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The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-18
pennsylvania Items.
Condensed News Iieaned fr0T
Various Points of the State.

South Bethlehem will soon drink
spring water from Lehigh Mountain.
A car was lowered upon John Paul
Gard in the Honey Brook mine and 1t
broke his back.
Lancaster anglers say the low streams
at present afford the best fishing ever
known in that county.
Engineer Howard Murphy, Of the
State Board of Health, is examining
the Schuylkill River at Reading.
South Bethlehem citizens, who mum
Der 1900, will vote on the question of
having their borough made a city.
In a 6ght at an Italian boarding.
house, near Mohnsville, Luke Pope was
dangerously stabbed by Michael Va
le1ia.
Coal boats in the Schuylkill Canal
at Fort Clinton are stranded by the
drouth.
The funeral of William Plowfeld,
VINO was murdered at Blrdsboro, TOOK
place Thursday.
Lancaster papers say the trolley clrs
DO not Kill trees and they ridlcule the
suggestion that they do.
Robert H. Coleman, the Lebanon
iron and railroad magnate, who made
an assignment. is now critically ILL
Little Florence Cook played near a
running cogwheel In her fathers con-
lectionery at Media and lost several
fingers.
Andrew Hudok, the PhGnixvi!le
musician who was stabbed at a Potts
town wedding, is dead, and Charles
Koch is in iaiI.
The death of Third Vica President
Thomas L. Messler, of the Pennsylva-
ma company, who Is at Cresson, IS
hourly expected. 3
Accused of illegal voting. Frank
Mchugh was arrested in Lebanon.
Destructive forest fires are sweeping
over the mountains between FrackvIlle
and New Boston.
Frank Leach, steward of the steamer
w. w. O'Neil, OF Pittsburg, and his
River.
Eazleton has a feminine cobb!er.
George Seig was killed by an ele-
vator's fall at Williarnsport.
Sixteen tons of coal were stolen from
Lenigh Valley ars and hidden in three
cellars at TupkbannocK.
Despond ent over an incurable can
Ger, which was nearing vital parts,
Cnas. Miner, aged 70, widower, com
United suicide In his barn at Easton-
vile. 2
iopton's new water works are nearly
fDished.
A log fell upon William Heinly, at
Irexler, causing critical injury.
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Jealous OF each others attention to
a woman, Joe Frame and Perry Las
SON fought a duel at Lake Village,
Ark, the latter being killed and the
formor sariously wounded.
Professor b. Emerson, Of Amherst
College, who was injured in a railway
wreck at Lindsey, c., Is likely to re-
cover.
Robbers ordered ''all hands up' In
A store at Pennington, N. NJ, and got
away with 5000 in cash and $500 in
iewelry, including what they got from
Representative Bowman.
The business section of the town of
snow Hill, Maryland, was almost en-
tirely DESTROYED by fire. The loss is
between 5000, 900 and $500 ,000.
lnsom mia drove Miss Mary r. Derby
to shoot herself through the heart while
visiting IN Chicago.
Finding a burglar in his store, 4.
L. Scope, a Denver druggist, was fatally
shot.
Struck by a locomotive on a Chicago
crossing, a police patrol wagon was
smashed and James SkuZ, a prisoner,
and a policeman were fatally hurt.
BY the explosion of the boiler of the
i Marshall (Texas) Lumber Compapy's
planning mill, Tommy Hill, aged IL,
Henry Smalley, aged IL, and Gus
Saunders, a negro, killed, and Joe
Bright and Joe Walman badly scalded.
Embezzlement of $4,000, which lie
tried to pay by borrowing, caused the
arrest of c. A. Hawkes., ex-cashier Of
the Seven Corners Bank, of St. Paul.
A fire in Minneapolis destroyed
several mills, millions of feet of lum.
Der and over two hundred dwellings.
At lelst fifteen hundred persons are
rendered homeless. The loss is placed
at 50, 900. 900. l
Dependent because her lover was
out of work, Rose Bailey, Of milan.
apolis, IId., committed suicide.
Jealous Of lis sweetheart, Lucy
johnson, Jim Renfro, of Middlesbor
ough, KY, mortally wounded her with
a bullet.
James B. johnson and Mrs. Kate
Schumaup, OF Baltimore, Nd, were
drowned off Rockaway Beach, Md.
BY a boiler explosion on the steamer
Annie Faxon, at Wade's Bar, WASH,
Ep eineer Brown and five other persons
were killed.
Three masked men with rey0lvers
| entered ri ilor Kings house at Villa
Glare, Wis, ard got Mrs. Kings $1,000
| worth OF diamonds.
Playing with an '~'uhloaded" revolv.
err, William Shrader, OF Batesvllle,
| Ind, put a ballet into the brain OF his
23-year-Old sister.
Whisky AMI cocaine killed DIR. Glen
A. Fent' p, formerly of Baltimore, at
Dallas, Tex.
Miss Daisy Garland, daughter OF
the x United States Attorney General,
while under a delusion, wandered from
her home in Washington, d. Z. ohe
was found in Baltimore.
Minneapolis, Mimi, will appropriate
$4,000 to relieve families burned out IN
that city.
After having lost their situations and
spent SIG 900 in cash, coal miners at
Bedford, Mo-, have dc claIed their
strike of.
Eight armed men held up the pas
sepgers only, and got but a small
amount of cash, on a New Orleans "a
cifc train neal Mansfield, La.
A negro woman, at Paris, Tex e,
went to church, locking her two boys
tagged 7 and 5 years. in tie cal in. They
set the place on fire AMI we're burned
70 death. 5
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They Die Their own Graves.

The only animal known in the
world which on the approach OF dis
solution seeks out the general bury
inc ground OF its species, and there
digs its own grave and lies down to
die, ia the huanaco; found in the val
leys Of the Santa Cruz aud GallegOs
in Patagonia Darwin and Ftzroy,
the celebrated Taturalists, have both
maue mention OF this strange fact T.
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An Ingrats.

Jack Ford--Did you see that girl
cut me then? Frank Wiicox-1 no.
ticed she didn't bow. Jack Ford -
And yet i saved her life! Frank
Wilcox-How? Jack Ford-We were
engaged and finally she said shed
rather die than marry me, so l let her
DG-Club.
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Clerk IN eating-house (reading
newspaper)-Here's a new recipe for
making chicken pie. Proprietor
Let's hear it Clerk-One chicken
Proprietor-That'll do. It's clear
the fellow who wrote that doesn't
know anything about cooking
Chef,
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RECENT RAIL DISASTERS.
Evidence that Carelessness Was the CausA
of Several.

of Several.
Our great railroads are, for the most
part, conducted with a decent regard
for public opinion and the rights Of
the people. Their managers realize
that, deriving from the people all the
franchises they enjoy, and being de.
pendent upon them for support, they
1--WE in return efficient service and the
employment Of all available means OF
security to their patrons. There are
some corporations, however, which
seem wholly obliYious to their obliga-
tons in these particulars, and whose
only purpose apparently is to get out
Of the public the maximum of profit
at a minimum Of service. These are
the corporations which defy public
opinion In the matter Of protection
at railway crossings, which exact Of
po0rly-paid employees unreasonable
and unnatural hours of service, and
which treat with contempt the in
tereSts and wishes Of communities
which are deprived of the advantages
OF competition. Hardly a day passes
that does not record some disaster
which is directly traceable either TO
this picaYune management or to cor
porate indifference to the rights Of
the public. The recent disaster to a
Manhattan Beach Tace-train is a case
in point. The switChman at the
place where the accident occurred is
paid $50 a month for twelve hours
work daily. Ovcrworked, he fell
asleep on duty; and when awakened
became t~ewilderod, turned the switch
away, and sent the train, with its 600
passengers, to its doom. : The man is,
OF course, responsible for bis needless
ness; but is not thu company which
places a fifty dollar man 10 a position
requiring the very highest efficiency,
and keeps him there twelve long
hours, without time eve to get his
lunch. also and more largely culpa-
bic?
The other day, over in New Jersey,
a train on a branch Of the Ere road
dashed into a carriage at an exposed
crossing and killed five people, The
avenue crossed by the railroad is n
of the popular pleasure-drivcs of the
most populous county in the State,
and there was every reason why it
should have been protected by gates
or otherwise guarded. But, while the
public has imp!ored and protested, no
protection has been provided other
than was supplied hy an inefficient
electrical apparatus. Five lives were
sacrificed and two families were des-
olated in order that the railroad COM
pany might save a few paltrY dollars.
1t Is said that there are within a
radius of a few miles in that part of
New jersey over two hundred cross
ings on railroads running hourly and
half-hourly trains, which have prac-
tically no safeguards. Just now the
local authorities are endeavoring to
secure from the companies the adop-
ton Of some methods Of protection,
but there is little prospect that they
| will succeed in their Efforts. The only
remedy lies In the enactment Of laws
requiring all crossings to be protected
by gates until crossing at grade is
abolished, AMI this latter should be
required by statute in every State OF
the Union. 1t Is tine that corporate
greed and intolerance Of wholesale
restraint should be arrested by an as
sertion of authority adequate to their
suppression. Frank LeslieS.
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Fathers sometimes find It hard to
instruct their children to speak cor
rectly. The SomervilJe Journal re
ports such a case. 'sShe's came In,
papa" said little Dorothy. "She's
como IN, you mean, Dorothy" an
swered her papa "Your grammar is
very bad" ais she. What did she
1o?n
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Woman, Womani

She-Whyd don't you tell me that
noise isn't a burglar, George? A
woman always needs to be ~reassured.,
George-Of course it isn't a burglar.
dearest. That is only the rain drop
ping on the caves There! don't you
hear 1t again? She-What do you
want to keep talking about it for?--
Judge.
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A Wise Psovfsia

Mrs Barnes-Hirum, what hav' 70
bought that expensive book erbout
the Chicago Fair fer? -Barnes-Eer
the summer boarders, o. course!
Won't they need some material fer
lynn erbout wen they 60 back home?
Puck.
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swell, Harold, how are you quo
ceeding at college? "The professor
says I'm getting up in figures" '1l-
deed" Eyes, I used to be seventh
In my class and now ! stand sig.
tenth. I'm pushing on."-Exchauga
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Tho ExhIlorstion OF LABOR,

Mrs. P~ilsnecker (as a neighbor ap.
pears at window)-My nan he vas
blay der bass broom in der band.
Katrlne unit l come out to encourach,
him While he der garpcd beadts.-
Judge
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1t is early Sunday morning, and we start
up to find the grave of Christ. We find the
morning sun gliding the dew, and the shrubs
are sweet as the foot brushes them. What n
beautiful place to be buried in! Wonder
they did not treat Christ as well when He
was alive ms they do now that He is dead.
Give the military salute to the soldiers who
stand guarding the dead. But bark to the
crash-an earthquake The soldiers fall back
as though they were dead, and the stone at
the door Of Christ's tomb spins down the hill,
flung by the arm Of IN angel. Come forth,
o Jesus, from the darkness into the sunlight
Come forth and breathe the perfume OF
Joseph's garden.
Christ comes forth radiant, and rs He steps
out of the excavation of the rock | look
down into the excavation, and in the dis
lance I see others coming hand in haul AMI
troop after troop, and I find it is a long pro-
%cession OF the precious dead. Among them
are our own loved ones-'at'ier. mother,
brother. sister, companion, children, coming
up out Of the excavation of the rock until
the last one has stepped out into the light,
and / am bewildered, and l cannot under
stand the scene until l see Christ wave His
rock and hear Him cry II am the resur-
rection and the life. He who believeth in
Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live
And then l notice that the lon dirge OF the
worlds woe suddenly stops at he arthangelic
shout OF "Come forth y
oh, my friends, If Christ had not hroien
out Of the grave you and 1 would never go ne
out of it 1t would have been another cas-
of Charlotte Corday attempting to slay II
tyrant, herself slain. 1t would have been
another case of John Brown attempting to
free the slaves. himself hung. 1t would have
been Death and Christ in a grapple and
Death the victor. This black flag would have
f'oIted on all the graves and mausoleums of
the dead, and hell would nave conquered
the forces OF heaven and captured the ram
parts of Col, and satan would have come to
coronation in the palaces of heaven. and il
would tave been devils on the throne ane
sons of God in the dungeon.
No! no mol When that stone was rolled
from the door OF Christ's grave, it was hurled
with such a force that it crashed In all the
grave doors of Christendom, and now the
tomb is only a bower where Gods children
take u %siesta, an afternoon nap, to wake uI
in mighty inauguration. "Christ is risen"
Hang that lamp among all the tombs of my
dead. Hang It over my own resting place.
Christ's suffering is ended His work lie
done. The darkest Friday afternoon of the
world's history becomes the brightest Sunday
morning OF its resurrection joy. The Good
Friday Of bitter memories becomes the
Easter OF glorious transformation and resur-
rection.
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A sisterly Plea,

Maude-I saw Hattie embracing
Jim the other evening. Clara
Well, they are engeged, and in sail
ing down life's stream why should
not a young woman hug the sure II
she wishes to?-Boston Transcript
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Lightning is zig gag because as 1t
,ndenses the air in the immediate ad
ance of Its path, 1t ii es from side TO
ice in order to pass where there Is
he least resistance to its progress.
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A disc outraged mar is one Of the
saddess sights angels eve have to look
at
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SPRINKLES OF SPICE.
HUMOROUS SELECTIONS FROM
OUR EXCHANGES

Jokes of Preachers, Lawyers, Doctors, ana
Yellowstone of Them Very Dry and
Others Somewhat ~Juicy-They VIII AID
Digestion If Perused After Micah.
The state chronicle., 1893-04-13
The Duke De Veragua, who is

The Duke De Veragua, who is
descendant of Columbus, is On his
way to this country, and New York
has honored itself by rendering him
the freedom of the city. The light
thrown on the history Of Columbus
in recent years has brought out the
probability that he obtained the in
formation which led to his bold
venture from his wife's father, who
was also mariner and maker of
maps. And so it was all in the
family, and De Versgua represents
the whole business.
We shall be glad to have him in
this country, which, by the way,
ought to have been called after his
old ancestor, and not after Vespu-
cius; and it is an interesting G ques
ton, if Columbus had not discovered
US, where would we now be at?
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PROGRESS IN CHINA.
The Wheels Move Slowly In the Dra-
Don's Emniro

The Wheels Move Slowly In the Dra-
gon's Empire.
His Majesty the Emperor OF
China and the "son of Heaven" is
enjoying a train of miniature rail-
road cars, presented to him by the
French syndicate of capitalists who
wish to get contracts for building
railways
In China they will wonder at its
steam engine; and the six thous-
and electric lights, which are now
being introduced into the holiest
of Chinese sanctusries, cannot but
turn their eyes to our civilization.
It will not be long ere material
advancement will be made in the
science of medicine, which has for
so many centuries remained blot
upon their civilization.
The missionaries aye dong much
to dispel the mysticism and rever-
ent awe which the Chinaman holds
for the concoctions of snakes, tosds
lizards, ETC. prepared by the native
doctors. They recommend stand
ard remedies which have long been
favorebly Encwa ID America and
Europe, such as DR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery, a remedy fol
all cases of blood-taints OR humors
which has had years of uninterrupt
ed success in the United States, an6
numbers it's cures by the tens Of
thousands This is point gained
for the future welfare of the Drogo
men Empire.
The state chronicle., 1893-04-13
The Honduras ReVolutionists.

New ORLEANS, Apru l2-Dis
patches received here last night
from Honduras announce that the
revolutionists have abandoned the
interior snd are moving toward the
Atlantic coast. The fall of Ceiba is
confirmed. Il is in th- hands of the
revolutionists The Liberal party
is said to have seized the American
steamship Rover, Of the Oteri line,
engaged in the fruit trade, and with
the assistance Of this ship captured
the Truxillo. Puerto Cortez is
strongly guarded and no fears of
assault at this point are felt by the
government to quell the revolution,
which is now transferred to the
coast.
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THERE is no doubt that Japsn is
fast becoming civilized and en-
lightened. Following the practice
of the Christian nations, she has
reached out her arm and seized the
Pelew Islands. 1t is true, however,
that the most Catholic and Chris
tian nation-Spain, had years ago
taken the Pelew Islands as it's own
but Japan thinks that she also would
like to have them. The natives will
probably be willing for any change,
There may result, however, a smell
Of sulphur and sAltpetre.
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A Fatal Accident.
Salisbury Herald

An accident occurred three quar-
ters of mile south of Ayers lille on
the Air Line yesterday morning at
five o'clock, whereby Engineer J. E.
Brown lost his life. The engine and
several cars of the first section of
freight Ne. 40, Charlotte bound,
jumped the track and went down a
high embankment, Engineer Brown
b@iag under his engine. One arm
was crushed and he was pjured iu-
ternally. He fingered until yester-
day evening at 6 o'clock. It was
necessary to smputate his arm, and
be died shortly after the operation.
The accident occurred just as the
train was emerging from deep cut
and the cars were piled che on top
of the other, filing the cut COM
pletely. The whole train was
wrecked. The cars were filed with
oranges, furniture and general mer-
chand1se, sll of which were de
stroyed The wreck is a serious and
cost , one to the company.
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tality. All this is distinctly in the
line of improvement
And while Englishmen have been
led to regard US as on Q. par with
Mexicans, on the continent they
think US negroes, mulattos and
half breeds Before we can hope
for any great influx of desirable
citizens from abroad, it will there
fore be necessary to dispel the ig-
norance of foreign nations in re-
gard tc the South, and that will be
a difficult task to accomplish. In
the meanwhile, however, we may
attract people from the North, and
may induce capitalists to bring
their cotton mills to the cotton
fields. One thing ia certain; any
gain is desirable, and while no harm
con result from the movement, somc
good will accrue, although it may
not be equal to cur desires We
trust that the Governors will ad-
dress themselves to the business
with wisdom and with a determine
ton to do all that the situation
Dermits.
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fartridge's Big Wheat De3l.

By Southern Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 12.-rhe threat of
q dollar a busheI fer May wheat
seemed about 10 be realized today.
AMID intense excitement the market
suddenly shot up over 3 cents on
top of the recent advance of nearly
II cents. At 80, however, there
was a sudden sheer descent of 6
followed by rapid rebound of 3
cents. The whole trade seemed to
feel that the fate of the great
plunger Partridge hung in the
balance, and a feeling Of nervous
ness and anxiety was widespread
be covered his enormous short sales
heavily yesterday and the openin <
today found every one with whom
be had dealings calling him mar
gins away beyond the market. His
position is supposed to be weakened
by advances in July, as there vas
an idea he was short III July, in ed
dition to short May. He has been
turning securities into money for a
week but lis necessities apparently
had today only fairly begun He
was on the floor in person and not.
withstanding the force ct his
enemies seemed to be more himself
than yesterday. He sold July yes,
tsrday around n and today taking
1t back a. cent Or more prof1
while apparently holding like grin
death to bis big deal in May.
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IT is to be hoped that the meet
ing OF the Southern Governors, now
in progress ct Richmond, will ms1k
an era in Southern development.
The prime object in view is to Sc
cure proper immigration and to pre-
sent the resources Of the South in
q favorable aspect to foreign capi-
talists. Heretofore representations
have been made to this end by con-
ventions and agents and immigra-
tion commissioners; but now it lie
proposed that the Governors them
selves shall take such steps as will
arrest the attention of outsiders
For our part, while hoping for bene-
ficial results, we apprehend that the
effort will accomplish only part Of
what is anticipated from it. The
movement of population is apt to
be slow. The circumstances that
surround us make against the in
coming of desirable immigrants,
whose energy lead them to newer
fields where the soil is virgin and
hopes of rapid wealth more surely
attract.
The ignorance of the outer world
concerning Dixie is very dense and
very obstinate Even in Eoglsnd
the people believe us to be like the
Mexicans, and such high authority
as the newest of the great British
Encyclopedias gravely informs its
millions of readers that were it not
for our connection with New Eng
land the South would be entirely
Mexicanized. And this, notwith
standing the well known fact that
the Southern whites are closer o1
kin to our British cousins thar
any other people outside Of the
eight little Isle," and that the kin
ship is indicated in every element
of our Southern life, the chief racia
difference being that through the
transplanting we have become more
nervous, quicker in apprehension
of q clearer vision and greater vi
The state chronicle., 1893-04-13
RELEASE OF THE INVENTOR OF
MELINlTE.

nc Was Originally Imprisoned for Sell
log His Secret to the Armstrong;.
PARIS, April II President Carnot
has signed an order for the release
Of M Turpin, the inventor of
melinite, convicted Of betraying
secrets in connection with the man
usacture of melinite, an explosive,
the secret Of which was owned by
the Government of France. Some
sensation las been caused recently
by the charge that Turpin had been
offered exemption from punishment
by M de Freycinet, Minister Of
War at the time, On condition that
Turpin would not accept Turpin
and three others, Tripone, Fasseler
and Feuvrier, were each sentenced
to four years's imprisonment, along
with fines. amounting, in the case
Of Turpin, to $400, in June, 1891,
for their connection with the sale
of the secret of the manufacture of
meli1ite to the Armstrong Gun
Manufacturing Company. They
were also sentenced to he
deprived of civil rights for
five, ten, FIVE and two years respec-
lively. The prosecution was the
result Of the writing of g pamphlet
by Turpin, in which he charged
Tripone with stealing the secret OF
the manufacture and selling it to
the Armstrong; The authorities
thereupon caused the arrest of both
Turpin and Tripone, and in the in
vestlgatiou that followed the Arm
stropgs stated that Turpin had rep
resented to them that he was free
to negotiate the sale Of his inveE.
tion. The French Government
having adopted important improve
ments of the nature of which be
was ignorant, the Government
found evidence on which to base {
prosecution Of Turpin es we'll as o
the others, with the result stated
Since the retirement of n. Frey
| cinet from the War Department
| Turpin's friends have been actival,
| at work to secure his release