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The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
Feeding For Profit.

We may be feeding the correct foods
to our poultry, but how are we feed
ing them? If one is not very careful
the fowls will become indolent, espe-
cially in winter, when they are CON
fined. If they can be induced to work
for their food it will be better for them.
OF course, all soft foods must be fed
in troughs, for if thrown upon the
ground a large portion Of it would be
wasted, and besides the fowls would
be liable to eat dirt, snow, etc., which
Is unfit for them. The grain that is
given them should be scattered here
and there among litter, and thus they
are afforded the exercise that they are
so much in need of. Feeding corn on
the cob is another good way to make
them exercise.
The feed trough must be cleaned
often, so that no disease germs may
accumulate. 1t will require cleaning
oftener in the summer, for if any food
is left in the trough it will o be-
come sour. Take hot water and an
old broom to it in winter and it will
not be a difficult task.
Do not allow the geese, ducks and
chickens to live in-the same quarters,
for if they do the chickens will not
do well. Ducks, especially, have very
untidy habits, create filth rapidly, and
unless they are frequently changed
to new quarters will cause very dis
agreeable odors. Although they have
their drawbacks they are very valua-
BILE fowls to have, any way. Every
year they are becoming more popular
as table fowls; by many the meat is
pronounced superior to turkey. 1t is
not necessary to keep them until they
have reached maturity before selling.
When they are eight or ten weeks old
they are usually ready for the market.
During the first few weeks of a duck.
ling's life they require considerable
care, but after they get started to
growing they can stand considerable
roughing and do not seem to thank
any n for their care. Yards, fenced
with wire netting, two feet high, are
very good to keep the ducks in. They
can be moved and changed to new To-
cations when necessary.-M. ID. H., in
Indiana Farmer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
VOLUME XVI.
AGRICULTURAL.
Profit in Poultry.

Profit in Poultry.
Is there anything on the farm that
pays better than poultry or the hen?
asks The Epitomist. Some say that
there is no profit in poultry, but this
depends upon who is in the business,
In many homes the poultry money
clothes the children and gives the
farmers wife many a necessity that
otherwise she would be compelled to
go without. Often the hen on the farm
is greatly neglected and has to pick
up her food wherever she can find
it, yet she attends strictly to business
and gives one an idea of her value
when carefully attended to. In many
Of the poorer homes eggs are all the
money the families eve see, and these
are exchanged at the small stores for
necessaries. A few years ago it was
almost impossible to get cash for eggs
In the country, but now there are reg
ular poultry agents who pass over all
the leading highways paying the high
est market prices for poultry and eggs.
When one gives time and study to
poultry it pays wonderfully, and some
go SO far as to say that the hen is the
greatest wealth producer in America.
However this may be, it is certain that
more attention is being given to poul-
try than ever before. There are many
who use eggs as a substitute for meat.
and there will always be a demand
for them, no matter how much the
price varies with the season, and as
the highest prices are realized during
the holidays one ought to manage SO
as to have the pullets come into lay
ing at that time. Neither the old fowls
nor the pullets will lay during severe
ly cold weather, however, unless CIV
en- the warmth they require and the
proper food.
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sJi4}esaL
B1ME%S
~ j eS tS~

Dashaway--"Yeu were in Boston
some time. weren't your Cleverton
--"Oh, yes-long enough to make N.Y.
self understood."-Town Topics
The world one revolution makes
Per day, astronomers agree,
Except in South America,
Where they have two and sometimes three.
Washington Star.
Grant-"So Grimes has been forced
into bankruptcy? How did it hap
pen" Gray--sA particular friend of
his gave him a tip about a perfectly
safe investment"
A good grip germ you cannot crush
BY weather damp and raw;
1t likes about three feet of slush
And revels in a thaw.
Chicago News.
Ernie-"Why are you crying, dear?'
Edith-"He just said / was all the
world to him.. Ernie-"But that is
very affectionate." Edith-"Yes: but
a year ago he said l was all the uni.
verse to him."
Twin boys attending school in
Brooklyn were asked by the teacher
what are twins, when one of the five
year-old YOUNGSTERS replied: Couple
of fellows that live in the same house"
Brooklyn Life.
Naggsby-"What did the fraud who
pretended to be a minister tell you
when you gave him money!? Wages
by-"He told me l was his 'succor In
time of need But l know now how he
spelled sucker. Baltimore Ameri.
can.
Adolphus penitently)-"So sorry
dearest, that / was angry with you
yesterday evening, and lost my ten.
per-" ~Olivia-"Pray don't mention it
Dolly. 1t wasn't a very good one, and
l I'M sure you can easily find a better
Punch. /,
Citiman--"1 didn't think your wife
would remember me-" Subbubs-"O'
yes, indeed" Citfman-"She seems tc
have a very good memory" Subbubs
Wonderful, wonderful! Why, she
can remember the names of all the
cooks we ever had."-Philadelphia
Press.
Il tell you that new salesman of ours
is a hustler when it comes to adver
Using methods" said the automobile
manufacturer. How SOP why
he's offered the free use of any of our
make of automobiles to anyone fol
suicidal purposes. Great ad., isn't it?'
Baltimore Herald.
Mother-"What are all these sense,
less trinkets for?" Pretty Daughter
"They are for the g"ab-bag at the
church fair" Mercy! There is not
n thing that any human being could
want" "Yes, isn't it fortunate!
Everybody who draws a prize will put
it back in the bag."-New York Week
ly.
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JAPANESE SHIPS SUNK
Daring Attempt to Blockade En-
trance to Port Arthur.
Admiral Alexief Issues Proclamation in
Manchuria Ordering All Inhab-
itants to Aid Russia.

Port Arthur.-The Japanese mace
an attempt to block the entrance of
the inner harbor and dock. With this
object four merchant steamers, accom-.
panied by torpedo vessels, were sent
from two sides toward the entrance
of the channel. The movement was
perceived by the battleship Retvizan,
which was lying in the channel, and
which opened fire Immediately. At the
same time the guns of the forts on the
Tiger Peninsula, Golden Hill, and
Electric Cliff were turned upon the Ell.
envy and a furious cannonade ensued,
lasting until five in the morning. Then
the firing slackened and became des-
ultOry.
The Japanese failed to effect their
purpose. All four steamers we're sunk.
They are lying in the following posi-
tons:
One behind Golden Hill. One near
the Retvizan. Two between the en-
trance of the channel and Lao-thie-
shan peninsula.
Two of the vessels were set on fire.
The cruisers Bayan and Novik pur.
sued the Japanese torpedo 1otilla.
Ying-Kau. = Viceroy Alexieff has
caused a proclamation to be issued
through Manchuria, notifying the Chi
nese that Russia is at war with Japan
on account of Japan's treacherous at
tack on the Russian fleet.
The proclamation is in six sections,
as follows:
First The inhabitants are warned
that they must prevent the encroach-
ment of Chinese on Russian territory.
Second-Russian and Chinese inter
ests are declared to be identical. but
as China says she wishes to maintain
neutrality, all officials in Manchuria,
instead of hindering, must assist the
Russian Army.
Third-The people shall continue
their occupations, and shall treat the
Russian troops with confidence.
Fourth-The railway telegraphs are
left to the protection of the people,
who will be held responsible in case
they are injured.
Fifth-The people are warned not
to obey the threats of the chunchus
(bandits), who are the curse of Man.
churia, but must assist the troops to
eAlcIHllHdte tHem. II they 90 not AID
in this they also will be treated as
robbers.
Sixth-If the people antagonize the
troops or show them hatred they will
be exterminated without mercy. The
government is taking all steps, in any
event, to protect its interests.
Nagasakf.-The Japanese Govern
ment has seized go tons of mess beef
which was shipped from San Francis
co on the steamer Korea, and which
was consigned to the Russian Govern
ment at Vladivostok.
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: JAIL F>OR UNION MEN.
Chicago Judge Sentences Five For
Violating His Injunction.

CulcaSO JuQSS sentences rive fOr
Violating His Injunction.
Chicago, Ill@Judge Holdom has
again held Franklin Union, No. 4, of
Press Feeders. guilty of violating the
injunction of the court, and has sen
fenced five of its members, including
the President, to Jail. The action,
which was brought by the Chicago
Typothetae, charged the Franklin
Union and its members with violating
the injunction restraining interior
ence with nontunion employees.
The union was fneh $1,000. J. NJ.
Shea, its Secretary, was fined $500 and
sentenced to six montths in the county
Jail. President Werner was fined $3.50
and sent to Jail for three months. Jer-
ONE Collins got two months; Harry
Brown was ordered imprisoned for
forty days, and Michael Flannery was
sentenced to thirty days in jail.
In his finding Judge Holdom declared
that the members Of the union had
been proved to have intimidated other
workers who we're employed at plants
which had cometunder the ban of the
union.
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Few Minutes Meant Life.

Mrs. Emmit Hardy, who resides on
the Griscom farm, outside of Wood
bury, went to town to assist at a
church supper. Her husband came to
accompany her home, leaving five chill
dren in the house. Soon after the faith
er left of the children put wood in
the stove and all went to bed, When
the parents were ready to return they
found a trolley car had just left, and
Hardy asked his wife to wait until the
next. She persuaded him to walk
home. Those few minutes saved their
home and children. When they reached
it the house was filed with smoke,
while all the children were u~nconsci-
Gus. They extinguished the blaze and
resuscitated the children.
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All Through the State.

Chief of Police Marble. of Glouces-
ter, has instructed his officers TO keep
a close watch on suspected poker
rooms. He has visited suspected
places and warned the proprietors to
beware.
Mrs. Linda Gardner, one of Pitman's
best-known residents, dropped dead at
her home. She had attended church
and after Sunday-school visited the
sick, to whom she has always been
Devoted
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Low Average Product.

An increase in the production of but.
ter and milk, by resorting to the breeds
adapted for such work, opens a mar
ket for the grain IN the farms. Every
farmer who can contrive to utilize his
crops on the farm saves the several
costs of commission, transportation
and other incidentals, and this
amounts to a large sum when estimat-
ed for the whole country. There are
thousands Of farmers who keep cows
which do not produce over three
pounds of butter per week, and it is
safe to claim that there are also thou
sands of cows that do not average 100.
pounds of butter in a year, and they
are not difficult to find, even in this
section. The COW of an improved breed
assists the farmer to have a home mar
ket because she demands more food,
which she converts into a large guam
tity of milk and butter, thus not only
enabling him to dispose of his crops
to better advantage, but to derive larg-
er profits because of the decreased ex-
penses for labor, shelter and food in
proportion to product derived. The
5000, 100000 produced in the form of
butter could easily be increased to
$500, 000,0 if better COWS were used.
Cheap grain can be converted into an
article of higher price. 1t is claimed
that there are three pounds of butter
that can be gotten from a bushel of
corn by feeding to good butter cows,
but it does not pay for the labor when
the cows are not capable of fully util-
izing the corn for the purposes in
tended. The foundation, therefore. is
in the kind of stock used. The COW
is the real factory for producing but
ter, and the greater her capacity the
more thoroughly the raw material is
manufactured into the product.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
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CHARITY MONEY MISSING.
American Surety's Boston Agent is
AccuSed of Taking IT

American Surttys Boston Agent is
Accused of Taking 1t.
Boston, Mass. = Wallace H. Ham,
manager of the Boston branch of the
American Surety Company of New
York. Treasurer. of st. Luke's Home
for Convalescents, Roxbury, and until
recently Treasurer of st. Paul's Epis-
copal Church in this city, was arrest
ed, charged with the larceny of $1O4,-
600 from the American Surety Com
pany.
In court, George N. Perry, counsel
for the surety company, stated that al
though the warrant alleged the appro-
priation of $1OH, 900, he was ready to
prove that as much as $4,000 had
been taken by Ham while manager for
the company.
Mr.. Perry said that Ham also was re-
sponsibae for a Joss of from $4,000 to
$4,000 in the hands of st. Luke's
Home.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
Last years

The official summing up for 1908 as re-
CARDS sunshine shows that all districts in
the British Isles with one exception fell
Snort of the average. The exception was
England northwest, including Manchester,
ffty-seven sunny hours. In Scotland north,
west and east, the defect was eighty-one
hours, forty-eight hours and 1888 hours.
England northeast and east were short by
lO7 houxs and l39 hours, while in England
south and southwest the deficit was sixty.
eight hours and It's hours. The Midlands
were behind by ~ninetyseight hours. In
Ireland north and South the shortage was
eighty-0ne hours and lig hoEns. Common
II the islands in the English I Channel were
short Of sunshine by l35 hopts. kezz
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
The Tomb o: David.

The tomb Of David, king of Israel, is
still pointed out 10 travellers in Pales-
tine and. deslite its aye, is in a re-
markably good state OF preservation.
David died in 1915 L. G. and was bur-
led in the "City Of David" His tomb
beeame the sepulchre OF several sabse-
Gusnt kings and one Of the sacred
places OF the singdoni. 1t stands IN
Mount Zion. a9Terrsalcm. just outside
81 tho city wail.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
$4,000 for Schoolgirls Life.

The first damage suit arising from the
Newark trolley accident a year ago, in
which nine high school pupils were
killed by a Lackawanna train, resulted
in a verdict of $4,000 for Henry Wer-
pupp, whose daughter Ella was killed.
He sued for $4,000, and made the
North Jersey Street Railroad defend
ant. The case was tried before Judge
Adams and a jury in the Circuit Court
in Newark.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
Labor World.

British labor unions are making eff
forts to abolish the strike and to sub
stitute some form of arbitration.
More than 1900 men in the building
trades at Paterson, N. J., who have
been locked out for over a month. have
returned to work.
Fourteen labor bills have been
drawn by the New York State Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, to be presented to
the Legislature this session.
Wages Of iron and steel workers In
South Wales and Monmouthshire. Eng
land, have been reduced two per cent,
dating from January 1.
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Words and Ideas.

Definite words are necessary, says
Engineering Record, for the expression
OF definite ideas. Hence scientific
terms have to be employed. A term
has n definite meaning which does
not change with time. The rush of at.
fairs drifts words from their original
meanings, as ships drag their anchors
in a gale, but terms sheltered from
common use hold to their moorings for
ever. The word let, for example, has
drifted in 200 years from meaning
hinder until now 1t means permit; bit
the term bisect has remained unaltered
Ia significance for centuries.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
Coal Production For 1902

The Census Bureau has issued a re-
port on the mining of coal in the Uni
ted States for the year ended Deem
Der 81, 1902. 1t shows a total produce
ton of 3O1, $780, 39 short tons. valued
at $685., 052, 069. OF this total, 26O, 216,-
S44 short tons, valued at $500, S58, 4S3,
were bituminous, and 41,373,5 95 short
tons, valued at $~76,173,5S6 were an
thracite.
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PENIS GROVE, N. j., FRIDAY. MARCH 4, 1904.
JAMES.

Belinda and Rebecca,
Mehetabel and Sue,
Hannah and Amanda,
What has become of you?
Once glorious in hoop and curl,
With modest maiden grace
You led our fathers such a dance
They scarce could keep the pace.
I wonder, if you came again,
With parted dusky hair,
And no three-storied p~ompadour,
If they'd still think you fair:
Ii ping-pong youths, and those that steer
h wary auto-car,
Golf fiends and gridiron-champions,
Would let you stand afar!
Or L the Fassar tailor-mades,
Ghe Bryn Mawr stunning WHIPS,
Or Chicago's jockey sweaters would
Your old-time grace eclipse!
No, though you never made a tee,
Nor held a handle-bar,
And though your tender feelings would
Have fed a football star,
Belinda and Rebecca,
Mehetabel and Sue,
Hannah and Amanda,
They still would worship youl
Alice R. Corbin, IN Life.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
Newsy Gleanings.

No more hydraulic mining leases will
be granted in the Yukon country.
New York State savings banks have
Sl,131.2S ,943, belonging to 2,275,3S
depositors.
Thirty thousand people viewed the
body of Senator Hanna lying in state
at Cleveland, Ohio.
Several sailors were lost in d wreck
on the Pacific Coast, near the mouth
Of the Columbia River.
The value of the output Of electrical
apparatus during 1903 is estimated Al
$lbS,0o0,00os against 6iS0.D5o,0 600 III
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
HOllness and Humility.

The highest lesson a believer has to
learn is humility. 0, that every Christian
who seeks to advance in holiness may re-
this WE'LL There NAV be intense
conservation, and fervent zeal, and heav
enly experience. and yet, If it Is not pre-
vented BY dealings Of the Lord, there may
be an unconscious se~if-exaitation with i all
Let us learn the lesson-the highest holis
ness IS the deepest humility, aud let as re.
member that it comes not Of 1teelf. but
only as it is made q matter Of special deal.
ms on the. part Of our tkithini Lord Anf
His faithful serrant.-Andrew MurEarl
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
Buffalo Lawyer Shot.

Henry L. Schwartz, of the law firm
of Baker & Schwartz, was shot and
wounded at Buffalo, N. Y, by H. A.
Knowles, a well-known business man.
of Buffalo, who, ten minutes later,
shot himself dead in the presence of
Chief of Detectives Taylor and Detec-
tive Sergeant O'Connor.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
PANAMA TREATY INTO EFFECT.
President Signs Proclamation as Last
Formally,

Washington, D. C.-President Roose-
welt signed the proclamation putting
into effect the treaty with Panama re-
garding the isthmian canal. AS soon
as the proclamation was signed it was
returned to the State Department,
where the exchange Of notifications all
ready had taken place between Score.
tary of State Hay and Minister Bunau.
Varilla, of Panama. The Cabinet was
n session when the proclamation
reached the White House from the
State Department. Secretary Loeb
took the document to the President,
and he signed it Immediately.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
Two Women Crushed to Death

Mrs. G. B. Fountain and her mother,
Mrs. A. Hogue, of Valley Junction, Ia,
were crushed to death by an elevator
at the State House. They were caught
between the elevator and an upper
floor of the building. Mrs. Fountain
lost her life in an attempt to save her
mother.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
FRANCE AND SPAIN ARB1TRArE.
French Foreign Office Announces a
Treaty Has Been Signed.

Paris, France.-The Foreign Office
announced that a treaty of arbitration
between France and Spain had been
signed. The terms are identical with
the recent arbitration treaties con-
cluded between France and Great
Britain and Italy and Great Britain.
The contamination of the treaty
gives the officials here great satisfac-
ton. They say it shows the falsity of
the reports recently in circulation in
regard to the relations between France
and SPAIN. The treaty is considered
also as ~disposing of the reports of fric-
ton over SPANS North African pos
sessions.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
Mr.. Hanna Left s7.00o0oo.

The inventory of the estate of Sen
ator Hanna, which has just been taken
by the family, shows that the dead
statesman left more than $1,000, 900
instead of 3d. 1000, as reported to the
probate Judge at Cleveland, Ohio.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
Colonel M. r. Roblee Killed.

Colonel Miller r. Roblee, formerly Of
Warren County, N. Y, has been killed
at El Paso, Texas, by being thrown
from his buggy. His horse was fright
ened byfan automobile.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
4 Suicide Ran in Family

r.. P. Colcord, a member of a wealthy
st. Louis (Mo.) family, was found
dead in a rooming house on North
State street. He had committed sui
eide by turning on two gas valves.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
CoIored Murderer Hanged.

Protesting his innocence to the last,
Will Boggan, colored, met death
calmly, on the scaffold a. Wadesboro,
N. c., for the murder of John Sulii-
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-15
TALK OF THE TOWN

Reports come from the Emanuel
hospital at Omaha that Archie
Pettycrew had undergone the OPP
Grafton and was getting along we'll.
Later Archie sent telegram that
he was doing we'll, and wrote a
letter showing that he was all right
and strong enough to think of
home and to write.
One of the grandest social events
of the season was the speaking
contest under the direction of
Mrs. S. Moon, held at the NJ. E.
church Tuesday night. There
were six girls contesting for a
prize for the best speaker and each
did so we'll that it was hard to say
that one was entitled to a prize
and that the others were not, but
such were the conditions and one
was graded a little higher, while
two others were tie for second.
Judges Westover and Wood and
Mrs. |. ". Rice were the judges.
The church was crowded with peo-
pie and everyone that we talked
to about the speaking contest pro-
nounced it the grandest social feat
ure of the season. You wouldn't
have missed it had you known that
you would be better entertained
than by Peterson Sisters. Sew
eral songs interpersed the speak
ing. Mrs. Bivens and Miss Easley
with Mrs. Geneyieve Hewitt as
organist we're encored, responding
with another selection quite as we'll
received as the first, and they were
not inferior to singers that we pay
fifty cents to hear. Misses Julia
Query and Bessie Gaskill also sang
a duet that was heartily encored.
and Mrs. Bivens was recalled after
singing a solo which was evidence
that Valentine talent is appreciat-
ed, even at home. Miss Laura
Pettijohn favored the audience
with a recitation while the judges
we're deciding the contest which
was we'll received and Queen Moon
responded to the encore with a
recitation. The little folks song
was heartily encored and they
came back with another song
equally as good. Mrs. Moon is
to be congratulated upon giving
the best entertainment of the
season.