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The Grit-advocate., 1901-02-08
twenty-rour hours. and the world lay

twenty-rour hours, and the world lay
somewhere far to the southwark
No human being who has not faced
nature in her own fastness can appre-
ciate the wonder of this northern ice.
When you see a great vessel crushed
like an egg shell, when you see her
people take to the ice, when you are
but few miles away, yet held in the
same merciless grasp and are utterly
unable to stretch forth hand to aid,
then you begin to feel your own little
ness. But l want to get you to Nome
SO | shall pass over the events in the
ice and let you imagine that you have
passed through the breakers on fiat
bottomed barge. have been dumped
down upon an utterly barren coast and
are thrown upon your own resources
as to where you will pitch your tent
for the approaching hours of needed
rest, writes Woolsey Aspinwall in the
Washington Star. Tents were so thick
for several miles that their ropes in
terlaced, and it was difficult to find .
space large enough to pitch my Xxi
tent, so | made the best of bad mat
ter and, without asking questions,
pitched upon the first piece of vacant
ground l found. Like the majority
first tackled the beach. Its wealth had
been sounded in our ears until we were
ready to stake our all upon it, but
soon found out that it had been well
cleaned up during the previous year
my best efforts not bringing in over
IS per day and even that could not be
depended upon. Later on I Joined
large camp, with my companions, and
we decided to move about thirty miles
into the interior to claim upon Hun
cry Creek which had been pictured to
US in bright colors. l could go on tell
ing stories for hours. but I will close
by trying to answer the question which
is always asked-namely, What are
the chances of making money at
Nome?"
II one is willing to live a hard.
rough life and stick to it, summer and
winter. for a few years, he will prob
ably come out rich. though he will un-
doubtedly cone out older and grayer.
The country's future is assured. Alaska
will prove one of the greatest countries
apon the face OF the globe. without
doubt,
The Grit-advocate., 1901-02-08
Career of the Singer
Whose S65O.OOO Cos
tie was Sold Recently.

signor Nicolini, who died few Years
ago. that Patti purchased the castle Of
Craig-y-Nos among the hills of Wales
ahe spent $650,O00 in furnishing it. L
has most suXurious apartments. inc:ud-
lag a theater, and the grounds sur
rounding it are gems of the landscape
gardeners art. 1t was there that Patti
E1arried Baron Cedarstrom a year ago
,:'he new owner is Sir George New
less, a London publisher.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-02-08
Stole Stove From Church.

Columbus, o., thieves reached the
hmit the other night when they enter
I'd st. Peters Lutheran church and
stole an immense stove which was
used for heating that structure Half
q dozen men must have been engaged
in the work
The Grit-advocate., 1901-02-08
Five Hundred Kinds of Trees.

With the light thrown ON Philippine
sHAirs by the American occupation
canes a greater knowledge than was
tGretofore possessed of the many valu-
Die products native to the soil Under
cIG laws forestry was almost unknown,
and the most valuable rubber, gutta-
lercha and ylangylang tree were al
Loved to be cut down at will says the
philadelphia North American These
sid regulations are now changed, and
35csnses must now be taken out. For
tStry Director Ahern estimates the
iotal number of tree species in the
archipelago at 500. There are no pure
forests OF any one species, but all
Alow together in one discriminate
slass. The forest lands OF the Philip
Eines are estimated at from 10000, ,0O0
&c 40,000,000 acres-one-half of the
Islands area.-Chicago News.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-02-08
AN D

are practically annihilated
by the ocean cables anu
land telegraph systems
which now belt the cir
cumference ofOld Earth in
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08
M'KINLEY ~INAUGURATED
Presidents Induction Into Office
Marked by Brilliant Ceremonies.
ROOSEVELT NOW VICE-PRESIDENT

President Mckinley Takes the Oath in
the Presence of n Large Multitude -
Delivers His Inaugural Address Dur
ing a Rainstorm-Greatest Military
Pageant Washington Has Ever Seen.
Washington, d. Civilian McKin-
ley, of Ohio, and Theodore Roosevelt,
of New York, We're inaugurated Presi-
dent and Vice-President of the United
States, Mr.. Roosevelt first taking the
oath of office in the Senate Chamber,
and President Mckinley being sworn
into office again on the main portico of
the Capitol. The ceremony of admin
istering the oath of office to the Presi-
dent was marred by a slight fall
of rain, which afterward turned
for an hour or more into a steady
downpour. The success of the inaugu-
raj programme was not seriously
clouded, however, by this disagreeable
incident. The shower was an April
one, and soon gave way to clearing
skies, which assured the uninterrupted
continuance of the outdoor celebra-
ton.
The Presidents drive from the
White House to the Capitol was the
occasion for unbounded enthusiasm.
Senator Hanna sat beside the Presi-
dent in the carriage, which was es-
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

Bulletin siXty-four, Of the Maine sta
ton, contains an account of expert
ments in fattening chickens for mar
ket and the egg record of the breeding
pens for 1899, The result of the fat
tening experiments show larger total
and individual gains and cheaper flesh
production in the cas- of chickens with
partial liberty. The custom commonly
practiced by English and French
chicken fatteners of combining the
birds in small coops was found more
troublesome and less profitable than
maintaining them in small focks with
restricted runs.
The age at which fattening begins is
very important. Chickens twenty
weeks old gained mi and a half
pounds in three weeks, while chickens
twenty-five weeks old gained less than
one pound in the same length Of time.
1t required eight pounds of grain mix
IRE to produce q pound of gain in live
weight with the older birds, and less
thca six pounds in the case of the
younger birds.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08
Decentralization of Flowers.

The bloss m of the magnolia. that
handsome shrubby tree, that is some
times seen even in our Northern parks.
afford a house of entertainment and
asylum to the beetles, which are the
principal insects attracted by them.
Creeping into the heart of a newly
opened flower they find shelter be-
meath the inner petals that form a
vaul. above them and a warmth that
may be felt by +he finger, and abund-
ant food, consequently they larry long
/. these comfortable quarters, linger-
ing until the ,~panding petals turn
them out to carry the pollen, with
which they have been thoroughly dust
ed during their entertainment by
younger flowers. Thus they (the bee
tles) regularly cross-fertilize the flow
ers, and prove again the wonderful
way in which nature provides for the
perpetuation and perfection of species.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

Root rot a name given by fruit
growers to a root disease which on ac-
count of its depredations in certain
parts of the Vest has attracted a great
deal of attention during the last few
years. This disease may be recognized
both by its effect upon the trees, the
leaves of an affected tree shrivelling
and the tree dying rapidly, and also by
the appearance of the roots themselves.
The roots are covered by a white
layer of the fungus medium and also
black strands, which latter are very
characteristic. The exact fungus
which causes this disease is not known
and on all the affected roots 1 have
found several fungi present. / suspect
that possibly this fungus when deter
mined will prove to be the same as a
fungus very common in both Europe
and America, the Agaricus melleus or
honey mushroom. This fungus is a
facultative parasite particularly prev.
alent on the roots of the pine as a
parasite and on white oak stumps as
a s%aprophyte l think it improbable
that local applications of fungicidal
salts copper sulphate, etc. will prove
beneficial for this disease, owing to the
fact that these salts combine with ele-
ments in the soil, forming insoluble
and hence nonfungicidal compounds.
Some experience has been secured
in Europe by horticulturists and for
esters in combating fungi of a similar
100. III 1.gcou-A
followed: IN the first, a ditch is dug
around the infected area. thus forming
q barrier through which the fungus
cannot pass. This treatment is pre-.
tentative solely, the aim being to con
fine it within certain limits. The 9TH
err is by ditching the affected ground
all over with long parallel bitches one
or two feet apart. In these bitches
brush and wood are piled and burned,
thus destroying the fungus in the soil.
l hope to find some ,ty of apple
whose roots are resistant to this fun
gus. If such can be found, 1t may be
that the best way of combating this
disease will be by double working.
Scions from the resistant varieties can
then be root grated on seedlings in
the ordinary manner. After these
scions have taken root, any variety de-
sired may be eith9r buddcd or grated
above ground. Professor Herman Won
Schrenk. in AmeSfean Agriculturlst.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08
rhe derelopment OF electrIc trolley


The development of electric trolley
systems throughout the country is sure
to mark the immediate future, says
the New York Independent. In some
of the Western States these are al
ready creeping out into the farming.
districts. These cars ear be made to
serve to a great extent as mail car
riers. st. Louis was the first city 10
use her street cars for carrying the
mail. The system is now very per
feet. Communication along routes is
almost as speedy as by telegraph
possibly more so. A letter can be
mailed and an answer received within
a few hours. Some letters never see a
post Office. They are taken up by the
carrier, put ON a mail car, and handed
by the car to another carrier, who de
livers them 70 the person addressed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08
Roentgen Rays For Badness.

AT a meeting of the Vienna Society
of Physicians DR.. Kienbock intro
duced Il man, twenty-six years of age,
whose hair had been partially restored
by the application of the Roentgen
rays. He had been bald for some
years. The cure was effected in the
following way: A round patch on the
scalp was subjected six times to the
influence of the rays for fifteen min
utes, and during the two months the
treatment lasted the man regained his
old thick, dark-colored hair on the
parts exposed to the action. The parts
not yet treated remain as before.
During the discussion which fol-
lowed several members expressed
doubts as to whether DR.. Kienbock
has really found a remedy for bald
ness, but he was encouraged to con
tinue his experiments, and invited to
report on them to the society at a
later date.-London Standard,
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In All Parts of the State.

Farms about Bridgeton are selling at
increased prices this spring.
A number of valuable dogs have
Oeen poisoned lately in New Bruins
wick.
The borough of Clayton now has
over 1000 feet of available hose in case
Of fire,
The sales of fertilizers to truckers in
Gloucester County have been the larg-
est ever known.
Cumberland County oystermen are
preparing for the planting season,
which begins April l..
Many wells in the vicinity of Lower
Alloway are dry, something unusual
for this time of the year.
Appraisal filed with the Surrogate
at Newark shows that the late Ber-
nard STANLEY was worth over $4,000
900.
Joshua Biddle, who has served as
constable in Monroe Township for
thirty-two years, is again a candidate
for that position.
The plasterors employed on the new
City Hall, Atlantic City. went out be-
cause a sub-contractor put TO work a
number of non-union men.
1t is expected that the trolley line
connecting New Brunswick and Me-
tuchen with Perth Amb0y will be COM
pleted within a few weeks.
The postal authorities at Washing
ton have consented to ~re-establish the
postofice at Caviar for the accommo-
dation of the sturgeon fishermen.
The Supreme Court has sustained
the verdict for $4,000 damages in favor
of Isaac II. Hires, of Salem, against
the Atlantic City Railroad Company.
A Board of Trades an
lied at Milford with H. icon OF
inducing manufacturersto locate there,
A considerable tract of timber on
the BOUCHER farm, neal Lumberton
was burned. 1t caught fire from a
heap of brush That was being burned.
Another ice plant win be built in
Gloucester. II is said that the old race
track grand stand will be torn down
and utilized In the buildings for the
plant.
Probably the largest tree in the state
has just fallen Il prey TO the woods
mans axe at Reddingt0n. The tree
measured forty-elght feet nine inches
in circumference,
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08
he River and Harbor bill failed TO

the River and Harbor bill failed TO
pass, being talked to death by Senator
Carter, of Montana. This feat, which
signalized his retirement from the
Senate after six years of brilliant ser
vice, is regarded as Il of the most
notable occurrences in the history Of
Congress.
The House closed its session at l1.45
a. m. amid a demonstration from its
members following the delivery of an
impressive yaledictory by Speaker
Henderson. Shortly before the clos
ing hour, Mr.. Richardson. of Tennes-
see, the minority leader, presented res
olutions testifylng the high regard of
the House for the manner in which
Speaker Henderson had administered
the duties of presiding officer. The
resolutions were adopted unanimously
by a rising vote. Then the Speaker, in
slow and impressive tones, delivered
his closing words to the House, thank
ing the members for their cooperation
through a busy and eventful Congress.
In retiring as the President pro TEN.
of the Senate, Mr.. Frye in response to
q resolution of thanks for his courtesy
and impartiality delivered a brief but
feeling address to the Senate.
At the close OF the session of the
Fifty-sixth Congress Vice-President
Roosevelt was sworn in and imme-
diately called the Senate of the Fifty
seventh Congress to order. The new
Senators were sworn in in groups of
four. At the close of this proceeding
the Senate attended the Inauguration
of the President on the east front of
the Capitol.
The Fifty-sixth Congress was in ses'
sion 1917 days, which is less than for
wears. The following resume is given
of bills, acts, etc. Number of bills, a.
1886; number of reports, 5000: public
acts. 845; private acts, 1850; total acts,
1896: number of Joint resolutions, 39o.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

A woman in Pennsylvania worked
for weeks in a coal breaker, dressed
as a boy, to support her children Il
her sick husband. She worked nine
hours a day for sixty-five cents. Her
fingers were cur and bruised by the
tumbling coal, but she kept on until
she was found out and discharged.
On the same day on which this discov-
ery was made a woman in Bridgeport
died two hours before her daughter,
for whose sake she had worked herself
TO death. When you read about idle
women in society, remember that
there are also women who do things
like these.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

washington may not be q great
manufacturing city" said a dentist,
but there is one little instrument that
is made here that goes all over the
world. 1t is an Indispensable article
in the dental business, and n that is
familiar to thousands of people, proba-
DIV millions. 1t is the instrument
with which the dentists remove the
nerve of a tooth after the nerve has
oeen killed. The purpose of killing
the nerve is to fill the cavity that eX-
lists and that has exposed the nerve to
air, causing pain and trouble. After
the dentist has treated the nerve some
time and believes 1t is dead, he takes
one of these Instruments, pushes it
down into the cavity, turns it around
a few minutes and pulls out the dead
nerve-a ong. string-like thing. The
end of the little instrument is made
rough, having tiny teeth. When these
come in contact with the dead nerve
they catch it on the little prongs and
the dentist takes 1t out without any
trouble. 1t is called a canal cleanser,
in technical terms. The instruments
are made in Washington, and are dis
tributed throughout the world by
means of a New York firm that has
he sole agency. The owner of the pat
ent has probably made a fortune
Washington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

Henry Simmons, ninety years of age,
dropped dead in the railway station at
Merchantville from a broken heart, it
is believed. Simmons had been con-
signed to the p%oorhouse by the authori-
ties. He did not want to go, and al
ways had a dread that this might be
his fate. lie asserted, however, that
he would never become an inmate of
one. A few days ago the constable
who was taking him to the p%oorhouse
started out with him, giving him the
impression that they were simply
going for a walk. As they were about
10 board the train the officer asked
the conductor if the train stopped Mt
he station nearest the almshouse. Be-
fore the conductor could answer Sim
mons exclaimed: oh. have | got to die
n the poorhouse?" As he said this he
placed his hand upon the constable's
arm and then sank to the platform
dead.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

corted by veteran organizations num-
bering 1900 men and by Troop A, of
Cleveland, Ohio. The Cabinet and
Admiral Dewey and General Miles in
carriages followed the President, and
behind them marched the West Point
and Annapolis cadets, the Porto Rico
battalion and 1000 regulars.
The oath of office was administered
to Vice-President Roosevelt in the Sen.
ate Chamber by Mr., Frye, the Presi-
dent pro TEN in the presence of
the President, the Cabinet, the Su-
preme Court, the Ambassadors and en-
voys and o~vercrowded galleries. Among
the spectators We're Mrs. Mckinley
and Mrs. Roosevelt.
President Mckinley went from the
Senate to the east front of the Capitol
to take the oath of Office. The oath
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

Wireless biography is expected to
render valuable assistance in the
search for the pole. Communication
with a series of supply bases may be
kept up in that way-a most impor-
tant consideration in all exploration.
Whether the North Pole is worth dis
covering or not it is going to be visited
by white folks before this century is
many years old, optimistically predicts
the Minneapolis Tribune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

was administered by Chief Justice Full
Ter in the presence of the Senate, the
House of Representatives, the Supreme
Court and an immense multitude of
people. The delivery of the Presi-
dents inaugural address consumed
only twenty-five minutes, one of the
shortest inaugural speeches ever dellv-
cred.
The grand review was a splendid
military and civic spectacle, 10000
men being in line. The formation was
unusually compact, and passed the re-
viewing stand in two and one-half
hours. The cadets from West Point
and Annapolis, the Porto Ricans and
the Governors of States carried off The
popular honors. The President was
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

The evils of Underestimate street
almsgiving are shown in the recent
exposure of a school for teaching boys
to beg in New York City. The head
of this new educational scheme was
making out of it an income Of about
s25 a day, besides the greater cost of
the decentralization of the boys he in
structed. So many of these schemes
have come to light that it is a matter
of wonder that even the average easy
going b~enevolence will give unhesita-
tingly at any kind of an appeal a
clever rogue may make.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08
STRENGTHENING A WEAK FENCE,

applied Z the proper place-not at the
top o. IN, for then the break can
be made aeove or below it. Nail
brackets inside the fence at the middle
of the post every few rods, or at every
stake, and stretch the wire from the
ends, as sho Il in the cut. An animal
can hardly touch the fence without
getting hurt. and when once it has felt
the barbs it keeps at a respectable dis
tance.-New England Homestead.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08
GRANDMA.

When grandma puts her glasses on
And looks at me-just So
If have done a naughty thing
She's sure, somehow, to know.
How is it she can always tell
So very, very, very well?
She says to me: yes, little one,
lis written in your eyei"
And if | look the other way.
And turn, and seem to try
To hunt for something on the floor,
She's SUI to know it all the more.
If ! should put the glasses on
And look in grandma's eyes.
Do you suppose that | should be
So very, very wise?
Now, what if | should find it true
That grandma has been naughty, too?
But, all! what am I thinking of,
To dream that grandma could
Be anything in all her life
But sweet and kind and good?
I'd better try myself to be
So good that when she looks at me
With eyes so loving all the day
III never want to run away.
Sunshine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

A short time ago it was stated that
black hair was all the rage, and that
fair hair was no longer the fashion.
Now matters have progressed a little
further. At a fancy-dress affair in
New York City hair artistically gray
was much in evidence. In certain
cases the wigmakers had done the
needful, while in others the effect was
produced by a dye. The question
ariseS-What next?
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

Queen Victoria left an estate of 49,
600. 900.
The report of an expert showed the
oxistence of a corner" in sugar in
France.
Professor Lounsberry. of Yale, de-
clares the average newspaper English
is unusually good.
Terrific storms have practically
stopned travel from Skaguay into the
interior of Alaska
Fruit growers Of California. In con-
yentlon, have demanded quicker ship
ments to the East
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

The miners of Montchanin and lie
Creuzot, France, have rejected the idea
of a general strike.
The strike Of stevedores at the MeF-
chants and Miners docks, Providence,
II, l., has collapsed.
On account of reduced freight traf-
fc six crews ct trainmen have been
taken off from the Highland Division
of the New Haven Railroad system.
The Building Trades Council, of
Pittsburg, Penn, will demand higher
wages from master builders. and 1t
refused a strike involving 10000 men
may result.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08
Pastnre Eoods For Sheep.

Those who prepare pastures FOR
sheep should use a mixture of seeds
from a great many varieties of grasses,
as sheep will consume many kinds
that cattle will not prefer. Sheep pre-
fer fine, short, fresh heritage, but three
or four days old. Cattle should not be
put on grass that is under three weeks
old. Among the pasture foods there Is
nothing so palatable to sheep as white
clover.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

After a little more than a year of ex-
istence the Altruistlc Colony, near Nor
ristown. has been abandoned. The
colony took up the big Conrow farm as
its settlement, and every encourage
ment was offered by the promoters of
the scheme. Their plan was to form
4 settlement. in which there should he
no police OF magisterial system, and
no laws or rules save those of our
tesy. By the payment of an initia-
ton fee of 81 and a weekly fee of 81
any nan orwoman of good moral char
acter and habits could be relieved of
most of the cares Of life. provided with
congenial employment, and be insured
against want or discomfort when dis
abled by accident or age. But the
scheme did not work. With the reviv-
al of business two years ago came a
demand for workers. Some of the can
didates for easy berths in the new col
any procured Temunerative employ
ment elsewhere. Farm life did not
suit many of the Altruists. and the
farm has been sold. The promoters
nay try again elsewhere. Hope still
lives in the heart of Mr.. Dulin.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-08

The relatives of Lafayette residing
in Paris, France, who are understood
to be in need of money, are seeking
to find in this country a purchaser of
his famous collection OF relics and SOU
venirs. They place its value at $780,
900. The collection includes the great
rose vase presented to Lafayette by
the French Republic and many gifts
from friends in this country, including
Washington, Franklin, Monroe John
Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson