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NOTES

In England up to October End, 1,941
new books and new editions were pub
lished. OF these more than a fourth
was fiction. There were siHty-six pub
fishers.
London Literature" says Donald G.
Mitchell was born IN Liverpool. Is he
not a full blooded Yankee?
lola is to visit the United States to
lecture, and he will probably defend
himself against h structures of Mr..
Brunetiere, the greatest French critic.
The publisher OF Charlotte Bronte's
novels has been offered g, 900 for the
manuscript Of her novel entitled "The
Professor" 1t would be interesting to
know what she received when living for
the novel itself.
Literature says that "Poe was q
genius OF a high order. and 1t is per-
haps hardly fair to hold up 50 unattain-
q e a model to modern nove1ists." You
cousd moi get q New England writer to
adInit % much Tor the greatest Amer
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Chicago, December 2.-The supreme
court Of Illinois. sitting a; Springfield.
handed down a decision today uphoidIng
the constitutionality OF the civil service
law OF the state. The decision was rem
dered In a mandamus proceeding brought
by the attorney general Of the state to
compel Chief Ripley. OF the Chicago Do
lice force. to make appointments from the
classified list furnished by he civil ser-
Vice commission. The decision is sveen-
Ing In Its nature and upholds the attor-
ney general in all the claims he makes
in benaif of the law.
Inc night between the chief OF police
ana the civil service commission arose
over the fact that when the present mn
nicipaI administration came into power
the chief OF police made his appoIntment1
without consulting the commission and
claimed he had a right to do 80. The at
torney general at once brought an action
tc compel Chief Ripley to abide by me
list OF The civil service connission ana
this ne must now do. The decision also
settles the question Of what Constitutes
.heads q departments' by stating nat
the nead Of any department b the man
In charge OF that department. HI n de-
cared 20 BE- exempt from the Operation
OF tne law. but this exemption dos NOT
exseno 10 his OubordinateS. Hereaffer
the mayor ID privileged to apoolnf sns
nead q each city department ana th~
eivu service commission Win control ~
REMAINDER oS the o6tc0A -
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they secretly longing Tor more
rapes that they may better play
upon the pre5udices Of the people"
The fellow who would print such In
famous stuff as that, is the very base
fellow to have said what he did say
at Rocky Mount, and II he denies 1t
unto 'the crack Of DOOM" he will never
wipe out the truth or stay the rising
tide of popular indignation against
him.
Pardon is for men,
And not for reptiles-we have none for
Steno,
And no resentment; things like him
must sting,
And higher beings suffer: it's the
charter
OF life. The man who dies by the ad-
ders fang
May have the cawler crushed, blu.
feels no anger:
Twas the worms nature: and some
men are worms
In soul more than the living things of
tombs."
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tons Of the country they have = right
to demand that their ommo govern
ment should o be imposed upon by
fraudulent agents and fraudulent
claimants. and there could be no better
way to purge the pension rolls than by
h publication in h manner we have
suggested OF those drawing pensions
in the local papers OF the residence Of
pensioners"
When such federal soldiers and pres
idents as Grant and Garfield long ago
declared that the utmost limit OF the
pensions should be not more than $31,-
100000, how is it that men, not luna
tics. in 1897. shall contend for nearly
five times that amount? Common
sense and common fairness are against
b wild display Of patriotic gush and
wholesale robberies.
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SHARPS mi IA

A propos of h great reduction OF
wages in New England. and especial
ly at Fall River, Mass, The New York
Evening Post, a strong gold organ, and
an able one, thus comments, and it Is
we'll worth considering:
This is not a case of a temporary
glut of goods, which needs time in
which to work them of. The trouble
is more deep-seated. The cause Of the
depression is recognized as a perma-
nent one. 1t lies in the fact thai for
n eason or another cotton spinning
can be done more cheaply in other
parts of the country, and particularly
in the southern states, than in Massa-
chusetts. There have been mutterings
in the air OF this subject for full TWEEN
ty ears. The fact a bee perceived
all along that the southern spinners
have all the facilities that New Eng
land possesses plus nearness to cotton
fields"
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We referred not long since to a South
Carolina farmer who made four bales
OF cotton TO the acre. This large, very
extraordinary cropping gave him over
two bales to the acre as clear profit.
This extensive farming with such lively
results was done by Mr.. E. D. Thomp-
son., in York county. It paid him ex-
~cellently. 1t did not cost more than
It come to-" as has been the case In
farming often. whether Of the " in
tensive" sort or OF unwfse sort. Mr..
Thompson here furnished The Charles
ton News and Courier with some notes
that tell the story. His Gro. paid him
most handsomely. He applied 1883
pounds az commercial fertilizers, so
bushels OF cotton seed and s two-horSe
wagon loads OF Stable manure, costing
altogether 5000. tothe one acre. and
gathered from It $11s.ls worth of cot
ton lint and seed The total expense
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THE SURE WAY TO RAISE REEVE.
NUE.

Among all the plans suggested by re-
publicans to relieve the deficit and
cure the non-producing character of
the Dingley robber tariff tax, not one
Of the so-called statesmen or solons in
the congress, have turned his eyes to-
r~ighteously, wisely meet the e~xiggencies
of the situation and give the govern
ment all the revenue it could need with
any decent a r and economy in expen-
ditures. While this senator or that
member points to the internal revenue
tax or to h taX on tea as the way to
raise the needed revenue, not one sug-
gests the best of all-the income tax.
May the wealth Of the country pay it's
proper share There is rhyme or reason
in taxing the poverty and favoring
the great riches. The Dingiey bill is a
failure. The way out of the wilderness
of sin and oppression is no by a still
higher a under the tariff schedules,
nor by the way of the income route,
but by and through an income tax-the
best tax ever yet levied because it is
levied in justice. Amend the constitu-
ton 81 as to get around the time serv-
ing court, and thus reach the pockets
of the 10. 900 millionaires in the north
who shirk their burdens and response
bilities as tax payers. Representative
Stokes, OF South Carolina, introduced a
bill looking to amending the constitu-
ton at the extra session. It read as
follows:
Article XVI.-The power of congress
to levy and collect direct taxes shall not
be restricted exclusively in the method
Of sapportionment among the several
states, according to their respective
numbers, but congress shall have full
power to lay and collect a tax upon in
comes, without regard to the source or
sources whence the income is derived.
In laying such taxes Upon incomes re-
gard may be had to certain classes or
grades Of incomes, fixed by law accord
ing to amount; but the tax upon in
comes of the same class or grade shall
be uniform throughout the United
States"
If the republican majority would re-
lieve it's party, help the treasury re-
ceipts, meet their responsibilities wise
ly and justly, they will pass that reso-
tuition and make the plethoric rich dis
gorge, and perform their part in
carrying on the government so neces-
| sary for their safety and interests. We
do not believe the republicans have
either honesty, bravery, wisdom or
Justice enough to either adopt the
above resolution or one looking to the
same end, or to really reconstruct and
relieve h monstrous pension rolls OF
all fraudulent pensioners, and top off
/! the ems of thousands who are sucking
| the life blood of the people who have
no right to be numbered among the de-
serving pensioners.
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Having used three bottles If P. p. p.
for impure blood and general weakness
and having derived great benefit from
the same, having gained IA pounds in
weight in four weeks, I take great
pleasure in recommending it to all I'M
fortunate like
Yours truly,
JOHN MORRIS.
Office of ]. N. McElroy. Druggist.
Orlando, Fla, April 20, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I sold three bottles of P.
P. P. large size yesterday, and one bot
tie small size today.
The p. p. P. cured my wife Of rheu-
matism winter before last. It came
Jack on her the past winter and a half
bottle, 81 size, relieved her again, and
she has not had a symptom since.
/ sold a bottle Of P. p. p. to a friend
Of mine, one of the turkies, a small one,
took sick and his wife gave it Q tea
spoonful, that was in the evenir and
the little fellow turned over like b was
dead, but next morning he was hollow
ing and we'll.
Yours respectfully,
J. N. McELROY.
Savannah, Ga, March II, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros. Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I have suffered from
rheumatism for a long time and did
not find a cure until found p. p. P,
which completely cured me.
Yours truly.
ELIZA JONES.
IS Orange ST.. Savannah. Ga.
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BABY's SMOOTH, FAIR SKIN

A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter
Tells all about Her Troubles when
Baby Broke out with ScrofuIa Sores.
cat the g of two months, my baby
began to have sores break out on his right
cheek. We used all the external ap-
plications that we could think or hear of,
to no avail. The sores spread all over one
side Of his face. We consulted q physi-
clan and tried his medicine, aud in q week
the sore was gone. But to my surprise in
two weeks more another scrofulous look
ing sore appeared on baby's arm. 1t
grew worse and worse, and when he vas
three months old, I began giving him
Hoods Sarsaparilla. I also took Hoods
Sarsaparilla, and before the first bottle
was finished, the sores were well and have
never returned. He is now four years old,
but he has never had any sign of those
scrofulous sores since ne was cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, for which I feel very
grateful. My boy owes his good health
and smooth, fair skin to this great med
icine." MRS. 8. s.. WRoTEN, Farming
ton, Delaware. Get only Hoods.
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ox the crop, including preparation ana
hauling to market, was $5o.ss. The net
profit obtained from It was $s4.7S- In
other words. says The News and Cour-
Ter, by pursuing the intensive method
of farming, Mr.. Thompson made four
4so-pound bales Of cotton on acre.
nearly two and a half bales of which
were clear profit"
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D.,s are prompt, e~facient and
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-03
pedriokIown PenoilIngs.

Miss Edith Wood, of Camden, is WIS.,
visiting her friend Miss Stella Pedrick.
Samuel Titus spent last Sunday with
his father VIM. Titus.
Mrs. Edith jenkins of Sewell is stay
ing at Jas. Sweeten's a few days.
D. d. Hitchner and family of Conan
sey were the guests Of Geo. h. Pedrick
over Sunday.
Mrs. Rachel Sparks spent a week at
Ocean Grove with her sister Mrs. VIM.
Moran.
The latest fad at this place is, have
your photo taken?
Mrs. Belle Sweetens and daughters
May and Anna have been visiting at
VIM. F. Hunts.
Harry Croft and family of Philadel-
phia spent Sunday with his aunt, Miss
y. B. Leaning.
Rev. Reed, pastor of the Union Epis-
copal Church of Camden, filled the M.
E. pulpit last Sunday evening.
Mrs. VIM. Boron of Tampa, Fla, is
visiting her father Jos. Cooper.
Our public school will open next
week.
Miss Carrie Hortman came home on
Monday after spending three weeks
with relatives at West Chester and
Wilmington.
Miss Edna Casey is spending a week
sight seeing in Philadelphia.
Miss Jennie Green entertained sew
eral friends from Penn's Grove ONT
evening lass week.
The following letters uncalled for re
main in the Pedricktown post office fol-
the following: Nicholas O'Hara, Mrs
Elmer Stiles ~, James Luke and Geo
Dolbow.
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sbarptown shayinss.

Chas. b. Robinson has returned to
his home after having spent a very en-
joyable week with his daughter, Mrs.
Benz. Murphy. at Newton, Pa.
Morris Newton and wife entertained
Mrs. S. L. G. Murphy of Elmer and
MI. and Mrs. Forbes of Buffalo. N. Y.
Mrs. Mary Borden aud daughter of
Philadelphia have been the guests of
VIM. Matlock and wife of real Sharp.
town.
The Hanes Neck W. q. 4. U. will
hold their annual election on Thursday
Sept. %. Mrs. r. j. Patterson, Pres.
ident, and Mrs. Basset, Recording Sec
rotary, will he present.
Mrs. Caroline Steward and Mrs. Re.
becca Layton spent Sunday with 5. d,
Layton and wife.
We uns of this community who at.
tended the harvest home at Penn's
Grove last week are fully satisfied thai
the Ladies of that place are adopts in
the art of potpie making and as regards
the writer am quite sure that If evel
another such opportunity is presented
IL possible she will he present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armitage Brearly ant
daughter, of Philadelphia, who hav'
been the guests of Clement Bassett ant
wife the past week returned to thei
home ON Monday.
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Social.

On Wednesday of last week, August
18th, a very pleasant social gathering
was held at jonathan l.. Dolbow's.
Those present were Mrs. Richard l..
Sparks and children. Nj. John Strim
pie and Mr.. Harry Sparks, Of Camden;
Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon Candy and Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Candy of West Phila.
delphia; Mr.. VIM. Pritchard, of Cape
May; Mrs. E. d. Pritchard and Mrs.
Alma Curriden, of Penn's Grove.
There were fine selections Of music
rendered on the piano aud violin by the
Candy brothers and In a short time we
were invited out to the dining room
where a table was well filled with all
the luxuries of life prepared by the
genial hostess, Mrs. Jon. L. Dolbow.
ONE THERE.
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Personals.

Mr.. and Mrs. Job Barber are visiting
relatives in Brooklyn.
Miss Maria Clements of Salem is Wis
iting Albert Bodine.
Dodo Burden OF Camden has been
visiting relatives here.
Edward Keen, Jr., left on Wednes-
day for Cincinnati, Ohio.
Miss Ollie G. Denny has been spend
ing a week at Atlantic City.
Miss Rebecca Chattin of Paulsboro
spent Sunday with Miss Orah Black.
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Hewitt, Of
Chester, spent Sunday at John Divers.
Mrs. Jas. Gerton of Palmyra is WIS.,
itipg her daugeter Mrs. w. ID. Robbins.
Henry Barber spent Sunday with his
sister, Mrs. Anna Linch, in Philadel-
phia.
Miss Edith Layton of Philadelphia
has been visiting relatives in Penn's
Grove.
Miss Verna Shape has been entertain
ing her cousin, Miss Minnie johnson
of Philadelphia.
Master Eddie and Miss Edith Pad
mole of Tioga, Pa, ars visiting their
cousin Miss Ida Robbins.
Mrs. Sophia Reeder and Miss Beckie
Gerton Of Newtown, Pa, are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Robbins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Abeel of New
York City have been spending a week
with Mr.. and Mrs. John p. Leap.
Miss Emma Pedrick, who has been
visiting in Philadelphia and shifting the
ozone at Atlantic City, returned home
on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. L. Sparks and
children of Camden have been spending
a week with Mrs. E. D.. Pritchard in
Penn's Grove.
Miss Emma Stimons of Philadelphia
and DIR. Numbers and wife of Philadel-
phia have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
e. b. Lanning the past week.
Mr.. Harry Bodine and daughter Ha.
eel, of Merchantville, and Charles Bo-
dine of Philadelphia, spent Sunday
with their brother, Albert Bodine.
Gideon Tussey and family of Lower
Penn's Neck and Rushing Tussey and
family of Camden sbent Sunday with
their father Samuel Tussey at the Cove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. q. Summerill and
Miss Sarah Summerill left on Tuesday
for a weeks sojouln at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Margaret Stull, Of Salem, accom-
panied them.
Mrs. Cornelius Abrahams of Wood
lawn, Md, who has been spending a
week at Ocean Grove, stopped over
Thursday night with relatives in PENIS
Grove while on her way home.
Joseph Whitsell and wife Of Potts
town, Pa, are spending u week with
his brothers and sisters in Penn's
Grove and at Courses Landing. He
reports the iron mills shut down aud
the town dead.
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Pennsville Pickings.

Reed birds are ripe. Rumor says our
party killed owe three hundred dozen
the first day of the season.
Messrs. Robert Hance, William
Hance and Harry Roberts, Of Philadel-
phia, are visiting Harry White.
The Knights of Pythias are making
extensive Improvements in their lodge
room.
Martin Curriden, Jr., while playing
in a barn fell from the hay NOW and
broke his arm.
Prof. Gilmore of the "LOve and
Praise" will give a song service in the
NJ. Z. Church next Monday evening.
Everybody welcome.
School opens next Monday.
Rev. J. Hoffman Batten, of Mataw-
an, will lecture in the M. E. Church,
Tuesday evening, Sept. Z, ats O'Clock.
Subject, Through three States on a
Bicycle" Admission free.
Thadeus Acton will erect a double
dwelling house on Delaware Avenue
this fall.
Mrs. John Goorley, while riding in Z
carriage last week was stmg on the
fookhy a spider, which has proved very
kserious.
Postmaster Bright has removed thu
Post office into a part of Millers Bak
cry, for the present time.
The w. c. T. u. met In the churcl
last Tuesday evening and elected tn
following officers: Pres, Mrs. Jane
Newell; list v. p, Mrs. John Goorley
End V. p, Mrs. Wn. Somers; Cor. Sec
Mrs. Jennie Keen; Rec. &c.,, Mrs
Mamie Powers; Treas. Mrs. Jonathan
Moore.
A number of young friends and rela
tives went in lasst Thursday to remint
Miss Mary Elwetl of her ninth birth
day. After the little ones had enjoyet
themselves playing eroquet and othe
social games, they were invited to par
take of a table fg9l of good things. AT
ter which they departed to their homes
wishing Miss Elw ell many more sucl
enjoyable birthdays. Those presen
were: Misses Alma Wright, Agne
Dunn, Clemantim, and Ida Mitchell
Lizzie Curry, r eba Curriden, Ellel
Elwelt, Mrs. Mary Powers, Mrs. Ed
ward Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs. Henr.
Pennington, Mrs. Margaret Wells ant
Juda Shaw of Briidgeton.
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The editor Of Garden and Forest says
the destruction Of birds for plumage
costs this country 81, 500 900 a day.
Robbins headache powders sure cure.
The decline in agriculture and the
loss of prosperity by the farmers is seen
in the failure of most of the County
fairs in the State.
Capt. Chas. Naylor arrived home Oh
Friday of last week, having sailed the
schooner Rillie S. Derby from Salem,
Mass. to Philadelphia in ballast.
Picture frames, mirrors, and art nov
elites. Largest stock, best assortment,
lowest prices at II Z. 3dSt., Wilmington.
Several of our %townspeople went to
Psdricktown last Saturday and wit
messed a close and exciting game of
baseball between Pedricktown and Sa-
lem. Salem won by the narrow mar
gin of 7 to 5 in nine innings.
Burning, itching skin diseases in
stantly relieved by DE Wits Witch
Hazel Salve, unequalled for cuts, bTuis-
es, burns. 1t heals without leaving a
scar. Sold at Wm. Divers.
Penn's Grove public school began on
last Monday with the old corps of
teachers in charge as follows: Princi-
pal, ]. Harry Smith, Miss Ella Murlin,
Miss Hattie Hoffman, Mrs. Anna f.
Barber and Miss Abbie L. Kidd. The
enrolment the first day was 226.
Robbins Lavo Cream for rough skin.
The Assistant Post master General
appointed ex-postmaster jos. d. Whit.
aker to be postmaster at Penn's Grove
last Friday. Geo. H. Elkinton was
the first in the field with a petition az.
Ter the election last fall and Henry j..
Blohm also had a strong petition out.
Gravel walks make work for shoe
makers but an inventor has hit upon a
method of putting stone soles OH boots
and shoes. He mixes a waterproof
glue with a suitable quantity Of clean
quartz sand, and spreads it over the
leather sole used as a foundation. The
quartz soles are practically ildestruct-
ible and give the foot a firm foundation
on the most slippery surface.
A meeting of the Borough Council
was held Tuesday evening when cur
rent bills were ordered paid. Mayor
Torton nominated John Biddle for the
lamp lighter but the lack of a quorum
for confirmation leaves Jas. S. YOUR,
son still in position. Marshall Shan
non was sent out TO bring in another
Councilman to make four . quorum
but he could not find one. The Mar
shall was instructed to see that the or
dinance was enforced which requires
all bicycle riders to have a lamp after
sunset. A word to those who haven't
a lamp should be sufficient warning.
The following is the list of letters
remaining in the Penn Grove post. off
ice for the month ending Aug. 81, '97:
John II. Butler, Frank Burns, Isaac
Biddle, George Collins, Scales Dolbow,
Mrs. Mary Cyres, Miss Matte Ewing,
Bishop Kephart e o Rev. A. H.. Rice),
Mrs. L. Kane, Edw. r. milford, Jr.,
W. W. McRoy, Henry McMonagle,
JAS. E. Sample. Richard Tucker, Jos.
Walters, Mrs. #. A. Smiffin, John s.
Strine and Mrs. Leonard Stanton.
Persons calling for the above please
say advertised. d. ". SUMMERILL, JR.,
Postmaster.
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The sluice which drained the mead
ow between the Cove and Carney point
has been leaking the past two months
so badly that the inflow and back wa
ter caused by the heavy rains have
caused some of the meadows to become
so soft that crops could not be gather
ed. The Bout Meadow Co. this week
has been putting in a new sluice with q
gang OF 20 men with Smith Reeves Of
Salem in charge The old sluice was
put in in 1869 when the Meadow Co.
had The Creek dug out with a dredge.
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Altgeld VIII Be The sta

Elk. Governor John Al,geld0 of Hi.
nois is to be the star of the Labor Day
demonstration TO be made on Monday
at Washington Park by The Uthited La
Dor League of Philadelplf ia. The
prominent men invited to Aheet Mr..
Altgeld include Mayor Warwick, Gov.
Hastings, Gov. Griggs, Govl Tunnel
and Wharton Barker. The speaking
will commence at 4 o'clockl in the
grove and fully 10000 people Esalf
Gov. Aitgeld expound his remedy for
existing evils.
In view of the pending miners striks
Mr.. Altgeld proposes 10 deal largely !
with the question Of government by in. !
Junction. What he says will be from a
judicial s~tandpoiRt, and his long sxper. I
fence as a Judge of the Superiof 9.
of Illinois warrants a thol 9g'e' ,svi(
of that at present absorbir Sd5ject.
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VIC. 4. u. Notes.

Tie w. G. I. U. resumed its weekly
meetings on Thursday afternoon after
being closed through the month Of
August.
The annual convention of the Salem
Go. W. &. I. U. will be held in the M.
E. Church at Pennsville Oh Sept. 23rd.
L is requested that their be a full at
tendance of the W. G. 4. U. members
on next Thursday afternoon to make
arrangements for the Convention. P-S-.