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The Penn's Grove record., 1894-12-14

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Sociefv.

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women often feel
the effect Of too
much gayety-
balls, theatres, and
teas in rapid
succession find
them worn out, or
run down. by
the end of the sea
son. They suffer
from nervousness,
eeplessness and
irregularities. The
smile and rood
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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 the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas,
ant to the taste, tie refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of d perfect lax
alive; cffectually cleansing the system,
.dispelling colds, headaches and fever
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with tee 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.
Syrup Of Figs ia for sale by all drug
gkts In Doc and 81 bottles, but 1t is man
nfactared by the California Fig Syrup
10. only, whose name i printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup If Figs
and being well informed, YOU will nos
accent any substitute If offered.
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Z-
old Hester Ann,
Roberts, but to
lelon catch next sum
it vii be Of more use
ducM, We arrived
< and turnA sarly,
home and our families.
d at 8 Sunday morning
Re day in smoking, jok-
,apers we brought from
p early Monday morn
days sport. AT supper
re counted and no one
talked to death nor ar
1 renters for hunting
9 enjoyed spare rib pot
GERS and other side dishes
dyder good enough for
Six ducks were on board.
arted ont on a days hunt
3, except llomesicknsss,
,tuIned az 10 O'Clock
In the evening we had a
from Salem Wednes
We hove anchor for
iilled on our trip II
hawk. / owl, | musk
ScRIBE.
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Q lIIhe Q stfect IN, tTlan IAtef VIE
rush commences.
WIZ nrrrrrxr
90. = Uses anu 0nii
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lug MISSES
spring heel button, with patent tip
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Expensive Royal Regalias.


The King of Portugal has the n
valuable crown. The jewels OF
monarch's crown are@ss
at IS, 500, 900.
One of the costli,
Europe is that worn by
Russia on state occasions.
mounted by a cross for1
magnificent diamonds, II
a immense uncut but DO
The coronet of the Eapr
the most beautiful mass
aver collected in band
The crown of the Queen
OF Great Britain, valued at s..
contains one large ruby, OF
sapphire, sixteen others, eir
eralds, four smaller rabies. Is
limit diamonds, 1878 rose diar
four drop-shaped pearls and 26t
pearls.
In official dress the Sultan
wears-including his crown
900 worth of diamonds.
epauletts, belt, cuffs and
with diamonds. On his
heavy gold bracelets, and
are cramped with aim
rings. The handle and
his sword are a solid mas,
stones.
The most expensive re-
the world are those Of IL
OF Baroda, India. Firstt
sous collar containing {
a y oN-oI - - ~gW
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on my feet only a short time, and now 1 do
all my work for my family Of Ave."
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l. svohs -, fought hi
IL tgh b smoke and heat il
4 story until he reached th,
He dashad ont = window and
crowd watched James Fi1;.
d Another second and
fall OF heavy timber into
a column Of sparks weni
Seconds passed. The fra
g headway rASidly. Jane.
Inte tbs nsuse and
- y Of Ellie lying 81
L stairs. He had been
by the falling timber.
mob reached the place
lying.
'erly picked up, carried
orlSe and to his home. The
tef z struck him in the
~ 4ength. me lot embers Il
lad burned great red biotobs,
aonIv af.sr ves.. !. ,.....,
~ wssss o. careful
~ ~ aalsnlul aunt that
WAS pronounced wall Hal
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!" FEMALE WEAKNESS"

Mrs. WILLIAM HOOVER, Of Bel7vsH1
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12
4 HENS Brood Of Quail.

While j. 7. Stuart, prosperous
farmer living near Knoxville, Tenn,
WAS moving his grass last summer,
the machine cut of the head of hen
quail which was sitting on her nest.
A broken egg showed that the eggs
would have hatched in q few days.
A little daughter of Mr.. Stuart's took
the eggs and carefully put them under
a hen whose eggs were to hatch in a
day or two. Fourteen Of the quail
eggs hatched and sixteen of the hens.
For week or so the young quail
went under the hen at night, as the
chickens did; after that they roasted
in one corner of the coop by them
selves.
The little girl fed and looked after
them, and they seemed to have no
fear of her, but would come and jump
in her hand. The moment any one
else came about they would run and
hide. Their favorite hiding place was
under the chickens, and sometimes
two or three would try to get under
one chicken, and in their effort to
hide would completely upset it.
After they could fly fairly well, they
took up their abode in the garden, but
would always come to the little
girls call of "Chick, chick, chick"
and if at a distance would fly and
alight at her feet. When they were
quite small an old cock quail came for
several days and tried to toll them
away, but they would not go with
him. They are now full grown and
all are living but one, which killed it,
self against wire gate only few
days ago. Forest and Stream.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12
Seeing bU Mint.

Nocturnal creatures assume night
activity for some other reason than
that they can not see by day, or they
see better by night. The bat sees ad-
mirably in the brightest sun light, as
any one knows who has ever teased
one by poking stick at it, 1t will
open its mouth and make an angry
stab at the stick when it is not near it
by several inches. Professor Bolles
says it is the same with the owl. They
see perfectly in bright sunlight, and
better at night than most creatures. -
Meehan's Monthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12
pHd Beast Fdnciers.

The trade in wild beasts has as
sumed such proportions in New York
that some sort of official regulation of
1t has at last become necessary. There
are now two or three large rival con-
Germs in the metropolis dealing in
Bengal tigers, gorilas, hippopotami,
lions and other interesting creatures.
These beasts are housed in great ware
houses and upon arriving here from
abroad are carted through the streets
in huge vans. Occasionally they roar
loud in transit to the wonder of all
who chance to hear them, but the real
danger arises from the carelessness
displayed by employees of the dealers
in handling these animated consign-
ments. Once in a while an animal
escapes, although care isusually taken
to conceal all such episodes. But the
board of aldermen will undoubtedly
be called upon to take some action in
the premises soon if the city is to
escape shocking tragedy. The river
front of the east side is where the
trade centres The gorillas are the
most dangerous of all the living
freight, and besides being the most
costly are the least profitable.
Some quotations upon the stock
give very noteworthy idea of the
profits sometimes reached through
trading in wild quadrupeds. Thus in
New York a performing elephant costs
1000. A young rhinoceros fetches
SO, 900, white lions are only 81, 900
pair. The hippopotamus in healthy
condition is quoted at $3, 900, and the
zebra at S700 The wart hog COM
mands $400, with bidding pretty live
ly, and the polar bear $3.50. Camels
are $500 each. Wild birds are much
cheaper than quadrupeds. Black
swans are 500 a pair and cassowans
$50 each.
Altogether, some interesting reve-
lations are likely soon to be made in
connection with an industry altogether
unique. Chicago Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12
Ihe Queen of LnieS.

TO Edmund ID. Sturtevant is due
the credit of having introduced water
gardening in the United States twenty
years ago. Of late a number of new
varieties of lilies have been obtained
by cultivation, the most notable ones
owing their existence to a Frenchman,
named Latour- Narliac One of the
most beautiful kinds is named after
him. Seeds of even the rarest water
lilies may now be purchased, but they
come high. The seeds of the Victoria
Regia cost S5 dozen, or one can buy
a young plant for $40. This most
wonderful of all aquatic plants may
be grown in open ponds in the South
ern states Success with the Victoria
Regia requires good deal of care in
this latitude. In ear y spring the
seeds must be placed in water, which
is kept uniformly at a temperature of
eighty to ninety degrees. After ger
minating they are planted in pots of
earth. Early in June they should be
placed in bed Of very rich soil in II
tank or water basin that is fully en-
posed to the sun. The plants grow
with astonishing rapidity, and single
one will cover space of water thirty
feet in diameter. On the first night
of blooming the flowers are lovely
white and eyhale delicious perfume
resembling that of pineapples. Wash
ington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12

The discovery of the Horn expedi-
ton to the Mcdonnell ranges in Aus
tralia of remarkable specimen Of
natural history called "whistling
spider" whose popularity consists in
producing whistling noise by the
simple operation of drawing its fore
leg across its jaw, seems at the mo-
ment to be outdone. Sir William
Macgregor, the administrator of Brit
ish New Guinea, is now in the field
with another extraordinary discovery
"A whistling snake. In his latest re-
port Sir William points out that a
large number of deaths occurred early
this year in the Rigo district of New
Guinea from snake-bite The admin
istrator points out that the island is
infested by small species of black
snake, which is very fierce. The ma
tives declare that whenever man goes
near one it rushes at him, uttering
sounds which they describe as resem-
bling a whistle. "Shortly before |
was at the government station" h" writes
Sir William Macgregor, zone of these
reptiles attacked the government
agent, but was killed before it did any
harm. A little while before boy of
fourteen years was in the bush near
the station when one of these snakes
made rush at him with the usual
peculiar whistling sound. The boy
thought the noises emanatad from
some cockatoes in tree, and began to
look for them. He did not discover
his mistake until he received a bite
from the reptile, from which he died
in little while in great agony. -
London Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12
Strength of Materials.

Cast iron weighs 444 pounds to the
cubic foot, and one.inch square bar
will sustain weight of 16, 507 pounds ;
bronze, weight 525 pounds, tenacity
$500; wrought iron, weight 4S0, te-
nacity $4,000; hard "struck" steel,
weight, 400, tenacity $4,000: alumi-
dun, weight 1853, tenacity 10000. We
are accustomed to think of metals as
being stronger than wood, and so they
are, generally speaking, if only pieces
of the same size be tested. But when
equal weights of the two materials are
compared, it is then found that several
varieties of wood are stronger than
ordinary steel. A bar of pine just as
heavy as bar of steel an inch square
will hold up 125, 900 pounds; the best
ash IT'S, 900, and some hemlock 200,-
900. Wood is bulky. 1t occupies
ten or twelve times the space of steel.
The best steel castings made for the
United States navy have tenacity eff
65, 900 to rs, 900 pounds to the square
inch. By solidifying such castings
under great pressure a tensile strength
of $4,000 to 1900 pounds may be
obtained. New York Advertiser.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12

Mamma-Here's cake to be di-
vided with your sister. Now remem.
Der that when any one offers anybody
anything it should be the largest and
best part.
Little Johnny-Yes'm. If I'm Of
fered anything, l must take the big
gest piece.
Mamma - Indeed you mustn't.
When anybody is offered anything he
should take the less desirable portion.
"Little Johnny IA few minutes later
Sis, here's two pieces of cake. l
must be polite, and offer you the big
gest piece, but it wont be polite in
you to take it-Good News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12
A Prince Wants a Wtfe.

A Vienna paper recently contained
the following advertisement: "a
young prince, the owner of a lordly
estate of great value, has the intention
to marry. He seeks a handsome and
intelligent girl of about twenty years
OF age, of good family and with a
dover Of not less than 5000, ,00G
gueldens. (sl, $50, ,OOO). Apply" etc.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Whatever you do make it shine.
Be ready to grant fayors in return.
The only victory over love is fight
We walk faster when we walk alond
Words pass away, but actions ~
main.
Friendship often seems a mere
name.
We should wash our dirty linen a,
home.
We have all of us our unexploreJ
needs.
There is nothing really terrible ir
death.
Make yourself necessity some
where.
Liberty and equality are magical
words.
snow appreciation Tor every iaVor
received.
Every noble activity makes room
for itself.
Misfortunes have their heroism and
their glory.
We must laugh at man to avoid cry
ing for him.
There are no "short cuts" to honest
government.
Private reverses may be NEEDED for
public good.
Take a vital interest in your EN-.
ployer's business.
Charity in the heart tips the face
with kindness.
Marriage has always been the con.
clusion of love.
Uncertainty is painful for all ma
tions and for all men.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12

Jack was half way ont of his saddle.
A leathern thong was girted around
his elbows, pinioning his arms to his
sides. Its other end was fastened to
the pommel of Jose y saddle, and Jose
was bending over his horses neck
with iiendish sheen beneath his
heavy eyebrows.
Jack had his fingers on his revolver
in an instant, but crippled as he was
by the thong that cut deep into his
flesh, he was as helpless as though his
arms had been broken.
looked at him, frozen to my sad
die, as powerless to go to his rescue
az though the larat was bound about
| me.
Then there was crack that startled
me and the whole fascination dis
solved. Jacks arms were free and Jose
was tangled up in confused mass of
pony, harness, and man.
As the pony iell there appeared be-
hind its body the figure of Mrs Jack,
pale and quivering, with the lips set
and sort of horror in the eyes that
was a revelation to me in my study of
expressions. In her hand was re-
volver, with thread of smoke triclll-
ing from the barrel as it hung from
her limp grasp. She swooned after
ward and | lifted her from the
ground.
Before that time, however, Jack had
released himself, and when I looked
round he was standing over the pros
trate greaser with his watch in one
hand and his revolver in the other.
"Jose, he remarked, rs placidly rs
though he had been ordering dinner,
Sin just three minutes | am going to
kill you. ! shall tell you as the min
utes pass.
1t was an unpleasant scene to look
at The fellow howlcd like hurt
beast. He clung to Jacks knees and
prayed for mercy in the name of all
his saints
cts no use, Jose. I'm going to
two minutes-kill you. ] have no use
for such as you, and ] don't see how
anybody else can have. -
We buried him little later, and
then Jack collapsed also. had my
hands full for II while, bringing the
couple to reasonable condition of
nerves.
| did not understand until day or
two afterward, when Jack was willing
to talk about it, the full extent of
Mrs. Jacks heroism. In the instant
granted her to appreciate the situa-
tion she had seen that to kill Jose
would be useless, for the pony would
inevitably tear away at full speed, and
the pony controlled the lariat. She
had aimed at the ponys head, and by
a God,sent chance the ball had enter
ed his eye,
LUCKY the little madam knew how
to hold gun straight, wasn't it,"
said Jack. "Pity, though; never
knew anybody who could fry chicken
with Jose. ."-Good Company.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12
The Earliest Mans.

For long time people have been
puzzled in Switzerland by finding, at
various intervals, smooth, flat stones,
evidently hand polished, and covered
with dots, lines and half circles, the
meaning of which no one could make
out. Recently Mr.. Rodiger of Sola-
thurn has discovered that by properly
arranging the stones found in his
canton. The dots correspond closely
with existing towns and villages, the
lines with roads; fords and mountain
passes are also indicated. The stones
are usually found at road crossings,
and about six miles apart along the
roads. These prehistoric stone maps
indicate that the village sight and
roads of Switzerland are of very an.
cent selection. What people made
the maps there is no means of telling.
New York Recorder.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12
NOrPI cold MiuiUO.

"Rding near the little placer min
ing settlement Dolores, in New Mexi-
leo, said returned tourist, 81 saw
two Mexicans dry washing for gold,
and their proceeding struck me as
novel and interesting. They We're at
work in dry gulch, without sign of
water in sight, and had brought the
auriferous sand in baskets to the
mouth of the ravine, where the wind
blew strongly down the valley. Their
washing apparatus consisted of a
heavy army blanket, in the centre of
which they placed about peck of the
sand; then, each Mexican taking hold
of the blanket by the corners, they
tossed the sand high aloft again and
again. The wind blew away the fine
sand, while the heavier particles with
the gold fell straight back into the
blanket. When at last they paused
there remained in the blanket double
handful of gravel and heavy sand in
which glittered few yellow specks of
gold. As we rode on my Mexican
driver told me that the two men were
probably making three or four dollars
day during the time they worked,
but that as soon as they had made
their cleanup they would go into
Santa Fe or Cerrillos, sell their gold
dust, and squander the last nickel they
had in whskey and monte before they
would go back to the gulch to work.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12
IupentOr of The Gatiin0 Gun,

r. j. Gatling, the inventor of the
famous gun, resides at Hartford, Conn.
He is now seventy-four, with snow
white hair and calm, clean-s -shaven
face. He was born in North Caro- =
lima, and while boy assisted his
father in perfecting machine for SOW
ing cotton seed and one for turning
out cotton plants, and subsequently
invented others for sowing rice and
wheat. In 1850 he invented double
acting hemp weaver, and in 1861 pro-
duced his masterpiece-a mitrailleuse,
or repeating machine gun. At its first
trial the gun fired 200 shots minute !;
but he has gone on celebrating it ever
since, until now it fires something like
l, 200 shots in the same space of time.
Atlanta Constitution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12
EDWARD G. DANA.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Electricity is now used to improve
the complexion.
In the public schools OF France
24.2 per cent. of the pupils are short
| sighted.
The largest electric locomotive in
the world 1900 horsepower was built
at Zurich, Switzerland, in 1892.
The further north an apple can be
grown successfully, the better the
quality and the higher the color.
During the summers of 1895 and
1896 Danish expedition will thor.
oughly examine the Greenland and
Iceland seas.
Measurements of human hair prove
that its fineness depends much on
color and that it varies from the 250th
! to the G00th of an inch in diameter.
Platinum has been drawn into
smooth wire 80 fine that it could not
be distinguished by the naked eye,
even when stretched across q piece of
white cardboard.
Recent experiments at the great
Krupp Gun Works, Escen, Germany,
prove that the discharge of large cal.
iber cannons can be heard twice as far
as the loudest thunder.
The seat of color in the different
races OF men is in the inner skin.
which is network containing the ter
mini of the blood vessels. The thin
ner this inner skin the winter the per.
son.
The horses eve has thick, glutin-
ous secretion because his eye being
large and much exposed to dust the
viscid secretion cleanse it more ef-
fectually than would a more watery
agent.
The Prussian Government expends
over $50, 900 year in support of
the laboratories connected with the
medical department of the University
of Berlin. This is exclusive of the
salaries paid to professors.
The electric light and power station
at Chambery, France, derives its mo.
tive power from turbines driven by
the falls of the Isere. The total head
of water is no less than 2,0lO feet, and
1000 horse power is developed.
Artificial marble of all tints is now
made in Chelsea, England. The pro.
cess-a French one-can be applied to
all limestones or chalk, and the result
is marble with specific gravity
twenty-five per cent greater than that
of the natural stone.
The Italian Consul at Bordeaux,
France, has telephone connection
with the opera house at Bordeaux, as
well as with that in Paris, and he says
that he hears the music from Paris
(375 niles as distinctly as that which
comes to him from distance of only
few blocks.
Small electric batteries, weighing
about half pound, will probably soon
be added to the equipment OF the Ger
man soldier. The current will light
small lamp, which may be fixed in the
helmet when night work has to be
done, and the device will also be USE
full to men employed about powder
magazines.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12
Nhere HIS Strenath Sutficed.

"One of the queer things of life,"
says the sharp observer, sis the way
in which mems wishes will control
their bodily health. l stopped not
long ago at n farmhouse in the Maine
woods region, where the occupant had
mineral fever, or, to put it in other
words, n firm belief that precious
metals existed in the ledges on his
land. On other subjects he was in
feeble health, but say gold or silver to
him and he was ready for any amount
of exertion. The woodpile was scant,
and the housewife had to do both the
chopping and bringing in the wood.
The man, when requested for an arm
ful of wood, languidly excused him.
self because he was too weak to COM
ply. But within ten minutes of the
refusal, he went half a mile, over
rough land, and brought to the house
rock supposed to contain ore, that
was heavy load for strong man,
and seemed none the worse for IT,
Lewiston (Me). Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12
Acute Sense of Hearing.

eyes," said prosperous lawyer, in
speaking to a friend, 81 had long
wait before I got any practice, but l
am certainly satisfied now with my
professions and its emoluments. The
early days, the waiting for clients, was
tough. Why, do You know that l got
so after awhile that when l heard a
footstep on the stairs I could tell
ninety-nine times out of hundred
whether or not the persen was coming
to my office"
"Well, that is strange" replied his
friend. "Your sense of hearing must
have been very ACUTE
"Not so much that" replied the
lawyer. "You see Imade up my mind
that they were not coming to my Of.
flee, and ninety.nine times out of a
hundred 1 was right. New York
Herald.