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The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

Very open canvas, or drawn.work,
pattern wool goods are used with
smooth, close fabrics of similar ma
terlal or are made up with failIe Fran
caise or sdrah under the open goods.
Some very soft white serges with
stripes and groups of PLAIN leaves and
other figures are very desirable and
have very excellent possibilities. These
and yelling, lightweight camer's hair.
cashmere, aud various thin wool fab.
RIGS are made up with plain and fancy
velvet and a little lace. Tussore.
surah and pongee silks are also used
with velvet. One stylish suit has a
wine-brown velvet walking skirt with
wide panels of pink surah SHRED al.
most their entire length, a flounce of
Oriental lace is set diagonally across
the front, and at the back is a yery full
gathered drapery of surah. The vest.
cuffs and collars are of velvet.
The love OF glory, the fear of shame.
the design of making a fortune, theme
sire OF rendering life easy and aglA.
BILE and the humor of pulling n
other people are often the causes Of En-
yalor so celebrated among men. NE
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THEY SIMPLY sCoRN FLIES.
Fish That Weigh Seventy Pounds AMI
Swallow the Hook.

''They fish with fish lines six miles
long In WInnebago lake, Wisconsin,
and use 0 1000 hooks on every line,"
said a resident of this place who had
been out there, ''and if they don't
haul up 1000 fish every time they call
it Indifferent luck. Besides that every
fish will weigh from twenty to seventy
pounds. They are surgeons, n the
catching of them is a great business at
WInnebago lake.
Zone of the lines they fish with will
reach half way across the lake. 1t is
a rope an inch in diameter. 1t is car
ried out in the lake with boats, large
buoys being attached to 1t at intervals
to keep it on the surface. The 10000
hooks, baited with pieces of meat or
fish, are lowered to the bottom of the
lake by ''snoods' of the proper length,
which is fastened to the main line.
1t takes twenty boats, with two men
in each, to look after this big fish line.
Each boat has 1000 hooks in its
charge. The hooks are placed eighteen
inches apart, and to bait all of them
at once requires 1,C00 pounds of meat.
1t takes forty men and twenty boats
ten hours to set the line for the first
time. After that the fishermen are
constantly employed in going to and
from the line, hauling in the sturgeon
that have been caught, and rebaiting
the hooks where it is necessary.
$50 haul a seventy pound sturgeon
from the bottom of the lake is an ex-
citing piece of work, but requires more
strength than skill, as the fish always
has the hook several inches down his
throat, having sucked the bait and all
down without regard to consequences.
There is no danger of losing the fish,
unless the hook or snood breaks. When
the fish is hauled to the surface a gaff,
like a meat hook, Is thrust into the
side Of its head, and the sturgeon is
drawn into the boat and knocked in
the head with a heavy mallet, The
hook Is then cut out of the fsh's
throat, rebaited, and thrown back into
the lake. e.
1.-THE average catch of sturgeon is
one to every ten hooks. When p boat
is loaded with all the sturgeon it will
carry it is rowed ashore, where the fish
are taken in charge by helpers of the
fishermen and disposed Of. The fisher
men know the particular sections of
the line on which they work by the ar
rangement of the buoys. These are
placed ten feet apart, and every one
hundred and fftieth one is painted red.
The space between the red buoys con-
tains 1000 hooks. The sections are
numbered, and each boat has its num-
Der corresponding to the section it
fishes. While the average catch is one
to every ten hooks, it is no uncommon
thing for the fishermen to find but one
or two on an entire section of hooks.
The next section may have 800 or 400
sturgeon hooked. That is the CAPRI
cious way the fish move in schools.
'tThe Lake Winnebago sturgeon is
highly priced among the lumbermen
and others in the region. Its flesh is
finer and of better flavor than the salt
water sturgeon or Albany beef of
the Hudson river, The fish sells for 6
cents a pound at retail, fresh. Large
quantities are sailed and smoked for
use in the lumber camps
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25
OSTRICH FEATHERs.
How the Health of the Bird Affects
It's Valuable PIumcs.

Ostrich chicken feathers are useless
until they are a year old; they are rare
ly cut before. At twelve months they
are cut off. The stumps dry, and after
a few weeks the bird sheds them, or
they can be drawn out without pain
and with ease. The feathers then take
SIX months to grow before they can
again be cut. Three pluckings are OBJ
talnable In two years. time. The pro-
cess Of p,ucking continues for many
years, but it requires the greatest care
to prevent the feathers from deteri-
Grating. The feathers from the wild
bird are the longest and finest, but
rarely more than three on one bird are
sufficiently perfect to render them fit
for commerce. Hence the necessity of
the farm. A male bird turns black at
about the age of eighteen months. The
black and black-and-white feathers are
pulled from different parts of the
body; the white feathers come from
one row only in the wing; tail feathers
are never as white as those In the
wing, and are usually bleaehed for
tips" So little is known about the
habits of the ostrich that people are
surprised to find how the health of the
bird affects its feathers. In many of
the best feathers is what appears to be
a line running across the feather. This.
may be, is not caused by the packing
string being too tightly tied, but by a
days illness. So delicate are the feath-
ers and so intimately and so wonder
fully connected with the organization
of the bird that a days dyspepsia from
overlooking or undertaking will leave
this mark. a delicate bird has its
feathers more or less marked through
out. Ostriches are not camped out for
breeding until the mail bird is four and
the hen three years of age. They lay
from ten to fifteen eggs and incubate
forty-two days. The male bird IS a
pattern husband and father; if acct
dent should overtake his mate it is
most usual for HIM to continue the sit
ting, and he has frequently been
known to bring off the brood success
fully, ''mothering" them with the
greatest care until they can peck,
which is not until three days after
Matching. The nest of the ostrich is
always in the sand, and Is scratched
out by the male bird; the hen forms a
perfect wall of sand round her with
her wings before the eggs are Matched.
The ostrich knows no fear, and is a
most formidable and dangerous oppo-
nent. Their cry, which answers to
c0ck-crowing, is a deep below that can
be heard for a couple of miles, and is
called "bromming." The depression
in ostrich farming has been caused by
an oYerstocked market. Naturally
those In climates suited to the bird i'm
ported them from the Cape. When
the steed was stolen, the Cape Govern.
ment locked the stable door; but alas!
the one hundred pounds premium on
every bird exported was too late a
Measure to prevent thriving farms
growing in Australia and India, and it
is with chagrin bordering on despair
that the Cape farmers find the retail
trade cleaning the profits.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

A gas burner consuming four cubic
feet an hour produces more carbonic
acid in a given time than is evolved
from the respiration OF eight human
beings. Bear this Ia mind, you who
suffer from nervousness, that when you
have shut yourselves up in your rooms
and lighted an argand burner (whlcn
consumes about twelve cubic feet OF
gas per hour) you are to all intents ana
purposes immured with twenty-three
other persons, all taking oxygen from
the atmosphere. Is it any wonder that
after several hours exposure to the de-
PRAYED air our nerves should rebel, as
far as their weak state permits. and
that your head should ache, your hands
tremble, and that your daughters
playing on the piano almost drives you
wildP
An o~ver-heated apartment always
~enervates its occupants. 1t Is no UNI
common thing to find rooms heated In
winter by an underground furnace up
to ninety degrees, Fights and murders
are more numerous in hot than in cold
weather, and the a~rtiicially heated air
that rushes into u rooms, deprived as
it is of its unnatural moisture by the
baking 1T has undergone, is even more
productive of vicious passions,
1t is no surprising circumstance,
therefore, to End the woman who swell
ters all day in such a temperature and
adds to it at night by supertluous bed
clothing, cross and d~isagreeable from
little everyday troubles, that would
scarcely ruffle her temper if she kept
her room at sixty-6ve degrees and
opened the windows every now and
then.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25
TaeFasr
HOUSEHOLD

a pie Us tlosTrNa.-Take the white Of
o. and be, teacupful of powdered sugar,
ana r two tablespoonsfuls Of lemon
or or 9 Juice. Stir the sugar with
the egg smoothly, but do not beat the
white at all beforehand. Then add the
havoring. This does not make so much
in quantity as when the white Of
eggs is beaten to a froth first, before
adding the sugar; but that is the way
to make a hard frosting which you do
not want. The soft French frosting Is
made by a sort of cream-candy prepara-
ton. Put a pound OF white sugar in
a half pint water, and let it boil for ten
minutes, Then begin to try the mix
ture by dropping some Of 1t from q
spoon into ice-water. When it falls to
the bottom and you can take 1t up IN q
scottish ball mot sticky in your fingers,
it is at the right point. Remove 1t from
the fire to a cold place; when cool athin,
ielly-like film, not a sugaring over will
be over the surface. If it is'sugary you
must add a few spoonfuls OF water, re-
turn to the fire and boil again, trying it
in the same way. If your ball of cream
is too brittle or sugary put in a speck
Of cream of tartar. Beat with a spoon
ten minutes; the paste should then re-
semble lard, which you can work like
bread dough. This preparation will
keep for some time. For your icing
melt it by standing the bowl containing
it in a saucepan of boiling water and
stirring it until it IS like cream, Take
care that none of the water boils into
it. Flavor and color as you please,
with orange, r~ose-water, raspberry
Jelly or chocolate. Spread on the warm
cake like other icing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

NINE. X, who had Just lost her hus-
band, was receiving the CONSULTATIONS of
a lady friend.
"Comei my dearl a little reason. One
should bear up against sorrow. Take
couragei"
"Ohl do not alarm yourself, my DEAR"
groaned the widow, wiping her eyes.
''In reality l am quite resigned. But
you know my nerves-a mere nothing
upsets theml'
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

Two commercial travellers, who in
former times had often gone their
rounds together, lately met once more
on the railway.
First Traveller-''What branch are
you in now ?"
Second TT am at present in the
assurance line"
First T.-Life, fire, or hail assuran-
cesP"
Second T.-"No, not MI Of those"
First T.-"I'm going about assuring
all our creditors that they will be paid
some day."
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

SMoTHERED CHIcKEN.-When the
chicken is dressed req ly for cooking,
split in the back an place fatty in a
covered pan, with a dressing of butter,
pepper and salt, and a little flour, and
only water enough to produce a steam.
1t will very soon become tender on ac-
count OF Its smothered condition in the
oven, then leave the top Oh cover OF
your pan until your chicken is light
brown, and you will have chicken not
SO dry as a broiled one, and yet the
most delicate and tender way to cook
il.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

DRUMMER texamInIng some bags of
coffee on the sidewalk)-"You surely
do not charge 30 cents a pound for this
common grade of coffeeP' Storekeep-
er (confdentially)-'Oh, no; we just
mark it that way to keep us from being
robbed. You see, every man, woman
and child who passes grabs a handful
of coffee-beans to chew. They always
steal the highest priced, so WI have TO
impose upon them in order to protect
ourselves"
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

Gmentfo Cast IrOn.-Take two parts
of lest sulphur and one part, by weight,
of fine black lead; put the sulphur in an
iron kettle, holding 1t over the fire I'M
til it melts, then add the lead, stir well
until it is thoroughly mixed and melted.
Pour out on an iron plate, or smooth
stone, and let 1t remain until cool, care
being taken not to jar it while cooling.
A sufficient quantity OF this compound
being placed upon the track, it can be
soldered by using a red hot iron in the
same n that a tinsmith uses a
soldering copper. If there is a hole In
the kettle, drive a rivet in it and solder
over with this cement. If the cement
is wanted to mend a stove. the follow
ing is a good receipt: Take one part
powdered sulphur, two parts sal-ammo-
MAC, eight parts clean, powdered iron
turnings. Add water sufficient to make
into a thick paste which should be
pressed into the holes or seams to be
filled up. The ingredients composing
this cement should be kept separate,
and not mixed until wanted for use.
1t is to he applied cold, and the article
should not be used for two or three
days after mending.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25
AM Editor,. rastimonial.

A. M. Vaughan, Editor of the "Green-
witch Review" Green witch, O., writes
"Last January l met with a very severe
accident, caused by a runaway horse j
used almost every kind of salve to heal the
wounds, which turned to running sores,
but found nothing TODD me any good till
recommended HENRY'S CARBOLIC
SALVE. l bought a box, and 1t helped
me at once. and at the end of two months !
was completely well. 1t Is the best salve
in the market, aud I never fail Of telling
my friends about it, and urge them to use
it whenever In need,
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

SPONGE PUDDING.-Beat the yolks
OF eight eggs very light, then add five
heaping tablespoonfuls of sifted flour,
and beat hard until very light, add a
quart of milk and mix well, last OF all
add the whites after they have been
beaten until you can turn them upside
down without splitting. Put immedi-
ately into a buttered cake pan and bake
one hour. The Sauce-Cream together
butter the size of an egg. a tablespoon,
full of rich cream, and some grated
nutmeg, stiffen it with sugar until you
can cut it with a knife.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

CIDER Cur is asked for. Take a quart
of cider, one-half pound of lump sugar,
a tablespoonful of any sharp marmal.
ade or jelly; let it stand, and then strain
1t off; add a bottle of soda water and
the flowers of the borage. Ask at the
herb shops for these if the market
stands or druggists cannot supply them.
The old saying is that they give cour-
age.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

CAsH-''Say, Hardup, when are you
going to pay me that $40 you w meP"
Hardup-"Just as soon as l can"
Cash-"Well, if that is not pretty
quick, l will have to sue you"
Hardup (carelessly) what good
will that do your"
Cash-''It will get me the money
Hardup (con6dentIally)-"Say, you
just sue me for. $50, won't you, and then
give me the o.her STOP"
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

Mammals MUFFNs.-Three cups OF
prepared flour. one cup (evenl of white
cornmeal, a quart of lukewarm milk,
four eggs, half a teaspoonful of salt,one
tablespoonful of lard and one OF sugar,
stirred with the warm milk. Beat the
eggs light, add the milk, lard and sugar;
slit salt, meal and flour together twice
and put in last. Beat hard and bake
in muffin tins.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

BOBBY came into the house sobbing
and told his mother that Tommy White
had kicked him.
"Well. Tommy White Is a very bad
boy" said Tommy's mother. giving
him a large piece of cake. "you didn't
kick him back. did your"
NO." replied Bobby, between bites,
81 kicked him first"
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

SADIE-'My dear, 1 am surprised to
see you so frequently with that Mr..
Auburn Lock; he has such frightfully
red hair" Mamie-"Well, he's a
very pleasant fellow, and real wealthy,
too" Sadie--"I know. dear; but red
is so frightfully unbecoming to you
with your complexion, you know"
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25
Cream Balm
ELY's

I Uds cured before
the second bottle Of
Ely's Cream Balm
tpds exhausted. IUds
troubled NTH chronic
catdrrh, gathering IN
head, difficulty in
breathing and dis
charges from my cars.
&C. j. COrbin, 923
Chestnut St, PhiLd.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

Silver,oare may be readily tested by a
solution of bichromate of potash m
part in six parts OF nitric acid and two
parts of water. Apply to the to
be tested, previously rubbing a file
ove some obscure part of the surface.
II the article is pure silver a clean,
blood-red mark will be left; less deep
and lively the lower the quality. On
platinum the test will have NO action;
on German silver a fine brown mark
appears, removable with a sponge and
cold wa er; on Britannia metal a black
mark appears; on other metals a result
follows wholly different to that on
silver.
Diseases OF the eye are to be cured
with tbr elbow.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

A SANDY loan is rich in vegetable
matter and is one of the Best and most
productive soils we have. The great
trouble with most sandy soils is their
lack of vegetable matter ; they contain
nothing to absorb and retain moisture
and are consequently dry, ar Al their
natural state barren. They bear only
shrubs and brushes which serve to shade
the soil /; otherwise even these would
dry up and wither away. In imitation
of nature clover is the most profitable
crop for such soils.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

IN setting out young trees the holes
should be wide in order to allow of the
use of a liberal supply of well rotted
compost. and also for the reason that
the roots will become thick and strong
somewhat o than by using a mar
row deep hole.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

MILK broths are great favorlteS, and
are the best of food for young, grow
ing children. Milk broth proper is
made of pearl barley and new or
SKINNED milk, with sugar to taste.
This is the way: A piece of fresh but
ter, the size Of a walnut, is put into
the broth pan and allowed to melt; then
the pan is turned about so that the
oiled butter will run all over the bot
tom. This is done as a preventive
against the barley sticking to the bot
tom. A quarter pound OF washed
pearl barley is put In with three quarts
of milk. This is placed on a gentle
fire and allowed to boil. 1t IS now
drawn to the side and simmered very
gently for three hours, being stirred
occasionally to prevent the barley from
sticking to the bottom and getting
'singed.n Before serving, add sugar
to taste.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

When you visit or cave New York City, Save
baggage expressage and s. carriage Hire, and stop
sithe Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Cen
tral Depot
COO elegant rooms, fitted mp at a cost OF one
million dollars, 81 and upwards per
day, European Plan. Elevator. Restaurant
supplied with thu best. Horse cars, stages aud
elevated railroad TO all depota Families can i've
better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel
than at any other nrst-class hotel In the cltT,
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

SMITH at the circus -"Never too old
for the circus; eh, Brown9"
Brown-"I didn't care anything
about it myself, but somebody had to
come with the boy"
Smith-"Is that your boyr"
Brown-"Well-er-no; my boy was
taken sick at the last moment, poor
little chap, and so l brought a neigh
boris. All, me! We were all young
once, Smith,"
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

PICNIC EGGs.-Boll eggs hard, as
many as desired; remove the yolks care-
fully and chop them with some Cold
boiled ham, veal, chicken or other ten
der meat, adding a few bread crumbs
and a little milk to moisten, and fill the
cavity In the eggs with this mixture
and press together; roll in eggs and
crumbs, place in a frying basket and
plunge into boiling fat for three min
utes, to brown.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

JUDGE-"well, Sir. did you black
McGinty's eye last night?" Prisoner
Your honor, it was all a mistake.
L had heard of the faith cure, and
thought I'd try the laying On of hands:
| may have laid 'em on too hard. L
know the experiment was a failure"
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

AMONG the replies to an advertise
ment Of a musical committee for "a
candidate as organists. music teacher, y
etc., was the following one: Gentlemen,
| noticed your advertisement for an or
ganist and music teacher. either lady or
gentleman. Having been both for sew
eral years, / offer you my services"
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

MISS EMmY-"Where is your regi-
ment at present, Mr.. Youngp"
Mr.. Young-"We are still in Statt
o,so. I'm sorry to say"
Miss E~mily-"Oh, indeedl is that far
from Bar HarborP'
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

SHEEP.-The surest way to ascer-
tain the age of sheep Is by their front
teeth. They are eight in number and
appear the first year all Of n size.
The next year the two middle teeth fall
out, and in their stead grow two large
ones. The third year a smaller tooth
appears on each side of the two large
ones. During the next, or fourth
year., there are six large teeth. In the
fifth year all of the front teeth are
large. After that the only way to de.
termine the age of sheep Is by the worn
appearance of the teeth.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

BAKED PRUNEs.-One.half pound
of prunes stewed and sweetened; put
them on a small meat dish without any
of the liquor as soon as they are cold,
make a meringue with the whites OF
FIVE eggs beaten until they stand alone,
then beat in one spoonful at a time I'M
til you have beaten in six or OF seven
tablespoonfuls of pulverized sugar,
flavor with vanilla spread over the top
of the prunes, and set in a very hot
oven only to brown the top. When
cold eat with cream.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

ToREMoyEGREAsE FROM KITCHEN
FLooRs.-Have ready soft soap, some
hot water, rain water is best and a hot
fat-iron. Rub the spots Of grease
well with the soft soap aud let it stand
a few minutes, and then iron with the
hot iron, being sur not to miss any
part OF it, and then wash thoroughly
with the hot water. To set the iron for
a minute in hot water will cleanse it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

AN experienced farmer warns others
against giving cotton-seed meal to
breeding cows or to young stock of any
kind. 1t is very difficult to digest, and
fed TO cows often causes abortion. Great
care must be used in getting animals
accustomed to this food, wluch cannot
be fed in large quantities, ever to stock
accustomed to it. Young calves fed
even en- a little have been killed by it.
Linseed-oil meal is 10 cheap enough,
and with Northern farmers will contin-
ue to have the preference.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

MELoNs.-An varieties of the cante-
lope family, musk and nutmeg melons,
are welcome to the summer breakfast
table; cut each in half lengthwise, scoop
out the seeds, put a lump of ice in the
hollows thus made and send to table.
They are eaten by southerners with
pepper and salt, at the north with
sugar. Give your guests their choice
of condiments.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

AN old man.of-war sailor, who had
lost a leg in the service of his country,
became a retailer of peanuts. He said
he was obliged to be a retailer, because
having lost a leg, he could not be a
whole sailor,
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

Every day adds to the great amount of evidence
as to the curative powers of Holds Sarsaparula.
1t Is unequalled for general debility, and as a
blood purifier, e~xpelling every trace of scrofula or
other lmpuriy. Now Is the time to take 1t. Sold
nv all druggists.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

SPIcED CURRANTs.-Five pounds
of ~currants, four pounds of brown
sugar, two tablespoons each OF ground
cloves and cinnamon, and n pint OF
best vinegar. Boil two hours or until
quite thick.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

Gray hair, however caused, is restored to
its original color by Halls Hair Reviewer.
Persons suffering from Ague oflong stand
ing will find a specific in Ayers Ague Cure.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25

NORTHUMBERLAND what kind of
trimmings will you have on the cas-
ket?" Widow-"None whatever, a
plain casket. 1t was trimmin's that
killed him." U-"What ?" w.
''Yes. Delirium trimmins."