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The Penn's Grove record., 1891-01-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sheep have no teeth in the upper
jaw.
Shakespeare was the son Of a wool
stapler.
ALI animals which chew the cud
have cloven feet.
-One-half of the lead used in the
United $ ates Is min d in Missouri
There are SAID to be 1900 differ
ent kindsof postage stampsin thu world.
A Kansas City mo. mar claims to
own the largest bear skin IN the world.
-Saw-mills are said to have been In
use at Augsburg, Germany. about
1882.
In the Northwest during the fall
elections many voters went to the polls
in sleighs.
The marriage ceremony in Borneo
consists in knocking the heads OF their
couple together.
-There were in the United States in
the year 1888 9,00n,0U of legal voters
wIo were unable 10 real or write.
1t is calculated that in three years
two pairs of rabbits will have Increased
to 5000, coo, such is their extraordinary
fecundlty.
"A ter beng separated for eighteen
wears a former in Washington County,
Penn, has found his son by means OF q
wedding notice.
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zfSunu MS dy-
ing cough, and bo tells them the story Of
there, his white locks showing down on bis
wrinkled forehead, l wonder If God has
kept his promises all the way through.
As he lies there he tells the story one, two
or three times-you have heard old people
tell q story two or three times Overland he
answers 81 go the way OF oil the earth and
not one word Of the promise has failed,
not one word thereof has Jailed; all has
come to pass, not one word thereof has
tailed" And then he turns to his iamily,
as q dying parent will, and says; "Chooss
now whom you will serve. the God OF Israel,
or the God OF the Amorites. As Tor me and
my house we will serve the Lord A dying
parent cannot be reckless o r tlioughtless In
regard to his children. Consent to part with
them forever at the door of the tomb We
cannot. BY the cradle in which their 10
fancy was rocked. by the bosom on which
they first lay, by the blood of the covenant.
by the God OF Joshus it shall not be. We
will not part, We cannot part. Jehovah
Jireh. we take thee at thy promise. II
will DO Q God to thee and thy seed after
thee"
Dead, the old chieftain must be laid out.
Handle him very gently; that sacred body
10 over a hundred and ten years Of age. Lay!
him out, stretch out those feet that walked
dry-shod the parted Jordan. Close hose
lips which helped blow the blast at which the
walls Of Jericho fell. Fold the arm that
lifted the spear toward the doomed city OF
Al. Fold it right over the heart that exulted
when the i've kings fell. But where shall We
get the FURNISHED granite for the headstone
and the footstone? I bethink myself NV l
image that for the head 1t shall be the sun
that stood still upon Gibeon, and for the
foot the moon that stood still in the valley
of Ajalon.
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The Obellsks Of Cleopatra.

Although the Egyptian obelisk in the
Central Park, New York, il slowly dis.
i~ntegrsting, that on the Thames EN-.
bankment in England seems to be bear.
ing without injury the vicissitudes Of the
English climate, 20 unlike that Of Egypt.
This seems to be due to the peculiar COM
position of the granite Of which it, a.
well as all the other known obelisks vera
cut, and which is marked by the total
absence of mica. In all other GRANTEES
this readily d~estructible material exists.
Centuries have passed sway since this
ancient monument was erected by Pha-
raoh Rameses II. at the main gateway Of
his great temple at On, the Heliopolis Of
the Greeks.
There il stood for eighteen centuries,
and was, about twenty-three years B. O.,
removed by order of Cleopatra to the
palace she was erecting at Alexandria for
her friend aud constant visitor, Julius
Cesar. The architect appointed by her
was Pontius, the father Of PLATE, the
Governor of Judea. The rounded cor
ners Of the bases of these two obelisks
bad doubtless been Clipped of by the
gatekeepers at On and sold to the pill.
grim visitors.
Pontius Architaute had eight bronze
crabs cast and placed them under the
rounded corners of the stones, and on the
big claw of enc of the two crabs which
alone remained was, when the pedestal
was cleared Of its surrounding sand,
found this inscription: SIN the sixth year
of Augustus Cesar, I, Barbarus, project
of Egypt, caused these obelisks to be
erected by Pontius, the architect" Since
then another nineteen centuries have
passed, and eve, this $500 years Of
weathering has not erased one single por.
ton of the hieroglyphics.- Christian al
Work.
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NEWS OF Il WEEK.

-Daniei w. Talcott, head book.
keeper for H. W. Sage & Co., lcmbeI
dealers, In Albany, New York, was
arrested on the 26th, on the charge Of
smbezzlement. After Sage & Co. Is
confidential clerk, Joseph B. Abbott,
who killed himself on December 30,
had been caught stealing from the firm,
AN expert was employed 10 examine
the books, and thus Talcott's dishon-
esty was discovered. 1t appears that
ralcott and Abbott operated in collu.
sion. Their operations were facili'
lated by the fact that the firm trusted
both implicitly and left blank checks,
signed In the ~bookkeepn's hands fol
business purposes.
Nineteen Italians have been arrest.
ed In Pittsburg for passing counterfeit
silver dollars, and HOO Of the spurious
coins are in the hands Of the police.
It Is said to be the best counterfeit
standard dollar ever made. The coin
was manufactured In New York.
1T is reported that the Indian
tronb les 81, about ended. The bostiles
10 the Bad Lands have leen per.
suaded to return, and IRE now on the
way to Pine Ridge Az ency. Troops
have been ordered to search the Bad
Lands for struggling Indians. 1t is
also reported that Big Foot and his
uand have been captured by the
Seventh Cavalry under Captain White
sides. There was no conflict.
The boiler of q steam engine 10
the sausage factory or Gus. Lowen-
stein, Jr., in Cincinnati, exploded Oh
the 27tn, during the absence Ct TIE
engineer. The boiler house and sever
dwellings were wrecked, and a 2-year'
old girl, named Bertha Gray, was
killed. Six others were injured, Mrs
Lowenstein MORALLY.
Louis SchwinR accidentally caused
the death or his 4.year-old daughter In
Cincinnati on the 26th by giving bel
carbolic acid In mistake for medicine
which had teen prescribed for her, she
having diphtheria.
Secretary Proctor's sleigh wal
wrecked In Washington on the 9th
His wife and daughter were using l
for shopping purposes, and were In
store on Pennsylvania avenue wheI
the horses attached to the vehicle tool
fright and ran OF. The sleigh wa
upset and the driver, a colore'
man named johnson, was severely in
iured.
-wenxel Croupa was murdered b
Frank Krulish, at Bohemiaville, Lon
Island, on the 26th. Krulish cor
fessed the crime and surrendered hin
self to the authorities.
Thomas Moreland, aged AZ yesr.
died at his home In Baltimore on tb
18th, from swallowing carbolic aci
with suicidal Intent. He leaves
widow and young son 1t is intimate
that grief owe the death of a brothe
in Washington was the cause Of tn
SUICIDE.
Robert Black, a negro, shot an
killed George Hin, also colored, 9
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on the 18th. Tn
murder was uuproyoksd.
james G. Gillespie. Treasurer Q
Boone county, Missouri. has been al
rested for endorsement. Warrant
' have been issued for County Judge
W. F. Roberts and w. F. Angel
! charging them with making and col
lectlng charges for mileage smountiD
to SIS. 600.
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LESSON SURROUNDINGS.


INTERVENING EvENTs.-King Reho-
boam sends Adoram, "who was over
the levy" one of the colder men," 10
treat with the revolted tribes, but they
stone him TO death; the king fees to
Jerusalem; Jerobosm 10 made king over
Israel; Rehoboam assemblies an army
to put down the rebellion, but 10 warm
ed by "Shemeiah the man Of "God,"
to desist; the army 10 accordingly dis
persed.
PLACES. - Shechem, Penuel. Dan,
and Bethel are named. The frat was
fortified, and made the royal residence;
the second took its name from the in
cident mentioned In Genesis 80 1882.
1t was east of the Jordan, north Of the
brook Jabbok, and was probably forti
fed to defend the eastern frontier Of
the kingdom. Dan was the name, not
only of q tribe, but afterwards Of q
city at the extreme north OF the king
dom OF Israel, originally called Laish.
1t was near the source OF the Jordan,
and seems to have been eariy idsnti-
fed with idolatrous worship. Some,
however, think the locality referred to
In the lesson was not the city, but Z
cavern at the foot Of Mount Hsrmon,
from which the Jordan issues. Bethel
was about twenty miles south Of Shech'
EN-, and twelve miles north OF Jeru-
salem; it was the scene of jacobs vision,
and often referred to in the previous
history. This naturally became the
more Important centre of the worship
established by Jeroboam.
T1ME.-Shortly after the revolt OF the
ten tribes, possibly in the Same year,
B. @. 975 (oIr 977I.
PERSONS .--Jeroboam only is named,
but the priests he made (from outside
the tribe of Levi are referred to.
PARALLEL. PASSAGE. % Chronicles
II : SIT tells Of contemporansoui
events in Jrtdah.
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Sixteen Cinnamon, each OF whom
had accumulated. 5000 in cash In this
country. 81 Piled for home from New
York The other day.
"A man died IN the Maine State
Prison recently who had been about
fifty years IN prison during a life Of
seventy-six years.
"A curious accident occurred to a
mule in Swainsboro, Ga. The animal
fell down in the stable and broke its
neck trying to get up.
1t Is said that the northern lakes OF
England the loon has been taken forty
feet under water upon hooks baited fol-
the large lake trout.
The frontier method OF giving a fire
alarm still prevails at Crawford, Neb.
Everybody on the street fires his re-
volver and gives a blood-curdllng cow
boy wboLp.
In 1889 over 5000. 600 kegs OF nail.
were made In the United States, OF
which one-half were of cut steel, les:
than one.sourth of cut iron, and more
than a fourth from wire.
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uRrosir
The Wonderful Flesh Hued PfS.cs
Discovered by Fremont's Party
IN 1943s

The Wonderful Flesh Hued Pfs.s
Discovered BY Essment's Party
On the eternal peaks where winter reigns..
And cold and frosts their icy splendors shed,
This hyracinthins blossom rests its head.
| A pyramid Of tiny tongues Of name.
Darling from out the drifts Of dazzling white,
F FffusR : G pafs w Rhha slsa%. D q ar II 20 a iish IRE
The wonderful snow plant Of the
Sierras, discovered by the naturalist Of
the late Col. Fremont's party in 1s43,
Is aptly named Sarcodes Sanguinea
(blooded flesh, the flower heads hav-
ing q translucent feshy appearances.
Sarcodes San91inea Is usually found
growing among the pines ct an eleva.
ton OF about ftiehteeu thousand feet,
but has been found at . much lower
altitude. The plants. whom fully de.
veloped, exts from seven to twenty
inches abovd-3 r. ground and about A.
far below. lib early development Of
the flower is D lder deep banks of snow,
which protee, them from the winds
sweeping thru ghthe mountains. When
the snow has aelted, the beautiful how-
er heads are 1tickly seen to peep from
the yet partIJ Wy frozen ground. The
stout, tieshy 'dower stems consist OF
partly crystal ICED sugar, and are said
to taste when cooked, sweeter, but not
unlike, asparagus. The stalks have been
known to bS as much as twenty-five
inches in 81 conference, and bear as
many a. eighty perfect flowers. They
resemble in general outline huge heads
of asparagus, They are thickly clothed
up to the es ,3eme with firm, feshy
scales, the nd.f one ovate and closely
imbrica,ed,S s1lually more scattering,
narrower, and passing into the linear
bracts which mostly exceedt the flowers
The corollas are pendulous and half an
inch 10 length; rather ieshy.
Imagine q T. n.red and snow tinted,
crowned hyaetnth, every miniature bell
wound about by q rosy and frosted
silver ribbon topped with an asparagus
like head, in hoar frost and silver. The
frosted papilla is very marked on every
sepal and bract. Though the whole
translucent spike is flushed with rose
and carmine the petals are the deepest
and most brilliantly colorsd pats Of
the flower, which is i've parted, and
each open one showing slightly the
stamens and pistils.
The bulbs or plants are solid and
brittle when taken up; they will soon
dry away unless placed in ice water,
where they will remain in perfection
for several weeks. All attempts to Gull
tlvate this remarkable plant have proved
failures, according to The California
Fruit Grocer.
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4 Race Of Dwarfs In British Columbia,

Canta;n L. q. Prescott. who recently
,eturpsd bera from Victoria British
Columbia. describes an Interesting ex-
n-er;ence which he had while north. He
was in victoria At. q time when con.
siderable excitement had been caused bv
the discovery Of ancient human remains
in soms mounds. The little hillocks
we're duo into and CHASTITY skeleton. were
brouoht to sight ny the shovel and
n,ctsre. A lumber of local -scientist,.
smone whom were Messrs. o. C. Hast.
inoa- Cow:ie and Smith. became inter.
eated in the stranpe revelation Of an un.
tnovn ,sce.
The discovery was made at a Mace
called Macaulay's point. A workman
clearing away what he thought was a
natural rise In the ground touched a
hard metallic substance with his pick.
On dioo;nv further the object came to
v;ew. Il was an iron war Weapon shaped
lie a barnoon. onlv much shorter and
stoutst. Curious characters were etched
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A VICTIM OF THE WIRES.
SAMUEL H. CAIRNS, A BOT, KILLEI
BY ELECTRICITY.
SLOWLY ROASTED TO DEATH-wHILE
WORKING ON A ROOF HE SLIP
PED AND CAUGHT THE
WIRE TO SAVE HIM-
SELF FROM FALL.
ING.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29.-Samuel
Fl. Cairns. Is years of age, of lilo
Lentz street, was killed yesterday
NOR ming, about 10 O'Clock, In falling
from the roof of the new erection shop
Of the Bald win Locomotive Works,
through coming In contact with a live
electric wire.
Young Cairns was az apprentice to
the firm of E. 8. Bartol i Co.. tin
roofers, Of 2013 Market street, who
have the contract for roofing the new
buildings now In course Of erection II;
the works.
Yesterday morning be vas sent with
q number of other employees to work
on the roof of the new building. While
engaged at bis work his foot slipped on
the damp tin and he fell over the side
OF the building.
r aljZ'ng bis danger be grabbed at
the wires which hung level with the
building. He was seen to clutch the
wire, then his lower limbs stretched
out as If r'g'd in death.
BURNED BY ELECTRICITY.
Blue wreatbs of smoke arose from
the spot where his hands grasped the
wires and the smell OF roasting flesh
was distineuishabls to his fellow-work-
men, who stood below watching him.
Suddenly the head of the boy was seen
to fall forward and in a moment the
blue flames leaped from the wire to the
forehead.
Tue body then fell to the pavement
Is feet below, ali hting on the head
and infic,ing a cash In the right tenn
pie four inches long and enc inch deep.
His comrades hasteDed to his assis-
lance and found the body already turn
log black, while his hands and face.
where they had come In contact with
the deadly wire, were burned to the
bone.
Medical aid was at once summoned
but nothing could be done, life was ex.
tinct. Patrol No. II was called out
and the body was taken to Hahnemann
Hospital, from where 1t was removed
to the boys home.
HIS MOTHERS CHIEF SUPPORT.
Samuel was the oldest Of eight child.
able to contribute to the support
1t his mother and his brothers and SIS
tiers.
The fatal wire was a private one used
by the Bald win Works ecr lighting y
poses. 1t carried an alternating cur
rent from the Westinghouse dynamo OF
Q 1000 volts power. This current pass
Is through q reOstadt and Is then FED
TO the incandescent lights. 1t is sur
posed that the death Of the boy was in
Simultaneous.
The Coror er Immediately upon re-
ceiv.ng word Of the occurrence went
to the Gene and began an investiga-
ton, which will be resumed to-day.
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A drove of hoys in Hudson, Mich,
became intoxicated by drinking the
scum from a sorghum factory, aud IN
he orgies which followed one hog was
rowned by the gay debauches.
Mrs, Higgins assists her husband, DR..
Higgins, In his astronomical ressarch-
IS, and has lately been engaged with
him In some important studies OF the
,pectrums Of the great ue')ula in Or
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PENIS 0 N. j. SATURDAY. JANUARY 3. 1891.

heart" IL The human heart 70.
the divine law; ~ The devices Of
man Us. the DEGREES of God.
5. "And he ordained o feast" (1)
Gods feast; (2) Jeroboam's feast.
-,l) Gods ordinations; ~ Man
antagonisms.
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LESSON BIBLE READING.

IDoLATRY ILLUsTKATED.
By Israel (Exod. 80 IA, 10 : 2 Kings
II 12l.
By the Philistines (Judg. 16 %, PA
By Micah (Judg. II : 1-6).
By Jeroboam q Kings IL /: 26-30).
BY Ahab Il Kings 16 : 81-33; Is II.
20).
By Manasseh q Kings 81 10.
By Nebuchadnezzar tDan. 8 Il, 6, y.
At Lystra facts IA : 11-13).
At Athens (Acts II : 16, ~, 23).
At Ephesus (Acts 10 1929.
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DAILY HouE READINGS:

MI Kings 70 {; 1858. Idolatry
in Israel.
tt Kings IS : lilo. Ahab's
sacrilege denounced.
W.-Exod. 80 /: LA. Israel's
idolatry.
T.-E1od 80 : 1886. Israsl's pun
tshment.
Pea. 115 lis. The vanity of
idols.
S.-Iaa. "A : 1.20. The folly Of
idolatry.
ST. Cor, 8 lis. No fellowship
with idols.
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FiFTY-FikST CONGRESS.

Ia tie United States Senate, on the
S0.h, only sevent. zen Senator's answered
ioii call at the hour II meeting, 10
O'Clock, and it was an hour later before
a quorum YVES secured. The creden-
tials of Frederick 7. Dabois, a. Sena-
tor-eIact from Idaho, for the tsrm be-
glnnhg March 4th next, were Q. e.
sented aud referred. Mr.. Reagan gave
notice of Two amendments TO The AID.
rich closure resolution. Mr.. Hoar
concluded his speech, began on Mon
day. in support of the Force bill,
and Mr.. Wolcott, of Colorado, made
a vigorous speech In opposition to
the bill. Then the bill was laid aside
Informally and Mr.. Stewart addressed
the Senate on the Financial bill.
When he had finished, debate was re-
sumed on the Force bill. aud Mr.. Tel.
Ter expressed his impotence at the
continuance Of the discussion on the
measure, which, he said, was regarded
In his section of the country as being
kept before the Senate for the purpose
of staving of needed financial legisla-
ton. he thought, however, that the
friends of the bill should not deny Q
I nr opportunity to amend 1t. Pending
discussion, the Senate went into exc
ecutive session, and, when the doors
were r~eopened, adjourned.
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Tor1o OF THE QUARTER: Shining
and Serving.
GOLDEN TEXT FOR THE QUARTER:
Goodness fs profitable unto all things.
IL lin. 1 8.
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GOLDEN TEXT: Thou shan not n1ake
unto Aee any craven fmaos-Exod.
20 Il.
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PLAN.

a Kings Is as-sa. Memory verses, rs
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LESSON TOPIC: The Sin of Idola.
try.
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HoUsE

In the House, after prayer by the
Chaplain and the approval of the Jours
nal Of the last previous session, an
adjournment was taken until FIJI,
day.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
SUNDAY, JANUARY IL 1871
LESSON TEXT.

Idolatrary In israsl,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-13
FREE BOOKS FOR LIBRARIES.
A Measure That Will BE Introduced In Cor
Rress-Springers Programme.

A Measure That Will BE Introduced In Con-
gress-Springer's Programme
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.-Representative
DUNCAN. of Ohio intends to introduce q
bill into the House placing all books in
tended for public Libraries of every
character upon the free list. The present
tariff law places books for colleges and
educational institutions generally upon the
free list but does not include city and
other Libraries to which the public have
access. This is TO be the way in which the
Democrats in the House are to attack the
present tariff law. They do not intend to
formulate general measure unless
possibly Mr. Mills should recon-
sider his declination to become chairman
of the committee on ways and means, In
which event it Is understood that he Will
frame a general tariff bill Mr.. Springer
for the chairmaDship, has already an
nounced that he will not make a general
bill, but will treat each item with
separate and specific measure,
rather than placing general re-
vision of the tariff upon a common
level; thus each item will stand upon Its
individual merits. The Democrats believe
that they have struck popular vein IN
such moves as the one to be
treated by Mr. Dnngan's bill. but
under which books for the library of educa-
tional institutions were placed upon the
free list in the Mckinley bill. will remem-
Der that it was the intention TO include
books for all Libraries If made accessible to
the public. so that there can be no politics
in such moves as that one.