as possibly. Drilling machinery for oil,
costing $4,000 have been ordered from
Pennsylvania A gang of men with derricks
is going to work drilling next week. The
opinion of the experts is that the oil fields
are prolific and very valuable.
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NATIONAL SOLDIERS HOME.
A Congressional Committee Investi-
eating Alleged Maladminis-
tratiOn There.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. I

DAYTON, Aug. 10.-The Congressional
committee which has been here almost a
week investigating the alleged maladminis-
tration of the Soldiers home, concluded its
examination of dissatisfied inmates yester-
day afternoon, and on Monday morning will
commence to take the testimony of Gen.
Patrick and his subordinate officers,
charged with mistreating men in the
home. Shortly after dinner the committee,
without giving any notice to the authorities,
proceeded to the guard house and examine ed
the cells in it. The members were very well
satisfied as far as its cleanliness was con-
cerned, and thought the inmates ought to be
satisfied if they were never confined in any
worse place.
A large number of Witnesses were exam
ined to-day, who had personal grievances to
complain of. George Keiser, Company A.
Twenty-sixth Ohio, related how he
was abused and beaten by Gen. Patrick's so
called police, and knocked down and
dragged to the guard house, because he ha
taken piece of meat away from the table
with him. He was also sentenced to thirty
days on the stone pile.
James r. Collins, Mexican war veteran,
testified how old, crippled soldiers, who are
unable to defend themselves are beaten,
handcuffed and roughly treated by Gen. Pat
rick's subordinates. He gave several in
stances in support of his charges.
Dr. Hugh Ryan, of Louisville, now an in
mate, brought bottle of medicine into the
camp, and was sentenced to 100 days on the
stone pile. At the same time the old doctor
atism, and as he told his story before the
committee tears rolled down his cheeks. He
explained the matter to the governor at the
time, but he got no hearing. He said he
never suffered so much pain as he did during
those 100 days on the stone pile.
James Baker made a charge against the
board of managers for not providing rules
governing all the homes alike. At present
each home has different regulations and in
ficts different punishments for the same Of
Tense. Referring to the subordinate officers,
he said that to his own knowledge seven OF
the home policemen have been sent to the
penitentiary during the last few years fol
either robbing soldiers or attempting to kill
them. He also testified that during year
there are as many arrests at the home as In
Cincinnati with its 300, 900 inhabitants dur.
ing the same time.
Herman Boyd, Who has a clean record
complained of being maliciously prosecuted
by Sergeant jackson, of the police force, and
of being several times thrown into the guard
house illegally without the knowledge of the
government. A number of others who have
personal grievances to complain of were also
heard, and this evening the testimony of the
inmates was concluded.
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fashionable. Many of these are richly
trimmed with lace or marabout fringe, which
borders the edges and trims the front

fashionable. Many of these are richly
trimmed with lace or marabout fringe, which
borders the edges and trims the front,
The stylish Duchesse de Chartres coat for
cool evening wear is much in vogue this
summer. This model forms two long lap
pets in front, which come down to the edge
of the skirt, with basque at the back fall
ing over the tournure. For wearing with
dark or black toilets the coat is made of otto
man silk, lined with thin but firm surah, or
of velvet brocaded grenadne likewise fin
ished inside
A new lace collar called the Marguerite"
it made of plated Oriental lace laid over
stiffnet. The edges are wired, and the very
broad frill is ornamented with tiny pearl
beads. This pleated collar is fitted very
closely to the shoulders, ending in from
with a full airy jabot which reaches in ia
pering shape to the belt. This style Of collar
is repeated in one of black escurial lace, out
lined with jet BEADS and another of real
black Spanish, dotted with gold.
Light weight cloths, or better still cloth
finished fannels as great necessity to a
woman who has much walking to do or is
busy outside of her own home, or is going to
travel, to yatch, or to climb the mountains,
as is the control of her temper by one who
wishes to be thoroughly liked. Gray, dark
blue, Lincoln green, seal brown, olive, and
all the mixtures of standard colors with q
little white, which lightens them, or a little
black. which as in ''cram'' ginghams dark
ems them, continue in favor and please both
wearer and locker on.
Cotton materials of all kinds. colors and
designs are not only sold but worn. Sateens
that glisten with every sun ray cast upon
them, ottomans, ginghams, linens, piques,
muslins, cambrics, percales, calicoes, mulls
and lawns-and what variety that is-can
be made with the severity of Quaker cos
tune or the elaboration of a Vatican de-
sign. Lace may be lavshed upon them, or
they may be self-trimmed. Rich enough, or
better still, dainty enough for garden party
They may be worn on the street when sim
plicity characterizes their making. In ging-
hams there is fancy just for deep claret,
salmon, seal, and red navy blue. These col
ors will allow for their garnitures very white
or positively yellow laces of inexpensive
kinds A very good effect is produced when
plain sateen of the same shade is combined
with gngham, the result being very like
satin and wool.
Cram ginghams are obtaining for the little
folks with yokes and cuffs of white tucking,
embroidery or plaid bingham.
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Fargo Fatalities.
Especial TELEGRAM to the Globe.

FARGO, OAK. Aug. 10.-Albert Erickson.
aged about seventeen, while in swimming
in the Red river this evening, running In
the shallow water with other boys, fell into
hole some ten feet deep and was drowned.
Frank s. Kelly. performer at one of TIE
variety theaters of Fargo, fell down stair
way some eighteen feet day or two since
and died from the injuries received, this
morning
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SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
Gleanings of News and Items of Ma
terial Interest.
Daily Globe Department at Mankato De-
voted to Developing and Advancing
the Southern Portion Of the
State

The Office Of the Southern Minnesota depart
ment of THE GLOBE is in charge Of Mr.. E. +.
barrett, with headquarters at Mankato, the
business and editorial rooms being on the second
noor OF the First national bank building formerly
occupied as the telephone exchange. Personal
calls or communication addressed to Mr.. Barrett
on matters pertaining to this department will
receive prompt attention.