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The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-08

Beaufort is wrecked, and on the sea
islands the loss oflife amongthe negroes
is very great. Fully half the population
of the island is drowned" 4
The brake of an electric carl in Cincin-
matt refused to work, as the car was 1e-
ccnding Il hill, and it started down with
frightful velocity. 1t soon left the
track, and, smashing a telegraph pole
which stood in its path, dashed into a
saloon, wrecking both the car and
saloon. Two persons were killed and
over forty injured, six fatally.
Outlaws stopped and boarded the
Frisco train at Mound Valley, Kansas,
and shot and killed the express messen-
ger. Nothing was secured from the
express car, but not a passenger escap-
ed being robbed.
DIR. 7. Thatcher Graves, the alleged
poisoner of Mr.. Joshine Barnaby, COM
mitted suicide in his cell in the Jail in
Denver, Colorado. 1t is supposed he
took poison. Letters that he had writ
ten show hat he contemplated suicide
for some time. l
A despatch from Charleston, South
Carolina, says that reports from the
storm-stricken districts increase the
horror every day. Fully n thousand
lives were lost, and the living are beg
ging for bread.
The superintendent of ArmOur's
packing house at Kansas City recently
rejected three propositions submitted
by the Grievance Committee of the
Industrial Council for the settlement of
the strike of 60 plumbers and machln-
lists at the works. AT Il meeting of the
Council, after the committee had re-
ported, a boycott was declared on all
of Armour's products, no matter what
kind. President Hutchinson, of the
Council, said after the meeting that
.'every Industrial Council in the coun-
try would be asked to take similar
action, as would all labor organizations
in foreign countries to which Armour
products are shipped" 2
The banks of Memphis, Tenn, have
been notified by their New York CORE
~spondents that they are prepared to ship
all the money necessary to Memphis
to move the cotton crop.
The veterans attending the twenty
seventh National Encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic at Indian
apolis made an imposing street parade
which was reviewed by ex-President
Harrison.
The trainmen of the Henderson and
| St. Louis division of the Louisville and
| Nashville Railroad have decided to ac-
| cent the 10 per cent reduction. 9
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SIX HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
THREE HUNDRED BODIES ALREAD
TAKEN FROM THE WATER.
CROPS OF THE REMAINING INHABITANTS
ENTIRELY SWEPT AWAY.
URGENT APPEAL MADE FOR IMMEDIATE
ASSISTANCE.

AUGUSTA, Ga, Aug. 31--A special to the
Chronicle from Beaufort, s. c., says:
Over 800 dead bodies have been found
on the islands about Beaufort and Port
Royal.
Over two millions of property has
been wrecked near the same points.
Both are the result of the hurricane
which swept along the coast Sunday
evening.
Every n of the 10 or 90 islands
lying around Port Royal and Beaufort
are mourning. On every knob there is
a bunch of Grape and upon every hill
side there are fresh made graves.
The beaches, the underground, trees
and shrubbery, the marshes and the
inlets, are revealing dead bodies every
time an investigation is made.
Of the many disasters and devasta-
tons that have visited this section of
the country none have been half as
horrible as that which came Saturday.
Those who are at all posted about
the country and the habits of the peo-
pie in the storm-visited sections are
tOitluClt III liClI DlttlCtlDl lildI tlit
death roll will run up as high as 500.
Some of the best people of this &C.
ton even place the loss at more than
1000.
SIX HUNDRED DROWNED.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Aug. S1.--Receiver
Averill, of the Port Royal and Augusta
Railroad, telegraphs Governor Tillman
that no less than 600 people were
drowned at Beaufort, Port Royal and
adjacent islands by Sunday nights
storm, and hat the remaining 1000 in
habitants have had their crops swept
away, and immediate assistance, he
says, is needed.
There is no direct telegraph COM
munication with either place, and the
reports are meager.
SAME REPORT FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Aug. 31.-Receiver
Averill, of the Port Royal and Augusta
Road, wires the Chronicle tonight that
the loss of life OF Sea- Islands, s. c., far
exceeds anything yet reported, and
will not fall short of 600. Great desti-
tuition exists among the inhabitants, and
urgent appeal is made for aid in the
shape of provisions.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

Do not lie chary of appreciation.
Hearts are hungry for it.
It's the longest headed Clergyman.
who breaches the shortest sermon.
AS 1t is IN nature, so it is in politics.
the biggest p,ums ripen first.
Everything keeps Its best nature only
by beng put otis best use.
Every hyp)crIte in the church makes
some outside sinner feel safer.
Trial is an absolutely necessary ele-
ment in all perfected character.
The outcome Of a courtship nowadays
is largely a question of income.
The highest natures are most depend
ent upon timellness and fitness.
A woman's work is never done unless
i is done by some other woman.
It's a very poor neighbor who won't
acknowledge his boy is TO blanc.
A dutiful son Will take great pains
with the education of his parents.
Hope and chaIity-these must both
pring up from the soul OF faith.
Matrimony is the dusty road leading
by the eowery fields of courtship.
There's many a leap twixt the boat
and the slip.
furnishing gold does not add to its
alue.
Prudence is the lynchpin to the
wheel of progress.
A full pocketbcok may go with an
empty SOU.
The flowers never gossip.
The union of energy and wisdom
makes the completest character and the
most powerful life.
Make yourself complete master o
what you have learned, AMI be always
learning something new; you may then
be an instI uctor of men.
Pay as you go and save enough to
come back on.
Do not permit the good luck CT others
to discourage you.
Fear to die until you have done some
good that will always live.
If most mems consciences should
talk ont loud they would be sued for
Islander.
The famous ToltJni restaurant, for
MANY years the rendezvous OF literary
aud artistic Paris, is being torn down
to make room for a fine moderate
building.
Only one person in 1000 dies Of old
age
! AS a man is known by his company,
i so a mans company may be known by
I his manner of expressing himself.
liza woman steals, it is as IA rule fer
some man; a man steals for himself.
In the evolution of matter sooner or
later ever thing ana everybody goes to
grass.
Heaven will not be pure s~tagnation;
not idleness, but active, tireless, earnest
work.
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PENNSY IVANIA IIEMS.
Condensed News Cleaned From
Various Points of the State.

The Republican State Convention, at
Harrisburg nominated Judge ID. New
lin Fell, of Philadelphia, for Justice OF
the Supreme Court, I'D Colonel 5. NJ
Jackson, of Armstrong county, for
State Treasurer. The platform requests
the Senators from Pennsylvania to vote
for the Repeal bill passed by the House;
declares for binletallism, and favors
the expansion of the currency to $40
per capita of population; protest
against any amendments to the Nc
Kinley tariff, and denounces the sus-
pensions of pensions by the Pension
Bureau. 4
A forest fire is destroying much lum-
Der near Tyro re.
The new Hotel Norwood will be the
most costly building in Lansdale.
The Williamsport Daiiv Times has
been purchased by y Scholl, the
former business mana
In mistake for mull{ tea Mrs. j.
Hege, of Lancaster, er child
deadly dose and it may MOI recover.
To decide whether a dog which bit
A daughter of John Martin, near Ian
caster, had hydrophobia. its brain has
been sent to the University of Pennsyl-
vania for an analysis.
In order hal he might ne
prived of his cigar, Hugh\
sentenced to a year in the worknouse
in Washington County, pleaded to go tc
the ~penitentiary, and he went.
But one execution has been issued by
the Sheriff of Bucks County since
August 4.
Every department of the Carnegie
| steel plant at Homestead have re
| sumed operations, giving employment
| to about 1000 men.
About 700 men were given employ
ment in the Braddock wire works. Nc
wage reduction was offered as had beer
anticipated.
The plants of the Oliver Iron ant
| Steel Company, in P%ittsburg, with non
union forces sufficient to operate all de
| partments, Howe, Brown d Co.'S stee
mill in Pittsburg, have resumed opera
I tiOnS.
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SOLD WIFE AND GOODS FOR $3.50.
William Klone. an Idle MOulder, offers an
Odd Job Lot,

ClNClNNAT, O.-William Klone, Il
chiIdlcss iron moulder out Of work in
this city, to-day sold his wife, house
hold furniture and dog and cat to
William MEYERS, a laborer, for $3.50,
and made out a formal bill of sale to
that effect. William Smith and George
Becker signed bill as witnesses. They
were all talking over ''hard tines in a
saloon, when Klonc exclaimed with an
oath:
I'm sell my wife and furniture for
$3.50 and throw in the cat and dog"
"You won't do that?' said Meyers.
"Yes ! would" reiterated Klone;
"iust put up your money and see"
Meyers pulled out $3.50 and handed
it to Klonc, and the bill of sale was
made ont. =
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Wellington Barr--1t is said now
that the Egyptians knew Of the
American continent ages before.
Coluubu; was born. Old Mr.. Dear.
born--Dcar me. How awful. All
do you suppose a scandal like that
an affect the Fair any?-World's
Fair Puck.
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Snooks-What makes you so glum!
fou say her father did all he could to
hasten your suit Sledgeby-Yuu do
not seem to realize that l vas in the
salt at the time. Exchange.
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FROM His Point of View.

Mrs. Figg-That hoy is getting
more and more like you every day. 1t
is all | can do to manage him. Mr..
Fight strikes me that those two
statements don't consist a little bit
Ind Annapolis Journal
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Prof Abscntmind (of Columbia
College, looking at his watch)-As
we have a few minutes | shall be glad
to answer any question that any n
may wish 10 ask. Student-What
time Is it, please?-Texas Siftings
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"Afe you the woman that wants t.
Engage a servant, young LADY," she
asked. ''Yes." ''We,l before we 90
any furder let me ak yez have yez n
Letters av accumulation from yer
lasht girl?"-Washington Star.
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Tlerdso-1 don't know whether to
&c a preacher or a lawyer. Saidso-
by all means be a lawyer. Herdso-
Why? Saidso-A lawyer gets 500
for untying 4 knot the preacher Is
pail only ten for tying.-Exchange.
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NUMBER 7.


She-l love to hear Col. Blowhard
talk II his war experiences BY che
way, With side vas he on? He
The other side. Shea c~onfederatep
IIe-Bo, the other side Of the At
'antin -llarpcr's Bazaar.
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Mira. Snaggs (readlng) -In the
planet Neptune days are 600 hours
long. Mr.. Snaggs-What a snap for
the labor leaders to agitate for a re.
duction of hours! - Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
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SavdorF-Mrs. Larkln is Il great
woman to talk about people Standolf
Yea and her ~favorite subject Is
Mrs. Larkin. Truth.
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Popper-That hoy OF mine IA d
regular phenomenon. Batcheller
(wearily)-In what way? Poppe-
Six years old and never said a bright
thing In his life.-Vogue.
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Exacting Father-JaDieS, how ART
you getting on with that job of wood
splitting? Rebellious Son-lm '1ak'
ing about three knots an hour.-Dc'
troit Free Press
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She (at the breakfast table, Al
bany-Dearest. do you realize that
we are going through the longest tun.
mel in the world to-day? He-No, l
didn't. Waiter, bring me some fried
onionS-Truth.
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Wife-Why did you dance all even
ing with so many other mems wives?
Husband-Why-purely to prevent
you from being Jealous OF any OF
them Gray s. Co.'s Monthly.
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And He Was Forgiven.

Edythe (playfully)--How dare you
steal a XII S from me, sir? Don't you
know 1t Is petty larceny? Jack zen.
thusiastically)-I call it grand lar
ceuy.-St Botolph.
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hS-Do you go In for athletics III
Nassar? She-Yes, In an indirnrt
,way. He-How is that? She-We
20 in for athletes. Truth
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so the poor fellow is doomed to
an early death" CHOW do you make
that 0ut?" "Didn't you say he lived
by his wits"
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ruRrr HUNDRED BODIES REcovrnrr.

New YORK, Aug, 81 a special to
the World from Augusta. Ca. states
that 800 bodies have been recovered
from the islands about Beaufort and
Port Royal.
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Sarcasm.

Dentist-That is wide enough,
madam. l shall stand outside whilo
drawing the ooth.-Judge.
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XII swords and muskets. Then you would
90 out in tho face OF the enemy and contend
Tor your country. Now, take the sabhnth
dny and the church TO be only the armory'
where we are to get equipped for the great
battle of life, and that battlefield Is Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. "Antioch," n "st- Martins"
md ''old Hundred" are not worth much II
I'VE do not sing all the week. A ser non Is OF
little account il we cannot carry it behind
the counter and behind the plow. The Sab
bath day is OF no value II it last only "A
hours.
"Oh," says some one, all had n great
sphere, I would do that. II l could have
lived in the time of Martin Luther, II 1 could
have been Pauls travelling companion, II I
had some great and %resounding work to do,
then 1 should put into application oil that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-28

No less parsonage than Mrs. Van
Rensselaer, Cruger of New Yorks Four
Hundred is at loggerheads with the
newspapers of that city, and the result
may be her emigration to foreign coun-
tries.
Mrs. Cruger, under the name OF
cullen Gordon" has written some
meritorious novels, some of which she
had consented to give to the New York
Press club to sell at its fair" A news
paper genius, supposing that Mrs. Cruger
would follow the custom of other noted
authors and sell in person autograph
copies of her work, noted that fact in
his paper. At this statement Mrs.
Cruger's wrath rose to such pitch that
the roar of the western cyclone when
compared with it is as plaintive as the
wall of the owl. The lady wrote to the
committee, and said that ''inasmuch as
newspaper had printed the statement
half the world will believe it true"
"The newspapers have driven Mrs. w.
w. Astor out of New York." she walled,
"and If they keep on there will be no
ladies and gentlemen left. This is the
crowning insult"
Mrs. Cruger has not yet decided
whether she will follow Mr.. Astor's
example or not, but such Of the public
as have heard of the browning insult
have probably concluded that the emi-
grafton of a few more monied people
would not noticeably lessen the number
of ''ladies and gentlemen" who still
| live in this uncivilized realm.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-28

admit that. She is ready for the work
Of the ull-grown. brainy and brawny
city. She is not only ready for the
work. but it is going to do it.
Providence lglories in the rapid growth
and development of Pawtucket. She is
very near to us, physically and senti-
mentally, and nothing can disturb our
steadfast pride in and affection for
her. We love Pawtucket, and shall
eve. love her. We do not demand that
this affection be returned, knowing the
disposition OF the youthful to hold In
slight esteem the love that nourishes
them.
We delight in the evidences Of vigor
Pawtucket is giving. We admire to
see her kick and sprawl about, trying
her strength and developing her powers.
May she grow and grow. until she gets
big enough and old enough to appreciate
her neighbors and realize the extent
and limits O. her own strength. She
can't make us mad by showing her
youth AID high spirits.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-28
PAwTUCKEr.

Is our bright and lively sister on the
north getting jealous, or is she having
a slight touch Of spring indigestion?
The esteemed Times of that burgh
counts that day unworthily spent that
does not yield opportunity for it to print
smart paragraph about Providence,
pitched in a key that has become obso-
lete in this city.
And now comes the Pawtucket Com.
mercial Bulletin with broad intima-
tion that our present population is only
1870, 900.
Some of the hustling population of
PawtuckeL has also adopted tone of
superiority on account of the rapid
growth of that city during the past few
years.
The trouble with the Pawtucketers
evidently is their neglect to recognize
the stage of development their city is
now passing through.
Cities have their period OF infancy y
as we'll as races OF men, animals and
planets.
All infants have seasons and "spells I"
Of exceeding greatness, when they feel
entirely capable Of doing tine work and
managing the affairs of their elders.
Pawtucket seems 10 be passing
through some such stage of develop.
ment. She is growing so rapidly aud
has to don new suits of clothing so
frequently that she feels as though she
would fill the whole earth, and hang
over the edges, in short time.
Now Pawtucket Is all right. She will
stop swelling before long and begin to
build up muscle and bone and sinew.
Then she will grow great. IL not large
Providence has been getting muscle
and bone for some years. She has spent
too much time in the process. We all
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-28
THE CLoTURE APPLIED.

The application of the cloture in the
house of representatives yesterday re-
suited in the dispatch Of a lot of bust
ness that has been delayed by the indif-
ference and desertion of the members.
The Democrats howled Justify abo,,s
the I. gag rule" bat the Republican
leaders had waited for them to manifest
some disposition to attend to the bust
ness of the house until forbearance
ceased to be virtue and the only
course left to compel attention to bust
ness was adopted. y.
The step was taken none too soon.
The session was nearing the time when
it must close and the business was in q
very backward condition. The Demo.
Gratis would have been very well pleased
il the bills in committee had all been
left in the incomplete. condition they
were in, in order to shape them to their
own minds next session and to have the
partisan advantage of reporting that
the Republican house neglected bust
ness.
This advantage was denied them, and
they of course thought that they were
the victims Of the ''gag-rule," as they
called the cloture.
The fact is that to apply the cloture
was the only resort left the Republi-
cans to compel attention to the bust ness
of the session. The Democrats had
evidently determined to sacrifice the
public's affairs to the imagined partisan
advantage they would have il the bust
ness of the session was left unattended
to.
The Republican leaders did exactly
right in forcing the Democrats to for
once in way allow business to go on,
if they did not take an active part in it.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-28
LESSONS OF THE NAVAL REVIEW.

The great naval spectacle just draw
ing to close in New York harbor
means something more than a brilliant
marine picture. It's effect upon Amer
leans who have been privileged to wit
ness it, and upon those who have read OF
it, cannot but be of benefit in stimulat.
ing the growth of patriotism. We have
seen that the United States, in its
equipment to repel invasion and do bat
tie ON the high seas, compares favor
ably with other nations. If war comes
we can feel that with our present feet,
together with the three cruisers and
three battleships now in process Of con-
struction at the Cramps ship yard, the
stars and stripes will find able defend
ers in the armor-encased ships manned
by gallant officers and men.
The spread eagle element is not all.
This great gathering of representative
ships from the chief nations of the
world is something which could not
happen in the waters of any other nation
of the earth. The United States occu-
pies an unparalleled position as regards
her sister nations. Not only is it at
peace with all but feeling of utmost
cordiality exists. 1t may be that in one
or two instances these may be but sur
face indications and that jealousy and
distrust of this country exist. If SO
they are hidden beneath so thick a
veneer of cordiality as to be unnotice-
able. That this is SO proves that Uncle
Sam is big enough to command respect
ven if he be not suave enough at times
to compel love.
Certainly our foreign visitors cannot
complain of the lack of courtesy ac-
corded them as guests, and perhaps along
with their appreciation of Yankee hos
pitality there may have crept into their
heads little of the awe of admiration
of our greatness as minutely typified
by the cities in whose harbor they now
are.
Such gathering will be productive
of good, not only TO this country but TO
humanity as well. Were they possible
in every harbor of the world the pea CO
societies might we'll look forward to the
millennium of ''peace on earth, good will
to men" for which they are laboring.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-28
For a Southern Line

To the Editor Of the Neics
am informed that some Boston capitalists
are looking over the field to discuss the ad-
visibility of putting on a line of passenger
and freight steamers between our city and
New Bedford, and while | would very much
like to see such line, much prefer to see a
line to Charlestown, Savannah and Jackson
Vile.
My attention has recently been called TO the
large quantity OF cabbage which our mer-
chants are receiving, and the question arose
In my mind why. II IL comes direct from the
South, should il have To come by rail. which
costs much more than TO come by BOAT: hut IL
Il comes only from New York. why should
our merchants give the New York commission
merchant profit which could Just as well be
saved2
There Is no question but our own produce
houses are placed at disadvantage I'm compet-
ing I'm our own field with both New York and
Boston .bouses, which by means OF better
freight facilities are able 10 come right in our
own city and sell tot eretailers for but a slight
advance over what the wholesaler has to pay
I'm some instances our wholesale merchants
buy in the Boston market aud pay the freight
here, which they could save on Southern
fruit and produce, beside having a shade less
freight TO pay than the Boston house has.
We receive large quantities of Florida
oranges and other fruits in their season, and
why can we not have them shipped TO us di-
rect from Jack ksonville by steamer. instead of
having TO go down TO Bostor and buy?
IL Boston men have any capital TO spare l
hope this matter will be brought 20 their at
tenuon. for do not see Ms any Of our own
capitalists care to take bold oft
IL our merchants wish to be able 20 compete
with those OF New York and Boston, not only
In our own field, but in outside territory. they
will have to have equal freight advantages.
IL any one doubts that we have large SOUTH
ern trade. both TO aud from. let them spend
about two days at the Providence. Norfolk
and Baltimore dock and they will he con-
vinced. A southern line would not only be
advantageous to fruit and produce houses.
but would no doubt stimulate our Southern
export trade. PROGRESS
Providence, April e. lsa3.