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The Penn's Grove record., 1899-02-10

At the last meeting OF the Paris Hospitals
Medical Society, NJ. Legendre, alarmed by
the ever-increasing amount of drunken
hess, asked II it would not be possible to
withstand this by means of meetings, in
s~istence on the dangers of alcohol, and by
what he considered an even better method,
that is, getting up for the instruction of
patients lantern shows with exhibitions OF
anatomic preparations to show the dangers
OF alcohol. NJ. Legendre has had printed
for the use Of all his patients a little l%eafet,
tie text OF which runs as follows:
"Most of the diseases treated in the hos
pitfalls arise from alcoholic d~rinks-that is
to say, they are either caused or aggravated
by the abuse of alcohol. All alcoholic
drinks are dangerous, and the most harm
ful are those which contain aromatics in
addition to ALCOHOLICS. for instance,
absinthe and the so-called aperients, called
ainers.
alcoholic drinks are more dangerous
when taken on an empty stomach or be-
tween meals. A man necessarily becomes
an alcoholic-i. e., slowly poisoned by alco-
hol-even if he never gets drunk, when
every day he drinks alcohol in the form of
liqueur or too much wine, more than one
litre per diem.
"Alcohol is a poison the habitual use of
which destroys more or less quickly, but
none the less certainly, all the organs II cost
necessary to life-the stomach, the liver
the kidneys, the blood vessels, the heart
and the brain. Alcohol eIcites man, but
does not strengthen him. 1t is no substi-
tute for food, but takes away the taste for
it. Those who often drink alcohol or too
much wine (more than one litre a day. are
much more liable to illness, and when ill
are much worse, for the disease is often
complicated with fatal delirium.
alcohol is a frequent cause of consump-
ton by its power of weakening the lungs.
Every year we see patients who attend the
hospitals for alcoholism come back some
months later suffering from consumption.
Fathers and mothers who drink often have
children who are deformed or idiots or who
die from fits"
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THE MARKETS.,
Late Wholesale Prices Of eo4utry Produce
Quoted In New York.

The average price paid for he surplus on
the nlatforms has been 2l{c q at. net to
shipper. Receipts of milk AM cream at tns
different railroad distributing points IN anu
near the city for the week nave been as
follows:
a I,ur -oooirts of trHa week.
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Rev. DR.. t. Dewitt Talmage said in a re-
cent sermon
"a celebrated doctor of France has re-
gently discovered something which all
thinkers ought to know. He has found
put that alcohol in every shape, whether
At wine or brandy or beer, contains para
site life, called bacillus potumanR. By a
powerful microscope these living things
are discovered, and when you take strong
drink you take them into the stomach, and
then into your blood, and getting into the
'rimson Goals Of life they go into every
tissue of your body, and your entire or
sanism is taken possession of by these
loxious inlnitesimals. When in delirium
tremens a man sees every form of reptili-
IN life, it is only these parasites of the
brain in exaggerated size. 1t is not a hal
,ucination that the victim is suffering
from. He only sees in the room what is
actually crawling M riotinS in his own
brain, Every time you take strong drink
you swallow these maGgots, and every
time the imbiber of alcohol in any shape
feels vertigo or rheumatism or nausea, it
Is only the jubilee of these maggots. Eff
forts are being mad for the discovery of
some germicide that can kill the parasites
II alcoholism, but the only thing that will
sver extirpate them is abstinence, to
which | would before God swear all young
men and old"
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Stronger efforts were put forth by the
missionaries, and when the treaty was
formally taken up the surprise of the day
came, Senator McLaurin rising and an
~nouncing his intention to vote for the
treaty. His declaration was brief, but to the
point. The South Carolina Senator, in a
brief speech, announced that he would stand
by his Government. The events of the
past few days at Manila pointed, he said,
to the necessity of ratifying the treaty or
pence, and he felt bound by a sense OF
patriotism to cast his vote in its favor.
That speech foreshadowed the defeat OF
the opposition, and grimly they gave up
the fight.
A moment later Senator McEnery In
formed the friends OF the treaty that they
might count upon his vote. Senator Jones',
of Nevada, must have got an inklinJ of the
state of things, for he, too, let 1t be known
that while he was uDalterably opposed to
the annexation Of the islands, he consid.
cred 1t essential that the treaty be accepted
and the question of annexation attended
to later on.
The action Of the Senate has cleared the
atmosphere wonderfully. The President
is now free to adopt such measures as will
restore peace and order in the Philippines.
The appropriation of the $40, 600 900 which
is to be paid Spain under the terms OF the
treaty will be made in the General De-
hciency Appropriation bill, and, as far as
can be seen at this time, there will be no
necessity for an extra session.
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The bright lights of the saloon are stolen
f'om human eyes.
Conservation and concentration are much
needed in the anti-liquOr hgh,.
At the beginning of 1899 there were 1000
fewer licensed saloons in Chicago h in
January, 1898.
A st. Louis Grand Jury reports that
seyenty-ive per cent. Of all crimes are
committed by intoxicated persons.
One OF the Partisan religious papers,
when pleading for temperance, gives no
stronger EARNING than simply that alcohol
is bad for children "under the age of
six"
A saloonkeeper discharged a clerk for
getting drunk. A dwistiller advertised for
two teetotalers to run his still. A drunkard
is at a discount with all people. Even the
devil wants a more respectable man than a
drunkard to wvsk for him,
A unique will, just probated in Washing
ton, Penn, is that Of Jerome Plummer,
His entire estate, valued at SIS 600, after
the death OF his wife, is to be sold and the
income used exclusively for the cause OF
temperance in Washington County.
1t is called "unclvilized warfare" TO
poison the water which an enemy drinks,
why is It not branded rs 'unctvtlized to
furnish our own soldiers-our " citizens
with a drink which destroys their use
fitness, not only as soldiers, but as meni
The American Friend,
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until firing was in progress on all the out
posts around the city. The American
troops responded vigorously, the insurgent
fire being heavy and the attack evidently
hurriedly planned.
Firing continued throughout the night
with an occasional cessation of from half
an hour to an hour at a time. At daybreak
the warships Charleston and Calao began
Smelling the north side of the city. Their
fire was followed later by that Of the Monad-
mock on the southern side, the insurgent
positions having been previously accur-
ately located.
The Americans began a vigorous ad-
vance all along the line Sunday morn
ing, and soon pressed back the insurgents
In every direction, maintained steadily
their advanced positions, and captured the
villages OF San Juan del Monte, Santa Ana,
San Pedro, Macati, Sunta Mesa and Lomia.
The splendid police system prevented
a general outbreak in the city, though
several soldiers were attacked by natives
in the streets.
Lieutenant Charles Hogan and Sergeant
Wall were shot by three natives, the former
being seriously wounded and the later
slightly.
Lieutenant Colonel Cotton was attacked
by a native with a sword while riding In a
carriage to the front. He killed his as
sailant with his revolver.
A sharpshooter within the American lines
shot and killed a Sergeant while he was
sitting at a window of the Second Reserve
Hospital.
Colonel william c.. Smith died OF apo
plexy. Many of the insurgents were driven
into the Pasig River and were drowned.
Several hundred were taken prisoners.
1t was evident that the natives nave
been preparing for some time for Just such
an attach as this one. In fuftherance Of
their scheme they had cut the telegraph
wires, which for q time caused no little
bother to the Americans. Most of the dam
age of this kin was In the city or In the
immediate vicinity. The Signal corps
were compelled to work hard to repair the
cut lines.
been better disposed. 1t is now known
that the attack was fully expected and that
every preparation had been made to meet
the contingency.
Firing slaekened at noon on Sunday, the
enemy being apparently demoralized. The
American troops, however, are fully
equipped to meet any possible attack.
Aguinaldo's private secretary has been
arrested as a spy In Manila.
Careful estimates place the Filipino
losses at 1000 dead, $500 wounded and 5000
taken prisoners. The AMI sican casualties
were thirty-hve killed and about one
hundred wounded.
Both sides cheered frequently during the
engagement. The American "Hurrahs"
were almost invariably met by derisive
''Vivas." Among the natives the Vgorotes
were specially noticeable for their bravery,
about 700 OF these naked savages facing
artillery fire with their bows and arrows.
The Insurgents were heavily massed along
the outposts encircling Manila. The fight
ing line was fifteen miles long. Admiral
Dewey greatly assisted the land forces by
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-02-10

The increased leg movement caused by
long cranks is neither unpleasant MOI
wearisome to most riders after a little prac-
tice with 1t.
In some machines shown at the English
cycle shows the discarded and faulty plan
OF clampirg the saddle directly on the top
tube was revived.
Twelve leading cycle manufacturing com.
panies of Greet B-'tain, which made a
profit OF 80, 202 ,s45 In 1897, show a profit OF
only 81 Ito, 800 for 1898.
Australia can boast of a bicycle mail
service. Several long distance postal
routes are covered by cyclists-a special
postage stamp being issued for letters by
this service.
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MORE FIGHTING AT MANILA.
A Skirmishing Party Attacked and Tw'
Soldiers Killed.

MANILA, Philippine Islands (By Cable).-
Three companies of the Kansas Regi-
ment, under command of Colonel Funston,
made a brilliant charge Tuesday evening
against a body of FiIipinos who were hard
pressing a accommodating party which was
doing duty not far from Caloocan. The
Americans behaved with the greatest gal
lantry.
The accommodating party were fighting
against very heavy odds, but they showed
no signs OF quitting, though there /:
scarcely a doubt that they would have
been cut to pieces had it not Leen for the
opportue arrival of the Kansas troops. AT
ter a desperate conflict, in which Lieuten'
ant Albert G. Afford, of Company 1 and Q
private we're killed and five wounded, the
enemy were driven back to Caloocan
which Is the strongest position of the
rebels.
Meantime the light draught gunboat'
were Smelling the town from the left
while the Utah Battery was putting il
good work from the right.
Their shells set the town on fire and in
ficted severe losses on the F%ilipinos.
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WHEAT CROP OUTLOOK.
The Condition of the Autumn-Sowr
Grain is Generally satisfactory.

wAsHIvGroN, D. C. (speciaD.-The first
official report after midwlnter of the con-
dition OF autumn-sown grain is not dis-
c~ouraging. The Government Climate and
Crop Bulletin for January states that off,
cials In charge of the climate and crop
service sections In the principal winter
wheat sections were called on for informa-
ton as to the state OF the crop at the close
OF January, and their reports indicate
that, Notwithstanding the comparatively
little protection afforded by snow, the gen
eral condition OF the crop was satisfactory.
A favorable indication for the winter
cop is that the season has been less rigor-
Gus than usual during January Sin the
central and upper Mississippi Valley and
thence westward to the Pacific coast, In
Guiding the plateau regions" In the
northern and central Rocky Mountain dis
tricts and over the upper Missouri Valley
the temperature In January varied, but
was generally from three g nine degrees
higher than usualin the miiwinter month.
The comparative mildness Ia these regions
last month does not necessarily augur a
continuance of like moderate temperature
in February, but 1t Is a hopeful sign that
the season will not be excessively cold
and protracted In the interior.
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A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

The Two Paths-Most of the Disease'
Treated in the Hospitals Arise From
Alcoholic Drinks-ChiIdren of Topper
Are Often Deformed and Idiotic.
There were once two little boys,
Long. long ago!
Leaving home and all its Joys,
Long, long agol
They had heard the people say,
While the sun shines make your hay
So to work they trudged away.
Long, long ago!
They worked on for many a year,
Long, long ago!
Full of courage, full of cheer,
Long, long ago!
But one merry New Years day,
At a party bright and gay,
Both were tempted, sad to say,
Long, long agol
One resisted, doing well,
Long, long ago,
While the other drank and fell,
Long, long agol
He who drank the poison wine,
Needing not the voice divine.
Died a drunkard Fearful sign.
. Long, long agol
He who stunned the tempting wine
Long, long agoI
Listening to the voice divine,
Long, long agoi
Full Of honor lives to-day,
Teaching men the better way
That ka chose when young and gay.
Mrs. NJ. A. Kidder
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The L~lEE-SAVERS.

[ro THE MIN OF I. s. LIFE-sAvISG sERyIcE.l
When the Lord breathcs His wrath above
the bosom of he waters,
When the rollers are a-pOundin' on the
shore,
When the mariners a-thinkin' Of his wife
and sons and daughters,
And the little home he'll, maybe, see nc
more;
When the bars are white and yeasty and the
shoals are all a-frothin',
When the wild no'theasters euttin' like a
knife,
Through the seethin' roar and screech he's
patrollin' on the beach
The COMMENTS hired man fer sayin' life.
He's strugglin' with the gusts that strike and
bruise him like n hammer,
He's fghtin' sand that stiHgs like swarmin'
bees,
He's list'nin' through the whirlwind and the
thunder and the clnmor,-
A %list'nin' for the signal from the seas.
He's breakin' ribs and muscles launchin'
lifebOats in the surges,
He's drippin' wet and chilled in every
bone,
He's bringin' men from death back ter flesh
and blood and breath,
And he never stopst ter think about his own.
He's a-pullin' at an oar that is freezin' ter
AAF ++AS+@A
He's a-clingin in the riggiu' of q wreck,
He knows distinctions nearer every minute
that he fingers,
But it don't appear ter worry him a speck.
He's draggin' ~draggled c0rpses from the
clutches of the combers-
The kind OF job a COMMON chap 'ould
shirk-
But he takes EN- from the wave and he Its
EN- ter the grave,
And he thinks it's all includcdin his work.
He is rigger, rover, swimmer, sailor, doctor,
undertaken.
And he's good at every one Of EN- the
same,
And he risks his life fer others in the quick
sand and the breaker,
And a thousand wives and mothers bless
his name.
He's a angel dressed in o~ilskins, he's a saint
in a "sou'-wester,"
He's as plueky as they make. or ever can,
He's a hero born aud bred, but it hasn't
swelled his head,
And he's just the L. S. goy'ment's hired
man.
Joe Lincoln.
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FARMERS
MUTUAL FIRE ms. co. OF
SALEM COUNTY.

OFFIcE-HEAD OF MARKET ST., SALEM
THIS old and reliable Company of 80 years
Il standing continues to insure all kinds OF
property, not extra hazardous, in town or coun-
try for any length OF time not exceeding nye
years at as low rates as will pay losses and ex-
penses. 1t insureS against fire or lightning or
damage by either. Its losses are promptly al
justed and paid. Its funds on hand are ample
To meet all probable loss, being larger than at
any previous time of its existence and steadily
increasing, while its reserve assets are OF a
character and amount to surely meet all losses
however extraordinary, and cannot be liittered
away by unfortunate investment or deiaultlhg
officers.
Dlrectors-Jos. X. waddington, Wm. B. Car.
penter, Charles Hires, Josiah Wistar, DAVID f.
Grier, G. IL. Sinnickson, Woodruff Petit, Bar
clay Griscom, Quinton Z. Harris, Charles W.
Casper, j. Howard Sinnickson, John 5. Elwell,
Richard Bassett.
Executive Committee-W. b. Carpenter,
President; Joseph X. W~addington, Woodruff
Petit, q. p, Harris, G. W. Casper, who meet
weekly. on Seyenth-day, at p. NJ.
Secretary and Northumberland Petit,
to whom applicants may be made in relation
TO any business connected With the Company,
at the office OF the Company, 1873 Broadway,
(head OF Market street or at his residence,
$50. Broadway, Salem.
In addition to the above the following per-
sons nave been elected Agents and Surveyors;
J. N. Hitchner, Elmer.
George b. Grier, Woodstown.
Josiah Summerill, Upper PENIS Neck.
Asa G. Turner. Penn's Grove.
Danisl ID. Hitchner, CohanSey.
j.. Forman Sinnicksop, L.. Z. Neck.
John Hitchner, AllQway.
Joseph Il. Liyezey, Berkeley.
David d. Griseom, Marion, Nd.
George Il. Morrison, Salem.
j. q. Acton,
q. b. Sickler,
WIN. j. CARPENTER, President.
WooDsurr PETIT, See'y and treasurer.
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When the open session ended with a re-
markable speech by Senator ~Gorman-his
valedictory, he termed 1.-THE situation
was still In doubt. A conference was held
In the yice-President's private office, IN
which Senators Aldrich, Lodge, Hanna
Fairbanks, Hansbrough and Yice-President
Hobart participated. After considerable
figuring it was discovered that two more
votes were needed to insure the ratification
of the treaty.
The missionaries sent out returned with
the report that four Senators were still in
doubt and no amount of pleading could In
duee them to agree to support the treaty.
The wavering Senators were McLaurtn,
McEnery, Jones, of Nevada, and Heitfeld.
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GENERAL EAcAN's SENTENCE.


Rank and Duty For Six Years.
WASHINGTON, D. c. Especially The Presl-
dent has taken action in the case o
Brigadier-G General Charles P. Eagan, Com
missary of Subsistence, whose sensational
attack on Major-General Nelson A. Miles
Commanding General OF the army, before
the War Investigating Commission led t.
his trial by court-martial on charges Of
conduct unbecoming an ofleer n a
gentleman. General Eagan was convicted
of the charges and specifications to each
and was sentenced to dismissal. The court
agreed, however, that its members might
make individual recommendations thai
clemency be exercised, and the President
approving these applications, which were
headed by that of Major-General Wesley
Merritt, president of the court, reduced
the sentence to suspension from rank and
duty for a period Of six years.
The period of suspension goes beyondthe
date of General Eagan's compulsory re,
tirement for age, and, according to the
law, an officer under suspension at the
time Of his retirement is dropped from the
army, n may not have his name borne
on the rolls or be entitled to retired pay.
General Eagan was ffty-eight years old on
January 16, 1899.
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AGUINALDO IS DEFIANT.
MAKES HIMSELF THE DICTATOR,
rhe Fi1Ipi

che Filipino Chief orders That Friendly
Relations with This Country he
Broken Otto Treat Americans as
Enemies-Assertion That We Provoked
the ~Fighting-Talk About a Just Cause
MANILA, Philippine Islands (Bv Cable).-
Aguinaldo, the rebel leader, Issued two
proclamations on Saturday and Monday,
The first declares hat the Americans
opened the fight, and adds:
81 order and command:
"First-That peace and friendly rela-
lions with the Americans be broken off,
and that the latter be treated as enemies,
within the limits prescribed by the laws OF
war.
"~Second-That the Americans captured
be held as prisoners of war.
"Third-That this proclamation be COM
municated to the Consuls, and that Con-
gress order and accord a suspension OF
the constitutional guarantees, resulting
from the declaration Of war
The Monday proclamation Is a lengthy
document, in which Aguinaldo dwells upon
the alleged grievance of the natives and
calls Upon them to expel the invader from
the islanis. This document Is in places a It's
sue OF lies. aSuluHluO uecldEts tndi the nus
~tilities were provoked by the Americans and
that the F~ilipinos were not expecting an
outbreak of war. He treats OF what he calls
the many outrages hat have been com
mitted by the American soldiers, and
%craftily appeals to the worst passions OF
the natives to seek revenge. He de-
clares that the Americans have treated
the native Congress with contumely and
contempt, which, he says, shows that the
United States never had any Intention OF
acting Justly toward the Philippines. After
pointing out that he tried to prevent an
outbreak Of hostilities, but that his efforts
we're negatived by the Americans, who were
swelled with pride over their easy con
quest of the Spaniards. he calls upon his
followers to keep up their courage and e
remember that their efforts to secure thell
independence have not been wasted. HI
declares the blood of Filipinos, who were
martyrs, has hitherto been freely shed III
the sacred cause of independence, and thai
more will be shed in the future to strength
en- it. In conclusion, he says it is indis
pensable that the actions of the Filipinos
be adjusted to the law and right.
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The will OF the late William Black, the
novelist, leaves S125, 900 to his widow and
children.
John Morley's fee for writing the life OF
Mr.. Gladstone is $50, 900, which has already
been paid to him.
President McKinley's wedding present to
Mrs. Henry Harrington Scott, nee Samp-
son. was the original of her fathers now
celebrated telegram announcing the de-
struetion OF Cervera's feet.
John Holmes, brother of the late Oliver
Wendell Holmes, died at his home in Cam
bridge, Mass, aged eighty-seven years.
He was never married. He had devoted
his life to classical study and general liter
AZURE.
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MAINE MONUMENT IN HAVANA.
Senate Adopts a Joint Resolution Appro.
priating $4,000.

WASHINGTON, d. c. (speclal).-In the
Senate Mr.. Hale, (Rep., Me.,) Chairman OF
the Naval Affairs Committee, has favorably
reported the following joint resolution,
and it was adopted;
"That the Secretary Of the Navy is here
by authorized to have erected In the Colon
Cemetery, at Havana, Cuba, Il suitable
granite monument to the memory of the
sailors and marines who lost their lives by
the destruction OF the United States bat
tleship Maine, in the Harbor of Havana, on
the 18th day OF February, 1898, and whose
remains are buried In that cemetery, and
suitably to inscribe and enclose such mon
ument; and the sum of $40, 900 is appropri-
ated for this purpose"
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The sixth paragraph of the new code,
which will come into operation in Germany
In 1900, enacts compulsory treatment of
habitual ~drunkards, Involving their beirg
placed under a curator, who will be en-
powered to put the individual anywhere
Tor treatment until discharged from cura-
torship by the court. The exact descrip-
ton is, HE who, in consequence OF inc
oriety, cannot provide for his affairs, or
brings himself or his family into the dan
ger OF need or endangers the safety of
others.' This measure was first advocated
in 1868 at a meeting at Hanover.
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A dying drunkard in Oswego, New York,
left the following as his 'last will and tesla.
ment:" 81 cave to society n ruined char
acter, a wretched example and n memory
that will soon rot. l leave to my parents
as much sorrow as they can, in their feeble
state, bear. / leave to my brothers and
sisters as much shame and modification as
| can bring on them. l leave to my wife a
broken heart and a life of shame. leave
to each of my children poverty, ignorance,
n low character and a remembrance that
their father Allied a d~runkard's grave"