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The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-01
A LEGEND OF THE cHRYsANTHEMUM


Lung Lee, nephew of the Sun and
Emperor of China, vas extremely foad
of that royal flower, the ~chrysanthe-
mum. He showered honors upon the
person who produced new specimens,
and he had in his garden these flowers
of all tints of the rainbow save one-a
blue chrysanthemum was lacking. and
although many tried none were able 10
droduoe it. The good Emperor tore
his hair with rage, beheaded a florist
or two, and finally offered q princely
reward to any m who should produce
the flower, promising to the succe ssful
enc the hand OF his daughter, Hi Too,
who was charming In mind rs she was
beautiful in face and form. Among
her admirers was a young gardener
who had bargs OF a circle of precious
chryse nthemums in the Emperor's
grounds. He had hkened the lovely
maiden to the charming white chrysan-
themum, and had murmured words of
affection to his adored princess, who
loved him In return. This young maj
entered the lists in competition for this
coveted prize, and alter long expert
menting succeeded in prouucing at
last a beautiful blue chrysanthemum
which he showed one evening to the
princess, saying that he should present
it to the Emperor on the following
morning. But alas! An elderly rival
had been wa ching the young lover
with jealous eyes. and on the morrow,
when he went eagerly to pick his
treasure, he found it brokon from the
stalk and gone. The jealous rival had
discovered the peerless flower and had
presented it to the Emperor as his own
production, claiming the promised re
ward. Just as he did SO q young man,
pale with anxiety, rushed into the EN-
peror's presence, charging that this
had stolen his flower The rival
at once gave him the lie and the En-
peror irowned upon them both. At
at last he decided that they must both
raise another flower and that which,
ever should prove an imposter should
be beheaded on the spot.
At last the day came when the tri.
umphant lover carried to the King
another chrysanthemum, bluer and
loveIier than the last, and was re-
warded with q gracious smile from the
Emperor and the hand of the lovely
Hi Too. When they searched for the
unhappy rival they found that he had
tabled himself in the midst of his
flowers in desperation and to escape
the fate awaiting him. The nuptials OF
the Young lover and the beautiful Prin-
cess were celebrated with becoming
pump, and after o long and happy
reign they died, the secret OF the blue
chrysanthemum dying with them.
Many are the hybridizers who have
to produce it since but oil have
been unsuccessful.
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Not Ashamed OF His Trade.

ssrom" Poole, the friend Of Cole
ridge and other men OF genius, and
one Of the most pronounced Liberals
OF his time, was the son of a tanner.
His father had resolved that this lad
should continue the business, and so,
although a younger brother went to
college, poor Tom was apprenticed to
the tanning trade, with the bare
equipment of reading, writing, and
arithmetic.
But Tom hungered for an educa-
ticn. and set about getting it. With
the aid of a cousin and that of a
French refugee he learned Latin,
French, and a little Greek. AS time
went on he found that he was ignor-
ant of practical details connected
with his trade, and so left home, and
began working under a teigned name
in a large lanyard, where he could
Lecome acquainted with the newest
improvements that had been intro
duced into the business
All his life long he sought growth
and development and that no was
never spoiled by prosperity is indl.
Gated BY one significant incident He
was one day walking in Bath with
the Marquis OF Lansdowne, and recog-
njzed in an old wagner driving by a
man who had been carter in the tan
ward where had worked.
He excused himself to his com.
panion, and hurried across the street
10 offer the carter his hand. The
man stared at him for a moment, and
then exclaimed, delightedly:
..Sure, tits never u Tummas!
Well. ibid always think thee summat
| above the comment"
Poole could be very vehement at
times in his abuse Of the aristocracy.
even when he was a county mapis-
trate and a man OF acknowledged i'm.
no,tance in the neighborhoou, he
would say. aggressively:
II am a plebeian. l am a tanner.
! Yon know / am a tannerl"
Thus it came about that the local
wits used to call him Lord ChancelloF
! uyaa-Youth's Companiol
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AT EVENING TIME


All day the homeless mists had swept
Adown the rock. bound lea,
Der gorse.fringed hills and wales the
crept,
And tryst among the heather kept,
But now, at evening time, they slept
Upon q sleeping sea.
Soft as the grey.white plumage worn
Upon a sea-bird's breast,
Or fleece of firstling newly shorn,
One drift they seemed, save where, up
borne
Though some brief rift asunder torn,
Cleaned white q sail at rest.
But when the hour Of sunset came,
Across their phantom floor,
Bright hues of crimson and of fame
The chill and pallor put to shame,
Until the mists one fire became
That burned from sky to shore.
And, tipped with gold beneath the sun,
A purple isle aiar
Stood clearly out, as fearing none,
And watched the sunset triumph won,
While over it, when all was done,
Looked forth the evening star.
So, up and down the shores of time
All day the vapors go,
They shroud our isles OF faith sublime,
And round our watch-towers drift and
climb;
But when life strikes its even-chime,
Allimnssed in light below,
The very mists that dimmed our way,
Suffused with heavenly CLEANS,
Shall make above the waters grey
A roseate pavement DER the bay
Towards the Island Of the Day,
The haven Of our dreams
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eERM1NArINe DIFFICULTY SEEDS.

Some Of your readers, says X. ".
Lawson IN The MagJaoWer may profit
by my experience in raising plants from
seed, which are usually difficult to sue
coed with.
First, 1 am always careful to see that
the boxes are filed with light rich soil,
which has not been used before.
With hard seeds, such az Cyclamen.
Amaryllis, Peas and Cypress, | find a
couple of hours soak in hot wat r
brings them up brlskly.
But 1t was with finer seeds l meant
to confne myself.
A cousin OF mine In Denver, Col,
sent last spring for the same varieties
Of Poppy seeds thatI had, purchasing
them at the same place. Hers, she
writes, were almost a failure while
mine were ~gloriously beautiful.
think the secret lies in this: when l
plant Poppy seeds / first spray the
ground with boiling water, wait until
II dries again, plant my seeds and then
spray with hot, but not boiling, water
and cover with papers for two nights.
The seeds seem to terminate easier
and more quickly SO.
Chrysanthemums have been so often
described to me as hard to raise from
seed, that this year I tried packet Of
prize y~arieties and now after four
months my plants have reached sixteen
inches, are strong and well branched.
I gave the seeds the same hot water
treatment aud further wet them with
1t until they began to come up. Then
left them rather dry, but gave plenty
of sun and air.
The large fringed Petunias (Fim-
briata, Floro Pleno), were also SLAM
dered to me. for with this same N
they grew iEtly and bloomed at twelve
weeks.
Am now trying Pelargoniums. Cycla-
mems, Cinerarias aud Pyrethrums.
VIII report success later,
To those who raise Gladiolus, let me
say, don't fail TO hybrIdize at least one.
Does any one know that Ivy Gera-
NUNS will bloom every month In the
year, II kept nipped back a little and
all bloom stalks cut away?
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
sSyrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accent any substitute if offered.
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FOLDED HANDS,.
ALBERT BIGELow FAME.

Poor tired hands that toiled so hard ioL me-
At rest before me now see lh.m y unhnI ses
They toiled so hard, and yet we eouiN
That she was dying
Poor, rough red hands that drudged the i've
stnl busy Wheel tho mldnlghtol u was burning
OFT telling on until she SAW the gray
0fday returning.
II I could sit and hold those tired hands ,ror,
And feel the warm llfe-blooi WITHIN Nv"
And oaze With her across the twilight lands
Some whispered words reveatihS'
I think IN night that ! y would love her So,
And / could tell my love to her 80 tIuiytr IN
That cen though tired, she "ouiu uo' "i'" W
And lesyee me thus unduly.
Poor. tired heart that had so weary grown,
THAT death came nil UNDECIDED Ger IL ereeP'
How still It is to sit here all alone,
While she is sleeping.
Dear, patient heart that deemed the heavy
or drudgIng household toll It's highest duty;
That laid asldr its precious yearnlhgs thete
Along with beauty.
Dear heart and hands, so puIseiess' S'lii' anu
cold, .,r eba,a
tHow peacefully and dreamlessiy' shes
sleepinED. ,,or, fold
The spOtleSs shroui oil rest aoouI 'heih i0''
And leave me weeping.
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800 Reward. 500.

The reader Of this paper will be pleased ia
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Cntarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease. requires II constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally.
acting directly on the brood and mucous sur
foundation of the disease, and givin , the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Do lars
for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
OF testimonials. Address
F.. j. CHENEY Sc Co, Toledo, o.
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-01

Mrs. ". J. Baird of England, is fam.
Gus as n of the most expert chess an-
alysts in the world. Her chess prob
lens are considered among the best
and most difficult published. She has
competed in many tournaments sad
has won many prizeA
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-01

Mrs. Philip Newman. of London. ::
the only woman designer and ieweler
In all England. Her place in Bond
street is we'll known, and she is said to
have received at one time an offer from
Tiffany to come over aud do certain
designing for him.
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POSTAL. GUInE FOR1sea

Containining all the post Offices arranged al
phabetieally, in States and Counties, with all
other matters relating to post office affairs can
be ordered from B. SAEISGER, 2. D.. Box. llS2,
Philadelphia. Pa. No business man should be
without Il. Price s2.O0 paper cover with monthly;
s2.50 cloth cover with monthly.
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'Fe under the guard Of God' is the
Turkish salutatlon; in Arabia they say,
"May God strenSt then your morning."
the Zunis say, ''May the light OF the
Gods rest with thea"
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Hoods pills cure all liver Ills. Csc.

Henry Stiles. OF Caribou, Me-, dur
ing the last four years has received
So, 100 from raising potatoes on thirty
one and one-half acres OF land. He
has paid 1856 for fertilizers, which
ltaves him S2,654.
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There are SAID to be about $500, 600
acres devoted to cocoanuts 10 the world
at large. The AVERAGE in Csylon is
gwen at SOC, 900, and that of South
America at 1000, 600 acres.
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or King Mithridates, of Pontus, his
torians say that be spoke twenty one
Ian yuages. aud knew by name each mi
of his $4,000 soldiers. Cyrus, the Per-
sian King, and julius Cesar were also
familiar with the names OF every soldier
10 their vast armies.
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It is said that Strabo, fully 1900
years ago, described a cure for the
ravsges Of p~hylloxera, the same cure
that has recently been put in use in
France with success.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-01

An attack Of neuralgia caused J. A.
Moore, aged Is, of Sedalia, NO., to
lose ali his teeth. The old man is
quite happy now, however, as he feels
a new set growing in his gums.
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A few years ago, in Lynn, Mass, q
bright tin eish concentrated the re-
Elected rays Of the sun upon some
paper and caused such a blaze that the
fire department was called out.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-01

Cams Kidney Cure for
Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's,
Heart, Urinary of Liver Diseases, Ner-
vousness, &c. Cure guaranteed. S31
Arch Street, Philad'a, 81 a bottle, 6 for
IS, or druggist. 1000 certificates OF
cures. Try it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-01

Those who use DoDbins' Electric Soap each
week, land their name Is legion) save Their
clothes anu strength, aud let the soap do the
work. Did you ever try II? II not, do so next
Monday sure. ASK your grocer for 1t.
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No matter Of how long standing. Write
for free treatise, testimonials, &C.. 70 s. =
Hollensworth D. Co, owego, Tioga Co., N. T..
Price 81; by mail. Sl.lh-
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Boschee's German Syrup is more
successful in the treatment of Con-
sumption than any other remedy
prescribed. 1t has been tried under
every variety of climate. In the
bleak, bitter North. in damp New
England, in the tickle Middle States,
in the hot, moist South-every-
where. 1t has been in demand by
every nationality. 1t has been EN-
ployed in every stage of Consump-
ton. In brief it has been used
by millions and its the only true and
reliable Consumption Remedy. @
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Beecham's Pills with a drink OF water morn.
ings. Beecham's-no others. 25 cents a box.
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Bells are struck every half hour on
board ship to indicate the time OF day,
beginning with one bell at 2.30 in the
morning and again at 4.30 in the after
noon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-11-09
SAVED THE OUEEN.

Touching the famous equestrian,
Andrew Ducrow, SO long the lessee of
Astley's and who was the original
courier of ST. Petersburg, who rode
six bare-backed horses at once, there
is curious story, for the authority of
which cannot vouch, but which I tell
as it was told to me more than fifty
years ago. Ducrow, SO runs the tale,
was riding in Hyde Park one morning
at the same time as the youthful
Queen Victoria, about two months
before her coronation, was taking
equestrian exercise. The Queens
horse bolted, and the equerries and
grooms failed to stop the terrified ami
NAL Ducrow leapt from his saddle,
seized the horses bride, at the same
time patting the horses neck and
talking to it in that peculiar soothing
tone of his which gave him an almost
magical mastery over the brute crea-
ton. The horse renamed quite quiet,
but trembling violently, while her
majesty was assisted to ahght, and
was conveyed in carriage to Bucking-
ham palace. Andrew Ducrow's only
remark when he was informed that
the lady whom he had assisted in her
distress, was the queen of England,
was simply: ''Lawks a mussy me!
Why didn't her blessed majesty come
to me for her 'osses?" But eight
weeks afterward he was as much as
tonished as delighted to receive from
Buckingham palace splendid breast
pin representing him as miniature
courier of st. Petersburg, in gold, bril-
liants and rubies, while simultaneous
ly, from the lord chamberlain's Office,
there arrived two tickets for West
minister abbey for Mr.. and Mrs. Du-
crow to witness the pageant of the
coronation.
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The +. & P. NJ. boats will begin to run

The +. & P. M. boats will begin to run
here soon. There is now a quantity of
-four on its way here. The @. & n. w.
perhaps knows what il is doing, but if
the f. & p. M. boats run as they did last
year there will not be much business for
the line. Last spring when the F. & 2.
NJ. line was advertising to the world that
the line did not pay, and doing every
thing in It's power to divert freight from
Manltowoc, the freight depot was SO
crowded that after notice was given that
no more freight would be received, there
were five cargoes here waiting for ship
ment. A line which does business in
that way deserves no patronage and will
receive but little.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-11-09

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 3.-An interesting
trio of youthful prisoners walked into
Justice Dooley's court this morning.
They live in Sparta. Monroe county,
Wis. Last Tuesday they left their home
and boarded cattle car on the Chicago
Northwestern railroad for Chicago,
with the intention of seeing the Worlds
Fair, but on their arrival they learned
that the Fair was closed. 1t was their
intention to return home yesterday in the
same manner which they came. They
had but eight cents between them, SO
they secured lodging in switch shanty
at Western avenue, on the Chicago, Bur.
lington Il Quincy railroad tracks where
they were found asleep by an officer, who
took them to the Humane street station
Their parents were notified OF their de-
tentIon here.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-11-09

WASHINGTON, d. O., Nov. 3-The senate
late yesterday afternoon passed the bill
amending the Geary Chinese exclusion
act, so as to extend the time within which
the Chinese now in the country and desir-
ing to remoin may register. Cleveland
signed the bill this afternoon. 1t is said
that the administration had hoped that
congress would pass a bill repeating the
Geary law, and that it did not do SO,
coupled with the fact that the law has
been declared constitutional, surprised
and embarrassed Mr.. Cleveland and his
advisers. One hundred Chinaman are
now in Jail in California under sentence
OF deportation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-11-09

ARISING ont of the present stoppage in
toe coal trade, capital story is worth re.
peating concerning Lord Derby and a
collier. Wandering on some land be-
longing to Earl Derby, the collier there
CHANGED to meet the owner of Knowsley
face to face. His lordship inquired if the
collier knew he was walking on his land.
They land? Well. I've got no land, N.Y.
SELF" was the reply, land I'm like to
walk on somebody's. Wheer did they
get it fro'?" oh" exclaimed his lord
ship, Il got it from my ancestors" AN
where did they get it frog" queried the
collier. They got it from their ances-
tors" was the reply. "An' wheer did
they did their ancestors get it fro'?"
"They fought for It," well begad.'
said the collier, squaring up to the noble
earl, I'll feight thee for itl''
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DIR. PRICES BAKING POWDER,
SUPPLYING THE ARMY, NAVY AND INDIAN
DEPARTMENT.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.

The purchasing agents OF the United
States Government have ordered nearly
one hundred thousand pounds of DR..
Prices Baking Powder in the first FIVE
months of this year.
The government exercises great care in
selecting its supplies OF all kinds, reject
ing everything that is not of the best,
and the very fact that it has adopted DR..
Prices Baking Powder Is proof that it has
found it the best Of all the baking pow
ders. DR.. Prices is peculiarly adapted
for export, as neither long sea voyages
nor climate changes affect 1t, this brand
keeping fresh for years while other baking
powders deteriorate rapidly.
1t is guaranteed to the government to
be pure cream tartar powder free from
ammonia, alum, or other harmful SUI
stances, and 1t is also the only baking
powder prepared by physician of high
standing.
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MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE
WEST POINT FAMOUS.

Harpef's Bazaar: The West Point chspe
has been called the Westminster abbey
of America; it has such priceless story
the little cemetery lying at the entrance
OF the winding road which leads to old
Fort Putnam you can read chapter after
chapter OF American history. Here is the
tomb of Gen. Scott, in honor of whose
victory at Chippewa the cadet grave was
adopted. Here is the name OF Anderson
of Sumter fame and OF Custer, the dash
of whose charges still stirs the pages OF
Indian records. Under slabs of heavy
granite old Revolutionary heroes lie side
by side with some cadet Just learning the
art of war. Among them white marble
shaft tells us that it marks the place
where Susan Warner, the author of The
Wide, Wide World rests In peace IN
Christ" The work OF this sweet soul
has become one of the traditions OF the
army. In many 2 Western post are to be
found men who like to tell OF those far
away days when they were one OF "Miss
Warmers boys" For years every Sun
day her sister and herself crossed from
their home on Constitution island in the
Hudson, opposite the Point, In row
boat to the quaint old chapel. Here after
service they held Bible class composed
entirely of cadets. Many a homesick boy,
smarting under the sting of military dieci-
pline, has been ministered unto by these
mothers of Souls. Miss Anna may still
be seen in all the delicate loviness OF
Dresden shspherdess with her sturdy
flock about her. A dainty maid, who full
fills Joseph Jefierson's idea of what a
maid should be-"rosy- checked. clear
eyed and smiling"-carries a basket Of
bouquets, which were distributed as the
class disperses, and comes like breath
of home into dreary tents or barracks.
The name of another woman is associated
with West Point history. 1t is that OF
the beautiful wife of Gen. Knox, in whose
honor the cadets have named the practice
battery known as Battery Knox" She
Is said to have opened the first ball given
at West Point with Gen. Washington.
From that night in May, 1882, for over
100 years the rhythm of dancing feet has
marked the browning delight of cadet
life. Never mind if the Apollo IN gray
has been skinned" because "his collar
was not neatly put on, his shoes not
properly BACKED" or because "his hair
was too long" at inspection, he still
Can 60 to hops, those charming hops,
where all is so exciting,
Sashes red and buttons bright, black eyes
that shoot forth lightning!
In the old mess hall, gay with bunting
and adorned with the celebrated Childs
portraits, many young Napoleon has
met his Waterloo.