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Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-01-01
MCKEE CTTY.

Hans Poulson, who bought farm lis,
10 acres, Saturday a week ago, has a
small house built and is clearing the
land.
s. Pitt has bought Giant stumppuller
and is now prepared to take contracts to
clear land. His address is PleasantviIle,
NJ.
Marshall Rouley is yanking out the
stumps at lively rate. He will have his
farm cleared for spring planting.
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NEWS FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS.
Items Of Interest From Hd-
joining Touns.
HAPPENINGS AMONG 1HE Shore RESIDENTS

WHAT Is GOING ON ALONG THE SHORE.
SPICY NEWS GATHERED HERE AND
THERE BY OUR REGULAR CoRREsPON-
DENTS. EvERYBoDY'S BUSINESS.
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HfGBEEWLLE.

c. NJ. Leeds and wife and Mrs. Mark
Higbee paid flying visit to Philadelphia.
Benjamin Leeds spent Christmas with
his cousin, R. II. Turner, at Atlantic City.
Wilbur Higbee and wife, of Atlantic
City, spent Christmas with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Higbee.
Prof. John Leeds has changed his
place of boarding. He is now stopping
at Mrs. Mary A. Loveland's.
Mrs. Adolphus johnson, Mrs. William
Marshall, Mrs. Bartine Bowen and Mrs.
Jerry Risley are on the sick list.
Mark c. Higbee, of this place, has gone
into the poultry business.
Miss Ella G. Higbee has returned home
after spending two weeks with her
brother at Atlantic City.
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the house they were building at that

the house they were building at that
place.
Rev. Warthman had fine pair of
cotton tails sent him by Jerry Robinson
which he said he enjoyed very much.
Among the many faces seen at the
Christmas entertainment was that OF
Lewis Smith. He looks healthier than
we have seen him in q long time.
The race between Geo. Steelman,
Alonzo Vansaun and Jos. Clayton re-
suited with Geo. Steelman coming out
first and Alonzo Vansaun second.
Wednesday afternoon last the Somers
Point baseball team came up to this
place all smiles and sunshine to tackle
the Stars in a game of ball but when the
game got to going under good progress,
the Pointers began to look grave for
they had been playing four innings and
had not got a run yet but after q while
t he Stars took pity on them and gave
them a few runs which amounted to
seven and then shut down on them.
Following was the score:
Stars O124212 0-15 80 IA IL
Somers Point OoOO123 o. IL 5 IS
Umpire-Chas Steelman.
ARSEcON.
Miss Ella l.. Clark and Asst. p M. Col
Inns, of Port Republic, N. j., were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l.. Clark on Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Doughty enter
tanned few OF their friends at dinner
last Friday. The table was beautifully
decorated with flowers and spread with
all the dainties for which one might wish.
Those present who partook of the feast
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Doughty,
Mrs. Annie Towel, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Fifield and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Eloie
Fifield, Mr.. and Mrs. Israel Conover, Mr..
and Mrs. Reuben Somers, Mr.. Jonathan
Read and daughter Florence Read, Mrs.
Harriet Ireland, Mrs. Henry L. Smith,
Mrs. Joseph Smith, Mrs. Annie Risley,
Mrs. George Lutz and daughter, Mrs.
Japhet Adams, Misses Carrie Risley,
Reba Risley, Sallie E. Conover, Pauline
Read and Laura Adams, Messrs. Richard
Towel, Walter Adams, Clarence Nichol-
son, William Carpenter, Frank Ham
nell, G. Jennings and Willie Smith.
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and watch the rabbits steal out to feed.
They sit up on their launches and move
their ears 10 every point of the compass In
wonderful way. Cats have marvellous
sense of hearing. and the slightest rustic
attracts their notice. Even when apparent
~ asleep a mouse creeping behind the
wafnscot makes them start up into activity.
The hairs which fill the opening of the ex-
ternal ear are so sensitive that If they are
lightly touched the animal shudders. OBJ
serve how the horse, mule and ass move
their ears. If you take your stand by
horses side you will see that the opening
is placed to the front, the side. the rear. in
turns, with a quick, nervous motion; and
not only so, the two ears do not move in
unison, but have each an independent &C
ton. Careful observation has convinced
me that none of our domestic animals, and
as far as my experience in the field and
geological collections goes, no wild animal
has a crater power of movement in the ex-
ternal ear than a horse has. We cannot, as
rule, move our external ears. except in
very slight degree by 'twitching'" the
whole of the muscles of the face. L have.
however, known two persons among my
own acquaintance who could ''wag'' their
ears in very equine way.
Catch a bat and examine the finely spread
nerves in the outer ear, and if ii is a long
cared one, in the tragus, as the leaf-like
membrane is called. Here the external ear
is not merely collector of sounds to be
passed within the drum, but has become a
very sensitive organ of touch.
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world grows brown and bitter. and from
his safe shelter by the fireside he hears
the shrek OF the wind. Again he is glad
and thanks the power that shelters him.
He places himself and his idealzed word
under the sway OF that mysterious power.
There are no materialists. no agnostics,
no atheists. among the little ones. The
child is a worshipper. He needs but 10 be
told whom TO worship. solitary child
whose early lessons have been OF heaven
and it's beauties has lain hour BY hour upon
a clover-cla6 hillside gazing into the cloud
banks high above him. seeing wondrous
things-houses, men and angels whose wide
sweeping wings watt them into the upper
most heavens. He has waited. listened, In
an ecstasy of JOY, for a glimpse OF the
heavens about to be opened.
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THE POETS REVIEWED.
Mr.. HOwells Looks mt the Years Out
put and MOraliEes.
Harner'S Weekly.

At present our poets seem to be devoted
to celebration of the various human pas
sions, and more especially the passion of
love, rather than to topics Of contemporary
interest, unless these passions may be said
always to be of interest. We can get per-
sonal sentiment from our poets. or univer-
sal sentiment but public sentiment not.
1 do not know, however, that we are greatly
the losers, for that reason, and only wish
that l could be sure we were greatly the
gamers, but neither the personal sentiment
nor the universal sentiment in some twenty
volumes of last years verse, which / have
tHpn nave ov ensb hna enricbad
Turning over and running through scarce
ly does justice TO the faithfulness of my
search for the fresh note in these books,
which have many a grace of form and
many a charm of manner in the absence of
that If had been at very large leisure
and in no hurry to find something that I
could hail immortal, / might very we'll have
enjoyed myself in their intelligent and SYM
pathetic company; and must own to more
than one moment Of delicate pleasure from
them. At this point or at that their authors
had clearly seen, truly felt and aptly said
something that made me little happier for
the time that made me grateful, and then
/ had gone cheerfuly and hopefully to
them, and 1 do not think that it was my
fault that came away little dispirited on
the whole.
But neither do 1 think it was their fault.
They had done their best, and the worst
one could say was that 1t had not been a
good year for poetry with those poets.
Their harvests were the more disappointing
in quality from their abundance in quantity;
and since the verse-culture seems destined
to go on indefinitely think it pity some
plan could not be hit upon for separating
the grain from the chaff and purveying it
separately 1t seems as IL there might be
some sort of poetic commission which could
| choose better than the poet appears able
| to choose for himself the pieces thatsnould
represent him. These, with all possible
| honors of print, paper and binding, could be
| published; and if the reader paid as much
| for the selection as he now pays for the
| whole volume of verse in each case, he
| would make no bad bargain. There was
| scarcely one of my poets books but held
| some good thing; something that by itself
| could be read and priced; and there was
| scarcely any that was worth reading quite
| through. Is there no possible censorship
| which could pass upon them before they
come to the ordeal of print?
Perhaps not; and yet if it could be done
| il would be such a saving of time and ma-
| terial. In the case of two or three little
| books which out of the twenty or thirty
| have seemed to me the most promising
| il would have been so much better for the
| authors If the winowing could have been
| done in private. and not left for every
| blast of criticism that blows in public.
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WOMEN IN CREEDs.
They Discuss UNCONVENTIONAL Cues
lions I'm q Club.

A highly interesting question was re-
opened for argument yesterday when twelve
members of the Woman's Club took the
rostrum and proceeded to explain why each
was a Roman Catholic, Methodist, Bap-
fist, Unitarian, Quaker or Jew, as the case
might be.
II Is pertinent to recall the anecdote of
the Kentucky gentleman who, when asked
how he obtained his title OF colonel re-
piled magnificently, IT was born a colonel"
IL Is not expected that the twelve able
representatives of advanced woman will
plead guilty TO the charge that, with re-
spect to their religious leanings they were
'born that way" but Is IL not true that
about 900 women out OF a thousand owe
their UNCONVENTIONAL proclivities TO their
parentSy Do we not take in Judaism
or our Catholicism or our Methodism or
our Congregationalism with our mothers
milk. and Is not the matter OF environment
straight and narrow path of our creed?
III this question were put to the average
man he would reply, II am a Baptist''-or
q Methodist or an Eplscopalian-but IL
he were perfectly truthful he would add
"But I am not doing much at my trade"
ing TO their trade" and working at IL.
Upon the faithfulness and devotion of
wcmcn depend the perpetuity OF creeds,
the strengthening OF churches and the con-
tinuance OF the Wednesday evening meet
inss- The men may go on dress parade
are the backbone and support OF the
church at home. In view OF this notable
fact we are surprised al the modesty OF the
ladies' who missed fine opportunity 10
give their brothers wholesome dig. Ii
demonstrates how generous and magnani-
NOUS woman can be wherever she Is indis-
putably the tower OF strength and the pillar
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Notes OF the Stage.


Minnie Maddern Fiske Is underlined for
the Grand next week.
THE Black Crook is coming to Eng
lish's early next month.
Richard Mansfeld's repertoire this season
comprises The Partisan Romance" Beau
Brummel'' and Napoleon"
When Mrs. Potter and Kyrle Bellew leave
for Australia in May America will not see
them again for at least year.
Palmer Cox's Brownies will soon be
here. One hundred people are employed in
the production, the little soubrette, Ida
Mule. being of the number.
"Pudd' nhead Wilson is to be at the
Grand in March, played by Frank Mayo
and the original company. Mr.. Mayo, il is
claimed. has preserved the exquisite flavor
OF the humor OF its author in dramatiZing
Mark Twain's story. Mr.. Mayos Dave Will
son, called by his neighborS ''Pudd' nhead,"
a real character, walks the stage in the
person of a clientless country lawyer, who.
with shrewd but sweet philosophy, con-
yinces his ignorant village neighbors of his
wisdom only after he has been twenty-three
years the butt of their good-natured ridi-
cue.
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Lippincdst's Magazine.

The child learns to look for hidden les
sons. He can do this because he is himself
romancer. player OF make-believe. a
poet
lie assures you with earnest glowing
chances that his pink and blue morning
glories are lovely ladies': the winds that set
the dead leaves scurrying down the road
side are little horses galloping away with
them: the brown acorn cups are boats: a
tub Of water by the weiiside Is a sunny
blue sea: the song in the birds throat Is an
imprison I'd spirit. With friendly sympathy
he bends over the lady-bugs. whispering.
fire." and stands by the garden listening TO
the busy song Of the solemn-eyed grass
hoppers He Is a myth-builder also; the
skies are blue the wind Is soft: he laughs
and stretches out wondering. worshipping
banda tn the Spririt who send them. The
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could do. and he did II. AS the boats passed
up and down the river he played his sweet
est music to cheer tho boatmen on their
way. Then the worth Of the human spirit
shows itself grandly sometimes in the way
Il bears its infirmities. What is best in a
man Is revealed in the days when nothing
remains but to bear his burden OF pain.
Then we begin TO love the man whom be-
fore we only admired. The greatest days
Of General Grant were not those on which
he won his great victories on the battle
field. but those when, in weakness and
suffering, he bravely faced death, and pa
tiently did the work that remained to be
DONE
What Is true OF him is no less true OF
many others who. in days OF patient wait
ing, have revealed the sweetness and
strength OF their natures, and who, by
making the most OF what remained, have
won the reward OF those who endured TO
the end So. too, a man never shows the
choicest quality OF his nature more than
when. with a sad memory in his heart.
he turns with courage and faith to the
services OF duty and love that await him.
But IL seems to me the supreme test OF
character Is to be seen in what men and
women will do with the remainder OF their
faith. The selfish and the frivolous will
say. $50 little remains; why care for 1t?
Let us float on with the current of our
passions and OF our momentary desires. %
But those who are determined to do their
human best in this world will take what
faith is left them and nourish II into full
ness OF beauty and power. Out OF the
earnestness Of their own souls they will
create new life. Out of the smallest
rempants OF faith true natures like these
will ever find enough to make their own
lives and the lives of those about them
helpful and beautiful. Washington Glad
den. in a little poem called Ultima veri-
tas." expresses, in a way that echoes my
own thought. the faith OF those who are
seeking to establish what remains:
In the bitter waves of woe,
Beaten and tossed about
BY the sullen winds that blow
From the desolate shores OF doubt;
When the anchors that faith had cast
Are dragging In the gale,
] am quietly holding fast
To things that cannot fail.
I know that right is right.
That IL is not good to lie,
That love Is better than spite,
And a neighbor than a spy:
j know that passion needs
The leash of a sober mind:
know that generous deeds
Some sure reward will find;
That the rulers must obey
That the giverS shall increase,
That Duty lights the way
For the beautiful feet Of Peace
In the darkest night Of the year,
When the stars have all gone out;
That courage Is better than fear,
That faith Is truer than doubt;
And fierce though the fiends may fight,
And long though the angels hide,
] know that Truth and Right
Have the universe on their side:
And that somewhere. beyond the stars.
Is love that is better than fate
When the Night unlocks her bars
shall see Him, and / will wait.
Copyright. 1896. Newspaper Sermon Associ-
alton. Boston The right of publication
granted 10 all II credit be given this pa
PERI
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Alma Tadema's Roman Dinner.

harper Nechs'
London advices have resounded so of late
with notes Of war that a suggestion of
peaceful occupations comes as a refreshing
novelty A letter, dated before Christmas.
TO be sure, which tells of the employments
of an American painter and his family,
saws: For (Alma) Tadema's birthday there
is TO be a surprise. They are getting up
a Roman dinner party, couches, etc, and
we are all to go clothed in accurate dresses
OF the perold.
To put on a pair of peplums and toga
and lie down to square meal must be a
diversion that is not without excitements to
persons who are not used to Ii. 1t would
be interesting TO know how Mr. Tadema' s
birthday party turned out, and whether
cigarettes, which are not really Roman
dish at all, were not the most popular
course. A reclining posture is not unfavor-
able TO the consumption OF tobacco, but
when II comes to taking solid food. the
perpendicular situation seems to mod
erns by far the handler. However. the
Romans didn't use knives or forks, and
when food Is prepared 80 as to be easily
eaten from the fingers. no doubt 1t becomes
easier to take 1t horizontallys
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Chicago Tribune.
Grandpa" said one OF the young per-
sons al the table. you shouldn't eat your
soup that way. Do you notice how do ~
My dear child" replied the old gentle
liz as can remember. for 957 years. eleven
months and twenty-four days. and l don't
think I'll change my style now 10 please a
t-great-great-great great :
Observation-Disclosures with banged
hair"
And Methuselah gazed dreamily out
through the walls OF the tent into the
fathomless void beyond and went on pulling
his spoon toward him.
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on robin Hood" with a view of allowing
ample scope for the comedians ana an OPP
portunity to show 10 advantage the seen
cry, costumes and pretty girls. Miss Lottie
Elliott appears In the title role.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-03

charge of Will G. Pelot, a we'll
known member of Morgan &
Wright's advertising staff.
The two prominent men OF the
aggregation are Arthur Gardiner, of
Chicago, and Otto Ziegler, Of San
Jose, Cal. AS far back as 1894,
Gardiner was dubbed the "Young
Zimmerman" and in the same
year Ziegler earned the name Of
the "Little Demon" from the man.
ner In which he rode his races.
Both Of these men are worlds rec
ords holders; as for that matter,
so are the five other members OF
the team, Harry Clark, the un-
paced king of Denver, Col, Pat
O'Connor, Of Louisville, KY, o. l..
Stevens, of Ottumws, Ia, s. c. Cox,
Of New York city, and ]. B. Bowler,
Of Chicago.
The trainers of the party are
John West, Ed. Moulton, Mime
apolis, w. P. Stanton, of Denver,
and r. P. Aylward, of San Francis
CO. The first three men will be re-
mem bered as old-time sprinters
and athletes OF liability, while Ally
ward is an all.around man, and
was formerly an artists model, so
perfect Is his muscular develop
ment. The men will race here
Friday, aud will follow the nation
al circuit from that date on. The
"Good Tire" team rested up yes.
terday afternoon after their long
trip, but have trained today at the
track, morning and afternoon. and
will repeat their work tomorrow.
The team goes from here to Laredo
Sunday.
All the principal merchants OF
the city without an exception have
agreed to give their employees
half holiday in which to see the
races.
OTTO ZIEGLER.
In the fall OF 1894 little cherry
faced Californian went to the Ma
tional meet at Denver, competed
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ever been developed in Chicago,
the home Of racing men, is Arthur
Gardiner, who flashed from OBJ
security into fame in the Decora.
tion day road race Of 1894. He
rode as an amateur during the
balance of that year, but In the
following spring entered class B
and took issue with the cracka-
jacks for the rest of the season OF
1895. His remarkable success on
the track Is q matter OF history In
the racing game, and Gardiner is
regarded amongst, his fellows as a
man with few equals and no
superiors. During the record sea-
SON last fall Gardiner placed the
mile record at l AZ 20, and was
the first man In the world to. cut
the five-mile record below the ten
minute mark. He is showing in
creased speed this year, and has
already won his spurs and some
little cash in the professional class.
PAT o'CoNNoR.
Every follower Of the racing
game knows Pat O'Connor, the big
jolly Irishman of the circuit. For
three years O'Conuor was the right
hand man Of Johnnie johnson,
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and it was he who assisted the lit
tie Swede in all of his record trials
and during his remarkable career
as champion of the track. AS cap
tain Of the quad pacing machine
he has helped to break more re-
cords than any man In the world.
His connection with the "Good
Tire" team dates from last fall,
when he Joined their camp at
Louisville. He is ambitious this
year to make few records on his
own account, and has been put on
single wheel with an idea OF
proving his value in competition.
He Is the largest man OF the team,
strong unpsced rider, and may
be expected to show up well in
handicaps and at long distance
work.
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charge Of the affair, which were as
follows:
On arrangements-Misses PAUL.,
Levyson, Ochse, Davis.
On refresh ments-Carl Marx,
Ralph Moke.
On entertainment-Nat. Wolff,
Aug. Proll.
During the evening Mr.. Dan
Marx, head OF the New York Office
Of the firm, was everywhere, look
ing to the enjoyment OF everyone.
Mr.. Marx speaks in the highest
praise of his employees and states
that on each succeeding anniversary
he proposes to be with them and
do all in his power to afford them
pleasure.
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FLYERS ARRIVE.
THE FAMOUS GARDINER, zIEGLER
AND UOONNOR.
Personnel of the Party-Ths Trainers
ing to Laredo Sunday.

The famous Morgan & Wright
racing team arrived in San Anto.
MO yesterday afternoon, coming
direct from their training quarters
at Louisville, KY, where they
have been at work for the past six
weeks, fitting themselves for the
arduous engagements of the COM
ing national circuit. The team
numbers seven racing men and
four trainers, under the personal
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Lunatio Captured.

Geo. Smith, a colored man, was
arrested by Officer Yost this morn
ing in the Sixth ward on charge
of lunacy. The man had wounded
his hand in some manner, and was
very violent when the patrol
wagon arrived. When DIR. Menger
was summoned to attend to his
injured hand, it required two
strong men to hold him while he
was chloroformed, and his hand
bandaged.