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The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

The eggs that hatch out white grubs
nre laid by the May beetle, which usu-
ally does not come till about June
with us. The eggs are deposited in
thin grass, as a rulo, so the young
grubs can live ON the roots when they
hatch out. They are three years get
ting their growth. The last year they
are very large and white. Now, as a
rule, the beetle will not lay any eggs
in thick, heavy clover and grass. At
the time she ome such clover and
grass completely covers and shades
the ground. Instinct teaches her not
to lay her eggs in such a place. 1t
would be too damp and cool for them
to hatch. She goes to an old, run-out
sod, or thin grass, where 1t is drier
and the sun can get In better.
Sometimes eggs may be laid under
but not often, l think. Instinct would
prevent. So to keep the grubs from
injurlng you make your land rich with
II and tillage, and grow a heavy
CROP of clover and grass. Then do not
let 1t stand to run down, but after
moving it one year plow, while free
from grubs and plant corn and pota.
toes. In about four years seed dowp
again. | have found thousands OF
young grubs Matched out just on the
edge Of n field of heavy clover. but
none whatever in the clover. unless
1900 HI .1uu.a t. "a
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
Intelligent swing Feeding.

There is quite a revolution going on
In swine feeding, Which must not only
have a beneficial effect upon the health
Of the animals, but upon the quality
of the pork. We are still inclined to
consider quantity more than quality
in this feeding, but gradually we may
expect to see the old methods of feed
ing the animals with Stops give way
to something like what may be called
a refined and civilized diet. A good
deal of the prejudice existing against
pork In the past was due to this slip
shod and careless method of feeding
the swine. Any old thing was consid-
cred good enough for the pigs, and the
pens and feeding trough were in many
instances so literally dirty and filthy
that 1t nauseated one to look at either
from the inside. People who were
fond of pork vowed they would never
eat it again after looking in a filthy
pigpen and seeing the kind of food
the animals devoured. AS a partial
excuse for this the pig was said to be
dirty and filthy by habit and nature.
and that it preferred to grub its food
from dirt and mud.
This theory is not sustained by ac-
tual practice. Turn the pigs out into
n clover field, and they Will keep as
clean as the cows. but If you shut
them up into narrow pens where they
do not get the food they need, they
cannot help from getting dirty. Con-
fine human beings in the same narrow
quarters and they would prove almost
as filthy in their habits. 1t Is the ar
tificial life We gave to the pigs that
made them degenerates. American
Cultivator.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
Intelligent Animals or Scrubs?


There is just as much difference be-
tween the intelligence of blooded AMI
mails and scrubs as there is between
the intelligence of educated and uned-
ucated persons. As n rule educated
men are 'as kind as Kittens" If they
have any "crochets' 1t is very rare
that they exhibit them. They endeav-
or to make themselves agreeable to
everybody, high and low, and 1t is a
pleasure to have associations with
them, while the uneducated are too of
ten boorish and unpleasant to deal
with. They have their notions of mat
tiers, often not founded on either fact
or reason. and If crossed in their
views, an ebullition of temper is apt
to result.
The thoroughbred man, when In con-
yersation with a scrub man, generally
tries to ascertain what the latter really
does or does not know, while the scrub
usually goes on with a voluble tongue
and tells all that he knows and much
that he does not know, and his speech
is chock full of great Is. And this is
the difference. A scrub horse does not
know much for a horse, neither can
learn. There is not enough gray
matter in his skull to be a fairly teach
able animal. Balky, runaway, vicious
horses are almost invariably of this
class. Thoroughbred equines are al
together different animals. They
take" to education as a calf does to
milk, and seem to delight In being
tutored. In acquiring knowledge there
is as much difference between them
and scrubs as there is between day
and night-F. II. Sweet, in The Epito-
mist
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

Housekeepers and pure food com.
missioners have a new foe to fight
1t is viscogen as n milk adulterant.
1t has been found by inspectors of
the Dairy Department in Minnesota,
and, so far as known, it's use is yet
confined to that State. When its
properties become generally known
however, it may confidently be looked
for elsewhere. 1t is a syrup composed
of sugar, lime, and water, about the
color of water, and is used chiefly to
make the milk appear richer than il
really is. When viscogen is placed
in milk or cream the Tactic acid turns
the lime in the fluid into a white,
thick substance, which, assimilatins
with the milk, gives it an appearance
and taste of great richness. 1t is pos
sible through its use to palm off upon
customers milk and cream which is
far below standard. Fortunately, the
adulterant, according to Minnesota
authorities, is not injurious to health
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

1t was always noticed Of William e.
Chandler, while in the Senate, that
he never allowed the present moment
to pass when he had anything to do.
The word ''procrastination' was not
in his lexicon. This lesson he had had
drilled into him early by his mother, a
New England woman of sturdy con-
science and character. Once, when
he came home for n holiday from an
academy six miles distant, she discov-
cred that he had lef; his umbrella at
school.
"William," said she, you need not
take off YOU hat. Go right back and
fetch that umbrella
"But, mother" pleaded the lad,
that's six miles, and the teams are
all moving this way now, so l shan't
get a lift" "A
Then walk" was all the comfort
he got.
He trudged of, recovered his UNI
Drella, and made a philosophical ap-
plieation of this and other expert
ences In the same line to the business
which filed his life at a later stage
Washington Post.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
1t is said that six-sevenths

1t is said that ~six-sevenths of the
marriages which have taken place in
Ohio, Kansas, Indiana, Missouri and
Illinois within a period of six weeks
were between young men and women
who were not able to keep house, but
were obliged to live with one or the
other of their families. In several of
the middle Western States, since Jan.
uary /, A57 divorces have been filed
wherein the husband the
mother-in-law of having induced his
wife to leave him. Forty-seven sui
cides have been traced to the inter-
ference of the mother-in-law. In six
cases out of seven the young Bene-
diet finds himself unable to live with
his mother-in-law, while In seven
cases out Of eight the bride finds life
uncomfortable with her husbands
mother.
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The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

A New York physician raises his
voice against the abuse of massage.
By this he neal the excessive
thumpings, pinchings and rubbings
which the sick receive at the hands
of lusty nurses who have not been
properly trained in the art, and who
are incompetent to determine what
parts should be treated lightly, or
when to stop. The physician notes
that massage has become a dissipa-
ton, like everything else in life which
is pleasant and agreeable. The lazi-
ness of man is the original cause Of
the growth of the massage habit,
which is a form of passive exercise
that relieves one of the trouble of
taking his own exercise.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

Some of our British friends who de-
sire to exclude foreign crews from
Henley frankly admit that they are
averse to long and rigorous prepara-
ton for the contests on the Thames.
They prefer to make rowing a pas
time and a picnic rather than a de-
cisive test of the best work Of anna
teur oarsmen who devote months OF
the hardest toll and, the severest self
sacrifice in training for honors on
the water. 1t is plain enough now
that there are a few bold Britons who
shrink from struggles which tug at
the heartstrings, reflects the New
York Tribune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

The electric lights are now in opera
ton at Wllliamstown.
The Stockton Baptist Church mas
purchased n new organ
About half of the capital needed TO
run the pot furnace OF the Glasshoro
window glass works has been SUD
scribed.
A training school for nursery maids
at St. Vincent's Founding Asylum
at Montclair, has been opened with Il
class Of five.
The allotment of money for the
schools of Salem County gives salem
City $92lS.75 and the rest OF the
county $40 go,
All the school houses of Salem have
been thoroughly renovated ana are
now ready for the opening Of the new
term next month.
The p~ostofice at Pitman has been
doing the greatest business in its ms
tory.
j. A.. Smith has been appointed
fourth-class postmaster at Soutl
Somerville.
Work on the trolley extension IRON
Cedaryille is progressing rapidly and
is now as far as the dam between
Newport and Driving Greek.
Farmers around Gloucester County
are plnching themselves to see II they
are dreaming when they drive up u
buying stations and hear the prices
offered for produce.
With street lights and other i'm
provements at hand, Pennsyille nov
wants n lookup.
A small son of Theodore Josln' q
Bridgeton, was drowned while SWIM
ing in the Cohansey River
The early tomato crop in the uppe.
mart of Cape May County is a ON
plete failure. The vines look unusu
ally healthy, but the tomatoes rot a
they begin to ripen.
A pair Of horses raised by Jol
Stretch, of Lower Alloway, outllye,
their usefulness and have been Killed
They were thirty-three years old eacl
had done no work for three wear
snd had become HELPLESS.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
NEGRO BURNED AT THE STAKE.


Savannah, Ga.-Joe Washington, a
negro, who assaulted Mrs. j. ]. Clark,
of Way Station, Ga, was burned at
the stake eighteen miles south of Sa-
vannah. Mrs. Clark identified him af-
ter he had been captured In Liberty
City, and a mob of 400 men was col
lected to take summary vengeance.
Only the ten or twelve leaders, how
ever, executed the plan of burning
Washington. The rest of the mob
was kept at a distance, and was not
permitted to come nea the stake. The
negro admitted other crimes, but stub
bOrnly denied the assault. After APP
pealing for mercy from his captors,
he prayed for. a few minutes.
Along the s1le of the railway track
Il crowbar was driven into the earth.
To this he was bound, in a sitting
position. his legs extending straight
in front of him on either side of the
bar. Mrs. Clark had been asked by
the leaders of the mob to apply the
torch, but she declined, and her hus-
band was selected in her stead.
Washington looked straight into the
eyes of Clark as the latter stopped
down with the lighted match, The
wood of the pyre was rich pine, satur.
ated with kerosene oil, and flames
leaped hungrily toward the negroes
body. His face showed no signs OF
the pain he must have suffered, and
he died without a groan.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

In its triumphant march to the
leadership of sports in America golf
has enrolled among its enthusiastic
followers the leading officials in the
United States Government. There are
now 1000 regularly organized golf
clubs in the United States, with a
membership of 10000. Over $10,-
100000 has been invested in the game,
and each year $3,375,000 is spent in
its pursuit. Meantime new golf clubs
are springing up By the score.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

Consult General Guenther at Frank
fort, Germany, notifies the State De-
partment, at Washington, that Ger
man newspapers report that the agri-
cultural societies of Italy will pay a
prize of SOB for a reliable method of
ascertaining the quality of sulphur an
of mixtures of sulphur and sulphatc
of copper most effective in the use
against plant diseases. Often such
mixtures, it is stated, are inferior
and this competition, international in
character, is thus offered with a view
of alternating that difficulty.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
PENIS GROVE, N. j., FRIDAY, AUGUST Is, 1901.
OTTO AND THE AUTO.

It's strange how fashion makes us change
the objects we admire;
We used to sing the tireless steed, but
now the steedless tire.
So Otto bought an auto, so as not to be
antique,
But the thing was autocratic,
As well as automatic, -
And the auto wouldn't auto as 1t ought
to, so TO speak.
He thought to get an auto-operator for the
work,
And first he tried a circus man and then
he tried a Turk,
For he knew the circus man drove fifty
horses with success.
And IL a man be shifty
Enough to manage fifty,
It's palpable enough he ought TO man
age one horse-less.
As for the Turk, tits also plain, deny it if
you can,
He ought to run an auto, since a Turks
an Ottoman.
Twas all no use, so Otto moved to Ala
bama, purely,
That he might say: I'm Otto,
From Mobile, and my motto:
"a Mobile Otto ought to run an automo'
bile surely"
Then Otto sought to auto on the auto as
he ought to,
But the auto sought to auto as Otto never
thought to.
So Otto he got hot, oh, very hot! as he
ought not to.
And Otto said: This auto ought to auto
and it's got to-"
And Otto fought the auto, and the auto
it fought Otto,
Till the auto also got too hot to auto as
it ought to,
And then, great Scott! the auto shot to
heaven-so did Otto
Where Otto's auto autos now as Otto's
auto ought to.
Edmund Vance Cooke. in the Smart Set.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
TRAIN ROBBED BY BANDITS
Blew Open Car, Wrecked Safe, and
Rihed Mail Sacks.
RUN DOWN BY BL00DH0UNDS

Train in Indian Terrltory-After Blow
ing Open Safe They Got s1.5o-Robbed
the Passengers IauRhingiy Bandits
Are Captured within Two Hours.
Fort Worth, Texas. - The south
bound Missouri, Kansas and Texas
train, No. 8, was robbed at Caney
| switch, Ind. Ter, by five masked men.
The express car was blown open, the
safe wrecked and the mail sacks were
rifed. All the passengers were robbed
of their money.
The operator at Caney, when he
heard the shooting, suspected the train
was being held up and put out the
light in the station and telegraphed to
Atoka, eleven miles away, for officers.
Within two hours after the robbery
was committed bloodhounds had
trailed these men to their homes: Il.
C.. Richmond, Bob" Afford, George
| Brown, John Gibson, '"Tom" Edwards
and Jack Barr We're arrested and
taken to Atoka, where they We're
jailed.
The other men connected with the
robbery rode away on horseback n
had not been captured.
The messenger and clerk were forced
to assist the bandits in their work.
With Postal Clerk Tulley holding an
empty mail sack, the robbers went
through the coaches and robbed every
passenger. They obtained $3.50 In n
coach. A negro who refused to give
I'D his money was severely beaten.
The passengers were compelled to
throw all their valuables into the
pouch.
After the work was done the rob-
bers, who seemed to enjoy the situa-
ton, sat around and laughed over the
matter, and one even went back into a
car to get something. After holding
the train two hours the robbers left,
going east into the dense bottom tim
Der for which the tortuous Caney
Creek is noted.
Caney, where the robbery occurred,
is Mt a side track thirty-nine miles
north Of Denison. 1t Is IN the Choc-
taw Nation of, the Indian Territory,
and the population surrounding the
station is only 1875. The train stops
only on signal.
The proper signal was given, and as
the train slowed down, the engine
driver and fireman were confronted
by two men with masked faces. About
the same time the express messenger
and the mail clerk were ordered to
open their cars, three Of the robbers
shooting wildly.
There was no response, and the
firing began again. The conductor,
brakemen and porters ran through
the train calling out, Its a hold up!'
Abe awakened passengers tried to
hide their money and valuables.
Then a blast of dynamite was ex-
ploded. tearing a side off the express
and mail car. The robbers leaped
through the opening and oyerpowered
the messenger.
The robbers then blew the safe open,
They obtained only $150, as the money
had all been left at Muskogee, to be
sent up by the katy Flyer" which
runs through the Territory by day.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

Steam turbine engines and Texas oil
as fuel are new prospective agencies
upon which promoters Of fast trans
atlantic navigation rely for the future
four-day boat. Why not? The drop
from five days to four will scarcely
as wonderful as the drop from seven
days to five within twenty years past,
remarks the Philadelphia Record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
Military System For cenvicts.

Governor Voorhees, is in favor of the
establishment of a military ~organlza-
ton at the Railway Reformatory,
which was opened n few days ago.
The Governor has for years been in
terested in penal subjects, and his
study of various methods has con
WINGED him of the d~esirabillty of such
a course. The Governor favors the
appointment of Colonel Quincy o. NJ.
Gilmore. of the Second Regiment. as
military instructor. Colonel Gilmore
is a retired captain Of the regular
army, in which he spent thirty-three
years. He was at one time quarter
master at West Point, and is now
detailed by the War Department. as
military instructor at Rutgers College.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

A peculiar Side light was tnFUWn
upon the methods adopted in homing
circles at the Northwich Petty Ses-
sions recently. Three men were sum
moned for furiously riding bicycles at
Comberbach, and it transpired that
they We're scorching along the road
to the postoffice with the object of
wiring the arrival of their birds.
The men, who pleaded that the hon.
ing societies only allowed them three
minutes per mile riding time, which
was equivalent to twenty miles an
hour, promised to abandon the prac'
tice and revert to foot running, and
were fined five shilllngs each,-London
Globe.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
Girl Gets a Now Scalp.

The attempt to furnish a new scalp
to Miss Emma Lochs, of Sayreville, by
means of grating pieces of skin taken
from her thighs has proved successful
The girl was scalped while at work In
n factory, her hair catching in some
machinery. The skin which has al
ready been grated is In a healthy con.
dition. The operation will be con
tinued from time to time until the
sides of the head are covered with the
new skin. 1t is impossible to graft the
skin upon the crown of the head. That
part of the head will be protected by
a wig.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
CHOLERA FROM GREEN POTATOES


Worcester, Mass.-Cholera morbus
is epidemic here. and physicians be
lieve the cause is the unripe potato.
One physician said that he would no
more eat II of the potatoes now be
ing sold than he would take so much
noison.
The present stringency In the mar
ket has driven farmers of all parts of
the country to put their potatoes on
the market while the prices are in the
air. 1t is a better harvest season now
than 1t will be later, when the fall
crops come in.
All five members of n family were
taken III after eating dinner, All had
eaten potatoes freely.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

An explosion occurred at the Julius
Smith Powder Works, at Pompton
Lakes. David Decker and Wilbur
Friedrich were employed In the fuse
department, and both were at work
when the explosion occurred. Decker
was blown to atoms. Friedrich's
hands were blown off and his body
was covered with powder burns. In
three previous explosions at these
works Friedrich's three brothers We're
killed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

Two of the Oldest and at one time
most highly respected citizens of
MISREPRESENTATION Smith and
David Mlller-were taken to the aims
house in a barouche. Age, infirmity
and poverty had oveftaken them, and
friends who are able to care for them
Rre no longer willing to do so. The
old men asked to go to the poorhouse
in style and the authorities provided n
fine barouche with a liveried driver,
and the old men We're delighted. Smith
and Miller We're both well-to-do at one
time. Women and children Of the
town waved them a goodbye as the
carriage rolled toward their only
nome,
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

In accordance with the latest policy
of the Navy Department for the prac-
teal instruction of naval militia Off
GERS on board warships, two officers
of the Naval Reserve Of New Jersey
have been assigned TO regular duty
with the North Atlantic Squadron, now
engaged in target practice in New
England waters. These officers are
Lieutenants Patton and Davenport.
Their assignment is for one week in
each case, during which time they will
perform watch and other duty and
be subject to the regulations of the
navy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
AGRICULTURAL.
A "Cut Under" For Hay Rack.


rounds over the opening into the int
rior of the Tack to secure a support
for the lower end. a blacksmith can
readily make the iron pieces to fit into
the desired position, leaving a hole at
the top of the curve for the round"
to fit into. as shown. This makes a
much neater job than the usual form.
and gives a clear space from side to
side in the rack.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

The unscientiic will not be reas-
sured to learn from scientists that
only the melanolestes ricitus is the
true kissing bug" and that the ano-
pheles maculipennis is the only mos
quito that carries malaria, Unfor-
tuately, these pests usually leave
their cards at home while out calling.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
Thousands to Win a 500 cnp.

Yachting is the most expensive sport
in the world. 1t costs more to win a
mug offered for a yacht race than TO
carry off y prize offered for compe-
tition in any other sport. Nachtsmen
will spend thousands Of dollars, and
take endless trouble, to win a $50 cup.
No heavy stakes are raced for in
yachting, and in this country the most
successful yacht of The wear will fall
n long way short of winning enough
TO pay her expenses.-Munsey's Maya
zine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
New Deputy Factory Inspectors.

Governor Voorhees, has appointed
six deputy factory inspectors, n for
each district in the State. The ap-
pointees are: Lewis II. Barrett,
Pleasantville. Atlantic County VIII
liam II. Dodd, Hoboken; William H.
Conklin, Newark; Heber Wells, Pat
erson: Joseph Milburn, Trenton; VIII
liam 2. Tucker, Elizabeth,
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

Probably the youngest editor u.s. the
United States is 4 sixteen soep' old
girl, Lille Miller, who SUI sfully
a weekly paper at Camden
Pa.l. and supports her widowed moth.
err and brother and sisasSl Her faith.
or. who was the iropris Gfpwas killed
in a railway ACCIDENT recently.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16
Gomez Will Not BE President.

A committee of one of the wards Of
Havana, Cuba, recently named Gen
eral Maxine Gomez as its candidate
for President and Estrada Palma for
Vice-President. General Gomez has
written to the committee saying that
he has ~irrevocably decided not to ac-
cept any nomination for the office.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-16

The late William Shakespeare was
A careful man In money matters. IL
he knew the prices that copies of his
First-Follo edition are fetching now,
he would wish that he were living at
this hour.