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The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-02

Gold dollars to the amount of $50, 900
will be coined as souvenirs to commem-
crate the st. Louis Exposition. Half of
the coins will bear the bust of VIM. Nc
Kinley and the other half the bust of
Thomas Jefferson. In the centre of the
reverse side "1SO3-l9O3" is Inscribed and
around the edge Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, st. Louis" Notwithstand-
ing the gold dollar has been made the
standard of value, or more correctly, the
unit of account, their coinage was stop
in lS4S.
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Are you in a apoor condition. Are you
almost ready to give up from exhaustion,
nervousness, headaches, backaches, ind
dizzy spells1 No need to mention the de-
tails Of Z run down or apoor condition" to
those who are suffering. Better - tell you
of Nervine. the remedy sold on . guarantee
to help you, and restore your poor weakened
nerves to life, strength and health
aDr. Miles Restorative Nervine has done
a great deal for me. In the fall Of 1897 nay
health was in . very poor condition: FL
treme nervousness. dizzy spells and SICK
headaches made me most miserable. l had
been under the care of our local physician
for some time, but got no better. ! was on
the verge Of nervous prostration- Had no
appetite, and could moi sleep. / erew worse
as the dizzy spells continued and lost 6eSh
and strength. Oil those awful days. A
lady friend who had taken Restorative N@r-
vine advised me to try it. l bought . bottle
at the local drug store and when II was one
half gone / noticed that the medicine was
helping me. / continued taking it according
to directions until / had used three bottles
when felt so much better / stopped taking
it. feel that my present greatly improved
health is all due to DR.. Niles Restorative
Nervine. | am grateful for the benefit / ne
ceived and recommend the Nervine wholly
on its merits as a nerve tonic q restora-
tive.n-MRs. P. N. HoGoBooA, Daltoas
Mass.
All druggists sell and guarantee 6rst hetils
Or. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
Dr.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart 1n4-
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-02

woman Is Q necessary factor in the
HE and government OF the family .
lation, and as q State is an aggregation
OF families. woman Is equally im-
portant as q factor in the life and
government OF such State; therefore
It Is her duty, and should be her right.
to participate In the affairs Of the govs
ernment, and. II need be. she should
sacrifice personal desire In order to
discharge suoh dutys'-H4len N. MIL
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-02
Ask Free Beef And Coal.

a meeting in Faneuil Hall, Boston,
esday called by the American Free
League, the following resolutions
adopted:
Fereas, the duties upon beef and
by assisting the extortions of monop-
oily or impeding relief from them, have
proved a serious hardship for our people;
Resolved, That as American citizens we
ask that the tariff duties on beef and
coal be now removed.
Resolved, That, ever if the considera-
ton of tariff duties be postponed, we urge
that an exception be made in coal, and
that they be removed and those articles be
placed on the free list at the present ses-
sion of Congress.
President Roosevelt in his message to
Congress recommended that the tariff be
taken off of coal but Congress did not have
time to notice such a small matter before
the holidays. It might interfere with
the coal trust and give the people a little
relief.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-02

In the eighty years since the Monroe
Doctrine was first propounded, the navy
OF the United States has never equalled
that of any of the great European powers
and yet the Doctrine has never been
violated. The reason is plain. The Uni
ted States feeds a large portion Of Europe.
Were Germany or England, for instance,
to make war on the United States their
armies would starve. All this talk about
making our navy equal in strength to
sheirs is jingoism.
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The railroads and big corporations are
still lobbying vigorously to defeat the
educational clause in the Immigration
bill. They wish to import the cheapest
class Of labor in order to keep wages
down and give them a horde of unedu-
Gated voters whose suffrage they a
manipulate as they please.
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The time was, when it was held that
by its honesty and independence and the
loyalty of its citizens the United States
could command the respect of other ma
tions without a military and naval estab-
lishment equal in strength to the strong
est. Evidently Mr.. Roosevelt regards
that time as passed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-02

Millions are daily finding a world ofcom-
fort in Bucklen's Arnica Salye. 1t kills
pain from Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Bruises
conquers Ulcers and Fever Sores; cures
Eruptions, Salt Rheum, BoiIs and Felons
removes Corns and warts. Best Pile cure
on earth. Only 25c at Johnson's Drug
Store
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-02

1t is somewhat of a commentary on
the much Wanted honesty of the army
that the transportation Of troops across
the Pacific can be more economically
conducted by private concerns which
must naturally figure on making a profit,
than by the government through the
War OF Navy Department.
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Lemon juice, on the authority of the
Health Department Of Chicago, will kill
typhoid fever germs. 1t is given out
that experiments have shown conclusive
ly that if a t~easpoonful of juice is mixed
with half a glass of water any germs that
the water may contain will be rendered
harmless. As lemonade is not only rel
ishable but beneficial to the system at
times, this remedy will be pleasant to
take,
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-02

The antitrust legislation will afford a
large number of t~uppennyha' penny
statesmen an opportunity to introduce
anti-trust bills "for home consumption
only"
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-02

There has been a cut in the price of
beef on the hoof of over 80 per cent.
with no corresponding reduction of the
retail price and yet some people have the
temerity to tell us that there is nc beef
trust.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-02

1t begins to look as though the Mar
conf system Of wireless telegraphy would
prove a success, the government officials
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-02
The PENIS Grove Record
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2. 1908.

The past year has been q very prosper
Gus year for j. P. Morgan. His banking
firm made over $50, 100000.
The Washington times., 1903-05-31

an extra fee for the reason that they
lived out of the city.
With the opening OF the streets and
the Introduction OF street cars the park
soon lost its former characteristics and
became part of the city with all OF
its advantages and disadvantages. The
opening of Rhode Island Avenue spoiled
In measure the former beauty of the
McClelland and the Gilman homesteads,
although there. is still much more ground
remaining in both of these old tracts
that many people would care to own.
The opening OF Fifth Street will, to some
extent, divide the traffic which now
finds way through Fourth Street. Sixth
Street ends at Spruce Street, and fur
Their progress seems barred by the resi-
dence. Sol Spruce Street, and there seems
no immediate chance OF the extension Of
Third Street above its present limit,
where progress is barred by high
fence decorated with the advertisement
of a prominent firm
Former Familiar Street Names.
The old names OF the streets of the
park, such as Hardwood Avenue. Maple
Avenue. Moore's Lane. Linden Street,
Larch Street. Juniper Street. and Bohrer
Street, are nearly forgotten, and have
passed away with the fence and its Pc
riod. The names of the city streets have
taken their places. and with the growth
OF the population the country life and
country scenes have given way to those
OF the city.
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r.ous times until in 1901 a compromise
tions and the fence was removed,
Fourth Street was improved north OF
the park, and the streets of the park
passed into the control of the city after
a period of some eighteen years of pri-
yate ownership.
The organization of lie Droit Park, I'M
der the limitations of the plat filed in
1878, was a peculiar experiment. that OF
the founding of an independent suburb
adjoining The city. The southern line OF
the park was inclosed with a handsome
combination iron and wood fence, some
of which may now be found on the
southern line of the McClelland prop
erty. Buildings were erected with plen-
ty OF room around them, ard during the
period from 1873 to 1885 the larger part
of the buildings were planned and erect
ed by James H. McGill. Double houses
were quite common, but it was not until
1888 that such thing as row Of houses
was known in the park.
Before control OF the streets was sur
listing in the park resembled closely
those found in small country towns
Many of the inhabitants owned cows,
which were pastured upon the vacant
lots; the women went a-neighboring."
and the social life savored strongly of
village, and yet It was near the city
The express AMI telegraph messengers.
however, always collected of residents
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known as Fifth Street in LIE Droit Park.
and it is possible that a portion of the
space between Fifth Street and Fourth
Street was also included in the hospital
inclosure
At this time there were only two
dwellings In the tract known afterward
as LIE Droit Park-the McCleIland and
the Gilman homesteads. Each included
about ten acres of land used for grazing
and garden purposes. The McClelland
property and the Gilman property were
divided by a row of large oak trees
which were situated about fifty feet
apart and continued from Florida Ave-
nue.. then Boundary Street, to the north
ern line of the park.
To the east of the Gilman tract was
narrow strip of land known as the
Prather tract. East of this was Moore's
Lane, now Second Street, and still TO
the east was the tracts of the Moores,
George and David. covering the territory
as far east as the present location of
Lincoln Avenue. on which was located
Hardwood Hospital, another hospital of
considerable note during the civil war.
T. R. Senior. who was commissary at
Campbell Hospital, returned to the city
some twelve years after the war closed
and purchased residence at the corner
OF Elm and Second Streets, where he now
resides. Members of the family of David
McClelland now occupy the old home
stead on Second Street.
Following the close CT the war II be-
came necessary to provide for such Of
the freedmen as were in need of as
sistance. Campbell General Hospital was
occupied by the freedmen until August
l6, 1863. when the patients were trans
ferred to the new Freedman's Hospital
which had been erected in connection
with Howard University.
The property upon which Freedman 8
Hospital stands consisted of tract of
$50 acres and was purchased from John
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
HE "GREAT SEAL" OF THE
UNITED STATES TREASURY

seal now in use Is substantially the
same as that originally adopted.
The legend on the seal is ''Thesaur.
Amer. Septent. Sigil." which is an abb
breviation OF 'Thesauri Americae Sep
tentrionalis SigiIlum" The congress OF
the Confederation granted a charter to
Robert Morris for the Bank OF North
America" and the same authority au-
thorized the establishing Of Mint of
North America" both these terms most
likely originating with Robert Morris.
who subsequently, was q member of the
committee to prepare a seal for the
treasury and the navy. 1t is. therefore,
highly probable that Robert Morris fur
nished the legend for the seal of the
Treasury, which would explain the en-
ployment Of the term North America"
The reason for using this term was prob
ably owing to the fact that the fathers
Of the Republic confidently expected
Canada would ultimately become a part
Of the new sovereignty, and be included
in the independent colonies.
In 1774 the popular legislature OF
Canada was abolished by act of par.
lament and royal officers appointed to
Eiake laws for the province. except laws
to raise taxes. This gave the British
government a firm hold on Canada Eff
forts were made IN IT'S. during the
Revolution, to regain possession of
Canada. but those efforts failed.
II. 1s4s Edward stabler. of Sandy
Springs. Montgomery county. Md. one
OF the foremost die-sinkers and seal en-
gravers of his time, was commissioned
to make a -simile of the original
Treasury seal. which was worn from
constant use and failed to make good
impressions. Mr.. StabIer suggested
some minor changes In the way of i'm
provement. but was instructed to copy
the design exactly as Ii was and lin
accordance with the law" Diiigent ef-
forts have failed TO discover any law on
the subject
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A. Smith. In April, 1867, Howardtown
was laid out and soon after some 500
lots were sold, and at this time it seems
that the idea was conveyed that streets
the Miller tract. In April, 1870, the How
ard University purchased the Miller
tract, and laid out streets to connect
the streets of Howa-dtown with the city
streets, and little later built four
houses on the line OF what is now known
as Fourth Street and in 1872 subdivIded
the Miller tract, but for some reason the
plat was not recorded.
In 1873 the Miller tract was sold by
Howard University to A. Langdon. and
q short time afterward A. L. Barber,
formerly secretary of Howard Univer-
sity, became associated with Langdon
as his partner, and by arrangements
with D. McClelland, all of the three
tracts known as the Miller tract. the
McClelland tract, and the Gilman tract
were united and subdivided, and in June.
1873, a subdivision known as LIE Droit
Park was placed on record in the sur
yeyors Office. A subsequent plat was
filed some eighteen months later, in
which the proprietors OF the subdivision
declared 1t to be their purpose and in
tention to retain and control the owner
ship of all the streets plated. and the
right to inclose the whole or any por-
ton of the tracts or tract included in
the subdivision and to locate and con-
troll all entrances and gates to the
same
During the autumn of 1873 A. L. Bar
her & Co. commenced the erection of
fences across the north line OF lie Droit
Park, and from this time until August,
1891, fences were maintained along the
Lorthern line of the park From 1886
to 1891 frequent fence wars were in
operation. The fence across what IS now
Fourth Street would be removed by one
party, and the opposing party would Sc
cure an Injunction and restore it. This
mode of procedure was repeated at va
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tricks. It seems theirs masquerades
given inside the post by civilians They
was frequent and grand, but the price
was high and the crowd select Jim
mics mouth wathered for some Of the
good things TO eat, and drink, more's
the pity, but devil an inch could he get
his nose inside the dure One night
here's Captain Brett tei-Well as
I was saying they give a big blowout
on night, and Quality Street was there
'Byes,' says Jimmie, how much moneys
in the crowd? They managed to scrape
up S12. Hand this over and meet me
at the flagstaff at il. and I'll get We
all inside the masquerade" Well Ed
dard. he bought a ticket, $40, and he
hired a suit. Then he went in. ate a
full supper and slipped into a cloak
room with a window opening on the
grounds The crowd was waiting for
him and Harvey climbed the lightnin.
rod, changed suits with Jimmie. and
went in to supper Eddard, they kept
that thing up until a, dozen men had
eat. Thin the folks began TO notice
that the yellow domino had eaten more
than he could hould. They smelled the
rat and Gineral Ord-you never served
with him-he comes runnin' up and
tears the mask off Devlin, that was
stuffin' himself. he being the thirteenth
man The upshot of 1t was court-mar-
tial for Macklin, but the judges was that
convulsed wild laughter they let him of
wild a light sintence. Eyah, That was
a great time. How l wish l was therei''
The "Eagle's" Short Life.
March 26 of last year Private Schmau-
zreidt and Corporal Lamb, OF F and
D Troops, respectively, embarked upon
the sea of journalism with "rThe Garrison
Eagle" This paper was to be devoted to
the interests OF the post and country
side, and was intended TO chronicle mat
tiers of moment to officers and men.
copy OF the first and only edition, now
somewhat Of a rarity, lies on the desk
before me. 1t has six pages, and is
printed in Schmall2reidt's best STYLE on
yellow tinted paper-the cavalry color.
Leaders of breathless interest appear on
the first page. One reads:
Ibid you notice, the Eagle costs less
than cents? You could not buy
chicken so cheap, mani"
A lifelike picture of the Second Cav
airy charging at the Madison Square
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charged, tortured by Apaches. married.
enlisted. died-a bewildering number of
tragic. comic. and melodramatic roles.
The limber-legged old type case has
followed the fortunes of the Second Cav
airy from New Mexico to Cuba. Like
as not 1t has heard the Indian war
whoop. and heard stories OF the same
Indians ugly handiwork. You can imag-
Inc its non-combatant knees shaking rs
the Spanish yell. and the music of the
whizzing Mauser. came to its ears in
Cuba. l dare say II knows as much OF
war as any griZZled first sergeant in the
command. And the press is no recruit.
II has seen seven years service, enlist
ing when the type-case did, July. 1896.
In that year almost every building at
Fort Wyngate. New Mexico, was burrl-
ed TO the ground. The printing Office
was destroyed. Capt. l. M. Brett, of
T troop, was stationed at the fort, and
with the aid of the band and a couple
of battery horses. he plowed a gar
den. planted vegetables. and triumphant
ly peddled his crop until enough money
was made to buy the present outfit.
An Important Parsonage.
Private Schmallzreidt-a moment till
fix this space-is almost as much in
demand at concerts and hops as the very
musicians. The neat programs and dance
cards. treasures OF West Pointers after
ward, are his work. Colonel Edgerly.
Colonel Thompson. and Major G!ennan
write out the orders for their men. and
Schmallzreidt sets them up In the same
fashion that General Miles orders are
printed for the War Department. Then.
too, there is q booklet containing a ros-
ter of commissioned and non-commfs-
stoned officers published each June. IL
shows the promotions. retirements, and
deaths In the command for each year.
This pamphlet is work of art, when
the materials which go TO its compost
ton, and the result are compared
Type setting becomes mechanical at
ter a while, and you can listen
to every word the soldier and his com
rade are saying as they lie stretched
out on the grass near your window.
do We mind Jimmie Macklin. Ed
dard? He's out in the Preside now.
Ye do? Well. beamish boy he was and
no mistake. 1 had a letter from him
the other day. He's up to his ould
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cancies establish the names of the va
rious owners of lands adjoining the
BIadensburg Road at the time it was
abandoned as thoroughfare and taken
up as portion of the farms in that sec
ton. and the presence of this old road
accounts for some of the peculiar lines
some of the lots in lie Droit Park. This
road crossed Second Street at a point
north of Elm Street here. The old plats
show Moore's Vacancy. The road final
ly Joined the present road to Bladens-
burg at a point where the sixth mile
stone of the northern line of the Dis
trict was located.
It is probable that this peculiarly natu-
raj boundary of some of the lands which
afterward became lie Droit Park may
have had something to do with the
strange lines which are found in the
streets of that suburb. although it was
not the intention at the time that LIE
Droit Park was subdivided to have the
streets conform with the city streets.
Site of Campbell Hospital.
During the civil war the territory
now contained In LIE Droit Park was used
as the site of Campbell General Hos
pttal, one of the important hospitals
near Washington. The hospital COM
prised some seventeen separate wooden
buildings. erected IN the form of a hol
low square, with the central portion
divided into irregular spaces by build
ings cutting across the Enclosure and
connecting the outside buildings.
The larger dimension of this hospital
was from north to south, and extended
from Boundary Street. now known as
Florida Avenue. on the south, to the
land occupied for many years as base
ball park. situated south of Freedman's
Hospital. and designated en- some of
the old maps as Levi Park. From east
to west the hospital covered the ground
from Seventh Street to what Is now
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For Manu- Years the Section of
Washington Known by That Name Had
Practically It's Separate Government
and Had All the Characteristics of a
Country Town, Although Plainly With
in the Boundary Limits. :. :. :.

roads join at an acute angle. and glanc-
ing along the lines of Boundary Street
and the north lines OF some buildings
which have been erected IN this angle
ensburg Road and discover that the
small building 713 Florida Avenue
northwest marks the spot where the
Bladensburg Road DETECTED from Boun-
dairy Street and bore off in a north
easterly direction toward BIadensburg.
Once Part of Jamaica Vacancy.
The map referred to is said to be a
portion of Jamaica and Smiths Vacan-
cy. but II We examine the plats IN the
office of the Surveyor of the District we
will hardly find on file any plats of
those sections, but may learn that LIE
Droit Park was once a part of jamaica
and Smiths Vacancy and possibly a
portion of Port Royal. Prior to the ces-
sion of the territory now included in
the District from Maryland the land
known as Jamaica was owned by one
Philip r. Fendall. of Virginia He con-
veyed this tract of 494 acres on the
18th day of January. 1892. to Samuel
Blodgett. jr., OF Massachusetts,. and
from this point the title of the land can
be traced down to the present time.
The names attached to the different va
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Garden tournament appears. The tech
light and airy verse from the pen of
Corporal Lamb lend the necessary tone
of culture. One stanZa reads:
Oh, Marion. was feeling forlorn;
In my heart was pressing a thorn,
But you were IN Illinois,
And I alone with the boys;
Yes, Marion, was forlorn
But what made the men gather round
the Eagle" and send up shout after
shout of laughter was the minor items"
The wit in these is genuine, with a bar
rack-room favor. delicate as a carbine-
butt and pointed as a saber.
Private Harry T. Mosher, of the band,
took short ride. mounted. Saturday.
Watch his walk now"
at was observed the other day that
Death was In the family of the librarian.
Twas his cat
Did you see her at the postofice the
other day. Slim?"
The Eagle" was discontinued after
the first issue. The men will tell you
because Schmallzreidt and Lamb went
bankrupt. but the large circulation con-
tradicts this. May the Eagle" however.
prove no eagle. but little Phoenix, and
rise again on the newspaper horizon.
For those who have seen the Fort
Myer printing shop this may call up
some pleasant memories of half an hour
spent there; for those who are beyond
the pale and have not. there is no hope
unless they go Immediately and become
familiar with very nook and Granny in it.