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The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02

The editor OF the Concordia Kansan tells
of n temperance lecture given by judge
Sturgls while deciding a divorce case be-
fore him. The divorce was asked for by
the wife on the ground OF the husbands
habitual drunkenness.
The objections raised by the defendant
was that the record of the divorce would
disgrace him. To this the Judge replied
by saying that all of the court records or
all the newspapers In the world could not
possibly add to the disgrace already heaped
on the man by his own act of getting drunk.
Continuing, the Judge said; Gle claims his
financial misfortunes have led him to ex-
cess OF drink. That Is no excuse for a man
to get drunk. There is no Excuse for drunk
onness. II reverses or troubles come,a man
needs his best judgment, his best vitality,
his brightest intellect to cope with his mis-
fortune and to try to regain his lost adyan-
tage. Why any man of ordinary intellect
will place himself in such Il condition by
his own acts as to merit the contempt and
loathing of his best friends n disgusting
his own wife and children, is something L
do not understand. The drunken man ok
cites the same feeling in the mind OF the
average person as does a snake. We in
stinctively bounce onto q snake n kill it
or else fee from 1t for fear of contamina-
ton. The person who voluntarily places
himself in the condition more loathsome
than a snake, more disgusting than q brute,
cannot be disgraced by the record OF this
court in this case. 1t was drunkenness
that brought about this condition of things
in this family, and it is on these grounds
the divorce is asked for and on which it
will be granted.
"This man claims he has quit drinking.
l hope he has, and | hope he will keep
steadfast in his determination to abstain
from it, When this man is sober he is
always d gentleman; when he is drunk he
is not, neither is any other man. We are
all disguised with a drunken man-what
must be the feelings of a wife who Is COM
PEELED to live continually with q d~runkard2
This woman detests this mar because of his
own acts. He is to blame and no one else.
II she persists in asking the divorce it will
be granted"
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02

and comprehensive comparison of the vari-
GUS routes to be made, and the most desir-
able one selected.
with this view the commission made a
careful study Of all data bearing upon the
Nlearaguan Canal question and organized
Il large force.
"Much delay to the work and great an
noyance to working parties was caused by
attempts at revolution and by the strained
relations between the Governments Of
Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The outbreak
Of the war between the United States and
Spain was also a serious matter.
1.-THE report goes into minute details in
respect to all questions connected with the
construction of the canal, and says that
after mature deliberatlon the commission
has adopted and estimated for the route
from Brito to Lake Nicaragua, called the
Childs route, and from the lake to Grey.
town, called the Lull route. This line, leav.
ing Brito, follows the left bank Of the Rio
Grande to near Bueno Retro, crosses the
western divide to the valley Of the Lajas
which 1t follows to Lake Nicaragua Gress'
ing the lake to the head of the San Juan,
River, 1t follows the upper river to neal
Boca San Carlos, thence, in excavation; by
the left bank of the river to the San Juan
lilo and across the low country to Grey.
town, passing to the nortbward of Lake
Silico. 1t requires but n single dam, with
regulating work. Mt both ends of the sum-
nit level. The surveys have in general re-
vealed better physical conditions than were
hitherto supposed to exist, especially as to
the amount of rock In the upper river,
whereby it is possible to greatly reduce the
estimated cost of construction.
"ro determine the proper unit prices
for excavation, the average of prices actu-
ally paid to contractors in the Chicago
drainage canal, which represent cost of
plant, prices paid for work done, and con-
tractors profits were taken. To these
prices certain percentages were added for
the difference in location, climate, etc.
"In obtaining the estimates fIr the cost
Of locks, the prices actually paid for build
ing the Government locks at Sault Ste.
Marie were taken, and thirty-three per
cent. was added for the difference of loca-
ton.
after giving due weight to all the ele-
ments of this important question, and with
an earnest desire to reach logical conclu-
sions based upon substantial lacts, the
commission believes shat a canal can be
built across the isthmus on this route for
not exceeding S118, 113, 100.
Colonel Haines eoncurs generally With
the views of the other members of the COM
mission, but his estimate of the cost is
4l34, SlS, 30S,"
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HUMOROUS.

A novel in three chapters: Chapter
], Maid One; Chapter II, Maid Won;
Chapter III, Made One.
''Does the course OF their true love
run smooth?" "Yes, indeed. There
are banks on both Sides"
''Ah, you do not know how hard it
is to lose ones wife" Hard! My
dear sir, it's simply impossible,
"Lost your house IN the West
Indies?" Eyes" ''Itmust have been
a great blow" "It was. | lost it in
the hurricane"
Jones-When she married him she
started in to make his home a paradise
on earth. Johnson-Did she? Jones'
Yes; she's always harpingt
An Irish tenant lately observed that
it was a ''hard thing for Il man to be
turned out the house which his father
built and his grandfather was born in!'
"Oh, yes" replied the husband Of
the advanced person, bitterly. Il go
home to my meals. l have managed
to retain a coaling station in my
home"
Julius, you don't mind my
house-cleaning, do you ?" mo,
dearie; you don't make half as
much muss and discomfort as mother
used to make"
Jane keeps a little lamp alight,
Within a closet-day and night.
'Tis not Loves shrine-uo-droll device
She fancies it will scare of mice.
'"Then you say you never can marry
mel" exclaimed the young man, as he
shot the ball dangerously near the
bunker. ''No," replied the up-to-
date golf girl; "but Ill be a eaddy to
you"
''That boy of mine, said the angry
father, sis Just a natural born fool"
"Of course, " returned the neighbor,
and there was that in his tone that
made the father want to climb the
fence and go after him.
''Women are inconsistent creatures"
ventured the dentist. Cone came to
my office today and asked for Il pain
less extraction, and while / was pull
ing her tooth she yelled Sc loud any
one would have thought it hurt her."
Mabel-Are you going to return the
poor fellows ring? Florence who has
Just broken her engagement-l
haven't decided. l suppose he'll pro
pose to you now, and l thought I'd
Just hand it over to you to save
bother.
"Gentlemen, this is one of the most
dangerous experiments known to
science. The slightest mishap and
the experimenter will be blown to
atoms. l will now step into the closet
while my assistant performs the ex-
pertinent
Brawley (given 10 boastingl Do
you know, / suppose I've the best
eyesight of any person going? Lite
sum-Oh, there's no doubt of that.
That book you praised 50 highly you
were able to read without stopping to
cut the leaves. Don't believe another
person in town could do it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02

Beer is never as fiat as those who drink it.
Wine smiles in the cup, but stings in the
conscience.
The bar OF the liquor saloon Is q bar to
the progress Of many n young man.
Three hundred new liquor saloons are
reported in Manila since the American oc-
cupation.
The Army Temperance Association is an
organization In the British military service
which has a membership OF 5000.
Prevention Of intemperance Is not only
better than cure, but prevention is a duty,
and cure is a lame, hating attempt to I'M
do an evil which we have permitted.
Saloons are toll-gates on the way to per-
dition.
There are church members who act as il
they thought Gods idea Of the saloon In
ferior to theirs.
The absurd fool is one who says his bur-
dens are greater than he can bear, and on
hal loads himself up with a jag.
TIL man who is spending two, three, to
five dollars a week in the saloon, as many
a poor man does, is paying a high price Tor
q very low diversion.
London authorities still permit young
women TO serve liquor in saloons. A daily
paper has taken up the question, Gaining
attention to the indignities, temptations,
vulgar treatment, long hours and unneces-
sary restrictions that are at once unjust
and degrading.
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Rudyard Kipling on Temperance.

Rudyard Kipling tells US how, in u con-
cert hall In America, he saw two young
men get two girls drunk and then lead
them, reeling, down a dark street. Mr..
Kipling has not been a total abstainer, nor
have his writings commended temperance,
but Of that scene he writes: 'Then, recant-
ing previous opinions, 1 became a prohibit
ZIONIST. Better it is that a man should go
without his beer in public places and con-
tent himself with swearing at the narrow
mindedness of the majority; better it is to
poison the inside with very vile temper
ance drinks and to buy lager furtively at
back doors, than to bring temptation to
the lips of young fools such as the four |
had seen. l understand now why the
preachers rage against drink, l have said,
there is no harm in 1t, taken moderately
and yet my own demand for beer helped
directly to send these two girls Keeling
down the dark street to-God alone knows
what End. Ifllquor is worth drinking it is
worth taking a little trouble to come at
such trouble as a man will undergo to COM
pass bis own desires. 1t is not good that
we should let 1t lie before the eyes Of chill
dren, and l have been n fool in writing to
the contrary. The Young Man.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02
AMERICAN PEACE PLAN.
Delegates at The Hague Submit
Their Arbitration Proposal.
DIFFERS FROM THE BRITISH IDEA.
Scheme For a Permanent Tribunal is
Submitted to the Peace Conferences
Its Decision to 30 Final-The Pro-
visions of tho Pian-when the Treaty
viii Become Operative.

THR HAGUE By Cable).-The American
delegates tG the Pence Convention sub
mitted their scheme relating to an arbitra-
tion tribunal before the Drafting Commit
tee of the Arbitration Committee. The
plan differs from the British proposal.
The text Of the American arbitration
proposal is as follows:
Resolved, That, in order to aid In the
prevention of armed conflicts by pacific
means, the representatives Of the sovereign
powers assembled together In this con-
ference be and they hereby are requested
to propose to their respective Govern
ments q series Of negotiations for
the adoption of a general treaty
having for its object the following
plan, with such notifications as may be es-
sential to secure the adhesion Of at least
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02

The alarming increase of the drinking
habit among English women is causing
serious consideration among temperance
workers. In an interview on the subject
Lady Somerset said to a correspondent;
There can be no doubt that the great
problem is presenting itself to the temper
ance people of this country of how to ar
rest the great increase of inebriety among
women. 1t is II lamenfable fact that in
this country woman is especially associa-
ted with the sale of intoxicants. This
country Is par excellence the land Of bar
maids. That they are to be found behind
the bar of every ~drinkshop has caused the
safeguards that surround them in other
countries to be set aside.
"As a nation we stand in the unenviable
position of being almost the only one that
has a drunken womanhood. TIL question
for us to decide Is not only how to stem the
growing evil, but also how to deal with
those who have fallen and are falling every
day."
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02

MUTUAL FIRE ms. co. OF
SALEM n

OFFIcE-lIEAD OF MARKET ST., SALEM,
THIS old and reliable Company of so years
standing continues to insure all kinds OF
property, not extra hazardous, i'll toy or cOun'
try for any length OF time not exceeding hVe
years at as low rates as will pay losses aud eX-
penses. II inSuTeS against fire or lightning or
damage by either. Its losses are promptly adj
justed and paid. Its funds on hand are ample
to meet all probable loss, being larger than al
any previous time Of its eNistenfe and steadily
Increasing, while its reserve assets are OF a
character and amount to surely metal! losses
however extraordinary, aud cannot be I~rlltered
away by unfortunate Investment or detaulting
Directors-Jos. X. waddiugt6n, VIM. b. Car
penter, Charles Hires, Josiah Wistar, David f.
Grier, c. IL. SinHiCkSun, Woodruff Pcttit, Bar
clay Griscom, QuintUn T, Harris, Charles W
Casper, J. Howard SinnickSOn, John $. Elwell,
Richard BaSsett.
Executive Committee-W. b. Carpenter,
President; Joseph X. Waddington, Woodruff
Petit, q. T.. Harris. @. w. Casper, who meet
weekly, on Seventh.day, at II. NJ.
Secretary and Trcasurer-Woodnutt Petit,
to whom applicants may be made IN relation
to any business connected with the Company,
at the Office of the Company. lSS Broadway,
thead OF Market street, or at his residence,
$50 Il. Broadway, Salem.
In addition to the above the following per
sons have been elected Agents and surveyors
il. NJ. H%itclner, Elmer.
George b. Grier, WoodStOwn.
Josiah Summerill, Upper PENIS Neck.
Asa &. Turner. Pcnn'S Grove.
Daniel D.. llitehnsr, Cohansey,
John Hitchnsr, Alloway.
Joseph -. Livezey, Berkeley.
David D.. Griseom, Marion, NJ 7.
George II. Morrison, Salem.
/. o. Acton,
z. Il. Seeker,
VIM. b. CARPENTER. President.
W0ophurr PETIT. See'y and Treasurer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02
THE NICARAGUA CANAL
Abstract Of the Conclusions Of the
Commission Made Public.
ESTIMATED COST $ll8, ll3, 700.
The Chi1ds Route From Brito to Lake
Nicaragua and the Lull Route From
tho Lake to Greytown are Adopted
How the Commission Worked-Presi-
dent to Lay Report Before Congress.

WAsHINeroN, D: G. (special).-The State
D apartment has made public an official
abstract of the report Of the Nicaraguau
Canal Commission us presented by Adj
miral Walker, the head of the commits
sion. 1t is understood TO be the intention
of the President to submit the full report
to Congress at the beginning of the next
session. Meanwhile the department states
that 1t will not be possible to make public
more Of the report than the synopsis fur-
nished to the press. This synopsis says:
"The commissien understood that it was
required to consider all routes heretofore
proposed having any merit, that new
routes that appeared to have merit should
be developed, and the entire region OF
canal possibilities should be examined with
sufficient ~thoroughness to enable a JUS
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02
PLENTY OF GOLD AT DAWSON.
Over 81 100000 Reported to BE Ready For
Shipment on the First Steamer.

VANCOUVER, B. c.. (special). -Advices re-
ceived here from Dawson state that there is
evidence of the largest output OF gold ever
recorded there. A large crowd OF men are
waiting at Dawson to take the first boat,
and half OF them are miners who have from
$1,000 to $50, 900 each in dust. The White
Pass and Yukon Railway Company has
issued bills of lading ON more than 81 900,
900 worth of gold that is to come out on
one of the first river steamers.
There is every indication that the river
from Dawson to the White Horse Rapids is
now omen.
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Insanity Caused by Drink.

A notable paper was recently read be-
fore the British Medical Society in which
the author maintained that insanity cap
be largely traced to the Incorporate use OF
intoxicating drinks. He held that "the
public Is responsible for allowing men and
women to continue In the Incorporate in
diligence OF alcohol to such an extent as to
become burdens to the State. He took the
ground that the habitual inebrlate has Tor
feited the right of personal liberty, and he
intimated that the freedom OF the will, as
a natural right, is dependent on the abil-
ity to control the will. When any man or
woman reaches the point where the desire
for alcoholic liquors is not controlled, he
should be treated as a public nuisance
Christian Work,
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Civil Marriages in Cuba.

The decree giving legal sanction TO eiSi
marriages in Cuba only has teen approved
bv the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. A clergyman o.
any church. however, may perform an &c
ciesiastical marriage a~fterward. BY m
terms of the decree a eertiieation % ,n'
consent of parents, made by an eeeleS'"s
teal notary, is no longer to be requifeu'
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02

Herbert Spencer recently entered on his
eightieth birthday. He is enjoying a fair
measure OF good health.
Former Representative Ben t. Gable is to
furnish much of tho money for the build
ing of a chapter-house for the Zeta Psi fra
ternity at the University OF Michigan.
Former Senator PETER, of Kansas, one Of
the founders Of the Populist party, and who
was for years considered as chief exponent
OF populism, has returned to the Republi-
can party.
Pope Leo XIII. is said to be worth con-
siderably more than 500. 900 900, which,
with the exception of n number of small
requests to relatives, Will probably be left
to the cbnrob
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02
FlLlPlNos CAPTURE OFFICERS.
Were Sailing For Pleasure, Became Be-
Gained and Then Taken Prisoners.


MANILA (By Cable) "Details regarding
the capture by Fllipinos of two officers of
the United States hospital ship Relief nave
Just been obtained.
Third Ofacer Fred Heppy and Assistant
Engineer Charles Blandford rugged u sail
on one OF the ships boats and went sailing
along the shore, on the south, opposite the
insurgent lines. The boat became be-
Gained neal the shore, and some native
canoes with Filipinos on board put out and
captured the two men, who were unarmed,
and also took possession Of the boat.
The United States turret-ship Monau-
mock quickly seut a boat with a landing
party ashore, under cover Of her guns, anu
shelled the shore briskly. Tue natives,
however, rushed the prisoners into the
woods before the Monadnocks boat reached
land. Persons on board several other
ships saw the affair through glasses, but
were unable to prevent the capture oil
Messrs. Heppy and Blandford.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02

About the middle of June the engineer IL
charge will make a survey Of the Passaie
near Patterson. N. j.. under authority OF
tina River and Harhor bill which was In
serted through the efforts Of liepresenta'
tive Stewart in the last Congress.
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Death of a Murderer.

James Neale Plumb, who shot and killed
Alexander Masterton a few weeks ago in
New York City died in Bellevue Hospital
after having obstinately refused to take
remedies for erysipelas and gastritis pre-
scribed for him. He was soon to have
pleaded to the murder indictment.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02

The Rev. L. Hughes, formerly pastor o
the Lutheran Church at Saddle River me
death while walking on the Eric traeki
near Allendale, N. j. He was strlek W a.
express train. He was about sixty 's"A
old. aud leaves q wife,
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02
r,vs Man unrt in a r,rh, with a Shark.

The crews of two sturgeon fishing po"ts
had an encounter a few days ago with .
vhiptail shark in the Delaware Bay. neal
Wilmington, Del, Five men We're injured
before the shark was killed. From nose 10
tnil the shark measured twenty-si1 Ieet.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02

The Public Prosecutor at London, nm
nounced that he would not proceed with
the prosecution OF Ernest Terah Hooley,
the corporation promoter and Spectator
upon the charge of fraud.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-21
HIGH SOCIETY
AS 1t Is Seen From the Inside o
English Drawing Rooms.

AS 1t Is Seen From the Inside of
English Drawing Rooms.
New York Tribune
One of the anomalous contrasts that is
often seen nowadays, especially in Eng
lish society. is the "up-to-date" sporting
mamma and the dignifed, quiet and OBJ
vicusly. disappearing daugnter.
"Oh, Maud and I are not at all congen-
fal! exclaimed Mrs. Dashaway. 1--WE
have positively nothing at all in COM
mon. We are good friends, of course, but
our pursuits are entirely different To tell
the truth, 1 am rather afraid of her and
her companions, they are so awfully tip
top, don't you know, and proper. 1 al
ways feel as If they were criticising me
and my friends, and finding US below par!
AS for poor me, 1 really admire and ap-
preciate Maud's many excellent qualities,
but l am bound to admit nevertheless,
that she is decidedly dull
"Oh, dear, no! 1 do not at all belong
to mammals set, remarks Miss Maud in
her turn. II am much too old for their
JuVenility. 1 cannot play practical jokes
or smoke cigarettes or dance SKIRT dances
or do anything that would recommend me
to their intimacy. How do you suppose
my mother and some of her intimates
amused themselves the other afternoon?
They had mock funeral in our garden,
andsburied a rag baby. 1t seems that Mrs.
Freak made a rag doll, and dressed it
like a real baby, and sent 1t anonymously
to Jack Sport, who appeared with it in
his arms that evening at Lady Smart's
dance, where they all went off in shrieks
of laughter, and Count de R., who was
to lead the cotillion, borrowed it for
figure.
1T was an immense success. One man
got the woman and the other man got the
baby and had to dance with it. Every
one was vastly amused. But this was not
all. When the crowd had departed, and
Lady Smart. my respected mamma and
some other young things, with their at
tendant cavaliers, went down for coy
little supper, some one proposed to chris
ten the baby. This created great en-
thusiasm. Lady Di Highfiyer and the Hon.
AnastaSia Hunton were the godmothers
and Capt. Jlnks the godfather, the fond
parent, of course, being Jack Sport. Well,
they kept up that baby craze for a week
1t went everywhere. even on top of
coach to Richmond and to a water party
on the Thames. 1t amused the set longer
than anything had done for years but
finally it palled, and as a grand finale
some one suggested that 1t should die and
be buried. That was a great idea. In
terest revived at once, and, as told you,
the funeral took place yesterday in my
mothers garden. You see, 1t takes so
little to amuse mamma and her set!'