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The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15
.sCrosse.t MsA in AIabama.-

ode crossest man in Alabama lives
dar," said the driver as we approached
q side home, near Selma, Ala, to
ask accommodations for the night. Al
supper, and after it, "miue host
scowled at every one, found fault with
everything earthly, and / was wonder
ing il he would not growlh the heaven
" halo didn't ft him, when incidental
mention being made of the comet Of
1882, he said Il didn't like its form,
its tail should have been fan shaped r
But, next morning, he appeared half
offended at nj Offering pay for his hos
pitaIlty Ny companion. however,
made him accept as a present a sample
from his case of goods.
Six weeks later. l drew up at the same
house. The planter stepped lithely
from the porch, and greeted me cor
daily. l could scarcely believe that
this clear c~omplexioned, bright-eyed,
animated fellow, and the morose being
of a few weeks, we're the same. He in
quired after my companion OF the form
er visit and regretted he was not with
me. Eyes," said his wife, eve are
both much indebted to him."
Chow 2" / asked, in surprise.
For this wonderful change in my
husband. Your friend when leaving,
handed him q bottle of Warmers safe
cure. He took it, and two other bot
ties, and now" ''And now" he broke
in. : from an ~ill-feelIng, growing old
bear, 1 am healthy and 30 cheerful my
wife declares she has fallen in love with
me again."
II has made over again a thousand
love matches. and keeps sweet the tenn
pers of the family circle everywhere
Copyr1ghted. Used By permission Of
American Rural Home.
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a Coming Comet.

Astronomers are now looking for a
brilliant comet that is expected to blaze
out IN the southwestern heavens during
the latter part Of July or early in Au-
gust, A great luminous streak visible
IN Tue heavens, resembling somewhat
the Milky Way, is asserted by astrono-
mers to he the path or orbit of a great
comet, and that great streak of light is
the gaseous matter that follows in the
wake OF a comet. 1t is impossible TO
see 1t at present, as it travsls in the or
bic OF the sun, whose brilliant light
during the day prevents the human eye
from gazing at It. The detection by
the latter part of July or August will,
however, bring it above the horizon
during the early evening hours, when
u VIII be plainly visible and when il
will be of the first magnitude.
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Ancient Ruins IN sonora.

Ancient ruins. which surpass any
thing of the kind yet discovered on
the American continent, have been
found in Sonora, about four miles
south east of Magdalena, Mexico.
There is one pyramid which has a base
OF 1850 feet, and rises to a height OF
$50 feet. 1t has o winding roadway
from the bottom by a easy grade to
the top, wide enough for carriages to
PASS over which is many miles in
length. On the sides of this mountain
a people of an unknown age have cut
hundreds upon hundreds of rooms,
from tive by ten to sixteen or eighteen
feet square. The rooms are cut out of
solid stone. and SO even and true are
the walls, floor and ceiling, SO plumb
and level, as to defy variation. There
are no windows to the rooms, and but
one entrance, which Is always from the
top. The rooms are eight feet high
from floor to ceiling. On the walls are
numerous hieroglyhics and representa-.
lions Of human forms, with feet and
hands of human beings cut IN the stone
in different places.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

Grateful Thousands proclaim VINEGAR
BIrrERs the most wonderful In Vigorant that ever
sustained the sinking system.
Made from California roots and herbs, free
from Alcoholic Stimulants. A Pnrgatiys
and Tonic.
Ihis BItters cures Female Complaints,
Infammatory and Chronic Rheumatism
Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent Fs-
vers, Blood, Liver and Kidney Diseases.
Dyspepsia or Indig esIiOu, Headache,
Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness OF the
Chest, Dizziness. Sour Stomach, Furred Tongue,
Bilious Attacks, Palpitation Of the Heart, Pneu-
monia, and Pain in the regions of the Kidneys,
are cured by the use of the Bitters.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Boils,
Erysipelas, Scrofula, Discolorations, Hulnors and
diseases of the Skin Of whatever name or ma
ture, are literally dug up and carried out of the
system in a short time by the use of the BittcTs.
N~EnyIg0ratcx the Stomach, and slim
ulates the torpid Liver and Bowels, which rem
der 1t 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 unwen.
Pin, Tape and other Worms, ara
destroyed aud removed from the system.
Cleanse the VitIated Blood whenever
the blood pure, and the health of the system
will follow.
In conclusion Give the Bitters a trial It
will speak for itself. One bottle will prove q bet
ter guarantee OF its merits than a lengthy ad-
v~ertisement.
R.H. Mcdonald Drug Co., Proprietors,
San i francisco, Cal. and as, $50 h $50 Washington St.
Cor. Charlton ST., New York.
Sold by all Dealers and Druggists.
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kIng Orange.

The so-called king orange was intro
duced into California from Cochin
China Through an American Consul.
The tree is very thorpy, and the limbs
grow more upright than others, and
the fruit is pronounced superior to
any ever. brought to California. Ac-
cordlng to an agricultural authority,
there is also an orange in Siam called
the king, that is described as having
\ Transparent green skin when ripe,
aud a pink pulp that can be seen
through the skin, and Of a most deli
cate flavor. The fruit is in such high
esteem that it is a perquislte of the
royal family, and subjects are not al
lowed TO eat it. Any one finding one
OF these trees growing on his premises
is obliged to give notice to an officer al
M or be decapitated.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

AT the Art Loan the other day, a fat
with his hands under his coat
tails, stood before a painting, when one
of two ladies who were criticising q
landscape nearby exclaimed:
"What exquisite harmony
Sand how perfect in detaili" added
the other.
"Observe the colorirg," observed the
first lady.
The fat man removed his spectacles
and felt of his nose.
"And what a charming perspectiyei'
added the other.
"Yes-exactly-exactlyl' growIed the
man as he pocketed his glasses and
started for the door. eff / can't come
in here without being ridiculed and
burlesqued I'll stay outl No true lady
would make fun of strange gentleme u
in this way-neveri"
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15
FACETIE.

IT rs simply impossible for a fat man
to be a real dude. He may sport the
regulation collar; he may wear coats so
50 short that his vest shows beneath it:
but he cant be a successful dude. A
dude must have thin legs, and a head
shaped like o pineapple. he must have
dimples behind his ears. and ears big
enough to hide them. Now q fat man,
a chubby, plump rotund youth, can
W answer the specifications. He
cannot look sad and vacant and bilious.
he Is bound to perspire in weather like
this; TO get red in the face and to fan
himself. A dude never perspires or
does any of those other things. He is
always cool, always buttoned up,
always imperturbable.
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TOMATO SoUP.-Take two and n half
quarts of good beef stock; n each,
medium sized carrot, turnip, beet, and
two onions. peel and cut them. Boil
three-fourths of an hour in the stock;
then strain through a sieve, but do not
press then. Add two quarts of toma-
toes. also salt and pepper. Let this
cool a little. while you take a saucepan
that will hold six quarts or more, and
put into it one garter OF a pound OF
butter, and a desertspoonful of sugar.
Heat it until ii becomes a light brown,
and stir into it three ta~blespoonfuls OF
-four, while hot, then add the stock and
tomato to the butter and -four. Sur 1t
well and boil for five minutes. strain
and it is ready to be sent to the table.
Canned tomatoes in place of fresh may
be used If desired.
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Woods That WiH Not Make Ships.
There are sixteen species of trees III
America whose perfectly dry wood will
sink in water. The heaviest OF these is
the black ironwood, of Southern Flori-
da, which is more than thirty per cent.
heavier than water, OF the others, the
best known are the lignum vitae and
mangrove. Another is a small oak
found in the mountains of Texas. South
ern New Mexico and Arizona, and west
ward to the Colorado desert. at an ele-
walton of 5000 20 10000 feet. All the
species in which the wood is heavier
than water belong to semi-tropical
Florida or the arid interior Pacific
region.
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An old English Law.

According to IN old law in England,
which remained in force for sixty years,
the poor mar might not change his
master at his win, or wander from
place to place. If out OF employment,
preferring to be idle, he might be de-
manded for work by any master of the
craft to which he belonged, and
compelled to work, whether he would
or no. If caught begging once, being
neither aged nor inhrm. he was whip
ped at the CARTS tail. If caught a
second time. his ear was slit or bored
through with a hot iron. If caught a
third time, being thereby proved to be
of no use upon this earth but TO live
upon 1t only to his own hurt and to
that of others, be suffered death rs a
felon,
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

By exhaustive investigation the Ger
man Anthropologlcsl Society has found
that rather more than one-fourth of the
school children of Central Europe are
pure blondes and about one-sixth are
brunettes, more than one-half being of
the mixed type. In Germ" 3l.S0
per cent, of the children are lair. and
Il 05 per cent. are dark /; in Austria
the dark predominant. being 23.17 per
cent. while the fair amount only to
10. 70 /; In Switzerland the blondes are
only IL 10 per cent. while the brunettes
are 25. 70 F.; and in Belgium the blondes
are 27.50 per cent The proportion OF dark
children in Germany increases rapidly
toward the south, and that of light
children toward the north. This vary
ing distribution of fair and dark com
plexions forms the basis OF speculation
concerning the early colonization OF
Germany.
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OATMEAL PoRRIpoE. Boil a quart of
water; drop in with one hand by
degrees. stirring with the other. two
ounces of oatmeal and a teaspoontnl OF
salt. Let the porridge boil for half an
hour after all the meal is stirred in.
During the boiling the porridge must
be occasionly stirred to prevent stick
ing to the saucepan. When done pour
the porridge into a bowl and serve hot
with milk or cream. 1t should, when
finished, be like delicate jelly, set, but
not stiff.
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"HIT me with q little vitrioi mixed
with broken glass;" said a man who
might have been taken for the worst
man in the west to a Philadelphia bar
tender the other morning, land fire in
a few rattlesnake stings along with 1t.
I'm from Dead Mans Gulch, / ami"
"That's a western order, Sir. l don't
understand It," al the reply.
Don't you know what yitriol is'"
Yes"
Don't you know what glass is9'
"Yes."
"Don't you know what rattlesnake
stings ISL"
mo"
"Well throw in a little red pepper.
1t will make a weak drink for me, but
I'll have to go you. It's a mean section
of country, this"
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"Motners should Note This"

Under this caption an old physician
writes to a Cincinnati Medical journal,
that in view of the fact that people liv-
ing at a distance from cities are fire.
quently Obliged to resort to cough mix
lures already put up for use, they
should provide themselves with only
such remedies as are known to be free
from opiates, poisons and narcotics ;
thus avoiding not only danger. but even
fatal results. He recommends the re-
Gently discovered Red Star Cough Cure
which analyses and tests by various
Boards of Health proved to be purely
vegetable ss well as prompt. effective
and entirely harmless
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

SUMMER BEVERAGES. - First put into
Q large pan a quarter of a pound of fine
fresh oatmeal, SIX ounces of white sugar
and a half a lemon cut in small pieces.
Mix with a little warm water; then
pour over it n gallon of boiling water,
stirring all together thoroughly, and
use when cold. This makes a most
refreshing and strengthening drink. If
preferred, raspberry vinegar, citric acid
or any other fiavoring may be used
instead of the lemon. More oatmeal
may also be used if preferred. Second
Six ounces of fine oatmeal. four
unce of cocoa and eight ounces of
sugar mixed gradually and smoothly
into a gallon of boiling water. Use
when cold,
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

GARDEN labels which look SO insight
ly when stained and defaced by the
weather, may be protected by thor
oughly soaking them IN a strong solu-
ton OF copper (sulphate oil iron) and.
after drying, laying them in lime water.
A coating Of msoluble salt, sulphate OF
lime, is thus formed. Mats, Irvine and
other substances for covering or tying
trees may be similarly treated.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

At a meeting of the Geographical So
ciety of Paris, NJ. Schrader read a pa
per Oh the masses of sno moved about
by the wind among mountains. These
masses are not moved about by chance
they obey very simple laws which
cause them to be deposited al spots
where the wind is diminished In inten-
sity. and give them forms which may
be easily analysed If the quality OF the
snow, the force and direction oil the
wind. and the contour of the mountain
be taken into account.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

"DooroR," said a man to his physi-
clan. who had Just presented a bill of
$50 for treatment during a recent ILL
ness, 81 have not much ready money.
Will you take this out in trader" "Oh,
yes" cheertully answered the doctor;
81 think we can arrange that-but
what is your business?" ST am a cornet
player" was the startling reply.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

When you visit or leave New York City, save
baggage expressage and 50 carriage Hire, and stop
attne Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Cen
tral Depot.
600 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 ErSt-class hotel In the cfT
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Il Magnetic Telephone. Mr., L. Il.
Brown, of Fort Worth, Texas, has per.
fected q magnetic telephone and tele-
graph, which does away with batteries
of any kind. 1t was tested over thirty
eight miles OF wire recently, and prov
ed perfectly satisfactory to telegraph
men present. both as a telegraph and
telephone. The instrument used was
composed of two ounces of wire and a
half pound of steel, and can be made
for twenty-five cents. The transmitter
is simply a horseshoe magnet, either
pole being covered with fine wire, coil
ed carefully. The armature is a ilsk of
steel, against which the voice is 4 thrown,
transmitted through the magnet to the
wire. The receiver is similar, with
smaller magnet. IL is claimed by the
inventor that he can transmit the voice
around the world or across the Atlantic
ocean, there being no limit to distance,
all that Is necessary being the increase
in size of magnet, The n used to.
day, weighing half a pound. was capa-
BILE of transmitting the voice seventy
five miles. The cost of batteries is said
to be $l00,O0O yearly, which would be
saved by the invention. In telegraph
ing the key instrument now in use
would be applied. The receiving oper-
ator would have a disk attached to his
ear, hung by a hook in leap or strapped
around his head. The noise now Incl
dent to telegraph offices would be done
away with. No one could steal infor-
nation transmitted to pool rooms, stock
exchanges, etc. The telegraph would
be absolutely secret. The inventor says
further, the instrument could be carried
on all trans, and, in case of accidents
between stations, could be attached to
a telegraph wire and notice given to
any station just where the accident oc-
CURED, its nature, etc, and this done
in a few seconds. he also says q miner
Or diver could take an instrument at
tached to an insulated wire. go into a
mine or water, pay out wire and con-
verse with a person at the other end.
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HOUSEHOLD.

ALMOND CGKE.-One-haif cupful but
ter, two cupfuls sugar, four eggs, one
half cupful almonds, blanched-by
pouring water on them until the skins
easily slip of-and cut ia fine shreads,
ons-half tesspoonful extract bitter
almonds, n pint -four, one and a nsli
teaspoonsfuls baking powder, one glass
brandy, one-half cupful milk. Rub
butter and sugar to smooth white
cream; add eggs, one at a time, beating
three " four minutes between each.
Sift -four and powder together, add to
butter, ETC., with almonds, brandy and
milk; mix into smooth, medium batter,
bake carefully in rather hot owe
twenty minutes.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

GRAHAM PUFFs One and one half
cups OF Graham -four, one cup of sifted
wheat flour two teaspoonfuls of sugar,
half a teacupful of butter, half a tea
spoonful OF salt, two cups of new milk,
three eggs. Mix salt and flour. add the
milk and beat smooth; froth the yolks
of the eggs separately from the whites;
cream the butter and add the eggs and
then the butter. Bake in buttered
stoneware cups or iron gem pans from
thirty to forty inmates. The oven
should be very hot, but do not keep the
puffs in the oven after they have we'll
pulled over the cups, al they collapse
if not served at once.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

ina Royal Academy of Turin an
nounces the foundation of a prize of the
value of IL, 000f. for the most useful
and striking discovery IN anatomy, ply
siology, pathology, the exact sciences,
geography, or statistics effected IRON
1883 to December 3lst. 1856. The
members OF the Academy itself are not
eliQible for the prize.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

APPLE JELLY CAKR.-One cupfuI but
ter, two cupfuls sugar, iour eggs, three
cupfuls -four, one and one half tea
spoonfuls baking powder, n eupful
milk, six apples, six ounces sugar. one
~teaspoonfui butter. Rub together but
ter and sugar to fine light, white cream,
add eggs two at a time, beating ten
minutes between each addition. Sift
-four and baking powder together. add
to butter, etc., with milk, and mix into
rather thin batter. Bake in Jelly cake
tins carefully CREASED. Meanwhile
have apples peeled and sliced, put on
fire with sugar; when tender remove,
rub through fine sieve and add butter.
When cold use to spread bet ween lay
ers. Cover cake plentifully With sugar,
sifted over top.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

DRY CURRY.-Fry a minced onion IN
butter until lightly Drowned. cut up the
flesh Of cooked chicken legs, or any
other tender meat. into dice; mix this
with the onions, and stir them together
over the fire until the meat is hot
through. Sprinkle over it about a salt
spoonful of curry powder, and salt to
tase. Having thoroughly mixed the
curry powder with the meat pour over
it a tablespoonful of milk or cream. and
stir over the fire until the mixture has
dried up. Celery salt may be used
instead of plain salt, and some persons
add q few drops of lemon juice when
the curry is finished.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

DECORATIVE SToNEwARE AN ample
field is open for wall decoration in
appropriate designs for stoneware in
lower s~kirtings and friezes. Stoneware
presents even the lightest colors with
depth and softness in a different degree
from any other material when unglszed.
The artistic stoneware, imported with
blue panels with center raised figures in
white and light buff ornamental colors,
suggest It's capacity for decoration OF
the structural order.
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Prince of

The appointment Of Queen Victo>
rla's nephew, the Prince of Lefhinegen,
10 command the squadron at the More.
eAeites grave animadyersion. He IS
regarded as responsible for a blunder
at sea which caused loss of life some
years ago and brought upon him a seri-
Gus r buke.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

"MIeHTY tough times on the market"
asked a friend. Eyes," replied the
broker. II should say SO; why the
amount of money I've dropped in this
market in a year would buy the best
yacht aioat-Eot my own money as a
rule. of course, but then some of it
was, and that's the worst of it'll"
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Listen to Your Wifa.
The Manchester GUARDIAN, June stb, 1854, says.
At one OF the

The Manchester GUARDIAN. June SIN, 1854, saws;
Al one OF the
Windows"
Looking on the woodland waysi With
clumps of rhodoiendroms and great mas
SEES OF May blossomsili "There was an in.
teresting group.
Il included one who had been a Cotton
spinner" but was now so
Paralyzed III
That he could ouly bear to lie in a re-
clining position.
This refers to my case.
1 was Attacked twelve years ago with
"LOcomoter Ataxy"
"a paralytic cd disease of nerve nbre rarely ever cureO
and was for several years barely able 70 get
about.
And for the last Five years not able To
attend to my business, although
MANY things have been done for me.
The last experiment being Nerve stretching
Two years agoI was voted into the
Home for Incurables Near Manchester.
in May, 1882.
am no "Advocate;" For anything in
the shape of patent" Medicines?
And made many objections to nv dear
wife's constant urging to try Hop Bitters,
but finally to pacify her
Consented Il
had not quite finished the first bottle
when | felt a change come over me. This
was Saturday, November Sd. On Sunday
morning l felt so strong | said to my room
companions, 81 was sure / could.
WALK
So started across the floor and back,
hardly knew how to contain myself. was all
over the house. | am gaining strength each day,
and can walk quite safe without any
''Stick r.
or Support.
am now at my own house, and hope soon 10 be
able 10 earn my own living again. have been a
member OF the Manchester
"Royal Exchange
For nearly thirty years, and was most heartily
Congratulated on going into the room on Thurs
day last. Very gratefully yours, JOIN BLACKBURN,
MANCHESTER (sng.) Dec. "a, 1883.
Two ears later am perfectly well.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

CURRANT, RASPBERRY Or BLACKBERRY
JAM Pick over and mash the fruit;
allow one pound of sugar to a pound OF
fruit. Put the fruit and one quarter of
the sugar into a granite or porcelain
kettle; when boiling add another quar-
ter of sugar; boil again, add more sugar,
and when all is used, let it boil till it
hardens on the spoon in the air.
Apples. pears, peaches and ounces
should be pared, cut small and treated
in the same way. Cooking IN only a
little sugar at a time prevents the fruit
from cecoming hard.
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A cheerful face is nearly as good for
an Invalid as healthy weather.

TO KEEP THE BLOOD PURE and the
bowels we'll regulated, be careful of
your diet; do not use rum or tobacco,
and take occasional doses of VINEGAR
BITTERs. Perfect health must follow
such a course. The range of diseases
that can be relieved by the use of VINE
GAR BITTERs is literally without limit.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

A BUSINESS man 8 son had been at
college with the title of baron and a
fine fortune. AS soon as the young
baron came into possession of his prop
erty he ceased all his relations with his
comrade. Several years passed by. One
day some one said to the business man:
"How is your friend, the baron? Is he
ruined?" "I think so, for yesterday we
passed each on the boulevard and he
saIuted mei'
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15

ENGAGEMENT BRACELETS. The gold
engagement bracelet Is becoming as
popular as the engagement ring. Only
diamonds, rubies and pearls are used on
these bracelets. The old superstition
about the pearl, that 1t brings bad luck.
as a wedding gift, seems to have gone
over entirely, and o it is said that
emeralds and sapphires are the "unfor-
tunate" stones to give for bridal pres
ents, though they are highly fashiona-
BILE as gifts at any day later or to any
body else