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Passaic City record., 1891-06-13
Vegetable Leather.

A new product of manufacture, and
one capable of industrial pplication in
many ways, has been introduced by a
Brussels inventor, who has discovered
an improved mode Of rendering vegeta-
BILE parchment more adhesive than are
the makes now in use. The material in
question, as is we'll known, varies accor-
ding to the degree of dampness in the
air, and this defect, and also its want
of adhesiveness, have hitherto precluded
it from coming into very general use.
By providing means for making it non-
hygrometric and adhesive result is OBJ
tanned which makes it at once available
for use in many ways, and manufacturers
will speedily take advantage of the new
conditions in utilizing the discovery to
their profit.
The invention consists in applying to
either one or both sides of the sheets of
vegetable parchment or oil color of var
nish, so as to form product susceptible
neither to humidity nor draft. When
the layers are dry the surface may be
ornamented by printing, embossing,
otdlHpiuS VI OIuOi '" iSO t'iOAuNinS dSSOA"
tive designs thereon. 1t can then be
vanished, glazed in an oven, or finished
in other ways. For the purpose of CIV
ing the article the exact appearance and
smell of leather, mordant of varnish,
capable of sustaining powdered leather
which has been previously placed in
tanners ooze or scented with brick sap,
is spread over it. This imitation leather
retains, it is said, all the desirable quail
tiles of the natural skin, forming its
basis especially on its being absolutely
proof against the action of fatty SUBJ
stances while at the same time it resists
/. the action of light acids. A remarkable
feature of vegetable parchment is that
when used as vehicle or support of oil
color and varnish, it offers an important
advantage over cloth, plush and the like,
and can be dyed any color.-Ne0 YORK.
Commercial Advertiser.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13
A Remarkable River,

The Saguenay, large river in Canada,
falling into the estuary of the st. Law
renee, on the north side, about lis miles
below Quebec, is rightly reckoned as being
the deepest and most remarkable stream
in the world. Excepting in a very few
places, where great ranges of hills seem
to cross its bed, the average depth is 900
feet, the bottom at the spot where it
joins the st. Lawrence being over 600
feet below the bottom of the last named
stream. Thus low point of rocks at
the shore, or an island, is really the top
of a moderate sized mountain springing
up from the mysterious depths of this
deepest of all rivers. AS the spring tides
rise about eighteen feet, the current of
the river ale violent and eccentric; in
some places the ebb stream runs four to
six miles per hour; the eddies along the
shore are like those of rapid, the under
current sometimes laying hold of vessel
to turn her about or to hold her in spite
of all efforts to escape.
Before the use of towboats on the Sag
uenay, vessel left helpless by calm
sometimes drifted against some sub
merged mountain peak, and, when the
tide fell, capsized in deep water. An
anchorage being very rarely found, large
iron rings have been set in the rocks
which show themselves above the water,
and vessels often tie up to these "hitch-
ing-posts" and await fair wind The
tide of the Saguenay, for some explained
reason, advances with extraordinary
rapidity, thus, notwithstanding the fact
that the ebb current very rarely ceases to
flow out of the river, high tide arrives at
Chicontimi only forty-five minutes later
than at Tadousac, seventy miles away.
On the St. Lawrence the tide advances
in the same time only from Tadousac to
Murray Bay, thirty-fiv miles Distant
st. Louis IceEublic.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13
RUGs VERSUS "BUGs."

Pyrethrum put under the carpet de-
stroys the insects, says Professor A. j.
Cook; as does gasoline if turned along
the cracks where the pests work, but be-
ing very infammable no fire must be
brought near until thorough ventilation
has dispersed all the vapors of the liquid.
Better yet, replace carpets with rugs. II
the latter do not quite cover the floor
and we have not beautiful MOSAIC hard
wood floor we may paint the margin and
produce fine effect. We can purchase
rugs as cheap as ingram carpeting or as
expensive as the finest Brussels; or secure
beautiful rugs, soft and quite elegant,
made from our old carpets at seventy five
cents per yard. 1t takes about two and
one-half yards of carpet to make one
yard of these beautiful rugs: we can have
the rugs made any size, to fit hall or
room; we have several, and prize and ad-
mire them very much. These rugs have
much to recommend them--are. easily
taken up and shaken, and so are clean all
the time, and thus the terrors of house
cleaning are greatly lessened; are SO easily
shaken or whipped, or shaken and turned.
that we may thus hope entirely to escape
the carpet-moth and bufalo-beetle. I
believe this may prove the very best
method to circumvent these destroyers.
-Nsu YORK. Tribune.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13
Cotton From BOkhara.

Three hundred bales of cotton have been
sent from Bokhara to a cotton factory in
the south of France. This is the first
time that central Asiatic cotton has been
put directly in the market of western
Europe. Four thousand five hundred
pools of Siberian wool have been sent to
French factory at one time. Should
these enterprises be successful, France
will draw much larger quantities of these
products from the Russian provinces OF
central Asia. - Chicago News.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13
A Huge Stone.

At Baalbec, in Syria, the traveller sees
at the quarry, nearly ready to be moved
from the pillars that support it, stone
71x14x13 feet, containing IL, 922 cubic
feet. And this stone has waited for
more than 1000 years. There are four
stones nearly as large, which have been
transported mile or more and put into
the foundations of the Temple of the
Sun. The ancients did know how to
handle big stones, and we have not yet
quite reached their standard of size.-
San Francisco Examiner.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13
RECIPES.

Sponge Doughnuts-These may be
stirred up at night, nodded, and fried in
the morning. Take one heaping cupful
of milk, one of butter and lard and
mixed, one of bread sponge, four eggs,
spice to taste, or favoring of some kind.
Raisin Cookies-These are nice. Seed
and chop raisins before using them.
One cupful of sugar, two eggs, one-half
cupful of butter, one cupful of raisins,
of cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful
soda, and spice if you wish.
Fried Tomat 3es-Cut large tomatoes
into rather thick slices, drain well on a
hair seive, then season with pepper and
salt and dip in cracker dust aud fry care
fully with hot fat-butter and bacon fat
mixed is best. Arrange the tomatoes
when done on squares of buttered toast.
This is nice, tasty dlsh for breakfast.
Illinois Oyster-Take wineglass and
squeeze into it little lemon juice,
dash of red pepper, also some black pep.
per and salt; then break carefully a
fresh egg. A little more lemon juice
and pepper and salt should be added and
the egg swallowed Immediately, like an
oyster. An egg or two taken in this
way is easily digested and quite nutri-
tious.
Baked Cream Potatoes = Peel and
slice the potatoes and let stand in ice
water an hour or more, then arrange
neatly in rather shallow baking dish,
strewing bits of butter, little -four and
pepper and salt between the layers; put
some bits OF butter on the top and fill the
dish with milk and cream mixed-milk
alone will do if plenty of butter is used;
bake until well done and brown on the
top; twist a napkin about the dish and
serve as soon as done.
Potato Soup-This delicious soup is
very quickly and easily made and is
quite nutritious. Peel six large potatoes
and slice quite thin; put them into ice
cold water for few moments. While
the potatoes cook put two large spoon
fuls of butter-good sweet butter-into
the soup pot with one large spoonful of
flour aud stir carefully until brown.
Then add one quart of boiling water and
the potatoes. Season with salt and both
black and red pepper and boil until the
potatoes are quite well done and broken
up. At the last add the cream and serve
es soon as possible. You can add a
spoonful of fne-chopped parsley if liked.
Baked Rice as an Entree-Parboil
some well-washed rice in boiling water
for three or four minutes, drain from
the water and dry on clean cloth; then
fry q little brown with a little finely
chopped onion and butter. Put in a
saucepan and cover with rich beef stock
(only good stock can be used); add pep
per and salt and keep covered until quite
tender. The saucepan must be shaken
from time to time and watched closely
to prevent burning. When done put it
into a buttered pudding dish with
shreds of cold chicken or ham mixed
through it, dust over with grated cheese
and brown in hot oven. You can use
mushrooms sliced instead OF the meat or
use little tomato sauce.
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THE sEER.pa1Nk1Na NATIONS.

According to recent article on beer and
the beer trade in German periodical, it ap-
pears that in 1888 Germany was the larg-
Britain and Ireland stood second, and the
United States third, in proportion to drink
ing, Belgium, according to this authority,
leads the other nationalities; Great Britain
and Ireland next; Germany third; Denmark
fourth, and the United States fifth. But as
the proportion OF abstainers in the United
States is much larger than in either of these
countries, it seems probable that the per
capita quantity of beer consumed by actual
beer drinkers here is at present larger than
in either country. There is urgent need Of
increased missionary labor on this side Of
the Atlantic, as well as the other, to pro-
mote the teaching and the practice of total
abstinence from all intoxicants s-Nataonai
Advocate
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ACTION OF ALCOHOL ON THE BODY.

B. W Richardson, M. D., F. R. S., of
England, referring to the action OF alcohol
upon the human system, says:
had learned purely by experimental OBJ
servation that in its action on the living
body, this chemical substance alcohol, de-
ranges the constitution of the blood; unduly
excites the heart AID respiration; paraiyzes
the minute blood vessels; increases and de-
creases, according to the degree of its appli-
cation, the functions of the digestive organs,
of the liver and of the kidneys; disturbs the
regularity of nervous action; lowers the an
imal temperature, and lessons the muscular
power. Such, independently of any preju-
dice of party, or influence of sentiment are
the unanswerable teachings OF the sternest
of all evidences, the evidence of experiment,
of natural fact revealed to man by expert
mental testing of natural phenomena.
1t begins by destroying, it ends by destruc-
tion, and it implants organic changes which
progress Independently of its presence even
in those who are not born.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13
TEMPERANCE.
THE DRusKARD's RAeerr wEAN.

THE DRUNKARD'S RAGGrT wEAN.
A wee bit raggit laddie gangs wanderfn'
thrc' the street.
Wadin' mang the snaw wi his wee bare feet:
Shiverin' in the cauld blast, greetin' VII the
pain.
Oh, wha's the wee bit callants Hes the
drunkard's raggit wean.
He kens nae father luve, and he kens nae
mither's care,
Tae sooth his wee bit sorrows and tae kahn
his tawt 1t hair;
Tae kiss him when he waukens, an tae
smooth his bed at cen:
Oh, wha's the wee bit Gallant? He's the
drunkard's raggit wean.
Then surely we maun try an turn that sinfu
fathers hairt,
An try an get the mither tae act mither's
part.
An max them leave the drunkard's cup an
never taste again,
But cherish wi a parents care their wee bit
raggit wean.-V Voice.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13
What could I doa Iput the ring on

Jeanette's finger.
Nothing else was possible. The old
gentleman left Us together, her head
sunk ON nv shoulder. I have often
wondered since what she thought of me,
for I never uttered another word the
whole evening.
As soon as I decently could I got
away. I adored her; l knew that l
should be miserable without her, but ]
could not play the part of rascal.
Having stolen Franks diamond ring
and given it away might have been
rather bad, from detectives point of
view, but did not think of that. 1t
would seem to him that had been false,
cowardly, treacherous, and had won his
Jennie after promising to make all right
between them.
could never tell Jennie the truth
after all she said to me that night,
things that would have made me the
happiest of men, if I had dared to be,
and as walked homeward I decided to
shoot myself and end it all. I could
write letter of adieu, explaining all to
Frank, telling Jennie how l loved her,
telling my parents that without honor
life was valueless. had pistol in my
valise at the hotel. Well, the sooner it
was over the better.
was IN an undesirable state of
mind, for I loved life, and I saw it
bright and glowing before me-but for
my lost honor.
As 1 entered the hotel, turned and
gave last look at the long, beautiful
street. Before morning my eyes would
close on the world forever.
"There's a message tor you," said the
clerk as passed his Office. turned and
took it. 1t was from the city of Mexico,
from Frank, of course. l tore it open,
these were the contents. "Don't go
further with that matter; I'm married. J"
So was when he next heard from me.
Family Story Paper.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13
THE ROOT OF ALL CRIME.

Mr. Justice Hawkins said in 1888 at the
opening Of the Durham Assizss, that he 'had
considerable experience in courts Of law, and
every day he lived the more firmly did he
come to the conclusion that the root of all
crime was drink. 1t affected people of all
ages and both sexes-the middle-aged, the
young, the father. the son, the husband, and
the wife. 1t was drink which was the in
cent1ve to crimes of dishonesty; a man stole
in order that he might provide himself with
the means of getting drink. 1t was drink
which caused homes to be impoverished, and
they could trace to its source the cause of
misery which was to be found in many cot
tage home which had been denuded of all the
necessities of life. He believed that nine
tenths OF the crimes of this country, and
certainly OF the county of Durham, were
engendered within public houses" And
agaiz, on March Is, 1899, charging the grand
jury at Stafford, the same judge remarked
that he believed shat eighty per cent. Of
the punishable crime Of this country was
caused by drink-at least eighty per cent Of
itu
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HE KEPT HIS RESOLUTION /.

Talking to a hundred or more men at st.
Bartholomew's Mission, in New York, Gen.
eral o. .. Howard related an incident in his
own life, for the purpose, he said, of show
ing what great results sometimes come from
small efforts At the battle of Fair Oaks,
on June l, 1862, General Howard's right arm
was shot off. ''As 1 was making my way to
the hospital, he said, weak from the loss of
blood and from pain, saw young man in
toxicated. He was so under the influence of
whisky that he could hardly walk. As
came near Kim / stopped long enough to tell
him it did not pay to drink; it would ruin
him and he had better stop before the habit
had control of him. Ipassed on to the hos
pital, had my arm amputated, and was sent
home to recover. l saw nor heard nothing
more of the drunken soldier until short
time ago, when letter from an officer in
Washington told me his subsequent history.
Impressed by the fact that in my wounded
condition had taken enough interest in him
to stop and give him advice he had tnen and
there resolved to quit drinking. He kept his
resolution, and when the war was over set
tied down to life of steady, honest hard
work. He gradually rose and the letter
from Washington told me he had just died,
Judge on the Supreme bench in the State
of New Hampshire, one OF the foremost men
in that Commonwealth"
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13

There is more catarrh in this section of tho
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced 1t in
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured BY f. J. Cheney g. Co., Toledo,
market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to teaspoonful 1t acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
They offer 800 for any case it fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials Address
F. J. CHENEY e. Co., Toledo, o.
E Sold by Druggists. 75c.
OVER 100000 little Russians were born last
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13
A SUMNER SONG.

All whittier, sweet one, art thou fed
My heart of Mayf
In vain pursuing ann led
A weary way.
The brook is dry; its silver throat
Rills song no more;
And not linnet lifts note
Along the shore.
Will thou return?-I ask the night,
l ask the morn.
The doubt that wounds the old delight
Is like thorn.
Oh, GOMEZ lean my eager ear
For laughter's ring;
Bring back the love-iight cool and clear
Bring back my Spring.
Clinton Scollard, in the Century.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13

London has 1925 miles of streets and a
population of 5, ,S47, 600; more than the whole
of Scotland or of Ireland. It has only 439
church buildings Itshas about $500 people
to the square mile; 145, 900 paupers, one
third of whom are children. London has
over 36, 900 registered habitual criminals.
There are over IA, 900 policemen which cost
the city over 81. 600, 900 year. London has
also ID, 600 grog-shops. How much these
cost nobody can figure up. Never will there
be any way out Of the darkest" London, or
the bottomless miseries and degradation of
any other city. SO long as the grog-shop curse
Is tolerated Advance
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13

There's a patent medicine
which is not a patent medicine
paradoxical as that may
sound. It's a discovery! the
golden discovery Of medical
science! It's the medicine for
you-tired, run down, exhaust
ed, nerve wasted men and
women; for you sufferers from
diseases Of skin or scalp, liver
or lungs-it's chance is with
every one, it's season always,
because it aims to purify the
fountain of life-the blood
upon which all such diseases
depend.
The medicine is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery.
The makers of it have
enough confidence in it to
Sell IL Nz NZNI.
That is-you can get it from
your druggist, and if it doesn't
do what it's claimed to do, you
can get your money back,
every cert Of ii.
That's what its makers call
taking the risk Of their sOO1as.
Tiny, little, sugar coated
granules, are what DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are. The best
Liver>Pills ever invented; ac-
tive, yet mild in operation;
cure sick and bilious head
aches. One a dose.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
KrnosENE roLrsHEs BLACK WALNUT.

Black walnut furniture is quickly
cleaned by rubbing with flannel cloth
moistened with kerosene. Rub dry,
then apply the following preparation:
Mix together equal parts of linseed oil.
vinegar and turpentIne. Shake well,
apply with flannel cloth and rub in well.
Let the furniture stand short time, then
rub vigorously with dry flannel. Unless
badly stained and marred, furniture will
look better treated in this way than when
coated with the heavier dressings. .-Neso
York Journal.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTEo.
Paregoric is a favorite intoxicant in the
prohibition districts of Maine
The first Convention of the Worlds
Womans Christian Temperance Union will
be held in fremont Temple, Boston, in No
vember, 1891.
1t has been proved by statistics that life
insurance company on the total abstinence
basis gains thirty per cent by reason of the
superior vitality OF its policyholders.
In Ireland the number Of arrests for
drunkenness steadily increases. In 1887
there were 79 0J0 arrests for that cause; i'll
1888 the number reaches 81. 600, and in 1880
climbs up to 92000.
China now has National W. G. 7. u,
with the necessary equipment OF general Of
fcers-ffteen vice-presidents and nine su-
perintenients of departments. or the unions
organized by Mrs. Leavitt in her first tour
of the world, all but one are hourishing.
Mr.. D. Lloyd George, N. P. for Carnarvon.
in contrasting temperance sentiment In the
country forty or fifty years ago with the
present day, noted the fact tnat Charles
dickens has not a single teetotaller among
his male characters, whereas it would be i'm.
possible for Charles Dickens of our days to
ignore them. There were 160 teetotallers in
the House OF Commons.
Finland appears to be the most favored
country in the world as regards temperance
legislation. Local option is an old established
reform which Country districts have so far
derived benefit from that they are free OF
drink-shops altogether. The temperance So
cieties provide weil-stocked libraries, proper
Weighted reading-rooms and comfortable
and enticing coffee-houses for those they de-
sire to wean lrom the public-house.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13

Out of 900, 900 applications for pat
ents made during the past century, 1885,
600, or little over fifty per cent, have
been issued.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13

Produced from the laxative and nutritious
medicinal virtues of plants known to be most
beneficial to the human system, acts gently
or the kidneys liver and bowels. effectuallY
cleansing the system, dispelling colds and
headaches and curing habitual constipation.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13

The earth's 1, 500, 100000 human in
habitants speak 3034 different languages
and possess about 1000 different relig-
ious beliefs
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13

The oldest known journal OF the
weather was kept by one Walter Merle,
Fellow of Merton College, Oxford,
England, during A. D. l337-4A.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13

FITS stopped tree by DIR. kLINE's GREAT
NERVE KEsToRER. No nts after nrst days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial bottle
free. DIR. Kline, 931 Arcn St., Phiia., Pa
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13
The Convenience OF solid Tratns.

The Erie is the only railway running solid
trains over its own tracks between New YORK
and Chicago. No change OF cars Tor any ciase
of passengers. Rates lower than via. any other
drSt-claSS line.
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13
syrup Of Figs,

OVER 100000 little Russians were born last
Passaic City record., 1891-06-13

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"Miss Jeanette" said, ''I have a
confession to make. My acquaintance
with you seemed to come about almost
accidentally; but the truth is, that l
came from New York on purpose to
know YOU"
ISIS it possible2" said she, blushing like
a rose.
"Yes, indeed, Miss Donald" said.
81 asked you once if you knew my friend,
Frank Ludwig. He who used to talk
80 much about you. Oh, Miss Donald,
you are SO sweet, so fair, you look so
gentle. How can you be so cruel2"
81 cruel! l do not know what you
mean, Mr.. Leslie" Jeanette cried.
'When a woman has won mans
heart, is it right to cast him away-to
doom him to despair" l said. .'My pur-
pose in seeking you out was, from the
first, to ask you to put this ring oa your
finger"
was about to say ''once more" when
a hearty slap upon my shoulder startled
me.
"Come, come" said Mr.. Donald-he
was = man with a loud voice and a
Scotch accent-'come, come! You've
been very sly, young folk, but was the
same myself in my time, and I'm not sure
I'll object"
We've not been sly, papa," said
Jeanette. "Jack has never said q
word to me before"
Put it on, lad, said the old gentle.
man; "put it on her finger, and M
blessing on ye both,