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The Penn's Grove record., 1894-05-04

: II your nearest, best and most esteemed
neighbors had written the following letters
they could be no more worthy of your con-
fidence than they now are, coming, rs they
worthy citizens who, in their several neigh
iborhoods, enjoy tho fullest confidence and
respect Of all.
Mrs. r. L. Inman, Of Manton, Wexford
Co., Mich, whose portrait heads this article,
writes as follows: 81 began taking DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription about O year
ago. For years / have suffered with falling
and liberation Of the womb, but to-day, l
I'M enjoying perfect health.
I took four bcttles OF the Prescription
and two Of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
coyery. Every lady suffering from female
weakness should try the Prescription and
Golden Medical Discovery"
Miss Mary J. Tanner, North Lawrence,
st. Lawrence Co., N. Y, writes II was
sick for four years. For two years l could
do no work. / had five different physicians,
who pronounced my case o poor or impov-
erished condition of the blood, and uterine
trouble. / suffered a great deal with pain in
bothsides, and much tenderness on pressing
over the womb. l bloated at times in my
bowels and limbs was troubled with leu
corrhca. l could not sleep, and was troub-
led with palpitation of the heart. Suffered
q great deal Of pain in my head, temples,
forehead and eyes. 1 bad o troublesome
cough, raised o grant deal and at times *
perienced o good deal of pain in my chest
and lungs. My voice at times was very weak:
l suffered oxcruciating monthly, periodical
pains. Since taking seven bottles Of DIR.
Pierce's Fayorite Prescription some tinio ago,
] have enjoyed better health than have for
more than four years previously In fact,
for several months past / have been able to
work ut sowing. 1 have gained in weight
thirty .nino pounds since taking. your medi-
cines ; the soreness and pain hnye disap-
peared." Yours truly,
haaAM Ian oau
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Good and Bad Society.

Mrs. John Sherwood. in reply T., a
correspondent WHO n ked he~ shat
was meant by the terms 'ECJd SO.
ciety" and "bad society,"" segs 'that
society is bad whose members, how.
ever tenacious they may be Of forms
of etiquette and elaborate ceremoIi-
ais, have one code of manners for those
whom they deem their equals, and an
other for those whom they esteem to
be OF less importance to them by real
son of age, pecuniaiy position or rel.
alive social influence" Bad manners
are apt to prove the concomltant OF a
mind ard disposition that are zone
too good, and the fashionable woman
who sights people because they can
"t6 minister to her ambition, chal-
<nges q mercilc.s criticism o. her
own moral shortcomings. A young
girl who is impertinent or careless in
her demeanor to her mother cr her
mothers friends; who goes about
without a chaperon and talks slang;
who Is careless in her bearing toward
young men. permitting them to treat
her as IL she were one Of themselves;
who accepts the attention of a young
man of bad character or dissipatcd
habits because he happens to be richi
who is loud in dress and rough in
manner-such a young girl is "bad
society,"" be she the daughter of an
earl or a butcher.
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Purifying Air by Charcoal.

Chas. Toope, who has taken a
prominent part in the attempts tG
abate the smoke and fog nuisance in
England, suggests the application OF
charcoal for purifying the air of the
houses located in infected districts
all air admitted to be passed through
thin canvas BAGS containing crushed
charcoal. He holds that were such
precautions taken, many regions now
fatal to Europeans could be dwelt 10
with IMMUNITY. Mr.. Toope is by nc
mean the first to call attention to
the remarkable absorbent properties
charcoal. Forty years ago the chem
ist Stenhouse described and Illus
trated the capabilities of charcoal as
an absorbent and oxidizer OF the PRO-
ducts of decomposition of organic
matter. He tells how the carcasses
of dogs were kept covered with a tn n
layer Of powdered charcoal-but
otherwise exposed-without any nuis-
ance arising therefrom. He adds
that he has deviseda respirator on
this principle, 10 be used In districts
smitten with cholera or yellow fever.
He found. further, that with such a
r~espirator he could breathe with i'm
punity air containing large amounts
Of ammonia, sulphuretted hydrogen
and other hurtful gases Stenhouse
q @ on to show how charcoal can be
'''platinized," or combined with min
utely divided platinum. Charcoal
containing even two per cent OF
platinum causes a mixture OF oxygen
and hydrogen to combine perfectly in
About a quarter OF an hour, and this
strength of ~platinized charcoal is
stated to be we'll adapted for charcoal
d~islnfectant respirators. -Phafma
centlcal Era.
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Settled by Arbitration.

The outline Of the postofice had
become indistinct In the gathering
darkness and the streets in the
vicinity were filled with people hur-
,ying homeward, when the reporter
observed a man with a stubhv beard
who with some difficulty was holding
o position on a corner, solemnly shak-
ing hands with a line OF newsboys.
Some Of the passers-by. discouraged
IN their pedestrian efforts for rapid
transit, stopped to watch the pro.
ceedings, for the sight was unusual
Had some local celebrity chosen this
time and place to hold a reception?
1t might appear so but for the small
number of guests.
The true significance of the little
,cene, however, was understood only
oy those who were earlier on the
spot.
There had been a fierce alteration
between the man and one of the boys,
and the companions of the latter,
coming from all directions, tell upon
the man with so vigorous an onslaught
that an old Irishman said afterward
that he thought they'd murder him
from head to foot" But just as this
outcome of the affair seemed probable
q ragged little fellow appeared on the
seem and ruled the proceedings out
Of order.
"Youse feilers amt givin' de bloke
l square DEAL" he said. There
wouldn't a. been no scrap II Joe
hadn't cheated" and he followed
with an argument that was evidently
convincing, for when he finished his
burst of eloquence with what proba-
bly, was a borrowed phrase. "Yer
oughter 'pologize," the boys did,
ucuNa;ly.
Each side conceded something and
;he handshaking followed; and al
though a couple Of idlers moved away
omewhat reluctantly. disappointed
in not seeing a dght. and while some
of the spectators laughed at the lit
tie peacemaker, the last in the line,
extended a grimy little hand to be
in the larger one half a score
Of hearts beat lighter because OF his
plea for justice.-Boston Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-05-04

ttDo ! believe that cats and dogs
niay carry from one house TO another
contagious disease! think the idea
simply silly. My little girl likes To
fondle pretty kittens, and l mean to
teach her 10 love dumb animals"
said a young mother, when a friend
suggested the letting alone Of a Wis.
itor, a pretty bundle of gray fur, very
much alive. and evidently somebody's
pet
The scarlet fever was raging in the
neighborhood, and the mother had
most carefully guarded her little girl
from exposure to %contagion, having
for weeks escaped it.
Baby and kitty had a fine play TO-.
.cther. and when pussy took her
leave, straight to the house contain
ing three cases of scarlet fever she
went Baby's subsequent attack Of
fever was not attributed to playing
with the gray kitten, though she had
40 other chance Of infection.
During the reign of the influenya,a
handsome cat, much petted by every
member of the family, was fond OF
sitting upon my masters writing
desk. Minnette Grcytoes continued
her attentions to MIR. Give while he
wrestled with an attack of the grip.
Before many hours had elapsed after
his attack poor pussy's throat became
sore and very infamed, her eyes red
and watery, and violent sneezfng, al.
ternated with coughing added to her
aflictions, proving beyond dispute
that disease may be transmitted from
the human being to the lower animal,
Or vice versa.
A dainty, c,ean, cunning kitten
looks innocent enough, but it is Well
to know Just where it has been be.
fore permitting the children to fondle
IT. The meascls, whooping cough,
scarlet fever, with other contagious
| diseases, have made sad vacanios in
home circles so carefully guarded that
| there has been no 'known" possible
chance for infection. Cats should be
kindly treated and dogs also but
both are given to visiting. Is it well
TO permit tho children to fondla
trange pets?
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Testing a Storage Battery.

A novel test was lately applied to
a storage battery by a London police.
man. Anarchists, as a rule, are fairly
on their good behavior in London, as
the English laws have been excep.
tionally lenient 10 them; but the out
RACES that have recently taken place
10 England have considerably changed
the public temper, and the police
have been actively engaged in dis.
covering and following up every clew
that seemed to point to the exist.
ence Of hidden bombs or internal ma
chimes A mild and ~inoffensive
student of electrical engineering was
passing along Regent street the other
day with a small accumulater under
his arm, when two stalwart members
Of the police force came up, and he
was seized from behind by the Shout
ders and hustled into a side street.
The student was overwhelmed with
surprise and fear, and thought Of all
the sins he had ever committed in
trying to account for his wretched
plight In dispair he was about to
exclaim that he would 'tgo quietly
when the Jealous limbs OF the
law demanded that he should
show the contents Of his mysterious
package. With a fearlessness with
which idiscy was strongly blended,
they tapped and shook the case, and
then permitted the student to I'M
screw the top of the awful box and
diclose to view the plates and the
acid solution. One of the policemen,
anxious for promotion, was not salts
fed. He tilted the accumulation and
some of the solution raj onto his
hand. The box was handed back IL
the student in double-quick time,
and, to the accompaniment of a sue
cession Of vehement and heartfelt re-
marks, the policeman executed a
lively dance On the sidewalk. The
crowd cheered, and the second police
man, muttering an apology to the
mild student, lead bis too ~enterprls.
ing comrade away
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6Fet theIf heads; Miss Carberry va
spinning along In the musty-smeIllpe
chaise, and the school.house door wa,
locked-wlth Patsy left fast asleep IL
the "'Pratus.box."
About 0 o'clock that night htss
Carberry dropped the comb she vas
drawing through her long brown nan
and broke 1t into half a dozen pieces
"You poor, dear little thing she
said, gazing ut 1t in horror out she
didn't mean the comb
Before you could tell Of it, she hat
tucked the brown hair under a tur.
ban, snatched up a h~alf-eaten box o.
bon.bons, whisked down stairs into
the pantry for cakes and cold chicken
and was darting along the rose
hcdged lane that led TO the Schooi
house.
Patsy heard the brass key in tn,
door and began TO cry, as loud as ne
could. Miss Carhcrry was glad 10
hear that. Patsy came out quicker
than he went in, and Miss Carberry
drew down his frowsy, cobweooed
head into her lap and cried too.
"pm so sorry, Patsy! Here, take
a cream cake-do forgive me, won't
you?-have some candy-l forgot all
about you in the thunder-showcr-oh!
YOU want some water, you poor little
fellow.
And away she flew to get him a
Upper Of water from the coolest
corner OF the well.
Patsy was a good deal bewildered,
lie wasn't used TO being waited OF
and feistcd. lie was rather glad on
the whole. He didn't have pound
cake and chicken and candy every
day.
Miss Carberry took him home her.
self and explained and apoloslzed.
Ills father and mother had hardly
missed him. They weren't apt to
know Patsy's down-sittings and up
risjngs very precisely.
Two good things came out OF the
afternoons Imprisonment.
Miss Carberry and Patsy each made
a resolution that night and kept it,
Patsy told his sitting on the floor with
bis mouth stuffed full Of pound cake.
"Ain't go'n' t ever fire any more
peas It the c'mittee-man,' he said
Kind o. sorry l plagued you 500
Miss Carberry Kept hers 10 herself,
but the children found 1t out after 8
She isn't soin' to ever put anybody
Else in the 'Pratus.box Wide
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The admirers of crinoline will be
proud to learn that the invention OF
balloons is owing to a similar con.
%trlyance. The French give a curious
anecdote of a simple occurrence which
led the inventor of such machines
MontgolGer-to turn his attention to
the subject. 1t Is to this effect: A
washerwoman of the Rue aux Jnlfs,
in the Marais, placed a pettlcoat on
a basket-work frame, over a stove, to
dry. In order to concentrate all the
heat. and 20 prevent its escaping hy
the aperture at the top, she drew the
strings closely together which are
used to tie it round the waist. BY
degrees the stuff dried, became
lighter, and the stove continuing to
heat and rarely the air concentrated
under the framework, the pettlcoat
began to move, and at last rose in the
air, The w~asherwoman was SC as.
tonished that she ian out to call her
ncighbors; and they, seeing it sus.
pended In the air, were amazed. One
individual, however, a simple pape,
maker from Annonay, named Mont,
golfer, as much astonished but more
sensible than the Others, returned
home, and without loss Of time
studied the work OF Priestly on dit.
ferent kinds Of atmosphere. The re-.
suit was the discovery OF the first
balloon, called MontgolAer'S Of which
he was the inventor. The Nautilus
probably gave the idea Of a sailing
vessel; 50 also very simple causes
often produce great and unexpected
vesults
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Chinese in tho Photographers
Chair,

They are the most obedient sub
,ects that the photographer has ever
had. They seem to b. in awe of the
big camera when it is pointed at
them and apparently are ready to be.
iieve that picture taking is q process
In which they are as likely to be re-
quired to stand on their heads as not.
They awkwardly try to tx themselves
in positions suggested by the photog-
rapher, and rome Of their efforts
have grotesque results. Nearly all OF
them pose with fixed faces and star.
ing eyes. If IN their posing they
were trying to bring about the pro
duction Of pictures 10 which it would
be impossible to distinguish one
Chinaman ifrom another they could
not select more effective methods.
Those to whom proofs have been
giyel t like delighted children
wien the rolled sheets bearing the
counterfeit presentments of them
selves are submitted to them. Some
Of them, who do not seem to hays
Individual prejudice against comply
ing with the law, act as though
they feel that in the picture taking
they have taken another degree ir
becoming ''Melican man. "-Provi
hence Journal.
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mAM MAaaw

"Favorite Prescription il Q positive cure
for the most complicated and obstinate cases
of leucorrhea. excessive flowing, painful mem
situation unnatural suppressions, n irreg-
ularities, prolapsus, or falling of the womb,
weak back, q female weakness" anteversion,
retroversion, b~earing-down sensations, chron-
ic congestion, inflammation and liberation Of
tho womb, Inflammation, pain end Tenderness
in oyaries, accompanied with internal heat"
The Book Q6s pages, Illustrated referred to
above. is sent sealed secure from observation
in pldin envelope for ten cents in stamps, tc
nav postage. Write for it. The Book points
ppnt tbe means Of successful Home Treatment
for all the peculiar weaknesses and distressing
diseases incident to women. Address Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association; inyaiifs'
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Mrs. Alex. Robertson, Of Half Roc, Mer.-
cor Co, Mo, writes For twenty years, l
suffered with womb disease and most of the
time was in constant pain which rendered
lifo q great burden, / cannot express what
/ suffered. l had eight doctors and oil tho
medicine I had from them failed-the one
after tho other.
was nervous, cold hands and feet, palrita-
ton, headache, backache, constipation, leu
corrhea and no appetite, with b~earing-down
pains. / got SO weak I could not walk
around. I had to keep my bed, thinking l
would never get any better. 49,
One day my husband got one OF your little
books and read it to me. Ho9aid there Yves
nothing doing me any good. said l would
try DR.. Pierce's Fayorite Prescription. did
try it. After the first few weeks my appe-
tite was better ; l was able to sit up in bee-
/ wrote to the Worlds Dispensary. Mcdiea.
Association, at Buffalo, N. Y, end described
my case they sent me O book on wo:has's
diseases. l read carefully and followed The
directions as near as / could and took tho
medicine for two years. With the blessing
Of God and your medicines, l am entirely
cured, That was three years ago"
Yours rulY,
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sLAVEs m NlW ENGLAND:
rhey Were firss ii@pcrted In She Sir
teenth tentu1y.

rhey Were First lHpcrtea In /. s,r>
tsenth csntusy.
In the sixteenth century sha ava,
TEN of slavery was fast disappearinr
from Western Europe, as being in.
consistent with their duty for Chris.
tians to hold Christians az slaves
says Jane De Forest Shelton In Har.
per's Magazine. Bit this charity
did not extend to heathens and inn.
dels! In the latter part of the seven.
tenth century the African slave
trade was considered the most profit
able part OF the British commerce.
New England naturally followed the
head OF older countries, and her ex.
change for humanity of rum, mo.
lasses, and other commodities &C.
ceptable on the Guinea and Gold
coasts began. In 1898 Samuel NAV.
crack Of Massachusetts bought Afrl.
can slaves and in 1850 "a peaper
maybe 25A" appears in an inventory
in Hartford. Ere long every we'll
tc-dc family had Its quota OF negroes
for necessary domestic service and
lator on the plantation" of the
northern agrlculturallst, not in large
numbers, as later IN the cotton plan
tations Of the South, but one or two,
or even seven or eight, In a family.
The slaves imported were In various
colors, tribes and physiognomies.
Some we're jet black, with features
approaching those OF the European.
some we Q OF Q tawny yellow, with
Fat noses aud projecting Jaws. These
latter, coming from the Delta or the
Niger, were noted for an indomita-
bic capacity for endurance, and there
fore esteemed the best slaves. A
few we're Mohammedans among
were occasionally found persons OF
some education, who knew Arabic
and could read the Koran. But the
great mass were pagans, in a condi.
ton of gross barbarism.
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The Skill and Knowledge

Essential to the production of the most
perfect and popular laxative remedy
known, have enabled the California
Fig Syrup Co. to achieve a great sue
cess in the reputation of its remedy,
Syrup of Figs, as it is conceded to be
universal laxative. For sale by all
druggists.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-05-04
Japan In Need of Re-Japanning.

1t seems that the Japanese are
growing aweary of barbariahs and
their barbarous ways. For $50 years
no European save an English sailor
and a tiny Dutch colony on an island
desecrated their shores. Then came
Commodore Perry unloading models
of railways and other civilized appli.
ances at Yokohama, with the notice
that he would return in six month;
to see how they liked them, and that
if they were unappreciative he would
blow Japan out Of the water. And
then for thirty years the japanese de-
nationalized themselves with a
vengeance, even to the point of top.
hats and a House of Commons. But
now, because a native pilot has
brought an English steamer into col.
lision with a Japanese cruiser, the
Mikado is petitioned to expel every
Englishman from the country. We
should not be sorry if the Mikado did
so and excluded other Europeans In
the expulsion. The japanese need
| rest to get themselves r~ejapanned.
| The country and its PEOPLE form, as il
were, one of the national treasures Of
the world and should be carefully pre-
| served and restored. Sir John
Lubbock and his Ancient Monument.
| society should internationalize them
| selves md see to it.-Pall Mall Ga
| Zette.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-05-04

DR.. Quintard, of France, has inven'
ted a delicate surgical instrument fol
gauging the trembling Of nervous peo-
pie.
Since October 1, 1920, there have
been 17,11S, 979 immigrants from for
sign countries to the United States,
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Tho church Of St. Basil

St Basirs Church is one.of the most
extraordinary buildings Id the whole
world. Its architecture is simply
amazing, and the coloring of Its diff
ierent itowers, painted as they are in
rel, orange, purple, green, blle,
violet, as strangely blended into n
picturesque mass like a fantastic
castle made Of prisms No IL of
the Stoddard Art Series must be Sc
cured il you would look upon this
photo Read on page 10 how to get
)ne.
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DR.. Kilmer's SwAMP- Roof cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation Tree.
La. ur,i,S u~h.LluIOn N. I.

The sea serpent with two eyes at the
end of his nose and a valve in the top
of his head, like that OF a porpoise,
has been discovered in Lake Superior
The mate of a schooner, who vouches
for the truth of the story, says that
the serpent made several unsuccessful
efforts to climb on the deck OF his
vessel,
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-05-04

Rev. Thomas 7. Stone, D. D., who
IS new residing in Middlesex County,
Massachusetts, recently completed his
ninety-third year. He is the oldes'
living graduate of Bowdoin College,
Maine, and has served seventy years
in the ministery.
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asrErst opSortuni.y.

Taithfulness to the memory of the
lost is one of the most amiable OF
human traits.
"Why, Bridget" exclaimed a lady,
~ she met an old servant unexpect-
eddy, 'for whom are you in black?"
"For poor Tim, me furrst husband,
mum. When he died I was that
poor I couldn't, but / said IL l liver
could l would; and me new man,
Mike, is as generous as a lord."-
Life
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Only One Way,

1t takes a small boy to express a
ching with unconventional force and
accuracy.
1.-THE water in this spring is awful
said a little boarder from the
>ity.
lis it?" answered his mother.
''Then I'll take some. Where Is the
mp?"
''There isn't any. You have to lie
Town and drink uphill. - Good
News.
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If a woman's- intuition were replaced
oy reason, she would be wearing whis.
kers inside OF sixty days.
biologists say that all known species
of wild animals are gradually diminish
ing in size,
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Valuable Boots.

The excuses which are resorted I'd
by European tradesman to make
American tourists pay higher prices
than any one else pays are often
more curious than ingenious An
American who had a1ne pair OF poots
made by a London cobbler was aston
ished at the price which was de-
handed.
Three guineas for a pair Of cali
boots! 1t is preposterous," said the
American. 49,,
Indeed, sir" said the cobbler, 'ii
ou'd a-knowed the calf that was IN
hat leather; 1t was q blooded mann
NAL. I assure you, sir, ana pre- on
the hesitate of the Duke of Bucking.
amp
The customer paid the charge at
nee
individual men and women are frac-
- thn IntaQer 0
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The man with two artificial arms, one
artificial leg and one glass eye nyes M
Mayville, Mo. He is pretty comfort
able, considering how little there Is
left of him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-05-04

One of the oldest families in Vlr'
gina, a branch of which resides ~
Brooklyn, have for generations speileo
their surname Enroughty, but they
pronounce it Darby.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-05-04

A sickle blade found at Karnack,
near Thebes, and believed to date ron
about 1000 B.CA is regarded as the
oldest bit of wrought IRON in the world.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-05-04

Sufferers from Coughs, Sore Throat, etc.
should try "Brown's Bronchial Troehes," a sim
Pile but sure remedy. Sold On'yfn boxes' Price
% cts.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-05-04

In Mongolia, Asia, there are no
hotels. Monasteries, however, are
numerous, and they always accommo-
date travellers,