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The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

General Austin Lathrop, Superintendent
OF State Prisons, transmitted TO the State
Prison Commission the following letter:
"rhis department is now ready to receive
requisittons, and promptly execute them,
for mems clothing, women's clothing, under
wear, hosiery, boots, shoes and shippers,
hats and caps, gloves and mittens, shirts.
collars and cuffs, baskets, brooms and
whisks, brushes, busters. piece tinware,
furniture, towels and napkins.
81 have ordered a sample hand loom and
expect to start building a sufficient number
OF hand looms to manufacture all the cloth
10 supply the several institutions. 1 shalt
also build at once looms Of sufficient capacity
TO weave blankets. l have made provision
at Auburn Prison for the manufacture Of
iron hollow ware.
II have already started both In Auburn and
Sing Sing Prisons the breaking of stone for
road building.
~ have already formed a class in carving
and In free-hand drawing at Auburn Prison"
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Wednesday was the Tooth anniversary OF
the establishment OF the State Capital at
Albany. The day was fttingly celebrated
and was ushered IN at dawn with the ring
ing OF S.. Peters chimes. The ceremonies
attending the celebration were under the
management of a State Commission ap-
pointed by the Governor. OF which Mayor
John Boyd Thacler is President.
The State Commission was assisted by n
committee OF 100 Of Alpany's leading CITE
zens. There was a street parade at l O'clock
p. M, in which several companies Of the
National Guard aud local organizations
acted as escort to Governor Black and the
member of fhe Legislature. who rode in car
riages from the Capitol to Harmanus
Bleee&er Hall, where elaborate literary exer-
cises took place at 2 O'Clock. Governor Black
presided.
The programme included addresses by
Hon. Levi P. Morton, Chauucey M. Depew,
ex-Lieutenant-Govern Thomas g. Alvord,
OF Syracuse, and q commemorative poem.
At night a grand State ball in the armory
was attended by prominent people from all
over the State. and an elaborate display of
fireworks In Washington Park and II parade
of campaign clubs were the features.
The Gov rnor and State officers and men,
bers of the Legislature and their wives were
honored guests at The literary exercises and
at the ball.
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FOR MONETARY REFORM.
Big Gathering OF Representative Business
Men at Indianapolis.

Big Gathering OF Representative Business
ne Mt Indianapolis.
The National Monetary Conference. called
at the instance of the Indianapolis Board of
Trade, and composed Of representatives of
similar organizations from all parts of the
country, assembled at Tomlinson Hall, In
dianapolis.
The temporary organization was coneurred
in as follows; Temporary Chairman, ex-Gov-
ernor e. o. Stannard, OF Missouri; Secretary.
]. H. Smith; Sergeant-at-Arms, W, F. G.
Colt.
Governor Stanari's recommendations that
the gresnbacks should be retired, that
National banks should be permitted to issue
notes up to the par value o: bonds de-
posted TO secure their payment, and hat
paper noteSof less than S. or $40 should be
prohibited in the interest of a more general
use of silver, met the generakapprova of
the delegates.
C.. Stuart Patterson, OF Philadelphia, was
chosen Permanent Chairman OF the conven'
ton,
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PARASITIC nrps is kLconoL.

Professor Coles states i{at he has found
after careful experiment HAT all forms OF
alcohol con'ain parasitic Ne called bacalus
potnmAniR. 1t foliowE.J therefore. thai
every kind OF drink, Whistler wine, brandy
or beer, into which alcohq enters, IL iniest-
ed with this curious germ life. These mi
mute forms nave been examined through a
powerful microscope and fieir development
carefully watched. Theyfhave been found
to bs especially plentiful 10 strong drink
which contains a large ptscentage Of aico-
hoL. ANY one who drinks Is. Of course,
forced to introduce these dangerous forms
into the system in largy nu abers.
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Natural Gas In Abundance.

The natural gas well of the Rome Factory
Building Company went to n depth OF $50
feet and struck a vein of gas at q pressure
OF 293 pounds 10 the square inch in a six
inch bore. This is equal to about 5000, 900
feet OF gas in twenty-four hours at a three
inch water pressure. II Is at a depth of sixty
feet in the Trenton limestone, which will be
penetrated further, with the almost certain
prospect Of increasing the flow of gas to u
large extent. The indications arc extremely
favorable for extraordinary deyelopm ent OF
manufacturing interests In Rome.
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ELECTORAL COLLEGES MEET.
Formal Eailoting at the Various Capital
to Ratify Noyember's Decision.

norlhai bhiioting Mt the various Cnptiah
to Ratify November's Decision.
The Presidential Electors chosen in
November met Monday in their respective
States and voted for President aul Vie.
President, Mckinley and Hobart, OF course,
being chosen by a majority OF Electors. Me-
Kinley received 2I1 votes and Bryan 176.
Each college named a messenger to carry
the return OF its vote to the President OF the
Senate at Washington.
A resolution indorsing Thomas G. Plat
for Senator was suppressed in the Electoral
College at Albany, N. Y.
At Frankfort the Kentucky Presidential
electors settled the tie vote of J. s. II. We'd
ding and H.. S. Howe by e~leeting Wedding
the Mckinley ~elector. The ballot for Presi-
dent and Yice-President resulted: Mckinley
and Hobart, 12; Bryan and Sewali, l..
At Lincoln the eight Presidential electors
for Nebraska cast their votes for the Presi-
Dental and Vice-Presiden;ial candidates.
The result was: For President. Bryan, s,
Vice-President, sewnil, 4; Watson, 4.
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A CONGRESSMAN IN CUBA
Representative Money, Of Mississippi
Makes a Personal Inspection.
SAYS SPAIN CANNOT CONQUER,

The senator-EIec Describes His Visit te
the war-Ridden Islsnd---The Cuban
Insurgents Still Active and LevyIna
Taxes on All Havana's Food---ConsuI.
General Fitzhu Ii Lee Gives His Opinion
New York CIrY. (Speeial)-The journal
presents the story about the Cuban insurrec.
ton told by Colonel fernando de Soto Money,
Senator-elect from Mississippi, and n present
member OF the House OF Representatives on
the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He has
just returned TO Washington from a two
weeks visit to Havan ia and the region round
about that city.
Congressman Money saya: 1 returned to
Washington Saturday, after a two weeks
absence on a visit to Cuba. l went there to
personally inform myself, for my own guild
ance, as a member of the House Foreign At
fairs Committee, as to the condition oil
things In the island. Accounts nave been SO
conflicting andtho reports from Havana 50
diverse that l concluded to make some per-
sonal discovery In the matter for myself.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

The State Association OF School Commits
sionars and Superintendent at Niagara
Falls elected these officers: Charles B. How
ell, Suffolk, President; George G. Royce. st.
Lawrence, Vlce-President; Adelaide l.. Har-
ris, Niagara Falls, Second Vice-President;
Cora A. Davis. Oneida. Secretary; ID. d. T.
Marshall. jefferson, Assistant Secretary; +.
W. McElroy. Wyoming, Treasurer; Henry
W. Sanford, Transportation Agent.
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cYcLIYa ANp %pRINK1Na.

A %well-known cycling authority recently
solved the problem, sfEfhat to drink when
cycling, - by giving his personal testimony in
favor OF drinking nothing. The cyelist may,
he said, indulge in OATMEAL water, cold tea
and other thirst-quenchar rs; but the penalty
for this want of early self-restraint is tho
~incapability of riding without drink Of some
sort or other ever aft&F. "Do not drink
while riding, in spil OF the thirst" he
added, land tho lat will very soon dis
appear" 1t is most gre wing to find cycling
authorities declaring SD trongiy in favor OF
abstinence; and to this "a khay be added that
the three cyclists-Messry. Fraser, Lowe and
Lunn-who are presently to start on q tour
round the world, are practicing the prin-
ciples Of abstinence .-Nstional Temperance
Advocate.
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A candid saloon keeper at Des Moines,
Iowa, says the saloon q q necessity, and
necessity knows no law
Statistics show that thu entire results Of
the labor OF the people fcSione day In every
nine go to support the ilIqulrtrafic.
Alcohol Is a poison; Y not assimilated,
but is thrown Oh unka ged; 1t disrarbs
physiological processes lays He founda-
ton for disease.
Canon Farrar says- {hcre 10 many Z
workingman IN these, IT'S, many a cab
man, many q laboter. epends every day
OF bis life on drink a sl 5hich l could moi
afford. aad which | shd hink II criminal
~ luxurious and disg1t billy e~xtFayaganI
10 myself 10 spend
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Finally they all marched back, aud after
some oratoiy a ballot was taken, resulting
in the nomination OF Mr.. Fairbanks by II
vote of co to 25 for the other three, divided
as follows. McKeen, IL; Wallacs. G; Taylor,
4; Frank B. Posey, s; General Harrison, /;
Judge }. H. Baker, 1.
Fairbanks is forty-four years old. He is a
suece sful railway solicitor. n11 ou-anizer,
and estimated to be worth 81, 500, 0)0.S.
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Aldridge Reappointed.

The nomination of George W. Aldridge. of
Rochester, to be Superintendent OF Public
Works, TO succeed himself, was sent to the
Senate by Governor Black
Senator Harrison, OF Monroe. asked that
the nomination be contirnis without refer
ence to n committee, which is the usual Gus
tom. There was no objection, and the nom
tnation was confirmed Unanimously.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

Jacob Gumaer, ssyenty-aye years old, died
at Waldick n few nights ago. He was eccen-
trio, and lived at Wurtsboro, Sullivan County,
and always carried United States bonds
worth $4,000 strapped around his waist.
He has tramped all over Eastern New York
many times, and frequently walked to New
York CITY.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15
M. BRlssoN REFLECTED.

His Third Term as President of the
French Chamber of Deputies.
NJ. Henri Brisson has been reelected
President OF the French Chamber OF Depu,
ties, receiving 295 votes.
This is the third time NJ. Brisson has been
elected President OF the French Chamber.
In 1881 he succeeded NJ. Gambetta in the
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

The moderate drinker ihynks God that he
can take a drink or let It None. The differ.
ence between the moderae drinker and the
total abstainer il. the oEs can let 1t alone,
but does not, while the other let's it alone
Perhaps those who profess TO be able to let
it alone would find 1t no easy task II they
madethe attempt.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

Chief Justice Barclay of the Supreme
Court administered the oath OF office to Lau-
renee Vest Stephens rs Governor OF Missouri
inthe hall of the House OF Representatives,
In Jefferson City. The exercises were at.
tended by the various State officers, mem
bers OF the Supreme Court and prominent
Democratic politicians throughout the State.
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HOME RULE IN CUBA.
A Report That Canovas viii Accept
Olney's Plan.

A eablegram from Madrid says: Spain has
at last concluded that all her efforts to sup.
press, or even to make any impression upon,
the Cuban insurrection are futile and use
less.
Approaching this fact, which has been
patent TO all other Nations for nearly six
months. Primo Minister Canovas del Castillo
has definitely accepted Secretary OF State
Olney's proffer Of American Intervention, as
we'll as the terms which President Cleveland
and Mr.. Olney prescribe rs the price for
their Interference and the use OF their pre-
negatives In attempting to bring about o
state of peace In the island OF Cuba.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

The new Populist State officers of Kansas
were i~naugurated at Topeka with elaborate
ceremonies. Ex-Governor Osborne presided
and Chief Justice David Martin administered
the oath OF office. Governor John W.
Leedy's inaugural address was brief.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

Roscoe Conkling FindIeyl TAX collector for
the town Of Nina. Chautaudua County, was
arrested at Buffalo for enlightenment and ar
son. Findley, II is said, wa short in his tax
accounts, and to cover up his populations
concoeted a story that he Hal been attacked
aud robbed and his barn fired, he being
placed therein. Findley is said to have con-
fessed. The shortage amounts to S6C0.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

The Republican causus of Senators and
Representatives for the nomination of a
United States Senator iron Connecticut for
SIX years from March 4, 1891. was held In the
hail of Representatives at Hartford. The
Hon. Oryille II. Plat, OF Meriden. was nom
mated TO succeed himself. Mr.. Platt's nom
nation was mad unanimous by aeclama.
ftnn
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Our physical constitution changes with
the changing years, sayE the Knights Of
Father Mathew JournalI That we have
drunk with safety from twenty to iorty is
NO sign that we may do the same from forty
10 sixty. Many have drunk with supposed
safety until they were old men and then be.
came ~drunkarJs and died trunkards.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

A British expedition which started fol-
Benin about January l has been mns,aered
by subjects OF the King of Benin. Every
mvmber OF the party was killed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

A cable despatch from Havana, Cuba,
gives United States Consu-General Lees
absolute denial that he sent u message to
Mr.. oiney by Senator. eleet Money stating
thai Spain could not suppress the tnaurrec-
ton.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15
SIX JAPANESE STRUNG UP.
A Crusade Against oriental aborers Near
Sacramento. Cal.

A crusade against coolie labor has begun
ut Orangevale. n citrus colony near Sac
ramento, Cal. @. C. Goos employed six
Japanese on his place, and, a few nights
ago. fifteen citizens with gunny sacks over
their heads seized the Japanese, placed Il rope
around tho neck OF each, andtook them TO an
oak tree. There they were strung up and left
hanging until life was almost extinct. The
japanese were then lowered, and when they
revived tho banging process was repeated
several times. rhe Japanese were then
forced to march out OF the settlement and
warned never to return on penalty Of being
hanged until dead.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

Alexander Waitzfelder, Of New York, a
b~ookmaker at The RI 20 tracks, who was in
the habit of holding u roll of bills in his
mouth, contracted blood poisoning, which
suite In his death.
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Rebels Executed.

A despatch from Manila, Philippine Isl.
ands, says that Roxas and twelve other
rebels have been executed blythe Spanish.
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NEW YORK STATE NEWS.


Superintendent +. D.. bIilhurn, OF the State
Banking Department. Albany, gave out the
following summary, showing the aggregate
OF resources and liabilities OF the 2I2 State
Banks at the close of d .k.ness on December
9, as exhibited by theif eports to his depart
ment: ~
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

Senator Redaeld Proctor, of Vermont, ad-
dressed the Senate at Washington on his bill
10 extend the term Of President to six years,
with ineliglbility for reelection, and to ex-
tend the term OF Representatives to three
raara
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

The New Jersey Legislature met 10 Tren,
ton for the 12Ist session. Governor Griggs's
message was read and the committees OF the
Senate were announced by the President Of
that body.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

The disease known as swine plague has
broken out in Oswego County. State Com
missioner of Agriculture Charles A. Wieiing
has caused twelty-hine hogs which were
affected withthe disease to be killed, and has
a~uarantlned The affected district.
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Petitions have been presented TO the Coun-
I'll OF Paola, Kan, asking that brass bands
be prohibited from playing airs With high
Keys.
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ALCOHOL ouaEs no ILLS.

DR.. R. N. Buckle, medical superintendent
OF the Asylum for the Insane, London. Can
ada, In a report said: 'sAs We have given up
the use OF alcohol We have needed and used
less opium and chloral, Ind as we have dis
continued the use of Mcohol, opium ani
choral we have needed and used less seciu-
sion aud restraint. Ihave during the year
just closed carefully watched the effect OF the
alcohol given and the progress OF cases
where in former years 1t would have been
given, and I am morally certain that the al
cohol used during the III year did no good.
"With humiliation | Am forced to admit
that until in the recent past my noble profess
SIGN has been to an alarming extent, and is
stll too much so, guilty OF producing many
drunkards in the land directly and indirectly
by the reckless and wholesale manner in
which so many of its members nave pre-
scribed alcoholic sttnulants in their daily
practice for all the aches IN pains, agues
and dances, coughs and folds, infiammatlons
and consunptions, fever and chiils, at the
hour of birth, at the timtfof death and all in
termediato points Of life, To induce sleep and
to promote wakefuiness and for all the real
and imaginary ills thar GONE under the eyes
OF our great Esculapian descendants"
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

Philadelphia has saved 100000 in tho
purchase OF coal for gas-maklng during 1897
by getting BIDS from several dealers.
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TEMPERANCE.

THE jolly BOY.
Here standf a boy,
Quite full pr joy.
But rather fond OF drinking,
So lend YOU ears.
My pretty lars.
And do a little I Viking.
What kind { drinr,
Pray. do VI think,
Do 1 delight 10 8 dnllow?
Not beer M gin,
They lea sins
My drink will bea4 them hollow.
I'll quench 1ny thirst
With water FIRST,
II never leads to fbliy.
It's mild AMI sweet
And such a reat
1t makes me fat and jolly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

North Dakota hay is ~ a toa.
The United States have 5000 dlstillerIes.
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office and retained 1t until 1885. when, on
the overthrow Of the Ferry Ministry, he ac-
aepted the Premiership. In 1895 he WAS
again elected TO III, post, polling 2I9 votes
against 2t3 recorded for his opponent. In
1895 he was al important candidate for the
French Presidency.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

Forest Ares have destroyed AZ, 900 acres OF
years,
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ooSoEns1na nnlkKrsxrss.

If the average citizen were to be asked to
estimate the number OF druhkards In this
country, he would at once resort to police
reports and prison records in an effort to ans
wer the question, but his conclusions there.
from would be very far from accurate, says
the National TenperRnc} Advocate.
Even upon police definitions OF drunken
ness, not one in four OF the d~rnnkards is
noticed by the authorities. Men may reel
and stagger through the.streets, but II likely
to reach the howell where wife and chiidrea
abide in their misery pr sicemen are blind.
Drunkards remain al lar g until they become
dangerous or troub'esonh Ito somebody be-
sides wife and childreno, when they are
locked up to sleep of she.r debaucn, and
thereafter subjected to u small fine, which Is
paid. If al all, through tfs priyaiions OF wife
and children.
But only a small proportion of tho real
drunkards reel through the streets. When a
man through drink has Impaired his reason,
however temporarily, 10 is drunken, even
though he may not stt& pr. When a man
through drink is made ugly that he Is
abusive or even unkind to his family, he Is
drunken, although he nifty be able to stand
upright. When n manis nerves are SO un-
steady through drink ihst he can not prop
erly perform his business duties, he is drum
ken, although he may not suspectit. When
God-given powers OF USEFULNESS are smoth-
cred through the yolunsRry use OF intoxica-
ting drinks, the conditid4l represents drunk
enness, and any narrowing OF this definition
is as foolish as it is wrong.
May God grant to our people courage to
deal with the sin Of Drunkenness commen-
surate with its magnitude.
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A coachman, fond of Etrong drink, replied
TO his masters warning that he knew wEen
TO stop, and none SHOULD ever see him drunk.
Christmas came soon after, and Fat drank
freely with some friends. AT night he was
ordered by his employer to bring an old
horse and buggy to theldoor.
$50 and see what's the matter with rat,
said the gentleman to Ais little son. u or.
dered him to bring oil buggy TO the door
nearly half an hour agoS"
"Ob, papa, come ands see what Pat 10 DO
ing" said the Lao a few minutes later, as hs
rushed in almost bursting with laughter.
she wants you to come}out."
Going to the coach Ma, the owner saw
the coachman In great 4Aeik ment trying to
force horse collar over t1f a head and horns
of an old Jersey cow th @tood quietly be-
fore the buggy. The ~ ssspan had already
put on some OF the harn8h End tried in vain
to put The collar in plact#- Said he, as the
owner appeared, "Her fafs are as shtin as
shticks, and OF can't md aSae collar so over
thin"
''Don't try any more,E w Sput her back in
the stall, then go to bedH iSelf, responded
the owner. "When youE Z tell the differ
ence between m old horf And aJersey COW,
you are too drunk TO wcf3k."
The next morning, soler and humble, Pat
begged his employers pkrdon. and said that
he had taken too much NChristmas the day
before; so did not knowfkEhat he was about.
Then he added: "
''Whin a mon don't know an ould harse
from q Jersey COW. thin he don't know whin
he's got enough whusky} and it's tonne for
him TO stop. That's Whit OF name TO dc"
From that day, nearly live yours ago, Pat
has let whisky and strong irils alone. he
Is now a faithful t9mpergnee man.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-15

Two Copies of the Treaty Signed by the
British Minister and Secretary oIney
.--The American Copy Sent to the Presl-
dent and by Him Sent to the Senate
for Ratiicatton--It lie for Five Years.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03

MdE Hortcisz IL Dead.
BERLIN, GERMANY, October Max
Horwitz. the wel-known writer, is dead
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03
B. THERE0 By 1RE BONES.
Experts for the Defense of Luetoert
Contradict Each Cther on Cross
Examination.

CHICAGO, ILL, Oct. 2-The close of
the sixth week of the celebrated trial OF
Adolph Luetgert for the alleged murd er
of his vile showed the case far from COM
pIeted. The consensus OF opinion at the
close of the week this afternoon by close
observers of the trial since the opening
was that the prosecution had the better of
the argument as 10 bones.
Experts for the defense had contradicted d
each other other on cross-examination.
To-day DR.. Msrilat added to the confusion
of the defense by in entifying a hog
femur in manner in rect confiic. with
The, identification OF DIR. Airport OF the
same bone on Friday Dr. Airport said
the tone in evidence wa the upper or hin
joint por ion of the femur DIR. Marillat
testified positively that the bone was the
lower eud OF The iemur.
Professor Eckles. Instructor OF anatomy
and physiology in the College OF Physi-
clans and Surgeons, the. Northwestern
University and the University of Illinois.
was called by the defense th, afternoon
He created some surprise by positively
asserting that he could not possibly iden-
tity or place ONE of the bones IN evil
dence as lit would be the most extrava-
CANT spe culatiOn 10 attempt 10 do so."