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The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19
A Demand For Good Hnrses.

The excessive drain upon the supply
of horses for military purposes in the
last few years has practically de-
pleted this country's number of good
horses, and there exists to-day an act
ual shortage which cannot be made
good for several years. The demand
has been chiefly for heavy horses
those suitable for cavalry and for
dragging heavy provision trains.
Horses that would answer the re-
Quirements for these purposes have
been shipped to South Africa, Manila
and Europe in great quantities. 1t
has been impossible to meet the needs
of all requirements because of the lack
of suitable animals. The demand now
is for heavy draft horses, good ami
mails for horseback riding, and even
for roadsters. Breeding and rearing
of any of these must return good
profits to the farmer OF owner. Horse
flesh in the last few years seems to
have recovered from the low depres-
sion it reached a few years ago. Then
the animals reached the lowest stage
of Generalization possible, but the
losses sustained by owners Of horses
then were not wholly an evil. There
was some good that came out of 1t.
Not the least of these was the cleaning
out of all the poor and inferior ami
mails that had been accommodating in
the country. Years before the depres-
sion prices for horses had been so good
that people paid exorbitant sums for
pretty inferior hOrseflesh. Breeders
found that they could sell almost any
thing they raised, and in a few years
the country was flooded with poor
horses. The depression in prices
cleaned out these inferior animals.
Some were shot, others froze to death
on the Western pralries and some were
shipped away. Only the man with
good horses decided that he would not
sacrifice his stock, and he chung to his
favorite animals.
Now the country is actually de-
pleted of good horses, and there never
was a better time to breed. The type
of animal that is needed should be an
incentive to every owner of good horse
flesh to raise some for market. Poor
horses will never again pay In this
country. If the present boom contin-
hes 1t will never include the inferior
animals which a few years ago found
n market. If one cannot raise animals
suitable to do their work well IN the
world, it will be better to abandon
the business entirely. The farmer
with fair intelligence, who has good
stock to begin with never had a bet
fer chance to make money from rails
ing good horses, and the time to begin
Is when the supply is low. and tho
c.untry is depleted of stock.-E. p
Smith, in American Cultiyator.
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Professor Rice and His ObIiging Guest.

Professor Rice Is q leading chemist
Of Sydney, New South Wales. One
day he was visited by a friend, who
found him examining n dark brown
substance spread on paper. 81 say,
would you'kindly let me place a bit Of
this on your tongue? My taste has
become so vitiated by tasting all sorts
Of things"
Certainly" responded the overac-
commodating visitor, holding out his
tongue.
The professor took up a little of the
substance under analysis and placed
1t on the others tongue. The latter
worked It around for fully a minute,
tasting 1t much as he would a fine CON
lection.
Mote any efrect?" inquired the pro-
fessor.
mo, none"
at doesn't paralyze or prick your
tongue?"
mot that I can detect"
81 thought not, There are no aka
loids in 1t, then, How does 1t tastef'
Bitter as the dickens"
"Hem-m; all right"
"What is it," inquired the visitor.
81 don't know. That's what I'm
trying TO find out. Some one has been
poisoning horses with it"
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

A new law of vision is said to have
been determined by experiments con-
Quoted under the supervision of Pro-
fessor Dodge. of the Psychological
Department of Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Conn. 1t Is this-that
the eye, while In motion, distinguishes
nothing in a complex field of vision.
1t seems to be proven that the eye
must rest, looking at some definite part
of a still object, for about one-twen-
tieth of a second before 1t sees any
thing. Several years ago Professor
Dodge showed that the operation Of
reading consists not In a sweeping Of
the eye acros a page, but in a series
of pauses.
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inches wide, which was nailed to one
side of the opening, as shown In the
cut Two short pieces were nailed on
this at a and b to hold the door. This
box is used for a nest in which to set
the hens, and it stands on the floor.
Several holes are bored in the box for
ventilation.
When a hen shows a strong inclina-
ton to sit l make a nest In the box,
put in two or three china eggs and
shut the hen in. The next afternoon
| open the door and lift her off to feed.
After she becomes accustomed to the
new nest the real eggs are put under
her. Keep the box closed during the
day and open late in the afternoon, so
she a come off to feed.
When it is not practicable to give
this care, the door is simply taken off
at noon ard replaced at night. Almost
all the hens lay before noon, and the
sitting hen is not apt to be disturbed
after dinner. | have frequently bought
sitting hens from people who did not
ARE to set them. If a hen is carefully
moved after dark, there is seldom any
trouble about her sitting In the new
quarters.-Will Dana, in New England
Homestead. ts.7g-.
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A Chicago justice of the peace has
sentenced a young man to save 500.
The youth was arrested for playing
base ball in the public street and for
the added misdemeanor of advising a
police officer who objected to go and
jump in the river. As the lad was
playing during business hours the
magistrate shrewdly opined that he
was an idler, and hence the sentence.
The culprit is to report at stated in
tervals and exhibit his savings bank
account, sentence to be suspended as
long as he shows reasonable progress
toward the accumulation of 500. The
sentence is a novelty In petty criminal
Jurisprudence, but 1t may be the sal
walton of the young nan 1t win be
better for him than a workhouse sen
tence, at least, comments the Minneap.
oils Times.
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A LASTING GAME,

] hev watched EN- playin' checkers in tho
summer, fall an spring,
Bill Boggs, Yves, Jones, Newt. Lane, Hi
Smith, an Jason Fox, / jingl
/ know 'em all jes' like a book, they're
players good an strong!
On special '%casions they've been known
t play the whul night long.
They gather at the grocery as regular as
clocks
On evenin's in winter, an they pick EN-
out a box
High enough t lay the board on. Then
wise-heads begin t pore
Ger the mystic game O checkers there in
Silas Johnson's store.
The board they play on s worn so that
the squares are dim, / swan!
And the checker-men, er pieces, all their
vanished beauty's gone.
Why, I'll bet a million games hev on that
faded board been played!
No cricket ever made the jumps them
checker-men have madei
Year in, year ont, the same sized crowda
been gatherin' of nights,
An movin' some, an studyin' more, till
81 put out the lights.
The youngsters follow in the path their
fathers trod before,
An keep that game OF checkers UP in 81
las JOhnson's store.
I've known o. folks movin' way, be gone
may be fer years,
An when they'd come back visitin' they'd
say t me: at pears
Like nothin' looks ies' natural, Ais
changed AT once we knew.
Except the store-they're dom there jes'
what they used t do"
You couldn't stop it if you'd try; its jcs'
as much a part
OF life 'roun' here as %eatin', and lots closer
t. the heart!
l reckon Gabriel's trump, when blown,
will catch at least a score
o. fellers playin' checkers there in Silas
Johnson's store!
Roy Farrell Greene, in Puck.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

Graduated, but no present" was
the suggestive announcement made
concerning the class of 1901 at a well
known Institution of higher learning,
A majority OF the class did not appear
at commencement, though their names
were called and their degrees were
conferred. The case was extraordi.
nary, but the explanation was simple
and satisfactory. The services of the
young men had been sought and en-.
gagged by business men so urgently
that the president of the institution
had given the students permission &c
leave school and go to work in ad.
vance of actual graduation. Their
courses of study We're satisfactorily
completed and their examinations
passed, and it was thought to be not
worth while to keep them away from
the industries which needed them for
so long as eve the few days yet re-
naming before the formal close of the
academic year.
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In All Parts of the State.

The blackberry crop Of Gloucestes
County promises TO be large.
The hucklebcrry crop in Cape May
County promises to be abundant.
j. NJ. Tomlinson has been appointed
fourth-class postmaster at Shiloh.
Richard Kessler has been appointed
fourth-class postmaster at Pine Brook.
With all of the improvements around
Woodbury., the tax rate Will be only
s2.04.
The "peddler" bug is destroying
sweet potatoes in the vicinity of
Courses Landing.
From the number of ans being
made at the South Jersey canneries
an exceptionally large tomato pack is
anticipated.
People who ride out in the country.
Doth in Gloucester and Cumberland
Counties, say that rabbits and quail
were never more plentiful.
Postmaster Harris, Of Newfield, has
been notified that rural delivery Will
be established there in September, ana
that Charles G. Evan and Villa q.
Potter will be the carriers.
The past fire has been a most pros
oerous n to the blowers at the Salem
glass works. The amount of back pay
due the blowers alone amounted to
$4,000, As high as 500 was paid to
some of the men.
An effort is being made to secure q
franchise to lay gas pipes through the
streets of P%aulsbOro.
Harvest hands are scarce all over
South Jersey, and consequently many
farmers are away behind with then
work.
The suit of Joseph NJ, Knight against
the Farmers Reliance Company, OIL
West Jersey, an action TO recoVer hre
Insurance which had been cancelled
has been decided by the jury in favor
Of the plaintiff, the verdict being fol
S1G42.42, or the amount sued for witt
interest.
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An observant European correspond
ent writes us: zone afternoon about a
fortnight ago a shower came down in
Berlin, and although there was not the
slightest indication of lightning or
thunder, the whole telephone service
of Berlin was suspended for several
hours. 1t was the most ridiculous
piece of ofticialism l ever heard of. 1t
seems that the minute a drop of rain
falls they shut up the telephone ex-
changes, and all hands go out for beer.
They don't do 1t anywhere except un'
der the administration of the Reich
post, there being no such nonsense in
Bavaria or Observation-Disclosures
World and Engineer.
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American-made trolley cars to whi2
between Athens and Piraeus in Greece,
owe the ground where struggled the
Spartans with Thrasybulus, and
Lacedaemonian troops did some raw
aging and lootlng. 1t will seem n lit
tie to ask for q transfer from the
Acropolis to Hadrian's bath or push
the button for the motorman to stop
at the Equestrian gate.
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Byron's cynical definition of fame
ms dying for your country and having
your name spelt wrong In the Gazette
Is recalled by an anecdote In the New
York Herald's special cabled letter
from London the other day. AS the
story runs, the author of several ap-
preciative books ON Admiral Drake
and his successors wrote to the British
naval authorities suggesting that a
new battleship should be called the
Drake, and received the reply that
there was no precedent for naming a
battleship for a bird!
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THE truth should not be spoken at
all times" Don't worry; it isn't
Brooklyn Life.

BfooKlyn Lire.
The smallest microbe has a tail
AT least, so it is said;
Let's hope he wags it gratefully
Whenever he is fed.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Caller-"Now, my little man, what
is your parents genealogical chart
for?" Bright Boy-'To hide a tear
in the parlor paper, sir."-Philadelphla
Record.
Molly-"My little sisters got
measles" Jimmie-"Oh! So has mine"
Molly-"Well, I'll bet you my little
sisters got more measles than yours
has."-Tit-Bits.
wouldn't you like to be an author?"
"Oh, it takes too long to become an
author; but, say, l wouldn't mind be-
ing a literary fad for a while."-Chi-
cago Record-H Herald.
well, what do you think of things?'
asked one fly of another. a." replied
the other fly, IAN In favor Of the open
door and the %screenless window
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
An easy going fellow with pleny of cash,
She found him a very good each.
Whenever she asks him for pin-moncy
now
He has to come up to the scratch.
Philadelphia Record.
"Great Scotti" exclaimed Starboard,
as they turned the corner; 1.-THE board
inghouse is afire." Lets hurry" sug-
gested Port; maybe we'll get some
thing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
Weary Waggles-"Dey amt no SIGH
a ting es hydrophobia." Willie Won't
work-"Aw. I'm on ter youse; youse
wants me ter tackle de houses where
dey got dogs, don't yer?'-ohio State
Journal.
Frank-"Hello, Charley! Wonder
what Dicks doing nowadays?' Char
ley-"Guess he's in the horticultural
business; he's always talking about
the daisies on his street"-Boston
Transcript.
A~uthor-"I am troubled with lnsom-
mia. 1 lie awake at night, hour after
hour, thinking about my literary
work. Friend-'Why don't you get
up and read portions Of it?'-Town
and Country.
1t was / a.. III. "Well, young man.
said his indignant mother, what have
you to say for yourself?" Mother
he mildly replied, "as there is a great
deal TO be said, | think I'll let you say
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

Gus Rubin has defeated Bob
Fitzsimmons in their wrestling match
with two straight falls. at New York
City.
An intercity golf association, the
largest in the West, has been formed
by representatives OF clubs in cities
between the Mississippi River and the
Rocky Mountains.
The Constitution has defeated the
Columbia by eleven minutes and six
seconds in the race Off Newport, II. /.
The Independence was dlstanced, be-
ing several miles from the finish lipe,
when the time limit ended.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

After obeying the law for two Sun
days, the liquor dealers have taken
steps to fight the Sunday liquor law,
aud will carry the matter to the Court
Of Appeals. In accordance with the
plan a number Of saloons, grottoes, and
cafes opened on Sunday for business
as formerly, and did a thriving bust
ness. The Law and Order people were
Apprised of this action beforehand,
and had agents out securing evidence.
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Setting Hens In the Poultry House.

Setting Hens In the Poultry House.
Other things being equal, a chicken
Matched In early April is worth twice
as much as one Matched In June. 1t
costs a little more to raise 1t, but on
the other hand an April chicken is less
likely to be troubled with lice. A pull
let of the medium sized breeds
Matched in April ought to begin laying
In October, and will produce eggs
when they are high, while a late pull
let reserves her energies for providing
eggs when they are low. The cocker
els of the early hatch are ready to eat
or sell in the early fall.
The only place for hens or chickens
at my command is an ordinary hen
house in which 1 keep twelve hens. If
a hen was set in the henhouse the
other hens would lay in the nest. and
when chickens hatched, the hen, in
trying to defend them from invaders
was likely to step on and kill them.
So l got a box eighteen inches long,
fourteen inches wide and eighteen
inches high. The top was taken off
and split so that one strip was seven
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

The alarming reports that Holsters
may ere long become almost as scarce
and costly as diamond back terrapin
of the finest quality are now followed
by terrifying rumors that in a few
years a famine in clans may cause
widespread suffering. Epicures who
have enjoyed the exquisite 6avors Of
a genuine Rhode Island clambake will
feel a sinking at heart and also in the
stomach when they reflect upon the
danger of such a calamity.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19
Price For a Town Too smn1I.

Stockholders of the New Jersey Mu-
tual Realty Company, whose town Of
Lincoln was sold at auction for $4,000
to L. d. Cook q Co, of Bound Brook,
express themselves as not being salts
fed with the sale. Only S104G above
the membranes against the proper
ty, consisting Of taxes and mortgages,
was realized. Before the sale can be
c-onsummated 1t will have to be ap-
proved by the Chancellor of the State,
and some Of the stockholders say they
will endeayor to have that approval
withheld. Their holdings were valued
at $4,000 or more.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

For many generations after the first
bale of cotton raised in the United
States was sent to market most of the
cotton plantations of the country We're
east of the Father of Waters. But
now : nearly one-half of the entire
American crop of cotton m from
the territory west of the Mississippi.
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Sleeping Child Burned to Death.

James Ross, colored, sat reading be-
side a table at his home, near Almones-
son, when in some manner a lamp ON
the table caught fire. Unable to ex-
tinguish the blaze Rose threw the
amp on the floor. The bowl broke and
the oil spread over his four-year-old
boy, who was asleep under the table
without his fathers knowledge. The
little boy was frightfully burned, and
only lived a short time, although three
physicians We're summoned. The
house was saved by willing hands,
who came hurricdly to the place.
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REkOUNcES HIS COUNTRY.
A Syracuse Millionaire Declares Himself
afSubject of Edward VII.

Syracuse, N. Y Major Alexander
II. Davis, a millionaire, who until re
Gently claimed this city as his home
and paid personal taxes, has declared
himself a subject of King Edward of
Great Britain and has had his lame
stricken from the personal tax roll.
Major Davis ran for Congress on the
Democratic ticket against James J..
Belden fifteen years ago and was de-
feated. He has large street railroad
interests In Louisville and extensive
real estate In this CITY,
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

There was rejoicing at the home Of
John Brodsky, at Bordentown, when
his ten-year-old son Charles, who dis
appeared from his home on Sunday,
June 80, was returned to his parents.
The boy was located on the farm of
Julius Tolten, in the vicinity of New
Town, Mercer County, where he had
been since July 8. Tolten denied hav-
ing seen any accoun printed or heard
Of the boy being missing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19
Flag Raising Rouses Bridgeton.

With martial music, parade and fire.
works, the City Council raised n staff
and flag owe the new city hall at
Brldgeton. The demonstration at
!racted thousands of people and the
affair was an enthusiastic success. The
parade included the fire department,
police officials, Councilmen and many
civic organizations. The flag raising
was followed by an elaborate. fire.
works disDlay,
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

The Supreme Court of Missouri has
held to be excused In law a wife who,
acting In obedience to the will and di-
rection Of her husband, procured a re-
volver which the man was to use in
%effecting his escape from the Jail.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

The first legal step toward the break
ing of the will of Jacob s. Rogers was
taken when Mrs. Virginia Heinisch,
half-slster of the deceased, hled a
saveat in the ~Surrogate's office Mt Pat
arson. The caveat is dated July 10,
1901, and is signed by Mrs. Heinisch
as caveatrix, and by j. McMoorow, as
counsel.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19
BANK ROBBERS SHOW FIGHT.
Keep on Citizens ofan Ohio Town While
They Work on a Safe.

Alexandria, Ohio.-A daring attempt
to loot the Ressler & Ashbrooke Bank
was made by a gang of six or seven
men. Nothing was secured, however,
and, after standing off a crowd Of cit
liens, at whom they fired repeatedly
for an hour, the robbers escaped In
stolen buggies.
An examination of the vault showed
that little of value had been secured.
A package Of $500 which had been
left over night in the outer vault was
found among the debris. A Sheriff's
posse Immediately took up the chase,
but the robbers secured a good start
and could not be overhauled.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19
he Syracuse t-standard thinks

The Syracuse Post-Standard thinks
that when women romp as girls romp
and daily devote themselves to some
vigorous physical employment, no
matter though 1t does "jog the hair.
pins and wilt the collars" they will
give up less of their time to sickness
than is now given.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

Portugal's new compulsory military
service calls for three years In the ac'
tive army. five in the first reserve and
seven In the second reserve. First-re'
serve service calls for a months train
ing every wear.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19
AGRICULTURAL


I~HUuuragc the WoodpccKers.
The ~woodpeckers, which are sup.
posed to destroy trees by drilling,
really destroy the insects in the trees,
thus performing a service by saving
the trees. They should be encouraged
to remain In the orchard, as the very
fact that woodpeckers are at work is
evidence that they are needed on the
trees. .saS-I
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

The honeymoon was over and they
were keeping house. At the first
breakfast she got him, he slipped at his
cup and then grayely turned up his
trousers. as your coffee right, dar-
ling?' she murmured. "Yes, precious,
but a little muddy" - Philadelphia
Press
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19
SCHOOL MISTRESS" A MAN.
Teacher In Arkansas Arrested - Wanted
on a Charge of Murder.

Little Rock, Ark.-A detective a few
days ago placed under arrest a sup
posed young woman, who had been
teaching a private school in the Kings
River n~eighborhood.
1t turns out that the school teacher
was a mar in disguise; that his name
IS Sears, and that he is wanted In
Texas on a charge of murder, COM
United seven years ago.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

DR.. Shrady gives out the opinion that
the number of suicides increases with
advancing civilization. One wonders
if this would be so were the civilian
ton really what it purports to be.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

A highly successful experiment was
made at Paris, France, by NJ, Santos
Dumont with a se~lf-directing balloon
invented by him. The balloon was
steered in all directions, and made to
rise or sink without apparent diff
entity.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

A Philadelphia firm of auctioneers
recently offered at one of their sales
Robinson Crusoe's musket. 1t was a
fine old fintlock. 1t was in the pos
session of a grandniece of Alexander
Selkirk, and its pedigree is much more
unclouded than is usually the case
with objects of this kind.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

The wooden and worsted goods trade
is fairly active. Leading mills are
well supplied with orders for fall lines,
and there is little disposition to hasten
the opening of the new spring season.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

Among the new sensations provided
by the automobile is the backward
runaway-paralleled only by an extra.
obstinate mule.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19
Rain welcomed with JOY.

The drought has been partly broken
in Kansas, but too late to save corn.
The rain was welcomed with wild
demonstrations of Joy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-07-19

The man who kicks IL his news
paper is damp would Kick harder il
he found it dry.