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The Penn's Grove record., 1897-11-26
Holding tic Fort.

Paris, the home Of unique happen
ings as well as unique ideas, has re-
Gently been treated to a l~aughnble
little contest between an agent and a
tenant, in which the latter was fortu-
nate enough to win.
The owner Of a large block Of flats
decided to tear town the structure to
make way for q new one. He notified
the tenants to vacato by October 18th,
but later decided to shorten the time
to July 18th. All the occupants of
the building consented to move upon
the payment of 5000 apiece, with the
exception of one man in the rear of the
third floor. This tenant ~resolutely
held out to the original date, October
18th, as his just right,
The gas aud the water in the con-
demned structure were cut off, and all
The floors above the third were
demolished; the complaeent man pro-
tected his damaged ceiling with a tar
paulin. When the s~taircases we're re-
moved a adderanswered for the obsti-
nate geutlemau's means of entrance
and exit. To add to the humor of the
the situation he inscribed Comfort
able fiat to sub-let" across the front of
his fat.
Finally the contractor was obliged
to stop work and the proprietor was
forced to come to the tenants terms,
by the payment of over $25OO, which
sum was claimed for the breach of the
contract
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The Montana Supreme Court has sus-
tanned the State Inheritance Tax law.
Columbia University, New York City, has
247 more tudents this year than it had last
movement has been i~uaugurated to es-
tablish a geological garden at Chattanooga,
Tenn,
The City Council OF Bloomington, Ill, de-
featcd a resolution prohibiting football
within the city limits.
The Chicago University is making plans
for an immense gymnasium that will be
the finest in the country.
Adelaide has been reached from London
I'm twenty-seven days by the Peninsular
and Oriental steamer China.
A monument to Shabbona, chief OF the
pottawatomies and friend of the white
pioneers of the Illinois River valley, is to
be- erected in Evergreen Cemetery, Morris,
III.
Postmaster General Gary said he was
much pleased with the reception given to
his project for postal savings banks.
over 10000 passengers have been carried
! on the third-rail electric cars in Conneett-
cut since the rail was opened five months
ago.
There is exceptional activity in Russian
naval circles, and matters seem to have
assumed au even more threatening phase
than usual.
English foxes are so tame that two oil
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A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

seIf-Conquest A Floating Saloon = A
Lady's Observations of the Drinking
INDUCED in by Passengers in tho At
Iantic Lincs-CHptain Crawford's Toast
You may win your way If you will. my
friend,
You may conquer as others did,
You may storm the citadel still, my friend,
Where fortune and fame lie hid.
The heroes whose names you read, my
friend,
Are common-p place folks like you,
And they never have done n deed, my
friend,
That you may not also do.
But there Is a knowledge of right, my
friend,
In which you must needs be versed!
That il you would win In the fight, my
friend.
Yourself you must conquer first.
And here is Il thought to think, my friend,
And ponder on day by day,
You must conquer the habit OF drink, my
friend,
Before you can win your way.
Sacred Hart Review.
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a lady writing to a Canadian paper says;
Il was appalled, by the terrible drinking
habits INDUCED in by the passengers while
coming over on an Atlantic liner from
Liverpool to Montreal, and the method OF
the stewards and stewardesses and other
steamship employees IN inducing them to
drink. For instance, in speaking from a
woman's standpoint, when n lady first suf'
fers from seasickness liquor is Mt once sug-
gested as a remedy, and usually the poor
victims fall into the trap, and, surprising
she has the money, she will be kept In that
condition for days. The stewardess, it Is
said, gets a good margin Of the profits for
what she procures as q great favor for her
sick ladies' and the prices on all drinks
are more than double those usually charged
on shore. English bottled pale ales were
the favorites, next to %stouts, as a common
drink on the boat, not to mention the more
expensive liquors, wines and other mixtures,
which were served even to men in their
cabins when wanted. 1t is very hard to OBJ
tain any temperance drinks, and even then
a small bottle of ginger ale cost sixpence-
twelve cents.
"Twod days before landing one poor woman
out of the steerage excited the interest and
compassion Of many as she lay stretched
Of deck for two days and one night, wrapped
in blankets. Poor thingI' and other ex-
pressions of pity accompanied tho placing
Of many u bit of dainty food or fruit before
her, OF which she took not the slightest
notice, Later on it was discovered, that
she was SOLDERING up having been placed
there to hasten the process by the doctors
orders.
"'How can such things be countenaneed2
Unfortunately, [ was told, on good author
lty, the actual tqkings at the bar on every
trip across averaged from $4,000 upward.
This was told to a gentleman by the bar
himself. The ship was n floating
saloon, open all day Sunday, there being
no perceptible difference on that day IN re-
spect to the liquor drinking.
Much Indignation was caused too, by
taking Of n sitting room, advertised for
The use of lady passengers, and devoting it
to purposes of gambling. Though an
nounced on land as a ladies ROOM it was
known on board as the card ROOM In
the half-curtained doorI frequently
stacks of money beinggambled for
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4 REMARKABLE euAe1Er
Fonr old Pennsy1vauians Make "A strn,,
Compact.

Compact.
There are four old men in Readine
Pa, who assemble together almost
every day, recall old times, md dis
cuss the probabilities of the future
who constitute, in all likelihood. the
most remarkable quartet IN Eastern
Pennsylvania. They are Daniel
Shnltz, aged Lightweight; Daniel
Setley, eighty-seyen; William All.
gaier, eighty-seven, and Amos Pill.
lippi, the youngest of the party, VIVA
is eighty-six years of age. Ali we,o
born and raised in Reading, and can
tell you of the time when that thriv.
ing city of over so, 900 people was a
village of log houses.
Since childhood these four almost
octogenerians have known one an
other, and for more than n quarter
Of a century have been boon com
panions, meeting daily almost, and
missing very much the society of an
absent one. All are widowers and
comfortable in circumstances. two
living with children and two in houses
Of their own, which are occupied by
tenants, who board and lodge the old
mon in return for the rent.
Some time ago the youngest of the
quartet had a dream, in which he
claims the revelation was made that
he would, without question, live to
be 101 years of age. This dream
came the second and third nights. and
has impressed him so forcibly that
nothing can shake his faith in the
belief that it will come true. These
dreams and the consequent discussion
Of death resulted in the formation of a
remarkable compact by the old men,
which will unquestionably be carried
out if Their physical condition permits
at the time.
At the funeral of the one who dies
first, the remaining three are to ride
in an open barouche drawn by four
white horses, each to carry and lay on
the grave Of the deceased a design of
white flowers representing Father
Time.
AT the death of the second the sur
viving two are TO do the same, while
the funeral of the third one will be
led off by the only survivor of the
extraordinary quartet, under the same
conditions. When the fourth and
last nj dies, arrangements have been
made With a lodge here which will
take charge of the burial. The funeral
cortege, will be preceded by a large
drum corps, while members of the
lodge will decorate the grave with
emLS<Sns indicating that the last of
the asld men has departed. New
York Times.
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6on o vii decrease rapidly, possibly to 1925
oo9,OOO or $50 900, 0G0 the first wear.
In considering Indian affairs the Secre-
tary says that in the Indian Territory lead
ing indians have absorbed great tracts. to
the exclusion of the common people. and
government by an Indian aristocracy is
practically established, to the detrtment Of
the people. From 200, 900 to $50, 900 whites.
Ply permission OF the Indian government,
nave settled in the Territory. but are
merely tenants by sufferanee..
no government for the Indian Territory
VIII be satisfactory, says the Secretary. an
I'll congress shall provide for the establish
ment OF a single uniform system for the en-
tire Indian Territory that Will place all its
ihhapitants In possession of the rights of
American citizens.
Inc Secretary asks for such legislation
rs VIII enable the people to reap the bene-
nj o. the deposits of asphalt and gilsonite
onthe Uneompahgre Reservation in Utah.
he recommends that the period for the
allotment OF lands to the Uneompabgre In
dians be extended beyond April /, 1898. the
time which has been set for opening the
reservation.
Speedy legislation for the coming twelfth
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Tho nnnnat Eshltnn-

Rev, DIR. Stevenson, who, IN 1890,
went to Point Barrow to establish a
school and missionary station under
the auspices of the Presbyterian board
of home missions, returned from the
North recently and is stopping at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel. He is accom-
panied by three native children he is
taking East to be placed in a school
for advanced education.
''The school was established the
first year 1 arrived here, said Dr..
Stevenson, land it has continued with
the most gratifying results. The ma
tive took n great interest in it and, in
fact, in every thing we tried to do for
them. They are an intelligent people
aud it did not take them long to real
ize that our efforts were for their ben
eft and they became attentive aud apt
scholars. The school had an average
attendance of forty daily. Along with
the school religious services were held
and on Sunday mornings from 100 to
40 were at the meetings that were
at the meetings that were held in a
room not over sixteen feet by twenty
five feet. At the evening services
there would be about 100 of the ma
tives, and at the Wednesday night
prayer meetings from 1876 to 40.
THE Eskimos," he continued, care
the most honest people that can be
found, Locks are unknown among
them, and, in fact, such articles are
not wanted there. [ often left my
house for days at a time, leaving the
door wide open, and, though the ma
tives walked in aud out as they pleased
and examined articles hat were valu-
able in that country aud lying about,
none of them were taken. 1 was al
ways well treated by them, even by
the tribes that were said to be cruel
and fierce. | carried no weapons and
never had occasion to use one. San
Francisco CbrnnicIe
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simultaneously a young Cornish
lady had three suitors, representing
the church, the army and the navy.
The reverend gentleman had a great
advantage over his rivals, being al
ways con the spot" Referring TO his
rivals in conversation with the lady on
one occasion, he made the highly
interesting observation that there
were Gland rats and rrats." 'And
~cu-rats," retorted the lady. Need
less to say the parson had to look else
where for q wife.-London News.
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In n sermon delivered in st. Andrews
Cathedral, Grand Rapids, Mich, recently,
the Rev. John A. Schmitt spoke as follows:
"Don not have liquor in your home IN sight
Of the children, You may say That you
need 1t as a medicine, but the drug stores
are near enough in case CT necessity. You
do not need to make n saloon out OF your
homes for fear of n possible emergency.
Give good example to the young. Take
the pledge yourself, and let the most
prominent place on the parlor wall be
given to your framed pledge of abstinence.
"Let everyone lend his influence TO
stamp out this terrible evil ofintemperance.
Do not merely bewail the general ruin
wrought by the curse. Take an active part
in preventing, or at least opposing, the
evil. Say not, 4 can't You can and must.
Every word, every effort, helps, It Is only
by united and continual effort that any
good Is ACCOMPLISHED in this world"
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There are few researches more inter
estinp than those which touch uponthe
Discovery or manufacture Of diamonds;
An EXPLORER in the mountains in Natal
came Upon the crater of an extinct vol
cano. >There was q very stable axe
at the summit, and an examination OF
the shore and soundings taken brought
up sand which held small diamonds.
There is aSgood deal of interest mani,
tested as tS whether an actual diamond
mine is discovered or whether these
gems were there by accident, being
lost or thrown into the water. As the
mountains oEthis region are not sup
posed ~ bearing it is sug'
reste BIZ action may have
I~xf1&.M with the forma.
SlAyHR vtrp kus stones. New
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LIVE STOCK.
RAILROAD ECONOMY,


Successful experiments ny Ihe
and Ohio Road.
The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Railway has been experimenting with cleo
trio motors on turntables. Turning loco
motives at divisional points and terminals
is a service Of much annoyance and no lit
tie expense to railroad companies. 1t gen
orally takes fourmen to u a locomotive
work is abandoned. Experiments were
made with an electric motor on the sixty
foot turn-table at Chillicothe with such sue
cess that the Park street turn-table IN Cln.
cinnnti was similarly equipped. Theresult
has been rather astonishing in the matter
of expense The current was purchased
from the power plant and it cost on an
average OF less than one-half q cent ior
each time the table was turned. Wheh TINS
twelve cents for each engine. The yearly
saving is about 500,
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Love of God and love of drink do not
agree.
Drink makes necessary a great number
Of our orphan asyiums.
Ii sociability endangers your temporal
and eternal welfare, don't be so foolish as
to be sociable.
Australia has ruled out barmaids. Thoss
now in service may be registered and Ii
censed, but no more can be engaged.
Drink destroys the happy home life
which is part Of the joy Of childhood.
What child can be happy whose home Is
cursed by the ~blIghting influence OF drunk
ennessl
hnndred persons took the pledge re-.
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How liquor brings all classes to the same
low plane is shown by a certain English
novelist, who found, within a short interval
of time, in a single Stun lodg1ng-house in
London, two officers of the army n
navy, a physician, I'VE university men
Zone of whom had kept a pack OF hounds,
and succeeded to a large f~ortune), mas
Ter of a college and fellow OF the royal so
ciety, and others from similarly good sta
lions in life, all of whom had been brought
to the last stage of degradation and pow
nrtN throngh drunkennesa.
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Contest With an Eagle.

On Knobley mountain, seven miles
from Cumberland, Mr.. Thomas SUIT
ton had an exciting experience with
an eagle. He was with a party who
had gone to the Fauble farm to look
over some mineral lands. lie saw an
immense bird lowering in the air oven
the place, and, procuring a gun, fred
at the bird and brought it to the
ground, apparently dead. He seized
the bird, which proved to be an
enormous gray eagle, lpt it was not
dead, having only been ttruck under
the wing aud stunned. rs soon as it
was seized it revived and showed
fight. 1t buried its NIons in Mr..
Sutton's wrist. Vbeloy the
~ ssrSsF ~
hneSss ItIn ha0IIT
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Drunkenness lisa vice of a very ugly kind,
and il occasionally productive of disas-
trous consequences. 1t frequently leads
men into collision with the law, and swells
the ranks of our paupers to n most unde-
sirable extent. Generally speaking, II
makes its victim a less fit and valuable
member Of society han he would other
wise he. and therefore cannot be reprobat-
cd in unduly severe terms by all good etti-
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Ten we'll dressed young men have
been p~arading the streets of Paris as
advertising agents Of a concert saloon.
They had their smoothly shaven chins
ornamented with the name of the con
cert saloon painted in blue letters.
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Waving any moral considerations IN.
volved in beer drinking, the fact OF ITS cost
s%houldthrow 1t out 1t is not a thrifty
habit and no young man who mas ms way
to make in the world is entitled to an I'M
thrifty habit. 1t is idle to repeat the tru-
isms Of the theme. We have heard till we
cease to heed, that drink is the great
waster of society, Great Britain spends
annually two hundred and fifty millions
of dollars in drink. Our own statistics are
-.,n ;v rs nod
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Experiments in wireless telegraphy
have resulted in messages being trans
mitted from shore to ships a%loat, at a
distance of twelve miles, and the
United States Government have de
cided to adopt the system for use in
the NAVY.
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A German paper calls attention to
the fact that at Aacheu alone 800 IONS
of steel wire are used up annually in
the manufacture of needless, 500
900, 900 in number, valued at 81, $780,
600.
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regent in the empire she has alWSTs1yzS
grounded deep as the universe III Anz.a
built up and enthroned in the homes -
hearts of the world. l will drink to her-
who in childhood clasps our little hands
and teaches US the first prayer to me
great Father; who comes to us in youth
with good counsel and advice, and VINO,
when our feet 60 down into the DARK
shadows, smooths the pillow OF death as
no other can; to her who is Gods iast, put
Gods best, gift to mani drink health in
Gods own beverage, cold, sparkling
WATER
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The following is a reply made BY Captain
Jack Crawford, the poet scout, to a young
lady at n banquet who had asked him "'to
drink a toast to the ladies':
Miss -, you little know what n diff
cult task you have given me; nevertheless,
If l can recall toast that l once heard de-
livered by a reformed man, l will try to
give it to you. 1t was a toast to woman,
to be drunk, not in that which may bring
her husband Keeling home to abuse where
he should love and cherish, send her sons
graves, and, perhaps, her
# shame No, not in
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The MARKETS.


The average price paid for the surplus on
the platforms has been Sc q at. net to
shipper. Receipts ofmilk and cream at the
diTerent railroad distributing points in n
near the city for the week have been as
follows:
Average daily receipts Of the week,
mud milk, cans Il ,64s
Condensed milk, cans. 15z
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Blind fishes, two inches long, SINH
lar to those found in the Mammoth
cave. have been taken from a well be-
longing to Mrs. Jennie Bristen, at
Russellville, Nv.
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THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.


~WAsHINaroN, D. G. (speeiaD.-secretary
ofthe Interior Bliss, in his annual report,
submits estimates a~ggregating $3.50, $50, 419
Tor appropriations for the fiscal year end.
ing June 80, 1899.
he says that 200, 900 pension claims are
awaiting adjudication, and it Is estimated
mat forty or 1fty per cent. OF these will he
nhally admittad. II they are RAPIDLY ad-
Indicated they viii swell the pension roll
from $4,000 900 to $1,000 900. When. how
ever these claims are adiudicated and first
payments made the mount of the nensinn
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The Pope wrote to Archbishop Bruchesi,
OF Montreal, who is in Rome, recognizing
journalism as a new force in the cause Of
order and tranquility.
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LONDON.
led With a Loss
1000.
Is IN RUINS.
To WI

~ HE since tho Greai
Penoo-St"rte" by ar
The Boz
PENIS G. nan
above dach Badly Damaged
governm o.,,o -
!, the Hon by OaO'ol
hI1 anfftcrnoon bigger and
the Stat any recorded in its
: 1887. ,rie fire that followed
d ing on GO. streets aquarter
IL II. L. re involved, $50 great
troyed, 800 important
roo,of minor ones were
Il Dnaged at n loss esti-
III s25, 900, 900. Seven
re Agcr.
ed publ famous church of St.
ms Twas destroyed, and the
Per for its associations
a writ caught fire and was
of ticulty by the hremen.
~ was done to the roof.
nd BOZ baptismal font. and
.s. spe
~ as ittcd or laid in ruins
low Shey were filed with
to hCbrlstmas trade and
uroes of clerks for the
IS e.. estimated that the
,ore Thrown out of work Is
ca regarded as the most
and PEI disaster. Many of
inthetr belongings.
neh fire insurance COM
vt to al, and fire insurance
o,s- o. unsaleable on the
''s n the FIRE was we'll I'M
bust
:, or ele wires have been cut.
70 teommunicatien with
u TO 4iunial towns.
nl- lau enormous advance
i'o" III feathers, which rose
! has Ither firms alone have
ian BIT Just after1 o'clock,
lned by a str0Ng wind
iniabfe stoefs 81 fancy
S~tmatcrlal, were soon gain.
OSy. They owed their ori-
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detttory was crowded with
RI broke out, and 1t was
ined }e q a semi-panie, the
ed is, sssssg'ssrss 11ss
g and so
sinH ameDg Gahie flames
o'o" liapt In less
labor IS ioS0 Shines had
,,.,la cour- refuuse, and
ll'''e excreet to an
grave d vaulich was
no have re- Bor mo..aa
their heaer more
team max ny )rked an
BIDS. I-r 'e.ade sent
restauiNnly ~ ior con- ]
lice Of ma in threof, is mel
" Gig, and any pers
oH, 70 thos' tanning any
'~.- AtpeguiaI shall be
hi his s ysar. TIE 3s Nsssa ajeSs 5.
e: s ! siss9 y; "a e :" ~ :
aa5sd propTle eon- -.
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loose from "a victim. The eagle Is
now on exYa Etion in a cage at Frank
Hortel and filliam Conveys place,
in sonth cumberland. 1t has a
ravanons 3etite and does not seem
to be the sst injured. 1t weighs
abont twe spounds, and meas
- asvcnNWS ie-half feet from tip
- in Messrs. Ilfartel and Conway
III offer the eagleE to Schenley park,
nn:t.ahnrc where Sthere is a 200"
NJ Sntton's al fnd leg were badly
torn and are e ny swollen. -Balti-
more Sun. i;
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Flour-Winter Patents. .... 100 "a $50
Spring Patents .......... 5 90 a 535
WhastzNo 2 Hard6y.i wnt Qaa1
No. Ped ~
. hrhnreE. - -
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I'd 4SatpoS and pay u Rican Minister at
wy al such onenso official cable dis
I'aS I'd any person We primary Presi-
n1tbeY Borough frole next period,
u M iii ; in such q myember IA, 10 and
i HHn tbe ii 1 communnquillity. There
uis, ,iiIyF az e~nrface Ivilist and the Re
Nia1 So not su"oths the largest n
', puu ytite spool Oh and the Civilists,
Or nbanauisance, Ok " q candidate for
10 Where NV dcomfort oil majority of over
h I'm, of those ltes.
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noor In I or the Paeified.
erred out nd prevention of the Philip
Re. and l ia shall rom Madrid,
3 3ry n go Citing openinm
d., n uen5 ayeDana shows that
5 OF grses, an hv over 81, 000, 900.
ma VIII segs.o srcE fall preached his
non WIN a1s ago at Berlin,
thereA
Ing alodes, ex-Premier 81 ssfPs:h africa,
. l6qul e {. asig'' water used fos'F for
'S" t6ey " found to be pol PooT,ld give
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ayer, aged seven
e
Stone Lake,
roke through the
gged under while
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~BATTLEsHIP IOWA.

dettory was crowded with
ro broke out, and it was
NALL. - aana Hu. 49,