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The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-24
Bob and the Bull.

A San Francisco cattle raiser says:
l once rode with some cattle buyers
through the stock ranges of Nevada.
My pony it was called Bob had drifted
into Nevada from Utah, and was
known as a buffalo hunter. Bob was
as mean-looking as a sheared sheep, and
as bullet-headed as a political oppo-
nent. However, Bob and l got along
very well the first day of our acquaint-
ance, got along, in fact, about fifty
Nevada miles, which l have carefully
estimated to equal slxty-dve Christian
miles. The next day Bob was tired, or
cross, or bored. He regarded the
wastes of sagebrush disdainfully while
l shredded my whip upon him, and
lunched off the sagebrush while /
wore out my spurs on his shaggy sides.
Then l led him a few miles and he re-
garded me in big-eyed meditation.
When [ Temounted, which l did only
when my shoes were worn out, Bob APP
peared so broken up that l felt sorry.
| determined to go nc further that day
than the ranch house we were approach
ing, for l did not want ROb's life
charged to my cruelty. Just before we
reached the house a herd of cattle
reached us-I may say reached for us.
A big bull, the biggest and widest bull
| remember ever to have seen, selected
Bob and me for a target. Considering
Bob's condition l was about TO dis
mount and take my chances afoot, when
Bob started. 1 believe he thought he
was entered for the Derby. You never
saw such a rate Of speed attained by
such a remarkable gait. Bob would
alternately roll himself up into a ball
and stretch out to three times his nor
NAL length, his head would go out Of
sight into mis- shoulders and then go out
of sight in the distance. Suddenly Bob
stopped-very suddenly-so suddenly
that 1t unsettled my dignity and pose.
Looking about | discovered the cause
to be that the bull had stopped. Just
as suddenly the bull began charging
the other way. and Bob-that fool of a
Bob-began charging after the bull.
If the bull had been a peck of oats Bob
could not have displayed more eager
ness in the chase.
Between my anxiety lest Bob should
catch the bull and not know what to do
with it, and my uncertainty as to my
seat, | was very unhappy. Bob, how
ever, appeared to be having a real good
time. The chase was kept up for miles,
and until the bull suddenly stopped
short and swung his b~ig,horned head
around at Bob and me as we came
along. Bob lodged beautifully, and
then the bull chased us awhile. That
thing was kept up for hours. If the
bull wouldn't chase us, Bob would
chase the bull; it was all the same to
him, just as much fun one way as
another. l reckon we chased each
other, Bob, and the bull and 1, about
fifty miles, when we happened upon a
little oasis, and Bob and the bull began
browsing the unexpected grass together
in the most friendly manner, / excus.
ed myself and walked back to the ranch.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-24
Habits of SIber1ans,

Many of the habits and customs OF
these people are very singular. Along
with much rudeness and simplicity they
have a high degree of ingenuity. At
night, for instance, an Ostalk a tell
the time very accurately by judging the
position of the great Bear; and as this
constellation is constantly varying with
the season, the operation involves on
the part of the Ostaik a calculation of
some magnitude. In common with all
barbarians and semi barbaric races,
they manifest great dexterity in the use
Of weapons. In shooting small animals,
such as squirrels, hares, &C., for the
sake of their furs, car is taken that
the animal shall be struck on the head
only; and in this the natives seldom
fail, even though their rifles are very
clumsy in construction. With the bow
and arrow, which is the weapon most
in use, they are equally dexterous.
Their method of catching salmon, as
described by a Cossack officer who
witnessed it, is peculiar.
In marching through the country at
the head of a detachment, he encamped
on the banks of a river; and on the
following morning he observed n of
the natives walk to a pool near at hand,
into which he waded, and then stood
motionless as a statue, his spear poised
aloft and his keen eye fixed on the water
before him. Not movement indicated
that life inhabited the figure. until, with
lightning raDidity, the spear was
launched forward and as quickly with
drawn, a fine salmon ~quivering on its
barbed point. Three times in twenty
miuutes was the operation performed,
and each time a fish rewarded the
natives skill. And yet the cl%everness
is slightly applied to the arts of life.
The Tungooses, for instance, use bear
and reindeer skins to form their beds;
but as they never discovered the art Of
tanning, these articles when not in use
are buried beneath the snow, by which
means the hair Is prevented from fall
ing off. This same tribe, too are re-
markedly mprovident; they will con
sumo nearly a weeks provisions in one
night, and go hungry the remaining six
days. over against this, however,
must be placed their detestation of rob-
berry, which is regarded by them as an
objectionable sin.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-24

There is a belief among the East In
dams that the elephant lives about
three hundred years, and instances are
on record of the animals having been
kept in captivity as long as $50
years, their age being unknown wheh
they were first taken wild from the for
est. Camels live from TO ~ ia tif;y
years; horses average from twenty to
thirty, Oxen about twenty, sheep eight
or nine and hogs from twelve to four
teen years. 1t has been observed that,
as a general rule, the larger types of an
finals live longer than the vertebrated
classes-quadrupeds and birds, reptiles
and fishes. Some kinds of birds attain
a great age; the swan has been known
to live a hundred years, and it is re-
corded that the raven has exceeded
that age; birds of prey attain to great
longevity, and the eagle has survived a
century. Parrots have been known to
live sixty and as long as eighty years.
Pheasants and domestic poultry rarely
exceed ten or fifteen years. A tortoise
was placed in the garden of the Arch
episcopal Palace of Lambeth in 1858,
during the life of Archbishop Laud,
and lived till 1853 when it persisted by
accident; Small batrachians, as the
toad, are known to live about fifteen
Sears. Fishes and animals that live in
the water attain, in many instances, to
a great age. The carp has been known
to live two hundred years. Common
river trout have been confined in a well
thirty and even fifty years. A pike has
been known to live in a pond ninety
years; and Gesner relates that in 1897
an enormous pike was caught IN a lake
near Hebron in Swabia, with a brass
ring attached to it, recording that it
was put In the lake in the year 1880;
the ring is still preserved at Mannheim.
The whale, it Is said, attains to Al age
of about four hundred yeavs.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-24
a DREAM.

My love, my love, your face was wan aud
white;
Your %languorous looks had sad and eager
grown;
Your mouth was grieved with praying Of
dull Death
To take your life, since suffering came with
breath
To take your life since it must pass alone.
We did not fear; a sweet and subtle flame
Stung through our pulses; to cur hearts
we said:
Parting and tears and severed lives there
be
Others may part and suffer, but not we;
Great Christ has willed we should be
coinforted.
So went my dreaml Would God my happy
sleep
Had ended never, since the day is here,
And thou art not; would God my dream
had been
But the fair gate where through we enter
ed in
Deaths land, and last nights bed our
bier.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-24
Spian's Start.

As an entertaining conVersationalist
John Splan has no superior. His story
of how he graduated from the position
Of rubber" to that of driver is worth
repeating. 81 wss rubbing horses for
Dan Mace" said Splan, land n day
an old gentleman who had taken a great
deal of interest in me came along. Why
don't you get a horse, Johnny he said,
'and be a driver ~yourselfP' 1 explained
to him that it was almost impossible
for a boy who had no influential friends
to obtain possession of a trotter. Il
have got two he said, my favorite
team, Twang and Sting, and, if you
like, l will let you train Them OF
course I~aceepted his proposition eager
ly, and lay awake half that night think
ing over my good luck. The next morn
ing the horses were sent to the track,
and, boy like, l wanted to begin opera
tions on them at once. So l harnessed
Sting up to a sulky that l borrowed for
the occasion from one of the trainers,
and while this was being done took
Twang out in the field inside the track,
and turned him out to grass, tying him
by a long rope to a strong stake which
l drove into the ground, Then L went
back and began driving Sting.
II warmed the old horse up pretty
well, and started to drive a full mile.
We got along very nicely until we came
to the place where Twang was nibbling
grass, The old horse saw his mate COM
ing at a very unusual rate of speed, and
az we neared him he gave a loud whinny
and started in hot pursuit. When
he had galloped the length of the rope
that held him there was a sudden stop.
The stake to which the rope was tied
held its own, and the result was that
Twang turned a double somersault and
broke his neck. Unconscious of the
destruction that vas going on behind
me, | drove Sting down the home
stretch at his best rate of speed. After
completing the mile and stopping the
horse, l found that the unusual exer-
else had made him dead lame, and from
the way in which he llmped it seemed
highly probable to me that he would
never recover. While bemoaning this
fact a small boy who had witnessed the
catastrophe to Twang came up and in
formed me of it. The next morning
the old gentleman who took so much
interest in me, and who regarded me as
a bright and promising boy, came out
to the track. He buried Twang, led
Sting limping home behind his buggy,
and my career as driver began and
ended in one day"
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-24
An Ancient Medal.

A medal was found recently at Wash
ington, Missouri. 1t is the size of a
silver quarter. After cleaning the rust
off on one side of the medal is seen a
yignette of President w. II. Harrison
and circling this is the inscridtion, Maj,
Gen. W. II. Harrison, born Feb. 8,
1878. On the other side are the in
scriptions, 1.-THE peoples choice" and
1.-THE hero OF Tippecanoe." In the CEN
ter stands Mai. Gen. Harrison's log
cabin on the Ohio River, with only n
door and one window. From a pole
extending upward from the apex of the
roof the United States flag is flying in
the breeze. At each end of the house
stands a tree, and under n of these
lies a barrel, which, no doubt, contained
cider. The gourd which was used as a
dipper hangs on the tree above the bar
rel and a be plainly identified. Gen.
Harrison was inaugurated president of
the United States on the 4th of March
1s41, and died April 4, 1871. The
medal described above was found April
A 18S4-forty. three years after the
death Of Mr.. Harrison. A hole IN the
medal shows that it wa once o as
a charm.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-24
PENIS GROVE, n. j, SATURDAY. MAY "a. 1884.

have left 1t, and there was the time
table open and your little note, bless it!
and so l just set off for the station as
hard as l could go. L had almost reach
ed the park gate when that cry came
off to the right-and l turned just in
time"
His voice broke and he bent his head
down to hers.
"Nesta, 1t was oil a liza vile, infa-
nous lie, whoever told it. Gladys Traf-
ford and l were always dear old boy
and-girl friends, nothing more. l knew
my cousin Wllfred loved her, and l
always thought she had something to do
with his going to Australia, years ago.
1t was only that night she confessed to
me that they had been engagcdall these
years, and Wilfred was trying to make
a fortune for her sake. 1 told her |
would soon put all that right; and then
scolded her for never having told me
before, when l could have saved them
both all these weary years OF waiting.
NestaI"--for her face was hidden and
she was sobbing softly-''you will not
doubt me againP"
Never, never, neverl not if you told
me yourself. But, Harry" in a whisper
Which scarcely reached his ear, did
you really marry me out of pityP"
Yes, my sweetheart-the very sn-
eerest pity for myself"
And Nesta never asked any mor
questions.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-24
The Dove Flower.

In Washington in the botanical
gardens there was recently a Holy
Ghost" or Dove, flower. The flowers
are about three inches in diameter, and
in appearance are like wax. The bot
tenn of the cap shows what appears like
a dove in a sitting posture, with wings
extended, about half the body being
visible. In front OF the dove is seell
the resemblance of an altar, with dots
of maroon color, the only coloring about
the flower, which ispleasantly fragrant.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-24
Original settlers.

John Creighton, South Warren, lives
on a part of the place, on the right bank
of the Georges river, Maine, occupied by
David Creighton, IN of the original
settlers of the town, who vas killed by
the Indians at the old fort at Thomas
ton in 1744. The children Of John
Creighton, and those Of his brother
Joshua, who occupy a part of the place,
are the fourth generation from the orig
inal settler.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-24
Never Deceive.

One has well said, Never deceive
for the sake of a foolish jest, or to ex.
cite the laughter of a few companions,
at the expense of a friend" Dear
young friends, be true. Do the truth.
Tell the truth. There are many false
tongues. Let yours speak the things
that are pure, lovely, true.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-24
''PIowIDg Day IN China.

Wong Chin Foo, Of New York, tells
the world through a newspaper, in
pretty good English, something about
"Plowing Day" in China. 1t is cele-
brated by good Celestials wherever they
are. In China the emperor celebrates
it as the planting time. He takes hold
Of a pillow and burrows the ground until
the sweat on his face vets his shoes.
1t is the Chinese national holiday, and
the ceremonies with which it is cele-
brated are partly devotional. Accord
ing to Wong Chin Foo the Chinese are
not helthen at all. They believe in Il
supreme JOSS and in the Immortality of
the soul. They exemplify their faith
in immortality by de ,orating the graves
of their dead relatives and feasting
their famished souls with roast pig and
wine. The banquet costs them s)me-
thing. too, which stands them in proof
of their sincerity.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-14
ADMINISTRATORS N0TTCE,

A LII CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF
a 5. II. Demont musi be presented us pre-
scribed by law or this nt'tice will be pleaded
in bar. And all parties concerned win take
notice that six months from the date hereof
will ask for my final discharge from such
administration before the county judge Tor
Putnam county, Florida.
&. A. KNOWLTON
Ap Administrat =,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-14
SYMPATHY WITH CRIME.

The ladies of Brooklyn who carry
bon-bons and flowers to Rugg the
murderer are emphatic illustrations
Of a feeling now abroad which
threatens to make null the DEGREES of
courts and often by action on juries
produces that terror in communities
which was the moving cause of the
Cincinnati riot. It is morbid senti-
ment which makes a dangerous dis
ease. The criminal should beput in
a clean cell and comfortably fed, but
to make martyr of him neutraiizes
the effect of any punishment inflct-
ed by the law. If public sentiment
applauds the murderer as he mounts
the scaffold, the punishment is so
robbed of terror that even the halter
ceases to be dreadful to the brute
who approaches his fate bouquet in
hand, and his ears stuffed with as
surances that he will mount straight
to eternal glory. In some instances
these comforting doctrines are
preached coupled with the further
prophecy that the officers of the law
will sink forever, on account of their
action in his case. to "realmS of eter-
nal Woe"
Once the condemned was carried
to his doom amid the boots and i'm
precautions Of vengeful mobs. We
have now reached the other extreme,
and delicate ladies weep and pray
over the vilest brutes. If this is q
transition stage leading to a future
in which crime shall be ascribed to
mental disease, and public hospitals
be built for the moral cure of male
factors, for heavens sake make the
present period as short as possible.
1t is just such sentimental soft
ness which drives learned men to
deep distrust of the jury system, and
causes many to condemn as soon as
the accusation is made. Nowhere
will extremes lead to such dire re-
suits as in law; nowhere should
common sense assert such undivided
rule. You cannot torture the Grim
inal; neither think him a chinese
idol with a tin hat; a man is limo
cent till the verdict is rendered, but
after that the law should be carried
out fearlessly, inexorably. So shall
we steer clear both of ScyIla and of
Charybdiso.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-14
THE NATIONAL PLATFORM.

We take pride in presenting to
the readers Of THE News in to-dav's
issue the most succinct and practical
suggestions for the national platform
yet published. We proposed Mr..
Bishops name for Congress from the
Second District because we were
Eully satisfied be was the first choice
If our party. The communication
NOW published is the best warrant
possible for the public confidence.
It is without the gIittering generali-
ties and free trade sophistries which
made so brilliant NJ. Hurd's impress
siye speech; the letter evinces earn
est thought which goes to the root
of the important matter under con-
sideration, and suggests practical
methods for the reform of abuses
really oppressive. Mr.. Yaples de
elared he was opposed to protection
bocauseit protected the wrong man. :"
Mr.. Bishop goes deeper and gives
the ground upon which the Demo
cratic party must stand if it would
win. Carlisle is the grandest figure
in American politics to-day, because
on the widest stage he has most CON
clUsively demonstrated the power of
sincere convictions honestly follow
cd to logical conclusions. The Ohio
platform is too wide and its limits
TOO doubtfully marked. Upon it
Air. Randall claims to stand, and he
makes the phrase ''for revenue only
cover protection at ruinous rates
granted to the monopolies of Penn
~ylyania in direct opposition to the
best interests Of the masses. The
people want no double dealing or
dark horses, Deal squarely and they
viii appreciate honesty. Right is
right; make the platform what it
should be and the Democracy would
be stronger covered with the dust of
defeat than if Randall sat in the
White House. Mr. Randall has
done signal service and he is a great
man, but he does not represent the
best elements of the party, and he
has called in foreign aid-even the
aid Of foemen, to defeat the express
ed will of a majority of his own peo-
pie. kilograms may overwhelm him,
but neyermore will Randall be what
he has been in the hearts of the
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-14
The Philadelphia Times.
1 SSA.
THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES. 1884.

THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES, 1884.
THE TINES will enter upon the new year
stronger and more prosperous than ever be-
fore in its histOry-more widely read and
quoted, more heartily commended, and more
fiercely criticized, with a more complete or
gdniZatlOn, and an able sSOf of contributors
and with the same independence and fearless
ness that has made it successful and powerful
in the past.
THE TIMES has no party to follow. no Candi-
dates to advance, but will meet every issue, as
it has ever done. with consistent devotion to
the right, to honest government, and the pub
lie welfare. And, while maintaining its posi-
tiOu as the leading journal of Philadelphia, it
will aim to be continually in the advance in all
that can add value to a newspaper.
The value of a newspaper is not in its size or
display, but in the intelligence and care, the
cOnciSeneSS and freshness with which it is
edited. THE TINES spends layishly for news
from all parts Of the world, but all its dis
patches are carefully edited and condensed, in
order TO give the complete news OF the day IN
the most concise and attractive shape. and with
it a large variety of entertaining and instruc-
tive reading The best writers at home and
abroad are employed to enrich its columns,
and to make it a journal adapted both to the
busy man and to the leisure of the home cir
Gle, a welcome visitor TO intelligent and honest
citizens Of every political, religious and social
taste.
THE WEEKLY TIMES is altogether different
from the weekly newspapers OF twenty years
ago. The day of those papers have gone by.
The fp1pUraTb and better local newspapers
everywhere, especially in the thriving centres
of rural population, have made the Oh weekly
metropolitan utNSlJa pei LAlStltLSt 1lINSC
that cling to their ancient uSages have lost
their hold on our Mountaineering people; they
are but shadows of their former greatness, and
they have but shadow of their former power.
Those papers have had their usefulness, but it
is gone: and, with il. they are going, too. 1t
was not the fault of the papers; 1t was the i'm
prOYement OF the country that brought about
the change. Men aud women. wherever they
live now require frcsher news; and they re
Quirc more than news.
THE WEEKLY TIMES gathers Of the types of
every passing week whatever has lasting in
rereSt to the people at large, and sets it before
them in such generosity of paper and print as
would have ast0nished US all twenty yeors ago.
DATLY-TweIye cents week, fifty cents
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THE TIMES,
PHILADELPHIA
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-14

Democracy. To Carlisle defeated,
goes out their homage, even as Ro-
man matrons and virgins followed
with praises the proud steps of Reg
ulr as he went back to Carthage
where his fate awaited him. Mr..
Bishops suggestions are excellent;
Mr.. Carlisle's practice should be a
guiding star to the Democracy.
'''Tis not in mortals to command success,
But We'll do more, Sempronius. Wen de-
serve it.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-14
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

1t is rumored that Henry Willard, the
ex-miIlionaire means to return to news
paper life. Once an editor always an
editor-at least, such seems to be the way
of the newspaper men.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor sail
for Europe the latter part of this month,
Mrs. Astor to take the baths and waters
of Schwalbach for the more complete re-
storation of her health, and Mr.. Aston to
go through his annul Kur at Carlsbad
Their house at Newport will, therefore,
remain closed for the summer.
Queen Victoria has allowed a local
photographer to take group of herself,
her daughter, the Crown Prince of Ger
many, her granddaughter, the Princess
of Sake Meiningen, and her great-grand-
daughter, the Princess Fedora of Sake
Meiningen, aged years, a group which
includes four generations in the female
line
AS an anniversary of the deaths of
eminent persons, few days in the year
can bear comparison with April 81. On
the 91st of April died Alexander the
Great, Diogones, Anselm archbishop of
Canterbury Abelard and Racine.
Among other notable deaths that have
taken place in April are those of Pope
Constantine, Pope Benedict III. and Pope
Nicholas ". Kings Louis IL, John the
Good and Charles VIII, of France; Pc
trarch's Laura" Lorenzo de Medicis
the Magnificent, Rafaeue, Albert Durer,
Tasso, Nine de Maintenon, Nine de
Pompadour, Metassio, Mirabeau, and Nj
ebur The April deaths in England in
clude those of Richard Coeur de Lion,
Edward VI, Henry VII, Stow the his
torian, Shakespeare Lord Chancellor JEFF
freys, Daniel Defoe, Handel, Oliver
Goldsmith, Cowper, Bishop Heber,
Wordsworth, Byron and Lord Beacons-
field.