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The Penn's Grove record., 1899-09-08

The intrinsic value of the many medi.
cinal agents which have been warranted L
sure cure for the afilction of alcoholism,
has never been definitely settled, and in
spite OF iaring testimonials and advertise
ments, is uncertain at its best. Heavily
drinking men are wont to fiatter them
selves into the belief that when the effects
o. excessive indulgence begin to ~inconven-
fence them, they can apply 10 the first
dispensary of patent nostrums and obtain
relief at so much per gallon.
Never was greater fallacy. Some OF these
cures doubtless have points OF merit, but
in It's last analysis, their success depends
upon the individuality and will power OF
the patient.
Those who awaited themselves Of the
benefits offered by these different systems
have been variously proited. Some few
were never visited by u desire to taste the
alcoholic poison again. Others held out
against its a,lurem +nts for a brief period
after they had been discharged from the
institute, and still others tired of the
strict methods in vogue, and fled fr IN
their temporary refuge before receiving
any good from tho treatment. The dir
ferent systems have all had their successes
and failures, and the secrecy surrounding
the formulas of the medicines employed
has always left doubt as to whether 1t was
the chemical or moral agents which
wrought the change.
The drunkard who depends entirely on
the physician to rescue him after he has
progressed fur In bis intemperHnce, Is lean
ing on q broken stick. There can be nc
doubt that the only certain and absolute
cure for alcoholism is the exertion of q
powerful will, and the devotee OF John
Barleycorn who Is looking roun and
trying to see some way out of his vassal
age had better satisfy himself on this point
at 9nen.=klanta Constitution.
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The number of Spanish immigrants has
been increasing during the the past two
months and the health authorities OF HG-
vana are exceptionally vlgllnnt. owing to
the presence Of the bubonic plague in
Portugal.
Receipts from all sources at the three
principal ports in the Philippines in August
were S667 ,6lS. The customs receipts were
s61S. 907. The receipts from all sources
exceed those OF July by ?135,6lS.
C%rescencio Matagas, who is said to have
been the guide of the Spanish column
which killed General Antonio Maceo, ar
rived In Cuba from Spain. He was recog-
nized at La Punta, where the Cuban sol
diers who were skipped in the original
lists were being paid OF. A large crowd
wanted to II nch him. but the police came
to the rescue. The authorities took Mata-
gas to the Spanish consulate. He was sent
back to Spain.
Applications for the importation of 1910
Japanese laborers, to arrive in Hawaii
during the mex three months, have been
approved at Honolulu. These, with 5000
to come during the present quarter, will
make nearly 5000 japanese immigrants
within six months.
Isabel Artacho, former partner OF
Aguinaldo, mnde a sworn statement at
Manila that the real object of the rebellion
was to crafty personal political ambitions
and not to bring about Filipino indepen-
dence.
American troops near Cebu, P. l., have
dispersed the natives who recently am
pushed four soldiers.
Children in the Hawaiian Islands have
have raised SO, 900 with which to %inaugu-
rate mission work on the Island Of Min
danao, in the Philippines.
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THE NEWS E%PlTOMIZED.



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Eommander Edward u. iaassis has peen
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There is to-day in the Engllsh-speaking
countries no such tremendous, far-reach-
ing, vital question as that OF drunkenness.
In its implications and effects 1t over
shadows all else. 1t lies at she centre oil
all social and political mischief. II
paralyzes energies in every direction. II
BAN es penal reform. 1t obstructs p%olitica!
reform. 1t rears aloft n mass OF evllly
inspired power, which at every salient
point threatens social and national ad
vance, which gives to Ignorance and vice u
greater potency than intelligence and
virtue can command; which deprives the
poor OF the advanta res OF modern prog.
ress; which debauehes and degrades mil.
lions, brutalizing and soldering them be,
low the plane of healthy sayagery, and
filling the centres OF population with
creature whose condition almost excuses
the immortality which renders them
~iangerou 8 to their generation. Can any
political riga izatIon be said to repre-
sent the best as piratlons and the strongest
needs OF the people while this abiding
source of misery, c rhine and poverty Is
allowed to spread and iourlsh?-New York
Tribune.
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It is a remarkable proportion in the
total gain in exported manufactures
from the United States during the last
fiscal year that is held by products of
iron and steel. Out of the total in
crease of S4S, 900, 900, exports of iron
and steel manufactures amount to
1913, 600, 900. 1t is an evidence, also,
of tthe excellence of American work
manship that the greater part of this
increase is in highly finished forms,
such as locomotives, machinery, tools
and steel rails. These are figures that
tell significantly of such incidents as
the building of q railway bridge in the
Soudan and of Il viaduct in India by
American contractors.
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One fact stands very much against
the improvement of farms in the
hands of many owners; this is the ex.
pectation OF so many to leave the
farm some time, and have a home in
the village or town, Much more in
terest would be taken in the improve.
ment of farm homes if every farmer
fully expected TO spend his days on
the farm. There is much difference
between the improvements that look
only to commercial value, when sell
ing is the only object, and improve
ments made for the comfort and hap.
pincss of the Many things
considered as improvements in this
direction By some have no commercial
value whatever in the eyes of others.
The improvement added to the farm by
the owner, who must make his living
from it, will often differ very much
from that of the owner who has an in
come from other sources. When the
farmer earns the improvements as he
goes along. they are generally notice
able for their utility, and are fully APP
preciated. But if built for show, or
because money is plentiful, they too
often become a burden.
In the older sections OF the country
the first improvement should be in the
land itself, the ether improvements
following in course of time, as the
products of the soil prove able to sup.
port them. 1t is the part of wisdom
to improve the soil first, rather than
put on surface improvements in the
way Of buildings and fences. The
former when once started is cumula-
i've, and in the hands of a farmer able
% make the start the improvement is
'apid and profitable. The surface
improvements are not cumulative IN
ralue, but rather in expense. We
oay taxes on soil Improvement only
rs the volume Of crops is increased;
IN buildings erected, as soon as they
IAN be placed on the taxi duplicate. II
IS not unusual that these become a
cumulative source OF expense.
Farming will rest on a better basis
when every man farms for the love OF
it, aud aims lruly to leave the soil
better than he found it; when the far
mer builds the home on the farm With
The sole intention of occupying it while
he lives. Most farmers strive to have
bank accounts TO draw on when the
mfrmities of old age overtake them.
This is c~ommendable; but too often in
this effort their farms are robbed Of
fertility. Soil improvements entirely
forgotten in the effort to secure the
bank account. Thus the poverty Of
the farm or the soil of the farm some
times makes strong lnroads on these
expected accumulations, with a result
ing failure of the expected bank &C
count. We find the farmer with e
poor farm that will not sustain him,
and with no bank account. He has
robbed the soil, with no effort OF
thought to add to or sustain its natur
al fertility, and whom he most needs
help from the soil it is a robber il
turn, drawing from him the declining
strength of old age in his efforts to
make it yield him n sustenance,-
John NJ. Jameson, in Country Gentle
man
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An absurd article by Lombroso, in
the Pail Mall Magazine, on "An Epi-
demic Of Kisses IN America, " has very
naturally caused the sanity of the
italian sociologist to be questioned.
Doubtless he is sane enough to go at
large, but doubtless also the balance
of his faculties is sufficiently impaired
to make it impossible for him to see
his fellow-creatures as they are He
sees men not as trees Walking, but as
itinerant mental diseases. Specialists
are apt to become cranks and to lose
something of their sense of proper
ton. Lombroso's case is VIGOROUSLY
and obviously one in point. He has
raised so many spooks, and so accus-
toned himself to see them, that he is
nc longer able to distinguish between
the sociological spectre and the real
man.
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A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

The Song OF the siren-A Phase of the
Whisky Cure Question Not Often
Dys,t Upon-TIie Only Absolute Rem
edv For Alcoholism a Powerful Will.
BY REV. FRAScts A.. c~UNN1NeHAM.
The sirens sit by the summer sea
And they sing on the SETTLING foam
A song OF the rout and revelry
OF their mystic island home.
The sailor lists for q moment brief
And he steers for the lovely shore,
But his bark is wrecked on a rocky reef
And he sinks to rise no more.
Oh a siren sits In the city streets
And she sings the selfsame song,
And she smiles on the noble youth she
meets,
And she gathers him Into her throng.
He drinks a draught from her golden bowl
Aud he feels its mystic lire
Like the bliss OF heaven within his soul,
And he drinks to his hearts desire.
He sinks as the sailor sank Of old
In the depths OF q merciless sea,
And the touch of his hand is damp ana cold,
And his life is a misery.
His brain Is racked with young remorse,
And his soul with sin is sore,
His excess proceeds from worse TO worse,
Till he fails to rise no more.
!, brave are the men who sign the roll
For the hate OF the draught that kills,
1.-THE trade that strangles the youthful
soul,
OF the rain of human willsl
oh, brave are the hands that spurn the cup,
That scorn the SIRENS CALI
But the man who raises his brother up
Is the bravest OF them all.
Sacred Heart Review.
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Rum nearly always spells ruin.
Drinking Ia an enemy to thinking.
Temperance is the guardian OF the other
virtues.
The slang of the saloon is not in place on
the lips OF a sober man.
A drunken man Is a nuisance to every
body. Even the saloon-keeper throws hun
out.
Not ono drop of intoxicating liquor is
allowed to be sold at any Of the military
camps Of Canada.
To be sober means to be secure against
many assaults OF the devil to which the
drunkard succumbs.
Scotland has 146 parishes without paup.
ers' poor rates or public drinking houses.
Perhaps the lack OF the latter accounts for
the absence of the former.
There is something radically wrong with
the total abstainer who has not charity
mingled with his zeal.
II you are a total abstainer don't try to
qniobie out OF your pledge. The hair
splitter is not in earnest,
The total abstainer should try to dimin.
ish the evils of drink by word and cyan
pie, particularly by example.
Drunkenness Is one OF the most |freauent
causes OF divorce In Germany, and the
children OF these Divorces arc most apt to
dri ftinto crime.
The true total abstainer does not. set
himself upon a pedestal AMI think himself
better thrn his nelghbors. In all humility
ne chooses tqtal abstinence as u means to
his own saiTttion and the odiication Of
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-09-08

In Massachusetts, it has Just haen
decided that the sanitary condition of
picnic grounds and summer resorts in
general is not all that might be, and
with a view to improving it the State
Board of Health has undertaken to
make a careful examination of all
Aghese places. Special attention will
be paid to the sources OF water supply,
aud it is believed that by suggesting,
and when necessary by enforcing, a
general cleaning up, the number oil
typhoid fever cases among people re
turning from vacations al be ma
terially decreased. The idea is OBJ
viously an excellent one, forignorancs
and carelessness combine to render
many summer resorts far from the
healthful abodes they are supposed to
be by a trusting public. Every fall
the mortality rate OF cities is raised
by deaths, the seeds of which are
sown scores ur hundreds of miles
away.
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picker sits on a box or stool at one
side of the barrel. If more room is
desired within the barrel, saw off tho
top down nearly to the middle, thus
giving q larger opening. Hens
feathers do not bring a large sum, but
they should always be saved, either
for home use or for the sum which
they will bring, which is really clear
gain. New York Tribune.
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Thirty OF the leading business men Of
Minneapolis were recently asked rs there
room in your line of business for an ex-
ceptionaily capable young man, who has
every qualification for business except that
out of business hours he drinks IL modera-
tiOn with friends?" In Ave DAYS those
thirty men had responded each for himself
and without knowledge OF the others, aud
all had the same story to tell. Not one had
any time or use for men In their business
who drank. As business men are governed,
in their'empIoyment OF labor, solely by re-
suits attained, tue growing custom OF dis
eliminating against drinking men "a en-
ployes is simple and direct testimony as
20 the evil effects OF liquor upon the brain
and hand OF tho worker.
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The speed OF the yacht, which carried
only cruising sails-that is, without club
topsails or balloon canvas-was wonderful,
and 1t was all that n gooitwelve-knot tug
boat could do to keep up with her when
she felt the full force of the wind. She
sailed In ali about thirty-two nautical miles,
logging the distance from her ~taffrail.
From the point of view OF an expert
y~achtsman, the Shamrock is far and away
the best boat hat has ever crossed the
ocean In search of the Americas Cup. The
indications all are that the race will be
closely contested, so that whichever wins
Is not likely to nave an easy victory.
Sir Thomas Upton is much gratiGed by
the cordlality OF his reception in America,
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-09-08

The life OF the President OF Chile was un
successfully attempted at Santiago de
Chile.
The returns OF the vote on the Federal
Referendum bill in Queensland show that
the measure was carried by a narrow ma
jority.
Rear Admiral Kane, well known in Amer
lea as the captain of the British warshll
Calllope, which in 1889 steamed out oil
Apia In the teeth OF the terrible hurricane
which destroyed the American squadron
has voluntarily retired from the navy.
The management OF the Pasteur In.
stitute, Mt Paris, has determined to send
gratis to all the cities OF Europe which
have been stricken with the bubonic plague
as many bottles OF serum as may be re
quired.
NJ. Labor made personal appeals to the
Emperor of Germany and King Humber,
OF Italy to allow Colonies Schwarzenkop'
pen and Pantzzardi to give testimony at
the trial OF Dreyfus at Rennes.
Bishop Riccardi, OF Nordo, Italy, re.
eeived a package marked dried fruits. The
Bishop handed 1t overto the police, When
it was opened eight deadly vlpers erawled
out OF the package,
The Indian Budget shows that the lnan
ces OF India are encouraging.
captains Noulet ma CAaholne frehcu
Army officers, are under investigation for
acts OF barbarlty committed In the soudan
They are charged with killing men, womer
and children and shooting soldiers Of theiI
own commands. e
The Tsung-l -Yamen, at Peki in, China OF
fered to give Italy mining rights in Ming
Hal, but says 1t is not disposed to make
any further concessions. Italy regards the
proflered concession as unsatisfactory
Thirty-hve Spanish soldiers, survivors
OF the garrison that long held Baler, OF
the east coast OF Luzon. against the Fit
plnos, arrived ct Barcelona and were en-
Enthusiastically received by the populace.
Tho q ermau press warns the Traosyali
Republic in the event OF hosttlittes Ger
many will maintain the s~trictest neutrality.
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Interest in racing is growing in Utah.
The popularity OF handicap races is be-
You'd all doubt.
among bicYelers is the breaking OF front
fork.
The dislike OF n brake is characteristic
Of the American eyelist, and to this preju-
dice are directly Attributable many OF the
fatal down-hiIl accidents that occur eaeh
summer.
Peoria tlll.) wheelmen contemplate tax
Ing steps to have the lamp ordinance In
their own either extended so as TO apply
to all vehicles CT 10 have II abolishsi
altogether.
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The automobile lends itself to the
art and science of wal with peculiar
cordially. We have "motor scouts, ,
and "war motor cars" and according
10 the logic of events we shall have
other implements which will render
the tented field more dangerous than
ever. This war motor" by the way,
is something to contemplate with awe
The thing is m plated, so says The
latest reports, and has a ram at each
end. Besides this, it carries two
rapid fire guns. aud has a revolving
turret and a searchlight. 1t will be
"Look out for the locomotive when
the bell rings" if that machine gets
started in your direction.
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One is continually surprised at the
consideration given abroad to Ameri-
can styles. A sample number of an
English fashion journal inst received
contains q New York letter as a regu.
lar contribution, and the Paris fashion
papers are continually referring TO
American STYLES.
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GIRL KILLED FROM AMeysH.
Shot Was Intended For n Mormon Eidel
Slayer Commits Suicide.

C~HATTASoodA, Tenn. (SpeciaD. - Six
Mormon elders were conducting a meeting
in a school house at Pine Bluffs, Stewart
County, Tenn, when the building was
stormed by n mob OF over 100 men
Elders Hiram Olson and II. G.. Petty tried
to escape; Miss May Harden, a popular
young woman, walking between them with
n view to checking the mob. As the trio
passed down the road shots were fired from
ambush. The woman was hit and almost
instantly killed.
Baston Winson. n young farmer and
Superintendent OF u Sunday-schooI, was
lying Ia wait for the elders and became con
vlnced that he had fred the shot While.
killed his n~eighbor's daughter. He
wrote out a confession stating that II
was an accident. Winson picked mp a
knife and cut hts own throat, almost at the
same instant sending a bullet through his
brain,
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SAT- UPON A WoRsHlPER.
A Woman Speaker Created Excitement In
n Connecticut Tabernacle.

During service in the scattergood Taber-
naele at Derby, Conn, a few days ago, the
people in attendance, over 2oo IN nuinper,
we're so worked up by religious feryor that
several tainted.
One speaker, Mrs. H.. II. Loomis, so
worked upon the feelings OF her hearers
that several declared that they saw a vision
OF the Holy Ghost.
J. II. Carleton became so excited that he
had to be placed upon the moor aha SAT
upon to prevent him doing Injury.
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Hungarians throughout the United
States are interested in an effort to
remove from that State the Hrngarians
living in Pennsylvania. 1t ie asserted
that the Hungarians in Pennsylvania
are not properly treated; that they
cannot obtain justice in the State
courts, and that mipe-owners have
combined to proven. them lettering
their condition.
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SHAMROCK A FORMIDABLE BOAT.
Cup ChslIenger's First Spin Showed Her
Fleet and Stanch.

New YORK CITY (special).-Never before
during the years that the Americas Cup
has remained in the possession of the New
York Yacht Club has a challenging yacht
exhibited such marvellous speed as did sir
Thomas Lipton's flyer Shamrock In her first
spin 10 American waters.
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A combination Of a rapid-fre gun
aud an automobile is being made out
West. The gun fires seventy shots a
second, and the machine goes the pace
of II crack t%rotter, and the whole is
designed to suppress street riots,
which it undoubtedly would do.
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Observation-Disclosures
FARM AND GARDEN.


The accompanying illustration shows
one of the cleanest and most con-
venient ways to pick the feathers from
a fowl and keep them clean in the
operation. A barrel has a hole made
in one side, as shown, and below it is
tackled a leather lip or spout. The
dotted line shows the position inside
of two supports, between which the
fowl is laid while being picked. The
head projects from the opening, and
all blood drains into the pail outside
the barrel. As the feathers are plucked
they fall into the bottom of the barrel,
and are thus entirely unstained. The
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-09-08

The Chicago Theological Seminary,
which is said to be the oldest of its
kind in hat very considerable part OF
the United States lying west of Gin.
e%innati, has decided to open its doors
to m on equal terms with men.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-09-08

Governor Atkinson, of West Viz
ginia, claims that his State leads the
Union in the production of oil and
lumber, and that it is second in coke
and third in coal. And he says that
the State is ''just beginning to grow"
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Fingers are valued at a high price
in Australia. A Melbourne boy of
eight had his fingers crushed in a
gate at a level crossing, and one had
to be amputated. An action on his
behalf was brought against the State
Railway Department. The jury
awarded the full amount claimed,
cEnn0
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Columbia win BE the Defender.

NEWPORT, H.. I. (Special).-The trial races
bet cen the Columbia n Defender are
over. The champion OF 1899 defeated her
OF 1895 so decisively that the Challenge
Committee, or Cup Committee. as 1t was
formerly called, decided that there was no
further need of competition between the
two yachts. The Columbia has therefore
won the right to become the Americas cup
ahu ~ pInn
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Three Men Killed Outright.

Seherk, Nicholas Fass and william Hole,
all OF this city were instantly killed and
Albert Ike was fatally hurtin II grade cross
ing accident. The four mon were return
ing from Il drive In the country and were
struck by a train. The three dead men
are ~well-known business men In this place.
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THOMPSON VILE. Conn. Especially. Doug
las Epson, aged sixteen years, OF this
place, was shot in Sufield by the acct
dental dissharye OF his shotgun. The
whole charge OF shot entered MS body I'M
der the heart, killing him almost instantly.
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Henry Emde, Il carpenter, shot his wife
through the heart, put another bullet iato
her brain, then shot his six-year-old daugh.
ter Hilda through tue head, and after TINT
tabled and banged himself in his hoast
in Chicago. The tragedy was discovered by
Willie Emde, An eleven-year-old son OF tht
murd srer. In only explanation q Ende''
crime is that he was insane.
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The sooner that back door on the
Canadian border, through which, it is
said, so many undesirable European
immigrants are pouring, is attended
to the better for the country.
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The Anchor Linz steamship City ofRome
reached New York City a few days ago after
a collision with au iceberg In a fog on the
Newfoundland BInks. No oae was hurt
and the sh p was only Slightly damaged,
There we're more than II thousand person:
IN hoard