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The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13
Ballington Booths Boys New Name.

In the Circuit Court, at Newark, the ap-
plicatfon was granted permitting William
Booth. the twelve-year-old son of General
and Mrs. B~allington Booth, to change his
name to Charles Brandon Booth. The petit
ton claims that the change was asked be-
cause Mrs. Booth-Tucker has named her
son William Booth, and for the petitioner
20 have the same name would be q serious
detriment and might result In loss OF prop.
srty to him. The change is largely due, it
Is thought, to the differences which exist
General Booth,
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13
Exercise For Ducks.

Duck breeders often have troubI.
in securing fertile eggs largely be
cause of lack of exercise for the breed
ing birds. The method described b.
81. H. Stoddard in the New Egg Farm
overcomes this obstacle by providing
8 series of swimming tanks unde,
feed cylinders or feeding boards, al
shown in the illustration.
A ditch rs cut and boarded at sidef
and bottom, 9 showing the origina'
surface Of the ground, 9 an inclined
plane of boards with lath tackled on te
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13

The country at large will regret
that the highly interesting Governor
of Guam feels obliged to retire from
his post. He has added to the gayety
of nations while doing his work thor
oughly and we'll.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13
Roy Of EIeven SuicIde.

John Lane. the eleyen-year-old son oil
Thomas Lane, a blacksmith. of Worcester
Mass, returned from ~Sunday-school and
went to the cellar to do some chores. as
was supposed. Twenty minutes later his
stepmother found him hanging from q
rafter In the cellar. The boys motive is
unknown.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13
Senatorial speeches on pending
questions are rarely IS deep as they
are long.

If the boys are permitted to have
secret societies in colleges why should
not the girls? Besides, if the girls
learned to keep a secret in school it
might be of great benefit to them in
after life.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13

In a number of our oldest and
largest universities in the college
circle a teacher is never addressed OF
spoken of as Presinent or Professor.
but only as plain "Mister." It il
"Mr. Eliot, ""Mr. Hadley,h not Presi
dent Eliot or Hadley,
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13
Insane Patients Removed,

Ninety-rwo CT Cumberland's inmates II
the State Lunatic Asylum. at Trenton.
have been taken tothe c~ounty's new asylum
at Bridgeton. The trip was mad without
trouble. The specially engaged train. con.
slsting of four cars, stopped in a ravins
close by the road which leads to the asy-
lnm and only a quarter OF a mile from the
institution. The patients were speedily
bundled into the many hacks which were In
waiting and driven to their new quarters
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13
For : Cable to Hawaii.

With little debate of Importance thu
United States Senate has passed the Pacific
Gable bill, a measure appropriating $4,000,
100 Tor the construction OF a cable line be.
tween San Francisco and Honolulu.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13
Millbarn Townships Only paupsr.

Millburn township has decided to give
up its poor farm, where in years past the
paupers of the town have been housed and
given employment. Under the prosperous
times OF the LAST year business has fallen
Oh at the poor farm until there Is but ona
pauper left, and the Township Committee
has figured 1t out that what the poor farm
has been costing to maintain would have
paid for the board of the paupers at a good
hotel at a rate OF $40 or $12 a week. Now
the poor farm will be leased to somebody,
and the farmer who leases 1t will be paid
for boarding the townships pool.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13
G. A. X. Eucampment.

The Council OF Administration OF the
New Jersey Grand Army of the Republic
AVE fixed upon May II and IS as the time
and Trenton as the place for holding the
next State encampment.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13

While getting ready for bed Mrs. Edward
0'Donnell, of Burlington, who had lived
alone since the death OF her husband.
struck a match on the mantelpiece. The
blazing 9 few off aud set fire to a lam
brequin, and 10 a moment the flames were
communicated to her wrapper. Frank
Rice and Joseph Moore heard her screams,
and, bursting into the house. tore up tho
carpet and wrapped the woman's burning
form In 1t. Mrs. O'Donnell was removed
to q neighbours house, where she died soon
afterward. The unfortunate woman had
no relatives and leaves considerable prop
3rtv
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13
Found Her Dead in an orchard.

Because Albert De Blocks parents OBJ
jected to his keeping company with Emma
SPINNER, twenty years old, she committed
suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. Tbs
body was found lying under an apple tree
In the orchard at the rear of her home II
Paterson by her father. The girls sweet.
heart left her at the gate at 10 O'Clock tho
previous night.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13

]. B. Laighton, a pioneer settler ane
prosperous farmer, near Vineland, dropped
dead In his yard while walking about and
talking to a neighbor. Heart failure Il
thought to have been the cause Of death.
Mr.. Laighton was in his usual good health
when stricken.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13

Desire no future that will break
the ties of The past-aeorge Eliot
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-13

The Bureau OF Foreign Commerce. state
Department. Washington. has been In
formed by Mr.. James B. Simpson, Of Dali
las, Tex, In regard to a specimen OF Texas
wheat sent to France to be tested as to its
illness for use In the manufacture OF mac
aront and like pastes, that sit has been
demonstrated beyond question that all
northern Texas Is perfectly adapted tosthe
growth ofthe hard, giutinous Wneats now
In sueh great demand In France and Italy,
Fostomce Named For Breed Of Cats.
Cat fanciers In Lincoln County, Ore
nave obtained The consent OF the P~ostolze(
Department at Washington to the christen-
ing OF their postoflce BY the name Of An
gorid. The first Postmaster OF Angoro
bears tho surname Of Tom
Evening journal., 1900-11-27
THE LITERARY WORLD

The world has never known a more
dramatic situation than that presented
by the foreign community within the
walls of Pelgin while cut Off from
communication with their countrymen.
During these long, doubtful weeks. the
most interesting figure in this interna-
tiOnal tragedy was Sir Robert Hart
who for more than twenty-five years
has been as far, as a European might
the statesman guiding the affairs of
the Chinese Empire. Those familiar in
any degree with Eastern conditions
hoped, after the relief of Pekin. that
Sir Robert would break his long rule
of silence and give to the world his
story of the events which led to the
closing of the gates of the British Le-
cation, and his views as to the policies
which should prevail in the settlement
Of The difficult questions which had
arisen. On the 18th of October, the
following cable-message from Sir Rob
ert's London representative to the
editor of The Cosmopolitan was re-
ceived: "Sir Robert Hart has sent for
November number Fortnightly, Lon
don, and Cosmopolitan, New York an
important article on siege of Pekln
Evening journal., 1900-11-27
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Evening journal., 1900-11-27

pronnneiamentos Of president and
governors call us to anthom, and men
tion particular causes of national graf
itude but they cannot mention one
half of our blessings. In our imagina-
tion we see the wonderful crops Of the
year and while we look at the lustrous
cotton. we fancy we see the dusky toll
ers Of the Georgian plantation, the
snowy globes shining amid dark green
leaves, and the men, now sWeltering
in the MONDAY sun and now at the
evening time making the cabins re-
sound with music and dance. Cotton
suggestive of warmth and wealth, COM
fort and international commerce.
Blessed be the name of Eli Whitney
who invented the cotton gin, and of
Richard Arl1wright, who showed one
spinner how to do the work of one
hundred and thirty spinners While
we look at the corn, we see the plOW-
ing and the planting, four grains in
a hill, and the shooting up Of the green
blades, and finally the corn-silk and
the cutting frolic, and hear the shout
of the huskers. Good oldfashioned
Blessings upon the head of those who
planted it, cut it, shucked it, husked
it and garnered it. While we look at
the sugar cane, we see the hard work
among the Southern fields of long
stalks, and the mills pressing out the
saecharine, and remember that all our
exquisite syrups had a plain ancestry
OF mOlasses. and we see all over the
land the gay groups of candy pulling,
and wonder if the painted banks Of
modern confectionery are half as heal
thy as the dark-colored liquids that
come up from the sugar plantations of
Louisiana. And how sugg sstive the
wheat-the monarch of all grains. the
sublimest thing on earth-a ripe wheat
field. Sown before Winter and enrich
ed by the SHOWS as a Christian by
chilling sorrow. and waving its green
in the early Spring. and then under
ripaaing beuediCticn OF sun ana show
er preparing IT'S invitation embossed
VITA gold. &c the farmers t1 come and
get bread and fegi the worlds hunger.
Minnesota wheat fields. Dakota wheat
fields Illinois wheat fields. Lancaster
wheat fields. Long Island wheat fields
A planet SlIuitu anu Sdnldltu ana
cOroneted with wheat fields. And who
sees in Imagination the piled up APP
pies without thought of the orchard
and the time when we used to shake
the trees for them and crunch enough in
one afternoon to bring into use all our
mothers medical skill before morning
Apples, supposed to be the kind Of
fruit that grew on Eden's forbidden
tree, because Of the temptation we all
felt in boyhOod to steal apples. But
boys should not steal apples An apple
SolomOn's favorite fruit, for with the
fruits of all zones growing in his con.
servatory, he cried out: Comfort m,
with apples" And there is the mucl
satirized pumpkins. robed in color lik,
the day dawn, with great round cor
porations. the aldermen among veget
ables, so fat that they are as tall wher
they sit down as when they stand up
What would New England do withol
the pumpkin-mother of queenly picl
and patron Of the last century o
thanksgiving?
Evening journal., 1900-11-27
THANKSGIVING DOXOLOGIES
FOR Abundant Fruits and arvestsFOr Blessings Hereditary
and Climatic.
IaHr. l9oo. rnE cHRIsrIAN HnRALD. NAw YoRK

hereditary blessings. Have you ever
thanked God for good parents? But for
the raising we got. we would have
probably been in poorhouse or peniten-
tiary. Show me the cradle and | will
make a prophecy Of everything clear
on to the grave. What glorious race
of old folks those who passed OF in
the last generations Talk about your
doctors. allopathic, homeopathic, hy-
dropathic and electric / believe in all
Of them. but was there ever a better
doctor than your old-fashioned coun-
try mother? What boneset tea 10
sweat out colds, What catnip to sooths
the restlessnessi What herbs for the
whole race Of distempersl What hot
pillow for tOothaching face until the
village doctor drove up the lane, and
with one jerk of the terrific turnkey
took out the tooth. leaving you under
the impression that jaw and head ana
shoulders had gone with it, Was there
any one like your old mother 10 poul-
tice without hurting a run-around
finger or make a boil stop boiling?
You were not ashamed to let her see
you cry. though you were so big the
world would have called you a cry
baby. / take the responsibility of the
medical colleges for comforting de
grees. and / doctorate all that genera
tion of mothers, bestOwing on them
NJ. D-Maternal Doctor Would that
we could have treated them as well
as they treated us! for, perhaps we
might have kept them with US and
to-day at our Thanksgiving table those
vanished faces might have beamed
upon MS among the home group. and
wa might have taken from them one
more blessing before their final depart,
.ure. Some say they would not bring
the departed to this poor world again
If they could but I would be willing
to risk it. and if could bring back
TO your dining hall the two old folks
to-day. / would put them one at each
end Of your table, and you and your
wife could afford TO stand and wait
or them while the celestial visitors
tarried I'm your dwelling But 1 must
quit this. for it blurs my eyes with
something that makes it difficult to
write these "reminiscences. Glorious
race of OLD folksl Have placed where
you can see them their staff. their spec
tacles. their Bible, and thank God that
your manhood and your wOmanhood
had such advantageous launching.
Evening journal., 1900-11-27

Then compare our atmosphere with
the heated air. infested with reptilian
and insectile life. in which most of the
human race suffer. Think of Cochin
China and Ethiopia, and India Trav-
elers tell you of the delicious orange
groves, but ask them about the cent?
pedes. They tell of the odor of the
forests. but ask them about the mos
quitoes. They tell you Of the rich
plumage of the birds but ask them
about the lnalarias. They tell you of
the fine riders. but ask them about the
Bedouins. They tell you of the broad
piazzas, but ask them about the mid
nights with thermometer at an insult
ferable no Vast cities OF the torrid
cline without sewerage and without
cleansing; crowded and packed and
piled up wretchedness, and all disconr
fort What beautiful hyenasl What
fascinating scorpionsl What pleasur-
able tarantulasl What captivating
lizards What wealth of bugsi What
an opportunity TO study anatomy and
herpetology! What a chance to look in
to the open countenance of the pleasing
crOcodilel Hundreds Of millions in
such surroundings. I would rather
live in a house with two rooms i'm
these regions than to live in the torrid
lands and own all Mexico. all Brazil
all Hindustan, all Arabia, and all
China. in other words, ] would rather
live between thirty and fifty degrees
OF latitude and own nothing. than to
live between ten and twenty degrees OF
latitude and own everything. Forty
years Of life here are worth more than
eighty years Of life anywhere else.
You have here the furs of the arctic
sHd the fruits Of the tOrrid. with all
the pleasurable respiration Of the tenn
Berate. God seems to say, Come down
nsrth wind. with a tonic. and come up,
south wind. with a balm. and mix a
healthful draught for the lungs of this
American nation" Sons and daugh-
ters Of the temperate zone. thank God
for your surroundings For multi
udes Of people it was a disaster that
they were born at all. In. fiction a
lsSory is told OF one Pantagruel who
came into the world accompanied by
I leighty-One sellers Of salt, each leading
= mule by a halter: nine idromedarie'
kSden with ham and smoked tongue
seven camels laden with eels; beside
TWENTY-FIVE wagons full of leeks, gar
lies. and onions Only think Of on
arriving in this world under such EN-
ibarrassing circumstances. But tina
fiction is only suggestive OF real peopl
that you and / have known, who seen
o. have been overweighted from thei
start in life. as by their stubbornnes
leading forth quite as many mules b
their uncertainty of action quite a
many cells. by the Offensiveness quit
as many garlics, by their cloudy uttel
: ances quite as much smoked tongu
In this THANKSGIVING week not onl
e praise God for the blessings bestowe
r but for dispositions capable of al
z prcciating them.
Y r. DEWITT TALMAGE.
Evening journal., 1900-11-27

zero What must life be at Nova zem-
bla. every breath freezing on the
beard? Oh the beauties of Baffin's
Bay-only six weeks in the year open.
What a delightsome thing when they
milk their cows and milk nothing but
ice creaml Let all those who like
yourselves live between thirty and
fifty degrees of north latitude. think
God. and have sympathy for the vast
populations Of the hemispheres who
freeze between sixty and eighty de-
srees of latitude.
Evening journal., 1900-11-27

But pass now for THANKSGIVING pur-
poses from blessings hereditary 20
blessing atmospheric. Have you b.
thought yourself of the fact that the
most of the millions of the human race
are in climates frigid OF torrid or hor-
RID? Take up the map of the world
and thank God that you are so far On
from arctic icebregs on the one side
and the five-fOot long cobras on the
other For what multitudes of the
human race life is an arctic eXpedi-
ton. Underground huts Nine months
Of winter. Immeasurable barrenness.
Life a prolonged shiyer. Our front
door steps on a January night genial
compared to their climate. Ask some
Arctic explorers about the luxuries OF
life around the North Pole. Instead OF
killing so many brave men in polar eX-
peditions, we had better send messen.
gers to persuade those inhabitants oI
polar cllmes to say goOd-Dy to tbs
eternal SHOWS and abandon those
realms of earth to the walrus and whit
bear, and shut up those gates of crys
tai and come down into a realm wher'
the Thermometer seldom drops below
Evening journal., 1900-11-27
Distributing Chrlstmas Music

Miss Josephine Fletcher. supervisor
Of music in the public schools, dis
Tibuted Christmas music at a meet
ing OF grammar school teachers held
yesterday afternoon.
Evening journal., 1900-11-27

The oratorlo OF Queen Esther, which
was so successfully given by the choir
and young people Of Bethany. Baptist
Church will be repeated this evening.
All tickets not used on November 20
will be honored
Evening journal., 1900-11-27
no PIav Euchre for Turkev

Members of Montauk Encampment.
Knights of st. John and Malta, playeo
euchre for turkey and other prizes in
the chapter house last evening.
Evening journal., 1900-11-27
State Of Ohio. CITY Of Toledo. 1uca,

State OF Ohio City Of Toledo. Lucas
County, IS.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he IS
senior partner Of the firm of r. j. Cheney
q Co, doing business I'm the City OF To-
leuo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case OF Catarrh that cannot b.
cured by the use Of Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK j. CHENEY
Sworn 10 before mo aud subscribed In
my presence, this 9Th day Of December
A. d. 1856
a. w. GLEASON. Notary Public.
fSEALl
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and unu
cous surfaces Of the system. Send foi
testimonials. free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
( Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Evening journal., 1900-11-27
To Prepare CIub's Constitution

Yesterday, Louis Finger, Moses Well
and A. b. Cohen were appointed
a. committee to prepare a constitution
and bylaws for the Simon Wolf r e.
publican Club
Evening journal., 1900-11-27

And now clear out of the old chan
nels OF conventional Thanksgiving. I
call TO mind something you may have
forgotten or never thought of. Among
the things to be grateful for are cur
Evening journal., 1900-11-27

SUGGESTIONS.

California Naval Oranges 3UC u0Z.
Hanscom's delicious
s3S'i@'a' s.iS. is@ ..'i'I..'. Mine. ns., 6OC jar
Choice Cluster Raisins,
F1DsY Tan s.is1 table cluster. j" IOC Ib.
Hanscom's delicious
i,5a gnit & Pudding. ,...,, aeoo, l-lD Zoe can
s.5. Imported bort LA. Layer ..l.., Figs in SOC box
nS;o sse's soa5 As's aSsli Ssg'IoSa TO- 2C can
Hanscom's Seeded Rails
iiis i9i D1se. lass' ..la... no.ent'l' in I2C Ib.
Taylor's Prepared Ham;
ssii,Ioas ssi5 Ct the & season. SON., .i. very I5c Ib.
v,Ty Fi"ss' sost 'la'' lace. 'i.'oa. .' the I5C Ib.
The popular and we'll
4SGSa 4SIn ... D.''., .......,..'. Butter I5Cpkg.
Something new and de- IN
licious. Nut Cake, a de- ~
1saS lisatfsl s5.. 's%Snatloa s4a nsts Of I2C Ih.
Evening journal., 1900-11-27
Home Directors Meet

Directors Of the Sarah White Home
met in special session at No. 1928
Orange street last night.
Evening journal., 1900-11-27

During the ffty-seven years Of the
existence of the Living Age
this sterling weekly magazine
has steadily maintained its high
standard. It is a thoroughly satisfac-
tory compilation of the most valuable
literature Of the day, and as such is
unrivalled. AS periodicals of all sorts
continue to multiply, this magazine
continues to increase in value; and it
has become a necessity to the Ameri-
can reader. BY its aid alone he can,
with an economy Of time, labor and
money otherwise impracticable. keep
well abreast with the literary and sci
entiac progress OF the age, and with
the work OF the ablest living writers
II is the most comprehensive Of maga-
zines. and its prospectus for 1901 which
appears in another column, Is we'll
worth the attention of all who are Sc
lecting their reading matter for the
new year. The Living Age Company
Boston, are the publishers. The offer
to new subscribers is particularly in
lviting
Evening journal., 1900-11-27
ro HoId onarterlr Confersnce

Official members Of Epworth Church
will meet in third quarterly confer
ence this evening.
Evening journal., 1900-11-27
Paid This Year a.. s.s,-..: :.

The Mutual Life Insurance Company
Of New York has paid death claims
and matured endowments during nine
months of 1900 amounting to more
than S14,O00.000.
Death Matured
Claims. Endowments Total
January
ss9.oMss s7o,Gs4O7 sls57.775.4l
February
loDiF5s a7,i04c l.sos5ss, ,ol
March
l,as2.@Oa5 l7s,s9s55 lss5,s9s9o
April
1oS3.sNn s5ls2sll lissies.25
May
1.65ossS.7s sao,sasls 1881, ,s2L9i
June
lGL2i5.72 22o72l59 1ssL97oa
July
1s1S,5oiA 2l9,2doO7 ii5l7Gl.9l
August
lo6o,IoS.5O 2s6 i299i 1927 1884
September
1,2iS.ns52 24s. $3.50 1.4a2. OH. 80
Total .sff s52 552 7g g. III s77 n ut1qi e3o 81
Evening journal., 1900-11-27

For Cold in the Head. Laxative
Bromo-Quinine Tablets.
Evening journal., 1900-11-27
Bringhurst's Worm Syrup.

A very SAFE. EFFECTUAL and
AGREEABLE remedy for worms.
Worms arc probably the cause Of
more suffering among children than
any other disease. except teething,
children from ~ to 6 years being par
ticularly liable 10 them. There are
various symptoms which indicate their
existence. and among the most proml-
nent are paleness of the face frequent
attackof feverishness, painin the stom-
ach and bowels. swelling and hardness
of abdomen. disturbed sleep. frequent
ly starting up. itching and picking the
nose. dry, hacking cough. wasting OF
the flesh. and some times convulsions.
Children of all ages may take this
Worm Syrup with entire safety, and
even If no worms be present in the sys-
TEN, it will be found useful in toning
stomach and bowels and improving the
digestion Price. 25c.
u JAMES BELT,
PHARMACIST,
Cor Sixth and Market Sts.
Evening journal., 1900-11-27

Give the children Shredded Wheat
Biscuit
Evening journal., 1900-11-27

about fifteen thousand words which
will post you tomorrow.
The manuscript arrived in time to
be included in the December issue. II
will be read with the deepest interest,
both by statesmen and the general
public The Cosmopolitan has been
highly hOnored by Sir Robert Hart in
his selection of the American magazine
through which this valuable contribu-
tion to the history Of the world is
given publicity.