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The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-31

The guests are introduced to a room
ful Of elegantly dressed people (all men
of eourse). who shake their own hands,
clasped together in front, and bow
themselves to the ground. The host
presents his son, arrayed like himself
in richest satin and brocade. The boy
las been politely trained and prostrates
at the feet of his fathers guests, strik-
ing his forehead on the 1oorthree times.
TIE music now strikes up a perfect din
| and all are invited out to agreat dining
hall, where there are numbers of square
tables lnlaid with pearl, around which
the guests seat themselves. The host,
with the most honorable guests, is at
the head OF the TOOm, and the rank
gradually recedes away from him. Now
the fun begins III earnest. The two
! foreigners, fortunately or otherwise,
are placed at the posts of honor, and,
out of courtesy, are compelled to at
least taste of every dish placed on the
the table. Imagine partaking of such
d~elicaCies as sharks fins, and eggs
which have been mellowiug for "A year.
The Chinese regard these last in the
same name that we do our sherry and
port.
Although the dishes are brought ON
and remove by servants, it is consid-
cred the polite thing Tor the host him
self to serve the quests at his table, who
III turn serve him and each other. This
is done III an odd fashion: The server
| arises, takes his ivory chOp5ticks in
hand, and, fishing ont the daintiest part
of some dish before him, hands it with
care in the deep saucer or bowl before
each guest. The most ludicrous part
of this Is that the person thus hoDored
is expected to rise each time, muTmur
"Zia zia" thank YOU, and subside
again. When this is repeated SIX or
eight times i'll five minutes it becomes
very funny, then rather montonous,
and at last exec adiugly trying to the
spinal column. The Doctor being fond
Of a joke, takes particular pains to be
excessively polite to his companion, and
the Wavelike motion he keeps him con-
stantly describing is most affecting.
There are seventeen courses, in exactly
the reversed order to which We are ac-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, nuts aud cakes
coming first. A pudding, which ranks
III blGll GSIllll1blDn "a a pun BubhidS
to us, comes next, composed of water
lily nuts, blue rice and a Chinese fruit
called liChee. Soon after this appears
| vanished duck-a dish not many for
eigners would relish. The fowl is first
fried, smoked and then vanished over,
THIS process making it good (?) for any
length of time. Birds nest and alliga-
tor soups make their appearance toward
the close of the feast, and our suffering
friend, as he attempts to choke them
down, decides they are as novel in their
composition as in the cogLomeD. The
finger bowls and doylies brought on
when all have finished are quite unique,
consisting OF steaming hot bowls of
water, out of which long linen cloths
are wrung and passed at each table for
the convenience of the guests.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-31
A California Wen.

Cutler Salmon of French Camp, not
far from Stockton. Cal, sank a well
with a seven-inch tube to a depth OF
about $40 feet, and struck a copious
| stream of excellent water. Desiring to
learn whether he could increase the
flow by going deeper, and fearing that
should he continue the well the same
size. he might injure the quality OF the
upper strata of water, Mr.. Salmon Int
on the plan of sinking a fOur-lnch one,
and thus making what might be called
I the experimental well four inches IN
diameter. This inner II he bored to
a depth of 1850 feet, aud then came to
water again. This lower stream came
to the surface, and, indeed, rose IL a
tube twenty-five feet above the ground.
The last water found was unfit for
drinking, and but for an accidental dis
covery of its properties might have been
considered a nuisance. 1t was found
there was a large amount of gas in this
water from the lower depth. This came
bubbling to the surface, making one
think of a gigantic soda fountain.
Some one suggested the idea of seeing
if the gas would burn. a coal oil can
was put over the top of the can, and
having a few holes punched in 1t, an
improvised gas fixture was at hand.
Only a match was required to complete
the preparations. The match was
lighted and applied to a hole III the a
and the flames stot up three or four feet
into the air and burned steadily. The
| gas would burn. Mr.. Salmon had fire
and water coming out of the same hole
=. Al. rrr,v,r,l Tho fr1hD nf tho nnfHr
well, that which was only $40 feet deep
| and furnished the good water Tor all
domestic uses and for stock, etc, was
| led off in pipes to the house and other
localities. a curling was built around
| the twin wells in such a way that 1t
formed a reservoir for The water from
the 1,250-foot level, and that portion
from above which was not conveyed
away III the pipes. All through this
water in the reservoir came bubbling
up the gas generated somehow some
| where down below. When Mr.. Salmon
next went to Stockton he had a gaso-
meter made with a stOp-cock in the top,
and this he took home and fastened
over his wells. The bottom was beneath
the surface of the water in the reservoir,
and the gas speedily filed the bell-shaped
receiver. The next thing was to attach
a gas pipe and connect his homemade
| gas machine with the house.
tie put a pipe perforated with small
holes across his large, open fireplace,
turned the gas, applied a match, and
the problem of cheap fuel was instantly
solved. After that gas-pipe was put
into the fire-box of the kitchen stove,
and now the meats are prepared with
the new fuel. Mr.. Salmon has also used
the gas for Illuminating, but tdOes not
seem to entirely fill the bill, although
it Is a great improvement on a tallow
dip. 1t has been suggested that, as
this gas seems to be almost pure hydro
gen, it might be carburretted and its
Illuminating power improved. The gas
throws off "a great amount of heat, and
without doubt such a we'll wouldsupply
a large number of families with the
means of warming their houses and
preparing their food.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-31
She WAS In His Debt

A tramp struck Detroit the other
day who will grow rich where Others of
his class will freeze ana starve. 1t has
long been a wonder that me Of these
men seemed to know how to take hui
man nature, but here is a man at last.
He was yesterday working several
streets in the northern part of the city.
He made his calls at the front door.
Selecting his house, and when his ring
was answered he would remove his TAT
and inquire:
BEG pardon, but is this place for
sale?"
"No. sir"
"Ahl excuse me. l "a told it was
for sale, although | could not under
stand why you should want to part with
such fine property. This Is Ii of the
prettiest streets III Detroit"
Eyes, | think So"
''The air must be sweet and pure
here2"
"Oh, yes"
"How nice everything around your
house is kept upl Any stranger could
at once see that the family had taste
and culture. Sorry the place is not for
sale"
Did you wish to buy?"
"Not exactly, but l know a gentle
man who is looking for just such a
place, and | volunteered to run about a
little for him. presume you want at
least so, 600"
ooh, my, mol my husband values the
place at about 5 5000"
SONY $4,000 Beg pardon, but |
hope he won't be foolish enough to
think of selling at that figure. He might
just as well get SIG, 900. 1 see that yodr
neighbors try to initiate your curtains.
Hal hal Poor imItationsl That IS a
grand flower vase you have there. |
priced one in New York the other day,
and it was $500"
Yes" she replied, pleased and
smiling.
"lf / was an art -cOnROiSSelT | should
like to look over your house. Every
thing betOkens that you have made art
Il study and Travelled extensively in
Europe. BY the way, III step to the
side entrance for a glass of wafer, al
if the girl a spare a bit of bread AMI
meat iii be thankful. My long walk
has made me faint. beautiful front
view here-taste and culture apparent
even in the way this mating is nailed
down on the steps. Sorry your resi-
dence is not for sale, and I'll jdst step
to the kitchen door,
He not only get a square meal, but
she hunted him up "a coat, hat and a
pair of boots, and then felt that she was
in his debt.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-31
NO More frontier.

Bill Nye says the system of building
railroads into the wilderness and then
allowing the wilderness to develop
ofteI wards, has knocked the essential
joy out of the life of the pioneer. At
one time the hardy newer of wood and
drawer of water gave his lifetime
willingly that his son might ride in the
"yarnished cars" Now the Pullman
car takes the New Yorker to the
threshold of the sea or the 1boundry
line between the United States and the
British possessions.
1t has driven out the long handled
frying pan and the fapjack of twenty
years ago, and introduced the cOnden-
sed milk and canned fruit of COM
merce. Along the highways where
ace the hopeful hundreds marched
with long handled shovel and pick and
pan, cooking by the way thin salt pork
and flapjacks and slumgulllon, now the
road is lined with empty beer bottles
and peach ans that have outlived their
usefulness. No landscape can be pic
turesque with an empty peach can in
the foreground any more than a lion
would look grand in a red monogram
hOl oCblduhN anu ldloS lCGlu.
The modern camp is not the camp of
the wilderness. 1t wears the half civil
lized and shabby genteel garments Of a
sawed-otf town. You know that if
you ride a day you will be where you
can get the daily papers and read them
under the electric light. That robs the
old canOns of their solemn isolation
and peoples each gulch with the odor
of Goldfish ballsrand civilization. Civil
lZation is not to blame for all this, and
yet it seems sad.
Civilization could not have done this
all alone. 1t had to call to its aid the
Internal fruit can that now desolates
the most obscure trail IN the noun
tains. You walk Over chaos where the
hydraulic" has plowed up the valley
like a CONFUSION, or YOU tread the
yielding path across the deserted dump,
and on all sides the rusty, neglected
and Inundated empty TIN a stares ut
You with its monotonous, dude-like
stare.
An old timer ono said to me: "I've
about decided. Bill, that the west is a
matter of history. When we cooked
our grub over a sage brush fire we
could get fat and fight the Indians, but
now we ill our digestors with cold
pizen and pewter of the canned peach;
We go to a big tavern and tuck a big
towel under u chins and eat pie with
a fork ana heat up our carcasses with
antichrist coal, and whatdo we amount
tor Nuthini l used to chase Indians
all day and eat raw pork at night
bekase | dasseut build a fire, and still l
felt better than 1 do now with a wad
of tin can solder in my stummick and
a homesick feeling i'll my weather
beaten breast.
mo we don't have the fun we used
to. We have more swarrys and sciatica
and one blOOmin' thing and another of
that kind, but we don't get ont breath
of fresh air i'll a year. They are bring
in their blamed telephones now and
malaria and ague and old sledge, and
fun might as well skip out. There
amt no frontier any more. All we've
got left is the old fashioned t'rantler
loOSe and rhumatiZ of 40"
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-31
Laundry and Farm

A number OF Chinese have given up
the laundry business in New York and
gone to farming, in a small way, near
the city. An Jock claims to have made
a profit of $1,000 from his patch last
year. So Lum has rented a small farm
on Staten island and has already seeded
FIVE acres with imported Chinese vege-
tables, cabbases, turnIps, lettuce, vari-
Gus kind of beans, yams, Chinese
pumpkins, and squashes. The vege-
tables are sold entirely among the
Cinnamon.
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The Turooman.

The most valuable possession of the
Turcoman is his horse, and he hestows
than ordinary attention on 1t.
He, his wife, and his children may be
in rags and starving; but his dear sized
must want for nothing and be richly
caparisoned and wrapped in several
horse-cloths. A fact connected with
these horses is that they are never
washed. When they sweat, they are
carefully rubbed down with the hand,
and then wrapped up in felt horse
cloths. General Grodekoff says that
the animals are always scrupulusly
clean, and possess a beautiful glossy
skin.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-31
whItsrash rhnt WIN sttok ana wash.

We end in a German paper a formula
for a wash which can be applied t1Iime
walls and afterward become waterproof
so as to bear washing. Researcher. of
Munich, mixes together the powder
from three parts silicious rock Quartz,
three parts broken marble and sand
stone, also two parts burned porcelain
clay, with two parts freshly slaked lime,
still warm. In this way a wash is
made which forms a ~silicate, if often
wetted, and becomes after a time
almost like stone. The four constitu-
ents mixed together give the ground
color to which any pigment, that a be
used with lime is added. 1t IS applied
quite thickly to the wall Or other ur-
face, let dry one day, and the next fire.
quently covered with water without
losing any Of its col Il; on the contrary,
each time it gets harder Sc that it even
can be brushed, while its pOrosity
makes it look soft. The wash or calci-
mine can I've used for ordinary purposes
as well as for the finest painting. \
so called fresco surface eau lie IN epaTed
with it in the dry way.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-31

The hour of s P. M. is a fitting one
Texas city which never sleeps. The
census of 1880 gave it the population
of a good-sized village. About that
time the Texas and Pacific pushing
westward reached 1.-The Fort" as 1t is
still known in common parlace, and a
growth set in which has been so rapid
that the legitimate uses of the night
have been forgotten. Probably this
wakefulness is just as well, for tran
silent arrivals increase faster than the
hotels do, and every evening the haras-
Sed clerks wrestle with the problem of
finding beds enough to go around.
Single rooms are impossible Injuries.
OF all Texas cities this takes the palm
for liveliness and a peculiar combination
of metropolitan and frontier character.
The street cars run until midnight, stop
two hours, and then resume trips.
When most honest merchants are abed
the two long business streets, which
run parallel from the railroad a mile
and a half to the bluff overlooking the
Trinity. are ablaze with lights from Il g
still open shops. On the main thorough
fare one of the most conspicuous
structures is 1.-The White Elephant
The sum of S27 900 has been laid out
in mirrors and interior decorations to
make the cowboy feel at home as he
takes high-priced drinks Over the mas
sive counter. Behind the saloon there
is a billiard hall as large a. any in st.
Louis. Adjoining is a restaurant of
metropolitan size and elegance. Down
the broad, richly carDeted staircase
streams IA flood of light from the second
floor. No closed doors muffiad the
click of chips and the monotone of the
roulette roller as he sings:
Round ana round the little bail goes
Low, even, the black wins,
All paid and here we roll again,
A dime, a quarter, a half a dollar,
Everything goes in Texas.
The dusty boot of the cowboy sinks
in the body brussels as he moves from
faro table to black and red, and thence
to the Mexican monte, on to stud
horse poker, and brings up at the gaudy,
rafting roulette circle. THE White
Elephant was built to meet a want.
1t furnishes the visitor with food, drink
and amusement in variety. everything
but a place to sleep. AS has been re-
marked already, people don't come to
Fort Worth to iud beds. So the insti-
tution may be considered typical of the
restless, S eculative people who iuhabit
the city.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-31

The low price of wheat has led
farmers in South Michigan to pay
more attention to grass and corn in the
production of stock.
-Intwo years there were left IN New
YORK Elevated carriages 1907 pack
ages, 1904 umbrellas, $50 ~valises, books,
canes, and small articles.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-31

The earthen pitcher out of which
John Brown drank while in Jail at
Charleston, Va, is still in the possess
sion of a family in Albany.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-05-31

Judge not thy fellow man till thou
art similarly situated.
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Are YOU disturbed Mt night and broken
u your rest by 4 sick child suffering and
CRYING with pain Of cutting tpnth2 H,o,
send at once and get a bottle of Mrs. Win
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Depend upon it mothers, there is no mis-
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Homo PROOF

Kidney and Liver Diseases and rheumatism
sa1GIG Sa, i sS, nay ~ y to help me;
eou'a n0' ": 1 ~, q p Ssd; ~; smith cured me-"
catarrh. polypm OF Noc, Impaired 3G,e S.esI
p iSt's s,S lIt ye sano I sisIH j., ,n ne failed to help me.
CHARLES CuADpuCK.
" Speidcl 4 Co., Wheeling, ". Va.
DYSPEPSIA and uleeruted tolnach.-"Trcatment
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f!tS.-iIsd them for fourteen ' yeas. b. HH Smith
SfrotIla Running Sores on liead.-'.My son wa,
H SnIH is,m ioT loSrieen years; Nothing sccmed 10
# Mrr. CATHERINE CARS.
SatlccE-"sg0ere Ior sears With Canccr. HAD Il
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pain" Mis-. II. II. OfCUTsT.
Files fi.tala Of AnIa.-Flat on my back for is
Without Wfdxs, t iHFof " iv dying; DR.. Smith cured me
:, THOMAS C0LyIN.
Wholesale Grocer. Main 81, Wheeling, VI. Ia.
"H Sase rivao ~ ~ i TT,G e. rIolaps,is and Piles
DR.. Smith cured, Inc without kniic," ''"''''
WASHINGTON pELANY. Martins Ferry.
,,d ICY. IL, y: add Trit,S:I"Dr. Smiths probes.
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An. Margaret kOlk nays: ~ had been suffering
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PILES cured without the knife, Hg5
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u2h sent on receipt OF two threeccnt stamps, and
aQflce returned free. l1
Consultation OF Office free. Office hours from 0 A
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@ JOHN !. SMITH, Md,
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

N The ni.,Hr, Court Of the United States for the
pLtrIc, OF West Virginia.
r,,us Ik.th. SURVIVOR OF himsc!f1 r
.nl Charles II. booth, late part.
u~tf.i0ing business under the firm IN Admirable
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The S,can,bu.l e Regular"
pra ICcrct,l order entered III thu above entitled
,I,t In The District Court Of the United States Tor
IN. ljl,,ric, u Wcst Virginia, said ciiisc was reicrn d
+ . ."desIsncd, one VI the Commissioners OF
bId Court, ,..,
the iIbelailt and the intcrren"ts, respectively. for
~uriIcIpal asi Intcrst Oh account Of lnnierlnls iur-
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rIiaioi sui. amt 10 all Others uEOm Il ,ndy concern:
Sorrs IL HERR s GiyES, that Ihaye fixed upon
Wednesday. December IL, 1851. ut " o'clock 4. NJ,
A, IN. time. and the office OF Mrssrs. Ewing. Slel-
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S;rrrt, IN The city Of Wheeling, In tnid district, II
The place. Of aStcrtainins and reporting the matter
In Mild On!cr mentioned, and any ether matter thai
mas IL, required by amy pnrty In interest. or tim,
NAV brd,cmei pertinent by the commissioner.
Gi,ea under my land this al day Of December,
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lrri us Commissioner.
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Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itch.
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gives instant relief. Prepared only for
Piles, itching Of the private parts, nothing
else. Sold BY druggists and mailed on re-
sept OF price, 81. Frazier Medicine Co.,
Proprietors, Cleveland, Ohio. Wholesale
Agents: Logan 4 Co, Wheeling, ". Va,
and &c. Dent Co., Bridgeport, Ohio.
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wILEN TO SEE HAVANA.

The many destinations OF Havana in
vitc to a long stay, especially so as when
the visitor has fairly ''donc" the city
ne subj, ban places Of resort, afford de-.
iyhtful recreation. II, too, his taste.
should lead him to investigate countr,
lille in Cuba, the labor question and the
s%noitier political problem, IIavanm will
be found tho best place of residence.
from October to May this favored city is
nerhaps u%nequaled, certainly uns,rpassed
for combined ~salubrity and sources OF
amusement and information. :Duriny the
est Of the year wen its horn inhabi.
ants, rs Pat says, abandon it 10 the swell.
: ring heat Of the summer, if the condi.
ion OF the purse admits oi the change.
The suggestion OF a sen trim in winte,
hasa chilling anil depressing effect to peo.
pie living east OF the Rocky Mountains,
whichever. tho favored Californian mn,
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The cathedral Of Havana was built Of
volcanic stone and presents n rich exterior.
Within, however, are compromising beauty
md spInu,lur. Traditional .tattle abou
che building is less interesting to the mat.
,er.of.fact American than the costly mug.
~''iicanre oftie altar. the monument erect.
ed on the place where the first mass was
ever said in the city, and the place in
which the priests have stored the wealth
1 silver aud T"ld used an great rcras on,
in the celebration Of divine worship. The
.csigii, IN which tiicsr EabnIousiy costi,
'hings are wrnnsh. and the precious
tones set into them urc not more to b,
wondered at than The vestments Of III,
leroy, heavy with embroidery and jewel.
''"t n"'Shin" tho richest aqtin OF wbicl,
their warp and wool are made.
iuur coffrnpuiucnt iuuml great pleas.
re on the Mole, n covered lcvee, which,
is the city's landing place and is quite a
busy scene, that is for Havana, where life
is taken easily MS n general thing.
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medteal,1
-. MfdtesI.
DIR. J.E.SNfrrfT
40. 14oA Chapline Street,
Near Fourteenth Street,

The best evidence Of . phy,lelan'i success i, tho
many ~ . ~ ~ patients. The inctrasing DO
c Sea,t hoIombiy, aud fairly with those who nave
SUniulted me. I never used patients maine Win.
IN tiasip taI ila, though have many hundred cor.
PAD been pronounced lncurable. 4 thoroush ms9,
and es Z Win many years hospital experience
sna iamiiiahty With therapeutic agents, a close OBJ
~ s,tn 'ance o. empenmentM pecullArities and strict
", nu y W hyyienic management Ensures success.
sS SGTs Is possible, aud l frankly give tho pa,Ieni my