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The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15

A cannery is to he erected at Rosen-
hayn.
Bridgeton is to have a large new cir
culating library.
Dog prisoners still continue their
nefarlous practice in Gloucester.
Thousands of tons of ice have been
stored in Cumberland County the past
week.
New buildings will soon replace
those destroyed by the recent fire in
Clayton.
A movement is on among Wenonah
people for the Improvement of the side
walks of the borough.
Samuel P. Bartlett has been ap-
pointed Collector of Customs for the
Little Egg Harbor district.
The shooting match between Harry
Dean and Captain Raymond, of Man
tua, was won by the former.
The glass factories of South Jersey.
It is said. are turning out n better
quality of ware than eve before.
A Glasshoro farmer has twenty acres
set cut in strawberry plants, and will
set out thirty acres in tomato plants.
Seed sweet potatoes at vendues, in
Gloucester County. are bringing double
the price of large ones for market.
Horsemen in the vicinity of Bridge
ton are organizing a driving club, and
will hold n meeting on Decoration Day.
Steps are being taken to hold n semi
centennial anniversary of the found
ing of Cape May as a seaside resort.
The first council met on March Is,
1851.
Sinelc-handed. Miss Nellie wilkins,
of North Woodbury., succeeded in eX-
tipguishing a fierce blaze in her home,
caused by a hanging lamp falling on a
table.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is plan
ming changes that will straighten its
track between New Brunswick and
Railway. Three separate surveys have
been made.
The congregation of the First Bap-
tiSf Church. of Clinton, mas extended a
unanimous call 20 Rev. John p. Ander-
son, of Chester, Penn, to become pas
tor of the church.
Mrs. George Holcombe. of Fleming
to-. returned home after making a
cal. to find her husband dead in a
chair. He was about fifty years old.
Apoplexv caused death
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at may not be uninteresting to your
patrons to read the inclosed schoolboy
'howlers' which l have recently run
across and for the authenticity o.
which | can vouch;
"'While Caesar was leaning against
a pole he was attacked; he put his
hands above his head and then he fell
dead. They all say Brutus stabbed
him.
1.-The enemies of Pericles charged
him with cheating the government out
of money and so they tried to oxidize
him.
1.-the Greek drama developed from
a number of people who used to dress
and sing to entertain their gods
1.-The last heard of Alclblades wa7
his death
"'Athens treated her allies with i'm
periallsm.'
"'Greek religion was very queer,
and they believed that the people
would lead a better life when in their
graves
"'The Greeks never believed in idols,
but they did believe in gods, and they
always thought it was a very great
shame if a man died
"'When the Greeks thought of death
they would grow cold aad would do
anything than to die.
Each family had a different god,
and thought that the body was stili
alive and the soul took a walk Cor
respondent in New York Times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15

The statement by Professor Robin.
son that if the cows have all the salt
they want the milk will keep longer
does not surprise us at all. We know
that their milk will have better favor,
whether it is because the salt has an
effect upon the bacteria or from other
cause. But we were not prepared for
his statement that a cow required
about one-fourth of a pound per day
to do her best. We never gave so
much when we added it to the mixed
feed, nor did they eat as much when
it was put in. a box in the shed for
them to eat It'll as they pleased. Yet it
may have beeIh due to the difference in
locality. Upon the eastern shores of
Massachusetts and Rhode Island the
sea breeze may have brought a deposit
of salt on the grass that nearly suf1ced
for their wants, After the storm in
which the lighthouse on Minot's Ledge
was wrecked 1t vas reported that win
dows facing the east, ten miles from
the ocean, had a perceptible coating
of salt, and we have seer wells of
"brackish" water that if a COW drank
her fill TT them she would need n"
other salt.-Boston Cultivator.
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The Question Of Too Much Land.

1utstiOb VI toU tuCh Lihus
There are lots of land owners in
every section of the country who are
land poor. They own and control more
land than they can work to advantage.
They hang on TO it like grim death
until the Sheriff comes to their relief
or they are fortunate enough to find
some man who has a SUN of money
large enough to pay one-thlrd down
and a bank account good enough TO
take the risk of getting the balance TO-
gether in one or two years. There are
plenty Of large farms throughout the
country which could be made to pay
for themselves within a few years If
divided up properly and placed in the
hands of ambitious men who would
appreciate an opportunity to secure
and pay for a home of their own.
Another benefit would accrue from a
change of this kind. The condition of
society would be much benefited. As
a rule, either in city or country, the
best com 'unlties are those in which
the people own their own homes. 1t
prevents that floating element from
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS who have but
little interest in their surroundings,
as they are here one year and some
where else another. 1t is a fact that
values are higher, the moral toni bet
ter and the people more happy and
prosperous In communities where
there are small farms which sc
owned by their oc cuoants,-St 'csnan
and Farmer.
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MILES is INSTRUMENTATION.
Senate Confirms Also Promotion OF
Young. ChatRee and Macarthur.

Senate Confirms Also Promotion oi
Young, ChafRee and Macarthur.
Washington, d. C.-The Senate has
confirmed the following nominations:
To be Observation-Disclosures
General Nelson A. Miles.
10 be Observation-Disclosures
General S. B. NJ. Young, Colonel Adna
&. Chaffee. Eighth Cavalry, major
General United States Volunteers;
Brigadier- General Arthur Macarthur,
tMaior-General United States Volun-
teers).
The President sent to the Senate the
nominations of James H. Wilson, of
Delaware, and Fitzhugh Lee, Of Viz
ginia. now Brigadier-G Generals of Vol
dnteers, TO be Brigadier-G Generals in
the regular army.
Generals Wilson and Lee get their
appointments under section thirty
three of the army bill, which author
ICED the President 'to select from the
Brigadier-General of Volunteers two
volunteer officers without regard to
age and, by and with the advice II
consent Of the Senate, appoint them
Brigadier- Generals"
A favorable report was made to the
Senate on all the Brigadier GENERALS
recently nominated, including Generals
Wood. Grant and Bell, and Generals
Wilson and FitZhugh Lee. Under the
rule, no action was had and considera-
ton was postponed until the next eX-
ecutive session.
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THE TEN NEW REGIMENTS
Orders Designating Them and Assign
ing Their Headquarters.
WILL BE SENT TO PHILIPPINES

The Senate Confirms the Nomination OF
General Miles to Be Lieutenant-Gen'
eral of the United States A~rmy-houng
Chaffee and Macarthur Are Major-Gen'
erals-wi1son and Lee TO BE Brigadiers
Washington, d. C.-Adjutant-Gener-
al Corbin has issued the necessary
orders for the organization and equip
nent of the ten additional regiments
authorized by the new army bill. AS
The regiments are organized Il
drilled they will be forwarded to san
francisco fer transportation to Man
la, but it is not expected that many
Of them will be in shape to so % the
Philippines for several months. Mean
while the regular army organizations
now stationed in this country will be
used as far as possible for Phllipplhe
service and the new organizations USED
for garrison duty in this country Ac-
cording to the orders these regiments
will be located as follows:
Eleventh Cavalry, headquarters,
Fort Myer, Va: Twelfth cavalry,
h~eadcuarters, Fort Sam Houston, Tex
as; Thirteenth Cavalry, headquarters
Fort Meade. $. D.; Fourteenth Cav
airy, headquarters, Fort Leavenworth,
Kan: Fifteenth Cavalry, h~eadquart-
ers. Preside of San Francisco; Twen-
ty-sixth Infantry, headquarters, Fort
Mcpherson, Ga; Twenty-seventh In
fantry, headquarters, Plattsburg Bar
racks, n. Y; Twenty-eighth Infantry
Headquarters, Vancouver Barracks
Wash; Twenty-ninth Infantry, head
quarters. Fort Sheridan, ILL.,; Thirtieth
Infantry, headquarters, Fort Logan
Col,
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JNcLEs kNp TESTS.

what animal is it that is web-foot.
ed, Tommie?' 1.-THE spider, ma'am."
Hoax-"I made a mistake and
dropped a dollar on the collection plate
This morning" Joax-'"That's con
tributory negligence"
"Mr. Biggleson is quite a philanthropy
ist, isn't heT" Yes. He always draws
up the subscription papers other people
are asked to sign"
How did your lawsuit with Smith
come outf' "We both lost" How do
you mean2' Well, he paid the bill,
but my lawyer got 1t ALL"
I'm getting so fat that I can scarce
ly stoop we to lace my shoes. Now
doctor, what would you advise me 10
do for it?", Wear slippers"
Standardization me, madam, but
don't think l know you" Woman with
check)-"Of course you don't. There
are no bank clerks in our set"
81 understand. sfr, that you referred
to me as a dog" mo, sir. You are
misinformed. | consider a dog mans
truest and most faithful friend"
This seems a very healthy spot, MY
man. said the tourist to Giles. 81
suppose people don't die here very Of
ten?" mo. sir. They only dies onee!'
She blamed him for the words he said
All, such is woman's wayl
And also, with averted head,
For words he didn't say.
Chicago Record.
Clara-''He was h~eart-broken, des.
perate, and ready for anything when |
rejected him" Maude-"What did he
do?" Clara-"He said he was going
to see you"
Have you got a paying claim
aueried the tenderfoot. Il should say
So" responded the native, enthusiast
cally, i've sold more'n a thousand
shares in it already"
"A splendid MATCH their people said;
But they began to scratch
And scrap as soon as they were we'd
1t was a friction match.
Philadelphia Record,
Jack-"It's curious what changes
time works" Jill-"How, for in.
stance?" Jack-"Well. when l was
twenty, Miss Oldgirl was thirty, and
now that I'm thirty she's twenty
40! ma'am,' cried the nurse, "the
baby has just fell downstairs" The
Boston lady was terribly shocked. you
should say ia n Della" she said,
and then fastened with calm dignl-
ty to the rescue.
The mar who kicks the %livelong day
May boast, ~perehance, OF duty done;
But finds he's frittered quite ava
The hours when other folks have fun.
Washington Star.
Look here, sir" exclaimed the irate
customer. Explain how it is the goods
my wife ordered sent up for dinner
haven't been delivered let me
See" said the grocer, refectiveiy;
your wife pays cash, doesn't shet'
yes; what's that got to do with it?'
Well, you know, sir, anybody that
pays cash doesn't get goods on time
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rhe practice of raising heavy build.

The practice of raising heavy build
ings by means of jackscrews has been
in vogue in this country for many
years. but has never been initiated by
Europeans until recently, and only
then when an Austrian who had re-
sided in this country several years
prompted a resort to it, No one will
retort that Americans are equally slow
to adopt foreign practices that have
had their usefulness demonstrated.
Perhaps this difference in methods
may explain why the United States is
making such astonishing industrial
progress. 1t certainly makes clear one
fact, and that is that if Europeans
Travelled as much in this country as
Americans do in theirs, and az the
same time observed as closely here as
our people do when abroad. there
would he less tall Of "YauSee !ngenu-
lty" and a larger exhibition OF tine
quality in other lands,
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15

Henry D. Lloyd predicts that cities
will eventually disappear and the
people be educated back to their old
home, the soil" Rider Haggard in
forms the Londoners that "if the race
is to thrive and Britain remain mighty
In years to come, say goodbye to
towns and get back to the land, which
bred your fathers" 1t SEEM that the
native-born Londoner becomes extinct
in the third generation, a fact which
lends point to Mr.. Haggard's warning.
Rum and poor food and the resulting
anaemia put the finishing touches on
degenerate families in short order.
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ALABAMA coNvlcTs SHOT.


Birmingham, Ala.-Six conyicts made
a dash to escape from the coal mines
at Pratt City. They We're led by Chas.
Higgins. a life man sent up for muir
der. and Charles Harris, serving a
twpnty-year sentence. The men made
their way for two miles under ground
in entries of wOrked-out mines.
When the convicts were checked off
the six men were missed. About that
time IN electric gong was sound
ed as the desperate men were battering
down Il heavy gate at the mouth of the
old mine. All the guards were notified
and when the ~convicts had the gate
down and We're about to get out into
the open they We're fired on by the
guards.
Higgins was almost instantly killed.
Harris was shot in the breast and is
fatally wounded. The other -four men
surrendered and were marched back
to prison W miles away, The con
victs had to break down seven gates
on their underground trip.
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Absorption CT the Yolx.


mother phase of constitutional
weakness in the young chicken is the
failure to absorb the yolk at the nor
NAL rate. Just previous to breaking
the shell the chick takes into the body
cavity the large unassimilated rem
nant of the yolk of the egg. The point
at which the abdominal walls meet
after closing in the yolk-sac can be
plainly seen as a bare spot, The navel,
The yolk-sac thus within the body cav
lty is connected with the intestine by
a narrow tube through which the
liquefied yolk enters the cavity of the
intestine, which it is digested and alb.
sorbed. This, as is well known, is the
reason why chicks require no food for
at least tw~enty-four hours after hatch,
ing.
For the next two or three days, as
the chick acquires strength, the yolk
is supplemented more and more by
food from external sources, and nor
mally, at ye end of perhaps a week,
the yolk hae practically all been alb
OGDct IL lAhN tNCls iiOuSh dnulOLb-
ical abnormal IS, inherited weakness
or other cause the chick fails to assim.
Hate the yolk the bird does not get
the natural food, and may thus be
weakened, and at length the unab-
sorbed yolk decomposes and poisons
the chick. This is the most prolific
cause Of bowel trouble" Many
breeders have remarked that chicks
Matched from eggs which have been
subjected 10 much variation of TEN.
perature in the Incubator are most sub
ject TO bowel trouble" and that this
may kill almost the entire hatch. The
cause was found by us to be in the
non-absorption Of the yolk. This hap
pened in a large proportion of those
chicks which died previous to batch
ing, and 1873 per cent. of the Matched
chicks examined showed abnormali.
ties connected with tie yolk.sac Bull
letin Rhsde Is L-3er.Llelt sta
ton.
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rhe Medical Press and Circular, {

The Medical Press and Circular, of
London, declares that the tendency to
obesity depends largely on racial and
individual predisposition, but occupa-
ton and personal habits are also po-
tent factors in determining this prone.
ness TO the deposition of fat in exces-
sive quantity. The multiplication o:
cheap modes of transport %unquestion-
ably favors the tendency to obesity,
so that with the rapid development of
underground and above-ground cleo
tric traction in London and other
large cities the next generation must
be prepared for an evolution in this
direction.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15
Frightened Child to Death.

The two-year-old daughter of Carl
SLIDER, Of Somerville, died of convul-
sions caused by fright at an old col
ored beggar, who looked in at the win
dow. Tie colored woman is a repul-
sive creature, from whom the children
run in fear, and her name is used in
the homes to brighten the children into
obedience. She is the hobgoblin Of
the place. When she came to the kitch-
en- window of the SLIDER house a few
days ago and thrust her ugly face
against the pane the little girl was
alone. She cried out in terror. but be-
fore her mother reached her she went
into commissions. 1t was impossible
to quiet her and she died in a short
time.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15

A sea serpent Of large dimensions
has been captured alive on Kootenal
Lake. 1t Is ten feet long. six inches
in diameter at the largest part II has
a most hideous head. There are two
large horns just above the ears. and
the mouth is sever inches from side
to side. There are yer forty teeth,
those on the lower jaw being twice as
long as the upper and, protruding, give
II most ugly appearance.
The serpent was captured by George
Graves, a prominent merchant of Mel
son, Wash, aud his son who hooked
the big snake. The latter turned the
tables on the men and they narrowly
escaped being thrown out of their
rowboat, so %furiously did the serpent
lash the water. He is very fierce and
will snap in two Il good-slzed cane as
if it were n t%oothpick. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15

A French writer is advising his
countrymen to take lessons in cable
cutting. He points out that in case OF
war the ocean cables would be Eng
lands vulnerable points, and that the
gentle art of ~severlng them requires
ability which it would be too late to
acquire by the necessary practice
when the war should have actually
broken out
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15

PRACTICAL.

7 do not care for the songs that sound
In the signing wind-swept tree,
Nor the sweets and colors that abound,
On the blossoming summer lea.
But l get on the train
With a stern disdain
OF the poet and all his clan,
And | often say
In n knowing way
That l am a practical man.
And I ride at morn and ! ride at night,
And between these rides l work;
And my neighbor warns me that life and
light
Are duties we should not shirk.
And | laugh at him
With o laugh that's grim.
For he smiles when e'er he can!
And twixt you and me
He thinks that he
Is the really practical man!
Washington Sta.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15

Unquestionably cheap fuel is a large
factor in American supremacy, thinks
the Pittsburg Dispatch. But the man
behind the machine is the most impor-
tant factor in the whole equation. The
educated, self-respecting, well paid
workingman is responsible more than
anything else for putting American
products ahead in the markets. He
not only puts out his wares cheaply,
but weaving in his intelligence he
makes them adapted to their uses
the best.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15

A bill for II Constitutional Conven-
ton has failed to pass the Oregon Sen
ate,
Congress has been memOriallzed by
the Oregon Legislature TO reject the
Parcels Post bill.
The New Jersey House has passed
II bill providing a penalty Of one years
Imprisonment or $1,000 fine, or both,
for hazing whereby bodily injury is in
hicted.
The Tennessee House has rejected
unanimously a bin a~ppropriatlng 5000
10 bring home from San Francisco the
Tennessee soldiers now en- route from
Manila
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15

As foreign nations become acquainr'
ed with the numerous but modest mer-
it's of the American mule his popular
ity increases. In 1899 fiscal year. the
total value of American mules eX,
ported to foreign countries was S516,'
900. In the fiscal year of 1900 it was
S. 19, 600, and as the American mule
becomes better known he gets to be
more in demand, and a larger foreign
trade in American mules seems to be
already foreshadowed,
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15

Paris now prefers to have its daily
bread made daily from -four from the
mill. After a time we may by the aid
of our physicians and scientists catch
up to the early inhabitants of the
United States, who pounded their W
corn or wheat to -four as they needed
1t for use, sometimes bending down a
sapling and tying a heavy stone to it
and making it do the hardest part of
the work. Man seems to progress in
a circle in a good many times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15
Recorder,s Daughter EIoped.

Miss Fannie Krebs, daughter of Re-
corder Krebs of Kearny, and Frank
Peorea. of Newark. slipped away from
their home a few days ago, and later
came kilograms announcing their mar
riage. Miss Krebs is eighteen years
old. Mr.. Peorea is twenty-five. They
returned for forgiveness and were re-
ceived with open arms, and are now
living with Mr.. Peorea's family. There
was no objection to their marriage on
the part of their parents, except the
youth of the cOuple.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15
BRITISH POLICY UNcHAN CED.
Chamberlain Say 1t Has Been approved
Overwhelmingly by the Empire,

Cape Town, South Africa.-The
Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Sec
rotary of State for the Colonies, has
addressed a communication to Sir AL
fred Miner, approving the remarks
made by Sir Alfred in his reply to the
Afrikander %deputation sent to him by
the Afrikander Congress at Worcester
with resolutions addressed to Queen
Victoria. The Government has no in
tention," says the Colonial Secretary,
''of changing the policy which it has
repeatedly declared. and which has
been approved overwhelmingly by the
umpire"
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15

A British Parliamentary paper eX'
plains the placing of the contract for
bridges for the Uganda Railway with
an American firm by saying that nine
English firms made tenders for the
contract. and that their best offer was
to place the bridges on shipboard in
sixty weeks. The price asked was
$T625 per ton. The American Bridge
Company offered to erect the bridges
within f~orty-six weeks, while its price
for delivery at any British port was
S51.50 per ton.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15
NEWS OF THE STATE


V%ineland's infant prodigy hat
weighed ffty-three pounds at the age
of four months is still doing stunts on
the scales. She is the daughter of
Mr., and Mrs. Josiah Munyan, and now,
at the age Of seven months. is keep
ing everybody guessing by her re
markable fluctuations in weight. At
birth she weighed ten and a hair
pounds. but Immediately began to put
on flesh until, at the age of six months
she weighed seventy pounds. Then
she had the grip and began to cur her
front teeth, with the result that she
lost thirty pounds at the rate Of a
pound a day. Now she is regaining her
former size almost like an expanding
balloon.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15
ervation

Every farm should in reality be a
factory, and the chief end and aim of
every farmer should be to work the
product of the farm into perfectly
finished products before seeking a
market. Butter, eggs, wool and meat
upon this schedule will u
down or grow weaker in fertility.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15
THE MARKETS..

Late Wholesale Prices OF Country
Produce Quoted in New York.
MILK.
The Milk Exchange price for standard
quality is Sc. per quart.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15

Another Paris journalist has been
wounded in a duel. 1t is noticeable
that no Paris journalist ever gets hurt
badly enough to ] AXE him quit writ
ing. Perhaps there is something in
the code of honor which forbids the
w%ounding of an editor in such a way
as may interfere with his holding a
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15
* AGRICULTURAL. b


Rats consume enormous amounts of
farm produce and no remedy has
proved as potent as the cat, but the
cat intended for service at the barn
should be taken there when a kitten
and eve allowed at the house. She
should be fed sparingly in order 10
compel her to work for food in destroy
ing rats.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-15

b. w. Pearce, 81 years OF age a re-
tired printer and editor of Newport,
q. /. has what is probably the most
unique library in Rhode Island, II not
in New England. 1t is composed
wholly of scrap books, numbering
about 100, all made within recent
years. During all of that time he has
purchased duplicate copies of the
Utica Saturday Globe each week in
order to use matter from zach Of the
pages.