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The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28
PITH N POINT.

Sillicus-"The modern military rep
utation depends largely upon oppor.
tunity." Cynicus-@Yes; and press
agents."
II wonder why she eloped with 4
baseball playery' Probably she con-
sidered him a good catch."-Philadel
phia Telegraph.
80 Bridget! / told you to notice
when the apples boiled overt" "Sure,
l did, num-. 1t was quarter-past
eleven."-Tit-Bits.
After having been turned down
This inference wise he drew;
IT'S easier far to love a girl
Than to make a girl love you.
Chicago Record.
"Why don't you eat your chowder,
Mr.. Hallroom?v asked the boarding
house mistress; sis it cold?" Yes"
replied Mr.. Hallroom; ..eold, but not
clammy.'
First Pedestrian-"Say. you jabbed
me in the eye with your umbrella"
Second Pedestriau-"Oh, no. I didn't.
This is a borrowed umbrella."-Chi-
cage News.
Aunt Mary-"Now, candidly. Mar
gle, don't you think you have eaten
enough pudding?" Margie tagged FOUR
well, 1 may think so, Aunt Mary,
but / don't feel So"
OF all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest ever writ
Is when you try to borrow ten,
And get this answer Nit"
philadelphia Record.
Here, boy, what are you doing in
ny orchard?" Sir" pleasantly replied
little Emerson Beaconstreet. Il am ex-
amining the trees for data from which
to prepare a paper upon bark."-Bos-
ton Courier.
Il suppose" said Miss Snaps fan
ce, you'll be sorry when / marry your
sister and take her away to live with
me-" NO." replied her little brother.
Il never did like you much, anyhow"
Philadelphia Press.
"Welcome. Welcomelm cried the be-
sieged legationers. as the head of the
rescue party arrived. You are here
Just in time" I'm glad of that" said
the TeaWp I'm here with a liberal
cash offer for magazine articles on
your experiences By~eyerybody III the
Observation-Disclosures North Ameri-
can.
Beaker-'Tippins has apeculiar mem.
Dry. 1t is SO capricious, you know"
Hollis-"Capricious? In what way?"
Beaker-"Well, you see, he never for
gets that l am one of the fellows he
borrows from, but he inevitably fails
to remember to include me among
those whom he pays.'-Boston Tran
script.
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Feminine Superiority.

There is a little story that illustrates
the calm dissatisfaction with which
the feminine mind asserts its superior
ity.
Lucy and George are children OF
East End parents. Lucy is seven and
George is five. She has attended the
primary department of a private
school just four months. Here is an
overheard conversation between the
two:
Lucy with a greatly panied express
sion)-"Why, brother, anybody could
tell you are only five. 1ou don't even
know the difference between corn and
wheat"
George twho lates to acknowledge
his ipferiority)-sI do. too Wheat is
is
Lucy taking pity ON him) WHY.
George, you know well enough you
don't know. Listen TO me and re-
member. Wheat is wheat aud corn is
corn, and wheat grows in a wheatfeld
and corr grows pa cornheldl And
don't you ever forget it.r-cleveland
Plaindealer.
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advertisements
JOB PRINTING
THE MAN WHO CALLS you DOWN

TIE mHS WIZ STLLo 1OO OOWNs
He has a most annoying way; so quiet,
yet so grim,
He listens all s~erenely to the things you're
telling him;
He seems so interested and so thoroughly
impressed
That before you know what's happened
you are swelling out your chest
And piling up small f~ictions with more
fuency than art,
Because you think he's easy and imagine
you are smart,
And he benls his head to hear you, and
his fore head shows no frown;
He lets you til your story out-and then
he calls $ou down.
1t makes him haspy sl.en you undertake
to fix a date.
He quotes the books verbatim as he
blandly sets you straight.
And when you say, "I1l bet you fifty dol
lars, he will let
His eyelids drop a little and remark, 81
take the bet"
And when you tell that story which in
infancy you knew,
He smiles and gives its origin and author
when you're through.
He politely brings cold water all your ar
rogance to drown.
He's a diabolie terror, is this man who
calls you down
So, friends, if you should meet him, have
a care and pass him by,
Nor suffer him to fool you with his soft
and kindly eye;
Nor heed the sweet expression of his
guileless, open face,
Nor listen to the cadence of his voices
soulful grace.
He is lurking to ensnare you, for his only
joy in life,
Is to cut your thread Of vanity with sat
ire like a knife.
Oh, come, my fellow-bluffers-let us drive
him from the town,
For he makes our lives a burden, does
this man who calls you down.
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DoWlEITE ELDERS PAINTED.
Mob at Mansfisld, Ohio, Covers Two Zion.
ists With Thick Yarnish.

Mansfield, Ohio (SpeciaD.-The Dow
ieite Elders, Ephraim Bassinger, of
Bluffton, and Silas Moot, of Lima,
were very roughly handled here. The
two Elders came in ON an Erie train
unknown to the authorities. They
were recognized by a small crowd at
the station. A mob soon formed and
followed them until the centre of the
city was reached, when they were or
dered to disrobe.
A paint bucket and a brush were
then secured and ~smokestack varnish,
a tar-like substance, was daubed over
the two men from head to foot. 1t
was matted in their hair, and no part
of their bodies escaped but their
faces. The men were then partially
clothed and made to promise not to
return to Mansfield. Theywere then
marched to the city prison and locked
up.
By applications of lard and benzine
he black varnish was removed, and
after new outfits of clothing were fur
nished the Elders were deported on a
Pennsylvania train.
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According to the latest figures the
money expended on the common school
system of the United States is equal
to the combined outlay for public ed
ucation in Great Britain, France and
Germany. The average monthly
wages of the men teachers in America
in 1897-9S was $45.16, and of the
women $38.4S. In that year of the
900, 1913 teachers employed only one
third were men. Twenty-one pei cent.
of the total population and seventy
per cent. of the pupils of school g
were registered in schools.
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A current news item informs us that
a German syndicate has just bought
eight hundred thousand oak trees
growing on the mountains of Eastern
Kentucky, and will cut them down
and ship them to Europe to help out
the wasting lumber supply of coun-
tries which have practically exhaust
ed their W forests long ago. 1t is
q rather large number of trees to be
cut down all at once, and the rumor
that other purchases of the sort are
in contemplation may be construed as
somewhat disquieting.
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Twenty-Five Laplanders. who '

twenty-five Laplanders, who were
sent by the United States Government
to Alaska over two a ago with
Spdeer, are on their way back home.
The reindeer were to be used for food
or as beasts of burden by starving
Klondike miners. 1t was found that
the miners were not in as bad straits
as was supposed, and the Laps OBJ
tanned employment as deer drivers and
mail carriers, and now they are going
back to their native land, taking with
them from 5000 to $500 apiece. At
home they will be rich beyond the
widest of Laplander dreams. They
and their families will live in luxury
for years to come. Lucky ~Laplanders!
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28

The Supreme Judicial Court of Mas
sachusetts has recently decided a case
of some importance to those travellers
in a public street who are exposed to
danger from objects falling from adj
jacent buildings in process of repair.
The plaintiff was walking on a street
in Taunton, when she was struck and
injured by a brick which fell from
a chimney on the defendants factory
premises. The defendants had en-
ployed an expert to mend the chimney
in his own way and it was he who
negligentIy let fall the brick which did
lid the damage. The court declares
that this expert alone is liable to the
injured passer-by. He was an indie
pendant CONTRACTOR; the work which
he undertook do was not necessari-
ly dangerous ravelers if carefully
done; and the OWNERS were not respon-
sfble for the failure of the contractor
TO take precautions to protect persons
the highway from bricks which
int possibly fall from the chimney.
plaintiff therefore losses a verdict
$500.
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INSANE SON SLEW PARENTS.
Cut Their Threats With Ratchet, Then
Ended Own Life by brow ming.

Cut Their Threats With Ratchet, chen
Ended Own Life by Drow
Foxboro, Mass. (SpeciaD.-A murder
of exceptional brutality occurred in
this town in the killing of Mr.. and
Mrs. David Lewis Shepard, who were
among the oldest residents of the town.
Husband and wife, who were eighty
one and seventy-ive years old respect
lively, had their threats cut with a
Ratchet. From the evidence at hand
1t is fair to presume that the murder
was the crime of William Shepard, a
son., fOrty-ffve years old, whose body
was found in the day in Factory Pond.
1t is thought that Shepard, who had
been incoherent and mentally unsound
Of late, rose in the early morning, took
the life of his parents and then COM
mitted suicide by drowning.
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NEWS OF THE STATE
Bee sting Causes Death.

Daniel Steinman, Of Paterson, who
was buried a few days ago, died from
the sting of a bee. Blood poisoning
set in, and the physicians in %consulta-
ton declared that the sting had affect
ed the nerves of the heart. Steinman
two weeks ago went fishing with a
couple of friends to Oakland. The
party camped in the woods the first
night. Each one slept in turn. while
the others attended to the lines. Stein
man had not been asleep long before
he awoke with a scream, and his COM
panions found him in great pain. There
was a red spot back of the right ear,
and he thought he had been stung by
d bee, but after a time the pain left
him and nothing more was thought
of the affair. The party returned to
Paterson, and Steinman, who was a
ribbon weaver, resumed his work at
the loom. Now and then he felt a
slight twinge back of the right ear,
but there was no swelling until two
days before his DEATH, when he awoke
in intense pain, and a slight swelling
was noticeable. DR.. Alexander treat
ed the man, but a lump formed behind
the right ear and grew to a large size.
DR.. Mcbride was called in and it was
discovered that the poisoning had af.
fected the nerves of the heart. Every.
thing was done for the sick man, but
he died.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28

Consul Halstead, of Birmingham.
says the London municipality is con-
sidering the establishment Of a city
steamboat service upon the Thames
upon the same lines as other cities
operate a street-car service, and thinks
that in the equipment of these boats
and in It's, extension of the city's cleo
trio tram service there is an opportu-
nifty for American manufacturers.
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British ship owners declare that thir-
ty-mile ships can be built, but will not
because it will not pay to run them.
Neither would it pay to u sixty-mile
express trains if they were loaded
down with freight and detained two
or three days at each end of the route
for the shifting of cargo. Some day
the two services will be divided on
sea as they are on land, and then swift
ships will pay.
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1t is reported that me of the West
ern States is using it's empty jails as
~storehouses for it's surplus wheat and
corn. That is not far from a realiza-
ton of the beating Of swords into
'p%lowshares, and certainly indicates a
most happy state of both industry and
morals
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Thlnsang Fruit to KIN Insects.

ktkf11kAk ~ II AAoCGI5a
In thinning out-fAgfrr t4she7er
chard during summer growth the To-
liage and fruit Ieft on the trees are
not only benefited, but the general
health of the trees also In my own
experience / have found that this
practice when jrdiciously followed
has a distinct benefit upon the health
of the trees, and hence enables them
to Withstand the rayages from insects.
This is a point that has not been en-
~phasized much, but if you go into any
orchard where thinning out is prac-
ticed You will find that insects are
less Decentralization in another where
I'd is adopted. The
insects I by this process
in two you make trees
grow yigN and fhriftlE you
make them less susceptible to disease.
Thus the yellows will rarely attack a
peach tree in good condition, nor the
blight and rot appear on apple and
cherry trees that have an iron-like con-
stitution. Ont way recommended for
combating fruit tree diseases is to fer
tilize and cultivate the trees SO they
will be strong and healthy. The more
important effect that thinning out
fruits has upon the tree diseases and
insects is in the destruction of the
larvae Of the insects in the wormy
and immature fruit. Now the larvae
of the codling moth produces the
wormy fruit on apple trees, and if
these deformed aHesles are pulled off
In the thinning out process scores of
would-be codling moths will be killed.
The plum curculio produces the wormy
plums and cherries, and by destroying
this immature fruit we kill them.
There are many other injurious worms
and Insects that are killed in this inn
mature fruit, and thus the seasons
crop of destructive insects is limited
by just that number. Usually this i'm
mature fruit never amounts to much.
but eventually drops on the ground
and dries up. The insects and worms
then emerge forth and breed a new
crop.
In thinning out the fruit from any
trees all the understood, worm-eaten,
ieformed' and unshapely fruits should
first be selected when very young.
They should all be destroyed by fire
Or some other way so that the larvae
If the insects will not escape. Throw
Ing them 10y or burying them mere
" gives s another chance to
grow ana mature. It fs-on1y after the
poor fruit has been destroyed that the
thinning process should be extended
to tt tter class. Usually it is bet
ter to thin only a little at q time. for
sometimes the fruit with worms in
them do not show any defect until
quite If the thinning out is all
done one does moi feel like pulling off
more fruit toward the end. By leav-
ing on the rec rather more fruit han
you intend to let mature you have a
chance to destroy those in which de-
fects appear very late in the season.
s. w. Chambers. in American Guilt
vator.
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Time was when the prevalent dishon-
esty of the American trustee was the
familiar theme of the British critic,
but now it appears that the boot is
on the other leg. The Inspector-Gen
eral of Bankruptcy in England reports
that during last year $3,216,5OO out Of
$4,797,000 of speculative" failures
were due to solicitors specializing with
money %intrusted to them by their eli
ents. There is no such record here.
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Iaught in a Thrashinx Machina

While George ~Goodenough, a young
farmer, Of Cross Keys, was threshing
grain, a sudden jolt pitched him into
the swiftly revolving knives. One leg
was terribly cut and mangled. His
cries brought aid and he was released.
His leg was amputated, but owing to
the great loss of blood he died after
nearly tw~enty-four hours of severe suf-
fering.
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AGRICULTURAL.
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The base of this derrick should be
made Of 3x12 stuff, fourteen feet long,
the centre crosspiece of 3x8 and the
outside crosspiece of 2x8, all mortised
in as show in cut and securely bolted,
one bolt at each corne passing
through foot Of brace, which should
be made of 4x4 stuff. The post (e)
may be either round or square Gf
square 8xS Is none too large, and
should be nine or ten feet high.
The pole (a) should be thirty-fve or
forty feet long, depending upon the
size Of stack or rick to be made. and
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E,nDlov,nent Fol

The United States Manufacturing
Company has purchased the idle shoe
factory at Elmer, formerly one of the
principal Industries of the place, and
will at once put it in operation. EN-
ployment will be given to from 125
to 200 workmen. The factory has been
idle about four years.
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PORTO Rico's DEMAND ON CUBA.
II Causes Amusement In Havana-Gen.
oral Woods Reply.

Havana, Cuba (By Cable. Porto
Rico's demand on Cuba fer the repay
ment of more than $500, 900 adj
vanced to Spain to conduct military
operations against Cuba has been the
source of considerable amusement.
Cubans are asking why they should
repay funds lent to the enemy for the
express purpose of subduing them.
General Wood will return the docu-
ments, forwarded from Washington,
to Governor Allen, of Porto Rico, to-
gether with a memorandum, couched
In diplomatic language, pointing out
that he is unable to take action in the
matter.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28

Fritz Wittig, seventeen years old, OF
New Brunswick, and a member of the
freshman class of Rutgers College, was
seriously hurt in the annual cane rush
between he sophomore and freshman
classes. He is suffering from concus-
sion of the brain. His injuries are
serious.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28
Insect E.tinr the wbe.t.

A moth or an insect of some kind
is playing havoc with the wheat in
Salem County, either in stack, NOW
or bins, by eating the heart OF kernel
of the grain and leaving it a shell.
The discovery of the pest was made
by accident, and several farmers had
found their stock a mass of hulls.
Grain dealers report considerable dam.
age done to their wheat on hand.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28

A Kansas genius has been turning
an honest penny by exhibiting a feath-
cred dog. Unfortunately some pry-
ing truth seeker found that the feath-
ers were pigeon feathers stuck on to
a suit of Canton flannel.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28
In JAIN For Threateninr to shoot.

Frank Hofford, aged twenty-three,
was jailed at Vineland on the charge
of threatening to shoot Farmer Lewis
Moore because the latter refused to
pay him a bill which Moore says is
imaginary.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28
Bridgeton Sells Bonds.

Bridgeton paving bonds to the value
of $4,000 were sold to the Cumber-
land Trust Company, Of Bridgeton,
which paid a premium of $3.50. The
bonds run ten years at four per cent.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28
6ettlers Ruah For I.and.

Hundreds of settlers from Illinois,
Iowa, Indiana. Ohio and other Middle
States are arriving at Brewster, Okan-
ogen County, Washington, to secure
locations on the northern half of the
Colville Indian Reservation, whiclWfl
be open for settlement October 40.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28
Butterflies In q Strange Mass.

Thousands of butterflies, apparently
coming from off the sea, settled upon
silver maple trees at Cape May, com
pletely covering them and hiding the
leaves effectually. 1t is supposed they
sought rest from a long journey, but
no other trees seeme attract them.
A number of people ted the trees
0 >witness the stra1 stacle.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28
Pastor Runs with the Machine.

River Edge claims the distinction OF
being the only place in the United
States with a clergyman as foreman
of the fire company. The organiza-
tor was effected a few days ago, and
the Rev. 81. w. Bainton, pastor of the
Congregational Church, was unani-
mously selected as foreman and chief
engineer of the department, which
consists OF one company. The cleo
ton Of Pastor Bainton was not a joke.
He is IN athletic young man. who at
the recent church picnic organized
sports in which men and women and
children participated. On that occa-
sion the congregation was surprised
by the skill of the pastor in putting
the heavy stone.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28
Doors and Portuguese FIGHT.

Collisions are occurring on the froll
tier between Portuguese troops AMI
Beers, whom the former wish to dis.
arm on entering Portuguese territory
Several have been wounded.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28
Fined For Illegal Gunnfpe.

Game Wardens Hunt and Muller ar
rested Harry Wigmore and Harry
Dohl, Of Philadelphia, for cunning IL
legally on Timber Greek. Justice Hag-
genback, of Westville, fined Wigmore
$40 and costs. .Dohl was discharged.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28
STRIKERS gain LITTLE.
An Increase in Their Ranks Of Several
Thousand More Miners.
DEMONSTRATION OF THE MILITIA

Protection of Troops = Tai1ure-More
Mon Go Out In the schuylkill Region
and acknowledgements Burial Of
Riot victim~strikers Number 1870, 900.
Shenandoah, Penn. (Special).-1n-
stead of the expected clash between
the troops and striking miners in the
Schuylkill region Monday, a peaceful
calm ~pervaded the region, and there
was not the slightest disorder for the
soldiers to be called upon to quiet.
In all the districts of the anthracite
coal fields the day was extremely
quiet. There were no demonstrations
whatever by the strikers.
The soldiers moved over the roads
leading to the colleries in Schuylkill
County from early morning and thus
afforded protection to those DESTROYS
Of returning to work. No opposition
was encountered, however, and not a
great many availed themselves of the
protection afforded.
No overrures to end the struggle
have been offered by either side. The
strike leaders are occupying them
selves in inducing mine workers to
quit and the operators are endeavoring
to mine all the coal they can with
their reduced forces.
Meantime coal shipments from the
mines are daily growing less, and re-
ports of advances in prices for the
commodity are received from all trad
ing sections.
President John Mitchell, Of the
United Mine Workers said that at least
1000 miners have joined the strikers
in the Schuylkill region and that large
gains have also been made in the Lee
high region. He estimates that there
are about 100, 600 miners out.
Only fifteen of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company's
thirty-nine cOlleries were in operation
Monday. 1t is said to be probable
that all of the company's $1,000 en-
ployes will join the strikers.
A suggestion has been made that the
Reading Company employ colored Ia
borers from the South in place of the
strikers.
A remarkable sight was witnessed
when 5000 Polish. Hungarian, Greek
and Lithuanian striking miners
marched through the town behind the
hearse conveying the body of their
dead comrade, John Koniski, to the
grave. Koniski was killed in the riot
on Friday.
As the procession marched it was
frequently passed by companies of
militia or troops of cavalry. but not a
head was turned in the direction of
the soldiers.
During the entire progress Of the
procession not a hiss was heard. The
return from the cemetery was con-
Quoted in the same orderly way. Not
a mar in the ranks was under the in
fuence of liquor, and nc violence Of
any kind occurred.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28
Governor Stone Cannot 1ntery.n..

Harrisburg, Penn. (SpeciaD. Gov
ernor Stone has received kilograms
from Chicago, Boston, Cincinnati,
Cleveland and numerous other cities
urging him to use his good offices in
the interest of adjusting the differ
ences between the mine operators and
their employees in the anthracite re-
gion. There is no provision of the
State Constitution authorizing the Elk
ecutive to exercise any such power;
and Governor Stone is without a rem
edy to bring about the results desired
by the senders of the kilograms.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28

The Shah of Persia has purchased
sixty bicycles and seven automobiles.
When the anarchists hear Of this they
will mark him off their assassination
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28

Our soldiers in China have won gold
en- opinions from their foreign asso-
ciates. The American fighting man
has only to be known to be respected.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-09-28
Crawford Hermit Again in jail.

"Old Nelse" Davidson, the Crawford
hermit, is in the Union County jail
on the charge of threatening the life
of Justice of the Peace Hendell, of
Crawford. Several weeks ago "Old
Nelse" was arrested and kept in jail
for a month for shooting at the trains
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
at Crawford junction, near which he
lives. His shotgun was ~confiscated by
Justice HendeH, and when he was re-
leased from jail the justice refused
to give it to him. Later on he went to
Justice Hendells Office and demanded
that it be given to him. His request
was denied, and then he tore around
like a mailman, threatening Justice
Hendell. The justice had him sent to
iail again.