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The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-30
Old Dobbin's Feast.

1t was a patient, care-worn horse,
whose general air suggested disgust
with men and things. that stood
hltehed to a substantial locking phae-
ton on Wabash avenue. In a few
moments his somnolent reflections
were pleasantly disturbed by a hand
full OF sweet grass held to his mouth.
Three little girls, the youngest a little
fodder of five and the eldest proba
bly, not more than eight, came romp-
ing along. They spied the steady
looking old horse, determined to give
him a treat, and all three were soon
busy digging their tiny hands INTO the
sod and thrusting the long fresh
grass into his nose and mouth.
AT first the smallest feared to put
her hands so near his mouth. and
would pass the grass to n of she
others and then stand back and de-
lightedly watch the proceeding. Un-
accustomed to such marked attention,
and as though entering into the spirit
of the thing, the old horse grew rest
less and nervous, now and then paw
ing and backing and going forward to
the end of the hitching-strap. Fin
ally the little lady of five years
plucked a handful of grass and marched
boldly up herself to be the giver. The
horse had gone forward a little, and
as she reached toward him from the
curb the little woman in her eager
nervousness lost her balance and fell,
a heap of tiny, dainty skirts, almost
under the old horses feet.
A second more his hard, paving feet
would have killed the little creature.
But the old horse never paved after
the little lady fell. Pausing a moment
the horse seemed to carefully consider
the matter, and when the litti5 girls
companions had run screaming for
help he carefully stepped backward with
every foot lifted clear of the child, and
stopped at the length Of his hitching-
strap, the body of the little n just in
front of him. She had not yet uttered
a sound, but now she she looked up,
saw the horses head above her, and,
slowly rising, she put out her hand,
and giving him a gentle pat on his ve!-
vety nose, ran off after he companions,
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A MONKEY ACTS AS wATCHMAN.
An African Railroads. Ape Earns q
Salary for his Crippled Master.

Two years ago when l was in
South Africa for a New York firm of
exporters / was informed that eight
miles up the railroad, which runs
from Capetown north, there was a
trained ape which acted as a switch
man and drew a regular salary for
his master.
OF course I believed the story to be
a canard, but felt that it was worth
lille investigating, l stopped at a
j le station on the railroad in Cape
Colony and was directed to a small
switch house, 200 yards up the track
from the place where the train had
stopped. The switch tender was sit
ting outside the door in IN arm chair, and
by his side stood, or rather c%rouched,
an enormous African ape, which was
fully five feet high when erect.
AS the switch tender arose to answer
my inquiry / noticed that he was arm
less. 1 asked him whether it was true
that his ape performed the duties of
switchman and was told to watch for
five minutes and see for myself. A
few minutes later the rumbling noise
of an approaching train was heard. AS
the noise increased the ape jumped
from his crouching position and accom'
panied the switchman to the place
where the white arm of the switch
stood thrown to the left.
At a signal from the switchman the
ape jumped forward, seized the key,
unlocked the paddock, which held the
switch In position, and grasping the
lever with his muscular arm threw it
to the right. The train dashed over
the switch to the side track of the sta
ton, and IN a second the switch was
thrown back into position, and the ape
again took his seat by his master to
wait for further orders.
1t was certainly a wonderful per-
Torrance, and l would not believe it
unless / had seen 1t. The man In
formed me that he had lost his arms in
a railroad accident while employed by
the company as a switch tender. Dur
ing the five years previous to the acct
dent he had trained the ape more as a
matter of recre alton and to employ his
leisure time while stationed at that
lonely outpost of the Capetown rail
way.
The work of amusement turned him
in good stead when he vas able to sat
isfy the company that without arms he
could as fully protect its interests as
when he was in possession Of those
limbs. For more than two years the
ape had performed the duties of switch
man, and had never made a mistake.
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Equal to the Emergency.

I was going along the road away ont
the other day at a place where an or
chard adjoins a grove, and / happened
to see a policeman peerng warily into
the trees.
"What Is itp'' said I.
"Look In there behind that WALL"
said he.
| did, and there was a boy, about II
years old, barefooted, with a tuft of
hair sticking out through a hole In his
hat, pegging stones into a pear tree and
knocking down pears. The policeman
worked his way in through the trees
and jumped on the boy before he saw
either one of us.
"Ahai" SAID the policeman; "I'ye
caught you at i'll"
Caught me at what?" said the boy.
~"Stealing pears"
Observation-Disclosures pearsl' said
the boy, in great astonishment. 81
haint been stealin' no pearsi"
"Haint, ehl Then what are you
doing with these here In your pocketsP'
The boys trousers
stuffed out on both g
"Oh. these said
'em layin' round
and | was firm
where they belle
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Had But Known.

Had I but known that nothing Is undone
From rising until rising Of tho SUM-,
That fulLhedged words fly of beyond
our reach,
That not a deed brought forth to life dies
ever,
Iwouid have measured out and weighed
my speech:
To bear good deeds had been my sole en-
deavor,
Had 1 but known.
Had I but known how swiftly speed away
The living hours that make the living day.
That It's above delays SO dangerous
slough
rs hung the Turing wisp-light OF tomorrow,
/ would have seized times evanescent
Nowi
would be spared this ~unavailing sorrow,
Had 1 but knownt
dad 1 but known to dread the dreadful
fire
That lay in ambush at my hearts desire,
Wherefrom it sFrang and snIote my
naked hand
And left a mark forever to remain,
/ would not bear the fires ignoble brand;
I would have weighed the pleasure with
the pain
Had 1 but knowni
Had l but known we never can repeat
Life's spring-time freshness or its summer
heat,
Nor gathered second harvest from life's
field,
Nor aged winter change to youthful
spring,
To me life's flowers their honey all
would yield;
[ would not feel one wasted moments
sting,
Had 1 but knowni
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Mineral Water Baths.

AS far as l know, anew uS9 has been
discovered for settler water. 1t is to
battle in. The real luxurious tip for a
morning bath is, my friend Snobson
assures me, a carbonic bath. 1t is so
delightfully."- braclng and stimulating,
''don't chew know" 1t ought to be.
But there is nothing so very wonderful
in the use of mineral water baths. Al
most all the German mineral waters
now SO popular were originally utilized
for bathing. EPSON and Glauber salt
baths, too, are prescribed in Europe, In
the belief that they have a purgative
effect taken externally as we'll as inter-
nally. Carlsbad was originally a bath.
1t was only when science took the mat
ter in hand that its waters were adap-
ted to table uses. The same is true Of
Vichy, Kissingen, and / don't remem-
Der how many others. Even now, WIS.,
itors at the springs battle in as well as
drink of them.
Amuch more curious and common bath
than mineral water, now popular here,
is of goats milk. I don't Know what
virtue 1t has or is supposed to have, but
it Is coming into extensive vogue as an
accessory Of metropolitan luxury. The
histories tell US how the SIRENS of III
Gent Rome laved their white forms In
ass milk. and fought age off till they
were great-grandmothers by this charm.
Do our own Messallnas find the process
useful, | wonderp The tribe of DON
keys has been unusually increased
among us of late, l notice. Ordinary
milk bath are also not unknown, the
physicians assure me, and starch baths
and bran baths are said to have a
favorable effect upon the skin. These
latter are prescribed for certain skin
diseases, but are of use ven when the
skin is sound. Wise men and women
who can not go to battle in the sea
throw a handful or two Of rock salt in
the household bath and enjoy a first
class Imitation of the orlginal-quite as
good, indeed, as the so.called sea salts
procure. If any one wants to CON-
pound a close approach to Coney island
for domestic use, a scientific friend of
mine prescribes a cupful of common
salt mixed with a dose Of Epson salt
and a tablespoonful of sulphate of lime
to half a bath-tub of water. These are
the principal ingredients of sea water,
aud those chiefly active in rendering its
effects ~salutary.
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Life at q German bath begins early
at 6 a. N. or Z a. m. at latest, the ma
jority of health seekers walk down to
the Homburg wells to take their pre-
scribed quantity of water. The scene
then in this charming valley Is interest
ing and lively. The long alley leading
from the Kaiser to the Elizabeth spring
is thronged with people of every age
and nationality, all slowly paTading up
and down, listening to the music of
an excellent band near the principal
well, thus shortening the intervals ne
cessary between the single doses Of
water. At 8 O'Clock the environs of
the springs are nearly empty; every one
has hurried home for breakfast. After
a pause of pleasant rest the remainder
of the forenoon is generally employed
in the use of the baths, which are
crowded, often o~Yercrowded, in fact,
from IL to /, at which time lunch again
empties the streets and calls visitors to
the different hotels and restaurants.
The afternoon is employed in differ
ent ways. English visitors flock in
large numbers to the lawn tennis
grounds, one of the finest in Germany,
splendidly situated in the middle of the
park, and carefully kept in order by
the administration. Others prefer ex-
cursions to the mountains, where there
is much to interest and amuse, and 10
one will omit a visit to the runs of the
Saalburg, an ancient Roman ''castel-
lum.n Between 4 and 5 O'Clock the
n~eighborhood of the springs again
grows lively; many patients now TAXI
their afternoon dose of water, and
now, Just as the Elizabeth well was
the most frequented In the early
morning, the greater number of Wis
itoTs are gathered around the Lud-
wigsbrunnen, or the iron waters, the
Luisen and Stahlbrunnen.
After dinner, which takes place gen.
orally at 6 or $50, the kursaal- forms the
center of attraction. 1t is a splendid
building, the survival of days when
the demon of play held high revels in
its gilded chambers, all of which are
spacious, the dining room especially,
which Is remarkable not only by Its
size, but for the artistic and tasteful
decoration. Music eniiyens the scene;
there are constant performances by
military bands in the kursaal gardens,
or, If the weather is unpropitious, IN
the concert rooms. Balls and dances
are of frequent occurrence. an opera
company gives special performances in
the theatre, and all but the complain
ing chronic invalid may be as joyous as
they please. Only the hours are early;
at IL or soon afterward, certainly be-
fore midnight, all Homburg has retired
TO rest.
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Origin of slantlng Roofs.

10 find the source from which the
European nations have derived the art
of building in stone we must look to
the land OF the Pharaohs. From Egypt
the craft passed to Greece, and from
the Greeks it was taken up by the
Romans, to be by them disseminated
through the north and west of Europe
in the process of colonization. The
similarity, in regard to the construe-
tive parts of the ancient Greek build
ings to some of those found in Egypt
of older date affords strong conirma-
ton of the tradition that the Greeks
borrowed the art from the Egyptians.
The Greeks, however. in adopting it
added a new feature, the pedlment, and
the reason for this addition is easy to
find. Egypt is practically rainless. All
the protection from The climate re-
quired in a palace or temple in such a
country is shelter from the u by day
and from the cold by night, and for
this a Iat roof supported by walls or
pillars with architraves is quite suf-
ficient, but when, as in all European
countries, rain has to be taken into &C
count, a slanting roof becomes a neces-
sity. The Greeks, with their eye for
symmetry, provided for this by forming
the roof with a central ridge at an OBJ.
fuse angle, rrom whichit sloped down
equally on either side. The triangular
space thus formed at the end of the
building above the architrave was oc-
cupled by the pediment, and this part
of the facade, which owed its birth to
the exigencies of climate, was hence
forN ~agarded as 50 essential to the
ALI ~'aness of the work that
al were to- be
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PENIS GROVE, N. j., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 30. 1886.

you a photograph that l bought at
a shop. 1t was scandalous, but did.
Rosalinda, to mention the lady for the
last time, / do assure you, that Rosa
linda is a myth pure and simple.
And Emily forgave him when he told
her the whole story. She and Septimus
were married the following Christmas,
and they have a charming house in
Brickbury. Septimus still wears a vel
vet coat in the evenings, but he has
dropped his airs and graces, and is the
most devoted husband in the world,
while his sweet.tempered wife treats
him with the profoundest respect. and
never has so much as referred to Rosa
linda since their wedding day.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-30
All kinds of building material con
stantly on hand.
South Penn's Grove.

Let it rest. ALL how many hearts
on the brink of anxiety and disquietude
by this simple sentence have been made
calm and happy. Some proceeding has
wounded us by its want of tact; let 1t
rest; no one Will think of it again. A
harsh or unjust sentence irritates us;
let 1t rest; whoever may have given
vent to it will be pleased to see it IS for
gotten. A painful scandal is about to
estrange us from our friend; let it rest,
and thus preserve our charity.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-30

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for C~astoriA,
When she became Miss, she elung to C~astoria'
hen she had Children, she gave them castoria
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-20


sr. Lore, NO.. MAY - -Cnttie--nectlpi
lVp; ehh.fnoA,~ &c, lnRrsot nctirc and :
shnao lower On heavy chipping; good, ilehl
end medium weights steady and unchanged
to rood s. Caas SO. colnrpon 81 tDlit 50
butchers steers q 5oQs q cows and heifer,
81 5o1f % slocktrs anf fecdcis a. cOaf -
hoga--ikccvlpIe gnl; trarAni actiyo and q,
aha
KANSAS Cnl. Mo May p.--rne live stocA
Indicator reports; Vaitlu-- accepts aast ship-
mente noihlugi market eiow and hfflOo lower
% shipping gtades, butchers stuff ia riy active
% low "a; thoiceto taacy s. oaoa fhlr to good
- leHa %, common 10 medium s. otst 50,
40 kers s. aQdf 40, cows " Ue63 - hogs--
Net &c lower except Tor few choice lois: bulk
sales showed 81 S0aa s.. range 81 5Od4 ~.
sheep k,ceipts 25, shipments none. Hrm.
choice mnstons = ssat ~. common to medium
So oOaN CO.
CBicAco, lit. May ip.--rhe provers' Jour,
nal reportss CAttle-Rocehis 1900, shipments
ms; market slow and IA lower, closing ~tory
WEAK shipping steers pal 10 le@, pounds, 81 So
" %; etockors and cdora. 81 0Od4 -; cows,
bulls and mixed, - OOaA Is bnlk. 81 loa
30; througn Te "a cattle, s. 75al gS Hogs--
Receipts, geo. strong carly averaging a shado
lower - I1ai 30 sheep Receipts llOOs ship,
mrnis none, market eifone And thadc higher;
natives, s. 1908 90; shorn, s..
NEw NoRK, May 10. -Booyes-Itcceipts lto
car loads, All for the market, With ~ carloads
besides that arrived late on Monday al a re-
duction OF ledlhc from current rAtcs Of Mon
day; rauing tair and latest transactions were
best for selling interest; few choice Steers snlj
az ~ toc1 30, and some OF the worst ut s. laG
q ~. but - S5oH 30 was common selling range,
bulls went al 81 0Nsri toS generally sheep
Receipts SOC steadier aud iirnler ~ s. - ior
clipped sheep, ~ eOd ~ Tor clipped ycAriings,
ana s. 0lalb 80 for spring iainhs unshOff
sheep and ycarluys not uuot shtc,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-20

capitalists, the rich ana the poor.p There
Is no natural hostility between them. hpt
there Is an unnatural diversity OF inter.
est-unnatural because artificial and tho
product Of vicious class legislation.
But while denounce that system do
not abuse the beneiciaries If apr has
not the discrimination and conprehen-
sion 10 understand language and make
the distinctions 1t Is not my fault.
Finally, "B" prescribes "a certain
cure" for all the social Ills. "Close the
saloons and open more schoelsu Ia. he
tells US, sure to remedy the whole
trouble. How is this, "B''? DENY that
ignorance of the voters Is the canse n,
strikes and "hard tlmes,r and Wei Won
now desire to educate them. II thew arc
not Ignorant they do not need education
What logician Is 3d."
Ait gether OBS" production is unique
y literary mosaic suggesting a genius
OF the highest disorder. He afirms
proposition in one paragraph and denies
II In the next with amazing facility.
lie takes both sides OF the same question
with dextrous grace. He abuses me In
the opening for asserting certain propo-
sltlon, and closes by virtually indorsing Il.
He denies that ignorance OF the voters is
the disease, Yet recommends education as
the panacea. "Sam, did Bill knock you
down." was asked of a conceted party
TO personal encounter. "Noln indig-
nantly replied Sam, 81 got up again.
On par with Sans explanation is BIS
reasoning He Indignantly denies that
ignorance OF the voters is the cause Of
our industrial and political evils, but yet
preecribes education as the remedy. b
stands for billlngsgate, but not for logic.
More schools are certainly needed; one
can readily recognize the necessity in
reading BIS literary effort. Schools that
VIII develop common sense aud eliminate
unreasoning preiudices. Remember, in
the words of the Duchess D'Aubrauntes,
"Prejudlce squlnts when 1t looks and lies
when 1t talksn NJ, J. NOLAN.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-20
GENERAL mARKEis.
PRODUCE ana Provisions

KANSAS CITY, MO-, May l9.-Wheat I'M
settled No. 2 req cash ~ May ~ hstel, juno
81; July ~. Corn quiet 80 :, cnsh ~ no
june IIa bid ostr nominal; cash 25ss Did.
-. LOuIs, MO-, May 10 rluuf urn ana
UNCHANGED Wheat active and about steady
opened asy and declined 1nHc, Dnt ihIlivu
mad advanced to btrrdAy'H close igil ON sinai
fractions later and closed steady At y erday,s
ngurea, 40 red cash lie; May nc June
liA@Isc, losing HNci SsS VIZ s
i14c, closing 1879; Az Aug gus AM, ,o II
nrm ana nc higher; No 2 mixed cash, Sc
May 33c; jane 1jA aSt'sci closing eo't u ., d
July 54c. oats very duil aAd lower 10 .i i
cash 29a 19gsc; May gyc; July 2flc nid; Iyr ra,
meal urn at ST IS. Whisky arm at III ~ Mool
stcady medium coating liatsci .omD, ~ Ky a
Pie, low anu coarse lidls9j nne iieht A9a+Vs !
heavy l4a lis. Prov isionR uuli and easy except
nsron. which is hrtlyc nnd firm. Pork weak AZ
So Is, Lard oasy al IS 10 bulk meats sasS
loose lots long clear SlSpi short Iive " ~,
snort clear S. IS, boxed lots l0Ds elea ,, ~
s,,ort fibg SO 40: snort clear s. ~. bacon iopB
eisar IS ~ mort ribs s. y0a6 o. 'horl clear
"a O1 Hams 81 GOGll IS Afternoon board
N hoai irm; haAc higher. Corn weak $3.50
low, 49, NAV ig-Flour easy but not
,,nnlably lover heat, fair demand an gen
orally ioysr; MAJ III. $3.50, cioi INV AZ y
s7i4c ninssa Isl Zee Corn ruled stronger but
n ccded and closed at csIerday nsuteEi Sasn
s55sGS6s. M.iy S1'ta@'e, sloSeI 5 q ~
ciossd N 4 l6c PORK Irregular Press &c ee
eiines aisc, cl,sed steady; casa Y es.s ~.
lime closed s 6OGlG 21lf suly cigrea e. iol
IVY s5, lard .asier; gsfia5c lower cash and
lime s. 91Hnb IS; Jny closed 20 yyao VS.
enoft-rib kldes steady chsh $3.50 4, IL IL
EnSsl meafr steady dry saltsd thouileIs D *. 40
- Js Fn,rt cirai s. 1oaSs ~, Afternoon
a. - xSi'eat easy. June 75kc. Corn stendy ,
g jons "a 4, pork IS 778s Land y ~. 49,
ShM 80 'loner: choice 81 g0a5lc; fancy
y o6sfss; extra fancy s. s9ss * sllnn eSS,
my e -, ~, DE- white fg4l7e; yellow Al&aoc.
lard, refined fierce s. So BUN ms ss sh S,n
mr. uen., shsuideTs 81 so; long clear Y eol clear
rib 81 isN Hams, 3 oesslg 70 N.Y. fI,s ;,,
~ "a onrhauRed Coffee etTor and higher NV
csr,' - of common 10 pfiiae q 49, " ~,
dnis; 3aaNe. Cotton eeed Pfyaa0's' , 1s dnii
and drdoping; open ke.tls seoS Se;, % 0 fay
y 80. centrifugal choice Waite 49,
On white, s4eE choice ysllew, clsrIsea ~
n1sc Msiasses dull and n1teinal OPT ny hss-
he. good prime 70 sicuy pIl.ne' M ~ w
~els urine TO strictly prime. io-.
s ss,n.gs New YORK sight, l,W premium
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-20

Sr. LOUIS, Mo-, May ls.-on iniorma-
ton received at police headquarters late
tonight the authorities have called In all
their police reserve and taken a large
number OF the patrolmen from the
downtown district and sent ABOUT
one hundred men each 10 the brew
ery of Joseph Schneider on Chonteau
avenue, between Missouri and Mississippi
avenues, aud to that of Charles Steliei'
on the corner Of Fourteenth and Mu-
lapphy streets, to guard them against on
unprecedented assault, The precise reason
OF the movement by the ponce
Is not known outside OF ihelr
circles AZ this writing, but there
is some sort Of trouble not clearly Under,
stood between Messrs. Schneider ana
sElefel and their employees, and threats
are ssid.to have been made or intlIna,
lions thrown out that there Is to De. a
demonstration of some kind made aeS \ -.
Inc brewers tonight, and the police nave
been sent TO them as precautionary
measure.
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a New I.nterpri.r.

Tho undersigned respectfully informs
the public that they have just established
"a this city, at Fifih ana ThrocgDorton
streets, new laundry, Tepletc Ia every
department The Ipasihinery il Of the
best aud most expensive pattern, aud all
OF the latest improvements are Ia opera
ton. We guarantee washing 10 DC done
without the least injury, and Ia prompt,
thorough and systematic manser. We
bring into abe business several years ex-
pcrience Ut Mobiie,e Ala, We employ
mons bat experienced and reliable ein.
ploye s, ana the laundry Will b. eVnductes'
strictly on business principles, aud sltss-
faction given IN every particular. TsA
laundry Is not q laundry IN name only,
but nrst-class enterprise IN ali the term
implies. Goods sent for and promptly
delivered rs per contract. Prices very
reasonable. THIS new laundry viii be
ready Tor business on Monday the 2ltf
inst Respectfully,
TRoY STKAM LAUNDRY.