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The Penn's Grove record., 1889-07-06
CONFEDERATION In DURANGO.
oNE-uALF OF A FLoURIsHING CITY
IN ASHHS.

DENVER, Col, July Ia special
from Durango saya: At 8 this afternoon
a fire broke out in the south part OF the
city. and in an incredibly short time
the flames, assisted by a strong wind,
spread IN every direction, leaping from
building to building. until, at this
writing "A P. NJ half of the town is in
ashes. Every business house and pub
lie. building, with the exception of the
Post-ofice and Strater's Hotel, Is
burned to the ground.
The wind is still blowing, and the
fire is entirely beyond control. The
telegraph office Is threatened and may
soon 60. What the final result will be
cannot be fOretold. Should the flames
be communicated to the residence part
OF the city. which IS not unlikely,
what was but aeow hours since the
6o%urlshing city Of Durango will soon
be nothing but a OF charred debris
and ashes. The Gre department re-
sponded nObly, but were completely
powerless. The origin of the coniia-
grafton has not been learned.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-07-06
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
A CONSTANT TREMoR OF THE EARTl
IN THE SIERRA NEyADAs,

In The olEhhA
CHICAGO, July Ia special from
San Francisco, Cal, says: News from
Susanville, In the Sierra Nevadas, saws
slight earthquake shocks continue, and
that the peopls have become so &C.
custOmed to the constant trembling of
the earth that they pay nc attention
to it. These shocks, however,
have revived recollections of old set
tiers who predict volcanic disturbances
in the extinct craters, such as took
place in 1850. Susanyille lies In a high
mountain walled valley. directly east
of Lassenbutte, 9n extinct volcano,
10, $40 feet high. From its summit no
less than Az extinct craiers can be seen,
Cinder Cone, which rises 600 feet above
the level of the plateau. was In errup.
ton In 1850. Two prospectors visited
it, and they found Lake S~alfatara, eight
miles south Of Cider Cone, q centre
of volcanic forces. The lake was a
mass of boiling water and mud, and
from Its vast columns of flames shot up
ut intervals. Timber in the vicinity
was on fire. Within two years there
seemed to be renewed activity in the
internal fires, and the present shocks
point to the possibility OF another great
volcanic outburst which will find vent
through some of the old craters.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-07-06

The wreck of the U. S. ship CON-
stellation on the Virginia coast, with
100 cadets on board, gives the latter a
sea experience that they probably will
not appreciate until they get on land
again and recover from the hardships
aud fright of the occasion. The de-
spatches indicate that everybody on
board will be rescued, even though the
ship should be lost, but they tell Of long
delay in getting help from the shore,
owing to the disbandment of the life
saving crews for the summer season.
Thus the accident brings again into
notice a practice that a Government
like that of the United States ought
not 10 continue from mere motives Of
economy. The life-saying crews ought
TO be kept in continuous service, be-
cause, although they may not have
many wrecks to attend to in a summer,
one along the whole coast is sufficient
TO justify the maintenance OF the entire
force. More especially should they be
maintained during the summer along
the New Jersey coast, where accidents
10 pleasure seekers are quite common,
and in the aggregate expose as many
lives to danger and the wrecking Of a
large ship.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-07-06
NUMBER 40.

endure for II night, but joy cometh in
the morning." L lay hold of the rope
again, and L pull away with all my
strength, and the bucket comes up
bright and beautiful and cool. Here is
the promise: ''Come unto me, all We
who are weary and heavy laden, and 1
will give you rest"
The old astrologers used to cheat the
people with the idea that they couldtell
from the position of the stars what
would occur in the future, and if a
cluster of stars stood in one relation,
that would be a prophecy Of evil; if a
cluster of stars stood in another relation,
that would be a prophesy of good.
Superstition But here is
NEw AsTRoLoGy,
in which 1 put all my faith. By looking
up TO the Star of Jacob, the morning.
star of the Redeemer, / can make this
prophecy in regard to those who put
their trust in God: "All things work
together for good to those who love
God" / read it out in the sky. l read
it out in the Bible. l read it out in all
things: Gail things work together for
good to those who love God" Do you
love Him? Have you seer the Nyetan-
thes? 1t is a beautiful flower, but it
gives very little fragrance until after
sunset. Then it pours its richness on
the air. And this grace of the Gospel
that L commend to you this day, while
it may be very sweet during the day Of
prosperity, it pours down its richest
aroma after shutdown, and it will be
shutdown with you and me after awhile.
vVhan anraa 10 rrn out &c tbia u-or1I
will it be a desert march, or will it be a
fountain for your soul?
CHRISTIAN INDoo
was dying, and his heather comrades
came around him and tried to comfort
him by reading some of the pages of
their theology, but he waved his hand,
as much as to say: 81 don't want to
hear It." Then they called in aheathen
priest, and he said: 'If you will only
recite the Numtra it will deliver you"
He waved his hand, as much as to say:
II don't wantto hear that" Then they
said: "'Call on Juggernaut," He
shook his head, as much as to say: 81
can't do that" Then they thought per-
haps he was too weary to speak, and
they said: ''Now, if you can't say
"Juggernaut, think of that god" He
shook his head again, as much as to
say: 'tNo, no, no." Then they bent
down to his pillow, and they said: SIN
what will you trust?" His face lighted
up with the very glories of the celestial
sphere as he cried out, rallying all his
dying energies: 'Jesus." Oh cometo-
day to the fountain-the fountain open
for sin and uncleanness. I willtell you
the whole story in two or three senten-
ces: Pardon for all sin, Comfort for
all trouble. Light for all darkness.
And every wilderness has a well in it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-07-06

Joseph Goldberg, New York. leg
and shoulder bruised and hand hurt.
Miss lnez Jackson, Texas, bruised.
H. b. Goodfellow, Roanoke, hand
and foot injured.
J. q. Cassel, Roanoke, superintend'
emit, arm hurt.
Il. ". Marsin, Chattanooga. Tenn,
cut and bruised.
M. d. Temple, Chicago, back in-
jured.
Mrs. r. B. Young. Marshall, Texas,
badly bruised.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-07-06

1t is stated on very good authority
that Sam Weber could have won the
|2.24 class race at Island Park on
Thursday June Goth, had he been al
lowed to. Mebber won the first two
heats in 2.264 and 2.294, and Walkhill
Boy won the next three heats and the
race in 2.27. 2.32 and 2.314. Filth
Il. won in the 2.25. Best time-2.244.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-07-06

THAT GOSPEL WELL-sWEKP,
and / see the buckets coming up.
Thirsty souli here is one bucket Of life!
COME and-drink of it: whatsoever will
let ~ come and take of the water OF
ifcly." Iwill pull away again at
and another bucket comes up.
he 1his proysEe: Weeping may
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-23
A Dangerous Trip on Lake Tahoe.

Chas. S. Luce started out on Lake Tahoe on what proved to be perilous cruise. He had set out from Glenbrook for Tahoe on foot to save steamer fare. He carried heavy load of blankets, and after footing it for an hour or two along the shore of the lake he became tired. In becoming tired he also became inven- tive. He found two little logs, each about ten feet long and sixteen inches in diameter, across which he nailed some strips of plank that he discovered in a drift pile. On the raft so constructed MT. Luce boldly embarked. The lake was calm and he thought he could soon paddle across to Tahoe City. But a breeze came up that carried him out into the middle of the lake, when night came on. The next day there were buf1ing breezes, but Luce turned himself loose on his paddle. He cruised to and fro pretty much at the mercy of the winds all that day and that night. The next morning he had the good luck to reach shore. He had been on the lake over forty hours, and was almost frozen and well-nigh famished when he reached shore. He now announces that he has ceased to play navigator. - Virginia Nev.) Enterprise.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-23
Two Harrison HeirlOOms,

While Mrs. Harrison, wife of the presidcnt-elect, was down town in In- dianapolis, the other day, she visited tho bank, where for several years the Gen eral has had a number of family relics and papers deposited for safe keeping, and brought home with her two very ln- tercsting and historic medals, intending to deposit them in day or two in a box at the new safe deposit vaults. The larger medal is none other than the gold medal voted by resolution of Congress to Major General William Henry Harrison, in commemoration of his signal victory over the British and their barbarous allies at the battle of the Thames. The medal is about three and one-half inches in diameter and a quarter of an inch thick. It cost $500 at that time. On the obverse side are the features of Gen. eral Harrison in the uniform of a maj jor- general. On the reverse is the figure of victory, beneath which are the words, ''Battle of the Thames, October 5, 1873, 'while around the border is the in scription, 'By resolution of Congress, April 1, 1S1S."
 The medal, when presented to General Harrison, was set in small red velvet case, which is worn with age. It was an object of interest to all the members of the family who had not seen it for several years, but to baby Benjamin Mckee, its bright shining surface had an especial at traction and he quickly abandoned his numerous gifts, demanded possession of the historic coin, and begged to play with it.
 The other medal is equally as interest ing and comes through Mrs. Harrison's family from her maternal grandfather, John Neal, an Englshman. It is sil- yer coin, two inches in diameter, struck off by the imperial Austrian government in commemoration of the great victory of John Sobieski-King John III. of Po- land-over the Turks in 1633. Mir. Neal received the medal by inheritance. Il Brooklyn Citizen.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-23
Expedition of a COssack ZealOt.

The Czar of Russia has forbidden the Ashinoff expedition to start for Abyssi mia. Ashinoff is a Cossack zealot who two years ago entered Abyssinia with a band or armed monks, and by pretend ing to hate the Italians bitterly he won the favor and confidence of King John, and was welcomed in Abyssinia more heartily than any previous white visitor. He founded the town of New Moscow, convinced King John that their religions were practically identical, and obtained permission to bring in large number of Russian immigrants. The advance party was to consist of forty priests and sixty monks, and it was to be followed next month by 2000 young men who had to undergo a medical examination before they were accepted as emigrants. The Czar, however, has disbanded the expe- dition, and forbidden Ashinoff to con- tinue his plans. Washington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-23
The History of Handwriting.

The earliest writing of the Western world, that of the so-called Uncial manu- scripts, was copied more or less directly from the inscriptions cut on brass or stone. The type of letters was practi- cally the same. But with the change of the materials used there came almost nec- essarily in time change in the mode of forming the letters. Cursive manuscripts that is, manuscripts written in a run ming hand, with flowing and connected letters, took almost universally by the tenth century the place of the earlier uncial manuscripts, with their stiff up
 right, isolated letters, and handwriting, as we now understand it, emerged. But during the Middle Ages writing was the art of a comparatively few highly
 trained scribes, carried by some of them to wonderful height of perfection. After the introduction of printing the very finest writing disappeared, for the profession of the scribe was superseded, but the number of those who could write passably increased as the habit of correspondence grew, and writing was no longer for the ordinary man the diff cult, laborious process that it used to be. With increased practice handwriting be- came somewhat easier and more free. The progress in this direction went on with little interruption from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century; each genera tion shows somewhat of an advance on that which had preceded it. The writ ing became continuously less awkward and less stiff. But it is in our fathers time and in our own, that the great change has taken place. The increased number of letters which are now written has led to increased speed in the writing of them. With increased practice the hand comes to move more speedily and easily; there is no longer the same care in the forma- tlOn of the individual letters which there was while people had more time for writing. Words are, so to speek, dashed off; and we are content if we can make the whole word intelligible without con- sidering too minutely the letters of which it is formed think, too, that the i'm provements which have been introduced in the mechanical appliances for writing in pens, ink and paper have not been without their influence, and this infu- ence has tended in the direction of giv- ing greater freedom and facility to the writing. The great superiority which in these mechanical appliances we in England enjoy over most of the nations of the Continent, will also explain why it is that the handwriting of English men has bolder character than that of most foreigners II Murray's Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-23
A Fortunate Song Writer.

Probably the most fortunate of all popular song writers from financial point of view is Frank Howard, whose income from his first song hit, ''Only a Pansy Blossom," is said to have been more than $3O0O in a single year. It must be borne in mind that he is a we'll known negro minstrel singer, and there fore, has unusual opportunities for intro duclng his songs to the public and mak- ing them popular. This fact is thoroughly understood and appreciated by his publishers, who on that account pay him royalties much larger than they otherwise would, and probably much larger than ever given to any other com poser of popular ballads. Howard is the son of an Iowa clergyman, and in wayward mood left home at an early age. He was singing in the streets to draw crowd around the wagon of liver pad peddler in Western city when Milt Barlow, the well-known minstrel manager, ''discovered' him and put him on the minstrel stage Indianapolis News.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-23
Big Gambling Profits.

There never was a gambling resort iI the world like Monte Carlo. It is a mine of wealth to the managers of its magni- ficent tiger lairs, and a very simple calcu- lation will show how princely are the profits of the tables. The management admits that its annual profits are $3, 500,- O00-in fact it is over $5, ,O00, 900. Now, inasmuch as the chances of the table are 1 to 36 in favor of the bank, to gain an- nually $3, 500, 900, which it professes to do, $120, 900, 900 must have been staked on its tables-must have been won and lost. The banks 5000, ,00O profits is its royalty-at the rate of 1 to 36-on this enormous amount of money, which must therefore have been played, lost and won. It is this fact of the gambler deal ing with large masses of money that partly accounts for the fascination exer- cised by gambling. A careful player who begins with, say 5000 capital, may have fingered, according to the doctrine chances, $36, 900 before he loses his capi- tai. If he plays long enough the bank royalty of one in thirty-six is sure to swallow up his capital, and then he has had all the emotion of having been alter nately successful or the reverse, rich ol poor. At Monte Carlo the bank royalty must inevitably ruin all who play long enough to have risked their capital thirty six times. The annual profits ot the tables exceed the annual aggregate income of all the Vanderbilts. During the lifetime of MT. Blanc it was easy enough to get statement of the amount. Blanc delighted in letting it be known what a wonderful prosperous fellow he was. His daughters, who- married princes, are not proud of the source ot their wealth, and since their fathers death have sought to divert attention from themselves and their affairs as much as possible. M. Wagatha is now the general manager of the Casino, and he has lately given it out that the net profits of the tables last year were only $1, ,250,- 900, or one-fourth of what they used tc l be,
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-23
AnnleS With BlOOd-red Hearts,

The advent of a quantity of, "bloody- heart" apples into the Windham (Conn.) markets from the back country town of Franklin has resulted in the unearthing of an eerie tradition about this singular fruit, which has found its way into print. They are called the ''Micah Rood apples" and are of delicious flavor, snowy interior, and cherry red skin. In every one there is a large red globule near the heart of the fruit resembling a drop of blood. This peculiarity has been made the subject of investigation but no theory accounts for it as plausibly as the tradition of ''Micah Rood, $ curse"
 Micah Rood was prosperous farmer at Franklin, Conn.,, in 1893. He was avaricious, but finally became indolent, spending his time in dreaming over coveted wealth. One day a peddler, who carried pack filled with valuable jewelry, passed his house. His dead body was found the next day be- heath an apple tree on Micah,s farm where the latter was wont to sit. The skull was split open and the mans pack rifled. Rood stoutly denied any knowl edge of the crime, and although suspic- ion attached itself to him nothing was proved against him. He became mo- rose and moody and never prospered af terward.
 People wagged their heads when, on the Autumn following the murder, Rood's apple tree commenced to bear the "bloody heart apples. They said it was silent judgment upon him and that the dying peddler's curse upon the head of his destroyer had come home to roost upon Rood's apple tree. Nothing like the apples had ever been seen before. Either the apples or the suspicion wore the life out of Rood, for he died soon after they appeared. .....
 Ever since then the tree has lived, but it has almost ceased to bear the strange apples. It is the fruit from other trees grafted from the original stock that re- wives the story today New York Times.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-23

It is hard for the clergy to please everyt ody nowadays. A Boston woman complains that her pastor never looks at her when he breaches, but devotes all his attention to the sinners on the other side of the church. For this reason she says that bis sermons do not have the moral effect on her which they ought to have. On the other hand, Chicago woman re- gently complained that her pastor invari- ably looked at her when he was preach ing, especially when he denounced hum bugs and hypocrites, and she wanted to know if it wasn't an outrage to treat re- spectable pew-holders in this way. When the clergyman finally heard of her griev- snce he laughingly explained that he wasn't looking at the woman at all when she thought he was but at certain pill lar behind her, the sight of which, for some mysterious reason, always seemed to clarify bis thought.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-23
Sentenced to the Bamboo.

This punishment is as peculiar as most Chinese punishmcnts are. The man is seized by four or five stalwart attend ants, thrown down on his face, his loose pyjamas rolled up. He is firmly held outstretched in this position by men at his head and feet. Two operators then squat down opposite ono another on each side of the victim. One takes a strip of seasoned bamboo about three, feet long and one inch wide, and begins lightly spanking the backs of the thighs. He gives twenty of these apparently harm less spanks, and then hands the bamboo to his vis-a-vis, who gives his twenty, and then hands it back; and so on, turn about, until the two hundred blows arc administered.
 At first the punishment looks ridicu- lously light; but by the time the first if ty blows are reached the skin of the parts beaten begins to assume the appearance of thick wash-lcather; and before the hundredth blow the skin begins to fly off in loose white flakes; before the time two hundred blows have been struck, the whole of the back of both thighs looks like mass of swollen raw liver, though not drop of blood flows from the parts. It is said that man would expire under the excruciating torture of two hundred and fifty of these blows. I have never seen anything like the exquisite agony depicted in that mans livid, quivering features, when he was carried into the prison to recover.- Boston Commercial ll,,1lo
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-23
HUMOROUS.
Every bakery has its pie-rate.

Every bakery has its pie-rate.
 Regular church goers-Sextons.
 Representatives of the pen--Pigs.
 A moving scene-A game of chess.
 Some groccrs' scales never learn the error of their weighs.
 You can never judge of mans sor- row by the sighs of his hatband.
 The hog trustWill make tho lover of pork chops bHsNc with indignation.
 According to the market reports, onions are strong at ten cents bunch. -
 Your washerwoman may be good soft-soapcr, but she is not always white washer.
 A girl always wants a fellow to tic a true-lover's knot when she gets him on the string.
 If she who hesitates is lost, the man who shutters must have great difficulty in finding himself.
 A tramp is sometimes called nomad; and when farmers dog grabs him there's nomaddcr man in the neighbor- hood.
 First Lady: What an imperious, dic- tatorial, arrogant man that Mir. Pompus is. Second lady: Yes; you know he has never been married.
 The latest device of the Church So- ciable Committee is to raise the temper ature of the room to the roasting point in order to augment the sale of ice cream. It has been tried and works first-rate.
 The man who first suggested the use of an X as the signature of a person who could not write was no philosopher. The fitness of things should have led him to select the cipher, which as nautograph is eminently significant in most cases.
 Popinjay-Blobson, your wife is like a Damascus blade. She is so keen. Blobson-Thanks; but am sorry to say she lacks one quality quite as essential to the Damascus blade. Popinjay-Indeed! What is it2 Blobson--Good temper.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-23
VOL. XVIII.
Raise the Curtain.

Raise the curtain-let the brightness !. Of your cheering light shine forth: To the passers in the darkness It may be of vital worth; Give glimpse to lonely wand'rers Of your household full of joy. It may rouse to new ambition Some poor friendless, tempted toy. Raise the curtain-we are kindred Each to all is bound by ties Winch forbid a selfish shutting Of ourselves from others eyes; Share your light and share your blessings, Gcd hath made the whole world kin, And his love so universal,
 Takes the weakest sinner in. Raise the curtain of your window, Raise the curtain of your mind; Do not let possession make you To the wants of others blind. .-}l Helping others we are strengthcn'd, Giving, we are richer made;s And no one SD strong or patient, But some time hath need of aid
 -IFlora N. Candee
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-23

Great regret is expressed among naval officers that yellow fever should have got hold upon the United States man. of-war Boston, It is sometimes impos- sible, they say, to get the germs out of the vessel, and when the ship is thought to be entirely freed from the disease n trip into the fever country will develop the germs and cause an outbreak of the plague. A fever ship is always feared, for no positive method of Immigration has yet been discovered that is regarded as reliable. It is question, however, whether the germs will find foothold in the Boston, for she is new ship, con- structed for the most part of iron, and with no rotten or soft wood anywhere in her frame. As these materials usually furnish the hiding places for the seeds of the plague, it is hoped that the Boston will escape the reputation of being a ''fever ship"