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The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
Care of Farm Stock.

The care Of animals at the barns
and sheds will form no small part of
the work during the winter, and while
q boy may assist at this, and should
do SO to learn the business, a man
should always have an oversight of it,
that he may know that they are prop
erly fed and that they are in good
health aud thrifty. II one fails to eat
its rations or is ailing in any way,
early notice of the fact may reveal
the u and suggest q remedy, while
o few days neglect might cause the
loss of the animals. We believe that
from January until April two feeds a
day, giving enough morning and night,
is better than three feeds for anything
excepting working animals, and even
for them, if the work is not severe
and the days too long, and we would
not have any feeding done after they
had lain down at night, if one would
furnish feed and d othe work for moth.
ing. But whatever system is adopted,
it should be strictly carried out.
Regular hours for feeding, Sun
day mornings as well as other
days, is of the greatest importance,
and regular hours of milking. We
were lever able to see advantage
enough in cooking food of any kind
to repay the cost of labor and fuel.
We know that corrse, rough fodder is
eaten up cleaner when cut and
steamed, but we doubt if the gain is
sufficient even then to repay the cost.
Farm, Field and Fireside.
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. friendly shoulder Sian broke

A friendly shoulder slap broke !
msnfs neck the other day in New Yorl
City. There is only one worse nuts
ance in the world than the rib-poker
and that is the shoulder-slapper
They have both outlived their useful
ness and are ft objects of solicitude
for the Society for Doing Without
Some People. The fend who takes
you unaware on a crowded pavement
with q facetious bat on the shoulder
blade when you are meditating on the
ideal and the beautiful, and expects
you to twist your shaken verterbrae
into . genial nod and greet him with
a happy, a~ppreciative smile, possesses
an heroic soul that would notrecognizs
the language..o o conventional remon
STRANGE. He is not criminal and he il
not crazy; he is simply an idiot. The
lunatic asylums and the jails are over
worked. but the fool-kiilsr doesn,l
half know his business
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
Merchants selling goods ON the /,

Merchants selling goods on the in
stalment plan are protecting their
debts by insuring the lives of Gus
toners. An Indiana merchant, who
has sustained some heavy losses
by the death Of customers, has devised
the scheme of insuring the lives OF
persons that deal with him for $1,000.
He pays the premiums until the debt
is discharged, when the customer has
the privilege of continuing the in
a by assuming it's cost. The
amountpaid blythe merchant is q lien
on the policy, and is deducted when the
insurance is paid. Should the customer
lie before the debt to the merchant is
paid up the balance due, with interest
and the amount of premiums paid, lie
deducted, and the residne paid I'VE
to the beneficiary.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
Corn For Laying Hens.

It sometimes looks as if certain
hobbies were selected solely for the
purpose of provoking an argument,
and the old threadbare cry of sstoo
much corn" seems to be the one
among all others that, like Banquo's
ghost, keeps constantly bobbing up.
Now, why in the name of all good
ness is all this hue and cry raised
over the feeding Of corn to laying
hens?
Our grandnothers went to the corn
bin every day with the dishpan, which
they generously filed and distributed
without stint TO the hens, and who
will deny that at the end of each
month the balance of accounts at the
waysi6s store was not in their favor?
The hens layed during the coolest
days OF winter, ever though in many
cases not the warmest houses were
provided.
You never then heard the cry of
overlooking; on the contrary, every
effort was made to keep the hens fat.
They hustled and worked all day,
never falling in that most important
task of laying. But every time
our hens cease to lay or get dumpy,
we are promptly told that We are over
feeding.
There most certainly is . $ in
everything, and if our hens are con-
fined in yards we must as near as
possible conform to natures wants.
Still, there are more failures from
lack Of feed than there are from an
c~versupply.
Corn should be one of the principal
feeds for laying hens-iust enough Of
other grains to furnish an agreeable
change being given, and you o. rest
assured that If the hens do not lay the
fault lies elsewhere.
OF coursa during the warm months
= lass heating diet should take it's
place, oats beng perhaps the cheapest
and best Of the other grains. Home
and Farm.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
PlTH N POINT.

"He's q vegetarian, is he?" "Ohi
the strictest kind. He won't even eat
oyster plant."-Philadelphia Record.
Customer-"Haye you felt slippers.
young MANI" New Clerk-"Yes,
ma'am; but I haven't for a long time
now"
As they skated they looked at the stars
There were q million or more;
Their heels few up-and they observed
A few they'd not seen before.
Chicago News.
Bray-"Metempsychosis? No. sir.
1 think it's ; horrid belief. Fancy
my becoming a donkey in my next
iDcarnationl" Funnel - "Monoto.
nous, eh?"-Life.
He-sThis liquid air is greatr'
Shelves; won't it be lovely when
we can dip up hot or cold air with a
bucket and pour it out of the Window"
indianapolis Journal.
"Lulu, what a lovely bronze Bee
thoven!' s'Isn't he sweet? I use him
to prop the door open; he isn't al
ways falling over and breaking his
nose Like that plaster Mozart. Chi
cago Record.
Escape Flats: Quericns-"Let's
see; the married men all have better
halves, don't they?" Cynicus-"Yes."
Quericus-srThen what do the bach
elors have?" Cynicus-"Better quar-
ters!"-Puck.
Editor-"Well, young woman, if
the story suits me I will pay you SIS
for it." Young Lady Author-"Oh,
come, now. Buy ii without reading
il, and I'll let you have it for s10."-
Brooklyn Life.
GeneaIogist-"Have You any pref
erence, madame?" fMFenue-"Only
this. It will be necessary for as to
come of a long-lived ancestry, our peo
trait gallery is so dreadfully smallta-'
Detroit Journal.
"Don't you think he has wonderful
control over his voice?" asked the
young woman. "No," answered Mise
Cayenne. ST can't say / think that.
He sings every time any one asks Kim
to. "-Washington Star.
Professor Gray-.sBy the way. Pro-
lessor Sage, what day OF the month is
it? To save my life, I can't think"
Professor Sage-''It is the Goth. And
that reminds me, what month is it?"
Albany Press and Knickerbocker.
why, Harry, what is tie matter??''
asked a lady of her small nephew.
who was crying bitterly. "M-mamma
whipped m-me," sobbed the little fell.
low, San I'm cryin' 'c-cause 1 wasn't
b-born al orphan. Bazaar.
Mrs. Slimson-'I've wanted the
drawing-room refurnished for a long
time, but my husband has always said
to wait until the things were really
useless" Mrs. Catterson-.'How are
you going to manage it," Mrs. Slim
son-"Easy enough; the baby is in
there now."-Life.
The class was having lessons in ma
tural history, and the teacher asked:
"Now, is there any boy here can tell
me what a zebra is?" Tommy-"Yes,
sir; I cam" Teacher-"Well, Tommy,
what is a zebra?" Tommy-"Please
sir, a zebra is a donkey with a foot
bah suit on."-Tit-Bits.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
Fairly Good Time.

Seated around a Topeka railroad
lunch counter the other day were four
old Sante Fe engineers. They were
telling of fast runs. Three of them
had told their stories. "The fastest
run I aver made" said the fourth,
after listening to the lies of the others,
twas between Topeka and Emporia
not long ago. 1t was a bright moon
light night. We were behind when
we pulled out of Topeka and had orders
to make up all lost time between here
and Emporia. After reaching the top
of the Pauline hill pulled the throttle
wide open and let her go. The old
engine fairly ate up the track. When
we stopped at Emporia I looked back
a mile or so and saw something black
approaching us. I could not think
what it was. 1 watched it closely.
Finally it came opposite the engine
and stopped. 1t was the shadow Of
the train."-Kansas City Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
dyertisements
AN epITAPH.

4 worthy dentist rests beneath
This h~igh-heaped, grassy mound;
True man was he, although his teeth
Full often false were found.
All obstacles he did despise
And often would he brag
He rather liked, than otherwise,
To run against a snag.
Much suffering did he assnage,
His patients lost each pang,
Though erst the throbbing tooth might
rage,
As they his doorbell rang.
His speech was frequent and most free. :
Right seldom would he pause,
Although a master hand was he
At holding others jaws.
He owned no family or clan,
But gave all satisfaction,
For all agreed he was a man
OF excellent extraction.
He died without a sob or groan,
He lived In decent gravity.
And now, beneath this messy stone,
He's filling his last cavity.
Chicago Record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
When the debate in the British

When the debate in the British
House of Commons on the army sup
Elementary estimates was on Mr..
Wyndham, during the course of Q
speech, animated that an attempt
would be made to democratize the
army. Commissions, he believed,
should not be closed to officers who
did not enjoy an income Of from $3.50
to $4,000 a year. Mr.. Wyndham added
that it was a scandal and danger tc
the Empire that young men could not
enter the cavalry unless their fathe,
was able to give them $250O a year.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09

At an entertainments in Edinburgh,
just as the Boer war broke out, the
audience stopped the performance ia
sing the national anthem. So far this
was all right. says the Argonaut. bul
more followed. A few hot-headed
spirits caught sight OF q uniform, and
the weaver, despite his protests. vas
seized and carried around the build
ing. When he regained terra irma.
some one asked him for the name d
his regiment, his uniform not being
familiar "Regimentt' was the sur
prised reply .smsn, I am the door
keeper. What's gaun wrang WI u
oss5
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09

It may be surprising to know, but
It is q fact all the same, that hundreds
of Americans are at work in Russian
factories. Uncle Sam not only furn-
ishes manufacturers for Russia, all
complete, but also sends over brain,
Drawn and muscle to exemplify the
art of manufacturing to the Russians
themselves.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
Aged ,sanire,. N..a.,.

FORMER Justice of the Peace Samuel n.
beecner, VINO has passed four score years.
Is known to.every man, woman and child
N the vicinity Of Newield, and when,
eleven months ago, his aged wife died, the
community ourned with him. The ven
cradle couple had been married more than
nifty years, and 1t was a severe blow to the
OLD man.. his wife was buried In MARYLAND.
where she bad spent her childhood DAYS.
ana Squire Beecher returned to New1eld
very much depressed. One day last sum
mer there wa q wedding, and the yener-
aDIe former Justice OF the Peace was the
groom, and the bride was a well-known
wluow. scarcely had congratulations been
extended than the bride was stricken with
paralysis and died, and the venerable
beecher was again alone. A.day or two ago
squire Beecher was again married. the
bride being Miss Eunice Crooks. who II
Well and favorably known In Newfeld.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
A Saigon mother has inst publish

A Saigon mother has just published
a new edition of the Siamese Twins
joined together by an isthmus like the
old ones, and it is proposed to send
them to the Paris Exposition, though
a local French paper protests on the
ground of in%humanity. It would be
a long journey for the ~innocents, bnt
might not hurt them any more than
if they were units, i'll which cast moth
ing would be said. They would be a
curious rather than an important ex-
hibit, but it would takea new Barnum
to make them as famous as the old
opoc
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Unapprecfated.

another thing" said the street
railway advocate in a tone of protest;
"a slight thing, perhaps, but it all
goes to show how we are discrimin-
ated against and how little our phil
anthropy is appreciated"
"Your philanthropy" echoed the
critical citizen, as he gasped and
clutched a railing.
eyes, sir. You hire dog catchers
and cur high salaried people to
control their movements and see that
stray CANNES are properly slain. It
costs q lot of money. Now, cars
have hit and slaughtered countless
stray dogs, for which service we have
never collected a single penny. And
yet we have never had 50 much as a
vote of thanks from a citizens asso-
citation. "-WashingtoE Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
Fee system stlII q Fo,c.-

some surprise has been created at Vine
ana by the discovery OF the fact that the
Borough Tax Collector and Assessor have
been drawing for their services fees IN
authorized By law. These two ofacials
anve, It appears, been receiving compunsa-
.Ion py the Zee system repealed four years
& by the rev borough law. which re-.
CURED Councils to regulate the salaries Of
borough Officers. The Councilmen neg
iected to take advantage OF the new law
!ny lowering the compensation OF the Col
rector and Assessor, and consequently the
regular lees were paid, as usual. Collec-
Tor huhl and Assessor Hislop will demand
Ior this year a salary equal to their pay
under the old fee system. At the next
meeting OF Borough Council an ordinance
viii be adopted fixing the salaries Of these
two officials.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
Fortune For : workin~,n.n.

A messenger bearing two large envelopes
entered fireworks of the New Brunswick
Tire Company, at New Brunswick, q few
days ago and Inquired for Antonio Sert-
ance, an employe. Mr.. Seriance, who was
nara ut work vulcanizing tires, found that
the letters announced the death OF his
aunt In Austria and the fact that she had
pequeathed him about 90, 900. The letters
Wero from Dr.. II. Lorber, Of Marburg. Aus
ira, the executor Of the will OF Mrs. Maria
Schraml, OF that place, who died January
u. Seriance lived with his aunt until 1888.
when be was nineteen years old. Then he
came to America and settled in New
brunswick, where he secured employment
and married. He visited his aurt last Au.
gust.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
One of the most prevalent danger

One of the most prevalent dangers
suggested by the recent numerous
fires is the reckless sale of cleaning
fluids that contain naphtha, turpen
tine and gasoline. Their careless use
by inexperienced people makes an
eve present fire hazard against which
the necessary legal precautions can
not be too rigidly enforced.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09

President Eliot, Of Harvard, has
formulated in few words very wide.
spread conviction of the friends Of
higher education in saying that 'sthe
pecuniary aspects of intercollegiate
sports are not agreeable"
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
safetv s,.r.1 Attr.ct. A.+.r.,on

Station Agent Hurf, of North Woodbury.,
has Invented and constructed a unique at.
tachment to the ~semaphore signal at the
station. It Is q miniature semaphore. so
arranged that when Signals are set the
same are shown on the small one in the Of
Ice. and the operator is positively assured
that his signal is correct. An official Of
The railroad company has been to see it,
and is highly pleased with the arrange
nent, and 1t may be adopted over the en-.
ire system.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
Tried to Burn q Girls, Home

Bertha Gray. seventeen years old, OF
Patterson, was committed to the County
jail On a charge OF attempting to burn the
Florence Chittenton Home for Hayward
and Homeless Girls. Bertha became an
inmate of the home two weeks ago. Her
mother is dead. and her father. it appears,
Is q hopeless drunkard. The matron OF
the school saw flames issuing from the
cellar. She found a match had been ap-
piled to a pile OF shavings that had been
saturated with kerosene oil. Bertha was
suspected and confessed. She will be sent
TO the State Reformatory for Girls.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
Celebfated mi. 1o1.t Btrthdav.

Preston Garland, a colored man living In
Morristown. has just celebrated the 101st
anniversary OF his birth. He was born a
slave on the plantation of Paul Calvin,
aear Lynchburg, Va. on March 4, 1893,
and has lived in Morrlstown since 1865.
He Is a trustee Of tho African NJ. E..
Church. Few men OF his age have been
bowed down less by the burden OF years.
He takes daily walks about the town and
frequently stops TO exchange ~pleasansries
with the townfolk. to nearly all OF whom
he is known
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09

The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
thinks Germany has some design or
some part of the American continent,
and remarks: "Any one who likes to
use his eyes can see that either the
Monroe doctrine will have to be given
up or its defence properly prepared
for. Any hating between the policies
must prove disastrous or at any rate
humiliating for the United States"
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
In All Parts Of the state,

Deerfeld has prospects OF a new cream
cry.
There is talk Of organizing q FIRE depart
mont at Wiiliamstown.
Cattle around Shiloh are dying rapid,
from a strange disease.
1t is said work will soon commence or
the new trolley line from Woodbury. to Ma
tfonal Park.
ASouth Jersey Game Protective Asso-
citation has been organized at Millyiile with
seyenty-ive members.
The citizens of P~aulsboro have decided
MOTTO expend any money this year In light
ing the streets
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
Foxes Plentiful in the state,

Fox hunters are having excellent sport 10
The foxes are moro plentiful than they
have been in years, I'M cunning parties
are securing heavy bags. A few days age
2 party OF four huDtsmen got three silvet
foxes in one day. The foxes are SO numer.
Gus and troublesome that the more tina
are killed by the hunters the better the
farmers are pleased.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09

Representative Sydney Epes. OF Virginia,
who was operated on Tor appendicitis. died
II Garfield Hospital at Washington. Mr..
Epes was born IN 1865, was q journalist by
profession and had served In the Fifty
hfth Congress until unsented by the Re-
publicans and In the present Congress. He
was q Democrat,
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
$4,000 For theological Seminary.

Ralph N. Voorhees,, OF Clinton, an uncle
IT Governor Foster M. Voorhees,, has pre-
sented the sum OF S25, 900 to the New
Brunswick Theological Seminary. Ths
gift, In the form of a check, was received
through the mail. A brief letter accom-
panying he gilt stated that it was for the
endowment Of the seminary.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
Farmers Gain by Amalgamatton.

The Farmers Alliance, OF Hunterdon
county, held their annual convention at
Wilmington and elected thefefowine on
sers: President, j. b. Anderson; Vice-Pres-
dent, David Schomps; Treasurer, David
Cole; Secretary, J.. Anderson. Sand Brook
Alliance. No. los. consisting OF about 139
members, withdrew from the county or
ganization and Joined the State and ma
:!onal oranges. This was one OF the most
thrifty branches In the county, and will be
a severe blow to the Alliance. By connect
.ng themselves with the State and National
oranges they claim greater benefits may
be had.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09

The Georgia Experiment Station
recommends the following amounts oil
fertilizer for each acre devoted to
sweet potatoes: Acid phosphate 1000
pounds, muriate of potash 500 pounds,
cotton meal HOO pounds, or q total of
$500 pounds. This has been tested
quite extensively and the station
recommends it with confidence.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09

Suggestion Of Industrial CosnmisaIon.
In it's preliminary report to Congress the
Industrial Commission recommended that
trusts be required to make public full de-
tails OF their business NECESSARY for. safe
and intelligent Investment
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09

FARM and GARDEN.
CRANBERRY Season sbortenIne.

Cranberry Season SHORTENING.
Twenty years ago cranberries were
practically the only spring fruit and
they sold way into April and May.
The increased shipments of Southern
vegetables have cut the selling period
back two months. When straw
berries become seasonable cranberry
sales fall right off.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
Burlington win Not COLLECT raxes.

Burlington Township is not to coiiec,
taxes this year. The saving on a%ppropria
tions has been going on until the township
has sufficient funds to run all departments.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
The Irish are certsinly Sin ii" when
Il comes to fighting.

One great climatic advantage pos
sessed by the Philippines has escaped
attention. They offer no temptations
to skate on thin ice and get drowned.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
The Plan Of a Farm Granary.

I have found the granary, the
ground plan of which is illustrated
herewith, most satisfactory for my
own use, says II. B. Moore, in New
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-06

offered to Seattle men. and afterwards
taken up by Vancouver company headed
BY DR.. II. Bell Irving and his brother
d, nsy nave . erected iwesse esnnsrass =,
ketchikan is the banner plant, as in
the first season (this year, pack OF
Sooo cases was put UP. In the history
OF Alaska the largest pack for a single
cannery the first year Is 1900 cases
T. 8 Smith, who has been fishing and
canning in Alaska waters for thfrty-five
years. has again at s. years OF age start
ed INTO the canning business.
The industry of catching and icing hall
put for Eastern shipment offers fair
field for investment
TeeminE With Animal Life.
Perhaps I cannot better illustrate the
wonderful prolific resources of Alaska
tnan relate my experience while guest
Is on the shore OF Hollis bay. and Is a
very nice log cabin. He had caught and
tanned flock Of wild geese. that would
come into the cabin and wake him up IN
the morning to get their breakfast.
stood at his cabin and saw deer killed
on the beach, The trees at his place were
always adorned with bear and deer skins
! saw one seine OF salmon pulled on the
beach that contained so,p0 salmon. The
waters at night were like fireworks. Fish
darting in all directions left glow of
PHOSPHORUS behind them.
| had my second shot at a big black
bear at this camp. The bear was not hurt
at all l was about TO go deer hunting
with DIR. Grant when three bear were
sighted on the beach across the bay, The
doctor and I piled into boat and went
after them. I guess the gun must have
wiggled somewhat. as We came home
without bear meat.
l saw forty-eight deer in one days trip.
have called deer up TO me within twenty
feet / have killed ptarmigan and grouse
with q pistol and killed the former with a
stick The country is teeming with ami
NAL life, ashore and In the waters 1t
Is sportsman's paradise.
One day Mr.. White and a party OF us
went seal hunting. 1t was good sport,
even though we did not get even one skin.
To those people who are globe trotters
and want variety; to that great crowd
who want 10 make stake mining. to
the married man who wants to make 20
to 70 per cent. canning salmon: 10 the
capitalist who has been hunting for a
good mining investment. to the Seattle
merchants who want 10 know why they
are prosperous-I say. come to Alaska.
JOHN I MINEAR.