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The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

Wyoming ranchmen for n long time
have been trying to devise schemes for
exterminating the wolves, which de-
stroy thousands of young cattle yearly.
Bounties on scalps were found to be
too slow. Emil Stritz has finally ar
ranged a plan of incubation that he
says will soon destroy oil the wolves
in the West. He has q poison, which,
when introduced into the blood of a
wolf, produces hydrophobia within
ten days. He has captured q mum
Der in traps and has experimental with
them.
He has released q number of them,
and wolves showing signs Of ~hydropho-
bia have been seer in various places.
The inventor is working to have the
Stockmen's Association contract with
him for the determination of all the
wolves in the State. The only obstacle
to the agreement is the young mans
inability TO give the stockmen assur-
ance hat the wolves will not in turn
bite the stock and spread the disease
all over the range, with the most dis
astrous results. Record.
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now a MANNED Canary Bird Sleeps.

With one leg hanging broken and
helpless from its body and the other
grasping firmly the swing of its cage o
remarkable canary owned by Mrs.
Joseph Printer, of Penn avenue and
Thirty-fourth street, continues to
swing while it sleeps. High up in its
cage it lands on its perch at dusk, and
SAUNDERS while it rocks until daylight.
1t reaches the swing by a studied leap
from the bottom of the cage. Con-
finement has long since removed the
energy from its wings.
A clumsy grocer's assistant, led out
of curiosity to cape at the bird, jostled
its cage from the hook, broke the
BIRDS leg, almost sent its owner, who
priced it beyond a money value, into
Mysteries, aud aroused the indigna-
ton Of q Sixteenth Ward neighbor-
hood. A physician kindly mended
the fracture. He put it into splints,
and his order to bring about q cure
recommended that oil the perches in
the cage be removed, SO that the
canary would be unable to reach the
swing until the broken limb took hold
again.
The canary fooled the physician,
however, and for over a week it has
been sleeping on the swing and swing
ing all the time, while nursing a frac-
tured limb.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

The Temperance Cause devotes consider
able space to the cider question, and gives
The testimony OF men in different countries,
Ill going to show tho mischievous influ-
snees of the cider mill. In these are some
very strong statements, which it would be
we'll for any who have doubts as to the
righteousness of prohibiting its sale to
read. The editor OF the temperance Cause,
Rev. Mr.. Noon, says editorially:
1--WE wage no war against the orchard.
rhe apple is easily our leading fruit, and
will be for a century. 1t is healthful, and
has no substitute, raw or cooked. There
are many legitimate uses for the Juice Of
apples. Boiled down into a thin syrup,
Jay one-fourth its volume, it does not fer
nent, and Is extremely useful for pies and
sauce Reduced to a jelly, nothing can be
liner for a relish. The poorer fruit may be
led freely to stock. Many farmers claim
hat the fruit. properly administered,
makes excellent milk or beef, and needs no
more skill in feeding than cotton seed. 1t
s m open question whether the decayed
apples are not of considerable value as n
FERTILIZER, particularly in sandy soil. Al
most the only decent vinegar is made from
,ider."
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

Five cupfuIs Of Exodus, chapter
xxx, verse 2; n and one-half cup
fuls of Judges, chapter v, verse 25;
two cupfuls of Jeremiah, chapter vi,
verse 20; two cupfuls Of / Samuel,
chapter XXX, verse II; one cupful of
Nahum, chapter iii, verse IL; one cup
full of Judges, chapter iv, verse 10;
one-half cupful of / Samuel, chapter
xiv, verse 25; one-half cup of Amos,
chapter iv, verse 5; one saltspoonful
of Leviticus, chapter ii, verse 10; six
of jeremiah, chapter xvii, verse IL.
Season with IL Chronicles, chapter tx,
verse; .; use three tablespoonfuls. Also
add one tablespoonful of Exodus,
chapter xxx, verse 20. Follow Solo
mons advice for making q good boy in
Proyerlauanigr XIII, verse IA, and
y1r N1f iIevs ! good eake, enough for
several luncheons. 1t should be made
u week before using. Record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16
A Colossal Index.

A colossal work now being carried
out by a committee of the British As
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Science is the preparation of an index
animalium, designed to list all the
names ever given to animals. Zoo
logists compute that 1856, 600 species of
recent animals have been described,
and the fossils probably bring the
number up to 800, 600, while some ami
mails have had as many as twenty diff
ferent names, and the average number
applied to each species in the British
museum catalogue of birds is FIVE and
one-half. Assuming that all species
known average three names each, the
completed index will contain not less
than 1850, 900 references. Mr.. G.
Davis Sherborn has been working four
years at the task of finding these
names in the literature of oil lands
and all ages, verifying species and
dates and ~cataloguing by slips in the
alphabetical order Of the genera. He
has completed 100000 references in
duplicate, all being arranged for the
reference OF students visiting the Brit
ish museum as the work progresses.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

: An old Swede farmer who lives on
the Baltimore and Ohio road a few
miles ont of town had the misfortune
to lose n valuable colt the other day.
The animal jumped ont of a pasture,
ran down upon the railway, and was
caught in a cut by an express train.
The claim agent of the road went out
to effect an amicable settlement, if
possible, with the old man.
"We are very sorry, of course, that
this thing happened" said the railway
man, "and 1 hope it will not be nee
essary for us to go into court"
The old farmer looked at him sus-
~piciously and shifted about uneasily,
but said nothing.
'You must remember" continued
the claim agent, "that your colt was
q trespasser on our property when the
accident occurred. We don't want
any litigation, however, if we can help
it, and we'd like to arrange n settle
ment with you on a friendly basis"
"'vell," slowly said the Swede, GAY
tai you. Ay bin sorry das fool colt
ruined on de railroad track, but Ay
bin poor man. Ay skal give you two
tollarI"-Chicago Times-H Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

In recounting the ministrations OF
John Wesley in Georgia, where the
famous preacher sowed the first seeds
of Methodism in America, the Rev. ".
J. Scott, ID. D., in the Ladies' Home
journal, claims that Wesley estab
lished the first Sunday-school in the
world, at Savannah. In connection
with his other labors, which were in.
deed prodigious, Wesley soon after his
arrival in Georgia, in 1916, began te
provide for the Sunday-school instTuc
tion of the children of the parish. His
devotion to children at times almost
amounted to infatuation. Children
were likewise equally attached to him,
as shown in their intercourse with him.
Both on week days and Sabbaths he
gave no little attention to educational
work. As a preliminary labor on the
Sabbath, before the evening service, he
required them to convene in the church,
at which time he catechised then
thoroughly and furnished them witt
additional teaching from the Bible
itself.
SIN the present Wesleyan Memoria
Church, in Savannah, Georgia, there
is a Sunday-school room into which
hundreds of children crowd for Sun
day instruction. The original schoo,
was less in number, but it was un.
questionably the first Sunday-schea
in the world. When taught by Yves.
ley it numbered between sixty an6
seyenty-fve scholars, but from all &C
counts there were few, if any, Indian
boys in his earlier classes. A very
high authority, Sir Charles Reed, NJ.
P, LID, of England, fs>rSarly Of
the opinion that this Sunday school
was the first founded in the world, and
that it antedates by a half century the
secular instruction of Robert Raikes
at Gloucester, England, as well as the
first school in America upon Rakes
plan, which was established in the city
of New York"
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

The Mohammedan population of the
Turkish Empire has been very aptly
compared to an immense religious con-
fraternity; it is, in fact, a vast military
guild or brotherhood, according to the
author of the Sultan and His Subjects,
bound to obey the commands of its SUI
preme chiefs, the Sheik-u Islam and
the Sultan. Every Turk ought, in a
certain sense, to be a priest and a war
rior. Remembering this fact, we can
readily Understandable ease with which
the spirit of fanaticism is reused in
those portions of the empire where the
Turks are in the majority, and the fe-
rocity with which an otherwise docile
and somewhat Indifferent natured peo-
pie will behave under the influence of
what I may call religious intoxication."
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16
Strange cIew to a Murder.

A rich Russian banker had been
discovered murdered in his house in
st. Petersburg, says a writer in the
Green Bag. There was no clew, but
in the room there was found a cigar
mouth-piece containing part Of a cigar
of sn"h an expensive kind that it was
supposed the banker himself had been
smoking it Just before the crime had
boen committed.
On close examination the mouth
piece WAS found to be worn away by
the teeth Of its owner, but the dead
mans teeth did not fit the indentation.
The servants were one by one ex-
amined, and it was then found that
the hollows of the mouthpiece com.
pared exactly to the formation of the
front teeth of the cook, to whom no
suspicion had been attached. He af-
terward confessed to the murder.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16
ArAu.-no,lnr Gold PIECE

A curiosity in the shape Of a 81 gold
piece was offered ct the s~ub-treasury
in Cincinnati. This is probably the
first time in the history OF the office
that a coin of that denomination was
eve beheld by the attaches. The
coin came from the Fifth National
Bank, to which one Of the depositors
had taken it to find out how much II
was worth. The %tellers ut the bank
were unable to decide the question,
and the coin was sent to Uncle Sans
employees in the Federal Building, but
no one there would accept 1t for the
Treasury for its face value.
Coin Teller Robert Brasher, who is q
numismatist of considerable repnte, as
well as Teller White, who is consid-
cred one of the most expert counter
felt detectors in the country, and
Cashier Stout, said that they had
never heard of the Government coin
ing a piece of money Of that denomina-
ton, and that they would not accept 1t
even at its face value, The tables Civ
ing the coinage of money from the
earliest date to the present time were
looked up, but there was no record OF
the Government ever having coined a
81 gold piece. The coin that was pre-
sented was placed on the scales and
was found to weigh los 2-10 grains,
making it worth about twenty cents
more than its face value.
The description of the coin is as
follows: 1t is almost the size of a 50
gold piece. On the face around the
outer edge are the words: United
States of America" just underneath
this, in small type, are the words; "E
Pluribus Unum." In the center is e
star bearing the following: Zone
stella, 400 cents" Underneath the
star, in small letters, are the words:
'Deo est Gloria" On the diverse
side, in the centre, is a head of the
Goddess of Liberty. Above this on
the outer edge are thirteen small stars.
Between the stars are the following
letters and figures: 6, G, 8, s, Z, Q,
7, G., R, A, NJ, S. Underneath the
head is the date-1679.-Cincinnat
ENQUIRER,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

A quart of flour, a teaspoonful of
salt, a tablespoonful Of lard, a table
spoonful of butter, and half a pint of
milk and water mixed in equal por-
tons. Put the salt in the flour and
sift on to a marble slab. Then with o
spoon thoroughly mix in the lard and
butter. Slowly pour on the milk and
water and begin to work, alternately
knerliug the dough and beating it
with an AK or large potato masher.
Twenty or thirty minutes will make
the dough soft aud light, with little
blisters rising over it. Roll out about
threc-quarters of an inch thick and
prick with q fork.
About twenty minutes are required
to bake them. And, above all things,
cut them with a very small cutter. A
large beaten biscuit is not the genuine
thing, at least not the Kentucky arti-
Gle. | have had q cutter made by a
tinsmith to suit my ideas, but the top
of a ten-cent can of baking powder
will auswer all purposes.-Louisville
Courier Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

As o rule no young mar ever paid for his
lrst drink. Did you ever think of it, or
What that part implies? 1t means that your
brother, your son or somebody's son, who
perhaps has been carefully trained, had
nude acquaintances who, through Il SINH
ar process had become drinkers and, at
asst, either occasional or frequent visitors
10 get something to steady my nerves"
The ordinarily well trained young man
Hill resist these invitations possibly for u
.ong time, but on some special outing, or
Under special circumstances he accepts the
oroffered "treat"-not realizing that in so
ioing he has crossed the danger line.
Once treated he feels under n social obli-
cotton to return the compliment and he is
we'll started on the broad highway which
S certain to end in mental and physical in
ury, but with all the probabilities of a
happy future against him.
Indeed his chances are no better than
hose of thousands 1 nave seen in the rags
81 tramps-in the ranks of embez2lers, de-
!aulters and forgers-or confined in our
public Institutions:
IN q living grave apart from men,
The mind tormented with the might nave
been,"
Of wasted years, mid which the striving
soul
euafrs bitter gall from sorrows fateful
bowl.
-Bidwell's National Gazette.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

DIR. Dash, a successful physician in tina
West, returned to his old home lately after
a long absence, and visited the college i'll
which he had been educated. 'Twenty
years ago." he said to q group of students,
"I graduated in this hall. Theirs were
eighteen men In my class. OF the eighteen.
six drank habitually while at college. Not
to excess, but regularly glass or two
each day. Not one of these men hns sue
seeded In attaining fortune, reputation, or
even a respectable position. But they were
among the ablest men in the class.
"While at college / was In the habit oil
frequenting tho daily newspaper office
here. There were ten men in it-cditor5
and reporters-I knew them ala lot OF
bright, jolly fellows. The work was hard,
the hours late, the meals irregular. Every
man In the office drank but one, a%reporter,
Ben Perry. One of the reporters told me he
had seen Ben come from u fire at two
o'clock in the morning, drenched to the
skin and tired out. He would look visit
fully at the whisky bottle, but he never
touched it. / inquired for the boys to-day.
Three had died from drinking; six were
holding inferior positions in newspaper
offices. Habits bad, said my informant.
They could not make their way, and so fell
lower and lower. Perry's head was always
clear, and he was regular at his work. He
Is editor-in-chief of one of the principal
newspapers in q sea-board city. He had
not half the natural ability of at least three
Of the Others
"These are facts" said the doctor. 81
advise you who are beginning life to con-
slider them. / have not a word to say about
the moral question involved in drinking.
But / know, as a physician, that no Ameri-
,an with his nervous organization in this
wearing climate Gun habitually take liquor
without injury to his health and without.
II greater or less degree, hinderinS his
.hance of success"
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

A novel insurance company has been
organized, aud is already doing a large
business in this city insuring dogs
against loss, stealing or impounding.
This is done by registering the dog
with this company, with its full descrip-
ton, and receiving q tag to be worn
with the city license tug.
pound to release any dog bearing such
q tag and return it Immediately to the
owner. This is a great advantage, as
dogs often contract diseases in such n
place. 1t also saves both dog and
owner much misery, anxiety, and
trouble, to say nothing of the expense
and tiresome~ travelling and red tape
which are necessary to rescue q dog
from the pound.-Chicago Tribune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16
a TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
fHE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

How He WAS C~ured-First Drink Is the
Young Mans Danger Point, But He
Fails to Realize TIA Successful Phys
ician's Warning Advice to Students
'That night I came home sober-'twas q
rare thing, you must know,
As stumbled through the kitchen-twaS
! about two years ago-
The bedroom doc was open, and l couldn't
help but see
My little chap a-prayln' at his mothers
knee.
II drew back In the shadder-they both
looked softer beat,
1 knew NIey didn't ever have more'n hall
enough to eat.
He clasped two little scrawny hands, des'
p'rit white and slim,
As IL to show EN- up in heaven how
treated him.
There's somethin' up above us that pulls
when we hitch on;
II drawed me out O. the mire when l was
nigh clean gone;
AM tell ye what II It's, ~fellers, II I've
turned out middlin' fair,
IT'S all along o that boy o. mine namin'
me In his PRAYER"
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

Buttcfmilk will take u mlldew
stains.
Rub spoons with common salt to re-
move egg stains.
A drop Of creosote will stop the
bleeding Of a cut
Rub the haads on q stick of celery
after peeling onions.
Two apples kept in the cake box
will keep moderately rich cake moist
for u time, if the apples are removed
when withered.
A good rule for hangings is to have
semi-transparent stuffs at the win
dows to admit light, and medium
weight portiers to admit air.
When a glass stopper is fastened in
a bottle, dip the neck Of the bottle in
very hot water for a few minutes, and
then it may be easily removed
A late idea is to have fancy chairs
in wood or wicker enameled a bright
green. This would be a good scheme
to ~rejuvenate soiled porch chairs OF
last ummer aud make them look like
the latest style.
Most fruit is nicer if cooked in the
syrup, but hard fruit, such as ounces,
hard pears, etc, should be first cooked
in clear water, and when done re.
moved to the syrup, and simply
scalded through.
A nice flavor may be given to a
broiled steak by cutting an onion In
halves and rubbing the cut edges over
the heated platter intended for the
steak. The platter should contain a
little melted butter.
Fretwork or grille, with pendant
.s.rtains over the doorway or IN an
erch, adds very much to the looks OF a
room. Agra, denim, or Siberian linen
drape nicely and are very suitable as
hangings for this purpose.
The very latest way to hang curtains
is to have a double rod, and have each
half across the other to about SIN
inches from each side. They are then
tied back about two yards of the way
up, much higher than formerly.
Unless in a library where tho walls
are covered with bookcases from floor
to ceiling, the smaller kind are not SC
much used as hanging shelves in Ia
shape, fitted into about three
feet from the floor. Some rooms have
three shelves in every corner,
Another pretty idea is to have a sci
in one, back Of the divan. These, to-
gether with q number of cushions form
a delightfully."- coy corner. The fash,
ion of having curtains on a book shell
is passe; the binding on the tin-de-sie'
Gle book is SO handsome that 1t Ii
quite ornamental enough without.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

Drunkenness degrades n man and drags
MIN to n level lower than, the beast. The
likeness of a man to God is plotted out by
this sin. All that Is noble In man comes
from his soul. The men who nave lived
the best lives and done the most good in
the world are those who have subdued
their passions. Statistics tell us that
three-fourths of the crimes committed ara
done while under the influence of strong
drink. Sixty-five per cent. of the conyic-
tions for crimes can be traced to drink, and
a large per cent, of the poverty throughout
khn land
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16
A short-Liyed Island.

In 1867 q new shoal was discovered
in the group of the Tonga, or Friendly
Islands. In 1877 smoke was seen
over the shoal. In 1885 the shoal had
become a volcanic island, more than
two miles long and $40 feet high, and
q fierce eruption was taking place
within it. In 1886 the island had be-
gun to shrink in dimensions. although
the next year its highest point was 1876
feet above sea level. In 1889 its
height had diminished one-half, and
the ocean close around it was more
than a mile deep. In 1892 the island
rose only twenty five feet above sea
level. According to the latest infor-
nation its complete disappearance, I'M
der the action of the waves, will not
be long delayed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

In 1896, Bermuda lily bulbs were
exported to the United States to the
value of over 800, 900. The quantity
shipped in 1896 fell but little short Of
that shipped in 1895, but the value
was only half the business of the for
mer year, when a syndicate was in
control of the situation putting up
prices to an abnormal level. The
population of Bermuda is 16, O00.-
American Agriculturist.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16
Russia produced 6,947,517 tons of
anthracite and bituminous coal during
rQOr z


There Is q powder to be shaken into the
shoes called Aliens Foot-Ease, invented by
Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y. which
druggists and shoe dealers say is the best
thing they have ever sold to cure sore and
that it makes tight or new shoes feel easy,
1t certainly will cure corns and bunions and
relieve instantly sweating, hot or smarting
feet. 1t costs only a quarter, and the invent
or will send a sample free to any address,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

Large, full-grewn cucumbers cooked
daintily, may be digested with ease by
the most delicate stomach. Cut them
into halves, then into quarters, then
into eighths; put them in a baking
pan, cover with boiling water; add a
t~easpoonful of salt and simmer gently
for twenty minutes. Lift them care
fully with a strainer, arrange neatly
on slices of toasted bread, and pour
over them a sauce made as for aspara-
gus, using for the sauce the water in
which the cucumbers were boiled
Mrs. $. L. Rorer in Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16
HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES,


After the meat is toasted, pour into
the roasting pan half a pint Of boiling
water. Scrape all the brown sediment
from the sides and bottom Of the ban.
Mix one tablespoonful Of -four with
three tablespoonfulS of cold water, and
gradually pour this mixture into the
roasting pan, stirring oil the while. II
may not take vi the mixture of flour
aud water to thicken the gravy. Stop
when it is about as thick as cream.
Season with salt and pepper and strain
into a hot bowl.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-16

A series of experiments by C. F. Hodge,
described before the American Physiologi.
cal Society, is reported Unpopular Science.
Alcohol in moderate doses was given TO n
pair Of kittens. At the end of ten days they
contracted severe colds, while tho other
two kittens were in good condition. The
alcoholic pair attained only thirty-nine per
cent. and sixty-three per cent. of the weight
Of the non-alcoholic pair. OF two pairs of
spaniels the alcoholic pair weighed less,
and, as tested by the pedometer, developed
only seventy-one and fifty-seven per cent,
OF the activity of the normal pair. In
chasing after and bringing balls tho efa-
cheney OF the former amounted to only
thirty-two and forty-four per cent.