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The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

The greatest calamity that a befall
r confirmed smoker is to have his cher
ished m~eerschaum broken, as frequently
happens by a fall or other accident.
When this happens, the fractured idol
is generally taken to a jewelers. and the
dismembered parts rejoined by means OF
silver bands. This, OF course, is expen-
sive, but when was the time that a Yam
kee could not overcome difficulties o.
this sort at tritiing cost? The Bidde-
ford, Me-, Journal relates that a smok-
err of that place happ,ned TO drop a
handsome meerschaum pipe from his
knees to the floor, and the stem
parted in the middle His friends
Immediately expressed their sympathy
with him, but the man was not the least
disturbed by the disaster. He simply
drew his knife from his pocket. extract
ed blood from his arm with one of the
keen blades, and rubbing the broken
ends of the pipe in the fluid placed them
together, and laid the article IN q table
to dry. 1t vas a novel experiment, but
it is said that it Will work successfully
every time, and that if a pipe lis once
broken and cemented with blood it will
never again part in the same place.
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Take all in all.

-Tqte all the Kidney aud Liver
Medicines,
Take all the Blood purifiers,
Take all the Dyspepsia aud Indigestion
cures,
Take an the Ague, Fever and bilious
specifics,
Take all the Brain and Nerve force
r%eUjUers,
Take all the Great health restorers.
In short, take all the best qualities of all
these, and the-5est,
qualities 81 all the best medicines in
the world, and you will find that-HoD
-Biters have the best curative qualities
and powers of all-coRoeRfrated in them,
And that they will cure when any or
all of these, singly or combined. Fail M
A thorough trial will give positive
proof Of this.
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Hardened Liver.

Five years 2 ! broke down with k idney
and liver complaint and rheumatism.
Since then | have been unable to be about
at all My liver became hard like wood;
my limbs were pulled up and filed with
water.
All the best physicians agreed tina moth
ing could cure me. l resolved 20 try Ion
Bitters / have used seven bottles the
hardness has all gone from my liver, the
swelling from my limbs, and it has worked
a miracle in my case; otherwise | would
have been now in my grave.
j. W. MOREY. Buffalo, Oct. l, 1881.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

Grateful Thousands proclaim VTNKoAR
BFrTEBs the most wonderful IL Vigorant that ever
sustained the sinking system.
Made from California roots and herbs, free
from Alcoholic Stsmulants. A PurgatiVs
and Tonic
This Filters cures Female Complaints,
lnfammatory and Chronic Rheumatism,
GOut, Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent Fe-
vers, Blood, Liver and kidney Diseases.
Dyspepsia or Indig estiOn, Headache,
Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness OF the
Chest, Dizziness, Sour Stomach, FuTred Tongue,
Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Pneu-
are cured by the use OF the Bitters.
Erysipelas, Scrofula, Discolorations, Humors and
diseases of the Skin of whatever namo or ma
ture, are literally dug up and carried out of this
system In a short time by the use OF the Bitters.
u1nVigOrRtes the stomach, and slim
ulates the torpid Liver and Bowels, which rem
der it Of unequaled efficiency in cleansing the
blood Of all impurities, and imparting new life
and vigor to the whole system.
No Person can take the Bitters and remain
long unwell.
Pin, Tape aud other Worms, are
destroyed and removed from the system.
Cleanse the yftiated Blood whenever
Il is foul your feelings will tell you when. Keep
the blood pure. and the health Of the system
win follow.
In conclusion {: Give the Bitters a trial 1t
will speak for itself. One bottle will prove a bet
Ger guarantee of its merits than a lengthy ad-
5ertisement.
R.EI. Mcdonald Drug Co., Proprietors,
IAN Francisco, Cal, and b2s, 6Sg& 52 Washington St.
Cor. Charlton St., New York.
sold bY all Dealers and DruOQiSt8.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

R1oE Or QUETrs. Thoroughly wash
half a pound of rice; boil in a pint OF
milk thirty minutes; whip into the hot
rice two ounces of butter, two ounceso OF
sugar, salt and the yolks of two eggs.
II the batter is too stiff add a little
more milk. When cold roll into nea'
balls, corks, or cones, dip them IL
beaten egg, roll in fine bread or cracker
crumbs, and fry as you would dough
nuts.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

In THE German Agricultural Institute
at Halle much attention is paid to i'm
proving breeds of domestic animals.
Crossing of the domestic sheep with the
moufion, or wild sheep of Corsica. has
been so successful to the fourth genera
ton that it is now supposed that the
moufaon il the ancestor of the domes-
ticated hocks. Additional light is ex-
pected to be thrown upon the subject
by the recent accession in the garden of
two new pairs of wild sheep, the Ameri-
can ''bighorn" and a Persian species,
neither of which have ever before been
seen In Europe alive. Experiments as
to crossing these with domestic breeds
will be begun at once.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

CooKINa CABBAaE.-Try this recipe
for cooking cabbage: Boil the cabbage
gently until cooked, and drain it. Put
two ounces OF butter into q saucepan
set it on a good fire and, when melted,
put in the cabbage with some salt and
pepper. Add half a pint of cream OF
milk and one teaspoonful of -four, stir
ring constantly with a wooden spoon.
Simmer until the is reduced
and serve hot.
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Boston, Mass A leading medical
journal thinks 1t is about time mothers
should know how seriously the health
of children is imperilled by the use OF
preparations containing morpbia and
opium, and given for the cure of colds
and coughs. The chemist of the Brook
Ign Board of Health, Otto Grothe,
Pin. D., a graduate OF the University of
KEEL, Germany, certifies officially that
recently a harmless and yet effective
article for such complaints has come to
his notice. He refers to the newly dis
covered Red Star Cough Cure, which
he found purely vegetable.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

HOMEMADE oatmeal crackers are SC
nice, and 1t is really so little trouble to
make them, that almost any mother o.
cook can get time to try this rule: Wet
D pint of fine oatmeal with one gill o.
water: after mixing as well as you car
take it out of the dish on the kneading-
board, on which you have scattere
plenty of the dry meal; roll out and Gu
in squares with a sharp knife. The
crackers should be rolled very thin
these should be baked in a slow oven,
and after you are sure they are don,
leave the oven door open to allow then
to dry. Salt should not be omitted.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

IT is not generally known that
draughts of cold air are as unwhole-
some for a canary bird as for a child,
Many a pet bird has dropped and died
a mysterious and lamepted death for
the lack of a little thought on the part
of Its mistress. Many birds suffer also
from heat; their cages are hung 90
high that while the DON does not seem
too warm for the mistress it is very un
comfortable for the bird. 1 have known
OF cages being hung so near a stove
that the wires became so heated as TO
be unpleasant to the touch If one hat
not the time to be thoughtful and care
full of pets, it is more humane to dispose
of them to some one who can be.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

Prot, Austin states that many clay
and iron sewer pipes and house leaders
are pervious to sewer gases. In n in
stance in jersey City the leader was so
porous that the parlor was rendered al
most uninhabitable. He recommends
that all sewer pipes be thoroughly var
nished with shellsc or soluble glass. or
else painted with heavy paint.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

How often is the light of the household
clouded by signs of melancholy or irrita-
bllity on the part Of the ladies. Yet they
are not to be blamed, for they are the result
of ailments peculiar to that sex, which men
know not of. But the cause may be re-
moved and joy restored by the use of DIR.
Pierce's "FavOrite Prescription" which,
as a tonic and nervine for debilitated wo-
men, is certain, safe n pleasant. 1t is
beyond all compare the great healer OF
women.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

Wm. BELL, an old man living at
Atlanta. Ga, peddler, cripple, etc.,
became despondent, and cut his head
nearly off with a razor. Then he sud
denly regretted the rash act, but his re,
grats would have been ~unavaillng had
not the physicians who we've summoned
felt of his pulse and found it beating
regularly, and with rare presence OF
mind adjusted the severed windpipe.
when Bell recovered consciousness ana
at once commenced talking, saying that
he would pull through and not be SO
foolish again. Had this happened any
where else the man would surely die,
but those Atlanta people are tough as
alligators-at least, their stories are.
N. b. In such cases always use Dr.
Stickphast's prepared glue. All drug
gists.
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HUMOROUS.

PHILADELPHIA drummer for a gro
eery house had long sighed to maxi u
certain grocer in a certain Pennsy VIENNA
CITY his customer, but he always arrived
too early or too late. Finally, lastlsli;
the drummer walked INTO tue store q
said: 49,, 90,
"see here, Mr.. SaIter, why don't you
give a fellow a show I'll 1 90 wen
tbis trip I'm to have my salary raised
"Weil, I'm glad Of that hill
"And if they raise my salary l snSl
get married"
That's night.
Now. then, you are perfectly good,
and / waat you to hslp me u Win a
big order, 1t will be q favor l small
never forget.
well. if You put 1t ON those grounds,
l shall give you an order, feeling 1t my
duty to help a young mar along
He gave an order amountlngt to about
"a 600 failed inside of two weeks, ana
the firm hopes to receive 80 per cent
of It's claim.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

4 micro 1aen1branotts filter has been
constructed by a German engineer, the
pores OF which are so fine that certain
OF the bacilli supposed to be a cause Of
zymotic diseases cannot pass them.
The construction of the filter is based
on the extreme fneness of asbestos
fbers, which are precipitated upon a
very fine brass wire sieve in such 3 way
as to form a microlithic membrane,
The number Of pores per square MILL
metre is gwen at 2 500. 900.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

The importance of keeping the stable
clean during the summer cannot be too
strongly urged, to insure the health and
comfort of the horses. The ammonia
which escapes from both the solid and
liquid excrement in the warm weather
becomes offensive and unhealthy both
for the horses and stable attendants.
The flies always collect about stables
which are unclean. and worry the poor.
tired horses about as much as their
work does. The stable should be kept
clean and dark, and some means OF rid
ding it of flies should be put into opera
ton before they become so thick.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

A HAND hoe which is ground
will wear much longer than n which
frequently comes IN contact with the
erindstone, but the extra amount OF la
Dor that can be performed with the
sharp implement will be sufficient to
pay for a new hoe every three days, to
say nothing of the saving of the muscle.
1t is poor economy to work with a poor
axe, scythe or hoe.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

In supplying water to the small
chicks manage in some way to prevent
them from getting into the pan. Water,
and especially milk, causes the feathers
TO bee me rampled and matted about the
neck and breast. and the chick will not
thrive, A shallow pan in which a few
blocks of wood Will float Ii a simple
way of obyiating the difficulty. The
hicks can stand on these and not get
wet when drinking.
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Poverty ana Suffering.

81 was dragged down with debt, poverty and
suffering for years, caused by a sick family and
large bills for dOCIOring.
was completely discouraged, until one year
ago, by the advice Of my pastor, | commenced
using Hop BltteTs, and in one month we were all
well, and none of US have seen a sick day since.
and / want 10 say TO all poor men, you can keen
your families well a year with Hop bitters for less
than one doctors visit will cost. ! know it,
"A WoRgIgGMAs.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

A coNUNDRUM constructor, whose
name is unfortunately unknown to fame,
has found out by experience the differ
ence between a sweetheart and a wife is
almost akin to the difference between a
gold. headed cane and q wart on your
nose. You carry the n around
with you because you like 10 and the
the other because you've got to.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

INSTEAD of sewing a patch on a car,
pet make a cold paste of flour and
water. Spread 1t on the patch and on
the carpet that is TO be under the patch,
and press it in place with a hot iron un
till it is quite dry.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

OSCAR WILDE in his recent lecture on
America said he refused to buy peanuts
from a boy in this country because he
was selling Oscars "pirated poems" at
ten cents. Oscar did perfectly right.
He should also ave given the boy a
few vigorous kicks. A boy who would
ask ten cents a copy for poems worth
only three cents is a young swindler and
should be punished.
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Silence does not always mark wisdom,


When you visit or leave New York City. save
baggage eXpressage and SO carriage Hire, and stop
atthe Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Cen
tral Depot.
800 elegant rooms, fitted up at a cost of one
million dollars, 81 and upwards per
day. European Plan Elevator. Restaurant
supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages and
elevated railroad to all depots. families can live
better for less money at the Grand Union Hote.
than at any other n~rst-cIass hotel in the cltv.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

Mosr kinds of fruit trees thrive best
on rolling land. Hardy grapes do we'll
on almost any soil, with a little care.
Sandy ridges are best adapted to their
growth, but sand and leaf mold mixed
with u~nderdrained clay will produce
large vines and fine yields of fruit.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

MANuRINa with brains means simply
thoughtful ommon sense in the practl-
cal work of the farm. To keep as much
stock as a farm will fairly carry IN a
grass country is %manuring with brains.
knowing that a good grass country is a
good grain country is manurng with
brains, so to speak.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

A good way to brush dust and cob.
webs from the ceiling is to tie an old
clean cloth over the broom, as 1t Will
emove the dust more thorougly and
will not soil the ceiling.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

MY euess is" said the man at the
hotel THAT before the first of Septem-
Der lemons will be worth their weight
IN gold, and now while they are cheap
I'm going to get in q stock.
.'How are you going to save themP"
There, now you're asking questions, :"
said the man who makes a breakfast on
lemon juice and egg, ''and now if you'll
get up close, where the man who runs
the fruit stand can't hear, I'll tell you.
Put them in buttermilk. Leave an
oranRe or lemon in that stuff one, two
or three months, and when you take 1t
out it will be fresh as a daisy, This is
a pickle that I've got a patent on, and l
want you to understand it can't be
beaten"
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

"PA." said little Porkinpine, looking
up from his paper, "Pa, 1t says the
Queen fixed the ceremony of the dedi-
cation of the cairn to John Brown for
Sep. l. What is a cairn?"
s'It's Scotch for baby" said old Por-
kinpine, with the air of a man who
throws off waves of information as q
base burner throws off heat, SITS
Scotch for baby, or little child. A
Scctchman's children are his cairns, and
| suppose the Queen is going to stand
godmother to one of Lord Browns
children, or cairns, as you may say"
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

AN economical and really delicious
way to flavor a cake which is to have
icing over the top, ID to CRATE part OF
the peel OF an orange o lemon over the
cake before putting the icing on.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

The father of the high school girl
had a long discussion the other night
with a politician, and after the latter
had gone, the girl remarked, quoting
from SHAKESPEARE, 'He draweth out the
thread of his verbosity finer than the
staple of his argument" well"
replied the old man, 81 don't under
stand the dead languages, but if You
are trying to say that he Is a crank,
I'm with you every time.
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In the whole, the good. the beauti-
full. resolve to live.

HEALTH HAS A BEAUTY or ITS OWN.
No eruptions, sores or discOlorations
dis6gure or annoy the man or woman
whose stomach. liver and bowels do
their duty thoroughly. TO compel
them to their work, 1t is only necessary
to take a dose of DIR. WALKERS VINE
GAR BITTERs twice or thrice a day.
This potent vegetable specific controls
every disordered function.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

sHE-"My dear, 1 read that old
question in the NEWSPAPERS. why don't
men marry2' It's very odd, isn't It'll"
He-"Not to men who have married.
It's odd how the single fellows guess SO
well what is best for them"
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

The best advice for the season is to
prepare the lands for crops better than
ever before. 1t will pay you, good
friends to do SO. Try it. Use less ma
nure if you will, but harrow the plowed
land until it is smooth and mellow.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18


Experiments have recently been CON
Quoted in the Lake OF Geneva and else
where by NM. Fol and Sarasin to deter-
mine the depth to which light pene-
trates in its waters. The method OF
experimenting was to submerge photo
graphic plates of ge~latine- bromide of
silver at various depths and develop the
luminous images produced on them by
a y penetrating from the surface. A
coating of bituminous varnish, easily
removable by alcohol or spirits of tur-
penttne, served to guard the sensitive
layer from the chemical action of the
sea water. The rays affected the sensi-
tive surface through a layer or back
Mate of glass. Uxalate of iron Was en-
ployeus- the developer. and allowed to
act for ten mnl.tSs. In clear sunlight
during March. and hSar Yllle-franche-
sur-Mer, they obtained images to
depths of about 400 metres. The
images increased in strength as the
depth diminished. In the Lake OF
Geneva they. however. only obtained
images TO q depth of about 200 metr s,
or half as far; and the authors conclude
that in the winter months sunlight does
not penetrate further than 200 metres,
while in the Mediterranean 1t stops at
about 400 metres deep.
TO the many uses of glycerine another
has been added by Surgeon Major Cot
ter, in India. He has found that paint
ing with glycerine emoves the dryness
of the tongue which causes enteric fever
patients much wskeiulness and suffer
ing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

FOR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression or splr-
rs and general debility in their various forms; also
as a preventive against fever and ague and other
intermittent fevers, the "Ferro-PhosphOratet-
Elixir OF Callsaya'made by Caswell, Hazard Il Co.,
New York, and sold by all Druggists, IS the best
tonic; and for patients recovering from fever or
other sickness, 1t has no equal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

IL is possible according to French
authority, to forteli the weather, some
times ten or twenty hours in advance,
by observing and comparing the sounds
emitted by telephone connected by leads
with two iron bars stuck INTO the
ground a few yards apart. In case of
thuuderstorms especially, a noise like
that OF shriveling leaves increases until
a flash of tightening occurs, when the
sound resembles hat of rain or hail
falling on grass.
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What is excellent, as God lives, is
permanent.


would he a truthful name to give 10 DIR.
Pieces Golden Medical Discovery" the
most eficacious medicine yet discovered
for arresting the early development of pull
monary disease. But Consumption cure"
would not sufficiently indicate the scope of
is influence and usefulness. In all the
manyGdiseases which spring from a de
rangement of the liver and blood the "Dis-
covery" is a safe and sure specific. OF all
druggists.
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permanently cured or no pay. The worst
cases guaranteed Pamphlet and references,
two three-cent stamps. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 66S Main Street, Buff
falo, N. Y.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

A Boy was going up Sycamore street
yesterday with a glass inkstand to fill.
Every few steps he would toss 1t In the
air and catch 1t again. He did it sue
cessfully until the last time, when it
landed gracefully on the pavement in a
thousand pieces. He looked at it about
a minute, and then said: sit served the
old man right. told him before l
started that 1 couldn't carry that thing
up the street"
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is not to be feared, but the secret foe should
be carefully guarded againt. TIL only eff
fective guardian against all forms of kid
ney and liver difficulties is HUNTS kid
ney and Liver1 Remedy. Never known
to fail" is the motto inscribed on its banner.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

Recent Investigations have brought
to light several remarkable deep sea.
fishes living in depths of upwards of a
milk These deep sea fishes are fire.
quently provided with eyes at different
parts of their bodies-for example along
the sides and oaek-as well as in the
head; and such eyes also produce light,
acting the plrt Of bulls eye Lanterns.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

"AND so you have received a divorce
from that vagabond husband of yours,
Mrs. Smith"
Eyes; l am glad to say that | have.
Didn't you feel quite overpowered
when you heard the decision of the
Iudge2"
mot exactly. 1 felt sort of I'M
manned, so to speak"
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

CHAMBERS has become so prevalent in
New York that Prof, Law of Cornell
University, under instructions from the
Governor of the State, is causing the
destruction of all injected animals.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

DR. F2lnt is reported as having said
that many lives are lost by starvation
owing TO al over-estimate OF the nutri-
tive value of beef tea and meat juices.
In typhus and typhoid fevers. he says
there is no good substitute for milk ana
eggs.
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CQrek for the Children

Children feel the debility OF the changing
seasons, even more than adults, and they be-
come cross, peeyish, and uncomfortable.
The blood should be cleansed and the system
invigorated by the use of Hoods Sarsaparilla.
"Last Spring my two children were vaeei-
mated. Soon after, they broke all out with rum
ming sores, so dreadful l thought should lose
them. Hoods Sarsaparilla cured them COM
pletely and they have been healthy ever
since. 1 do feel that Hoods Sarsaparilla
saved my children to me-" MRS. Z. L.
THOMPSON, West Warren, Mass.
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ROME, N. Y, june 9, 1888.
"Was thrown against the engine cab and
ny bach and kidneys severely injured.
My water was the color of blood. The
second bottle of HUNTS kidney and
Liverl REMEDY completely cured me and
/ heartily recommend il. "-Henry McGin-
mis-, Engineer, N. Y. Q. 81 H. r. II. X.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

Reliability is the test Of real value. No
matter how wonderful cures a medicine
sometimes has worked if it cannot be re-
lied on. HUNTS kidney and Liver
REMEDY is neUer knoUR to fail and it has
been used for thirty years.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-18

A VERY handsome heading for lace
curtains is made by using the deep and
pointed fringe which now comes In al!
colors.