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The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

Congress, by ratifying the cession
act of the Tennessee Legislature,
which fixed the Virginia-Tennessee
boundary line in the middle of Main
street in the town of Bristol, has ere
ated a situation some features of
which are decidedly curious. Exactly
in the centre of that street there runs
a car track, one rail of which is now
in Virginia and n in Tennessee, so
the question as to which of the two
States a passenger in that company's
cars is travelling through depends on
which side of the a he happens to
find a seat. If he stands up he can
be in both States at the same time.
And If he moves from n side to the
other he will have to set his watch
backward or forward n whole hour If
he wants it to show the legal time of
day, for the State boundary is the di-
viding line between two standard time
zones. Other difficulties and confu-
sions are sure to manifest themselves
to the citizens of Bristol, and they are
likely to find their position even more
~inconvenient than interesting.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

Tempering copper so as to equal i'll
f~exibility. toughness and hardness the
best Damascus steel is an art which
the ancients possessed, but which is
unknown in modern times. Its reds
covery has been vainly sought for a
century or more. Some years ago an
American inventor claimed to have
discovered the process. If he did, the
world reaped no benefit from it, for
he died without revealing his secret.
Now a woman and her two sons, liy.
ing on the Pacific coast, are said to
have evolved a process which tempers
copper so that it will cut chilled steel
and Harveylzed steel plates. If so,
the lost art has beeY restored to the
human race, for inasmuch as the Sc.
cret of the process is in the posses
sion of three persons there is every
likelihood of its being finally com
municated to others and becoming
permanently retained in the metal in
dustries. Owing to the greater due
tility and durability of copper over
iron, a knowledge Of tempering it will
be a boon of incalculable value to
mankind.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

A clause in the contract with q young
theatrical star recently made in Chi
cago provides that the manager shall
carry an insurance on the stars life
to the amount of $4,000. A manager
saws that this is not unusual. Most
actors are heavily insured, although
not all in favor of their managers.
AS in other professions, men and
women in the business of entertaining
make this provision for the future, and
some prominent players are insured
for very large amounts.
1T is customary said the inform
ant, "for the manager of a star to
carry a policy of about $4,000 on his
principal players life. 1t protects
him in case of the demise OF the star,
for this contract may read for several
years. / know the Owner of a stock
organization who has had all his
players insured. Some of them may
leave him, but he keeps up the insur-
ance. l believe AVgustin DAILY car
rled insurance for some Of his actors.
He may have set the example fos all
| know."-Kansas City star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
STOCK RECORDS BROKEN
Mad Rush Of Investors to Realize For
tunes in Wall Street.
WESTERN SPECTATORS ACTIVE

One Days Transaction on the stock Ex'
change Ran Up - the Enormous Tota
of Over e,300,o 900 Shares-Danger In
the Present Speculative situation -
americans Subscribe For British Loan
New York City.-Wall Street again
broke all records on Monday in Its
wild frenzy of stock speculation. IL
surpassed all previous record breaking
days not only in the enormous volume
of trading, but in the wide and sensa-
tional ranges of quotations through
which many of the favorite specialties
passed. The number of shares traded
in was 2,344,460, as compared with
2,1GS,942 on Friday, which, many
thought, would stand as the record.
The day was notable in that the
opening of the market was the widest
since the present bull movement De-
gan, while the close was most lrregu-
lar and chaotic. Throughout the Gay
stocks moved most u%neverly, INT WIN
a glaring lack of sympathy.
The galleries of the Stock Exchange
were thronged with spectators when
the presiding officers gavel marked
the opening of the days trading. Inc
floor of the Exchange, which a minute
before was a scene of quiet activity,
became a mass of wildly g~esticulating
men, each fighting for an advantage
over the others.
Long before noon it became evident
that all previous records would De
broken. At twelve o'clock the tape
recorded the fact that in the two hour
of trading more than 1,1SS,0OO shares
of stock had changed hands. On the
Saturday before, in the same time,
l,11S,9O2 shares had been bought ana
sold, a record for a Saturdays trading
At one o'clock the sales were 1,44O,OOO
shares, and at two o'clock the tape re-
corded transactions of 1,S5O,000 shares.
The tremendous buying from West
ern spectators was again the feature
of the market. Brokers reported an
accumulation of orders from over sat
urday and Sunday, which they stated
they were unable to handle. a fresh
impetus was also given to the market
by the arrival of a large number or
Western spectators who had come to
the city on Sunday.
After the market had settled some
what after its wild opening, the trad
ing developed considerable strength.
During the afternoon sharp reactions
were the feature of the market. These
extended from two to five points, due,
it was said, mainly to the information
that gold was being sent abroad and
that $50 00,O 900 of the new British
loan had been placed in this country.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
Yield of Sugar From Maple Trees.

VI AhShl ~
The average make of sugar Of our
trees is all the way from three to ten
pounds. There are some orchards that
make an average of ten pounds, but
this is a great waste of the trees Vi
tally. There are individual trees that
far exceed this production. l am well
acquainted with one tree that yielded
thirty and three-quarters pounds very
fine, nice white sugar in small cakes.
and there was much sap lost, as the
tub was found running over on sew
eral occasions. Two holes were bored
and two spouts used, both running
into n tub.
1t took only seven quarts Of this sap
to make II pound of sugar, and when
we remember that it takes on an aver
age Of sixteen quarts sap, 1t will be
seen that the sap is very sweet. 1
have found but one tree that yields
sweeter sap, and that took only Ave
quarts to make II pound. Such trees
are very short-lived. The longevity Of
trees is lessened in proportion to the
amount of injury they sustain. A tree
can be killed in one season by tap
ping. A gentleman had one shade tree
that he wished to get rid of, so he
tapped it all over, and made well on
to 100 pounds sugar, but 1t killed the
tree.-Timothy Wheeler, in New Eng
land Homestead.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

1t is q pretty idea that which a
Londoner has submitted to the parks
committee of that city. He would
have butterflies introduced into Lon
don parks. He would have in each of
the larger parks email plantations Of
nettles on which the eggs or the young
grubs of the butterflies should be
placed and so protected that the birds
cannot get at the caterpillars. With
practically no expense, the city folk
would be able to enjoy the graceful
fiuttering insect as well as those that
live in the country, He recommends
three species that are hardy and very
prolific and especially well adapted for
such a purpose, the caterpillars being
of the hairy kind unpalatable to most
birds, the red admiral" the pea
cock" and the tortoise she'll"
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
In All rnrts of the state.

The creek at Westyllle is alive with
herring.
Letter carriers in MiIlville will wear
the regulation blouscs the coming sum-
mer.
Albert Higgins has been appointed
fourth-class postmaster at Dunde
lake.
The new cold storage plant at
Woodstown will require 1000 feet of
roof surface.
Farmers are losing their sweet pota-
to beds in the lower part of Salem
County because of rot.
The little village of Evan, Glouces-
ter County, is TO be connected with the
outside world by telephone.
Opossums have been so numerous in
some parts of Salem County that they
have become an annoyance.
A great many walnut trees from
around Cedarville are being cut and
shipped to Germany Mt big prices.
Incendiaries attempted to burn the
store of Patrick Sullivan, at Junction.
The flames were discovered and extin-
guished before much damage was
done.
Rio Grande, n Cape May County
hamlet of probably thirty-tive families,
includes seven widows, four widowers,
three bachelors, four spinsters and IL
resident minister.
There is not an unOccupied house in
yineland and the town is enjoying I'M
paralleled prosperity. All the indus
tries are in full operation and some are
working overtime.
Owing to the cold, wet weather a
! great many farmers in Gloucester
County have lost their entire crop of
early tomato plants.
Through the generosity of the State
Fish and Game commissioners Allan
tie County has Jared well in the dis
tribution of quail, Thirty-one dozen
birds were liberated since the close Of
the cunning season.
Mayor Garnich, of Egg Harbor, has
issued n proclamation ordering the
killing Of all unmuzzled dogs found at
large. The order is due to the fact
that a mad brute bit several other
dogs in the town a few days ago.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

The extension of domestic postal
rates to Cuba will be a good thing for
both that island and the United States.
Two cents an ounce, instead of five
cents a half ounce, will promote cor
respondence between the W
tries, with benefcient results all
around. Nor will the change be incon-
slstent with the principle that Cuba is
a foreign country, remarks the New
York Tribune, for our domestic rates
of postage have long prevailed be.
tween the United States and Canada
and Mexico. The change will put
Cuba on the same postal basis with
them,
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
BoY SAVED A TRAIN.
He Saw n Landslide and Rode His Wheel
Down the Track to Give Warning.

Altoona, Penn.-The Pennsylvania
crack train, the New York and Chi
cago Limited, was saved from wreck
by the heroism of a thirteen-year-old
lad, James Slower. who saw Il land
slide on the track.
The boy, while riding to this city on
his wheel, saw a portion of the bank
at Union Furnace, loosened by the
heavy rain, fall on the westbound
track. With presence of mind he saw
he could ride TO a portion of the track
half q mile away in time to save the
train. The lad had the endurance and
he swung his hat as the engine Whirled
around a curve at a rate of forty-hve
miles an hour.
In the dim light of the storm the
engineer saw the boys action. He
reversed the engine and came to a stop
with the nose of the pilot buried in
several tons of rock.
The passengers did not know that
they had been saved from a wreck by
the heroism of a boy until they
reached this city.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

Kicking in the barn is generally done
by horses kept idle too long or because
of viciousness. Severe injury may re-
suit, especially in winter, when horses
are kept sharply shod. The illustra-
ton shows how to prevent kicking.
Put shackles on each of the hind legs
and chain them together. Give horses
sufficient liberty to step about and to
lie down and get up. The shackles
should be put on a horse a week before
putting on sharp shoes, so as to get
the horse accustomed to them that he
nay not hurt himself. S~elf-calking is
about the only injury to be feared
from using shackles. 1t is best to use
them on horses only in the daytime at
first. Shackles should be of n strong
strip tied around each leg above the
ankle Joint. Use a light but strong
chain about twelve inches long with a
small ring ATTACHED to each end to
pass strap through. A double leather
trap for coupling instead Of q chain
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
WILD SPECULATION CAUSES ANXIETY


Washington, d. C.-Conservative
men in Washington look on the pres
ent season of wild speculation in the
New York stock market with consid-
cradle anxiety.
A high official of the Government.
who has made a special study of
economic and commercial conditions,
said: 'Ss@
MY own opinion is that values have
been in many cases inflated to very
near the danger point. 1t is even pos
sible that the dividend earning ca
pacity of some of the stocks would JUS
tify even higher prices. On the other
hand, there is no doubt that certain
stocks are far above what a conserya-
tive man ought to be willing to pay
for them as investments.
zone of the natural effects of the
present rage for speculation is seen in
the recent bank failures. Men are not
content to gamble with their own
money, but they are tempted to use
trust funds or the money belonging to
banks and other institutions in which
they may be employed, in the hope Of
making fortunes quickly and making
good their d~efalcatiOns."
Secretary Gage and other officials
of the Treasury Department, are very
careful not to express opinions on any
subject connected with the specula-
tive market, as the motives of any
thing they might say might be mis-
construed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
HOPS.

State-l90o. choice, per ID. 10 a 81
1899, prime ........... IL q IA
Pacific coast-l900, choice. IS "a 10
1899, poor to choice 80. 9 a Is
Old odds. .........., q 8
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

The water power of Sweden ought
to bring her millions of dollars in
revenue. Capital for development APP
pears to be the main drawback. There
are innumerable waterfalls that might
be utilized for works of every descrip'
ton. A few of them have been ap-
piled to the service of factories and
other works by foreigners with great
profit. 1t is only a question of time
when all of them will be utilized
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
PiTH AND POINT.

Quizz-'What did Biffer do when
you struck him?" Mr.. Drud-"Me."-
Ohio State Journal.
Eyes, it was a love match" How
do you know?' Both had been en-
gagged before. Life.
Tommy-"Pop, can dogs fy?" Tom
my's Pop-"Certainly not" Tommy
"Then what is a skye terrier?'
Timid Lady-"Are people ever lost
in this river?" Boatman-"No, ma'am,
we always find them in a day or two
Fun.
1.-THE Celestial Empire may soon de
serve its name" Howe" "Well, il
won't have anything left IN earth
anyhow."-Harper's Bazaar.
"In Cupid's Court, " the lawyer said,
I'VE men meet naught but frosts,
For though we win our case and wed
We have to pay the costs"
Philadelphia Record.
81 see," said one real estate agent
to another, that you still have a va,
cant house in your new row." Yes
was the reply, sit was last, but not
leased."-Tit-Bits.
Fame is not an honest mountain
We can conquer for all time;
NJ; it is a moving hillside
Slipping backward as we climb.
Detroit Free Press.
"In my business" declared the stock
broker, sit is impossible to succeed
without pluck You mean pluck
ing don't your" replied the man who
had been up against it.-Philadelphia
Press.
MY novel is on sale at last" ex.
claimed young Penner; did you know
it," yes, indeed" replied the old
curmudgeon, "and | assure you l lost
no time in reading it."-Philadelphia
Record.
1.-The late editors wife is something
of a humorist." "Indeed!' Yes;
took a line from his original saluta'
tory and placed it IN his tombstone"
what was it," I'VE are here to
stay."-Atlanta Constitution.
"Kornerlott told me that he had
bought a block of oil paintings" said
Cumso. "What did he pay for them?'
asked Cawker. He says they cost
him something like $3.50 a front foot
on an average, "-Harper's Bazaar.
Missls-"Isn't that the postman,
Mary? Who's gone to the door,
Mary please, ma'am, cook has
Missis-"Well, what's she such a long
time for?" Mary-"Please, ma'am, l
think it must be a post-card."-Pick-
Me-Up.
Henry she said. thoughtfully.
"What is it," responded the worried
business man rather shortly. Il wish
you could rearrange your business a
little bit" How" so as to be a
bear on the stock exchange instead of
at home."-Leslie's Weekly
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
A wisconsin TraGelN.

A piercing scream rang ont on the
evening air. A wild shrek ii was, be-
ginning as one struggling for breath,
and growing louder rs it grew older
until after q last supreme effort IL sub
sided with n mocling baGled surglc-
A score Of startled Villagers starred
in surprise to their feet aud hurried to
the rescue. But no blood had been
drawn. 1t was cnly the saw at the
mill blowing through It's first log
Wilmot (Wis) AGita;or.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

In genera. it is notorious that Amer
leans are far too Indifferent to the
taking of human lives. Long ago,
in many parts of the old world, which
we think behind ours, such a thing as
q highway crossing o steam railway
at grade became unknown. 1t should
be here, thinks the Detroit Journal.
Slaughter at railway crossings has
gone on long enough in this country.
Human life is more important than
money or conveniences.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
Burglar and wife Go to Jail.

In the Atlantic County Court Her.
bert Pierce, who pleaded guilty of bur.
glary at Atlantic City, was given two
years in State prison, while his wife,
Lizzie. who was found guilty of com
plicity. was sentenced to five months
in the county Jail. John McLoon, con
victed of atrociOus assault and bat
terry. was fined 500 and sentenced to
nine months in the county Jail, but
sentence was at once suspended pend
ing his good behavior until September.
Walter Bond, for the larceny of a BIZ
cycle, was ordered taken to the Re-
form School.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
TO {

Who could believe my little queen,
So many years were thine-sixteen!
That sitting on thy head their gold
So many moons had DER thee rolled!
But stranger still to me, a sage.
And more appalling than thine age,
Is that in all this waste Of years
So saidst thou, and with smiles, not teare,
Years that diplomas might have earned,
To love as yet hot hast not learned.
What, sixteen years! Were it a week!
But in less time have girls learned Greek
And in less time have eyes less blue
Won hearts, yes, worlds-and lost them
too.
In half the years hat thou hast told
And not half irving, I've grown old.
If learned thou hast not, I, as true,
Have not forgot what once | knew.
Let me then straight thy teacher be
Since | can nothing learn of thee!
Charles Henry Webb, in Scribner's
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

At the meeting of the New Jersey
Board of agriculture one of the speak
ers gave his experience in improving a
rundown farm. He started with Grim
son clover, but later on he added the
COW horn turnip to 1t, sowing a half
peck of crimson clover and a pound of
the turnip seed together, sowing among
the corn in the summer and blowing
under in the fall. OF three strips
sown, one with buckwheat, n with
crimson dover and one with the clo-
yer and turnip together, the latter gave
so much the best result that the diff
ference vas noticeable in the next
crop at quite a distance. 1t brought
up poor soil to wonderful fertility.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
GREAT LOSSES BY FLOODS
Widespread Destruction Due to Rain
and Snow.
PlTTSBURG SUFFERS HEAVILY

Unprecedented Damage Inflicted by n
Rain Lasting Sixty Hours-Aprii Snow
fall of Thirty Inchcs-Ail the Cities on
the Ohio From Pittsburg to Wheeling
FIoodcd-Losses In other States.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

The State Board of Education has
apportioned to the several counties
of the State the amount each will re-
ceive out OF the money raised through
the State school tax, This money repre-
sents the 50 for each child of school
age, and aggregates in round numbers
$2,250,O00. The apportionment VIII also
form the basis of the distribution of
the 1913, 600 appropriated from the
State surplus fund to aid in reducing
the State school tax.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

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The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

The New York sun edltorially says:
In these extraordinary days in Wall
Street and in the commercial history
of the nation, there is no more signiti
cant and Impressive incident than the
importation of British ConsolS and the
expectation Of United States Steel
stock. We are exchanging the certif
Gates of Indebtedness Of an American
Industry for the obligations Of an En-
pre-
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
Footpads Hold Up wheelmen.

Joseph Hankins and Nathan Loder,
two Bridgeton men, were returning
from Millvllle upon their bicycles
when they We're held up by w
masked colored men and thrown from
their wheels. I-ankins was struck in
the head with a brick and for a few
moments was rendered senseless. 10
der had a revolver and fired at the
negroes, who quickly gave up the at
tack and disappeared.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
Minor Mention.

Oil has been discovered near Hart
selle, Ala.
Steps are to be taken to form a com
mercial museum in Madrid, Spain.
Italy's new coinage with the head of
Victor Emanuel Ill. will be ready soon.
The Hungarian census shows the
population of Budapest to be 703,44S.
The Prussian railway authorities are
making experiments with American
car cOuplers.
A combination of gasoline lamp
manufacturing interests has been eff
fected at Chicago.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
Unpubn, ae0 Wynn by Lonsfenow.

An unpublished hymn written by Henry
Wadsworth Longfeilow has been discov-
cred among the private letters at the Long
fellow house in Boston. The hymn is en-
titled Christie ct Eeciesiae," and was writ
ten for the dedication of Appleton Chapel,
which took place on October II, 1853. MIS-.
poem for publication Just now, and she
has not definitely decided where the hyma
IS first to be published Why the hymn
was not read at the dedication of Harry
ards chapel is not known,
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

What happens is important, but
more important than any single event
is the opinion held by the majority of
the people. The event passes, but
what the majority think and desire
will shape the course of events in the
futurp
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

Rochester, n. Y.-Wcst-bound Train
No. 1876, the fast freight on the Rome,
Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad,
ran into a wash-out one mile south
east of Forrest Lawn and the engine
and nine cars rolled down a tifty-foot
embankment. All but one of the cars
were loaded with merchandise. The
loss is roughly estimated at $4,000
The train crew escaped by jumping.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
" AGRICULTURAL *
aAAnAAakaAAMANNee


DI5sUIVIF5 HUsphHte TUT TIHHts'
Phosphate rock and bone meal, I'M
less dissolved, may not be Immediately
available for plants, but the finer the
materials, if unacldulated, the better.
1t Is known that water charged with
carbonic acid will to a certain extent
dissolve phosphates If the materials
are in a yer. fine condition, though the
process Is not rapid, All soils contain
more or less carbonic and other acids.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

United States Consul Nelson, at Der,
gen, says the importation of American
quail into Sweden has awakened live.
~ interest. More than 5000 birds,
representing about $4,000. have been
ordered.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
Mad Mullah Has 10000 Soldiers

The Mad Mullah, now at Lassidar.
has 10000 followers, including 5000
horsemen, with quantities of ammuni-
ton obtained from an unknown source
A British force will shortly concen
trate at Burao, preparatory to a gen.
eral advance in conjunction witt
Abyssinians.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

The account of the Hawaiian girl
who simulated leprosy in order to ac-
her husband to Molokai Isl
and would have supplied the late II.
L. Stevenson with a fine subject for a
story OF a poem.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26

II, G. Dun " Co.'S weekly review of
trade says: Favorable crop reports,
heavy bank clearings, record breaking
railroad earnings, 4 large distribution
of spring and summer goods and easy
collections give the business situation
an encouraging aspect"
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-04-26
United Kingdom Trade in 1000.

The annual statement of the trade Of
the United Kingdom shows that the
total imports for 1900 were S2,615,3T5,.
Sl5, against S2,425, 7,91j in 1899, and
thar the exports for 1900 were ST.
771,SGS, 40, against $1,G47, $751; for
1899.