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The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

How My Boy Went Downr-What Con-
vinced a Famous Editor That a Clear
Mind and Liquor Do Not Go Together
"a Terrible Example.
1t was not on the field OF battle,
1t was not with n ship at sea,
But II fate far worse than either
That stole him away from me.
Twas the death in the tempting dram
That the reason and senses drown;
He drank the allurlng poison,
And thus my boy went down.
Down from the heights OF manhood
To the depths OF disgrace and sin;
Down. to n worthless thing,
From the hope OF what might have been.
For the brand Of a beast besotted
He bartered bis manhood's crown,
Through the gate of a sinful pleasure
Ny poor, weak boy went down.
It's only the same old story
That mothers so often tell,
With accents OF infinite sadness,
Like the tones of q funeral bell;
But | never thought, once, when l heard it,
Should learn all its meaning myself;
l thought he'd be true to his mother,
thought he'd be true to himself.
But alas for my hopes. all deIusion!
Alas for his youthful pride!
Alasl who are safe when danger
Is open on every side2
Oh, can nothing destroy this great evil?
No bar in Its pathway be thrown,
To save from the terrible maelstrom
The thousands of boys going down?
National Advocate.
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Saloons are verltable pest houses, whose
presence is u menace to all progress and
civilization.
In Navajo County, Arizona, covering m
area OF 10, 900 square miles, there are only
nine saloons,
Good coffee will gradually destroy a
liking for alcohol. In Brazil, where coffee
Is grown extensively, and the inhabitants
drink 1t many times n day, intoxicntton is
rarely seen.
So long as tho licensed saloons are per-
mitted to sell spirits to anyone, so long will
crime, disease aud pauperism exist. 1t is
cause and effect as clearly as any opera
tion OF nature.
The drinking customs Of our day are a
relic OF the pagan worship OF their devil
gods, and yet they have the legal sanction
OF a so-called Christian civilization.
Brewers and dislillers are considering
plans for lining beer and whisky kegs or
barrels with aluminium as a preservative
process. But what is the use so long as
stomachs cannot be similarly lined?
The Duchess OF Sutherland has opened
a new temperance cafe and hall which the
Duke has erected, fitted and furnished at
Helmsdale Harbor, England. for the con-
yenience OF the fishermen OF that port.
According to a decision rendcrel by the
State Treasurer Of North Caroline, the dis
pensarles whic been established in
that State are al, to sell liquor only to
the holder OF a physicians prescrintion.
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DARING MAIL ROBBERlE6
Two Wagon Drivers Arrested Fol
Stealing Letters in Chicago.
Checks n. High as $4,000 and Much
Other Property Stolen by the Thieves
one of Whom Confesses.

CHICAGO (Specia) What is regarded by
postonce Inspector James Stuart as one
Of the largest and boldest mail robberics
In the history of the Chicago Postoflce
was detected a few days ago, and the ar
r,st of Walter Porter and John Newman
drivers of mail wagons followed. Porter
made a full confession, duplicating New
man.
and packages taken by the men was found
In their lodging-house. In the pile were
letters. money orders and checks directed
to ali parts of the country and Europe.
One check found in the pile was for 500
roo. While another for a large amount was
sent from Marcus Days bank at Ana
conda. i,
The robbers had been in the employ OF
the Chicago Postofice since June l, and
nil the thefts we're committed since that
time while the prisoners were driving
their wagons.
The mail was all taken from pouches
while being carried in the wagons and
from railroad stations, and 1t has been nd
mitted that three sacks were taken in one
day.
The prisoners will not admit that they
secured much OF value from their depreia-
items, but declare that they would have
been considerably richer had their seheme
not been discovered so soon.
They were preparing to destroy the mail
mntter when arrested, and had hidden
most of 1t away in sacks in the attic OF the
house In which they lived.
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Edward w. Box, of the Ladies' Home
Journal, says: zone thing that led me to
makeup my mind never to touch liquor was
the ruin which l saw it bring to some OF
the finest minds with which l have ever
come into contact. | have seen, even In my
lew years OF professional life, some OF the
smartest literary men dethroned from
splendid positions, owing to nothing else
but their indulgence in wine. | have known
men with salaries OF thousands of dollars a
year come TO beggary from drink.
Only recently there applied to me for any
position / could offer him one of the most
brilliant editorial writers in the newspaper
professional man who two years ago cas-
lily commanded one hundred dollars for a
single editorial in his special field, That
man became so unreliable from drink that
editors are now afriRd of his articles, and,
although he can to-day write as forcible
editorials as at any time during his life, he
sits in a cellar in one OF our cities writing
newspaper wrappers for one dollar per
thousand. That is only one instance of
several l could recite. l do not hold my
friend up rs a terrible example He is but
one OF a type of men who convinced me.
md may convince others, that a clear mind
and liquor do not go together.
II know it is said when one brings up
such an instance as this: Oh well, that
man drank to excess. One glass will not
hurt anyone How do these people know
that it Will nOtP One drop OF kerosene has
been known to throw into dame an almost
hopeless fire, and one glass of liquor may
fan into name n smoldering spark hidden
away where we never thought 1t existed.
The spark may be there and It may not be.
Why take the risk? Liquor will never do
a healthy boy or young man the least
particle OF good; 1t may do him harm. A
man who will Willingly tempt a young
man whom he knows has a principle
against liquor Is a man for whom n halter
Is too good.
Then, as / looked round and came to
know more OF people and things, found
the always unanswerable argument In
favor OF a young mans abstinence; that Is,
that the most successful men In America
to-day are those who never lift a w~ineglass
to their lips. Becoming interested In this
fact, / had the curiosity to inquire per-
sonaIly into 1t; / found that Of twenty
eight of the leading business men In the
country, whose names | selected at ran
dom, twenty-five never touch a drop OF
wine. / made up my mind that there was
some reason for this. If liquor brought
cafe pleasures, why did these men abstain
from 1t? II, as some say, 1t is q stimulant
30 u busy man, why do not these men,
directing the largest business interests in
this country, resort to i2 And when l saw
that these were the men whose opinions In
great business matters were accepted by
the leading concerns OF the world, l con
cluded that their judgment in the use OF
liquor would satisfy me. If their judg-
ment IN business matters could command
tho. respect and attention of the leaders OF
trade on both sides OF the sen, their de-
elslons as to the use Of liquor was not apt
to be wrong"
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CURES AT A CAMP MEETING.
Alleged Miraculous dealing at a "Holi-
ness Society," Gathering.

Incidents never before witnessed in the
northern section of West Virginia at q re.
liglous assemblage attracted hundreds OF
persons to the "holiness" camp meeting,
which was Just in session at Moundsville.
Twenty-slx persons who said they had SUI
ferei from bodily ills for many years pre-
scented themselves before Elder Schell and
his associates to be healed.
Members OF the sect calling itself the
holiness Society" gathered from all parts
OF the country, aud with them were many
invalids. Al the Sunday afternoon session
Elder Schell, who came from England to
preside at the meetings, pregched from
one o'clock TIL four, and at the conclusion
Of his remarks the patients were presented
for the healing ceremonies. One woman,
Mrs. W. B. Blaney, of Indiana, was taken
to the auditorium in n carriage. Later
she was seen running about the grounds
and shouting ard telling her friends of her
alleged recovery. She had thrown away
her crutches, which, she said, she had
carried for many years. .
An old ma from the southern part OF
the State said he had been cured of q neu-
ralgic trouble with which he had suffered
for many months. He, too, went shouting
through the crowded grounds. The meet
lngs and strange ceremonies attracted
great crowds to the camp grounds, andthe
recoveries are vouched for by persons not
members OF the sect, but who watched the
meetings closely.
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For a score or two Of miles one
looks up or down the Colorado Cam
Won, while the view Gi ectly nc oss to
the opposite wal covers a distance OF
Mt least ten or twelve miles. The rain
and the rain-uorn streams have scalp
turel this valley Enthusiastically. There
are hundreds of side valleys With pro.
jecting points OF the pa eau, or with
isolated plateau topped hills or buttes
between. hlough the centre extends
the Grand Canyon itself, Mt there are
scores OF great side canyons, IN them
selves wonderful, but here lost by
blendin5 into mere minor pa t of the
grand scene; aad then there Il e tens
of thousands OF still minor valleys,
each forming a mere minute detail in
the great result.
While of coursethe most impressive
feature is the immense depth, one Is
also powerfully i oppressed by the VII
riety of form and in this connection is
struck by the remarkable control oven
form and color exercised by the rock
strata themselves. Being quite neal.
w horizontal, these layers extend at
fairly uniform le,e els along both walls
of the canvou, rs vel as ulou the
projecting points atl hills. Since
these Layers are differently colore !,
there are nearly horizontal bands OF
color in the canyon; but through the
distortion Of perspective resulting
from the pro. ]ection OF partsot the cal
Won walls, there is not that rtdl lty
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23

The will OF II, c. Billings, late Of Boston d,
mas been filed for probate. By its requests
more thar s 1000, 900 goes to publ, instI-
buttons. The principal requests are to
Harvard University, the Musuem OF Fin
Arts and the Institute OF Technology, 800,
600 each, with $50, 900 additional to the last
named to establish a fund to assist atu'
dents who do not use liquor or tobacco.
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The ~Anti-Saloon Leagues making itself
strongly felt in Ohio. Last year It dis
tributed large quantities of temperance
literature, held thousands of temperance
agitation meetings, and was instrumental
in closing tho saloons in forty-four town
ships and towns. Moreover, through its
Influence there are many towns in which
tho liquor laws are better enforced than
nNar hnfOra.
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OFFICE-HEAD OF MARKET ST., SALEM.
THIS old and reliable Company of 30 years
i standing continues to insure all kinds OF
property, not extra hazardous, in town or cOnn-
try for any length of time not exceeding tivI
years at rs low rates as will pay losses and eX
penses. 1t inSures against fire or lightning or
damage by either. Its losses are promptly ad
justed and paid. Its funds on hand are ample
to meet all probable loss, being larger than at
any previous time of its exiStense and steadily
character and amount to surely meet all losses
however extraordinary, and cannot be FILTERED
away by unfortunate investment or defaulting
officers.
Directors-Jos. X. waddlngton. VIM. b. Car
penter, Charles Hires, Josiah Wistar, David +.
Grier, G. II. SinnickSOn, Woodruff Petit, Bar.
clay Griscom, Quinton p. Harris, Charles W.
Casper, j. Howard SinnickSOn, John $. Elwell,
Richard Bassett.
Executive Committec-W. b. Carpenter.
President; Joseph X. Waddington, Woodruff
Petit, @. p. Harris, C. W. Casper, who meet
weekly, on Seyentlrday, at 8 Z. NJ.
Secretary and TreaSurer-Woodnutt Petit.
to whom applicants may be made in relation
at the office of the Company. lS3 Broadway,
thead Of Market street,) or at his residence,
$50 L Broadway, Salem.
In addition to the above the following per-
sons have been elected Agents and Surveyors;
IL. NJ. Hitchner, Elmer.
George b. Grier, WoodstOwn.
Josiah Snmmerlll, Upper Penn's Neck.
Asa G. Turner. Penn'S Grove.
Daniel D. HitchneT, COhanSey.
j. Forman Sinnieksop, l.. r. Neck.
John Hltchner, Alloway.
Joseph B. Bivezey, Berkeley.
David ID. Griscom, Marlton, Nj.
George II. Morrison, Salem.
l.. o. Acton,
z. b. Sickler,
WM. b. CARPENTER. President.
WooDsuTr PsrTIr, See'y aud Treasurer.
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AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.
Sustained by the Voters of New Sout
Wales.

SYDNEY, N. S. W. (By Cable).-The refer.
.ndum on the Federation question has re
suite | In II ,045 votes IN favor. rs II ;ainst
10, ISL opposed in the city Of Sydney. IL
the suburbs the voting was 81, 45s in fave.
and 25,04s opposed, and in the country
districts the re turns, now practically com
plete, show 65, 697 for Federation, a:
against "A ,095 opposed.
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CARRIE JONES" IN PRISON.
K%idnapper of Baby Clarke Begins to Serve
Her Sentence of imprisonment.

NEW YORK CRY (Special).-Another chap
ter in the Baby Clarke kidnapping cas-,
was closed when Bella Anderson, alIai
Carrie Jones, the nurse girl, was taken tt
Auburn Prison to serve out the four year.
Imprisonment imposed upon her for com
plicity with George Beauregard Barrow in
the stealing OF Baby Clarke.
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Hnyana's First Surplus.

For the first time in the history OF Cuba
the Finance Department OF Havana Prov,
ince, after meeting all expenses, has q sur
plus OF 3 "a, 966, During the Spanish re.
CINE there was always deficit in this de-
hartmann
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Serum Cure For Cancer.

Drs. Requette and Lcbro, of the Belgian
Medical Academy at Antwerp, have dis
covered q serum for the cure of cancer
Experiments made upon twenty horses
bave proved conelusiyely the efficacy OF
the treatment.
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Two KIneh by LIghtming.

Mary Luka was instantly killed by light
ming which struck her home at Audenrled,
Penn, In a severe storm. In course OF a
storm lightning struck the house Of John
q. Gaughan, ut Centralii, Penn., and killed
his nlne-year-oll daughter MARY.
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LONDON (By Cable),-The Secretary oil
State for the Colonies, Joseph Chamber
lain, In the House of Commons announced
amid cheers, THAI New South Wales had
voted in favor OF Federation by a large
majority.
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During the last twenty years the Aneri-
can Bible Society has put into circulation
in Mexico 600, $40 2Ibles, Testaments and
portions of the Bible.
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Perez Das Marinas Taken.

The troops commanded by General
Wheaton entered Perez das Marlnas, Phil
lppine Islands, a few days Z without op-
position, except upon tho part OF small
bodies of rebels, who Inflicted no losses
upon the Americans, Tho town is an un'
important p ace surrounded by swamps.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23

BRISBANE, Queensland (By Cable).-Ths
Federal Enabling bill passed both houses
of the Colonial Legislature, and the refer
endum is fixed for September 2,
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23

Secretary Long at Washington has de-
eided to establish a Board Of Admirnls not
connected with bureaus, which will have
charge OF all matters relating tc naval sou,
ttructinn
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23

MELBOURNE, Victoria (By Cable).-Th
referendum on the Federation proposal
will be taken in Victoria toward the end OF
July,
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King Leopold Receives Mr.. Townsend
Lawrence Townsend, the new United
Minister to Belgium, has been re-
ceived at Brussels by King Leopold.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23

In certain Partisan restaurants q quar-
ter is charged for the "ss OF the table
cloth.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23

II she is a good prisoner and obeys the
rules OF the Auburn Prison, Bella Anderson
will be released in three years. she Il.
allowed one year Communication for good
hahavinr
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-23

Lady Passenger lseate in the rail
way carr age underneath the rack
which her fellow passenger has loaded
with iun Hes You have SO many
packages here, monsieur, I'm afraid
they'll fall. The Fellow Passenger
Oh, never mind There's nothing
among them that would b elk easily.
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DIR. TALNAGES SERMON.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE Blythe NOTED
DIVINE,

subject: Art a Mighty Agency . or the SAL
Walton of Mankind - Pictures Potent
For Good or Evil as the Subjects Are
Good or Bad-Praise For Our Artists.
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BClD WORK OF ROBBERS.
A HoId-Up by Ten Masked Men in a
Philadelphia Car Barn.
EMPLOYEES BOUND AND GAGGED.

Che Robbers Tear Open a Trolley Com.
pany's Safe with Nitro-Glycerine and
CrowDars and Secure Two Days' Re.
ceipts, Amounting to S40O0-reIephon,
wires, Leading to the omce, Were Cut
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-31
The Spirit of 10.

/ !ston, Dec. 30. = The common
co1<il of Boston yesterday, after q
Aspirfted debate, adopted a resolu-
ton of sympathy for the Beers. The
resolution follows:,
Whereas, the Common council of
the city of Boston, has heard of the
magnificent struggle for independ-
ence and freedom from British tyrany
which has been made by the Boer
nation recently, and
Whereas, this representative
branch of the city government holds
that the Beers ought TO be free
nation; be it
Resolved, That this council con-
graduates. President Kruger and his
people on their many successes al
ready achieved and that we fervently
hope the war will end with complete
victory for the Boer arms.
Resolved, That the clerk of the
common council be instructed to for
ward copy of these resolutions to
President Kruger.
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NoN.

sRtiIs sTioN.
sE ED,
Lo1 &c : feb says
the uanas ser, cap
tui r5ttsh ne Kuru-
ms ftheast of Kimberley on the
rs un1an, which is the capital
9 aannaland protectorate, was
attae&ed twice by the Beers last
week, but the loyalist arrison re-
pulsed the attacks. ~~
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Kansas Prohibition Booze.

John Brown, town marshal, had
regular "Harper's Ferry" with some
hilarious parties Wednesday night.
1t appears that some Cofferville boys
came down on the evening train and
brought with them all the booze"
they had left. This rem ainder was
distributed among the Nowata boys
of various sizes. Then the celebra.
ton began. Near train time, Mar
shall Brown gathered unto himself
his arms and hied away to the
heart of 1.-THE enemy's country"
near the depot. Some non-com-
batants were pressed in to the ser
vice and Brown attempted to make
arrests for drunk and disorderly
conduct" Bnt Browns pike"
failed to work and he was summarily
put through depot window at the
expense of the Iron Mountain rail-
way. And his assistants, where
were they? Ask ye of the winds
that transformed their coat tails into
card tables.-Nowata Herald.
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Died From the Shock

Denison, Tex, Dec. 30-A message
from Stonewall, 1. T., sixty-five
miles north of Denison, in the in
terror, says:
During the heavy rains of last
week Charley Chapman, who lives
close on PontOtoc, started with his
family to go to the home of his
father, w. III. Chapman, who lives
about four miles south of here.
When he reached sheep creek he
found it pretty well up. His wife
was sick and anxious to get to their
destination.
She urged him to try and ford the
stream. He did SO. He drove in,
but the current proved te be too
swift and turned his wagon over.
He succeeded in rescuing his chill
dren, but his wife was drowned
He also lost one of his horses, He
took the remains of his wife to his
fathers.
His mother tainted when she look
ed on the body of the dead woman,
and q few hours later passed away,
the shock proving TOO much for her.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-31
Indian TERRITORY Story Denied.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 30.-Some
wild stories are coming out of the
Indian Territory about threatened
exodus of whites. made necessary
by the enforcement of the United
States laws. 1t has been stated that
on January every leasee OF land in
the Indian Territory would be COM
PEELED to leave the Territory or sub
nit to election. At the interior de-
partment such stories are asserted
to be sensational connections, based
upon miscopception of the law.
While it is true that the individual
Indian can't lease his allotment, the
surplus land can be leased just the
same ms now, and there will be no
occasion for any of the white lessees
to get out of the Territory unless
they so desire.
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Remarkably Strange
That a man of more than ord

That a man of more than ordi-
nary business ingenuity, one who
has a crowded house, centrally To-
Gated, equipped in every manner
to cater to the finest trade, one
who has his house filled with an
endless variety of Fire Crackers,
which are scattered on all over the
counters. He even supplies the
largest wholesale houses in town
remarkably strange, that he per-
sists in refusing to advertise. If
you know the many hundreds of
things he has that are needed to
complete the happiness Of the home
on Christmas morning, you shall
be compelled to visit his store. You
are too busy to read the long list.
Candies and Fruits from 81 up to
So a basket. If you mean to
hang on to your best girl, you had
better take her to this man. store.
We haven't space to quote them.
This man who continues to turn
away the advertising solicitor is
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-31
Christmas i'm Pauls Valley.

Monday night ladders and boards
were placed across the sidewalk in
several places on Main street. A
great many ladies and children lin
coming home from the Christmas
tree exercises stumbled over these
hurdles and several had very pain
full falls. notably Mr.. and Mrs.
Pyeatt. Mr.. Pyeatt had his baby
in his arms and says that ii is a
wonder the baby was not killed by
The violence of his fall. Mr. Pyeatt's
knee was painfully injured.-Chick-
asaW Enterprise.
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JULIUS KAHN.
Disinterested Curiosity.

An Arkansas maiden who per-
haps has Christmas or New Years
present to give away is seeking
assiduously for the proper person
to give it to and in her dilemma
writes the Indian Chieftain as te
his whereabouts, giving his name
and closes her letter thus lpatheti-
cally: He hant eney thing to ms
whatever.
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Change of Base.

John w. Griggs, attorney gen.
eral at Washington, has written
United States Attorney w. B.
johnson of this place, as follows:
''The designation of Feb. 4. 1899,
of the Missouri state penitentiary
at jefferson City. Mo-, as the place
of confinement of all persons con-
victed in. your district and SEN
fenced to imprisonment for terms
exceeding ten years, is hereby re-
voked, and the Ohio penitentiary
at Columbus, O., is hereby desig-
mated as the place Of confinement
for such persons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-31
Much Smallpox.

South McAlester, 1. T., Dec. 3d.
A car load of negroes came in from
The smallpox district Thursday night,
enroute to Texas and Kansas, where
they go to work in the mines. A
number of colored people have re-
Gently died with the smallpox. hence
this immigration. The smallpox
seems to affect only the colored race,
but few white people having taken
the disease.