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The Penn's Grove record., 1896-08-14
Gas engineers predict that the appl

Gas engineers predict that the appli-
eation OF a recuperative principle to
the incandescent saslight now in USE
will render 1t doubly efficient The
principle is understood and the working
put of the solution of the practical prob
lens connected with it's utilization 10
expected to be achieved within a few
months. The incandescent burner
transforms heat rays"into light rays,
and gives gas nearly SIX times the Ell.
cheney of the open fame. The recupsr
alive principle now sought to be EN-.
ployed in conjunction with this burner
In the combustion Of gas is the same
as that used in the rolling mills, where
by the waste heat ordinarily passing
out through the chimney is carried
back into the fame by absorption and
made to perform the Office Of bringing
otherwise unavailable ingredients OF
combustion to the temperature Of igni'
ton. An important economy comes Ia
whore the Runsen burner is used, a.
~carburetted or enriched gas. which 70
needed for the open burner is mot reQuir
I'd for the Bunsen burner. Itisstated that
it costs the gas companies 35 to 40 cents
per thousand to enrich their gas. This
looks like an over-liberal estimate; but
whatever the cost Is. It is an expense
which can be avoided when the new
burners come into general use, and then
there will be a new opportunity for the
companies to lower the price Of gas u
conanmara.
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New Jersey Items

Mrs. Elizabeth H. wilkins, of No
734 Pearl street, Camden, was found
dead in bed.
Harry Fisher and not Harry Dilks,
has entered suit for $50 damages
against Harry Campbell for breaking
his bicycle in a collision at Pitman
Grove.
An unknown berry picker had both
his legs Gu off below tine knee at Rose
dale while attempting to crawl under
a freight train.
Aaron Savage, of Hightstown, a fire.
man on the Amboy division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, was badly
injured by his head striking a bridge
near Pemberton.
James Kelly and Henry Hallw ere
taken from the Camden County Jail to
the Trenton State prison to serve two
years each for grand larceny and at
tempted assault.
Christopher Jackson, of No. 532
Borton street, Camden, was painfully
injured by catching his forehead in the
hook of the scales of an ice wagon, OFF
which he jumped. d
Cape May now has the long distance
telephone service.
Gabriel Daley, of Three Bridges,
lost one of his hands in a threshing
machine.
Elizabeth Miller, "a years old. o
Paterson, broke her neck by falling
down stare.
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NUMBER /.

he moment when YOU nan send word 10
o u parents in the country that YOU have
conquered your evil habits bv the grace Of
God, and become eternal victor.
Ohl despise not p~aternal anxiety. The
line will come when YOU have neither
'ather nor mother. and y0u will 90 around
ind them gone from the house, and gone
hood. Crv rs lou for forgiveness NJ YOU
may over the mound In the rhurchyar1 they
will not answer. Dead! Dead! Aud then
you will take out the white lock Of hair that
was cut from your mothers brow iust before
they buried her, and You will take the
zane with which voIr father used to walk,
and Won will think and think, and wish that
you had tone Just rs then wanted Won to.
and would give the world IL vou hal never
thrust a pang through their dear old hearts.
God pity the young man who has brought
disgrace on his father . nHmei God pilvthe
Young man who has broken his mothers
heart! Better If he had never been born
better II. in the first hour OF his life. instead
of being laid against the warm bosom Of ma
ternal tenderness, he had baen cOffne1 and
sepulchred! There is 10 balm powerful
enough to heal the heart Of one VINO has
brought parents to a sOrrowful grave. and
who wanders about through the dismal GEM
etery. rending the hair aud wrtnsiny the
hands, and crying: "Mother. mother Oh.
that TO-DAY, by all the memories Of the past.
and by all the hopes Of the futurt, Won
would yield your heart to Col! Nav your
fathers God and your mothers God be
your God forever!
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A Career started.

ri have been thinking for a long
time" she said, with a serious expires.
zion which contrasted strongly with
her usual a~irness. ''bhat / ought to have
some serious purpose In life. So l have
decided to go into literature"
You intend to pursue 1t seriously.
do your"
yes, indeed. I've bought a lovely
Louis XVI. desk and I've got some
Of the most exquisite stationery you
ever saw. Mother gave me a gold pen
and a mother-of-pearl penholder and
1 have just the prettiest silver ink.
standl All covered with iligree work,
you know"
You are certainly well equipped"
YES" she replied, serenely, 1--WE go,
a splendid start All I have to do now
Is 10 cit down come time and think up
q piece to write"
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ALTERNATIVE OF THE DUEL.

There Was No Rsospe I'm Former
Times Except Through Dishonor.
Among archaic things in this coun-
try we have come at last, happily, to
class ''the duello," as 1t was once proud
to be called. THE field OF honor" 1.-THE
code of honor" "the satisfaction usual
among gentlemen" and other such
phrases, have become practically obso-
lete; and whereas formerly 1t would
have been a very astonishing thing II
a gentleman failed to send his friend
with a challenge to any other gentle
man who had insulted him, the aston.
lshing thing now would be for such a
challenge to be sent under any cir
cumstances; although 1t must be said,
in honest truth, that the duel ITSELF
considered apart from Its code) was
much less Objectionable than are many
Of the modes Of violence that have sue
cesded 1t. 50 much may be conceded,
without in any degree lessening the
Just condemnation Of dueling as q relic
Of a barbareus chivalry.
~ was tne COUO WnlCn Eehuy RaVo
the duel its specially maleAc charac-
ter. As long as this inexorabls law
prevailed, every gentleman was under
bonds of honor to resent to the death
any impeachment, however slight, of
his truth, honesty or courage. A few
exemptions were allowed, 1t Is true,
but, on the whole, not to recognize the
code, when occasion arose under 1t, was
to be banned rs a coward. Revers-
ing the maxim Of the civil code, the
duello magniied tribes to wrongs that
could be expiated only in blood. II
vas not allowed to treat such things
with Indifference or contempt, and any
attempt to pursue that course toward
an equal in social, political or profess
sional life. If 1t did not at once con-
clude the matter fatally against the
person undertaking 1t, only shifted the
mortal initiative to the other party.
There was no alternative where 1t wac
so sternly commanded to fight or bo
dishonored. Even men like Clay had to
obey the despotic rule, and beneath 1t
such men as Hamilton had to fall
Lippincott's Magazine.
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Foreign Briefs.

Forty miners were Imprisoned in
the Bryancoach Colliery, In Gllmor-
ganshire, Wales, as a result of an ex-
plositn of fire damp.
The Governor of Crete is to be court
martlaled for conduct which precipi-
tated a panic. The situation on the
island is one of painful suspense Star
Walton confropts the people, and all
who can do SO are leaving the island.
Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese Am
bassador, visited the House of Com
mons, in London. .
Lisbon newspapers declare that Great
Britain has recognized BraziFs owner
ship of the island of Trinidad.
Further rioting in opposition to the
collection of taxes has occurred in Val
encia, spain.
Matthew Izmirlian, the Armen an
Patriarch, has resigned, 4
Ii Hung Chang, after inspecting the
Portsmouth dockyards, returned to
London.
The American Liner ST. Paul com
pleted her overhaullng and left the
dock at Southampton.
Major Lotharie was acquitted in
Brussels of alleged illegal execution OF
ex-Missionary Stokes, in the Congo
Fl ee State. o
Four persons we're drowned in the
river Spree. near Berlin, by the sinking
of an excursion steamer.
Dispatches from Yokohama and
Toxic, Japan, say tina. the observa-
tons of the eclipse of the sun were
very successful.
1t is stated that President Faure has
been invited by Queen Victoria to meet
Emperor William, at Osborne House,
Isle of Wight. Tue object is to IA
cllltate the Kaiser's visit TO the Paris
Exposition in 1900. 2
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The railroad wreck at Altenheim ano
the disaster at Logan, Iowa, in which
thirty persons were killed, resulted
from negligence DR. error on the part Of
employees. Neither the Altsnheim nor
the Logan wreck can be classed as an
accident. There was no failure of ma
chinery and no imperfection Of the
roadbed in either case. Both disasters
resulted directly from the carelessness
or the stupidity Of men. In the Alien
hedm affair a switch was wrongly set.
At Logan the wreck was caused by a
misunderstanding or a .disobedience Of
orders. In both cases the culpable per-
sons were men of experience who for
got their duties at a critical moment.
There will probably be q general out
cry for the punishment Of these men,
and they undoubtedly deserve to suffer
for their negligence. But these acct
dents will not cease SO long rs the
movement of trains is regulated In the
present fashion. Men will forget or
make blunders, no matter how vigilant
and Jealous they may be. No vigilance
can guard against the ~momentary ship
Of memory that means destruction to
scores Of lives, and no zeal will pre-
vent the switch tender from 10Y and
then throwing thu wrong lever, HUI
man nature cannot be regulated with
the unerring accuracy Of a machine,
and 1t is to machinery that we must
look for the solution Of the problem
Of railroad safety. Automatic signals,
l~nterlocking switches, electrical devices
for governing the movement Of trains
these are the agencies that aus be
used to guard against disasters like
those Of Altenheim and Logan. There
will be similar accidents until the ma
chine, that never sleeps and that has
no memory to go astray. takes the place
Of the fallible combination that make
up human nature.
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Pennsylvania
~-ltems

JOhn DeVers, OF WiikesDarre, was
drowned while bathing.
Seventy-year.old Bridget Tannam,
of Glendon, has mysteriously disap-
peared from her home.
Adam Hersh,a farm hand employed
by Elizabeth shay, at Three Tuns,
committed suicide while respondent.
Ex-senator Jonas Detwiler is in a
critical condition at his Blue Bell home
az q result of being struck by a train
on the Trenton Cutoff.
A 10-year.old daughter of James
harmer, Of Delta, York County, at
tempted to start a fire with oil. She
vas burned to death and the house
destroyed. 3
While intoxicated, John Smith stag
gered in front of an Easton trolley car
and was killed.
W. s. Wolfe was appointed post
master at Ciarksview, and F. A. Died.
rick at Morgan.
Work will o be begun on a new
bridge over Geddes Creek. near Point
IledsdLt, DuCAe SuuhAys
All foreigners employed at the Sheri.
dan Furnaces have been discharged
and their places given to Americans.
Footpads held up Isaac Ziegler
in Lebanon, and took all his ~valuables.
1t was announced that the New Jer.
sey Central shops at Phillipsburg, N.
j., would be removed to Ashley.
A dead baby was found in a corr
field at Hanover and Emma Wagner
has been arrested, charged with
the crime.
A 5000 horse belonging to Michael
Leichliter, of Nsllowsville. Bucks Coun-
ty, died from being bitten by a copper
head snake. A
A train at st. Nicholas crushed life
less Anthony Kornisky.
A fall of coal at Shenandoah ColIlery
killed Patrick Kilcus.
Young Thomas Koran was drowned
while bathing at a resort near Ashland.
Wages of American flint glass
workers were fixed at Pittsburg the
same as last year.
While bathing IN the river at Read
ing William Jayes, of England, was
drowned.
A rattle snake bit A. ]. LOTUS in the
hand while he was hunting groundhogs
at Girardville.
Ham sandwiches which they ate at
a picnic, at Shamokin, badly poisoned
I. H. Paul aud his family.
Nothing has yet been learned of j..
L. Pittman, who disappeared from
Morrellville, having in bis possession
considerable cash. 5
Erie bicyclers will fight the tax on
wheels in Court.
A moving machine clipped off an
arm of Samuel Bentz, at Willsville,
York county.
For refusing to send his trunk to the
station when he ordered it, Marks
Bacharach, a Philadelphia merchant,
sued Hotel Proprietor t. II. Hutchin
SUI, VI lIE SOOoo udLh-
ages. !
A cloudburst at Sharon did much
damage.
Falling from bed at his Reading
home, John Sherrick broke his leg.
When bathing IN the river at Wilkes
barre, Richard Frank was drowned.
The explosion of a gas generator 10
the Sunbury Bottling Works killed
James Newberry.
A tree fell upon and killed John NJ.
Entz, a prosperous farmer in Fairfield,
near Williamsport.
While driving in a wagon at Potts
town. Lewis II. Evans was badly
shocked by an electric bolt.
There were six persons killed and
about sixty-two others injured by the
accident on the Columbia and Donegal
Electric Railway. 1t is said that the
motorman attempted to check the
speed of his car by reversing the cur
rent and that this deranged the ma
chinery and the car ran away down a
steep grade. 2
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-08-14

People could think much better OF
each other than they do if they would
just try.
''One soweth andanother reapeth'
is a verify which applies to evil as vel
as good.
1t may be more honorable to tell a
man his faults TO his face, but it is
safer to tell them to his neigbbor.
Everything comes to the man that
waits, except, of course, to the fellow
who does not advertise,
Honesty education and politeness are
what make the rfect gentleman.
The readiest and surest way to get
rid of censure is to correct ourselves.
Politeness is an easy virtue. costs lit
tie and has great purchasing power,
The difference between praise and
hattery is this-the one may be honest,
the other never is.
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San Jose, California, by Harvey Allen.
der, a discarded lover of the dead girl.
A number of striking tailors were ar
rested in New York for a~ssaulting non.
union men.
George A. Valiant, a civil engineer,
committed suicide in New York city,
on recently, by taking laudsnum.
The steamers Commodore, Three
Friends and Lsurada are under surveil-
lance by United States officials on sus-
picion that they are about to engage in
flibustering expeditions to Cuba. 2
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Three year old Mary w. Emwell, o
Salem, died in commissions from the
excessive heat.
William Fox, of L,Sistlw n, was
badly injured by his team running
away in Burlington.
Merchantvi lie Borough. Council has
fixed the tax rates for the year at 81. sc
on each 500 Of valuation.
Dominica Borno, 65 years old. 9
wealthy res dent of Hammohton, was
found dead in bed.
Lewis Waters, colcred, 80 years old,
died at Cape May from injuries re
ceived from falling from a bicycle.
Cape May County has a big peach
crop.
Albert Anderson, of Collingswood,
vas reported to the Camden police al
missing from his home.
William Schultz, of Philadelphia,
was fined 10y Mayor Westcott, of Cam.
den, for insulting Miss Maud Gardner
on Kaighn venue
DIR. s. Briggs, of Richland, had one
of his legs crushed while attempting to
board a train. He was sent to the
Cooper Hospital, Camden.
Stephen Howard, a brakeman. Of
No. 206 Royden street, Camden, had
both jaws broken by being struck in
the face by a switch handle.
Susie b. Allen was locked up IN the
Camden City Jail last night on sus.
picion of having stolen a watch valued
at s53 from Della Cohen, a boarder al
the West Jersey Hotel. j
Ellen Beck, 60 years old. Of Atlantic
avenue, Camden, fell on Koss2th
street and fractured one of her thighs.
William Falkland, of Pavonia, was
locked up in the Stockton Jail on a
charge of assault preferred by Anna
Shultz
John Craig, of Bordentown, was
badly injured about the head by being
thrown from his wagon, his horse TAX
ing fright and running away.
Nathaniel Eager, Joseph Murphy,
Clinton Hill, Thomas Magee and Jos.
Saunders were arrested in Camden
for breaking the windows in an At
Iantic City Railroad train on which
they we're passengers.
A train on the Atlantic City Rail
road killed a horse at the Knight street
crossing, in Camden, and a panic was
created among the passengers by the
engineer giving the danger signal on
the locomotive whistle. Fortunately
no one was hurt in the wild scramble
for the doors and windows.
Joseph Reynolds and Frank Dooley,
of West Hoboken, were committed to
the Passaic County Jail by Recorder
Senior, of Paterson, for attempted
highway robbery.
Mayor Westcott, of Camd n, fined
Nathaniel Pagan, Joseph Murphy.
Clinton Hill, Thomas Magee and
Joseph Saunders for fighting on an
Atlantic City Railroad train.
Albert Foss, colored, 35 years old,
of Ferry avenue, above Van Buren,
street, Camden, was killed by an At
lantic City Railroad engine, Oh Bulson
street, east of Broadway. Foss was
picking coal along the tracks.
Michael Carless, As years old, of
Newark, was accidentally drowned in
Margerum's pond, near Princeton
He went in bathing with Frank Gill,
his 12-year- nephew. and got beyond
his depth. The body was recovered.
William Deniyot, arrested at Cape
May while attempting to get possession
of v%aluables by means of bogus bath
house hecks, was held to answer for
his offense.
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MERRILL Persisted IN ayrcK5AND


While Sinking He Directed Men Who
Tried to Rescue Him.
Charles Merrill, a well-kuown citizen OF
Burlington, Wis, wa buriei alive a few days
ago.
Mr.. Merrill and others were digging a we'll
on a farm three or four mics south Of Bur
lington. The sides caved IN aud buried him
up to the shoulders. His companions en-
deavored to dig him out, when quicksand
was struck and the unfortunate man gradu-
ally sank out of .sight in the presence
of the men, who were unable TO assist him.
The body was recovered next morning, work
having been prosecuted all night by several
shifts OF men. He was twenty-seven years
OF age and leaves a wife.
While Merrills head was exposed lie cOoily
directed the men how to work In order to
rescue him, but the quieksaud engulfed him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-08-14

A monster petition to the Federal Govern
ment for further restrictions on Chinese i'm
migration is being circulated at Vancouver,
British Columbia. 1t may contain over TO-
600 names before it is sgnt 10 Ottawa. The PEE
tition recites that Chinese labor is driving
pit the white workingmen; that ile United
States, realizing this, has excludes Tue Mon
golian coolies, and that CaupiN should
adopt measures to keep them Olt. 1t urges
that n tax OF $500 be levied up0u rtsh CHINA
man entering the Dominion.
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HAZlNG AT WEST POINT.



According to Information ~raaaive at fhs
War Department. hazIug at the West Point
Military Academy ha- received n heavy blow.
The court martial which tried Cadet Elliott
Fl. Rand for compelling "Plsbas" Harris ant
Nicely to stand on their toes. reached Il YER
diet Saturday afternoon. 1t sentenced Rand
to one wears confinement, with a depriva-
ton of all privileges, including the three
month, 3 furlough next year. After the ca
diets return to barracks Rand will also he
obliged to walk a tour Of guard duty every
Saturday afternoon. while the rest Of the
cadets are at liberty.
Rand's severe sentence has struck terror
into the hearts ofall the would be hazers. The
evidence did not directly connect him with
The hazing of the two ''plebas," and he made
a strong defense to ~substantiate his denial.
His sentence may also interfere with his
,lass standing. He is at present at the head
Of his class, but the hazing episode will seri-
only MAI q hitherto unblenishe1 record.
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Carrier Pigeon Regulations.

Fear of the reasonable use OF carrier
pigeons in France ted TO the pronunciation
of most stringent regulations. TGe Paris
Governments decres stipulAtes that every
person wishing to possess carrier pigeons
must obtain the authority of the r'ecept;
and every person receiving pigeons must,
within two days, make declaration to the
municipal authorities. Tie police c,mnis-
sary must always be present when the pig
cons are freed.
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RUINED THE PosroFfrcE.

Turner Took His Mail EIsewhere--The
Government Arrested Him.
P. W. Turner, a rich silk manufacturer Of
Turnersville, Conn, has been arrested and
held in $500 bail for trial on the charge OF
running a private express for carrying mail
to the detriment Of the postal service.
Turner was postmaster at Turnarsvilie up
to the time of the present Administration,
when the office was removed Il third of a
mile from Turner's factory. Turner objected
to the change, and without his business the
postofflce receipts were almost nothing.
Turner put his mail in the postal car on the
Air Line. The Government broke W this,
and then he took his mail to another town,
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-08-14
A WATERMELON BUG.

Farmers About Burlington, ". j., Fear
Losing the Entire Crop,
Benjamin d. Stedaker, a prominent farmer
living near Burlington, N. j., said mar in
two weeks there wouldn't be Il watermelon
or citron in the county, because of a para
site that is rapidly killing the vines.
1t is "A small insect, not unlike a ladybug
N appearance, and i'll a sins le night deposits
thousands of eggs on the under side OF tue
caves it favors. Ii also leaves Il EImmy
substance which makes the plant look green
for a tims, after which the leaves wither and
die.
The farmers around Burlington have tried
,very means to save the vines, but none
avail, and many are blowing up theif
patches,
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-08-14

After a woman marries a man she
nnds that she has to speak more than
spcs to get his attention
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-08-14
Food for Thought.

Laugh and be fat.
Better late than never,
Curtain lectures are free.
The end must justify the means.
Handsome is that handsome does.
Life is not altogether a ?arof honey
An honest man is the nobiest work
of God.
A coward never forgaye. 1t is not ia
his nature.
Potatoes in Greenland never grow
larger than a marble,
1t costs more TO gain al hour than
to lose a day.
If thou faint in the day of adversely,
thy strength is small,
A man who denies everything and
asserts nothing is an intdel.
Every lean man thinks it would be
easy to get rid of excessive fat.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-08-14

1t is reported from Montreal that Unitel
States silver coin and silver certificates arr
no longer accepted Ia Cauais.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-25
KIND WORDS.
There is no sound of music half so swee,

There Is no sound of music half so sweet
AS that by which the human heart In
stirred,
When, pressed to earth and fainting meath
its load,
There comes some sympathetic. kindly
word.
No brilliant gem dragged from earth's
richest mine,
No costly pearl brought up from meath
the sea,
Can with such brilliancy and luster shine
AS kindly words before which sorrows
flee.
How potent fall these soul-upllfting words,
So gently dropped in life's dark, bitter
hours,
heads,
And clouds Of sorrow make us shrink and
cover!
Like oil upon the troubled water poured
Falls soothingly each gentle, kindly word,
And wounded Faith lifts up again her
head,
For Hope the tread of coming morn has
heard.
They fall like blessed sunshine from above
Upon q fountain Swallowed by dark
With tender breathing from the throne Of
Dispelling fear and giving light instead.
They touch the lives that lie so chill and
drear,
And breathe around fragrance and q
balm;
They scatter gloom doubt. unwhole-
some fear,
And Ger the troubled life spread gentle
calm.
God bless whoever speaks a kindly word,
And may his life-way be with sunshine
crowned,
And If at times dark shadows cross 1t fall,
Then may he find what through him
others found
Kind words are deathless and can never
de-
The lips that uttered them, 30 full Of love,
May silent lie, but still their work goes on,
And links US to the throne Of God above.
William G. Hasselbarth. in Christian
Work.