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The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22
PARROT RIDES A WHEEL
He BECOMES ~speechiess When no
Sees a Woman In Bloomers.

secs a Woman In boomers.
A New-Yorker named ]. ]. Walsh has
a parrot named "Don Caesar" a green
and red bird Of South American birth'
which goes bicycle riding every DAY
with Mr. Walsh. don is a familiar
sight along the b~oulevards, and, accord
ing to his owner, becomes speechiess
with rage at the sight Of a woman III
boomers. He sets up a fierce, hoarse
shrek, which he keeps up for several
minutes, at the end Of which he Is IN
danger of falling on the handle-bars.
Don does moi push the pedals. he
perches In the middle Of the handle
bars, on the spot where some enthusl-
astic blcyclists place their babies.
There he stands and vociferates and
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

. signor Crispi, who has just fallen
with his Cabinet in Italy. is a man with
varied. irregular and m~ultitudinous
experiences. When he was first in
ONCE, much pressure was brought to
bear on Queen Mergherita to induce her
to receive his wife. For a long time
she declined. At last she consented.
with this stipulation;
81 will receive the signora orispi. but
there must never be more than one.
and u must always be the same ons.s
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

The eye of the blind fish in the
Mammoth Cave is a true eye, having
all the parts. 1t is, however, covered
by a membrane. and it is probable
that the fish receives no more than a
mere impression of light,
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22
HI,. n.tt. cure liver Ills, easy to take
HOODS Pills easy to operate. accents
RAMS HORN BLASTS.
Warming Notes Calling h Wicked to
Repentance.

of a Christian will always do right.
Surrender to God must be uncondi-
tlonal.
A roaring lion may sometimes be one
that has no teeth.
An oath on the lip shows that the
J devil Is In the heart.
God made some laws to show how
much he hates idleness.
Putting a crown on the head puts
nothing kingly In the heart.
II you are praying for a revival, don't
let somebody else do all the work.
Make mistakes and blunders teach
you something more than they cost.
The man who does right makes laws
that a good many other people try to
keep.
1t would spoil nine men put of ten to
let them have their own way for a
month.
The man who is more than filling the
place he has now is on his way to a bet
ter
AS soon as we make Gods word q
lamp to our feet, we stop travelling In
the dark.
The first real step we take toward
heaven is the one we take when we say
good-by to sin.
II some mems prayers were always
answered, the heavens would always
be raining fire.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Tuesday a week, dominic. Rosiny
mn mes bin talkln' It over an we'yo
agreed to git spliced. Hope it won't
dlscommode you none, here at tue
house" And the erstwhlle sorely Of.
ficted departed. The parson turned
In n dazed sort Of a way to his wife,
who still stood in petrihed amaze.
Martha" said he, that was q case OF
MISPLACED sympathy"
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Some professors of flmporia College,
Kansas, have discovered that there are
X rays emanating from a hot stove,
and have succeeded in making a good
shadowgraph with them through a piece
of wood.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

1t is reported that a method OF
making an aluminium joint without
alloy, and which without being soldered,
brazed or keyed is rendered homogen.
eous and practically umbreakabIe, has
been perfected,
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22
m pure

blood, to take Hoods Sarsaparflla, and
prevent such ernptions and suffering.
81 had q dreadful carbuncle abscess,
red, fiery, fierce and sore. The doctor at
tended me over seven weeks. When the
abscess broke, the pains were terrible, and
1 Thought ! should not live through It. 1
heard and read 20 much about Hoods
5arsaparilla, that l decided to take It, and
my husband, who was suffering with
boiis, took It also. 1t soon purified our
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Minister Kurino, Japan's diplomatic
representative atWsshington, is making
"a careful study of American methods
of Congressional procedure for the use
of his government.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Casarrh ana Colds Relieved In 10 {, 90
Minutes.
One short puff of the breath through the
Blower, supplied with each bottle Of Or.
Agnew's Catarrhal Powder, diffuses This Pow.
der over the surface Of the nasal passages.
stantly and permanently cures Cats rrh. Hay
Fever, Colds, Headache, Sore Throat. Ton.
eilitis and Deafness. II your druggist hasn't
1t in stock, AK him to procure 1t for you.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22
ExfremslY eensitive.

The elephants sense OF smell Is SO
delicate that when 10 q wild state Il can
scent an enemy at q thousand yards.
and the nerves of Its trunk are 50 SEN
sitiye thai the smallest substance can
be discovered and picked up by It.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Religion should do the most where IL
is needed the most.
They are now agitating the question
of teaching meteorology IN the COL
leges.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Do you W sh TO know how to save no steam,
and not halfthe usual tDork on wash day? Ask
your grocer iHf 4 bar 81 Doootas Etectric Soap,
get no imitation. There are lots of them,
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Some barber is losing the chance Il
make a great hit by not inventIns @
PaderewsN Hair Tonic.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Impoverished Blood causes that tired feel
ing. Hoods sarsaparilia PARTIES enriehes and
yitalizes the blood, giving new Life and increased
yigor and vitality.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces intiamma-
ton. allays pain. cures wind collie Ac a bottle
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

The Duchess of Fife is said to have
a knowledge of cooking such as would
astonish a good many middle class
housekeepers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

The first step toward decided i'm
provement IN the construction of roads
and pavements d 10 deYeIop a proper
sense of their bad
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22
Cou,dn,t Re True.

When Sir Robert Walpole retired into
private life, time hung heavy on his
hands, and Horace exerted himself to
amuse his father. One day he offered
to read to him.
-fWhat Will yon read, child?" asked
Sir Robert, YEARLY. Horace suggested
history.
mo, no." replied the veteran states
man; mot history, Horace; that can't
be true"
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

EoR Irritation of the Throat caused by Cold or
use of the voice. Browns Bronchial Troches''
are exceedingly beneficial.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22
Tho difference.

Some one asked Max Nordau to dean.
the difference between genius and In,
sanity.
well" said the author of "Degenera.
zion" THE lunatic Is. at least lure q
bla hoard and clothes"
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

After physicians had given me up, l was saved
by Piso's Cure-RALPH ERlEd. wIlliamsport, Pa.
Nov. %, 1898.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

FITS stopped free by DR.. KLuNE's GREAT
NERVE REsfoRER. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and $500 trial bottle
free. Dir, Kline, p1 Arch St, Phila., Pa.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

There is no need for a lot Of men 20.
ing around preaching temperance.
whisky breaches It's own temperance
lecture.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Hood's Pills are easy to take, easy to operate
Cure indigestion, biliousness, headache.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

M. L. Thompson a Co., Druggists, Couders.
port, Pa, say Halls Catarrh Cure is the best
and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold.
DrugRists sail IA. 75o.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

AS It Struck Him.
Little John saw o small tug engaged
b towing a large ship. and heard the
hug whistle loudly.
20 papaw he exclaimed. 'sThe big
boats got the little one by the tail. and
It's squealingl'
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Ohio has gone SO far as to make the
wearing of a big theatre hat punishable
by a fine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

It,sfiicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp.
son'sEye-water. Druggists sella PC. per bottle
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Thousands OF people would apprect
ate sympathy and help who never ASK
for il, and lei get it
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Governor Lowndes, of Maryland,
has appointed a woman as State Libra
Lrian.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

It is the iron in clay that gives the
ordinary brick its red color.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Alabastcr exists in seventeen differ.
ent States.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

weighed I,s pounds a year ago: am now
a mere skeleton. From your little book I
tbink nv trouble Is profuse menstruation.
Nv symptoms are . etc.
Our doctor (my uncle) tells father that I am
In consumption, and wants to take me to
Florida. Please help mel Tell me what to do,
and tell me quickly. am engaged to be mar
ried in September. Shall ! live to see the
dayisst. LUCY L. w.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Cure Guaranteed by DIR. j. ID. MAYER, 1915
Arch ST., PHILA., PA. Ease at once; no opera
don or delay nom business, Consultation free,
Endorsements OF physicians, ladies and promi-
nent citizens. send for circular, Office hours 9
A NJ. 10 SP, NJ.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22
whoever heard a married mar coax
his wife to singh

Gods picked men are always chosen
from those who are busy.
The hotter the fire the purer the
gold.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

just such cases as the above leak out
in women's circles, and that is why the
confidence of the women Of America is
bestowed upon Mrs. Pinkham.
Why are not physicians more candid
with women when suffering from such
ailments?
Women want the truth, and if they
cannot get it from their doctor, will
seek it elsewhere.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Nv dear Mrs. Pinkham-
This Is a happy day. am well and gaining
weight daily, bst shall continue the treatment
and Vegetable Compound during the summer,
as you suggest. Uncle knows nothing about
what you have done for me, because it would
make things very unpleasant In the family. I
would like to give you a testimonial to pubiish,
but father would not allow it. I
shall be married in September, and as we go
10 Boston, will call upon YOU How can ]
proyemy gratitudet
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin alone
of all the British universities refuse to
grant degrees 10 women
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

"Rnt yet we should be thankful !
That Nature still allows US
To carry on weary backs
The wnerewithal to house u.s."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-03-29

on a stone at the edge of the lake not more than ten feet from where 1 stood Presently a fine perch for bait came toward my hook. The water was clear and only a couple of feet deep, and 1 could see the fish plainly. Just before this perch got to the hook the frog gave a peculiar croak, loud and deep. The perch turned and disappeared By and by young sunfish came edging it's way to the bait, and was on the point of grabbing it when the frog croaked again. The sunfish stopped, backed away, and disappeared in deep water. This went on for ten minutes fish coming up to take my hook. the frog croaking, and the fish going away again. Then it struck me that the frogs croaking had given warning to the fish.
 T grabbed up a club and sent it fly ing at the frog. It struck and killed him. Then I went to fishing again. In less than quarter of an hour 1 had caught every perch and sunfsh in sight. On the same day I got corrob- oratiye evidence that frogs spy on the fisherman and warn the fish against him. I took some of the bait fish I had caught and went out after bass. 1 was having immense luck. In less than an hour had hooked and landed 20 big fellows and was feeling fine. Suddenly I heard frog strike up off to my left with a tremendous below looked around. There sat big green chap on an old stump. When I looked at him he turned ore of his goggle eyes up at me, and give you my word he winked at me, as much as to say:
 Pm onto you
 q thought I'd fish a while longer before l tested the frog-spying theory. Five minutes passed; then the frog let loose again. I looked around He gave me another wink. I fshed on for half an hour, during which the frog croaked ten times, and I got not SC much as a nibble.
 "I chucked stone at the frog II missed him, but he slzedaddled off the stump and disappeared in the lake. fished again. In less than minute l had hooked a three-pound bass and landed him. Within quarter of al hour I had caught five. Then the frog eroaked again. I looked around There he was on the stump, and he glared at me in a way that showed me he knew I had discovered his game. As long as I let him stay there and croak didn't catch a fish or get bite. Then l whipped out my revolver and shot him. Fifteen minutes after that had five more big bass .'-N. Y. Sra. .
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-03-29

robs them of sentiment, or whether it is merely that they are so common, they certainly are not so delightful as one might imagine. The perfume is really a little rank the stalks are short, robbing the plant of it's stateliness; and the texture of the petals .ot so rich and creamy as in those grown in our own country. It is thinner and inclines to a calico quality; the blossom is much larger, but coarser. Moreover, grown in such large quantities, they produce during their blossoming a malady known as lily fever;" in consideration of which let the individual with but one row of stalks be content and think on his blessings.
 At first the commercial value of this crop lay entireiy in the bulbs, which were shipped to other countries in great quantities. But ill these later years new industry has sprung up; the blossoms themselves are successful ly sent everywhere. The United States gets the most of them; though vast quantities are sent to England, and even the Australian Easter is frightened by them.
 It must have been American spirit which suggested this new enterprise. Of course, the Bermudan, with eharac- teristic English conservatism, strongly opposed it on the ground that it was a rank innovation and would ruin the bulb trade. As became descendants of the old Saxon Witenagemote, they held an assembly and drew up what Uncle Remus would call ''peramble wid some wharfo's in it,'' setting forth the dangers of such a course and re- monstrating with their erring brothers. Meanwhile the bulb men talked, the bud men kept on packing; and Easter altars all over the country were glorifed with the beauty of Bermuda lilies.
 These buds are picked while they are still quite green, and are packed in cube-shaped boxes holding about two dozen stalks each. Some of these boxes are furnished with frames similar to those used in packing eggs. so that each stalk is kept separate. There is little advantage in this, however, and for the most part tfe buds are snugly packed with sprinkling of kind of sea weed closely resembling the coarse moss of our bogs. This sea-weed is kept in water and wrung out as it is used, and keeps the buds damp. Before packing each case is lined with Q large sheet of paper, the ends of which are long enough to fold over the buds after the box is full. A printed slip of directions is invariably packed inside e7eb case the first line of which strongly reminds
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-03-29
A New Philnsnnher.

'sConfound it. remarked Mr. Braz gle, of Brooklyn, the other morning, as he stood on his front-door step and held his hand up to catch the sprinkle >f the rain, will I have to go back up three flights of stairs and get my um- brella? Confound it, why are people SO careless? looked out of my win low before I came down. having an dea that it was umbrella weather, but everybody on the street was without an umbrella, so, of course, l thought there wasn't any need for me to bring mine along Now I've got to go back After it. Confound it, why don't peo- pie who come out first in the morning bring their umbrellas when it looks ike rain? I'm glad to see them hust- ing along now for shelter, and I hope they'll get soaked before they find it. If they'd taken little thought before starting out, they'd be al! right now, and I wouldn't have to go back up those stairs after my umbrella,' and MT. Brazzle, with objurgations on his fel- low citizens, went back upstairs.-N. '. S11n
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-03-29
LAND OF EASTER LILIES.
Fields Of White Petals in Isles
 Where Snow Never Falls.
The Trade in Buds and Bulbs-Lilies for All the Wo-ld-"Liiy Fever'-Green Buds That Open in Far
 Off Lands.
lcopYR1aHr. 1896. l

Bermuda is the place beyond all others, to "Consider the lilies, how they grow" Whether they are indigenous to the soil or net, they are certainly ac- climated and under the sunny skies and gracious air of that island where falls not hail nor any snow," they respond to rather indifferent culture in man ner to make the northern grower mad with envy.
 With us one stately row of stalks is a precious possession; they are the aris- tocrats of our garden. In Bermuda they are crop, like potatoes or onions, and whole fields lie like drifted snow with their masses of white bloom. These fields are not indeed very large, being for the most part mere dimples in the coral ridge, of which the islands are formed, averaging not more than half an acre in area. But in these little de- pressions tine thin coil becomes richer by the washing from the slopes, and the bulbs flourish accordingly. They are planted in rows and cultivated much like potatoes, the weeds being kept down with crude implement called by courtesy q hoe. It looks as if it be- 1onged to the stone age. It is interest," ing to note with what precision the bulbs advertise the condition of the soil the plants becoming pale and shrunken as soon as they begin to climb the slope.
 To come upon one of these little fields at night as it lies white under the soft splendor of Bermuda moon, drenehing the air with perfume, while no sound is heard save the ring of hoofs on the coral, is like getting glimpse of para disc. One feels that the vale of Cash mere, with its roses the sweetest that earth ever viewed,' were as nothing compared with the snowy beauty of these lilies. All the vague sweet dreams of youth, all it's visions of beauty thrill into consciousness in that langorous, sensuous air.
 But by garish day the magic fades Q little. Whether it is the commercial spirit in which they are grown which
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-03-29
THE NEW MRS. HARRISON
She Will Be a Dainty Bride with a
 Domestic Disposition.
an old Inmate of the Family The Ex- Presidents Relatives Aggrieved at the Match and Inclined
 to Grumbie.
TcoPYRIGHr. 1896.

It must be true, as has been said so often, that nothing interests people like a wedding.
 How folks do talk about the approach ing union of ex-President Harrison and Mrs Mary Lord Dimmicz, which is to take place in New York city q week from next Monday, April s!
 Because Mrs. Dimmicl1 has kept close counsel, the gossips will insist upon the usual stories of magnificent apparel and elaborate preparations, as if it were an- other Vanderbilt-Marlboro affair, instead of the wedding of plain, elder ly lawyer of moderate fortune with a youngish widow, not far from poor But for the fact that the groom expeetant is an ex-president, it would be precisely like ten thousand other weddings of which no notice is taken. And so it should be. Ostentation would be out of place, under all circumstances.
 The wardrobe, the trousseau, will be good, substantial and sufffeient-the wedding gown of gray satin brocade, the travelling dress of light blue gray, suffi- cient underwear and lingerie, and two or three dainty house dresses which form the nearest approach to luxury in the outfit, for Mrs. Dimmick is dainty little home-body of domestic tastes, with a eats love for soft furnishings and cozv corners. Instead of being made at any of the swell Fifth avenue establish ments, the rousseau has been built that is the word, believe, within the modest boarding house where the bride to-be lives, by two or three little itin- erant dressmakers whose skill shines in their work. but whose fame is not
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-03-29
ENGLAND,S PREMIER.
Lord Salisbury Is We'll Up in Science as
 Well Statecraft.

Lord Salisbury Is We'll Up in Science as
 Well as Statecraft.
 Personally Lord Salisbury is a deeply read and cultured man. He spends good deal of time in his laboratory, is very fond of chemistry. possesses much practical knowledge of electricity, and has delivered more than one able ad- dress before such bodies as the British Assoication for the Advancement of Science. He is not physically as strong as he looks, and the immense volume of work he accomplishes, coupled with very little exercise, makes him in real ity q somewhat delicate man. In app pearance he is impressive without be- ing handsome, and his ordinary de- meapor is one of apparent indifference and aristocratic hauteur. Like him self in character, his oratory is imperi- GUS, forcible and effective. At his fa- nous seat in Hertfordshire-H Hatfield bouse-Queen Victoria has been more than once entertained by Lord Salis- bury, as in past century his ancestry entertained Queen Elizabeth, and there Ee thoroughly enjoys, whether in or out or power, the generous country llIe and open hospitality of the historical and typical fine old English gentle man.
 Taken altogether, the present Eng fish premier is an extraordinary and in- teresting figure in the politics of this period. His patriotism is strong and sincere, but it rests upon the forms of the constitution and upon loyalty to the crown rather than upon the mod ern principle of loyalty to the imme- diate and changeable will of popular democracy. And Lord Salisbury in this case undoubtedly embodies then nat ural hereditary and inherent conserva- tism of the English people.-J. Castell Hopkins, in Chautauquan.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-03-29
one of the Celtic sign boara warning

one of the Celtic sign board warning travellers that This ford is dangerous when this board is out of sight, For these directions instruct the receiver to put the box, before opening. into dark. cool place for a time. and then 10 open it very carefully. As tue box must be opened before the advice is available, it's value is highly impaired.
 There is no more fascinating occupa- ton for an idle hour than to step from the dazzling sunshine of the whitestreet into one of the shed-lile rooms used for packing The lily buds lying in great green masses, the stacks of fresh wooden boxes with their odor of pine (these boxes, by the way, come from the United States) and the cool, wet moss, make q most artistic and delight- ful picture. And to think into how many hundred churches and homes, to how many sick beds and broken hearts those green buds will bring the glory of Heaven as they open on far-off shores. gives one more lofty idea of the aes- thetic and Christian influence of com Inerce. C. P c.