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The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07
some Vaccination statistics.

I Lord Lister on rising " move the
second resolution at a meeting in honor
Of Edward Jenner, said that he would,
in the first place, correct a mistake in
to which he had inadvertently fallen in
his address to the British Association
last year. He had said in error that
owing to the compulsory revaccinatlon
of recruits smallpox was unknown In
the huge German Army. A great pa
rade had been made of correcting this
statement. If he had said that fatal
smallpox was unknown in the German
Army it would have been the literal
truth. In the period from lST4-'75 to
1S86-'87 the only death from smallpox
among German soldiers was that OF q
man who was shown not to have been
properly vaccinated. In 1SS6-'87 there
were seven cases of smallpox, in 1856
SO four cases, and as these occurred
among a force of 344, 900 men, and as
the figures of other years were similar,
it might be said that though he had
fallen into error it was not a serious
error.
He then proceeded to analyze some
of the statistics quoted against other
observations he had made in his adj
dress to the British Association, and
showed that after 1884, when revaccina-
ton of recruits was rendered COM
pulsory, there had been n remarkable
and rapid decline in the number Of
deaths from smallpox in the German
Army, hat even during the Franco
Prussian War, when the r~eservists, in
some of whom the protection afforded
by vaccination might well be supposed
in some cases to have worn itself out,
were called out, though there was an
increase in the mortality from small
pox, it was slight, almost insignificant,
as compared with the ravages the dis
ease committed in the French Army, in
which reyaccination was not COM
pulsory.--British Medical Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

"Playin' possum" come from the fact that
the possum will teign sleep or death when
pushed into sudden danger OF being cap.
tured. But pains aud aches never play thai
kind OF a game. They never try to fool any
body, and go to work TO wake mp people,
leaving no chance to feign sleep. On the
other hand, there is a remedy known rs St.
Jacobs Oil that will lull a pain or an ache 80
that 1t won't wake up again In the cure that
follows Its use. Pains and aches are great
or less In intensity just In degree as we treat
them. Prompt treatment with the best
~remedy-St. Jacobs 0il-prevents their in
crease and by curing prevents Their return.
Everything is gained by taking pains and
aches In time for a prompt and permanent
cure, and there is nothing better than the
use OF 81. Jacobs OIL.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

''The first conditions of longevity"
says a writer on health and hygiene,
care that the heart, the lungs, the
digestive organs and the brain should
be large. If these organs are large the
trunk will be long and the limbs rela-
lively short. The person will appear
tall when seated and short when on his
feet. The hand will have o large palm
and will not be thick, with short
fingers. The brain will be situated
deep in the head, which will be indi-
Gated by low-placed ears. Dark blue
or dark brown eyes al favorable signs.
Large nostrils, open bd wide, indicate
powerful lungs. Contracted or half
closed nostrils indicate small and feeble
lungs"
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07
EIghteen-story Hotels,

Two o eigh~teen-story hotels, to
cost 5 $4,000, 900, are to be erected at
once in New York City, and the archi-
tects say they are to he the finest
structures of this class in the city. II
seems to be the opinion of shrewd real
estate people in New York that the
transient population of New York has
already been vastly increased by hel
magnificent hotels.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
VANS WOOD AHx,n

There is nothing moro provoking
than trying to cook with partially
green wood. SO much more wood
las to be burned to overcome the
waste in turning the moisture in
green wood to steam that more heat
is given out than is needed. 1t is tho
mark of a good farmer to have a years
wood cut and piled always in advance
of its use. When this is once begun
there is a real saving in labor, as less
of the dry wood will be required.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07
SOME DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

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Following are some OF the details in
the care of tho milk taken to the Wis
consin university creamery. There
they nre enforced as rules. They con-
tain suggestions that could be profit
ably followed by creamery patrons
and other dairymsn, even though not
compulsory:
l. Empty tho cans ofskim milk as
| soon us possible after they are re-
ceiyed.
2. After rinsing the milk from the
cans, pals and other iinwnre, they
should be thoroughly scalded with
boiling hot water. and left in clean
place to cool.
8. The cloth strainer needs especial
attention, as it casily becomes sonr
unless it is thoroughly cleanscd and
scalled.
A. The milk aerator must be used
at milking time in q place free from
dust aud bad odors.
8. The warm milk in the cans
should be cooled as rapidly as possible.
and kept in a cool place until it is de-
livered at the factory.
@. Frozen milk cinnot be received;
milk should b. protected by some
cloth covering during freezing
weather.
z. The cans should not be tightly
covered but protected from dust and
bad odors.
s. Warm milS should never be
mixed with ~coldImilk.
0. The milk of Saturday p. m. and
Sunday afS. must 0 DO delivered
in the sanf' ssAu with tho milk OF San-
day p. m. f'}l Monday a m. II you
send milk BIZ the creamery With your
neighborsp Whe driver should DO told
which can .lontain the different lots
Of niit.f
10. III only accept the eleanes'
aud swexk milk.
AF
a king a BbIance.
Barber pais is a VA quarter, sir.
cus,ome That's Ill right. ] ha'
a bad shave Ea-giss.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

rnINorrLEs OF BREEDING
FOWLS.
Times without number we hear it
said that "the male is one-half the
pen." Ii we stop TO consider that
every chick among the progeny in
herits u e-half the blood of the male
while only one-sixth, one-tenth or
o~ne-twentieth. as the Ease may be, de-
rive blood from each female, should
We not decide that the male is far more
than one-half the pen? Exceptional
yigor is certainly a first requisite for
the -mals-AesR4-saek that bosses
all the rest is the very n to select
for q breeder, if he is good otherwise.
Extra weigh. is not always greatly to
be desired in a cock. 1t often leads
to injury of his mates; and as the
bodies of progeny follow the female
largely, extra weight is not SO neces-
sary for the male bird. Since the hans
should be selected from exceptional
layers, it follows that they should be
hens, rather than pullets, as young
pullets have seldom been we'll tested.
The eating capacity OF both parents
deserves the best attention. MS this,
coupled with good digestion, usually
distinguishes tho best, the most Wig
orous fowls. Mating at the proper
season is also a cardinal point Etriy
February or March for Asiatics,, aud
lite March or April for Leghorns and
kindred breeds is, as a rule, fur better
than earlier dates. New England
Homestead.|
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for the feet. II
cures painful, swollen, smarting feet, and in
stantly takes the sting out of corns and bun
Ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery Of
the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight-ht-
tins or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, ach.
ing feet. Try 1t to-day. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. BY mail for &c. in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. DIN,
sted, lie Roy, n. Y.
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r enin.ni rrr arnin-o,

Ask your grocer to-day to show you q pack
age OF Grain-o, the new food drink that takes
the place of coffee. The children may drnk
1t without injury rs well as the adult. All
who try IL like It. Grain-O has that rich seal
brown Of Mocha or Java, but IL is made from
pure grains, and the mostdelicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress. O~ne-Quhrter the
price of coffee. Is cts. and Is cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

Since the movement for open spaces
started in Philadelphia ten years ago,
twenty-seven small parks have been
established.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

To Insure the eradication of eruptive com
plants wash daily with Glenn's SULPHUR SoaD-
Hills Hair q " hisker Dye, black OF brown, Sc,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
leething, ~softens the gums.r educinginnamms-
lion. ailays pain, cures wind collie. 25c.a bottle.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

believe ,Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my boys life last summer. Mrs. ALLIE DouG-
LASS, lie Roy, Mich, Oct. 20, 1894.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

F.. ], Cheney q Co., Toledo, o., Props. OF
HALLS Catarrh Cure, offer 500 reward for any
ease Of cetarrh t~hstcannot be cured by taking
Hail,s Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials,
free. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
mesa alter irst days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. S2trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. r. II. KLINE. Ltd. @t Arch St.. Phila.,P 70.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

When bilious or ~costive, eat a Cascaret
candy oathartio: cure guaranteed: lOc.. &c.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

Over 10000 cured. Why not let So-ToBzs
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco.
Saves money, makes health and msnhoai.
Cure guaranteed. 50 cents and Sl.m a. al
druggists.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07
SILENT SUFFERERS.

lust try a 1Oc. box OF Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

1t is estimated that there are l 300,
900 Irish people in Australia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

CAsCARErs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; loo.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

1t is estimated that there are 6n1 90 ts.Y
Giles In the State of New Jersey.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07
Shake Into Your Shoes

The number OF abstainers in Great Brit
din is estimated at z 900, 600.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-07

Barber pas Is a Il quarter, sir.
cus,omei That's al right. ] had
a bad shave Ta-gisG
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-12
Egg Gambling Busin ness.

The business of egg Gambling, or egg
testing. does not look difficult and ap-
parently requires no especial prof.
cheney. The South Water street ex-
pert in that line paused in his work
long enough to tell a different story.
egg candling," he said, ''is no fool
job and only the man who has been at
it a long time can make good money.
It requires keen sight and a practical
eye and just about one man out of ten
Is good at the business. You've got to
have a steady hand, too, and the man
who drinks much can't candle eggs
very long. The breakage would soon
take all the profit off every crate of
eggs. In New York they have an egg
gamblers, or egg testers, union and one
of its rules Is that no man who drinks
steadily can be admitted. 1t Is com.
posed mostly Of east side Hebrews and
is very old, one of the oldest labor or.
ganizations in New York. Men In our
business who are really first-class get
good wages. You can always tell
good man by the light, easy way he
touches an egg. He can tell an egg
that IS added at a glance, where even
people quite familiar with the article
will say 1t Is in first-class condition"
Chicago Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-12
Covered Runs.

A covered run is absolutely neces-
sary for the well-being and comfort of
poultry. If it rains and SHOWS they
must have shelter; if the fierce rays
of the sun beat down upon them, they
like to be able to get into the shade. 1t
your fowl-pen is small, it should be
covered over with roofing felt, boards
or zinc.
There is an objection to two-story
poultry-houses. The ground floor may
make neat-looking run, but 1t has its
disadvantages, and the main one is
that if it SHOWS or rains during the
day the fowls crowd under, and very
probably remain there all night long
rather than step out into the storm for
the purpose of going to roost in the
proper place.
In summer, the fowls would not take
much harm, but in winter one night
of exposure like this would mean
death or disease, and certainly it would
not be likely to add to the supply of
ggs.-Massachusetts Ploughman.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-12

San Francisco Argonaut: Military
men generally recognize necessity for
stimulants other than tea and coffee
for soldiers. Such additional Stimu-
lants are required to revive tired troops
just before battle, after forced march
es, or after long fighting. For this pur
pose any form of alcoholic beverage is
not appropriate. Not only does the al
lowance of such beverage cultivate
drunkenness, but the stimulation is dis
orderly, and is followed by a depres-
sion that is apt to render the men in
capable of duty. Our War Department
looks for stimulants in articles that
do not intoxicate and do not cause de-
preston. Beef-tea is highly stimulat-
ing, and has long been recommended,
but it fails of complete satisfactoriness.
So does the famous coca plant of South
America; its active principles, cocaine.
destroys the mind when taken contin-
ually. There is another vegetable prod
uct, however, which has a similar eff
cacy, without any injurious properties.
This Is the kola nut, which has been
known to the negroes of Africa for
more than one thousand years. Our
War Department is contemplating ex-
periments with it. Quite a number of
proprietary preparations alleged to be
made from kOla nuts are being widely
advertised just now. Nearly all of
them are worthless, the nuts used by
the manufacturers being imported in
the dry state.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-12

Trans! Trans. Trans! Three pias-
tres to the Great Pyramid! What
desecration! There is something stu
pendous and grandiose about that
hoary monument of antiquity in its
loneliness, hallowed by the past centur-
les, at once a puzzle and an awe in its
magnificent solitude. Now there is to
be an electric tram from Kasr-el-Nil
bridge to the pyramid. The modern
spirit of innovation cares nothing for
the solemnity of solitude, and nothing
for the fitness of things. Next, there
will be a restaurant on the top Of that
giant pile and a hydraulic lift to carry
one to the top. The times are indeed
changed and we with them. Drink
Cheops bitters," pyramid beer is the
best" "After visiting Chufu's tomb
take Parasyncraterkolopoulo's bran
dy." These and others will greet the
eyes of visitors to the pyramid next
year. The fates forefend and may the
Society for the Preservation of Egyp-
tian Antiquities forbid. Cairenes, If
you wish to disgust the best class OF
visitors you are going the right way to
do it.-Cairo Egypt Sphinx.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-12
The Eye of the Storm.

The modern science of meteorology
teaches US that in great storms, both
on sea and land, the wind circles In
spirals, which may be hundreds, or
even thousands, of miles in diameter.
AT the center, especially when the
storm occurs on the level surface of
the sea, there is a calm called the "eye
of the storm" Here the sun or the
stars can sometimes be seen shining
through vast opening in the clouds.
while all around a furious tempest Is
raging. Recently Prof. Cornu, the
French Sayant, gave an illustrated lee
ture on storms in London, at which he
reproduced the phenomena of great
cyclone on his lecture table, including
the ''eye of the storm" His apparatus
was a fiat, circular disk, some three
feet in diameter, which was caused by
rotate rapidly above table which was
covered with pins carrying little flags.
The flags indicated by their motions
the direction of the winds set in circuia-
ton by the Whirling of the disk above.
AS the disk was moved across the table
the eye Of the storm moved with it, and
wherever the yewas the little flags lay
motionless, while those around them
were tapping and swapping in the min
iature tempest. A barometer placed
beneath hole in the table indicated
decrease of pressure as the center OF
the mimic storm passed over the hole.
A similar fall Of the barometer occurs
in a real storm.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-12

The New Jersey courts are reported
in the New York Tribune to have de-
cided that passengers ON railway cars
In that State are bound by the stipula-
tions imposed on them by the tickets
they purchase. AS the courts have de-
cided this to be law in New Jersey, 1t
must be presumed to be law there un-
til overruled. But we have no hesita-
ton in saying that it is bad law, and
will be repudiated when it comes be-
fore the Supreme Court for final adiu-
dication. The New Jersey decision
makes much of the point that the par
ties are competent TO make a contract.
But this is not the case. When a citi-
zen buys ticket he takes the only
means possible for him to avail him
self of the services of the railroad,
which as a common carrier chartered
for this purpose by the State is under
obligation to perform the service for
which its charter was given. Other
State courts have thus decided, and
have held that the printed conditions
upon the backs of tickets cannot be
used against the passenger, who only
buys it to secure the transportation
which for the stipulated fare every
chartered railroad is obliged to furnish
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-12
The Moon and the Earth.

The strangeness of the scenery of the
moon, and the enormous size of It's era.
ter-shaped mountains, have led some
astronomers to think that it's past his
tory must have been quite different
from that of the earth. This, however,
1t not the opinion of Messeurs. Loewy
and Puiseux, who, in a recent COM
munication to the Academy of Sciences
in Paris, say that study of the latest
lunar photographs tends to show that
the condition of the moons surface has
been produced by the action of the
same natural forces now at work on
the earth.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-12

Shipping circles In England are at
last thoroughly alarmed by the great
danger which constantly threatens
by reason of the large number of dere-
licts a1oat in the Atlantic. The gener-
ally accepted explanation of the mys-
terious loss of the White Star steam
ship Naronic now is that she went
down after sinking one of these menac-
ing obstacles to navigation. The acci-
dent to the steamer Glendower, which
struck derelict about 300 miles west
of Queenstown, has aroused general
public interest in the subject. There
are now no less than twenty-one dere
licts floating about in the Gulf Stream,
some of them in the direct track of
transa tlantic travel. The matter is to
be brought up in Parliament early in
the coming session.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-12
a shower of Apts,

a correspondent of Cosmos describes
a remarkable phenomenon witnessed
In Jerusalem at the beginning of July.
A swarm of flying ants settled upon the
city and filled the air from sunrise uG-
til o'clock. Visitors to the Holy Sep
ulchre were obliged to use their hand
kerchiefs constantly In order to keep
the insects out of their eyes and nos.
trils. The natives asserted that this
extraordinary fight of ants was the
precursor of an earthquake. Whether
there was an real connection between
the two phenomena or not, as matter
of fact two slight shocks of earthquake
were felt in Jerusalem on the evening
of the same day.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-12
Tea Drinking.

The tea-drinking habit that only a
few years ago was supposed TO be an
infallible sign of an old maid, now
numbers among its yotaries many men
who, for one reason or another think
tea better than more potent drinks.
Nearly every big club in New York
counts its tea drinkers by the score.
They order tea when others around
them order whisky. Five o'clock is the
tea drinkers time, and in support of
their habit they say that it does not
interfere with their appetite for dinner
and is as pleasant an aid to a social
chat as whisky or beer. One of the
regulations of the navy says that moth
ing stronger than sherry shall be Sery-
ed in the wardroom. but this doesn't
prevent any officer who chooses from
keeping whisky in his room. AS Il
matter of fact, however, there is COM
paratively little heavy drinking done
by naval officers in the service. Wis
itor TO one of the boats In the navy
yard was talking with several officers
in the wardroom one afternoon last
week when the senior lieutenant. who
had been on deck for four hours su-
perintending the shipping of several
small boats. came below, looking thor
oughly chilled through. He ordered
the Japanese boy who was on duty in
the wardroom to bring him a pot of
tea. The captain Joined him in this
drink, and when the visitor expressed
his surprise at the mildness of the bev-
erage on a cold day, both officers de-
clared that it was better than whisky
when a man was cold.-New York
Sun
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-12
The Cost of Butter.

A very close calculation was made by
q writer, "F. J. S," in the Farmers
Advocate last year on the cost of but
ter in Eastern Canada. He divided the
question into three parts: "Grass but
ter" "fall butter" and winter butter;;"
and worked it out on the basis that a
COW gives 5000 pounds of milk, yield
ing 200 pounds of butter, and that she
milks nine months.
Labor is charged at 10 cents an hour,
board included. The strictly grass but
ter season he puts at two months, May
20 to July 20. The total cost for feed,
labor, milking, caring for milk, churn-
ing and marketing he puts at $3.50 per
COW for sixty days. He then charges
up to this "grass butter the proportion
of cost of keeping the cow three months
In idleness, which is $1.33, making a
total of $7.13, which brings the cost of
the ninety pounds of butter which was
produced on grass by a two-hundred-
pound cow to be eight cents pound.
The fall period he placed at ninety
days. For this period the cost per
pound of butter was found to be fif-
teen cents.
The cost Of winter production for a
period of 12O days, with ensilage used,
is placed at 201a cents, while the cost
Of milk per 100 pounds was found to be
OS cents.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-12
Phosnhate for Timotnx.

The wheat plant belongs to the fam
lily of grasses, and all these need phos-
for the general welfare of the plant
Whenever timothy is sown with any
grain, especially in the fall, no small
part of the phosphate used for the grain
crop goes into the subsequent crop of
grass. The grain may retard the tim
othy growth the first year, but the
phosphate will show in the growth of
grass for several reasons. Timothy
roots do not run far When the phos-
phate is applied with the drill, as it al
ways should be, the grass growth will
show the drill mark as long as the land
remains seeded.-American Cultivator.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-12

What is to be done with vagrants!
Shutting them up for the winter IN
warm jails is exactly what most oil
them desire, and is a reward rather
than a punishment for their offense;
while any proposition to set them at
work, and thus not only recoup the cX-
penses of maintaining them but make
them useful members of society, is
sternly opposed by the labor organlza-
tions. The depression of labor is max
ing tramps of men who, at the start.
would work if they could, but who soon
grow fond of living without work, and
thus the problem becomes more press
ing every day, while no practicable
schemes for solving it are being offer