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The Penn's Grove record., 1899-08-04
AN AERoNAUT'S FATAL LEAP.
A Novice Falls 5000 Feet in the Presence
OF a Large A~ssemblaGe.

Cory, Penn. (Special),-Frank Reynolds,
of Ripley, Caautauqua County, fell 800
feet to his death. The Findlay's Lake AS
5emsly, at Findlay Lake, fifteen miles from
this city, a engaged Reynolds to make a
balloon ascension and parachute jump.
Reynolds, who was twenty-five years of age
and had a wife and child, Is said to have
been inexperienced. He had made but one
ascension before and had never dropped
with a parachute.
Preparations we're made, and when Rey-
holds stripped for tho jump and appeared
ready to ascend, the wind WAS blowing in
strong from Lake Erie, eight miles north.
The assembly grounds are on the north
west shore of the little lake. The wind
was certain to drive the balloon over the
lake. 1t promised to be a dangerous drop
for n seasoned veteran, but Reynolds, the
novice, never faltered. An immense crowd
was present.
When the balloon had reached n height
which appeared to be fully 5000 feet in the
air and directly over Findlay's Lake, it
was seen that the unfortunate young man
had dropped with the parachute. He
came down slowly. The ~asronaut's Young
wife shouted that Reynolds could not
swim and would drown. Boats were
quickly put out.
Reynolds struck the Mater where tho
AXE is ninety feet deep. He threw up his
hands and sank like Il stone. The nearest
boat WAS yet 200 feet of. He was drowned.
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KILLED BY HER INDIAN LOVER.


Miss Morell Murdered in Her Home Re.
cause She Rejected His Advances.
AMHERST, Mass. (Speeia).-Miss Edith
Morell, seventeen years old, was shot and
almost instantly killed in the cellar Of her
mothers house in South Amherst by Eu.
gene Takahpuer, a full-blooded Indian,
who was employed about the place as a
farm laborer.
Tbs Indian had conceived n passionate
Affection for Miss Moreli, and because she
+ rel ectpd his advances he became furiuusly
Jealous and took her life.
Mrs. Morell discharged the Indian on
the day of the tragedy because Of his be.
havior toward her daughter, vine euron
he went to Amherst, bought a pistol, and,
awaiting his chance, slipped into the
house and shot her.
When he had shot the girl Takahpuei
retreated to the barn and shouted that ne
was going to kill himself A few minutes
later the barn was seen to be In flames.
There was no means of e~xtinguishing the
fire In the village, and soon not only tho
barn but the Morell house as well, with
all its outbuildings, WIS destroyed.
~Takahpuer, who was about twenty-fouf
years old, is said to have been q graduate
of the Carlisle (Penn.) school and to have
been q player on the o Hpall team.
lie came to South AmfAst about aHye6s
ago and had been working or the Moreil
farm ever since.
He had always protested, in a stolid sort
Of way, great admiration for Miss Morell,
but not until recently had his attentions
become offensive.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-08-04

One hundred and forty-three per-
sons have killed themselves in New
York City within three months. That
is at the rate of $40 a year, In Other
words, the number of suicides in the
city is equivalent to the entire
mortality, from all causes, of a city Of
80, 900 inhabitants. Think of the
awful aggregate of suffering, physical
and mental, of which such figures
give q fragmentary glimpse. No
doubt every form of agony that has
been the motive OF the tragedies of
the stage has been represented there.
Unrequited love, shame, family dis
cords, conflicting duties, deadly weari-
ness, drink-all these things have had
their share-but beyond question the
chief cause of these hundreds of self
murders has been poverty. The hope
less tramp for work and the thought
of starving wives and children n thome
have filled the fotters' Fields with
desperate suicides, says the New Yorh
Journal
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-08-04

Golf, like tennis, is a purely anna
teur sport-the Professionals in it be-
ing a class by themselves who act as
instructors and greens-keepers, or
who are engaged in the manufacture
of goling goods. 1t has not the keen
interest for spectators that has made
baseball more of n spectacle for gate
receipts than a sport, nor can itarouse
the enthusiasm that attends a sharp
rally at tennis OF a fierce scrimmage at
football. But its possession of a
strong fascination for those who once
take it up is proved by the boom it
has experienced in America.
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DRAFT OF SAMOAN TREATY
Administrator Chosen by the Three
Governments Proposed.
Council of Three, One From Each Power
to Aid In Managing the Islands-In-
huence of Chief Justice Increased.

SAN FRANoIsco (special).-The draft pr,
posed on the new Samoan treaty as amend.
ed by the Samoan Commissioners is a docu.
ment of five thousand words. The impor.
tant features of this treaty are enumerated
and discussed in the Commissions report
the treaty containing the details OF the
modified form OF government for Samoa as
outlined in the report.
The treaty begins with a declaration OF
the neutrality OF the islands OF Samoa and
an assurance to the respective citizens aud
subjects OF the signatory Powers of equal.
ity OF rights. 1t provides for the immediate
restoration of peace and good order, and to
this end permanently abolishes the office OF
king and limits the authority of chiefs, but
creates a system of native government. Pro-
vision is made for the appointment OF an
Administrator at Samoa, to be appointed
by the three signatory Powers, or, failing
their agreement, by the King of Norway and
Sweden. The Administrators salary will
be $4,000 II year and he Is to execute all
laws in force in the Samoan Islands. He
shall possess the ~parjoning power and
make municipal appointments with the
consent of the Legislative Council, the
legislative power being vested in the Al
minlstrator and the Legislative Council OF
three members, one being appointed by
each OF the three Powers. There is also to
be a native assembly, composed OF the
Governors of different districts OF the
island.
The Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court
is to be appointed as at present, receiving
a salary of $4,000. The jurisdiction OF the
Court is increased by the modified treaty,
while the present system of Consular juris'
diction is to he abolished, The treaty con.
tains municipal and customs regulations,
all Of which are more strict than at pres
ent. The general provisions OF the act are
to remain in force for three years, although
In the mean time special amendments may
be adopted by the consent of the three
Powers, with the adherence of Samoa.
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ASYLUM FOR INSANE INDIANS.
Ont of 100000 Indians in This countrl
Only Fifty-eigtt Are Mentally Diseased.

Work will soon begin on the asylum for
insane Indians 1t Canton, g.. D., tor whieh
Congress made an appropriation OF Siz,-
OOO. with nm additional $4,000 for the pur-
chase OF grounds. 1t is Interesting to
know that out OF a total OF $50 600 Indians
in the United States there are only nfty-
eight wno are insane, | doubtful, b ldiotic
aud 2 partly idlotic. This IS u WONDERFUL
showing. and, according to statistics, is
not equalled by any race OF people on
earth. civilized or uEctvi'ized. Inese IN
balanced Indians are distributed as follows;
South Dakota, S~isseton agency, y;
Cheyenne agency, 8; Utah, olntah and
Ouray agency, 2; Kansas, Pottawatomie
agency. 2; California, Mission agency, Z;
Oklahoma, Ponca agency, /; Wyoming,
Shoshone agency, 8; Minnesota, White
Earth agency, 8; New Mexico. Misealero
agency. /: South Dakota, Pine Ridge
agency. +; Rosebud agency, q North Da-
kota. Standing Rock agency, L; Montana,
Grow agency. G; Blackfeet agency. 4; In
dian TIE ritory, Quapaw agency, .; Wiseon-
sin. La Pointe agency, 5; Iowa, sac and FOX
agency, Q; Oregon, Siletz agency, Il warn
Springs Head agency, l; Montana, Flat
head agency, s.
seven Of the insae Indians are being
cared for MT retreats for the custody OF ir-
responsible and mentally diseased pa
tlents, leaving less than hfty uhuet no pro-
vision for their care and treatment. Iho
asylum Will he arranged with every con-
yenierco sof their care, comfort anu goou
treatment, n will DO pushed 10 compile
ton as rapidly as possible.
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Rev. Theodore Cuyler. D. D., signed the
total abstinence pledge when ten years
old.
} The temperance people OF Birmingham,
Ala, have by agitation compelled the sa-
looms to close on Sundays.
A movement to exclude liquor dealers
from church membership has been started
in Louisville, KY, by Rev. I. I. Eaton, D.,
D., pastor Of one Of the wealthiest churches
in that city.
1t is stated that the banks in Kansas
have larger deposits in proportion to
population that any other State in the
Union except Maine. Kansas and Maine
are prohibition States.
On the west coast OF Africa and far in
land bottles of gin and demijohns OF rum
are used as the common currency; and on
he Congo one-half OF all that the natives
produce Is paid for with liquor.
The report OF the London temperance
hospital shows that during the year alco-
1ol was administered In that Institution to
)nly five cases out Of a total OF over 5000,
including out-patients. OF the five cases
our proved fatal.
Hoopestop, ILL.,, boasts Of never having a
.aloon within her border, and yet visitors
declare she has more paved streets and
good sidewalks than any city OF her size 10
The State. She has electric lights, water
worss, Greer College, splendid high schools
snd the largest canpipf factory In the
world.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-08-04

Many farmers are using the port.
able pigpen shown in the illustration.
The objection to it in cold weather is
that the cold wind striking the outside
of pen condenses the warm air and
steam on the inside, producing frost
and ice. To remedy this first board
up in the usual way, cover with good
quality building paper, nail on cleats
crosswise, cover with boards II foot
wide and batten. A two-inch air space
between the outer and inner wall is
thus secured. The ends should be
fixed up the same way. Now you have
an almost air-tight pen and a SOW
would not live in it long. For yenti-
l%ation, bore a two-inch hole through
the outer wall near the bottom of pen
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MANILA HEROES RETURN.
Unexpected Arrival of Nebraska Fighters
Prevented Formal Greetings.

Prevented Formal Greetings.
SAN FgAxcIsco (Special).- THE untimely
arrival of the United States transport Han
cock, having on board the Nebraska Regl-
ment and two batteries of the Utah Artil-
leiy, completely destroyed all the arrange
ments which had been made for n royal
reception and an enthusiastic welcome to
the fighting volunteers returning from the
battlefelds OF the Philippines.
There were no reception committees
afoat at midnight when the transport en-
tered the barbor and only one small dele
CATION of Nebraska people, headed by
Judge Robert Ryan, OF Lincoln, and q. o.
Wheaton, of the same city, accompanied
the Custom House officials and the CORE
spondents on the race dow the bay.
Colonel H. b. Milford, OF the Nebraskas,
who Is in command, soon appeared at the
railing. By his side stood William Grazen,
of Company d, the sentinel of the Nebraska
Regiment who fired the first shot in an
swer to shots from the FIllpiuos which
started the wac with tie insurgents. He
killed the first Filipino who died by an
American bullet, and it was this shot which
was the signal of the advance of the entire
American line aud the great rout Of the
rebel army of the night OF February 4.
1.-THE Nebraska troops had as much work
In this war" said Colonel milford. "as any
regiment, volunteer or regular. Our death
roll in the Philippines from Sunshot
wounds, accidents, and disease is sixty
two. Including the sick and wounded who
are recovering. we dropped, all told, 2Oi
men. On the Hancock are more b 100
wouaded soldiers"
The men on the Hancock numbered 1876
and included the two Utah Light Batteries
and sixty discharged men from the Twenty
second United States Regiment. Lieuten-
ant Colonel Cotton OF the Nebraska Regi-
ment remained Mt Manila, whers he Will
engage in banking.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-08-04

II we expect to get our old hens to
laying before the winter begins, we
must assist them through the moult
ing season, so that they will be in o
thrifty condition at the end of this
trying period.
1t requires a great deal of care to do
this, but the only road to profit lies in
eggs during the winter months, and
these we cannot have unless the hens
moult early.
Fowls that have had a special prep
a~ration for the moulting period will
shed their plumage 80 easily that the
change is scarcely noticeable, and
many of them will not stop laying,
though it is really better that they
take a rest during that time.
Green ground bone should be fed
moulting hens twice each week, and
on other days a little oil meal should
be given in the morning mash.
Condition powders and stimulants
should lie avoided, unless it be with
those which do not freely put out new
feathers, and these cases are rare il
proper care has been exercised.
Guard against the ravages of lice,
as they arc especially dangerous to
fowls during this time, when the sys-
TEN is already taxed to its utmost,
Likewise, protect the fowls from
rain and dampness in all forms.
Many of the ailments with which we
have to contend are the result Of ez-
posure dnring the moulting season.
When fowls are allowed to roost in
trees they have nc protection, and
thus contract colds, which soon de-
velop roup.
SunAower seed are very good to
promote a growth of new feathers, but
should be fed in moderation, other
wise the hens will become oyer-fat.
A variety of all kinds of grain should
be given, and the hens should DO
forced to take plenty of exercise
Farm and Home.
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An industrial home for blind men
is to be established in Indianapolis on
plans that have been followed sue
cessfully in Ohio, Pennsylvania and
some other States. The enterprise
is backed by about seventy-hve citi-
zens, who, after making an investiga-
ton. are satisfied that such a home
can be made self-supporting and OF
great benefit to blind men of the
State. 1t is contemplated that blind
men who are finding it difficult to
earn n living be taken into the home
and taught soIne useful trade, and as
soon as they are able to earn money
they will be put on the payroll OF the
home,
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FEVER At SOLDIERS Home
An Outbreak of Yellow Jack at The
Hampton, Va, institution.
ALLTAEi NMATtSlN QUARAN TINE.

The Soldiers Home Has Over 1000 In
mates-Many Cases and Some Deaths
Re,orted-No One Allowed to Enter
or Leave the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In p,.vs,t the Spread of the Disease.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (SpeclaD.-fellow
fever has broken out at the National Sol
diers' Home at Hampton. There Is no
doubt about the nature of the fever, as 1t
was given out officially that the disease
was yellow fever. The physicians, Ma
tional and State quarantine officers, VINO
consulted. expressed their suspicious when
the cases we're first brought to their at
teution. but 1t was decided to make no
announcement until they were positive.
An official statement given ont on the
day after the disease was reported stated
that there were thirty cases OF fever IN the
place. and that there were ten deaths from
the disease.
Dir. W. G.. Pettus, United States Marine
Hosnital Surgeon at Old Point Comfort,
nuarantined against the Home and no per-
sons are allowed to enter the reservation.
The officials of the Home have no idea
how the disease worked its way into the
Dlltt. WltTt ONtl olN ~
are quartered. 1t was reported that some
of the soldiers who mingled with sailors
from Southern countries in Ph9bus car
ried the fever into the Home, but there IS
no evidence of this. A soldier was re-
ceived Mt the institution about two weeks
before from Sabine Pass, Texas, but the
authorities at the Home will not say that
he is responsible for the admission OF the
disease.
The disease was first discovered several
days ago, but at that time there was doubt
about its being yellow fever. When the
quarantine authorities decided that the
disease was yellow fever steps we're taken
Immediately to prevent it spreading. The
Home authorities have issued orders pro-
hibiting all soldiers from leaving the
grounds, and those who live outside will
not be- allowed to enter pending the quar-
antine. The United States Marine Hospital
Service has taken charge OF the Home. All
electric ears now stop at Phnbns, and no
one is allowed to enter Old POINT
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TEMPERANCE COLUMN,
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

hn OK on Trial-Distinguished Soldiers
Who Have Been Strong Advocates oi
Total Abstinence in the Army-Their
Reasons For This Are Unanswerable.
KNEW an old farmer who kept a big OK,
He ate a great deal but worked not 0
stroke;
| Men put him in pound as tight as n box,
And placed on his leck a big iron yoke;
They fed him whole fields OF the best OF the
corn.
But he pushed like the devil with the point
OF his horn
And oft from his pound and his keepers
he broke.
With a terrible rush the pavement he'd
take,
Or sweep with his horns the thick
crowded street;
All barriers and fences to check him he'6
break,
And hood and run over whomever he'c
meet;
His ~nostrils we're red with the blood that
His pathway was strewed with the dying
and dead,
From the thrust OF his horns or the tread
OF his feet.
OF this horrible OK the to wnsmen all spoke,
or his pound and his keepers and vic.
Tins, f~orlorn;
Some said he was safe for he wore a big
yoke,
And others said not because OF his horn.
The creature, some said, deserved to be
killed;
Some argued, his pound men higher should
build,
And instanced the market he made for
the corn.
In spite of his yoke and his keepers twas
found,
Since the owner paid license and bought
up the corn,
That respectable" men would open the
pound,
And let out the OK, with the terrible
horn;
II some would complain of terror and pain,
And point to the victims the monster had
slain,
They we're laughed at as "cranis" and
hooted with scorn.
A wise man, at last, with this ~wlckedness
vexed.
A volume, well worn, from his side
pocket drew;
Hear, townsmen," he said, 'Ill read YOU
a text,
Which tells with the owner and OK what
to do"
He read, and the people with mercil'ss
stones
Crushed in the ~ox-monster, his horns and
his bones,
Then righteously slew the ox-owner, too.
Joel Swartz, in National Advocate.
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1t is wonderful what a number o.
enemies the bicycle has had in it,
day. From the small boy who casI
the first stone at a man on a wheel tc
the bicycle bug it is a long chapter o
disasters. Sometimes the hostility
arose from prejudice, as in the case Of
those who Knocked at the women who
wore short dresses; sometimes from
professional jealousy, as in the case
ofthe drivers of horses who loved to
drive the cyclists to the we'll. Blu
the bicyclist has survive /.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-08-04

It is not ~paradoxical, as it might
seem, to call the ending of the college
or school course Commencement.
Every ending is also a beginning,
Theory ends, practice begins. War
ends, peace begins, Life in one form
ends, life in another form begins.
Night ends, day begins. 50 study OF
books ends, and the application oil
that study to the wider study of the
world and to the tasks of life begins.
The schoolboy ends, the scholarly
man begins. That is the purport OF
Commencement, and for it no filter
name could be devised.
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No one will grudge any praise that
may be showered on. Ella Clendenin,
the typical American girl who insisted
on going to Swinburne Island to nurse
her sister through the yellow fever,
Yet there is nothing exceptional in
her heroism. She risked her life
willingly and gladly rather than ex
pose her sister to an added risk by
icing Is4t in the charge OF strangers.
And greater love than this hath nc
man." But is not such devotion the
rule with right-minded women?
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REBELS ATTACK CAl-AM3A.
They Attempt to Recapture the Town But
Are Easily I;epulsed.

MANILA by Cable).-The Insurgents
made an unsuccessful attempt to -ecapture
the town of Calamba, IN the shore OF
Laguna de Bay, which was captured by the
forces of General Hall. The rebels num-
bered 2400 men. The attack was made
simultaneously from the north and south,
the Fllipinos appareatlythinking that they
would confuse the Americans by attacking
from two points Mt once.
1t was not even necessary to employ tho
whole American force to drive the Fill
pinos of. Two companies of the Twenty
ilrst Infantry, a squadron Of cavalry and
one gun suiiced to repulse the attack from
the north, while 400 men of the Washing
ton regiment, comprising part OF General
Halls command. and u detachment OF cav
airy drove off the rebels who had advanced
from the south.
The loss of the Insurgents is not known.
The American loss was one killed and sew
en- wounded.
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pie OF baggage carelessly placed on
the railway platform at Woodward Resort
Paw Paw Lake. Mich. was struck by a pas
senger engine and violently thrown among
800 waiting passengers, several OF Whoh
were knocked down and severely injured.
Miss Clara Hanley, OF Chicago, was la'"hy
Injured. She was taken to st. Joseph
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-08-04

The curse of gold is nowhere better
shown than in the dispute between
the United States and Great Britain
as to the Alaskan boundaries. If gold
had not been discovered near the
border line, either country could have
had for nothing all the territory about
which the two nations have quarreled
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-08-04

The authorities at Paris are unable
to locate the grave of John Pau
Jones, the naval hero of II Reyo
lutionary War. IT'S only an irony oI
fate. 1t is equally impossible tc
locate the burial place of the hun
dreds of sturdy foes whom he sent tc
''Davy Jones's locker"
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Two Executed at Sing Sing.

Lewis Pullerson and Michael McDohaIu
suffered the death penalty at the State
Prison at Sing Sing, N. Y. Pullerson, who
was a negro t~wenty-nine years old. on
March IL, 1898, killed his common-law wife,
Kate Smith, a white woman, in their
apartments in New York City, by strang-
ling her with a handkerchief and with his
hands. His motive was Jealousy. Nc
Donald was formerly a beef carrier en-
ploved in a slaughter house in New York
city. On May 4, 1898, he shot and Killed
Stephen Titus, the head timekeeper OF the
establishment, during a violent quarrel
bet ween the two men over money.
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BOILER EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN.
Threshing Crew Almost Externinnted-
Engine Blown Over One Hundred Feet.

WHITE CLouD, Mich. (SpeclaD.% Shortly
after a threshing crew had started to work
Mt Big Prairie, eight miles east, Engineer
Crabtree noticed that the water in the
boiler was low. The fire was raked out,
and the engineer turned more water into
the boiler.
Almost instantly the boiler exploded,
killing Charles iIaight, Alfred Halght.
Charles Crabtree, Bert Saltcr, Cecil Priest,
Raymond Howe and George Overly.
Oscar Evans had his leg broken. Three of
the men left families. The explosion blew
the engine one hundred aud nftyfeet, driv-
ing it through n barn and carrying half OF
the separator through tho barn with It.
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Sources of Water For Irrigation.

sources of Water For Irrigation.
These are four, rain, well, reservoir
and rivers. OF these river water is
the most valuable as it contains in
solution much f%ertilizlng material
taken from the soil through or over
which it flows. Rain water is almost
pure, but supplies nothing to the land
but moisture. Well water is also quite
pure, but often contains injurious
mineral matter taken from the earth
through which it has filtered. This is
especially true at the end of n dry sea.
son. Reservoirs contain a great deal
of plant nourishment in solution.
Considerable of this is frequently de.
posted before the water is drawn Oh
and applied to the fields.