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The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-03
LIoNEssEs in THE STREET
Lively Hunt For the Escaped AMI
mails at PittsAeld, Mass.
Ono Killed 4 Horse Before Keeper shoa
her-The Other Retaken. Wounded
%Caused wild Excitement:

Pittsfeld, Mass.-Two savage lion.
esses. loose in the streets CT Pittsfeld,
caused wild excitement. They were
being lowered from the third story Of
the Academy Of Music, where a trained
animal show had been giving exhibit
lions. The cable parted when some
rect from the ground, letting the cage
rail-. 1t broke and set the animals free.
The largest of the lionesses imme-
dlately sprang at the throat Of a horse,
and chung to it until dispatched with
from the revOlvers Of the keeper
and a number Of members Of the local
militia company. She killed the horse,
terribly mangling it. The other wild
beast attacked the mate to this horse.
but the frightened animal tore itself
away, with the loss Of large pieces Of
flesh from it's neck and flank.
The lioness than ran furiously I'D
North street, pursued by the keepers
and a crowd Of men with reyolvers.
Finding the doors Of the Central Auto.
mobile Station open she ran in. When
the doors were closed, and after she
had been shot at through the windows;
the. lioness finally became subdued;
and the keeper drove her into a cage.
It is thought the second lioness will die
from her wounds.
The two animals were valued at from
$500 to $4,000. 1t is considered re-
markable that no persons were at
tackled by the Infatuated beasts. the
horses probably first attracting their
attention. The lioness which was
killed had been troublesome all the
week, and it was with difficulty that
the woman trainer was able to 60
through all her tricks.
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Insurance.

There Is a great increase in England
of life insurance without medical ex-
animation, a system highly praised by
some experts.
Broadly stated, the position of the
companies which seek the business Is
that the benefit of selection in keeping
down the death rate exhausts itself in
the first few years. and thereafter the
mortality is about average.
If policies were issued to the first
10000 apparently healthy men me- in
the street by agents of the company.
the mortality Of the group would be
much the same as that of 10000 in
sured lives Of similar ages who had
passed a strict examination five years
previously.
Accordingly in risks taken without
examination an extra charge Of 81 per
$500 is made for the first year and 81
extra for the next two years, the rate
after that being normal, or a proviso
is made that in case of death within
five years only a part of the premium
is to be paid. With these precautions
the business is considered conservative.
New York World.
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Spoiled His Case.

The motorman was buried In
thought. He had forgotten which turn
to take at the end Of the street.
An old gentleman tried to cross In
front Of the car.
The motorman suddenly emerged
from thought. He helped to lift up
the a so that the old gentleman
could be extricated from his little diff
iculty.
Willing hands placed him in the am
bulance. Various parts of his anatomy
We're then tenderly laid beside him.
The car sped on.
In due course of time the case came
to trial. The old gentleman wanted
damages. The result seemed to be q
foregone conclusion. The injured man
already had arranged how he should
spend the money he was going to re-
ceive. when he did a very foolish thing
He mentioned that he no longer had
the pesky rheumatism in his right arm
for the simple reason that he had nc
right arm since the accident.
What followed? You can easily
guess. The motorist put in a counter
claim for services rendered. A rheu-
matte jury was empanelled. The de-
PENDANT proved his case out of the
claimants own mouth. He received
a Judgment in his favor and left the
court without a stain upon his charac-
ter.-New York News.
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UNION sYMPATHIzERs ARRESTED.
Waterbury Police Hope to Clear Up Mys
terry of Policeman's Murder.

Waterbury Police Hope to Clear Up Mys-
terry of Policeman's Murder.
Waterbury, Conn. = Eighteen men
placed under arrest on the charge of
assault with intent to Kill was the rec
ord of activity on the part Of the police
a few days ago in their efforts to dis
cover the authors Of some of the out
breaks of violence which have oc-
Cured since the beginning of the strike
of motormen and conductors Of the
Connecticut Railway and Lighting
Company eleven weeks ago.
The men arrested are charged in the
warrants with assault on William Il.
Merner and George Morrisette on the
night of February 26. These two men
We're the nOn-union employees of the
trolley company who had charge Of a
car which was attacked at a lonely
spot on the Waterville Line. Both men
were assaulted, and one was beaten
into insensibility and left lying on the
rails in the path of the cars.
This disturbance occurred a little
more than a week before an attack of
a similar nature on a car at Forest
Park, when Policeman Paul Mendeis-
sohn was killed by a bullet from a mob
of masked men. Since the murder was
committed, detectives, attracted by the
large rewards offered, have been quiet
ly at work. While the arrests are nom-
lnally for the assault of February 26,
the officials do not deny that they hope
from this action to learn something
that will clear up the mystery of Men
delssOhn's death.
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Prominant PeonIs.

Andrew Carnegie has a weakness for
tall men.
Israel Zangwill likes for an outdoor
pastime ''any form of locomotion ex-
cept ballooning."
At seventy-four George Meredith, the
novelist, says: Il still look on life with
a young mans eye"
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has
just celebrated the forty-second ann
yersary of his birth.
The Duke of Argyle is quoted as
saying: Il hope some day the British
composer and author may have a fair
reception on the London stage"
Joaquin Miller, the California poet,
says his extensive tract of land neal
Oakland, CAL, will be left by him to the
people Of his State to be used as u
park.
Senator John p. Jones, of Nevada,
who retires to private life, has COM
pleted thirty years of continuous SER
vice in the Senate, being the onIy
Senator in the upper body who entered
with Senator Allison.
Should Senator Allison serve out the
term for y hich he was recently elected
he win broken all records of SER
viz lied States Senate, ilav-
der Of that august body
P73.
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discharge tell Of kidneys out of order.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney
ills from ommon back-ache to danger
GUS diabetes.
A. T. Ritenour, owner of the wood
yard at 125 East Cork street. Winches-
ter, Va. says: Ever since I had la
grippe l have been a sufferer from kid
ney troubles, which made themselves
apparent in racklng pains through the
region OF the kidneys and across the
small of my back. The pains We're al
ways severe, and sometimes so sharp
and biting that they compelled me to
take to my bed. The kidney secretions
furnished further. evidence of disorder.
They were off color, irregular and pain
full of passage. Added to this there
was an annoying weakness. The news
paper advertisements of Doan's Kid
ney Pills attracted my attention, and |
procured a box of that remedy at
Franck Baker & Sons drug store. The
relief | experienced was magical. The
pills lifted me from my bed of sick
ness, placed me on my feet and made
me a well map. | can work as well as
ever. Doan's Kidney Pills, l believe.
saved my life. They are a great rem
edv to stop kidney troubles resulting
from colds"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured MI. Ritenour will
be mailed to any part of the United
States on application. Address Foster
Milburn Co. Buffalo. N. Y. For sale
by all druggists. Price. 90 cents per
box.
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Gounod| IN Man.

Gounod was %one)of the most fascinat-
ing men I have eyer met. His manner
had a charm that was irresistible, and
his kindly eyes, as soft and melting as
a woman's, would light up with a smile
now tender, nowl humorous, that fixed
itself ~inefaceabl5 upon the memory.
He could speak Hhglish fairly well, but
preferred his owl language. in which
he was a brilli Int conversationalist,
and he could use 10 advantage a fund of
keen. ready witt He was at this time
Influenced by a recrudescence of that
religious mystici M which had strongly
characterized bill voutEfuI career, but
nis tone, though earnest and thought
ful when ne lwellIng upon his art
couid br1ghtd fifh the lightness
2 galety Parisian-Her-
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MORGAN ON PROSPERITY
Financier Believes the Good Times
viii Last a Long While,
He IS AN ENTHUSIASTIC BULL

He Thinks Many Now Securities st,ll I'm.
digested Are Essentially Sound and
Any Difacr lty Because Of Them WIN,
bisappear=Cites the Steel u dustry ~
Barometer u the coGntry's stapiiitv:
New York City. Pierpont Morgan.
in an interview with a representative
Of the New York Times uueduiyocany
declared himself to be 4 bull mn the
country and its future.
Nearly two years ago Mr.: Morgan de.
clared-then also in the columns of the
Times-not only that he believed in the
country's prosperity, but that he looked
for even better times. That he has not
abated one whit his enthusiastic belief
is disclosed by his statement following
the first ~utterance of sucn a kind in
many months.
Mr.. Morgan said:
ut seems to me that the general pes.
simistic talk INDUCED iii not alone in
foreign but III local circles is in no
sense justified by the facts. tt may be
true, as some OF the captious critics de.
clare, that at the present moment there
are in the market many undigested Sc
curlties, but ought not the character of
these securities to be taken into c0nsid-
Grafton In a broad or comprehensive
view Of the situation? Are these secu-
rites sound or are they unsound; do
they represent value or do they not;
for what purposes have they been is
sued-those are the questions.
ITO my mind and in my Judgment
these new securities are essentially
sound and stable, and those who have
them are in no wise alarmed because
of their holdings. Beyond all this, they
are issued not to build competing lines
but largely for the purchase of rolling
stock and motive power and for the ey-
tension Of other facilities necessitated
by the necessary movement of the pro-
ducts Of the country.
"You will find that in due time this
phase Of the notwithstanding out Of
these new securities-will disappear.
"As for the general situation yon
may state emphatically and unequivo-
cally that it is most promising, with tie
country unqualifiedly prosperous. In
the iron and steel trade, for example
the barometer of the country's growth,
stability and business activity = there
never was SO great or so profitable
business. Orders on hand run far
ahead and the outlook is decidedly en-
couraging.
'In short, summing the situation up,
not only is there prosperity every
where, but the promises are Of a con
%tinuation Of that prosperity for a long
time to come"
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Whist tho White House II.

To the American. people the White
House represents the personality of the
President Of the United States. To the
politician the magic words may stand
for the goal of an ambition too often
associated with the deepest and most
poignant disappointment; while to the
historian the name may typify the af-
fairs Of nations. In the mind Of the
people, however, the official character
Of the building has always been subor-
dinate to it's domestic uses. Popularity
speaking, the White House Is the place
not where the President works. but
where he entertains.-The Century.
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Censns Cnmnar,.ons.

The differences between the cost OF
securing the returns from the six sim
pie questions asked in 1870 and that OF
the extended inquiry made a century
later, as illustrated by the per capita
cost, which in 1890 was 1.13 cents. and
in 1900 15.5 cents. In 100 Virginia
was the most populous State in the
Union. having 747.610 inhabitants. The
records of the Treasury Department
show that at the first census the cost OF
making the enumeration in that State
was $7553.9O. Moreover at that enum-
Grafton the underpaid assistant mar
shals supplied their own blanks, an
item which was of considerable impor-
lance in the days when all paper was
made laboriously by hand. In 1900 the
population of Maine+about 100000
most nearly Appropriated that of Vir-
ginia in 1880. At TIE twelfth census
cost of actual enuT1eration in Maine,
including the pay bf supervisors, was
S34.560.90, or moro than three-fourths
of the amount expended for the enum-
GRAFTON Of the entire United States III
1890, though the pay Of an enumeration
in 1900 did not exceed the wages Of an
intelligent day laborer.-W. r. Mer-
riam, In the Century.
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An advertiser explains in this way
his confidence in newspaper advertis.
ing: IF l could stand 10000 men in a
row and talk to each in turn, / could
make sales to a large proportion.
When l advertise in a newspaper of
large circulation l address many more
than 10000 by simply telling my story
once. l get better results than if
should talk in turn to each Of the 10.
COO"
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Motor Cycle ". Automobile.


Comparing motor cycles and automo-
biles. an English motorist, who has
tried both, says: "The best motor bicy-
Gle may make a better average speed
than a car up to five times its price. 1t
Is largely due to the easy choice of the
best track on the road, whether for
surface Dr. for the avoidance Of other
traffic. 1t is also ascribable to the
ease of tire repair. 1t is unrivaled in
cheapness in every department. 1t is
cheapest to buy. 1t is cheapest in gaso-
line and oil. 1t is cheapest to house
and costs little to clean: it requires no
chauffeur. Is it not the motor for the
man of minute means? For a given
speed it raises less dust than any other
automobile.'-Motor Age.
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There are about 10000 900 migratory
sheep in Spain which each year travel
as much as $50 miles from the plains
to the mountains. They are known as
trans-lrumantes, and their march, rest
ing places and behavior are governed
by special regulations, dating from the
fourteenth century. At certain times
no Il may travel the same routes as
the sheep, which have the right to
Craze OF allsopen and common land on
the way. For this purpose a road nine
ty yards wide must be left on all en-
closed and private property. The shep-
herds lead their 1ocks, which follow af-
ter and around. The fiocks are accom-
panied by provision mules, and by
large dogs to guard against wolves.
The merino sheep travel forty miles to
the mountains, and the total time spent
on the migration there and back is
fourteen weeks.
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MADE 70 KISS HE FLAG.
Abusive Tar, Who Had Called It q Rag,
Disciplined in an Odd Way.

ADusive Tar, Who Had Called It o Rag,
disciplined in an Odd Way.
Boston.-An unusual scene was enact.
ed on the United States revenue cut
ter Seminole, lying in this harbor. One
of the seaman, a veteran tar, broke
out In the forecastle one day in violent
abuse OF pretty. nearly everything. He
proceeded in his vituperation without
being mOlested until he called the Uni
ted States flag a Girty rag and in
dulged in other unpatriotic sentiments.
A quarterma ster standing zeal re-
ported this language to Captain Rogers,
commanding the Seminole, and the lat
ter took prompt action. All hands were
called to general muster, and when
they were lined up the Captain adj
dressed them on the enormity of the
offense committed by one Of their num-
Der. Then he compelled the culprit to
kiss the flag six times and to repeat
after him an obligation never to speak
unexpectedly Of it or to allow any
one else to do so in his presence. The
name Of the offender is not made
known.
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Accidents In Cities.

In our six largest cities, New York, Chi
Baltimore, there were in 1901, the last YEAR year
reported, $3.50 deaths from accident. This
was almost as many as all our railroads
killed, e455. Nearly one death in every
twenty, or 4.58 per cent. of the total num-
Der, dying in these cities in 1901 (which
was l52.3l6), was due to accident. This
proportion is one-half larger than in Eng
land, where deaths from accident are about
three in a hundred. 1t is nearly thrice the
proportion of deaths by accident in Ger
many. 1t is twice that elsewhere.
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Indemnity For Lynching Of rwo 1talian.

Indemnity For Lynching Of " Italians.
Signor Mayor DIES Planches. the Ital-
ian Ambassador, has received from
Secretary Hay, at Washington, a treas
ury draft for $4,000 as indemnity for
the lynching of Giovanni and Vincenzo
Srio, the italian subjects, at Erwin,
Miss, July II, 1901, and for the iniic-
ton Of injuries at the same time upon
Salvatore Liberto, also an italian SUBJ
Ject. Congress appropriated the money.
The heirs Of each of the men
lynched will receive $4,000, and Liberto
will receive $1,000.
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LIEUTENANT FAULKNER ARRESTED.
Son of Former Senator Accused Of Finan-
cial Irregularities.

oon Oh F0flneI Senator Accused OF FInan-
cial Irregularities.
Seattle, Wash.-A dispatch from Ska.
quay, Alaska, says under orders of
Major Pitcher, commanding the Eighth
Infantry, Lieutenant Charles Faulkner,
Company NJ, has been placed in close
confinement on charges Of financial IT,
regularities.
Lieutenant Faulkner is a son of for
mer United States Senator Faulkner,
OF West Virginia, and has a brilliant
military record. He was the first off
Ger to enter the city Of Pekin with his
command when that city was attacked
A court-martial will be held.
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Famine in Factory Girls.

Cleveland, Ohio, has a factory girl fam
inc. One factory contemplates moving,
and another has already moved half its
plant to Lorain because Of the scarcity of
girls. Scores Of other concerns are in a
like predicament. The present scarcity
Cleveland industries. There are more girls
than heretofore, but there are, it is esti-
mated, three times as many jobs as there
are girls to fill them.
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BANDITS. FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
Robber Killed and CoInrads Captured in
Running Eight.


Cleveland, Ohio.-A desperate battle
was fought between three robbers on
one side and officers and citizens on the
other, at Bedford, a suburb, resulting
in the death Of one Of the robbers and
the wounding and capture of another.
Late at night three masked men en-
tered the town of Garrettsville, twen-
ty-five miles east of Cleveland, seized
the night policeman, bound and gagged
him and attempted to blow open the
postof1ce safe. Then they entered the
store of r. E. George, where they se-
cured a small sun Of money.
Meantime the authorities had sent
kilograms to Bedford. The three bur-
glars jumped from the train as 1t drew
up to the station and a running fight
began. One of the pursued men
dropped to the ground dead. A second
was SO badly wounded that he threw
up his hands in surrender. The third
man escaped. The captured man gave
his name as James Bradley. twenty
five years old, of st. Louis, Nc.
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Our Apple Crop.

There are now in the United States over
200, 200, 900 fruit-bearing apple trees, pro-
ducing annually 49, 00, 900 bushels Of APP
pies. In good crop years we export 3,000,-
900 bushels Of apples and consume at
home two bushels annually for every adult
and child in the country. There are six
teen apple-growing States which produce
States together produce only 2s.lO7, 500
bushels. New York now stands first with
"a, ,257 bushels, Pennsylvania second
with $4,000 5l bushels, Ohio third with
20.6l7, 480 bushels, Virginia fourth with
9,S35,982 bushels, and Illinois fifth with
OTIS, l5O bushels. California is fifteenth in
the list with 3,488, 2O8 bushels.
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WOMAN" THIEF WAS A MAN.
Masqueradcr Had Been . Terror to th
Town For Years.

~ ~ AA0
Town For Years.
Westfield, Mass.-In the arrest Of JOS
eph Wheel in women's clothes the po-
lice think they have a man who for
several years has been causing terror
in the town.
When Robert Grant returned home
he found the knob fastened on the
inside. Entering by another way he
was confronted by al intruder in wom-
ans clothes. The two grappled and a
rough and tumble fight followed.
Neighb0rs came to Grants aid and
subdued the stranger. AT the police
station the disguised man was found to
be Wheel, a mechanic, who has lived
in Westfield twenty years and has a
family. AS part Of his disguise he
wore a wig, with the hair done up
in the latest style worn by women.
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First Census WAYS.

The original schedules of the first
census are now contained in twenty
six bound volumes, preserved in the
Interior Department. For the most
part the headings of the schedules
were written in by hand. Indeed, up
to and including 1920 the assistant
marshals generally use such paper as
they happened to have, ruling it, writ
ing in the headings and binding the
sheets together themselves. In some
eases merchants account paper was
used. and now and then the schedules
were bound inside of a newspaper
The Century.
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SAW CHILDREN DIE OF OLD ACE.
Mrs. Buisineau. o Years Old, Has Lost
Eight Of Her Offspring in This Way.

Eight of Her Offspring in h Way.
Lancaster. Mass.-Mrs. Jennie Buis-
ineau, aged 105 years, has left the
home Of her youngest daughter, Mrs.
Joseph Bachant, where she has been
living twenty-five years, to go to Nor
wood, r. l., for a visit. Then she will
go to other relatives in the Province
of Ontario to pass the remainder Of
her days. Mrs. Buisineau can see
without spectacles, has knitted stock
ings and has baked bread during the
winter. Her mind is clear and she is
quite active.
Eight of her fourteen children have
died Of old age. The youngest daugh-
ter is ffty-fiye. She has more than 100
descendants, including two g~reat-great-
Observation-Disclosures.
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Yale Student Kills Himself.

Because he thought he was incurably
afflicted with consumption Herman
Bowman Esher, twenty-five years old,
of Chicago, a student at Yale Univer-
sity, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head in a hotel at
New York CITY.
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declared In Uruguay.

A treaty Of peace has been signed
by a representative of the Uruguayan
Government and General Savaria on
behalf of the insurgents.
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HON. DAN. A. GRoSVENOR, OF THE FAMOUS OHIO FAMILY.
Hon. Dan. A G1osyenor. Deputy Auditor for the War Department, in a letter written
"AHoW ne to cypress my gratitude tt you for the benefit derived from
one bottle Of Per"nG One Ueek has brought WONDERFUL changes and 1 am
Mop a 8 ueILG g ever Besides being ne of tn very rest prtngt onfcs tt is
an eEccuent CatGrrh remedv,-DAN. n. GROSTENOR.
In q recent letter he says:
~ consider Per"na really more eritorfous than Ibid rhen 1 Urde
you last I receive umero1s ietters from acquafntances all Que the
country asking NJ II my certificate Is genuine. 1 tnvarta bly, ansWer
AeaE=ldn.A 4. GrQarenQE
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Republican Outbreak in Spain.
1t is reported that serious Republican
outbreaks have occurred at Valencia,
Spain. The troops are confined to bar
racks and street meetings in Valencia
are forbidden.
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lido not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds-JoHN
+. BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
Some people run into debt and then COM
plain that they were pushed in.