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The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

The news that Norway Is rapidly
losing its inhabitants to the United
States is true. When tested statisti.
cally the story shows that IL Ger
many were sen its subjects to the
United States IL portion they would
number 100000 ually. Norway has
not large population, and the 10000
of its inhabitants who left there last
year created an immediate deficit in
the census returns for Christiania.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

Less valuable than the trade with
India, with Australia or with South
Africa is England's trade with Canada.
the English We're assured of the kin.
ship support of Canada in the event
of a world crisis menacing the power
of Britain they would consent to Cana
dian independence without protest,
asserts the st. Louis Republic.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22
To show how the rural mail delivery

To show how the rural mail delivery
promotes reading of newspapers, one
of the carriers in North Carolina states
that when he first began the service on
his route, last August, only one farm
er took a daily newspaper, and only
a dozen took weeklies, while now for
ty take dailies and more than 100 take
weeklies
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22
tainted at the thought of what sh'

tainted at the thought of what she
had missed!
More interesting to this account than
either of these boyish romances is the
story of his falling in love with Miss
Mary Philipse, of New York. 1t was
in the year 1756. Washington was on
his way to Boston, where he was to
see the commanding-g general Of the
British forces. Washingt0n's journey
was a prolonged ovation, for his fame
as a man who had faced the enemy
and managed the retreat after Brad.
docks regulars fed was everywhere
known. At the home Of Colonel Bev'
erly Robinson. Washington met Miss
Philipse. She was certainly beautl.
fal girl, if her portrait that remains
Is truthful, and Washington fell in
love with her and asked her to marry
him.
The fact in this case worth especial
attention is that Washington was
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

Moscow is probably the worst paved
city in the world. Great eobblestones
driven by hand into loose bed OF
sand form a roadway which Is alway'
dusty in summer and muddy in au
tumn. and in many Of the roads there
IS no attempt NJ n roadway of any
kind. The streets are badly watered
and cleaned. The yearly expenditure
for these two operations is only about
sl55, coo.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

Washington vas repeatedly smitten.
At twenty years of age he asked per-
mission of William Fauntleroy to go
courting Miss Betsy, Fauntleroy's
daughter, even though his efforts
would necessarily be directed to "a
revocation of a former cruel sentence"
which she had pronounced upon him.
1t is said in come accounts, but not
proved, that Betsy Tilted Washing
ton, whom she really liked, because
Thomas Adams, another suitor, had
more money. And, as the story runs,
she saw him in after years passing
her home in Williamsburg with the
whole town proclaiming his fame, and
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

I'm the praise that has been
bestowed upon George Washing
ton the vocabulary has been well
nigh exhausted, but not quite.
So far as l have been able to learn,
he was never called "a good fellow"
by any eulogist. On the contrary, it
seems certain that, so far as the men
of his day were concerned, he was
rarely. If ever, hail-fellow well-met.
Thus in the letter which Thomas JEFF
ferson write to DR.. Walter Jones on
January 2, 1914, he said of Washing
ton: His heart was not warm in its
affections"
That there was a "want of compre-
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

A tax on cats is the latest scheme Of
the French sportsmen. who have pre-
sented to the Chamber of Deputies a
petition calling for such an impost.
The tax, they say, would diminish the
number of undesirable cats which play
havoc with small birds and game.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

John Fiske, the historian, warmly
approves the proposition to celebrate
ary of the landing at jamestown, Va.
"Of all dates in the history of the New
World" he writes, there is none
which more imperatively calls for COM
memoration."
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22
NEWS OF THE STATE
a wolf Hunt at shamong.

a Won buht at NllhmoHS.
A real, live wolf, which has been ter
rOrizing the Inhabitants of Shamong
Township for some weeks past, has at
last been captured by Il party of hunt
ers from MedfOrd. While the wolf
lid not molest any human beings, it
played havoc with fowls, and even ran
away with lambs and other small ami
mails. When the men of Shamong
went away from home they all carried
guns. and the females did not stir
from the house. Several hunting par
lies have given the vicious brute chase,
but it was not until party from Med
ford equipped and started out that the
animal was finally captured. All Sha-
mong now breathes easier. The wo}f
will be stuffed and placed in the hotel
at Medford. 1t is mystery how the
BEAST came to be in such place.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22
1AAA.1AAAA&@
! FARM and GARDEN, !
SNENEENrNNE,

A stable holding eight cows, stand
ing in two rows with their heads to-
ward each other, can be ventilated
with an eight-inch stove pipe run from
one end of the alley up through the
roof. The pipe should come within
one foot of the floor, and go straight
up without any bend 1t will not be
necessary to let pipe in fran the
outside, unless it can be arranged to
come in under the hangers or in the
centre of the alley where the cows
will not be in a draft.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

Albert G. Woodruff, OF Newark, a
man seventy years of .aSe, and for
merly wealthy, hanged himself in the
Essex County Jail, TO whieh he was
committed two weeks ago for con-
tempt of court for refusing, as eAecu-
tor of the estate of his sister, Miss
Mary A. Woodruff, to pay S27S5 to two
of his nieces, living in Wyoming, this
State
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

Professor Pupin believes that COM
munlcation with Europe will be as
audible and as certain as it is now
between points fifty miles apart. If
all these expectations are realized by
his invention we may expect that III
will be in use within two years.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

August Welkie, eighteen years old,
of Eastwood, died as a result of an
accident He had invented a new
alarm with a gun attachment to kill
chicken thieves. A few days ago he
was explaining the new weapon to
friends, when the gun was discharged
and Welkie was shot in the hand. The
wound was not regarded as serious
but ckiaw interviewed, and the death
of the young inventor resulted.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

Convicts McAlister, Death and
Campbell. who were recently SEN
fenced in Paterson to thirty years i'm
prlsonment at hard labor for the muir
der of Jennie Bosschieter. have been
put to work in the State prison. Nc
Alister and Death We're assigned to
the shirt factory. while Campbell was
put to work in the brush shop. Con-
vict George Kerr, who was sentenced
to fifteen years Imprisonment for com
plicity in the crime, has not yet been
assigned to work on account of suffer
Ing from an affection of the eyes.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

Wilhelmina of Holland can now be
as original as she likes. Among fif-
teen kings, six emperors and twenty
two presidents she remains the only
ruling queen In the world.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

The pastehoard mills Of L. II, Da-
vey & Co. at Bloomfield, We're burned,
with loss of $4,000; insurance, $10,-
300. The fire started in the boiler
room. Sixteen tons of pastehOard
ready for shipment were destroyed,
bur the books and papers in the office
were saved.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22
,,sr Life Went Out with the Tide.

The old superstition that from folks
diving near the seashore the life goes
out with the tide was curiously full.
filed in the death of Queen Victoria.
According to the official announcement
the Queen died at 6.30 p. m. on Tues
day. The British tide table shows that
it was high water in Spithead, near
Cowes, about twenty minutes after
noon on that day. SO it would be dead
low water at $50 o'clock in the even
ing and at low water the dying Queen
of England "weLt qnt with lhe side."
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

Science may demonstrate that sigh
Is an indication of oxygen starvation,
but what would woman do in certain
circumstances If man sprung an oxy-
eer tablet on her and let It go at that?
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

An Atchison girl boastcd few years
ago that two men We're 50 anxious to
marry her that she drew straws TO
see which she would take, She drew
the wrong straw.--Atchlson Globe,
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.CtwSaf
EXCELLENT PLAN FOR CEMENT FLOOR


shown in the illustration will be found
excellent. Lay the floor timbers and
on these put boards, leaving a space
Of an inch between. A batten be-
neath these cracks will keep the soft
cement from running down through
them. When hardened, the cement
will hold much better for these filled
sracks.-American Agriculturist.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

There is no centenarian army Off
Ger anywhere, SO far as can be learned,
England has, in General Sir Henry
Daubeney, veteran of ninety, but
commanding officers mostly die in mid
die life,
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22
A Cement Floor on Boards.

Sometimes conditions will not per-
nit a cement floor to be laid directly
upon the earth Floor timbers and
boards can be laid and a cement floor
put directly upon that. The plan
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22
Ynunc skater Gnre Up His Life.

Howard Kidd. twelve years old, was
drowned while skating on the pond at
Sharptown. Kidd broke through thin
ice, and his companion. Albert Magee.
made a brave, but fruitless effort to
rescue him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

Long Island farmers moving for the
regulation of automobile speed do not
propose to have their cornflelds scared
out of a years growth.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

In Pennsylvania a married wofi,an's
property cannot be seized to pay her
husbands dehts.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

those who We're incapable OF compre-
bending him. and that TO the women.
volo alone seem to have known hlm
well, he was good fellow indeed
John Il. Spears, in Golfers Weekly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

The man who Is waiting for some
thing to turn up is generally turssS
down
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22
MARY PHILIPsE, WHOM WASHINGTON
LOVED

1.-THE girl who was afterward convicted
of treason to the American cause, and
who was the real romance of Washing
TONS life.]
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-22

The German mer hang marine now
sumhsys 1900 steaher2 y. r~=7 ,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-07

Maryland Regiment. about 500 men. at the
City Hall. The Fourth Maryland Regi-
mcnt win be located in the old city post
Office. Captain Cook of the Maryland Ma
val Reserve. which will have 200 men at
the inauguration, will endeavor to secure
the old riding academy, Twenty second
and p Streets, for the accommodation of
his command,
The Committee on Public Comfort Ie-
ports that quarters have been secured for
the Stamina Republican League of Cincin-
natl, at the Lawrence Hotel. The league
will have $50 men in the line of march.
1t was present at the inauguration of 1897
The National Theatre building has been
secured for the accommodation of the
Twenty third Regiment OF Brooklyn. The
500 men will be under the command OF
Colonel Brady.
The Committee on Public Comfort has
been requested to secure quarters for
Company d, Fifth Regiment, Massachu-
sets National Guard, which will partici-
pate at the Inauguration. Muener's Band.
of Louisville, KY, are also looking for
quarters.
Costello's Hall has been secured for the
accommodation OF Company H, Fifth IL
linois National Guard and Goodman's
Band This detail will number $50 men.
including the band.
Lieut. w. s. Overflow in charge of the
headquarters of the Grand Marshal an
nounces the following acceptances of the
position as aides-de-camp Schuyler +.
Schieffelin, of the First Brigade. New
York National Guard: Francis r. Apple
ton, New York and A. Z. Booth. of Bal
timore
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-07

dishonored, or If any Of them should be
dishonored by accident and not soon re-
neWed, that the whole enterprise must
fail. Mr.. Henry o. Towles knew the same
thing, and Mr.. C. c: Bryan knew the same
thing. Mr.. Gilbert Towles knew the same
thing.
From time to time Mr.. Robbins guard =
ed against the danger which would come
through his absence from the city by
leaving with Gilbert B. Towles blank
notes-blank notes with nothing written
on them, with his endorsement upon the
back, authorizing Gilbert Towles to get
what might be necessary to carry along
the joint enterprise in which they were
all interested.
From time to time those notes. thus
left in his hands, were exhausted The
other notes had matnred or errors had
been made in the filling up of those blank
notes-left in blank-so that some had to
be destroyed and were not used. and he
had not enough of those blanks to fill all
the notes which were maturing in their
Joint and common interest and here gen
tlemen, is where the Government intends
to claim against Gilbert B. Towles and
want your attention to the admission
which / now make or to the statement
which / now make, because they have
been aware OF 1t for a long time. With
the blanks in his possession authorized
by Zenas c. Robbins, and by the others
whose names were upon the notes, to Ali
them, when the blanks were exhausted
his authority remaining complete. as he
supposed. and as you would suppose IL II
you stood in his place. he took, not notes
which were outstanding not notes which
had been filed for the purpose of being
passed for a certain definite sum, but
notes which had been returned upon his
hands and paid with the bianks-notes
which had been paid or had been taken
up and been paid with the blanks and
what was done was no mere nor less than
to make from them the blanks which he
was already authorized to fill"
Zenas C. Robbins. the endorser of some
of the notes in question. was called ard
testified that the amounts are not the
same now as when he endorsed them. He
also said that the defendant admitted to
him in the presence of others that he Lad
raised the notes.
Edmund Braus, Samuel II. Walker,
Samuel Bieber Henry n. Mckee. Fred.
w. Pratt and Thomas W. Smith were call
ed as witnesses, but their testimony was
not relative to the alleged criminal con-
nection of the defendant with the notes.
They had only handled the notes in course
of business.
The trial will be resumed this morning
at 10 O'Clock.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-07
MORE NAVAL CADETS NEEDED.
Secretary Long Transmits New
Bill to the senate.

Secretary Long has transmitted to the
Senate Naval Committee the draft of
bill for increasing by ninety the number
of cadets at the Naval Academy by au-
thorizing the appointment OF one cadet by
each Senator. In order to provide officers
of the lower grades needed on ships al
ready in commission he recommends the
abolition of the two years cruise as a
part of the academic course and that the
cadets be commissioned after completing
the four years course at the Academy.
In this connection he furnishes the fol-
lowing table showing the number OF va
cancies which under the present law will
occur in the grade OF ensign at the close
of each fiscal year and the time required
to fill them
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-07
FOOD BUILDS TEETH.
Boy of q Lacks Teeth Until Fed
Properly.

Properly.
A little chap six years old the son of
w. Wells OF Ravenswood, ILL.,, had, up TO
a short time ago. cut very few teeth. Nat
urally the imperfect mastication of food
caused indigestion and poorly nourished
system. when first saw the lad" says
Rev. w. Osborne Stranahan, of 3001 n.
Winchester Ave, Ravenswood, he was
wan and pale. greatly emaciated. with inn
poverished blood and lacking all the es-
sentials which go to make up robust
strength and vig0r.
Many remedies and different foods
had been tried, but none seemed to meet
his need. | knew something OF the value
OF Grape-Nuts food and recommended its
use. The first trial convinced the parents
of one thing-at least they had found a
food the boy really liked. He empties
his dish and calls for more, his mother
said
astonishing results followed its use
almost Immediately; flesh was rapidly put
on. the face from being pallid and thin
began to I'll out, the cheeks were plump
and rosy. The body, properly nourished.
began its work of upbuilding the system.
The most wonderful thing of all, the
Grape Nuts food seemed TO contain the
necessary elements for the formation of
bone tissue, and presently the tardy teeth
began to pick through.
To-day the boy Is strong and hearty in
perfect health. with a fun set of teeth
rapidly maturing. The Grape Nuts food
alone has brought about this marvellous
result"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-07
EXAMINER FITCH DISMISSED.
Secretary Gage Takes Action In the
New York Appraiser Scandal.


William II. Fitch. examiner OF merchan-
disc in the Office of the appraiser of the
port of New York has been removed by
order of Secretary sage. In ordering his
dismissal the Treasury Department does
not attempt to discuss the motives OF Mr..
Fitch in advancing the dutiable value of
invoices as ii was proven that he did
advance them. but the case against the
examiner rests only on the charge that
he does not possess the necessary lis
erection and judgment TO occupy the office
acceptably. This removal is the result OF
the investigation ordered by Secretary
Gage following charges made against Mr..
Fitch by Robert Macdonald & Co., i'm
porters, of New York.
There was a belief in some quarters
that Appraised Wilbur Wakeman would
be involved a result OF the investiga-
tiOn, but this appears not to have been
the case.
Secretary Gage has written the first
supplementary letter 10 Appraiser Wake
man.
Referring to the letter addressed to you on the
ID instant in which the removal from the service
OF William II. Fitch, examiner in your office,
directed. to take effect upon the receipt
thereof YOU informed that upon consideration
OF the charges preferred by Robert Macdonald
Co. against your Office and the report OF the
investigation thereof and the evidence submitted
in connection Herewith, the department Is led
to the conclusion that in making advances on
Macdonald q Co. : invoices Examiner fltch was
improperly Influenced by the opinions OF certain
competing importers This circumstance and
the further fact that nearly all the advances were
uverrucd in whole or in part, indicate that he
not possessed of that discretion and Judgment
required in the position of examiner and That
while his motives not known his con
tinued and excessive advances of these invoices
suggested a disregard for rights Of the importer.
The advance Of importations ON appiaisement TO
proper dutiablc values by the exercise OF sound
and impartial Judgment will continue to have the
support OF the department.
The removal Of Examiner Fitch Is not TO be
construed a reflection in any manner upon
other examiners in your office whose advances
have not been questioned in the investigation re-
fcrrcd To above Respectfully.
l. j. GAGE, Secretary.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-07
4 NEW DEPARTURE.
A New, EGectunI, and Convenient
Cure for Catarrb

or catarrh remedies there is no end but
of catarrh cures, there has always been Il
great scarcity There are many remedies
TO relieve, but very few that really cure
The old practice of snuffing salt water
through the nose would often relieve and
the washes, douches, powders, and inhal-
ers i'll common use are very little, II any,
better than the old fashioned salt water
douche.
The use of inhalers and the application
of salves, washes, and powders to the nose
and threat to cure catarrh is no more rea-
sonable than to rub the back to cure
kidney disease Catarrh is just as much
blood disease as kidney trouble or rheu-
matism, and Ii cannot be cured by local
treatment any more than they can be.
To cure catarrh. whether in the head
throat. or stomach, an internal antiseptic
treatment is necessary to drive the catar-
rhal poison out of the blood and system
and the new catarrh cure is designed on
this plan and the remarkable success OF
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets is because being
used internally. it drives out catarrhal in
lection through action upon stomach,
liver, and bowels.
William Zimmerman. OF ST. Joseph re-
lates an experience with catarrh which is
of value to millions of catarrh sufferers
everywhere. He says, Il neglected a
slight nasal oatarrh until 1t gradually ex-
tended to my throat and bronchial tubes
and finally even my stomach and liver be-
came affected, but as ! was able to keep
up and do a days work let 1t run along
until my hearing began to fail me and
then l realized that ! must get rid of
catarrh or lose my position, as | was a
clerk and my hearing was absolutely
necessary.
Some of my friends recommended an
inhaler, another a catarrh salve but they
were no good in my case. nor was any
thing else until heard of Stuart's Catarrh
Tablets and bought a package at my drug
store. They benefited me from the start
and in less than four months / was com
pletely cured of catarrh although / had
suffered nearly all my life from it,
They are pleasant to take, and so much
more convenient to use than other catarrh
remedies that l feel l cannot say enough
in favor Of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets"
little book on cause and cure OF
catarrh will be mailed free by addressing
f. A. Stuart CO., Marshall, Mich, and the
tablets are sold by all druggists in the
United States and Canada. m7.9
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-07

Carrying out the calculation it would
take. according to the statement, until
July 30, 1910 before the vacancies in the
grade would be filed.
Attention is also called TO the fact that
no provision has been made for providing
additional officers to man the ships now
under construction. and the following ia
BILE is presented showing the number of
officers, principally in the grades of lieu
tenant, lieutenant Junior gradeJ, and en-
sign which will be needed:
New vessels completed July /. 1902, 295.
Old vessels now in reserve, 30l.
New vessels completed after 1902, 300.
4 total of 902.
This total includes the necessary re-
serve of % per cent. but does not include
the officers which would be needed to put
in commission the GOLFERS, supply. repair,
and hospital ships or auxiliary gunboats
and cruisers
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-07
OFF TO HUNT SEALS.
Thirty-four Vessels Clear From the
Port of Victoria, Il. &.

The number of vessels reported by the
United States Consul at Victoria which
propose to engage in seal hunting from
the port OF Victoria this year is thirty
four The last vessel cleared January 20.
This is one vessel less than cleared
from that port last year on the same bust
ness. All except two belong to the Vic-
toria Sealers Association. These two are
owned by parties residing in the East and
refuse to 20 into the combination. The
vessels will employ 42l white men and
562 Indians. They expect to be absent ten
months. returning to port next October.
Ten OF the vessels will hunt on the ia
pan coast and the remaining twenty-four
on the coast of British Columbia, Wash
ington, Oregon, and California The
wages paid the men are s. for each skin
captured by white men and 81 per skin to
Indians. The general expression among
the sealers is that the fur seal Is steadily
disappearing and that the time is soon
coming when the business VIII cease to be
profitable. For this reason the owners
OF the vessels are perfectly willing TO sell
on the basis proposed two years ago.