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The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26
The Useful Giraffe.

'Useful2' said the old circus man.
"Why, In many ways, the giraffe is
the most useful Of all animals in q cir
Gus. The elephant ia good; You can
have him push or pull heavy loads, or
you oan hook him up to o go-cart, and
have him haul a child around the ring
in it. This always pleased the people
very much, to see the elephant haul a
little go. cart around when it would be
just rs easy for it to haul q house. But
that never began to please them 80
much, for instance, as it didto see the
giraffe light the lamps.
"We had a giraffe that was fully
eighteen feet high. Humphi The
tallest giraffe l ever saw We always
used TO have him light the lamps
around the centre pole before the even
ing show. These lamps were ON a
square frame around the pole, held up
by q rope running over a pulley. The
ordinary way of lighting them was to
lower the frame down to the ground
and light the lamps and then hist her
up. Bot we always used to have the
I kiIhhc tAkhu Cus Vu7po
was going to begin, tent full of people,
and everybody wondering why it was
SO kind O. dark, in would come the
girafe's keeper carrying a lighted
torch, and after him the giraffe. They'd
walk out into the centre of the ring
and walk around the centre pole and
halt, and then the giraffe would bow
around to the audience. 1t was funny
enough 10 see him bow; but when he'd
got through blowing he'd bend his
head down and take the torch in his
teeth and then raise his head up and
walk around and reach up and light
the lamps on the frame. When he'd
got 'em all lit he'd give the torch back
to the keeper. aad bow all around
again, and then walk off, the keeper
following him with the lighted torch.
Fun? Whyl 1t used to tickle
the people most half to death. New
York Sun.
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A Gigantic Harm.

The most gigantic harp ever con-
structed, as far rs the record goes, was
that made by Veritan, the Provost of
Burkli, neal Basel, Switzerland, in
1887, says the st. Louis Republic.
That was q lorg while ago, but the
fame of NJ. Veritan's gigantic harp
was such that it is still occasionally
mentioned by writer's on the rare and
and the wonderful, just as the sea
serpent, bloody rain, live mastodons,
etc., are. NJ. Veritan's colossal
musical instrument was 800 feet in
length, and, on that acsount, was con-
structed in an open lot instead of in a
harp factory. 1t was most simple in
construction, consisting of fifteen
wires strung tightly between two poles.
These wires were of different sizes,
the largest being one-sixth of an inch
in diameter and the smallest one
twelfth OF an inch. They were
north and south and inclined in such
o manner as to form an angle of from
twenty to thirty degrees with the hori-
zon. This queer instrument was not
intended as an exaggerated toy, but
was constructed for the express pur-
pose of fo~retelling changes in the
weather, which were calculated by
Professor Veritan according to the
different tones the instrument made
when the wind was blowing through il.
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White House State Dinners.

The cost of o state dinner at the
White House runs from $500 to $1,000,
according to the price of wines fur
nished.
State dinners, as q rule, are unin-
teresting aside from their picturesque
ness. The scene, however, is n OF
beauty and sumptuousness in effect.
The walls of the large dining-room
are banked with tropical flowers and
plants.
The table is gorgeous with gold and
silver plate.
The centre of the table. which &C.
commodities thirty-eight persons, is
adorned by large mirror, represent
ing q miniature lake, which is sur
rounded by q bank of flowers.
The mirror has a golden frame, and
was purchased by Dolly Madison.
At either end Of the table are golden
c%andelabra.
With additions the table accommo'
dates sixty persons.
The Presidents place is at the cen.
ter of the north side, the length oil
which extends from east to west.
The wife of the Chief Executive Of
the nation is seated opposite to hel
husband upon these occasions.
The wives of recent Presidents have
obtained large grants from Congress
for the purchase Of costly table fur
nishings.
The spoons and the forks are of pure
gold, and some of the china is almost
priceless.
The cups, for instanc e, could not be
duplicated for 800 each.
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A Calculating Cat.

It takes a smart cat to catch English
sparrows, as any observant person
can testify who knows anything about
these active and enterprising little
birds, but an Ellicott City cat can do
the trick successfully almost any day
she wants a good meal for herself or
family. The feat is accomplished
by the aid of the most wonderful
feline shrewdness in this way:
From q distance Of twenty or thirty
yards away the cat spies q sparrow or
or two that she wants to eat when they
light on a railing of the Tiber bridge
at the station yard. She can approach
them without being observed by get
ting in close to the wall that borders
the pavement. This she does. She
cannot be seen by the sparrows even
as she turns on to the bridge, for the
railing is broad at the top, and she
keeps under it and cannot even herself
see her victims. but she does some
good guessing or intelligent calculate
ing and stops directly beneath them
every time; then she pauses to make
o spring to the top of the rail, cover.
ing with her two paws the place where
she has reckoned the bird is. She
seldom misses her prey. Three times
out Of four, in fact, she catches the
bird,-Baltimore Sun.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

There's many a slip 'twIxt the cup and
the lip" but the worst slip Is apt to happen
after the cup and lip have met and parted.
A tablespoonful OF alcohol diluted, taken
In the twenty-four hours, causes 1900 extra
heart beats, and in secondary effect narcotizes
the r~ecuperatiye forces.
A prominent English physician of long ex-
perience with ~drankards says that he enn
recall hundreds OF recoverlcs among men,
but only five among women.
The Denmark Temperance Society has a
membership Of 40, 900 members, and receives
q government subsidy OF 1880 per year.
After this year 1t is 10 receive $4,000 PEI
year.
The drunken father brings his wife and
children to poverty, he disgraees them, he
binders them from attending church and
school; ina word, ~pauperism, ignorance and
vice are tho results Of drunkenness In the
father OF a family.
The Daily Mail, OF London, states that 70,
the first three offenses of drunkenness In
Turkey the offender Is sentenced to the
bastinado, but thereafter he Is considered q
"prlvileged" or Imperial drunkard.
When such a one is arrested, he has only &c
give his name and address, whereupon he 10
taken home and a bill for services sent him
the next day.
Conquer that temptation 10 drink, and 10
TO work, and teach those li.tle ones how &c
work. Set them a good example; like father,
like son. Cheer up that patient wife O
yours, and leave liquor alone. Throw thai
empty bottle out OF your pocket, and go Il
work, and built up another little house
This time you will doubly appreciate 1t. and
do so now; don't walt till You are too late.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26
Telegraphy without Wires.

The Postofice Department of Great
Britain is experimenting on q new sys-
tenn OF telegraphy which is embodied
in the following idea: ""The system
depends not on electromagnetic but
electro static effects; that is to say, on
electric waves of a much higher rate
of vibration, not less than $50, 900, 900
q second-that is. Hertzian waves.
These vibrations are projected through
space>jp straight lines. and, like light,
are capable of reflection and refrac.
ton. Indeed, they exhibit all OF the
phenomena which characterize light.
More than ten years ago the discovery
was made in a London Office in the
Telephone Exchange that operators
read from sound messages that were
in transit from London to Bradford
by telegraph wires. Other expert.
ments have demonstrated the possibil-
ity of telegraphing e though the
wires were broken. The probabilities
are that the attraction is strong enough
TO continue the sound through the
space between the broken ends of the
lines,
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The Dismal swamp.

The Dismal Swamp is by no means
20 dismal as it has been painted, and
according to the description of late
g~eographers, possesses features which
ought to make it an attractive water
ing place and sanitarium. II Is not.
as most people imagine, q vast bog
sunk low in the ground, into which
the drainage Of the surrounding coun-
try flows. On the contrary, according
to accurate surveys. it is above the
level ground, some fifteen or twenty
feet, and, instead of being che recep-
tacle, is, in its immense sponge-like
bulk, gathering the waters that de-
scend upon it, the source OF rivers,
five of which take their origin within
it and flow onward to the sea. The
swamp is entirely Of green timber /;
there is no d~ecaying wood, the two
principal woods that grow there being
the juniper and the cypress, which
never rot. They fall on the ground
like other trees, but instead OF de.
composing. they turn into peat, and
in that form remain Interchangeable
and indissoluble. There is nothing in
the swamp to create miasma; no rising
of the tides and decomr osition of rank
vegetables; no marshes exposed TO the
burning rays of the sun. All is fresh
and sweet, and the air is laden with
balmy odors. The water is tinged with
juniper to q faint wine hue, and is
thought to possess valuable sanitary
qualities. 1t is often used by vessels
going on a long cruise on account oil
its healthful properties, and also be.
cause il keeps fresh and clear fol-
years. Those who live near it are moi
slow to declare that it is the healthiest
place on the continent, and are, Per
haps, not without reason for the faith
which il in them.
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japan now possesses 100 iron and
steel steamships registered for foreign
trade, with a gross tonnage of ,231,139


The owl is said to be the wisest OF birds
because he keeps both eyes and ears wide
open, says nothing and keeps up a good deal
OF thinking. When sciatica takes hold OF a
man, he is wisest who says nothing but keeps
his eyes and ears open for the best remedy,
who thinks and knows 1t may result in
~crippling, and who finds by trial that 81.
Jacobs Oil is the best known remedy for Its
treatment ind permanent cure. 1t pene-
trates to the seat Of tho excrueiating pain.
soothes anu cures it, and prevents what
sometimes happens-the use OF the surgeons
knife to get rid OF the torment. The owl
thinks and then acts quickly, and the sciatica
sufferer should net promptly to arrest the
progress OF the disease and to restore the
nerve by the use OF st. Jacobs OIL to Its nat
ural condition.
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n oON :
The following true Incident is from the
lips OF Captain Henry H. Aver OF the Third
Regiment OF New Hampshire Volunteers;
1--WE were lying on Morris Island. that
aod-fotsAkeu place. digging trenches, watcn-
ing, fighting, taking our chances from pui-
lets, shells and fever. but. our men were
patient and brave, heroes, every one OF them,
with the granite OF their hills In their blood.
TO show you what stuff they were made OF,
I will tell you OF one OF the boys, a member
zone day this fellow, not more than nine
teen years old, was brought In from the
picket line badly wounded. Apainful sulgf-
cal operation was necessary. The surgeon
examined him and prepared aIgiass Of
saying. Nehas lost psth blood, and his
vitality Is lowsssn hnsoes not take this, 1
can not answer : his life I said, Frank,
to oplige me you will drink this brandy.
"He said, Captain, I would do almost any
thing to oblige you. but not this.
"sFrank, you have never dlsoheyed me.
You must not now. 1 command youto drink
BE looked up at me, his blue eyes dim
4 IA the anguish he endured, n replied,
captain, when you command ma TO q c. TO
the lannon's mouth I will do 1t II l can. but
this I will not do
as II he had boon my brother, and tears i
could not restrain began to fow. I cried:
why do you pain me so2 You are putting
YOU life in peril. You have no right to do
II. Drink this for your mothers sake
The trembled, aud tears his agony had not
wrung from him camo to his eyes as be re-
piled: Captain, IL Is for my mothers sake
thai / will not drink this brandy. My father
died a drunkard, and she has told me / may
have inherited this terrible appetite, and !
promised borrower to taste the deadly pol
son that made her o widow and me I'M or
phau. II / die tell her / kept my promise. "
By that time we were both crying IKE
girls.
"Did he die?" l cried.
"Oh, no; he made a rapid recovery. From
that time my faith In brandy has been grow
Ing less"
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TO BE PROUD OF.

"How does 1t taste, I wonder?" said Jamie,
''Did you ever taste strong drink. james,
said n handsome old man standing by.
"Neyer," said James. II wonder II 1t Il
good2"
81 cannot tell you how 1t tastes, ; said Mr..
Landers. ~ am sixty years old, and have
never tasted 1t in my life, and ] am proud 10
poor Flynn out of his snug little home. II
has clothed bis poor wife and children in rags
and made him cross and quarrelsome. 1t Is
liquid fire, and theft, and.poison. I don't want
20 know how II tastes"
Neither do l." said James THANK you,
Mr.. Landers, for what you have said. When
| am a man sixty years old, !, too. will have
It to say. i never tasted strong drink In my
iife.'"-Ram's Horn.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26

The extent to which the temperance agita-
tion has prevailed In railroad service Is
shown by the comments OF railroad managers
on o pending bill In the Minnesota Legisla-
ture. The bill, II enacted, would render a
railroad company liable to a fine II 1t did not
discharge an employee In the train depart
ment who WINS known to have been int :x1-
Gated. The only objection offered to the bill
by the railroad officers was that it was super
flous. The Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad
nas q rule which Is more stringent than the
proposed law. 1t reads: 1.-THE use of intoxi-
eating drinks has proved a most fruitful
source of trouble to railways rs we'll as to
individuals. The company will exercise the
most rigid scrr tiny in reference to the habits
OF employees in this respect, and any employee
who has been dismissed on this account will
not be re-employed. Drinking when on duty
or frequenting saloons will o be tolerated.
and preference will be given to those who dc
not drink at ALL"
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Injecting Perfume Into the Blood.

1t is said that certain French danes
have carried their passion for sweet
smells to the extreme of injecting a
few drops of perfume into the blood,
regardless of the folly and danger of
such a proceeding. This is more
radical even than the Oriental method
of pertaining the body by means OF
baths and unguents, while American
women content themselves with sachet
bags scattered among their linen and
sewed into their gowns.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26

Milton R~eizeusteiD. a graduate student OF
the Johns Hopkins University OF Baltimore,
has prepared a monograph as a thesis for a
degree which he expects to receive next
June. He has chosen for his subject the his
tory of the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad from
its inception on the night OF February 12th,
1927, when twenty-five OF the leading bust
ness men Of Baltimore met at the home OF
Philip e. Thomas and devised means whereby
the trade OF Baltimore with the West could
be restored. It was at this meeting that the
was organized which afterwards
built the B. 4 O. r. r.. Mr.. Reizenstein's
monograph takes up tine history Of The road
from that night until tracks were laid to
Wheeling. W Va. in 1853.
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A popular innovation in Vienna. Austria,
il a club in which the rare but delightful
luxury OF silence can be enjoyed by its mem.
and under no pretext is word allowed &c
be spoken In any part Of the club house. All
necessary communications, including the
giving Of orders 10 the attendants, must be
made in writing. and the members are even
forbidden to recognize each c;nefs presence
by ~nodding. onlsae- Hfed men are expected
to Join the cesS sA applications for mem
\ ladies' pariof.
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DR.. James R. Nichols says; ''Rum or al
cohol as an ~embrocation was formerly re-
garded as OF the highest efficiency; bus 1t is
now known that hot or cold water Is a much
better application for inflamed surfaces.
The external use OF alcohol upon the human
body under any conditions of disease is prac-
tically useless. II may serve to cool infiamed
parts'b by rapid evaporation, but warm water
meets the same end, and more effectively.
Alcohol in the form OF gin, brandy, whisky
or wines may be bapished from families as a
domestic remedy without risk to the welfare
Of a single member. of any age, sex or con-
dition."
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sunoca,ed bv Ants.

A remarkable phenomenon was wit
messed in Jerusalem recently. A swarm
Of flying ants settled upon the city and
filed the air from sunrise until 8
o'clock. Visitors to the Holy Sepul-
cher we're obliged to use their handker-
chiefs constantly in order to keep the
insects ont of their eyes and nostrils.
The natives asserted that this extraor-
binary fight Of ants was the precursor
OF an earthquake, and two slight
shocks of earthquake we're felt in Jeru'
salem on the evening of the same
day.-Chicsgo Inter.O Ocean.
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FOR FARM GARDEN.
pnAueHr mons on THE no,n

pRAUcHr Hohs ON THE ROAD.
The strength OF drnught horse
enables him to NAL good time for a
short sprint, desE h the excess, Of
weight he carries. Bat unless on soft
dirt roads last afiving of draught
horses shouio nos Y attempted, be-
cause the excess Vi Eeight makes the
pounding ottne norSe's feet on the hard
surface all the more severe. tits well
known that heavy hPrses are quite apt
to have defective feet. This we believe
to be the cause. Kept to their appro.
PIRATE pace on IMP road and ON tho
farm, draught horses will live and do
good service years hftcr they arc 30
years old. 1t IS nervous worry that
shortens life, rating than hard, mus
cular toll, both ~ horses and in men.
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TEMPERANCE

oun JoY AND . DUTY.
A pledge we sign with Joy.
Up, every girl and boy,
To fight the drink;
Let each one find his place.
And then from God seek grace
To set through life the faoe
Against the drink.
Would we our country save3
We must be true and brave,
And steadfast stnnd;
Have faith In God and pray,
Work. vote, and haste the day
That from the demons sway
Shall free our land.
G. Lawson, D. d., In Temperance
Banner.
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A1coHoL's IsrLuEscE ON CHILDREN.

NJ. LancereauS is now engaged In demon
strating the influence OF alcohol on children.
On growing children its effects are parti-
cularly lamentable. NJ. Lanccreaux has
closely studied two young girls from thirteen
to fourteen, born OF alcoholic parents, and
accustomed to drink a liter and a half OF
wine per day since the age OF three years.
They are victims to visceral LESSONS typical
OF alcoholism, and present all the signs of
well marked 'sinfant.lism." These cases con-
arm the results OF experiments on animals.
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There Is only one way to do 1t-take away
the drink. II will not benefit him to give
him money, for he will spend it for strong
drink. The more money he has the more
liquor he can buy. Money helps him down.
ward. Give money to his family and he has
so much more to pay to the saloon. Even
give them bread and clothing and he has less
OF these articles to purchase, and conse-
quentiy more money with which to buy
whisky, Give him work and his wages go
to the saloon. Give him o good position In
a shop or store and he barriers II for rum.
Give him personal confidence and hc betrays
1t. Give him time and he wastes 1t. Give
him friends and he goes back on them. Give
him credit and he abuses 1t. Give him a
holiday and he uses 1t for rcvelry and shame.
Give him eight hours instead OF ten for a
days labor and he has two hours more for
debauch in the saloon. But give him total
abstinence and he is saved. This will bene-
at him and this alone. II will benefit bis
family, too Just In proportion as 1t benefits
him will his family be benefited. They thrive
as he thrives; both rise together. Abstinence
lifts them all into a higher and nobler life,
as intemperance crowds them into %degrada-
ton and woe. Sacred Heart Review.
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Chilli has been legislating for tho
regulation OF her military and naval
forces. Under the new act, the army
is to consist of 5000 men. The navy
is to consist of fourteen warships,
seventeen torpedo boats, seven dis
patch boats and three transports,
manned by 1916 officers and men.
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Thousands Of seals arc reported in the
Gpi 81 81. Lawrence, Newfoundland. -Four
steamers and a feet OF sailing craft are
busily engaged In killing and loading them.
Persons along shore ARE reaping q harvest,
the herds being so close that they are able 10
20 out In boats and Kill scores 81 them.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26

One fitting way suggested for cele-
brating Queen Victoria's sixtieth an.
~niversary is the emancipation of the
200, 600 slaves kept in bondage in the
British ~protectorate OF Zanzibar.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26
>xNTHBAoSosE OF THE BEAN.

What you call the bean rust, and
which has increased year by year, nm
iii the bean crop can no longer be
grown with profit, is undoubtedly
a~nthracnose,a disease resembling rust,
but far more dangerous, and having
marked features OF its own. The old.
time bean rust was due wholly to in-
iuries by contact with tho soil on
leaves or pods. 1t did not penetrate
as does the a~nthracnosc. While the
bean rust shows a nearly uniform
brown surface on the part affected, it
does not eat into the leaves and stalks
as does anthracnose. The latter is
nearly black in the middle OF tho af.
fected part, and shows a reddish tinge
ON the edges. The greatest care should
be taken to plant only seed that is en-
tirely free from the disease. A defect
SO slight that the bean might pass for
market makes it unfit for seed. When
a bean crop has become badly affected
with anthracnose, not moro than one
or two percent of the beans are fit for
planting. Yet good crops of beans
may be grown il. after careful selec-
ton OF seed after the plants are up,
those which show signs OF disease are
pulled up and burned. Spraying with
Bordeaux mixture prevents the spread
of the disease, especially if a small
quantity OF sonp be added, SO that the
mixture may remain in q film on the
tender leaves. The first attack is on
the tender stem, just as it comes out
of the ground. The anthracnose will
cut q deep furrow in tho stalk, some
times almost severing it. and from
this centre the plant and others ad-
joining will be affected. Wherever the
disease exists it will show its effects in
beams that appear bllstered, and in
some cases discolored. 1t is n good
plan to soak bean seed in hot water
with ammoniacal solution OF copper
carbonate or Bordeaux mixture. Dur
ing growth OF the crop great care
should be taken not to work among
beans while the foliage is wet with
dews or rains. Wherever damp soil
Injuries the leaf or pod, it makes a
place for the entrance of anthracnose.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26

Queensland is Offering land at three
pence an acre, and an estate of 400
acres for $25.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-26
FIorIda,

The West Coast of Florida. the finest semi
ropical country in the world. Illustrated de-
postage. ]. ]. Farnswortb, Eastern Pass.
Agent, Plant System. 26l Broadway, N. Y.