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The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
Improper Feeding of Horses.


Much has been written concerning
the short rations which many farmers
use during the winter for their horses,
because they do little work, but there
is the other side of the question. the
overlooking and the improper feeding,
which is quite as bad in its effect as
scanty rations. Horses should be fed
in accordance with the work required
OF them, although this does not signify
that because a horse practically does
no work during the winter his rations
should consist of a pint of grain and
all the hay he will eat. Improper
feeding Of hay is exceedingly injuri-
Gus. In the ground feed that is given
horses not worked a great deal there
should be but about one-third corn or
even one-quarter corn, one-quarter
+ and one-half oats. The roughage
OF hay at a feed should be about the
quantity he will in three
quarters of an hour. Add a little oil
meal to the grain ration once or twice
a week, exercise the horse daily, and
when work is given him regularly,
which will increase as spring draws
near, gradually increase the ration.
The plan or which a horse should be
.wfntered, if he is not worked a great
deal, should be to give him food
enough to keep him in good condition
and store away a little extra strength
for the heavy farm work of spring, but
not enough to make him fat or give
him Indigestion.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
REPUBLICANS IN SESSION
Empire State Convention Held in
New York City.
The Delegates at Large to the National
rected to Work For Roosevelt.

New York City. The Republican
State Convention held in Carnegie Hall
elected the following delegates at large
and a~lternates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention to be held in Chicago
June 81:
Delegates at large: Thomas C. Plat,
of Tioga; Chauncey NJ. Depew, of New
York; Benjamin B. Odell. Jr., of Or
ange; Frank s. Black, of Rensselaer,.
Alternates at large: J. Sloat Fassett, of
Chemung; Louis Stern, of New York;
Erastus G. Knight, of Erie; Henry G.
Brewster, of Monroe.
The convention did not instruct the
delegates at large for President Roose-
welt in the old fashioned manner of the
Republican party since its organization
fifty years ago. The convention plat
form sends the delegates at large to
Chicago with this injunction, I'VE here
by direct that the delegates this day
chosen use all honorable means to
bring about his nomination for Presi-
dent at the National Convention to be
held in June"
Long before the hour for assembling
nv NCAO5otCo OOSdH " cttdSSiC Ill, anu
while waiting for the chairman to call
the convention to order the band
played lively airs.
The delegates were seated by coun-
ties, placards on tall sticks indicating
the location of the different delegations.
Albany and Schenectady counties had
the front row centre, the best seats in
the house. The Tioga delegation, with
Senator Plat at the head, sat on the
fourth ROY at the left. Senator Platt
had the aisle seat and was easily dis
tinguished.
The Broome delegation, including
Colonel George W. Dunn, touched ell
bows with the men from Tioga. Gov
ernor Odell, who shared the honors of
the convention with Senator Platt. was
with the Orange County men. some dis
lance back on the centre aisle.
The smallest delegation was from
! Yates County, with four members. The
largest was from New York. County,
1856 members. The New York men oc-
cupied a block of seats in the extreme
rear. The Kings County delegation
had the section just in front of New
York.
At the head of the New York delega-
ton was Charles H. Murray, president
of the County Committee. Mr.. MUIR
rays first lieutenant II the organiza-
ton, William Halpin, executive chair
man of the committee, sat at the head
of the delegation from the Ninth As
sembly District.
At the close of roilcall Chairman
Dunn nominated for temporary Chair
! man Senator Depew. He was unani-
mously elected, and James S. Sherman,
Oneida, and John w. Dwight, of Tomp-
kins, were appointed to escort him to
the chair.
AS Senator Depew began to speak
the delegates settled themselves to
listen. The first burst Of applause
came as early in the address he men
toned the name of the late Marcus A..
Hanna. A few minutes later a like
tribute was paid to the name of the
late Speaker Thomas B. Reed.
Senator Depew first mentioned the
name of President Roosevelt in connec-
ton with that of the late President
Mckinley. Hearty applause greeted
the linking of the names. From that
time on every mention of President
Rooseyelt's name was greeted with en-
thusiastic cheers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15

In n way or another. An American
Agriculturist writer has a barn ar
ranged thus and with no suitable space
In the basement for a grain bin. AS
a way out of the difficulty he put i'll
some grain chutes to run from the bins
above, as shown in the accompanying
cut. In some cases the chute could be
allowed to drop directly from the bin
above without any joints. Under few
circumstances will a chute with less
than half pitch be satisfactory. Oats
will run through such a pitch with lit
tie difficulty. Wheat or rye will follow
even a less slant, but with bulky stuff
like ground feed there is considerable
danger of clogging.
The interior of the chute ought not
to be less than six inches square-six
by eight would be even better. The in
terror should be free from all Obstruc-
lions. The hopper shaped device just
under the bin is quite necessary with
oats and ground feed to give greater
Roadway. The cutoff (A) is an ordin-
airy draw supported by two cleats on
either side.> An extension is also made
to the rear board of the chute so that
it projects about half an inch outward.
thus giving chance for holding a bag
If necessary.-Connecticut Farmer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
Bang in OradeIl P~ostofice.

Burglars entered the Oradell post
Office, and blowing open the safe with
dynamite secured $500 in cash, stamps
and other postofice supplies. The Ora
dell Mercantile Company's store in the
same building was robbed of 800.
The explosion wrecked the two-story
building in which the postofice is To-
Gated to it's foundation, tumbling men,
bers of three families who occupy he
second floor, out of their beds. One of
the tenants, who thought an earth
quake had visited the town. hastily
threw open a window. He was greet
ed by a command to close the window
by a heavily beared man in the street
below. Two other men were noticed
walking leisurely away from the build
ing, and these were followed shortly
by the man who gave the command.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
Poe,s Love of Richmond.

Poe loved Richmond as he loved no
other place on earth. His happy child
hood was spent there-the only period
of his troubled life which was free
from want. Here he found his foster
father, John Allen, who was proud of
the orphan boy, and the only mother he
ever knew, who was sweet and gentle
with him to the end. Here were the
friends and playmates of his boyhood,
and here lived the gentle woman who
was the Helen of the most beau
tiful of his early poems. Here, after
a first ceremony in Baltimore. he was
married by a second to a lovely and
youthful Virginia GLENN, and here
they spent the happiest year OF their
married life.-From Charles Marshall
Graves's Landmarks of Poe in Rich
mond" in the Century.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
Won by a Nose.


Davidson, the ex-University Of Penn
sylvania football player, played pro-
fessional football after leaving col
lege. Mr.. Davidson had courted his
present bride for some time and had
made but little progress. Finally, in a
fierce football scrimmage, his moss was
broken. Now, Mr.. Davidson's nose
was never his strong point in personal
beauty, SO he seized the opportunity
and, so says his friends, sent his girl
the following telegram:
my nose is broken. Shall / have it
set Greek or Romano"
The reply came back:
Greek"
1t was set Greek.
Shortly afterward the engagement
was Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
TAKE YOUR MEDICINE.

Now and then you hear a fellow
Make a kick about his luck;
But you very seldom near him
Talk about his lack of pluck.
Now and then a failure tells us
That the world is down on him;
But he never tells us how he
Milk and mushed his grit and VIM.
Every day you hear some loser
Say that he was frozen out;
But that he was ever in it.
He expresses not a doubt.
When the world stamps or. the klcKeE
You can hear him yen a mile;
But who always scowled at others
Now is begging for a smile.
When a man is down and out he
Always has some tale to tell;
He was always pushed or showed, but
Never tells you that he fell.
And, in short, it seems the rule to
when a chap is on the shelf
Tell a tale that sounds SO good ne
Nearly thinks it's true himself.
MORAL.
Never squeal if you've been buncoed,
For nobody's in the dark;
Either you passed by the shuttle
Or you were an easy mark.
If they caught you in the pantry
With your finger in the jam,
And you got a proper licking
Emulate the wise old clam!
Baltimore Eews.
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AIMS CRUSHING BLOW.
Why Resistance is Not Made by Rus
slams at the Yalu.

Az 1NOL A4AAC w u
slams at the Yalu.
st. Petersburg.-A high military au-
thority in conversation explains why
General Kuropatkin's plan of cam
paign does not contemplate a heavy re-
sistance to the Japanese advance at the
.Yalu, saying:
Either defeat or victory in a battle
there would be disadvantageous to us.
Ii we lost we would have to fall back
through a difficult country. If we won
and | say to you that Russian STRAIT
egg is based on the idea of victory and
not on that of defeat-suceess would
be fruitless. We could not follow il I'M
without exposing the army to too great
risks.
"On account of the Japanese control
of the sea if we pursued the enemy
into the peninsula of Korea we would
open both TANKS to a possible attack
from the rear. No: the Japanese must
come on to a point in the interior.
which with this end in view has been
selected, where we can follow ND a
crushing defeat to the bitter end. with
blow after blow and seal the fate of
the campaign.
Our plans on sea and land will con-
verge at a time next summer when
Vice-Admiral Makaroff's fleet will be
relieved by the arrival of reinforce
ments. Then if successful on land we
a clear the sea of the enemy. cut his
communications and the Japanese in
Korea and Manchuria will be at our
mercy.
THE world must not be impatient.
The prelude to this wal is not vet
finished"
1t is understood here that as the re-
suit OF General Kuropatkin's visit to
Newehwang reinforcements of 100000
men will be sent forward from Lao
Yang.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
Coon Hunt in Paterson.

Residents in the vicinity of Main and
Green streets were aroused from their
beds early one morning by several pis-
toll shots. Many of them rushed into the
street half clad, thinking that murder
was being done. Their fears that
something terrible had happened in the
neighbOrhood were increased when
they saw Jack Cannon and Mike Dunn,
two of Paterson's best known police
men, shooting into a tree. The police
men circled the tree several times be-
fore they said anything. Suddenly
down from the tree shot an animal
and headed for a high telegraph pole
on the opposite side of the street.
There it sat on the top cross piece and
took a rest. Both cops again fired at
the animal, but without doing any ap-
parent damage. AT last Dunn suggest
ed going to the roof of a three-story
tenement whence a good range could
be had. Dunn and Cannon climbed to
the roof, and after firing several more
shots at the animal killed it and it fell
to the ground. 1t was a coon. No one
knows where it anne from. 1t weighed
fifteen pounds.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
Censures Murder Talesmen.

While a jury was being obtained for
the trial of Jeremiah Rosa. at Hack
ensack, accused of the murder of two
Italians at Garfield. Judge Mahlon Pit
mel censured two talesmen who said
they had conscientious scruples abous
the infection of capital punishment.
Judge Pitney said that men who OBJ
jected to doing jury duty in a murder
case because they had scruples about
capital punishment appeared to him to
take much the same view of the law as
do Anarchists. He failed to under
stand how any man who professed to
be a %respecter of the law could take
such a stand. 1t was the duty of a
juror at a murder trial simply to decide
as to the innocence or guilt of the ac-
cused, and not to consider the punish
ment that might be inflicted. One Of
the men to whom the Judges remarks
were addressed said he happened to be
in the courtroom when Rosa was held
for the Grand Jury. and that the look
In the mans eyes on that occasion had
haunted him ever since. A jury was
obtained in forty minutes. 1t is said
the State has among its witnesses a
boy who declares he saw Rosa shoot
the two men.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Little Girl Blown 10 Death.

Because James Barry lighted a cigar
IN a room containing explosives, his
daughter Eva, eleven years old. is
dead and part of his house is in ruins.
Barry lived with his wife and five chill
dren near Woodbridge. He is m
ployed by a firm manufacturing a
Fourth of July toy-a cane with a
chamber at the bottom for a deonating
cap. The caps, in the manufacture of
which a high explosive was used, were
made In Barry's house, and a room on
the first floor was used as a store
house. 1t was virtually a magazine.
One day Barry went to the room. He
had a cigar in his mouth, and when he
was inside the magazine he scratched
a match to light the cigar. Almost in
stantly there was an explosion that
tore out one side of the house. Barry's
daughter, who had followed him. was
blown through the wall and was killed
instantly. Barry was burned and torn
shockingiy. An investigation is being
made by Prosecutor Berdine, and there
will be an effort to fix the responsible
ity for the storing of such powerful
explosives in a dwelling house.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
Lamar,s Place at Auction.

David Lamar's fine summer property
at Rumson was sold by the Sheriff I'M
der foreclosure proceedings. The buy
er was Mrs. Lamar, whose bid was
$15,001. There was only one other bid
der, Charles S. Cox. secretary of A. G.
Spalding. the original owner of the
property. Mr.. Cox started the bidding
with $4,000. The place was sold I'M
der foreclosure Of a second mortgage
held by Mrs. Spalding. A first mortgage
of $54 900, including interest, is held by
William e. Strong, and the property is
advertised to be sold April 20 on ac-
count of this mortgage. Lamar bought
the property a little over two years
ago. The price was S104. 600. Lamar
paid $4,000 down, and since then he
has made other payments ~aggregating
about $50. 0OO.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
In All Parts Of the State.

An epidemic of grip reigns in MIL
vile.
Charles n. johnson was appointed
postmaster at Rancocas.
Bridgeton fishermen are getting SIS
per 1000 for shad at Bayside.
Mrs. John Webb, an aged woman. OF
Millville, died, having survived her
husband but a few days.
The death of Mrs. Andrew J. Mann,
fifty years old. of Glassboro, is attrib-
uted to blood poisoning caused by a
%carbuncle on her neck.
At the Bridgeport election there were
but twenty three votes cast out of 425.
While getting a pillow down from a
wagon she'd Josiah Summerill, of
Pennsgrove. was struck with a cross
piece and badly injured about the head.
Andrew Carnegie has offered Pauis-
boro a $4,000 public library building.
provided tie town will provide for its
maintenance and furnish a suitable
site.
William Rork, residing on the NAL
aga road near Vsneland, recently killed
and picked 500 chickens in 800 min-
ntes. anil now challenges the world as
q chicken pickers
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15

AGRICULTURAL.
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Feeding Rye to Hogs.


In feeding young hogs the rye may
be fed either ground or soaked to
growing hogs. 1t is not desirable to
feed the whole grain dry. The better
method of feeding is to grind the rye
and feed it as slop. AS to which is
the more economical method, will de-
pend on the question of grinding. The
mar who does his own grinding will
find it more profitable to grind his
rye and mix it with some corr and oats
ground, feeding this combination as
slop feed. Where it is necessary to
pay for the grinding, the soaked grain
will probably be more C omical, as
soaking costs but little; twelve hours
soaking is sufficient. Rye makes a
splendid feed for growing pigs. 1t
should be free from the disease known
as "ergot," as rye which is thus af-
fected is poisonous to stock.-J. H.
Skinner, in Indiana Farmer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
SPANS PREMIER STABBED.
Anarchist Attacks Him, But He is Not
Wounded Severely.


Barcelona, Spain. - Premier Maura
was attacked and wounded by a would
be assassin, armed with a dagger,
while leaving the palace of the Council
General.
A semi-oficial report of the occur
renee says the assailant held concealed
a kitchen knife, with which he stabbed
the Premier, but the force of the blow
was broken and its direction diverted
by the heavy lace on the Minister'S
coat. 1t resulted in only a slight
scratch under the sixth rib.
A doctor attached to King Alfonso's
suite examined the Premier and pre-
scribed a few hours rest. His Maj
esty sent a messenger to inquire con-
corning the attack and as to the Prime
Minister'S condition.
Joaquin Miguel Artao, the assailant,
was employed as a domestic. He is an
Anarchist, and when arrested attempt
ed suicide by dashing his head against
the wall.
According to another account the
Premier coolly drew the knife from his
clothing and threw it on a seat in his
carriage, after which he entered the
palace, walked up stairs and telephoned
to Minister of the Interior Guerra at
Madrid, saying: II have been stabbed.
Don't be alarmed. The wound is not
serious"
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
HEINZ FORCES ROUTED.

r..
Carter Faction Triumphs in Montana
State Convention.
Helena. Mont.-Delegates to the Chi
cago Republican National convention
were selected here as follows: Con-
gresham Joseph NJ. Dixon. ex-senator
Lee Mantle. James w. Freeman, ex-
Senator Thomas H. Carter, Conrad
Kohrs, John s. Edwards. All are men,
bers of the Carter-as distinguished
from the Heinz ring.
Carter was selected as a delegate to
the Chicago National convention by ac-
clamation. The platform heartily en-
dorses the administration of President
Roosevelt, and the delegates are in
structed to vote for his denomination.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15

War Scheme of Vast Extent Being
Planned-Armies and Fleets to Move
y Together With the Idea of Overwhelm-
ing the Foo with One Defeat One
Difaculty Removed.
st. Petersburg, Neutrality-suspicious.
ly reliable information regarding the
Russian military plans confirms the re-
peated announcements that these plans
+ will not mature until late in the sum-
mer. They are of far greater nlagni-
tude than is generally believed abroad,
and take into account all possible con
tingencies. BsT4 sm
General Kuropatkin, remembering
the experience of Russia, during her
war with Turkey, when the Russian
army of 10000 placed in the field at the
beginning had to be more than doubled,
has insisted that the men and gum
to be placed at his disposal shall cover
the extreme limit required to settle the
fate of the campaign.
The Russian plans are predicated
upon Napoleon's dictum that "God
fights on the side of the heaviest bat
%talions," and they are being worked
out and timed so as to apply to a SUI
periority of numbers on land and sea
simultaneously. The army is designed
to attain the enormous total of half a
million at the time scheduled for the
reinforcement of Vice-Admiral Maka-
roff's feet with the Baltic squadron.
The Seventeenth and Tenth Army
corps, now drafting, are expected to
reach Manchuria. by the middle of
June. The mobilization of four other
corps, at least two of which will be
from the Volga, will be announced by
the middle of next month, and will
start westward a month later. reach
ing their destination at the end Of Au-
gust.
Rear-Admiral Rojestvensky will hoist
his flag as commander of the formid-
able Baltic squadron early in July and
will sail Immediately for Port Arthur
with the following vessels: The battle
ships Slava. Borodino. Orel, Kniaz
~Souvaroff, Alexander III. and Osliabia.
the latter now being Ell route here from
Cherbourg; the cruisers Aurora, Dmitri
Donskoi, SHETLAND, Almaz, Jemtchug
and Izumrud, and the transports
Misunderstanding and Ocean. each carry
ing 1000 tons of coal. The Temperley
conveyers ordered in the United States
are expected soon, and they will enable
the squadron to coal at sea.
The last possible difficulty regarding
the passage of the Suez Canal disap-
peared last week with the signing of
the Anglo-French colonial treaty, by
which Great Britain adheres to the
convention of 1888 concerning the free
passage of the canal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
Poultry Notes.

ROulLfy Notes.
See that there is vigor and activity
in the male bird.
Changing hens to new quarters is
apt to check their laying.
1t is best to cook cut clover hay ana
then mix it hot with ground grain.
Even if the chickens do belong to
the wife, you should help her with the
heavy work.
Crowded roosts at night will bring
colds to the flock about as quickly as
anything we know of.
Heavy forcing will no doubt increase
the egg yield, but it will cripple the
stamina of future generations.
Sifted coal ashes should be spread,
several times a week, upon the drop
ping boards. Never use wood ashes.
Feed the morning mash before Civ
ing water to drink. 1t is a mistake to
allow a fowl to become chilled by
drinking cold water while the crop is
empty.
The use of the lead pencil in putting
down in black and white the number
of eggs and fowls produced and the
price received for them is a good way
to change the mistaken belief that
hens do not pay for their feed. A rec
ord should be kept of the fowls and
eggs consumed for family use.
This is the season when many farm
ers are moving from one locality to an
other. Changing hens from one place
to another is a good way to cause them
to stop laying. They may be coaxed
to resume operations sooner than they
would otherwise by changing their
diet. Give something new and they
viii come to their meals with an appe.
tite.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
The Largest Grapevine.

The largest grapevine in the world il
growing in the Carpinteria valley,
twelve miles east of Santa Barbara,
CAL, and is called La Para Grande. 1t
was started from a cutting sixty-one
years ago by a young Spanish woman,
Donna Ayla. 1t is eight feet four in
ches in circumference at its base, and
one of the horizontal branches meas
ures more than three feet in circum-
ference. The trellis covers about 4
third of an acre, and heavy posts, snp-
port it. The vine produces sS many
as 5000 punches annually, 1T a conser-
vative estimate and ~ good years
many clusters measurT twelve. or if
teen inches in length and.weign six "a
eight pounds.-Kansas City Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
Dominie's Trip in a Box Car.

Word has been received at Dare
town of the safe arrival in Virginia of
Rev. b. G. Parker, who made the trip
In a novel manner. Mr.. Parker had
left Daretown to make his home in the
South. He had a favorite old horse
which he desired to have safe and
comfortable passage to the new home,
and he hated to trust it to the ordinary
carc of the railroads. After some in
vestigation he found that he could ira
vel with his pet. 1t was put into a
box car; the dominic rugged up an oil
stove in the car. fixed up a bunk for
himself, prepared his meals and looked
after the comfort Of his horse all the
way through.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15

Ninety-ive Japanese prisoners have
passed Irkutsk for Imprisonment at
TOmsk.
The Korena Government has sent a
thousand troops forward to protect the
northeastern frontier from raiders.
The secret records Of the Russian
army in Manchuria have been taken
by the Japanese and now have been
brought to Ping-Yang.
Japan replied to the Russian pro-
test against the bombardment of a
quarantine station by saying that the
Hague convention did not cover the
case.