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The Penn's Grove record., 1884-09-20

81 was loafng around the street last
night, said jim Nelson, u of the
Oldest locomotive engineers running
into New Orleans, ''and, as l had moth
ing to do, l dropped INTO a concert,
and heard a slick looking Frenchman
play a piano in a way that made me
feel all over in spots. As s0on as he
sat down on the stool, l knew by the
way he handled himself that he under
stood the machine he was running.
He tapped the KEYS way upon one end,
Just as if they were cages and he want
ed to see if he had water enough. Then
he looking up as if he wanted to know
how much steam he was carrying, and
the next moment he pulled opened the
throttle and sailed out on the main
line as if he was half an hour late.
You could hear her thunder over Gull
yeTts and bridges, and getting faster
and faster, until the fellow rocked
about In his seat like a cradle. Some
tow, I thought it was old '39' pulling
a passenger train and getting out OF
the way of a special. The fellow
worked the keys on the middle division
like lightning, and then he flew along
the north end OF The line until the dri-
vers went around like a buzz saw, and
got excited. About the time l was
fixing to tell him to cut her off a little,
he kicked the hampers under the ma
chine wide open, pulled the throttle
away back into the tender, and
Jerusalem jumpersl how he did runl /
couldn't stand it any longer, and yelled
to him that she was pounding on the
left side, and if he wasn't careful he'd
drop his ash-pan.
But he didn't hear. No one beard
me. Everything was flying and whlz
ling: telegraph poles along side of the
track looked like a row of corn stalks
the trees appeared to be a mud bank
and all the time the exhaust of the Ole
machine sounded like the hum of a
bumhle.bee. l tried to yell out bu'
my tongue wouldn't move. He went
around curves like a bullet, Typed al
eccentric, blew out his soft plug, Ven
down grades so feet to a mile, and not
a COMPOUNDED brake set. She went by
the meeting point at a mile and a hal
a minute, and calling for NOR steam
My hair stood up like a cats tail, be
cause l knew the game was up.
Sure enough, dead ahead of us wa
the headlight of the special In
daze ] heard the crash as they strucl
and / saw cars shiyered to atoms, PEG
pie mashed and mangled and bleeding
and gasplng for water. l heard anoth
er crash as the French professor strucl
the keys away down on the lower enc
of the Southern division, and Their
l came to my senses. There he wa
at a dead stand still, with the door o
the fre-box of the machine open, wip
ing the perspiration off his face anC
bowling to the people before him. If
1--we to be a thousand years old II
never forget the ride that FIenchmal
gave me on a plane"
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-09-20
Strong Girls.

See to it that your girls have strong
bodies. Don't ruin them by over-in-
diligence. Give them, from babyhood,
nutritious food and constant exercise
to change that food into yIgor and
strength, vim and vitality. The Swiss,
who are a strong, active, and vigorous
people. rarely eat anything but bread
and butter and cheese, and drink milk,
thus proving that meat is not absolute
ly necessary. Still we have so great
a tendency towards the eating Of pies
and sweetmeats, instead of meat, pota-
toes, and fish, that it is small wonder
If we are spare, feeble and nervous
Our girls eat so little nitrogen OF flesh
making food; consume so little nutri-
ment containing phosphorus, that meat
IS absolutely a necessity, that vitality,
strength; and muscle, and activity may
not be far below that of any other peo-
Pile. They should consume more albu-
e and less sugar, have more pyhsi.
cal and less mental exercise, since the
strength of the body supports the brain.
There is nothing more important than
the keeping of regular and early hours.
Women who from necessity spent most
of the day in bed and the night in work
or dissipation, have always a pale,
faded complexion, and darkly.rimmed
and wearied eyes. Too much sleep is
almost as hurtful as too little, and
nothing is SO unfavorable to female
beauty.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-09-20
\ St. Bernard,s long swim.

Leo is a st. Bernard dog. He stands
three feet high, and weighs 1856 pounds.
He is black and white, and handsome,
and is five years old. Commodore John
w. Thorp of the Harlem Yacht Club,
who ows hun, brags that he is the finest
dog Of his kind in New York. Last
week Mr.. Thorp was getting ready to
move his family from the hotel at Oak
Point, where they have been spending
the summer, back to his residence in
East 10th street. His son Frank took
Leo from Oak Point on the boat to his
home in Harlem. The dog had made
this trip several times by water, but had
never gone by the road, Frank locked
Leo up in the house and returnedto the
Point. The next morning, when Mr..
Thorp visited HE house, Leo was gone.
He had torn away with ms paws the
shutters on a window of the basement,
but had found that iron bars prevented
him from getting out that way, and had
gone up STAIRS to the front parlor, where
he had ripped off a window shutter
and jumped through the thick glass
into the front yard, a distance of eigh-
teen feet.
Some boys on the Harlem River,
where the Oak Point boat lands, told
MI. Thorp that tley had seen the dog
there early that morning. Later the
same morning Mr.. Nagle, who was on
his grounds at Oak Point, saw a dog
| swimming in-shore. lie watched HIM
| and saw him come up dripping on the
| beach and fall over on the sand. He
ran down to the water and found the
dog was Leo. The animal was nearly
dead from exhaustion, and had to be
carried to the boat house. When Mr..
Thorp arrived from Harlem he found
| Leo so weak that he could hardly lift
up his head. Two young men who had
been out rowing said that they had seen
the dog swimming out from the Bronx
Kills into the Sound. Leo was covered
with mud that he had got in climbing
over the marshes in the sunken mead
ows opposite Port Morris. The distance
Leo swan is over three miles. He has
recovered his strength again, and is
now in the water most Of the time.
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4 cement that will attach labels TO
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The Penn's Grove record., 1884-09-20

stock broker was sent H~Ouudeflng INTO
the water, yelling madly as he went.
Quick as thought Charlie dashed in.
The water was fortunately barely up to
his waist, SO he Sc zed Mr.. Thornton
under his arm, and, after much splash
ing and shouting and fuss, got him first
into the punt, and then on board the
s~team-launch.
The first person Charlie saw on board
was Jack Raggles, who behind the res
cuea stock brokers' back, was impress.
ing silence and On-racognition by ener-
getic gestures.
Directly Mr.. Thornton felt himself
firmly on his feet he burst into a violent
passion, which was in no way appeased
by the approach of Jack Raggles, whom
he did not know, with The most admir-.
able expression of contrltion in his face,
and the words, ''l'm SUI I'm awfully
sorry, SIR on his lips.
"Sorry, SRI" roared the old gentle
man; 80 YOU ought to be, sir, l con-
slider 1t positively Ubiquitous and abom-
Unable that a man can't go out for a
days fishing without being run into by
a lot of cockneys who have no more
idea of handling a steam launch than
they have of handling a balloonl and l
shall take the very earliest opportunity
sir, of laying the matter before the au-
thorities in order that such uuwarrant-
able interference with the liberty of the
subject may be Immediately put a stop
to. 1t is abominable, sir, abominableF'
"Can l put you ashore anywhere?''
asked Jack, ~deferentially.
Eyes, sir, you can, as soon as posi-
bic, and before l catch my death Of
cold, - replied the old gentleman. you
see those steps ahead, slr2"
81 do" replied Jack,
"Well, then, if you can see those
steps, how the mischief was 1t that you
couldn't see me?" said Mr.. Thornton.
"But as you can see them, steer tC
them-that is, if you know how to.
They belong to me, sir, to Thoma;
Thornton, Esq.
As yet the irritated stock broker had
given no thought to his rescuer; but a;
they were floating down the stream to
ward the steps, he turned and said:
"And to whom an l indebted FOL
my rescue from a watery grave"
Charlie stepped quieJly forward ant
bowed. The old gentleman started
back and exclaimed:
Good gracious! Mr.. Ringwool! Sir
allow me to shake your hand mos
heartily. You have performed an &C.
ton to, night which shall not pass with.
out recognition. You are a noble fel
low, sir-a noble fellow"
81 did nothing, Mr.. Thornton, but
what any other man would have dont
under similar circumstances" sale
Charlie, feeling himself to be a dread
full hypocrite in assuming the depreca
tory air of a hero; ''but now that We
are here together l should like to ex'
press my extreme regret that | should
have given you offense the other night
by expressing my opinion about steam.
launches more caniidly than, perhaps.
| should have done, but, believe me-'
Mr.. Thornton interrupted him:
believe me, sir, you did not say
enough. am a complete convert tC
the opinions ycu hold. Steam-launche'
are an ~abomination, sir, and mine is fol
sale this very moment"
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-09-20

Time once passed never returns; the
moment which is lost is lost forever.
A MIXTURE of lime, salt and wood
ashes Is suggested as a fireproof covering
for roofs. a little lampblack should be
added for eoloring. 1t Is also claimed
to partly prevent decay.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-09-20

4 cement that will attach labels TO
metals can be made by taking ten parts
Of honey, N part Of hour,
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-31
So Awiully Amewioan.
application

Philadelphia Call: Gotham Repue-
lican-"Why. if you stay in Europe
that long you Will lose youryote.
Gotham independent: "Cawnt helP
that, We knaw. I've promised to VISIT
Lord Rawsbery in Novembah, ye
knaw: and l cawn't disappolnt him. ye
knaw."
aBut every republican should try
and be at home at the next election,
cav, yaas; that depends on howy e
look at ii, We knaw. Now, II ! was 10
be at home, I'd nevah vote for Blame
"Not vote for Blaine? And why
not?"
CAV! he's 50 howibly Amewican
don't We knaw."
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-31
Horse Thieves Hung.

A brief item appeared in the Argus
oe LAT week relative to the hanging OF
horse thieves at the mouth oil the
NnsselsheIl. We have ~endeavored to
Get fuller particulars of the AFFAIR out
find it no easy matter owing to me
~reticence of parties who are supposed
n he LOADED" with information as
ragards details. 1t seems the pursuing
party gathered at the river near the.
mouth of the Musselshell, where the
Rio Muddy washes up its silver spray
and where old man James has q
ranch. and found a corral containing
thirty or forty head of horses, ONE
Of which we're recognized by the pur-
suers as their own. 1t being early IN
the morning the cabin and corral was
surrounded and the first movment OF
the thieves anxiously awaited.
Old mar James was the hrst TO
emerge from the robbers lair, when
the BOYS made him throw open the
corral and turn the horses out. The
rost Of the thieves we're asleep but the
old man gave the alarm andtwo OF hii
sons and four other men came to hi
assistance. but we're driven back int
the cabin instanter, where they refused
q to surrender under any condition. Al
other efforts to bring them out proVlni
> futile. fire was set to the hay and corral
:, which being close to the cabin 'gnite'
that also. and the occupants seem
e it was a forced play" came out an
surrendered or were shot at the tnresf
a old of the cabin-just how they wer
dispatched we are unable to state, bt
as thew were seen hanging to trees,
brief examination was doubtless give
them and the tree decorating begun
We cannot see the object or n@ecessl'
of shooting a man then hanging III
afterwards.
IS This may be a little wide OF u
lc actual occurrence, but there is no dou
r but a great "clean up was made at u
tn month Of the Musselshell and one tn
re should prove a warning to the rest
.ra the gang in eastern Montana. -
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The Mineral argus., 1884-07-31
Henry Ward Beecher says Blame il

Henry Ward Beecher says Blame IS
\ bad man. Well, several years ago
when Henry was 'nest-hiding" with
Mrs. Tilton and Theodore was carry
ing Bessie Turner around in his arms
clad in his "robe de mutt" the Amen
can people thought Beecher was a bad
man. Some people are foolish enough
to think so still. Put up your shutters
Henry, before you shy a rock. Yor
nav be able to knock the bottom ou'
of an orthodox hell but you will fnC
il hard work to defeat Jim Blaine.
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-31

In the death of Jane Gray Swishelm,
America loses one of its most remark
able women. Though known as one
of the "strong minded" class, and not,
physically speaking, as ~'1Ovely' as Mrs
Langtry, she was a noble woman and
one that ever dared to defend the
rights of women, and the oppressed OF
every class. She has slain many q
masculine Goliah with her gifted tongue
and pen She lived and worked tol
ideas rather than "bangs'' and "bugl'
gimps."
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-31
SCHOOL MATTERS.

According to the statutes the schooi
year begins Sept. 1st. This being the
case the trustees Of this school district
should begin casting around Tor a COM
petent teacher, as well as purchase
such articles that are requisite, includ-
ing maps, charts and a globe. ASIDE
from these the school should be pro
vided with at least a fair set OF desks
There is al the present time between
S1so and $500 standing to the credit
of this district which is available for
school fixtures and furniture at any
time.
With a good school this winter a
large number of ranchmen will make
Maiden their winter residence that
they may be able to give their children
the benefits thereof. This being the
case the trustees should do all IN theI
power to provide a frst-class school
equal to any in the county. See tina
it is comfortable, neatly furnished an
provided with every essential artlcl
that a competent teacher can utilize t
the benefit of the scholars.
What Maiden district wants is
good school building, and as the scho'
fund is not available for building pu
poses, the only way to secure II Is
bond the district as provided for IN Il
laws passed by the thirteenth iegisl
ture. Such a step lies entirely WI
the voters of the district, the trusfe
having the power to call an election
any time after twenty days nou'
when they become cognlzant OF I
assessed valuation OF the property
the district. That such a movemf
on the part Of the trustees would m
with the approval Of the people OF
district, we arc confident The be
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-31
General News.


Z Jane Gray swishelm IS dead.
Iohn B. Cough is seriously i'll.
Ex-Gov. Hendricks, the democratic
nominee for vice-president, has gone
to New York.
A Minneapolis policeman, named
Laughlin, was fatally shot by roughs
last Saturday night.
Vim. H. Barnum has been reelected
permanent chairman of the National
Democratic Committee.
Milo White has been re-nomlnated
for Congress by the Republicans OF the
first Minnesota district.
A severe rain and hail storm done
great damage to growing crops IN
northern Minnesota, last week.
: The National Prohibition party has
: placed Ex-Gov. St. John, of Kansas
in nomination for the presidency.
The recent G. A. R. meeting in Min.
neapolis is said to be the largest
gathering of veterans since the war.
y 7. H. Kerrick & Co, of Minneapo
lis. dealers in wood and iron working
a machinery, have made an assignment
C Iohn 6 Kountz. of Toledo, Ohio
4 was elected Commander-in-Chi ant
u Iohn P. Rea, of Minneapolis, senlo
:. vice-commander, of the G.. A. K,
II their meeting in Minneapolis, last weei
The meeting of the Independent
= opposed to Blaine and Logan was hei
!. in New York on the 22d inst. Anon
- those present were George William
Curtis. Carl Schurz, Clarence M. Boy
ers. Benjamin H. Bristow, W, Z. Beat
and Faancis c. Barlow. Curtis Gale
the conference to order and welcom'
- the delegates. Carl schuz was elect
president and made an address
- which he praised Governor Clevelan
Of New York. Committees were a
nointed and afterward Col. Tn
/, a. Lyman made an address.
ice The vessels with the Greedy re.
the expedition with the survivors and dc
, in of the Greedy party, sailed from
,ent Johns on the 18th or a6th inst,
meet proceeded t Portsmouth, where Il
the will be officially received by the SEE
enc tarv of the navy. Chandler. LII
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-31

Greely and the other survivors VIII
d;sembark at Portsmouth and the
vessels will proceed TO New York win
the bodies of the dead, which will be
landed at Governors Island and placed
in charge Of Major General Hancock.
The latter will transfer them to the
care Of relatives and friends upon
application.
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-31

# 10 Maiden would be manifold We
.ubmit this to our readers and the
hoard for consideration and trust tnat
the advantage to the district Will De
seer and some action taken by the
board TO accomplish the end desired.
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-31
Nothing seems to escape the notice

Nothing seems to escape the notice
OF Col. Ingersoll. IN passing the
Fast Side school house as he rode up
from the depot on Saturday, he ex-
messed pleasant surprise at the slze'
design ana apparent Permanency Oh
the structure, and remarked; at al
ssays gives me a favorable impression
of the enterprise and intelligence OF a
community when l find the schoo
houses bigger and better than the
churches. "-Bozeman Courier.
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-31

The recent meeting of the Grand
Army of the Republic in Minneapolis,
was the largest end most enthusiastic
gatherings since the war. Gems. Sher-
Logan, Gibson, Fairchild, Beath
and many other officers OF note, were
present. Sherman and Logan were
received with great enthusiasm, by
both citizens and. veterans present.
Minneapolis done herself proud
eclipsing Denvers efforts last Year
The street decorations haxE nevel
been surpassed if, indeed, equalled
Every detail of entertainment wa
carried out to perfection, proving con
cluslyeTS that the "Rowdy West" ha
a good stock of horse sense and pa
riotism though it may have a llmlte
supply of "culchaw."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-10-17
CONSIDER

Do we ever stop TO consider
How little = kind word may cost,
And if once the hasty word spoken,
One chance in our life We have lost
Do we ever stop to consider
All the sorrow cue little word
May bring TO the heart that is yearning
For the tones OF love seldom heardf
Do We ever stop to consider
How much Sunshine Is thrown away,
When we close fast the door where kind
ness
Knocks anew to come in each day
Do we ever stop to consider
When everything seems to go wrong.
That the fault that W. think is another's
Has been our own all the day long,
Now simple rule to consider.
And one am snre we will find,
Il to see what the motive
For saving word that's unkind
And If we take time to consider,
The motive perehanee viii grow small.
And | think in the end We will find
That there is no motive at all.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-10-17

New York woria.
The prospects are bright and
hopeful for the democracy. The
l53 electoral votes OF the South will
DO east for Grover Cleveland.
Forty eight additional votes will
elect him. OF the AS votes New
York will give him SO.
New Jersey, with 0 votes, and
any other State In the Union will
make up the balance.
A few noisy democrats have
been induced to shout for Blaine.
A lew mistaken workingmen will
be pursuaded TO throw away their
ballots on the frand Butler.
But how is It with the republi-
cansf
In 1880 they secured q plurality
OF 2l 900 votes in this State out OF
a total OF nearly 100000.
They had In that year nm unli nj.
ted corruption fund. The Herald,
Times, Erenisg Post, Telegram,
Harper's, Puck aud other inhuen.
tial republican papers now for
Cleveland were for Garfield. Ros.
coe Conkling, Henry Ward Beech.
er, George William Curtis, Carl
Schurz, now opposed 10 Blaine,
were Oh the stump for Garfield.
The prohibition vote In 1880 was
1,500 In the State. II will this
year most probably be $4,000, and
larger than the Butler vote. Many
of the most prominent republican
business men of the produce ex-
change, the stock exchange aud
the petroleum exchange are openly
for Cleveland. The silent vote of
the State will be cast for honest
government. The Germans are en-
thusiastic for tho democratic eau
didates.
These are the reasons for our
confidence IN the vote of the State.
Honesty aud common sense have
gained the victory in the struggle
between the real candidates. Hon.
esty aud common sense have also
triumphed in the battle between
the outside candidates. Bntlers
campaign, a fraud aud a cheat, run
with Steve Elkins' honey to help
Blaine, has pretty much collapsed.
Elk Gov. st. Johns campaign, has
ell on sincere principle, has grown
into important Dimensions. The
prohibition vote promises To be
much larger in this State than the
Blatherskite Butler vote.
Grover Cleveland will come Tito
the city aud county of New York
with u plurality Of from 10000 TO
%, 900 votes over Blaine. His
plurality in this city, making lib
eral allowance for bargains and
treachery, will not w less than 25,.
900.
New York Is safe for Cleveland.
He is gaining strength every day
In every quarter OF the State.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-10-17

PROTEsTANTs IN FRANoE.-It is
said that the number OF Protest
ants in France is at present $50, 600,
OF which $4,000 belong to the Re
formed church, $4,000 are Evan
gelicans, and $4,000 are divided
between Independents, Metbodists,
Baptists, etc. Comparing the fig
ures with the general population it
appears that there is IN France one
Protestant to every sixty-tlree
Catholics. The State pays 7S2
Protestant pastors, although the
total number OF the latter is as
high as 906, Of whom by far the
greater number (699) belong to the
Reformed church. Paris counts
10000 Protestants OF all sects, anil
no less than foriy.four buildings
devoted to Protestant services. 1t
has been reckoned that, counting
the subsidy to the pastors, each
Protestant costs tho State fifty
cents aud each Catholic twenty
five cents.--Brookiyn Eagle.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-10-17

The CoLoRs OF HoRsEs.-The
Arabs OF Sahara are very par
ticular as to the color of their b0r-
ses. White Ia the color for princes,
but does not stand heat. The
black brings good fortune, but
fears rocky ground. The chestnut
is the most active. If one tells
you that he has seen a horse fly in
the air, ask of what color it was; If
he replies "Chestnut,n believe him.
In combat against n chestnut you
must have a chestnut. The bay is
the hardest and most sober. Ii
one tells you horse has leaped to
the bottom of q precipice without
hurting himself, ask OF what color
he was, aud IT be replies ''Bay,n be.
live him. Ben Dyab, a renowned
chief OF the desert, happening one
day to be pursued by Saad-el.
Zenat,, turned to bis sou aud ask :
ed, "What horses are in front of
the enemyi" .Wbite horses,n re.
piled the son. 1t Is well; let us
make for the sunny side, and they
will melt away like butter.n Some
time afterwarl Ben Dyab again
turned to his son and said, "What
horses are in the front of the enc.
myin "Black horses,n cried bis
son. at is well; let us make for
stony ground, and We shall have
nothing to tear; they are the me-
groes OF the Soudan, who canuot
walk with bare feet upon the flints.n
He changed his course, and the
black horses were speedily dis
tanced. A third time Ben Dyab
asked, "And now what horses are
In front OF the enemyf' ozark
chestnuts aud dark bays.n "In
that case,' said Ben Dyab, '.strike
out, my children, strike out, and
give your horses the heel, for these
might perchance overtake us had
We not given barley to ours all the
summer through."-Daumas 7he
Horses of Sahara.