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The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05
FISH River Caves. Now south wales.

The famous Kentucky caves In the
United States, have a formidable rival
in the Fish river caves, New South
Wales, which form one of the natural
wonders of Australia. From the Off.
cial catalogue Of The New South Wales
Court at the Calcutta Exhibition, we
learn that these caves are Of vast ex-
tent, and singularly attractive, having
a great variety of very intricate galleries
or passages, only to be travelled in safety
under the care of the experienced local
guide employed by the Government.
The subterraneous scenes herein dis
closed are indeed magnifcent-we1l
worth the time and trouble of paying
them a visit. There is a. whole group
of these grand s~ubterraneous halls and
bewildering galleries, and each one of
the series is known by a different
name: The New Cave, the Lucas
Cave, the Belle Cave, the I.ur-
line Cave, etc. Several objects of
great interest are to.be viewed at, and
in the Fish River caves; and amongst
these are the Great Archway, the Car.
lotta Arch, the Meeting of the Creeks,
the Pinnacle Rock, the Interiors, the
outside entrances and adjacent wood
land scenes. The Carlotta Areh-a
curious natural archway in the rocks
excites much astonishment and admira-
ton. These caves, SO remarkable for
their stalactitic and stalagmitic forNa-
lions, are of such an immense extent
that whole days are necessary for their
due exploration, One of these enor-
nous caverns is estimated to be not
less than 500 feet in height, and of a
proportionate length and breadth, The
strange forms gradually assumed by the
drippings of the limestone rocks
throughout are almost infinite, and not
to be anywhere else surpassed in beauty.
In one place there is the weird, rock
like semblance of a well-stocked mena-
gerie; and in another place the pendants
from the roof and slabs below are of a
still more fantastic and extraordinary
character When lighted up with the
magnesium wire these sublime palaces,
(which Natures hands have deity
formed, - present a truly gorgeous spec
tacle, being filled with delicate pend
ants and dropping sprays, gigantic col
umns and shadowy.arehes-all resplehd-
ent with dazzling, Elusive gems. In
the New Cave, the scene developed by
the magnesium light is described Cby
Burtonl as lone of surprising lowell
ness, " the appearance of a heavy fall of
snow being produced; the rocks in the
rear presenting to the imagination a
black, frownIng sky. Occasionally a
sparkling waterfall helghtens the effect
of the scene. The Government has
had constructed a number of wire lad.
ders for the convenience of visitors in
ascending and Descending some of the
caves.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

Since the first time-lock was made in
England, in 1881, there have been many
devices for time-locks, many Of which
have been patented in this country,
and these have been the source of long
continued and expensive litigation. The
application of dynamite to burglary has
presented a new problem to the safe
makers and the Iockmakers. 1t was
thought that the acme of protection
was assured when the safemakers made
a safe without any keyhole or any crew
ice by which an explosive could be in
reduced, or any exterior surface which
could be drilled, or wedged or pried.
But the latest device of the burglar to
set the time-Iock going, by conclusion
from the outside, presented a new pro-
hlem to be solved, in order that the evo-
luton of safe and lock-making should
keep pace with the evolution Of bur-
glary..
|. It: appears to be generally conceded
thatsno safe can be made that cannot be
opened by experts in a given time. The
utmost that the safe and lockmakers
profess to do now, is to make the bur-
glars work so difficult that they cannot
do the robbery within the time in which
"a safe is. most accessible to them. The
latest problem for the time lock makers
was, therefore, to arrange their mechan-
ism so that a dynamite shock from the
outside OF a safe would not either dis
lodge the lock from its fastenings or set
the handspring free so that it would run
down in a few seconds, instead of slowly
unwinding until the proper time for re-
leasing the protecting bolt. Some of
the lockmakers claim to have ccom
plished this by means of new appliances.
One of these mounts the lock OF springs,
SO that a dynamite shock that sends it
out of place Is expended on the springs,
and when the shock is over, the lock
returns TO its place. This prevents the
use of small charges of dynamite,
which have sometimes been used to jar
loose the mechanism of the clock with
out making a shock that would alarm
anybody in the next Don or in any part
of the same room. The other protec-
tion against the dynamite fiendS con-
sists in a.peculiar mechanism of time
lock, by which an attempt to run it
down before the specified time is defeat
ed by the immediate change of condi-
tons in the lock, so that even if tlfe
handspring runs down after the shock,
the lock is not opened. 1t Iemains to
be seen whether evolution in burglary
will be equal to these new devices.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05
NUMBER 80.


The Nut Harvest @ the Alto "a anIes
lAn industry of considerable impor-
t4hce among the farmers of this part
olthe country in the fall is that Of nut
gsthering. There are chestnuts, hlck-
ojy nuts, black walnuts, hazelnuts, and
bhtteTntts; and they have commercial
y1lue respectively in the order named.
FThe price for early chestnuts varies
frbm S. TO SIS per bushel-depending
somewhat ON their quality as well as
Upon the prospects of. a large or small
crop. When these nuts. are plentiful
the price sometimes falls to So and very
rarely to Sl.50 per bushel.
There is a popular belief that the
CHESTNUT burrs. do not burst until
touched by a sharp frost. This error
Is 50 easIly-dissipated by a little obser-
WALTON that one is surprised to hear
farmers calculating upon an early har-
vest Of nuts following an early frost.
Ihb burrs crack only upon maturing.
Hickory nuts were plentiful last year
THEY have been scarce for some years,
and the prices have ranged from 50 30 So
per bushel. The nuts last year reached
u 4 bushel inthe local markets, and
after thai they.rapidly declined in price.
Black walnuts were comparatively
plentiful last year, although. becoming
more scarce every year. The producer
rarely gets W rs cents a bushel for
these nuts, and the average price Is
from 80 to 80 cents, although they are
occasionally a drug in the market at
10 cents.
Butternuts are not as. plentiful as IN
some former years, but as they possess
only a triGing mercantile value no &C.
count is made. of their scarcity. They
rarely bring 10 or Is cents a bushel, but
they possess a pleasant taste and r to
be found in the IaTder Of every we'll
regulated farmhouse for winter use.
The hazelnuts (Corylus Americana
were plentiful last year. This nut is
trltle smaller than the European flbert
CORPUS Ayellana). is nearly as delicious
but Possesses a tougher shell. 1t has
no st3ndard commercial value, though
it sometimes brings so cents and even
81 a Hushel among those who desire the
nuts for winter use.
In Sullivan and Delaware counties
%beeehnuts are occasionally plentiful.
They are shaped like buckwheat kernels,
and are very sweet-favored. While
having no commercial value, they are
highly priced by the inhabitants many
of whom gather and eat them during
the winter.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05
Trees and Rainfall.

That forests preserve moisture in the
soil, aud water in the springs
that mountains covered with timber
protect lowIands from destructive fresh
cts, is true, and cannot be toe. strongly
impressed on the public; but 1t is not
necessary to mix error with truth, and
try to make people believe that IA
planting a few trees they Can ceshge
the climate Of a whole continent.
In Virginia the droughts for tie last
ten years and more are dishearte,ln to
farmers, and they talk of the goa old
times before the war, when s$dtime
and harvestsnever failed, 4ameniSlg the
dry seasons that now prevail intSe well
wooded mountains, as well as n the
low country. Yet the whole cuntry
is growing up to trees, the oldfelds"
being quickly covered with pine. On
my own farm. a field that wss corn
eleven years ago, is now an almf i'm
p~enetrabie thicket. Surely, if SIS af-
feet rainfall, the Virginians me well
say, Down with the trees, fe they
bring drought"
We really know very little abut the
causes that bring about an ineease or
diminution in the annual rainfal Two
French philosophers, Fautrat aid Sar-
trlaux, found that about on.twelfth
more rain fell over a piece of fosst than
over the adjoining country. his fact
went the rounds of the papers a. proof
that the foliage OF trees attrafd rain,
until it was pointed out that tB,experi-
ments extended from Februar. 10 July
about half before the leave opened
and half afterward, and that5he trees
received quite as much rain when en-
tirelxubare as when covered wit foliage,
and ever one-sixth more in March,
when there was no foliage to invite rain
or condense the vapor.
A lew years ago, when spending som
time in Utah. l noticed that Geat Salt
Lake was rising. Some fences once on
dry land, were under water, anA the rise
of the water was said to averisge one
foot a year. The inhabitantt sad the
animal amount OF rain was Increasing.
Some attributed it TO the ordard and
shade trees they had set out, fbrgetting
that for every tree planted a hgndredor
more we're cut down on the mountains.
Others thought it was due tG plowing
and cultivation, others were lure that
the iron rails of the Pacific Railroad
brought electricity and rain from the
East. A like increase of raln Prevailed,
and perhaps still prevails, in Western
Kansas and Nebraska. Forgetting their
destructive droughts, the papers asserted
thai ram followed civilization with Its
clearing, blowing and narrowing. This
was certainly a pleasant view of the.
subject to an incoming population, aud
for those who had lands to sell.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05
a Marrow escape.

There were four or i've of a5aon the
long wharf running out into the Gulf at
Mississippi City, and we had been fish.
ing away for half an hour without any
luck when a big fat man named Blake,
from Ohio, suddenly called QUE:
'Say, boys, let's have a swins."
1t was too hot, and Wa were.teo lazy,
but Blake declared that he'h have d
swim by himself. He off tTith his
clothes, backed down into the water
and for a quarter of an hour hung 10 E
spile and splashea the water, bot being
able to swim a stroke. BY aad by hs
climbed out, but scarcely had his feet
touched the planks when onle OF thb
men sung out;
"By the great horn spoohl but see
therel'
Ten feet away from the end OF tue
wharf were two sharks at l3ast seven
feet long. and the water was so clear
that every wink of their eyes could be
seen.
Eyes, q couple of sturgeonl" OBJ
served Blake es he waddle4 forward
81 saw 'em hanging around whm u
went down, but sturgeon donf bite
When he came to fully rhlice vhakt
an escape he had had he sd fwH OF
the head of a Spite ami blubI 5hkA
q boy who had studded his
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05


A chemist of Pittsburg, Pa, is said
70 haverediscovered the lost art of max
ing ARTICLES from obsidian, a species of
volcanic glass, among them black mir
Gors which are used N the making of as
trulomical instruments. His attention
was first directed to the Subject in 1879,
willie on a visit to Pompeii. Here he
fonda fragment of a statue tan army
made from obsidian, and its evident
khshipto the lava, there so abundant.
led him to think it might have been
made thefefrom. Bringing away with
hin his trophy and a quantity of lava,
be began an investigation aud a series
Of experiments, which finally led him
I'd a knowledge, not only of the compo-
nsnt elements of obsidian, hut also asto
low it might be Reproduced by artificial
beans. His first successful ''melt" was
tade in this city, III the latter part OF
1881, He made a number of 0Tnamen-
TAI articles and several Aabs of the new
class, went to New York City and set
upafurnacefor its manufacture. He one
day visited a well-known manufacturer
If optical lenses, Mr.. Weiskopf, and
sked what be would charge for polish
ng a slab of it. Mr.. Weiskopf wanted
o know whatit was, and when he got
tae information CURLY named a high
rice. Much to his establishment, the
.erlns were accepted, and a day was
FAMED when the work would be CON
- UIA@ lA antlnA For IN MIR
Weiskopf'S brusque manner had gone.
DO you know what you have doneS"
he lens maker inquired. "You have
rediscovered the lost art of making
black mirrors. Don't get excited amt
hink there are millions in it for you,
for only a few Of them are Used. Yet
your discovery is Of the greatest scien-
rrac Importance"
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

September. Send ou q general alailhi
Dunwoody, without an instant's delay.
Order up the cautionary signals al
a.ong the Atlantic coast. Warn the
observers at the Lake ports. Predict
areas Of u~nprecedently low pressure on
,he southeast Rocky Mountain Slope,
in the Upper Lake region, in the Florida
peninsula, and the st. Lawrence Val
ley.
Predict 'em everywhere, d it
predict anything you id please,
Dunwoody; you can't draw it too
strong. A pound and a half in four
hoursp'
Dunwoody rushed off as thoughacow-
catcher was at bis heels, and the Chief
| Signal Officer began to- write message
after message, like one whose life de-
pended upon his CELEBRITY, The lively
click of telegraph instruments sounded
in the next room. People hurried to
and fro in the corridors. There was
every Indication of sudden and remark
able activity throughout the headquar-
tiers of the Weather Bureau.
At last the Chief Signal Officer arose
and drew a long breath. 'PhewP he
said. Everything has been done that
can be done. All we can do now is
to catch on to something by u eye
teeth and wait till the racket's over
/ Tbnr Io naraatva1 nnl anoiu
'Hallol' he said, rather CURLY. You
here still? Well, what can l do for you
now?'
General, said I, Il called to learn
whether it is true that the Signal Office
has just procured a new Bulgarian bull
frog, who tells you by the way he jumps
which way the wind is going to blowF'
Certainly it is true, repned the Chief
Signal Officer; and he affords some of
our most valuable pIognostics. He is
Ia great accession to the service. You
can see him if you like; he ought to be
somewhere about the floor.
We searched the floor, but found no
bullfrog. The Chief Signal Officer
once more rang his bell.
George said he, we can't find Sir
Isaac Newton. Where. is Sir Isaac
Newton
The darkey grinned. DE ,bullfrog,
Gen'l?' said he. DE bullfrog 'peared
too lazy to prognostercate dis afternoon,
and 1 done put him in de barrel to soak
long wild de fish, :
With a remark indicating a limited
area of unlimited high pressure, the
Chief Signal Officer kicked over the
barrel. A gallon or two of brine
rushed out, and on the tail Of the flood
the Goldfish came sprawling, but there
was no Bulgarian bullfrog there.
Our minds grasped the situation SIM
~uItaneously. We exchanged a look of
intelligence. The Chief Signal Officer
sank back iii his arm chair, and his face
was very white.
20 Lordl' he family groaned How
gate has swallowed Sir Isaac Newton ,
That is why the terrible cataclysn
recently predicted by the Signal Office
did not come to time. The prognosti-
cation was based on misleading data.
The Goldfish gained a pound and half in
four hours because he had swallowed the
bullfrog. But what a tornado it would
haUe heen
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05
sixty Two Lives.


Archie Parks, an old man, living by
the canal feeder in Trenton, N. J., has
saved sixty.twe lives in his time. He
saved a little girls life recently. When
asked to give an account Of his rescues
he said.-"I can't 20 over them all,
but III mention somey / saved Steve
Wyncoop, who fell into the prison ba-
SIN. | had a narrow escape that time,
for he was a heavy weight. l was in
bed another night when a call came for
that a man was making for the
feeder for suicide. L jumped out and
got there in time to nab him as he
went down the third time. That mar
is about town yet. Another day l
was coming through Montgomery
street when 1 saw a boy riding on a
sled he had hitched to a milkman s
wagon. The sled rope had got around
his neck and he was choking. The
mlikman would not stop, not seeing
the boy, so l grabbed his horse and
saved the lad, | had to carry him home;
he is an ex-Senator's son. AT Pen
ningt0n, another day, a lady with two
children was getting off a morning
train. She was on the point of falling
under when l grabbed the woman and
one child and pushed the other on the
platform. At least one would have
been run over"
"And how much have you got,
Archie" was asked, '.for your servi-
ces?"
"Once I got an old soldiers oyereoat
for stopping two burglars from steal
ing a valuable team back of Hanover
street. got the suit of clothes l told
you about, and got twenty-five cents
for saving a rich mans son. That's
all l ever saw for saving sixty-two
lives. But never mind / haven't told
you all. One winter night while l was
constable out e "a Star Rubber, L
heard a cry of murder. Il ran out and
saw two fellows ON the go. Close by,
in the water, a man was struggling.
1t was mighty cold weather, but L
jumped in and saved him. Another
time Jack Donnelly would have smoth-
cred while fixing a boiler at the Rubber
Works, i'll hadn't hauled him out. One
New Years Eve | was in bed in the
swamp when l heard "Murderl" L
got out quick and found a man head
down i'll a big bank of now unable to
get up; he had been robbed and as
saulted. 1 got him out and caught
the robbers, who went to prison. l
saved a Ewing township farmer twice
from robbery, and may be murder, 4
the swamp. About two years ago l
was at the Clinton Street Depot when
some one called that a boy was in the
creek; l slipped off nay shoes and jumped
in and with John Bradley's help got
out the boy. But a spike. had run
clear through my loot and L was laid
up six weeks, narrowly escaping lock-
Jaw. a. few months ago / had m
wrist sprained saving a boy in the feed
er and couldn't work for weeks"
Archie belongs to a family of-res-
cuers of human life. His father died
from injuries in saving the life of a
lady who was riding behind a wild,
runaway horse. His son Elwood
claims to have saved seventeen lives
about Trenton; some from drowning
and others on the railroad, in runa-
ways, etc. His seventeen year-old
daughter saved her own sister and
another little girl from burning to
death. His nine-year-oldboy dragged
a child off the track in front of an APP
preaching train, and another time
timely notice of a lads falling in
the feeder.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05
TO BOYS.

Life is a contest. In for the fghtl
and at it with all your might.
Dread no hardships, talk not Of luck;
OF with your coat and show your pluck
Up and a doing stir up a dusti
Ply your muscle, rub off the rust.
Take hold Of piow, spare not the hoe,
Turn up the earth and make things 60
Always frugal, don't run in debt,
Shun the race course, and do not bet.
Always prudent, never get eight
Avoid the wrong, pursue the right.
When with the vile, dare to be odd,
Act ike a man and fear thou God.
Search for the truth, strive to be wise.
Only workers can win the prize.
Then push along, keep a moving,
Daily gaining, still improving.
And at the close, your work all done,
Receive the crown Of Faithful son.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

SKUNK cabbage is said to be cook for
heaves in teaspoonful doses, night and
morning. Moisten the hay and grain.
Be careful with the diet. Never work a
heavy horse on a full stomach.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05
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NEW YORK, 1884.


About sixty million copies of The Sun have
gone out of our establishment during the past
twelve months.
Ifyou were TO paste end to end all the columns OF
all THE suns printed and sold last year you would
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common sense wisdom sound doctrine, and sane wit
long enough 10 reach from Printing House square,
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back to Printing House square. and the three
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But TIE Sun is written for the inhabitants of
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Ifeyery buyer of copy OF THE SUN during the
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