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The Penn's Grove record., 1884-01-05
The emperor @lian ana Christianity.

Ia 1~anproacb$ Julian's objections to
GhYSstrian dodne we must not expect
a sir liar idea doctrinal proof 20 that
winch preyailia our own, age stepped
as a 5 in tie ieptical spirit generated
by .,e study Ithe inductiye sciences,
and demandg for every theory,
wbrshc of seible or of supersensuous
til and ,solntely verldtable basis
of an MkUf the modern difficult
ti,TEy Blow. III Christianity has to con-
te5alpaEk,to Aee.s y out of harmony
wi lie spntof Julian. The miracles,
for example recorded in the Old and
Me-, Testan4ts are so ar from pre-
Sc, ing in Il mind a stumbling block
To the faith tit he speaks %scornfully of
The comparagely small number and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the miracles
attributed tlChrist. But here, per-
hans. we Ivy draw a distinction.
Where he iidealing with things that
are said to i've actually happened, or
to be abouto happen, in the material
world. and hich are amenable to the
evidence of he senses, Julian argues
quite IN tue liIll ol hhoueAh
When deali1 with the story OF Ine
Tower of BdFl, for instance, he halFeiy
remarks thadf all the earth were made
into bricks Mould not furnish hlaterlai
sufficient fCI a tower reaching onIy 70
the orbit of lie moon. Again, he asks
from w~hatlsource st. Luke could
possibly delte his information as 10
the preSencdf an angel strengthening
Christ on tb eve of the cruclixion.
He eomplanl of the confused ahd con
Trajectory icounts of the resurrec-
ton of ChriL and in one fragment, IN
speaking ID st. Paul's promises Il
Thess.. iy.)tf the Second Advent, he
utters the i~narkable proposition that
aut to disfguish, in foreeasting the
iuture, the Issible from the Impossible
is the very cmax of mental alteration
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Divorce Case.

A case that is exciting much interest
in Baltimore is the suit of Emma j.
Fearing, against her husband, Robert j.
Fearing, asking that. the court declare
her marriage null and void. She is a
white woman, and her plea is that he is
a colored man. She is a pretty bru-
nette, with large brown eyes, and is
quite intelligent. Telling her story for
the first time she said
81 was born in Dorchester, New
Brunswick, and am 2S years old. left
that place when 1 was % years old and
went to live with my married sister in
Castine, Me. 1t was there that l first
met Fearing, who was then steward on
a government vessel at that port. /
was introduced to him at my sisters
residence, where he was well known.
1t never occurred to me for an instant
that he had African blood in his veins,
and l had never heard of such a being
as a mulatto. He proposed for my hand
and / willingly gave it. We were
married ON May s., 1879, by a Congre-
gationalist minister in Castine. At the
end of the first year a little girl was
born to us, and a prettler babe was
never seen. One night before her death
Robert received a letter from Washing
ton containing a tin-type of his little
nephew. In opening the letter | saw
the tin-type drop on the floor. He
picked it up hurriedly and thrust it in
his vest pocket, not thinking l had
seen it. The letter must have made
him nervous, for on leaving the house
he dropped it, My curiosity was
aroused, and l picked the letter up and
Tread it. 1t was from his brother,
Charles, and he said he inclosed a tin
type of his little boy. When Robert
returned / asked him to let me see the
tin-type. After urging he did so, and
l saw at a glance that the child was
not white. Noticing my surprise, he
said the child is a little darker than the
children in this part of the country,
owing to the warm climate of South
Carolina, where the child was born.
However. he finally confessed that the
child was a mulatto, and that he him.
self was of African descent. | was
mortified beyond expression, and we at
once left Castine. We lived at Middle
port for some time, and then went to
Washington. There l met his brother,
who was a very light mulatto, IS was
his brothers wife. His brother was
employed in the Treasury Department,
and they treated me very kindly. Fin
ally l got money enough to go back
home and then decided to enter this
suit. Ny husband is now on a govern
ment steamer at Mobile, Ala.
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a New KIND OF Dinner Party.

Somebody ought to introduce into
England a form of entertainment which
has, we are told, has been for some
time in vogue in Paris dinners en- tete.
At these dinners, and the rule has been
sometimes extended to dances, all the
guests are bound to appear with their
heads attired in some fancy costume.
An old gentleman goes as a Doge Of
Venice or a Pope, a young lady az
Marie Antonette or an incroyable. The
choice of both ladies and gentlemen il
unlimited, and, as the disguise Is of the
head alone, the great expense OF a com
plete fancy dress Is avoided, while a.
the same time the opportunity for NC
cute imitation of antique types is in.
creased through the much greatel
facility offered by prints and paintings
which SO often give only the head ant
bust.
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THE STAR o. THE MORN.

The star o. the morn is whitest,
The bosom Of dawn is brightest;
The dew Is sown,
And the blossoms blown,
Wherein thou, my dear, d~elightest.
Hank, l have risen before thee,
That the spell of the day be DER thee;
That the flush of my love
May fall from above,
And, mixed with the morn, adore the
Dark dreams must now forsake thee,
And the bliss of thy being take thee.
Let the beauty of morn
In thine eyes be born,
And the thought of me awake thee.
Come forth to hear thy praises,
Which the Weakening world upraises;
Let thy hair be spun
With the gold o. the sun,
And thy feet be kissed by daisies.
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Action Of Wood is stated that
some kinds of woods. although of great
durability in themselves, act upon each
other to their mutual destruction. Ex-
periments with cypress and cedar prove
that they will rot each other when join
ed together. but on separation the de-
cay will cease, and the timbers remain
perfectly sound for a long period.
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"WoMrN, says Charlotte Bronte,
fare suppose to be calm generally,
nnt they nee, exercise for their facul-
kies. AMI a lid for their efforts, as
Eauch as theilbrothers do" Charlotte
Ijwas right they do need a field
3for their effortsbut until this year We
never supposedhat they would choose
the baseball ies
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BLOOD obtained from the slaughter
house or saved on the farm when butch.
ering, is q good application to the body
of fruit trees to protect them frnm rab
bits and mice.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-01-05

The leader of King Kalkaua's court
orchestra is a Berlin man, NJ. Hermuch
Berger.
There are more people who car for
get themselves than govern themselves.
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THE WEEK
In the United States and the
Old World.
UNDER THE WAVES.


Eleven Members of Briggs Crow
Perish.
The brig G. p Sherwood of st. John, n b.,
arrived at Philadelphia on May . from Barba-
dos with cargo of sugar. As the West India
trade was dull, it was thought advisable 10
send her with n cargo Of 600 tons OF anthra-
cite coal, valued at $2i00 to Halifax, n 5,
While the Sherwood was lying here, Mrs.
Taylor, the wife Of the captain, came on from
st. John and decided to go home on the vessel.
On June 6, the vessel sailed, h wing on board
ten persons all told, consisting of Capt. Robert
ID. Taylor, his wife and b other Daniel Taylor,
First Mate Dorson Stevens, second mate
(name unknown), Stewart George G,tlifle,
colored, and four seamen, No tidings were
heard until recently when the mate Dorson
Stevens arrived at New York on bark from
iavan'. He is the sole survivor of the brig.
He says they sailed from Delaware breakwatcr
June u, and had series of gales east north
east and southeast, up to the l4h, On that
d tie, at s a. m, in violent northeast gale,
the cargo shifted, and in less than two hours
the brig went over and sank Stevens saw
the briggs boat afloas, and succeeded in reach
ng her, together with seaman, who died the
same evening from exhaustion. On the 18th,
at 6 p, M, the bark Rafael Pomar hove in
sight, and after great difficulty, owing to the
heavy northeast gale and high sea, succeeded
in taking him aboard,
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After a Little While.
After a little while.

After little WHILE
Though youth is bright, old age is dreary, r
waywom we rest; of life are weary 3
And pass to the shadow land. .
The great in their greatness will pass away, 4
The poor ana the humble as well as they, =
After little whie
After little while.
Though the tides may cea eless ebb and flow,
And the seasons come, and the seasons so,
Yet we pass 10 the shadow land.
The king will step from his regal throne
To join that throng to the great unknown,
After little while.
After little while,
Though our lives be sunshine, or maybe tears,
Yet the end will come, when the night appears
And we pass to the shadow land.
Like q wavelet lost on storm-tossed sea,
The bard and hi, song will forgotten be-
After little while.
After little while
Tne sands Of life will be running low,
And the labored pulse beat faint and slow,
When we pass to the shadow land
Will the clouds roll back to world of light,
And the day star rise from that darksome nigh
After little while?
j w, KENYON,
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Fishermen Fighting.

Conflicts between the German and English
fishermen in the disputed waters OF the North
sea continue to be OF daily occurrence, and are
causing some irritation at Berlin and London.
The two governments are pnrleying regarding
the Units within which Englishmen may
lie allowed TO fish in the North sea, and
three gtnboats are ma H;ained ihrre, two b.
Ire German anil cne ~ the Entjish a.pver7,-
ni.nt 20 ;acservr tll' pace. Tbs Pst-s,i; x
by these vessels IS, however. lcw ani 49,
&c eni, and between their vri:s ,,.nHS .s..i'ss
fshis ocear amGns tke oppJsin3 l.zacs4ssn,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-06-26
THE BOLIVAR STATUE.
Imposing Ceremoniesat Its Unyeilins in
Central Park, n. Y.

The noble bronze statute Of Bolivar, the
iiberator, was unveiled recently at Central
Park, in the presence of a large throng, COM
posed chiefly of the Spanish American and
Spanish residents OF the city Park Commis-
sioner Viele delivered the opening addr IS after
which ex-President Guzman Banco of Ven
ezuela presented the statue to the city in behalf
of the people and government OF Venezuela.
Mayor Edison, in accepting the statue in behalf
OF the city spoke of the friendly regard exist
ing between the kindred republics OF the west
orn continent, and the benefit which the
United States derived from the trade with
Venezuela. The statue was then unveiled by
Hon. A. NJ. Soteldo, the Spanish minister at
Washington, while a salute was fired by the
gunboats in the North river. An address was
then delivered by Frederick r. Coudert, and
the statue was decorated by the Venezuelan
ladies' with wreaths of flowers. A banquet
was afterwards served,
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SALE OF JERSEYS.
iii2h Prices Realized at a New York
Auction.

Among the animals sold recently were Ale
mena, a solid squirrel gray COW, by Nobleman
I'd out of Corsetta, dropped September 5, lS77,
which brought $40; Phrenore, cow OF solid
color, black points, by Uproar out OF Phryne,
sold ut $500; Mrama, grayish fawn colored
COW, out of fDreadnaught's Hebe by Miramon,
knocked down for $40O; Nymph OF St L., by
Stoke Pogis Sd out Of Diana of st. Lambert,
solid dark fawn COW having excellent pedigree,
brought 81 800; Carlotta, a brown cow from
L. A. Havemeyer's stock farm, sold for $345;
Melia, by Prince of Scituate out of Florizette,
owned by Thomas B. Clifford and dropped Dec.
10, 1880, $780, Sarah Bernhardt, dropped at
e Greenwich, Conn, farm of William Rocke-
teller, out of Lady Percy, by Claude, was
knocked down for $500; Island Flower, solid
brown COW shading to gray, of I, A, Have
meyer stock, by Carlo ont of Actress, was
sold for S335; Jessie Bell, brown cow, same
owner, Browny p, out Of Mergot, $50; Cres-
cent OF Maple Shade, by Browny, out Of Little
Browny. si275; Dewdrop of Darlington, solid
light fawn COW, by Sly Boo's, out OF Honey
Drop, $3.50.
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A GAS BLAZE.
The New Fuel Found Near Pittsburg.

The New Fuel FOund wear fttsbuf&.
The iron manufacturers of Pittsburg do not
propose to be dependent on the natural gas
companies for their supply of this valuable
fuel Two firms have already begun the
drilling OF wells, and four others will begin
operations in day or two. At the Pennsyl-
vania Tube Works the use OF coal has been
discontinued altogether. The. workmen find
the new fuel superior in its application to the
manufacture of wrought iron tubes, and the
cost is about halt the old expense for coal and
coke. civil engineer has measured the
Westinghouse gas blaze, and found it to be
eighty feet in height. 1t varies, however,
with the condition of the atmosphere. The
gas escapes from six-inch pipe seventy-five
feet high, so th,t the top of the jet, when the
engineer brought his instrument to bear on it,
was l55 feet from the surface. A still, clear
night makes every difference in the volume Of
the blaze Mr.. Westinghouse finished another
derrick to-day. Drilling Is already under way
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SENTENCED BY A JURY.
Case Unparalleled in the History Of
Alabama Courts.

An extraordinary scene lately occurred in tie
court house at Scottsboro, Ala Four prisoners
on charge of arson stood up and the foreman
of the jury announced that they had adiudged
the prisoners guilty as charged, and sentenced
three of the men to be hanged and the other to
the penitent.aiy tor life. When the iuige de-
livered the sentence the prisoners did not move
a muscle They appealed TO the Supreme
Court but the Judgment will probably be
affirmed. There Is & eat excitement over the
verdict, The crime charged upon the do med
men is a heinous one. They piilagei the house
Of aged New Englander named Porter living
on Sand mountain, robbed him of over 5000
and burned the building. leaving tie family ex-
poAk, from the effects of which treatment the
old man died leaving his family destitute
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-06-26
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Bob Swan Of Ottumwa, Iowa, was
captain in the volunteer army during
the rebellion. and being absent on
special duty when his regiment was
out, never was discharged
Hence he has, during all these years,
while engaged in farming, held a
captains commission, and is entitled
to $685. up to April 25. He will
probably be mustered out now.
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A Russian is not legally man
until he is twenty-six years old. Fancy
a Russian mother saying; "Alvirawis-
ka, who was that sitting SO close on
the sofa with you last night?' and
Alyi replying: "0nly Chipmunkiwiski,
a little boy from over the way. We
were celebrating his twenty-fifth
birthday.
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The coast Of Corea has long been
esteemed the most dangerous and un-
friendly shore upon which shipwreck
ed seamen could be cast. For years
after almost every nation in the world
had come into the bonds of interna-
tional comfy in the treatment of such
castaways, Corsa held aloof, and many
heartrending tales have been told of
the cruelties practiced by her people
upon the unhappy waits who reached
by accident her inhospitable borders.
This state of affairs is now to be
changed. One of the beneficial results
of the treaty made with the Hermit
Nation by our representative is the
issuance of a decree, which not only
puts an end to cruelties to shipwreck-
ed seamen, but enioins upon the Corean
officials and subjects the duty of rem
dering to such unfortunates every
service in their power. The decree
provides for set of signals to be used
by vessels in distress; for the punish
ment of persons who disregard its
provisions; for the cooperation by
Corean officials and subjects with the
officers and crews of vessels; for the
proper disposition of wreckage by
consultation with consular representa-
tives, and for the publishing abroad of
the provisions just mentioned. Heis-
after, seamen of all nations will have
good cause for gratitude to the repre-
entative of the United States who
first opened the doors of Corea to the
influences of civilization and brought
that kingdom within the common
brotherhood OF nations.
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THREE OF A KIM.
Fish, Emo and Ward Iadieted by the
United States Grand Jury.

Z nIteu States UranU July.
The United States grand jury has handed in
dictments against j. ID. Fish and John c. Emo.
charging them with the miappropriation of
national bank funds and also an Indictment
against Ferdinand Ward, charging him wit
aiding and abetting an officer oil national
bank to misapp opriaie iunds OF the bank. There
are II counts in the Indictment against Fish,
four Of which charge him with making 10 ns of
about million dollars 10 Grant x Ward on
fictitious securities, and the remaining eight re-
late TO overdriits by Grant & Ward to the
amount of sbout S70l000, for which. the firm
gave no security. The Indictment against Emo
for misappl ing funds of the Second National
Bank contains is counts, aggregating 81, ,595,.
Dnl
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Mrs. Grundy would be at home in
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado,
which is considered the greatest whis-
pering gallery in the world. For years
this chasm has been a matter of sur
prise to prospectors and miners, on
account of its wonderful transmission
of sound, and it has only been since
the advent of the railroad that any
definite idea has been entertained of
the great distance it travels within its
walls. A train of cars crossing the
bridge at Needles can be plainly heard
on quiet day at Cottonwood island, a
distance of eighty-four miles. The
fife and drum at Fort Mojave is dis
tinctly heard at Bulls Head, distance
CT eighty-four miles. The report of
the sunrise gun at Fort Mojave can be
heard at Ell Dorado Canyon, a distance
of ninety-six miles. 1t is the greatest
whispering gallery in the world.
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TERRIFIC STORM.
The Backs of Lambs Broken by Hall
stones.

stones.
Stookmen coming in from the Musselshcll re-
rort terrible storm. Hailstones broke the
backs of some lambs, and knocked others
senseless, stampeded stock and caused har-
messed teams to run away from their drivers.
In one case the team became entangled in the
harness, aud were drowned in the flood that
followed the hail storm. Hailstones picked up
the day after the storm measured three inches
in circumference. Heavy rains of late have
rendered the Chinese burying grounds along
.he Northern Pacific most horrible sights.
L iere are over thousand Chinese who
w ed for the nailroad company buried be-
tween Spokane Falls and Helena. They We're
buried in shallow graves, and in various places
hundreds OF cofiins are visible.
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persons in republican America to sup
port one periodical; it takes more than
forty times as many of his autocratic
majesty's subjects to support a peri
odical.
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neRcient S6n.O0n

Ct, ryes have been made of the deficiency #
SGo0ao IN the county traasnser's accents
jhe allegations rcate great eNciieiGvp in the
e,,uaiy, iht ir'a~1yor, Fn1ac.s . y isw u.
vhei4 ,crv-ng H. second terra hay ~ = fail
,V...,,.tsSc uItl-e people.
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HEAVY DAMAGES.

steamer Company Mulcted In S22 ,SsI.SU
fer Money Stoles
The United States district court in New York
has decided in the case Of Plcck & Co. against
the steamer Saratoga, awarding the libellanis
So, ,S7l. 80, with interest from June |, 1889
Plock & TO. claimed to have shipped SOB 800
in gold coin on the Saratoga ON May 81 1850,
which was afterward st len by discharged
enploye Of The Steamship conpanv
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A striking illustration of the differ
ence between a republic and mon
archy, so far at least as newspapers
are concerned, is found in the fact
that the number of periodicals of all
sorts published in the cza<'s empire.
from the Baltic to the Pacific, from
the northern sea down to Turkey and
Persia, only equals the number pub
lished in New York city alone, CPS,
and is but little more.than twice those
published in Philadelphia. For the
50,000,000 souls in the United States
there are 1860 periodicals. For the
100000 souls in Russia there are
625 periodicals, of which but sixty
three are dailies. The whole of Siberia.
with 100000 of population, has only
two newspapers and a bi-monthly of
a geographical sociely. The city of
Harkoif. with 126.G00 inhabitants and
a university. has only two dailies and
two monthlies. 1t takes only 4,00o
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4 process of usi'iziDg sawdu i :
stead oe sand in plaster has been dis
covered
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A veteran of Wall street says it is
remarkable low many young men
there are in the street. Go into some
of the largest banks and banking
houses and you will find responsible
positions filled by striplings hardly
showing the down of adolescence on
their cheeks. So it is at the stock
board and other exchanges The old
fellow, who says he has no prejudices
against young men, adds: "The great
financial business of New York is done
by an army of bumptious boys. Is it
strange that we have constant failures.
blunders, delinquencies and dishonors?
1t is not strange; but it is strange that
nothing is learned by bitter experience;
that there is no attempt at reform. If
you observe the bulk of the failures
in that quarter you will find them oc-
casioned by younger members Of the
firms who have tried to improve on
the Fathers methods, and who scout
conservatism and caution as old-fogy
ish."
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In value the railroads are next to
farms in the United States. By the
census of 1880, the value of farms
farm machinery and stock was $12,-
104,0S1,440. The appraised value of
railroads was s7,27O,00O,OO0. The
gross value of all farm products for
the year 1879, as given by the occu-
pants of farms to the census takers,
was s2,213, ,402,564. The gross income
of the railroads for that year was
$770,000,000, which is only little
over one-third of the products of the
farms. But the product of the manu-
factories exceeds that of all the farms.
1t is $500, 579,191. The valus of
the precious metals mined for the
year ended May, 1880, was: Gold,
$50, 3,S70,663; silver, s31, ,110,557-total
$74,490,620. The mining value of
non-precious metal, coal, iron, lead,
copper, zinc, and minor metals, was
$364,9O9,324.