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The Penn's Grove record., 1901-06-21

a requisite number Of grave diggers,
who participate in the self-appointed
work of the band.
The leaders select their victim, cap
ture and carry him away in the
night to n secret rendezvous on a
sandy beach covered with tall grass,
where the diggers already have pre-
red the grave. Here, In the pres
ence of the assembled band, helpless
men and women from time to time
have been stabbed to death and tossed
into the graves.
The members of the band then dis
perse and trust to the rise and fall of
the nearby waters to hide the evil
dences Of their CHASTITY work. Ten
members of the band, including two
of the chiefs, were tried before n
military commission and eight Of them
were. sentenced to be hanged.
In another case an armed band of
about twenty-five Filipinos carried
away nine of the inhabitants of the
Barrio of Casantulacian, and, by re-
peated blows from the butts of their
rifles, drove them to the Presidencia
of Cabaruan. Here all hands drank
freely of vino and the prisoners were
made drunk.
Then, according to the testimony of
two Of the prisoners who escaped, tho
other seven were led off in the direc-
ton Of n grove of trees, where, two
days later, their beheaded bodies were
discovered. The members of the band
who were captured received sentences
of death In several cases and impris-
onment at hard labor for varying
terms In others.
Jose Ballgod. the President-elect of
the Pueblo of Tuao under the system
established by the American Govern
ment, while exercising the functions
Of his office became cognizant Of the
organization of a band in a ~neighboring
barrlo for the purpose of attacking
the small garrison of nineteen Amer
lean soldiers stationed in Tuao.
Baligod traitorously co-Operated
with the leader of the band, advised
him as to the most suspicious time
to make an attack. intercepted a mes
senger sent to warn the Americans
md otherwise treacherously abused
the trust of his office. He was sen
fenced to be confined at hard labor for
twenty years.
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The poultry business is so attrac-
tive and a chicken Is such a common
little thing hat to some people who
know nothing about it and want to
know more it resembles n lemon wait
ing to be squeezed. By the time eX-
p%erience informs them that the COM
mon little chicken needs an uncoms
mon kind Of attention their retirement
from the business affords them time
to ponder over the problem, am l the
squeezer or the squeezed?
Before a person becomes proficient
in the poultry business he must have
under ne a course of education, q
portiol of which must have been prac-
teal. There is no business in the
world dat affords better prospects of
success to an energetic person. there
is no business that can be commenced
ut so little expense, with SO favorable
a prospect of big returns, as the
chicken business" but it requires
knowledge to conduct this business on
n large scale.-Robert H. Essex, In
Poultry Keeper.
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Sarah Bernhardt, back on the old
Continent after her farewell tour of
America, pays a graceful compliment
to the American m "She is
much superior to ours says the ac-
tress, ''and intellectual in the broadcast
sense" The tragedienne a afford to
be thus generous of her praise. She
comes of a race of women who have
served and long will serve as models
to the world in certain feminine ways
and traits that charm. These nay be
superficial ways and traits-the man
ner of wearing q garment, the placing
of a ribbon, the personal air. But they
make the women who charm the eye,
observes the New York World.
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Lassooed in the Street.

A curious accident happened at the
corner of Fourteenth street and Broad,
way, New York City, the other day.
A young woman was crossing from
Broadway to get into Fifth avenue,
when Il huge furniture wagon came
numbering across her path. She had
barely allowed the wagon to pass when
she stepped forward and put her foot
into a loop-knotted rope, which she did
not notice trailing behind the wagon.
The loop Immediately tlghtcncd round
her ankle, and she was knocked down
and dragged for nearly fifty yards be-
fore the driver heard her screams and
the shouts of the bystanders 10 stop.
When picked up she missed her purse,
which had dropped from her hand. A
rigorous search was made for it, but it
could not be found. A sneak thief in
the crowd had evidently picked it up
and made his escape during the mo-
mentary excitement. The purse, she
said, contained S53, which she had
Just cashed at bank,-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
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A PARADISE FOR HUNTERS.
Uganda Commissioner Describes the Ri
Game There-Prehlstorlc Giraffe Found

Uganda Commissioner Describes the Ri
Game Observation-Disclosures Giraffe Found
L~ondon.-Sir Harry Hamilton John
ston, Special Commissioner for the
Uganda P~rotectorate, has returned to
London. after an absence of two
years. He brings stories of Uganda
rlvaling Henry NJ. Stanley's descrip-
ton of Darkest Africa"
Sir Harry relates that / g country
surrounding Moantelgon is totally de-
populated as a result of inter-tribal
wars, and is consequently marvellous
ly stocked with big game that are as
tame as English park deer, Zebras
and antelopes can be approached to
within ten yeards, and there is no
sport in killing them. Elephants and
rhinoceroses are also abundant, and,
according to Sir Harry, lions in Ugan-
da are too busy eating hnrtebeest to
notice a passing The prehis-
toric giraffe has been discovered by
the Commissioner, who proposes to
maintain the region referred to as a
national park.
Sir Harry photographed a race of
ape-men in the Congo forest differing
entirely from SANKEY'S pigmies and
phonograph records of their language
and music.
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Seattle, Wash, has secured owner
ship of a tract of 100 acres, with a
view to conducting a municipal ceme-
terry, in imitation Of a project success
fully carried out in Cleveland, Ohio.
There a level, finely situated tract of
land has been acquired by the munici-
pality, and burial plots are sold with
out regard to location at the uniform
price of seventy-five cents per square
foot. This price includes the actual
maintenance of the plot at the expense
CT the city in perpetuity. The main
tonancc includes grass seed, sowing,
moving and a general care-taking.
Flowers and shrubs, when required,
are, of course, charged additionally.
The purpose is to defeat speculation in
land for burial places. and to insure
places, and to insure perpetual care CT
the graves. In Cleveland the enter
prise is self-supporting, although the
charges are very low.
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THE TRAMP OF OTHER DAYS.

When Washington was signing bills
And all the land was new,
Did tramps roam DER the countryside
As modern wanderers doE
If so, how hard it must have been
To tramp in olden days,
Before inventions came to aic
The tramp in divers ways!
No graded railroad mile on mile
Was his to pace at ease,
With even ties and gentle slopes
Soft balm to weary knees;
But over pike and stony path
He sought his aimless ways;
Forsooth, no joke it was to be
A tramp in other days!
The luxury of modern tramps
BY him was never known:
He never called a whirling truck
Or empty freight his own.
The meals he got were far apart,
Because in days gone by
The towns were scarce. the dwellings few
And people kept their pie.
So. raise a song of hearty thanks
Ye tramps, a-tramping now;
For tramping is not half as hard
As once it was, | vow.
And when a brakeman filings you off
From some half-laden car,
Be thankful then and fancy how
Much better off you are.
Harry Hamilton, in Puck
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A travelling Sheep Pen,

The Michigan Experiment Station
last year experimental with a travel
ing ~sheep-pen moved by electricity.
Two lambs and part of the time an
old eve were pastured in the pen dur
ing the summer. The field vas plant
ed with lucern, growing thick aud
heavy. The pen was so arranged that
il crawled the full length of the pas
ture in one month, travelling about
two feet an hour; at the end of this
time it was switched around and trav-
eled back again. AS 1t moved, the
sheep ate every bit of fodder, eager
" cropping next the forward side of
the pen as it ran over new ground. A
hit of canvas duck was hung over the
corner of the pen for shelter, and curi.
ous as it may seem, the sheep became
80 accustomed to the moving of the
pen that when they lay down to sleep
the snuggled up close to the forward
end of the pen, so as to lie as long as
nossible without being disturbed by
the rear end of the pen as it crept to-
ward them. When the pen has passed,
Of course, lHe iuSeAH mat mas Deen
cropped by the sheep Immediately
grows up again, and by the time the
pen has made its monthly circuit the
pasture is again in good condition. The
advantage of this electric pen is that
the sheep are kept from running over,
half eating and trampling down a
large amount of pasture; and it keeps
the sheep quiet, so that they take G
flesh rapidly.
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SUITOR'S ARDENT WOOING
SuppIauts Authority Of Prospective
Father-in-Law in His Own Home.
SAVED FROM FURY OF A MOE

Young Ma Threatened to Kill the Girl'a
Father - Chased From tho House, In.
dignant Citizens Join in the Pursuit -
Rescued by His Flancee-Mob Wanted
to Tar and Feather Him-Under Arrest,
Mount Holly, N. J.-Twenty-fve
masked men assembled In the vicinity
of former Judge B. p. Willis's house
bent on treating Harry Allen Baxter,
the iance of Miss Willis, to O coat of
tar and feathers. Entering the large
yard they made an effort to enter the
rear door. Then something happened,
The Judges ten-year-old son asked
them very pointedly to retire, at the
same time he leveled a shotgun at the
gang, which beat a hasty retreat.
"Ill shoot the first one to enter" he
said. and Immediately there vas Il
slump in tar and a reaction In the
feather market, which had been de
cidedly bullish.
All the time young Allen was In an
upstairs room armed with a revolver
and a large amount of that discretion
which at times outdoes any sort of
valor.
Allen is not the "star boarder" Of
the Willis household by any name
Of means. The Judge doesn't like him
ut all, but Mrs. Willis favors his suit,
and so does the young woman. He
came here from New York City some
time ago, and, although the Judge OPP
poses the marriage he permitted the
youth, up to Wednesday morning, to
live in the house.
On that morning, hard upon the heel
Of the exciting events of the previous
night, the Judge and his prospective
son-in-law had a row. Baxter drew a
revolver and threatened to shoot. The
Judge ran at him, and, selling the
weapon. thrashed him. Baxter rushed
out of the house coatless and hatless.
and ran down Main street to Grant,
closely pursued by the Judge and a
large and excited crowd.
Arriving Mt Grant street station he
attempted to board a passing trolley
car for Burlington. He was caught
and again chastised by the Judge.
Baxter once more pulled his revolv-
er. William Jennettand Micaiah Mat
lack, who were in the crowd that haG
assembled, seized Baxter. and taking
his revolver away, ordered him to get
out as soon as possible. Baxter rar
along the trolley track toward Bur
lngton.
Judge Willis then went before Squiro
Krayer and swore out a warrant fol
the arrest of Baxter. Giving this tc
Detective Ellis II. Parker, he stopped
a passing team and drove rapidly of
in pursuit. Miss Willis had learned
Of the row, and she Immediately drove
to the rescue, o~vertaking Baxter II
his flight toward Burlington. She hur
ried off with him in the carrlag'
Later Baxter was found in the HON
of Mrs. NJ. r. Sooy, in Mount Holly
and arrested.
Miss Willis met Baxter last seaso-
at Bay View, L. l., while she was Wis
itlng q former schoolmate. He mad
rapid progress in his suit for Mabel
hand and IL the good graces of he
mother, but the Judge made invest
cations and refused his consent to Tho
wedding. A few weeks later Baxter
came to the house as a guest Of Mrs
Willis.
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"Tradcspcople, in general, consider
women as 'poor pay" writes Edward
Box, In the Ladies' Home Journal.
1.-THE vast majority of sheltered wom-
en- seem to have no conception of the
anxieties, trouble, poverty, suffering,
privatlon, injustice and positive cruel
ty which they directly inGict upon
Woodworking women b. a carclessness
in promptly meeting their bills. If
this practice were confined 20 the few
one might dismiss 1t with 4 fhrug OF
sigh that it existed at all. But it APP
plies to the majority Of wolnen. Let
a woman look into this matter care
fully, and she will be surprised at
the evils which result from this care
less disregard Of obligations. Wherever
you find a feminine industry there you
will find a ledger full of unpaid ac-
counts"
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JlNCLES N JESTS.

"Look here, sir, who gave you per
mission to kiss my daughter" at
wasn't necessary, sir."-Detroit Free
Press.
SINGERS quarrel with the soprano
seems to have disturbed the eve ten
or of his way" Yes, he's clear off his
base."-Indianapolis News.
Tourlst-"How long does the sheriff
hold office in this county?' Native (ot
Bloody Gulch)-"Just as long as he
continues to draw frst."-Puck.
Householder Ito suspicious charac
ter)-"What do you want?' Suspicious
Character (thoughtfully)-"Well, l
dunno; what yer got?"-Harlem Life.
He was a very fresh young man;
Yet when he told a tale
1t seemed a paradox that it
a Should be so very stale.
Philadelphia Record.
"How did Dabster become famous as
an artist?" HE did a painting so
cleverly that none of the critics could
tell what it was."-Ohio State Jour.
nal.
"See that rlagnate over there?' eyes
What of him." well twenty years
ago, that man arrived In New York
with only a million dollars In his peck
ct."-Life.
She-"I wonder, Harry, If you would
marry again if ] should dieT" He
you little silly, don't you see that /
couldn't marry again unless you did
die ?'-Boston Transcript.
in cleaning house from year to year
A woman's ways are wondrous queer;
She walls DER rubbish; then, alack,
IT'S busted and put safely back.
Chicago Record-Herald
Big Sister-"Dick, | think it is time
little folks were in bed" Little Dick
Ton Mr.. Nicefellow's knee)-"OhN IS
all right. Mamma said | was to stay
here until she came downstairs
Tit-Bits.
Did they make you feel at home
over at Mre. Smiths, johnny" Yes.
ma, Mrs. Smith told me t. wipe M
feet m not muss the tides, m didn't
give me but one piece O. pie,"-Phila-
delphia Evening Telegraph.
Mems interests show a difference wide,
BY some eccentric trick.
If half the world is satisfied
The other half must kick.
Washington Star.
Mike Opening his pay envelope
"Faith, that's the stineiest mar 1 ever
worked for" Pat-"Phwat's the mat
Their wild ye; didn't We git as much as
We ixpected?" Mike-"Yes, but | was
countln' on gittin' more than l tx
pected Tit Bits.
Reynolds" said the old member OF
the firm, "how do you spell 'which'?'
"W h i C b." responded the other.
"That's what l thought" rejoined the
older member, covertly scratching a
ST. out of the word he had written.-
Chicago Tribune.
The Young Mani suppose, sir, thai
when | become formally engaged to
your daughter you will admit me as a
member of the firm The Father
"Well, 1 don't know. I don't feel as
If l could afford the expense of both
of these things just nOw."-Detrolt
Free Press.
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a statistician has taken Il census Of
American authors, and found that they
number 1900, adding TO his published
report some comment showing that he
is quite amazed at their multitude.
The New York Mail and Express, on
the other hand, is astonished to learn
that there are so few. Offhand, it
would seem as if there were at least
1900 young men and maidens, old men
and natrons, busy with the writing of
books cast Of the Alleghanies alone.
There are now large tracts Of author
producing soil in the MiCdlc West. the
Southwest and on the Pacific s'tpe.
These, added to New England, wner
there is al author to every few square
miles-Boston and suburbs alone hav-
ing 3333-nake such q large area that.
excIaims the Mail and Express, it is
amazing to learn that there are in this
great country only 1900 people all told
who write books for a living, for plas-
ure, or in the service OF literature,
science and art,
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CRIME IN THE PHILIPPINES
MANY Natives Punished For Various
Acts Of Violence.
ASSASSINkTlONS ARE FREQUENT

Eight Members of a Band of Native Muir
derers Condemned to Death-organi-
zation Consisted of an Exccutioncr,
Assistants and Men to Dig Graves For
Many Innocent Victims.
Washington, D. CA Philippine
mail brings to the War Department
the records in eleven cases wherein
Filipinos were tried by military COM
missions on charges including murder,
kidnapping, criminal assault, burglary
and violation Of the rules Of war.
An especially noteworthy case
out of the operations of q famous
oath bound band of Filipinos called
the Society of the "Sandatahans."
The principal officers Of this society,
next to a triumvirate of chiefs, are n
chief executioner and assistants and
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One Of the most remarkable but
least-noticed facts in connection with
the war in the T%ransvaal is the ex-
treme youth of a large part of General
De Vets army. When hostilities broke
out almost every grown man enlisted,
even the enfeebled, but the pace has
been too rapid for the venerable burgh-
ers. AS they were killed or incapaci-
tated their places have gradually been
taken by mere school children, many
only thirteen or fourteen years Of age.
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featuring of shoes. He started in bust
ness in a small way. but was so sue
cessful that in the early eighties he
was regarded as a very wealthy man.
In 1889 the Republican party nom
mated Mr.. Pingree for Mayor Of De
troit, and he was elected by over 1000
majority. He was reelected in 1891.
1893, and 1895 by increased MAORI
ties each time. In 1896 he was elected
Governor of Michigan by $1,000 plur-
atty, running ahead of the National
ticket by 10000 votes. He was re-
elected Governor in 1898 by about 100,-
900 plurality, and served out his term,
which expired In 1900. Last March
he started on the journey abroad which
ended in his death in London.
While he was Mayor Mr.. Plngree
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Close Attention to "Details.

Close attention to details Is neces-
sary in order to produce two tubs of
butter exactly alike in quality. A
change in the food will affect the milk
md butter, and so win any mistake In
keeping and ripening the cream and In
churnlng. The food also iavors the
butter, as wild onions have been obsta-
cles in that respect. Lack of cleanli-
ness also affects the quality of butter.
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The Mormons are planting colonies
in Arizona.
Shiploads OF lumber are being hur-
ried from Portland. Ore, to China.
Kansas farmers count on 100000
600 bushels of wheat, All are buying
farm implements.
The Secretary of State FOR India has
sanctioned 4 scheme for five large
central asylums for the insane in In
dia.
The famous death valley in South
ern California, between Yuma and
San Diego. is to be crossed by a rail
road,
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UMBRELLA LAW IN INDIANA.


Bloomington, Ind.-Obe Frye, a
well-known young man, borrowed DR..
Rogers's umbrella during a severe
thunderstorm without asking permls,
sion. He was arraigned in u ana
admitted the borrowing. Judge
Martin assessed his punishment at
from one to three years in the South,
ern Reformatory, fined him 81, ana
DISTINGUISHED him for five years.
This is the first time in the history
of Indiana courts that Il person mas
been legally punished for borrowing
an umbrella. The sentence is consld-
Grad by many to be excessive, and an
effort will be made to have Frye par
doned.
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* AGRICULTURAL .


The parsnip is not as extensively
grown in this country as the carrot,
vet parsnips are relished by horses
and cattle and they are wholesome.
The cattle breeders Of the Channel
Islands, from which our best butter
breeds came, use parsnips and regard
them as excellent. They are rs easily
grown as carrots, and the two COM
bined make an excellent ration.
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Before DR.. Koch'5 Investigations
proved the contrary, consumption was
supposed to be a hereditary disease.
There was q very general belief that
children Of c~onsuElptivc parents might
as well make their wills and prepare
to die at an early age OF the anne dis
ease. This Idea has given way before
the certainty that consumption is
cauced only by bacllli which have been
thrown off from a consumptive person
or animal. No bacillus, no colsunp-
ton, is the new axiom. Doctors are
convinced that if a child of consulo-
tive parents could be sem to a place
where there were no tubercle baciili
and kept there, it might live to the age
CT Methusaleh without contracting the
disease. Susceptibility to the disease,
however, is passed on, and while those
who come of a consumptive line can
avoid the disease, 1t can only be done
by using every safeguard against it.
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A Dartmouth College mar has an in
strument that can detect the heat of q
candle n mile off. With such an in
strument 1t might be possible to meas
ure the warmth of soul of that New
York man who the other day gave a
young boy ten cents for finding a peck
etbook containing $1,000 which he had
1.a.
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In the rear eighteen by twenty-four
feet and a covered barnyard twenty
two by t~wenty-four feet. Figure 1 is
front elevation. Figure 2, floor plan
A. -carriage-room; B, horse stalls; G..
carriage-room; D. tool-room; E, closet;
f, COW stable; G, pig pen, with corn
crib above; H, feeding alley; l, tank,
and X, covered barnyard.-C. II. Kick
OK, in Ohio Farmer.
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(Former Governor OF Michigan, who dice
in London while visiting Europe.)
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For six years Lille Engler. daugh-
Ter of Edward Engler, of Newark,
worried along with a swelling on the
right side of her nose and occasionally
she complained of pain. The swelling
became unusually painful . few days
ago, and the child was taken to the
hospital. The doctor decided that
there was some foreign substance in
the nose. An operation was per-
formed and a shoe button was found.
Flesh had grown over 1t.
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William Mcmillan, sevcnty-two years
old, committed suicide by hanging
himself at Belleville. Mcmillan had
been brooding for some time over the
death of his wife, which occurred re-
Gently, and also worrying about the
fate Of a favorlte son, who started for
the Klondike over Il year ago, and
from whom he had neycr heard The
County Physician granted Il burial
hermit.
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G DEAD IN LONDON
Former Governor Of Michigan Suo-
cumbs to Intestinal Disease.
As Mayor of Detroit lie Fought For NJ
nicipal Ownership - Gained Fame
by His Potato Patch Plan.

London.-Former Governor Hazen S.
Plngree, Of Michigan, Is dead. His
son was the only one present at the
time Of his death. Mr.. Pingree died
peacefully, without speaking n word.
His death was caused by liberation Of
the intestines.
Young Mr.. Plngree wired to his
mother and his uncle In the United
States not to come to London.
The body will he embalmed and TAX.
en- to Mr.. Pingree's home.
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NO LIQUOR FOR THE ARMY.
Supplies For Sick Must BE Provided by
the Medical Department.

Washington, d. C.-The Secretary
of War directs the publication OF the
following order for the information
of the Army:
"No malt. vinous, or spirituous
liquors will be purchased b. the Sub
slstence Department for any purpose
Supplies thereof needed in medical or
hospital practice for use in the dies
of soldiers too sick TO use the ar 4
rations will be provided by the NJ i-
cal Department."
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.,,,ssn,, oregon. Narrow Escape.

The battleshlp Oregon narrowly es'
capped being blown up at San fran
cisco, Cal. While unloading her am
munitlon into a lighter alongside m
of the sailors dropped a thirteen-lncn
she'll from the deck to the bottom oil
the lighter. Luckily it did not eS'
,lnda