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The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

TIE desire TO win a dollar or two 8
as strong In the belle whose allowance
of pin money is a hundred a month as
10 one to whom the loss or gain of a
triAe is Of consequence. A tough old
cIubman, notably a stickler for exaeti.
tude in his play, was brought the other
night into direct a%ntagonism with a be-
w~itchingly beautiful maiden. He held
three kings; she had cards, which, &c.
cording to Hoyle, couldn't have won
the pot or anywhere near it, and yet he
pushed the chips over to her after a
moments hesitation.
t.What under heaven did you do that
forPr a friend who saw 10th hands af-
forwards asked.
"Her two pair beat my three of a
kind - he replied.
''But she didn't have two pairs"
"Oh, yes she did-a pair Of aces In
her hand and a pair Of eyes in her head
.--blue ones with tears in them. They'd
beat a royal flush if l held it."
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

"A costume for a little girl of 9
years is of etamine, striped with gold
color and dark blue. The skirt is kilt
plated, and the long coat bodice, trim
med with gold buttons, opens over Il
long, full ~plastron of cream-colored
surah. A broad sash of etamine Is
tied at the back, the long loop and ends
reaching nearly to the bottom of the
skirt. A dress for a little girl less
than 10 years of age is made of pale
blue batlste, striped with red and old
pink. 1t is made IN polonalse ia 'hion,
with a wide scarf of the batlste about
the hips. The skirt is trimmed with a
broad flounce of white. embroidered
with blue and red. Narrower en-
broidery forms a shoulder cape and IS
carried dIagenaIly down the front on
one side and straight on the other, and
is finished by a knot and ends of red
ribbon.
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A First-C Glass Mascot.

you may not loan me a cent, but
you can't keep me hungry" said the
Il can rise above ci-cumstan'
ces, 1 can. Do you see this?" He
drew from his pocket u thing which
looked like a rag with a button sewed
on it. 1t had evidently been a part of
blouse or pair of overall's.
There is several years board in that.
| call 1t my mascot. Talk about your
philosophers stone. This lays over
everything.
You tell me how, and l will loan
you 10 cents"
"Go yer. It's this way. There are
about 800 restaurants in Chicago. Some
are a little too heightened, but the ma
iority 90. Some are 5-centers, but there
are about $50 that cares for tn ir repu-
tatlons. work this way; | goes in and
orders up a square. No. q for 3, punch
when you eat,' for me, | gets my
square. l eats it. | orders up a plate
of corn beef hash, or something soft. l
worries the most of it down. | slips
my mascot into the fodder. Then |
harpoons it with IA fork and holds 1t up
TO public gaze. l gets very indignant.
| calls for the head waiter and
hammers the table with my fist. l gets
everybody looking on and L asks tn
head waiter what he calls that. Is that
the stuff he feeds his guests onP l gets
sarcastic and asks where is the rest oil
the Oyeralls-seeing as they are given
clothes with every plate of hash. Then
they apologies. roar some more, and
start for the door. If they ever suggest
pay talks LIQUIDS, and wants to know
how much nerve they have got to ask
pay for poisoning people with blue
aans and brass buttons. But they
hardly ever talks pay. They are 50
anxious TO get me shut up and out OF
there that they are glad to see me go at
any sacrifice. That's the whole bust
ness. 1t works elegant. Don't give il
away, for don't want every common
tramp to get to working it. Gimme
that 10 cents. So long,
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

Professor G. Il. Bells iuvestip ations
Into the influence OF musical notes and
noises upon jets of wafer or of gas have
as yet a theoretical, rather than a prae-
teal, importance; but, as In many other
cases, these apparently useless discover
les may prove to be tie beginning of ex.
tremely important and valuable inyen-
tons. lie finds that a burning gas let
is sensitive TO verbs spoken near it, and
can be made to repeat them as plainly
as a telephone. Similarly, a jet of wa
ter is thrown into peculiar undulauons
by various sounds, which can be photo
graphed, and thus preserved for refer.
ence. The researches are not yet com
pleted; but they have been seized
upon by various newspaper reporters,
who have made them the basis of some
ludlcrouSly sensational articles, in
which 1t is stated that the words OF any
person may be received on a strm OF
water, aud preserved for an IN nit
time for future reproduction, side
many other a~bsurdlties.
The fact that there can be no pool
selling is what deteTs the New York
Driving Club from holding a fall trot-
ting meeting.
between heats OF the Ohio Stallion
race at the Cleveland meeting, W. j.
iOrdon's four-m.haud team, consisting
Vt Nobby and William H., leaders, and
Nambrino Sparkle and Clemmie G.,
S~heelerS, was driven a mile by Mlllard
Sanders in 2.32.
One half of the misery of human life
comes from the imagination, and hal
OF the other half may be overcome by /
strong will, and the whole Of IT b,
faith.
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LAFAYETTE.
after the destruction II u
Eamous French Prison in 1883.

dltbI JIG utoOi uCbAOA VI thO
famous French Prison in 17o9.
The key is of iron, a foot long, very
heavy, and similar to those that used to
throw the bolts in the calabaoses Of the
south during the days of slavery. a
cross piece at the handle end enables it
to be gripped firmly, and it is capable
of being made a terrible weapon.
With it in his hand a muscular turn
key, making the bloody rounds of the
prison In advance of the executioner,.
might have cheated the gulllotine OF
its victims. A single well-directed
blow m each case would have de-
spatched them all. There accompanied
this relic, the gift also by Lafayette to
General Washington, a model of the
Bastile, made out Of a stone taken
from the %forbidding old pile. 1t is
about two feet long and q foot high.
The work is roughly done, but the
miniature is said to be perfect. You
may even look down and see the cross
marks on some of the cell doors, which,
it will be remembered, were made with
chalk in the prison proper. and served
daily to direct the executloner in gath
ering up wretches for the sacrifice.
The model, also in a glass case rests on
a table in what Is known as the BAN
quet room of the mansion, and in a
frame beside it is an autograph letter
from G. w. p. Curtis, WashingtOn's
stepson, to Mr.. John Warden, express
ing pleasure at hearing that the model
is safe again at Mount Vernon, where.
he thought it properly belonged. 1t
had for many years been deposited in
the museum at Alexandria, Va. The
letter is dated in 1856, from the Ar
lmgton house.
Lafayette brought these two relics
over with him when he came as the
country's guest, and presented them to
General Washington during his men,
orable s%ojourn at Mount Vernon. Not
only Mr.. Sala, but everybody will be
interested in knowing that the affairs
of the patriotic association which owns
and controls Mount Vernon, were
never in so prosperous and satisfactory
condition as at present. Everything IS
kept in the most perfect order, and the
number of visitors this year has been
unusually large. The receipts are
growing so generous that within the
next year it is believed 1t will be pos
sible to reduce the cost of the trip to
an insignificant sum-. 1t is already a
mere trife to those to whom the pill
grimage appeals to any force whatever.
Some improvements are forward, such
as do not cut into the sacred lines of
the place. A little frame observatory
on the bluff in front of the mansion is
almost completed and will command a
magnificent view of the Potomac In
either direction. And keeping pace
with this march are the stories of the
guide, which grow in marvellous inter
est all the time. They have long been
famous for their sufficient and con-
nected charm, but of late they have
grown eloquent. Even those who are
''stumped" yet retire in a measure de-
lighted. The project of building a
railroad from Alexandria to Mount
Vernon, at one time much discussed,
seems to have been abandoned. Public
sentiment did not support it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09
WUORTLFBERRIES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CORN
STARCH.-Add one pint of water to a
quart of berries; simmer until the ber-
lies are nearly cooked, and then sweeten
them to taste. Nix with the Juice three
tablespoonful of corn starch; set the
pan back on the stove and boil until
thick. Turn into moulds wet with cold
water. Serve cold with cream.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

PUMPKIN PREsERvE.-After care
fully dressing raw pumpkin cut it into
inch squares; boil in two quarts OF wa
ter with a cupful of vinegar until it is
tender, and allow a pound of sugar to
a pound or the prepared pumpkin; cook
it well together and add a little ginger
and lemon sliced in after it is cooked;
convenient when fruit Is scarce.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

GUsTAvUs HALL, who is somewhat
known as an opera singer, is consider
able of a talker also, and his conversa-
ton usually leads to his wi deeds, his
own voice or something about himself.
One day he remarked very portentously
to a man who had been listening to him
an hour or so:
''Why, sirl l have some tones in my
voice that no other baritone possesses In
equal degree and quality
81 believe you have" rejoined the
talked to man, land | can name them
right here. They are G-A-Bi"
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

BAKED CoRN.--When corn gets old
and the grains begin to harden it is de-
hcious baked. Cut the grain through
each row of kernels, cutting down to
the cob and scraping all the corn from
ir. Put in an earthern baking dish
with four ~spoonfuls Of water to every
dozen ears. Season with salt and little
bits of butter. Sprinkle the top with
cracker dust and bake slowly for an
hour. Boil the cobs and add to the
corn with half a teacup of cream. Set
in the oven twenty minutes.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

MATING HORSES FOR WoRK.-Re-
member that one horse may be able to
stand the extreme heat better than the
other in your team, and this being the
case there is danger or lnjuring or kill
ing the one while tie other may not be
dong all 1t is capable of doing. A we'll
mated team means mated as regards
strength and endurance rather than
size and color.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09
THERE is a constant controversy GO

THERE is a constant controversy 60
ing on as to the economy, digestibiiity
and necessity of soup at the commence
ment of a dinner; some maintaining
that a dinner without it cannot liter
ally be called a dinner; others prejudlced
against ''slops," discarding it from
their tables altogether; while a few who
would gladly, perhaps, take advantage
of an opportunity to reduce the meat
bills, have only the will, being ignorant
of the way. The average middle class
wife and mother may have sighed over
the items of ribs and sirloins OF beef,
and legs and shoulders Of mutton, n
said to herself, "Ah, VIZ must take to
having a little SOUP" With praise
worthy promptitude and zeal, she has
~perchance opened her cookery-book. Of
the old extravaganza style, and closed 1t
sorrowfully, a sadder, if not a wiser
woman, the brains all dizzy from the
strings of ingredients, and the long line
of knuckles of veal, shins of beef, ''old
fowlsn and slices of ham, which she is
commanded to throw into the stock
pot if she would insure No
doubt, in many families, the prejudice
against soup has risen from the fact that
it IS usually prepared and served IN large
quantities, instead of, as at the tables of
the rich, in small portions, though
many OF the kings should furnish in
themselves a substantial meal for a
growing child. at any rate, the adj
vantages of commencing dinner with
I soup are manifest in the saving of the
meat bills, and the comfortable sensa-
ton experienced after a little has been
taken; for let any person, who feels, as
the saying goes, ''too hungry to eat, y
swallow a few spoonfuls of soup,
and the feeling of exhaustion will
quickly pass away. Indeed, a we'll
known authority has said that nothing
tends more to restore the tone of the
stomach, and make easier of digestion
that which is to follow, than a little
soup.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

Its a boyl" young Happiday gleeful-
ly shouted. as he rushed in and planked a
ten.dollar note down On the bank coun-
ter; ''the dalsiest little fellow you ever
saw. Here, just put this on deposit in
his name, will your I'm going to add
to it every year and call it the fresh
heir fund.-
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

Col. HENKE, of the Atlanta nine,
who slides nto the bases on his stom-
ach, is to have a pair of roller skates
fitted to his manly bosom, Macon may
be surprised at this, but it will be quite
useless to kick.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09
The perfectly contented mar is also
perfectly useless.

Mothers if you want the little ones to
have a fine head o. hair, free from dam
druff and other scalp affections, use the
only natural hair remover, Carboline,
made from pure unre6ned petroleum
and guaranteed the prince OF all hair
reviewers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

A RECIPE for lemon pie vaguely adds:
ssThen sit ON a stove and stir constant
ly,n Just as if anybody could sit on a
stove without stirring constantly But
we can't understand how 1t would bene-
ct the pie.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

MRS. DE FAsHIoN--"Horrorsl EAie.
don't go Lear my poodle, please DON'T"
Etiie-'Is the dog sick, mamma, or
has he been playing with children what
has the diptheria or something?"
mo, dear, but you have.n
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Key of the BastiIe.


1.-THE keys Of, the Bastile. if Iremem.
Der Alright were presented to General
Washington, and lay for years on the
hall table at Mount Vernon. VIII
some American correspondent kindly
tell me if the Bastile keysare still at
Mount Vermont"
If Mr.. Sala has not yet received an
answer to his question, and will accept
one from an humble source, he IS IN
formed that the key not keys, OF the
Bastile IS still exhibited at Mount Yer,
non, and still remains OF the most
interesting relics exposed to view there
where everything is alive, as it were,
with historical association. 1t has been
lifted from the table, and hangs In a
glass case with brass mountings on the
wall of the main hall at the foot Of the
staircase. Beneath the glass case is
the following, printed in black letters
cardbord:
KEY OF THE BAsTILE
presented to
GENERAL WASHINGTON
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

ISN'T that just awful, maw?" ex-
claimed apretty Chicago belle. "What
is it dearp" asked her mother. "Why
they've taken Maud SIS shoes off and
are going to make her go ~barefooted,
the papers say. It's just horrible. IN
warrant any one who would make me
go barefooted would know itl' and her
bright eyes snapped Indignantly, while
her gentle mother sighed heavily and
toyed with a bottle of new-mown hay.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

IL straw is run through a cutter be-
fore being used for bedding it more
easily absorbs droppings, more quickly
decomposes in the manure pile, is more
evenly and readily spread upon the soil
with the manure when 1t is actually
used, and is more easily plowed in than
when left in Its original lengths.
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1n.iah narls.s YroubIe.

Josiah Davis, North MiddIetown, Ky,
writes: "I am now using q box of your
HENRY's CARBoLTC sALVE upon an
ulcer, which, for the past ten days has
given me great pain. This salve is the
only remedy 1 have found that has given
me any ease. My ulcer was caused by va
ricoss veins, and was pronounced incura-
BILE by nv medical doctors. 1 find, how
ever. that HENRY'sCARBoLTCSA LvE
ia affecting a cure" Beware of limitations.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09
The vigorous idea keeps warm,
though wrapped in a few words.

FOR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression OF spir-
It's and general debility IN their various forms; also
as a preventive against fever and ague and other
Intermittent feyers, the "Ferro-Phosphoratei-
Elixir OF Calisaya"made by Casweli, Hazard &Coc
New York, and sold by all Druggists, Is the best
tonic; and for patients recovering from fever or
other sickness, It has no equal
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

THE object of grooming should not
be solely to brush the dirt from the
surface of the horses coat and make a
temporary improvement in the appear
ance, but to cleanse the skin as well as
the hair of all dust and dirt that may
be adhering to it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

A GYPSY marriage consists of the
bride and groom stepping over a broom
stick. In Christian marriages the
broomstick usually comes into play af-
ter marriage.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

MAMMA" exclaimed three-and-a-
half-year-old Walter earnestly, as he
came running in at the back door, ''now
l know what the sky is; it's the roof to
all over"
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

In hundreds OF cases, Hoods sarsaparIlla, by
purifying and e~nriching the blood, has proven a
potent remedy for rheumatism. Hence, II you
suffer the pains and aches OF this disease, it IS
fair to assume that Hoods sarsapartlla will cure
you. GlYeit Ill trial
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

MINCE OF CHICKEN AND Foes
Chop cold boiled or roasted fowl; mix
up with a cupful of drawn butter, sea-
son with pepper, salt. a pinch of nut
meg, and pour into a bake dish. Set In
the oven until a skin forms on the top
and the surface shakes with the ebullit-
ion of the heated heart. Lay as many
poached eggs on top as Will lie easily in
the dish and serve.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

CHARLES A. GREEN, in New York
Tribune, says: II know Of no easier
method Of subdulng Canada thistles
than by sending them to clover and
timothy. moving repeatedly for three
or four years." That is certainly bet
ter than to dig up the ground and bake
it, as we have seen it attempted.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

Is not a die, an | will not stain or injure
the skin. Halls Hair Remover.
Dumb agne can be speedily cured by taxi
ing Ayers Ague Cure. Try it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09
Important

When YOU visit or cave New YORK City, save
baggage expressage and So carriage Hire, and stop
sithe Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Cen
iIalDepot.
COO elegant rooms, fitted up at a costo one
million dollars, 81 and upwards per
day. European Plan Elevator. Restaurant
supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages AMI
elevated railroad to all depots. Families can live
better for less money at the Grand Union Hota
than at any other nrst-elass hotel in the citV.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09
JINKs--''Get a week off and run

JINKs--"Get a week off and run
down TO the seashore with me-"
Minks--"I can't afford it."
"Oh, pshawi Your income is bigger
than mine, and you have no children"
"True; but it takes all a make to
keep things going. My wife's relations
all insist on boarding with me about
half the time"
snow, see here, Minks, | told you
long ago just how it would be; yet you
refused to listen, but kept saying that
you were not going to marry the whole
family"
swell, I didn't. either; but the whole
family seems to have married me-"
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

SUNFLowER seed is said to be a good
and wholesome food for horses. If
this is true it might be a good thing
for a change occasionally which is 50
desirable in all seasons of the year.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

BOILED FRosTINa.-One cup of pow
dered sugar and five large ~spoonfuls of
new milk. boil six minutes. stirring all
the time and until cold. Flavor with
lemon or vanilla,
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09
Impatience dries the blood sooner
than age or sorrow.

If you have a Cold, Congn (dry-hacking) Group,
Cankered-throat, catarrh Dropping causing
cough-Dr. Kilmer's Indian Cough cure tCon-
sumption OtD will relieve Instant -heals and
cures. Piice 25c, soc and sl.00
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

DOES the food you give your young
horses contain the necessary material
for the development Of bone and mus
endurance2 If not, you cannot expect
to raise a very desirable kind of horses,
no matter what their breeding. Good
blood Is essential but not any more so
than the material that forms the food
for producing the animal when once
started In life.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

There is no need of being imposed on II
you will insist on having the Frazer Brand
of Axle Grease. One greasing will last
two weeks.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

"WAsN'T it bit suggestive to print
IN a poIiceman's obituary notice: HE
sleeps his last sleep'p
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

"WHAT is luxuTyr' asks an ex-
change. A luxury is something you
don't want until you see somebody else
with il.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

THE white-leaved and weeping lind
ems are among the most useful lawn
trees for our climate. They are hardy,
and injurious insects and destructive
diseases appear to pass them by; and,
while their growth is quite rapid. the
foliage of each is s~ingularly beautiful
and tenacious.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

PICKED BEANs.-Take two quarts
of butter beans, string. cover with
weak brine over night, and In the morn
ing drain, boil until tender In weak vim
egar, drain from that and put In a jar,
then cover with n quart OF stronS
vinegar, to which add one teaspoonfu.
each of allspice, cloves, cinnamon, GIN
ger and black pepper, one teacup OF
sugar, pour over the beans boiling hot,
and cover tight.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

II SAY, Gawge. l thought you said
those lavendaw trousers were too
tight. They fit you supawb."
$50 they do, Oscah, mai deah fellah.
You see, yestawday, | submitted my
netllew extwemities to a Wussian
bawth, and that clevaw device reduced
the copwosity of my pewambulators,
don't chew know"
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

BANANA Ice CREAM.--One quar-
Of milk and the same OF rich. swee
cream, three cups of sugar, six eggs
six large, ripe bananas, peeled and Gu
small; bit of soda In the milk. He>
the milk to scalding; beat eggs III
sugar together and pour the hot milk
over them gradually, stirring all the
time; set over the fire in a farina kettle
and stir unt% well thickened. Let 1t
get cold. ND in the cream. put 1t into
an ice-cy<m churn and when hall
frozenf At in the minced banana and
freezef L
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

GET Lyons Patent Heel Stifleners APP
piled to those new boots and they Will
never run over.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

FITS: An Fits stopped tree. Treatise and 81 trial
botfleof Dr. kltne's Great Nerve Restorer, free u
tilcaseS Sendto DR.. Kline.9 St Arch ST, Phila Pa
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

AS the body purified is by water so is
the soul purified by truth.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

Faith that asks no questions kills the
soul and STILES the intellect.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

The best cough medicine Is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. ESQ
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09

'HUMPHP" he said as the April rain
drops struck his hat and brought him
to a standstill on the corner.
what is it?n
cleft my umbrella"
"Where?n
SIN the postofice."
swell, why don't you go after it?"
"No use. 1 bought 1t this morning,
and for fear I'd lose it l had the man
cut the initials of my name into the
handle so that I could identify It."
well, can't your"
"No. I've forgotten what the init
ials werel'
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09
Frazer Axle Grease.

The ideal saint of the young moral
lst is cut from sappy timber.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09
dyspepsia

Does not get wen OF itself; It requires careful
persistent attention and a remedy that will assist
nlture 70 throw on the causes and tone up the
digestive organs tn they perform their duties
willingly. Among the agonies experienced by the
dyspeptic, arc distress before or after eating. loss
OF appetite, irregularities Of the bowels. wind OF
gas and pain in tho stomach, heartburn, sour
stomach. etc. causing mental depression, nervous
irritability and sleeplessness. II you are dis
couraged be Of good cheer and try Hoods Sar
saparilia. It has cured hundreds, It will cure you.
2 Hoods ~Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for IS. Made
only by c. ]. HOOD & Co, Lowell, Mass.
d 100 Doses One Dollar