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The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
First Prize For Absent indedness.

Francis Wilson, the comedian, be-
lieves the most absent-minded man
lives in New Rochelle. Last summer
Mr.. Wilson's front door bell got out
Of order and refused to ring, and,
meeting a friend, an electrician, he
asked him to call and make the neces-
sary repairs. Meeting the man sew
eral days afterward, he reminded him
that the matter had not been attended
to and inquired when he could find
it convenient to look after it. The
electrician Indignantly replied:
"Why 1 called at your house the very
day you asked me. l rang your front
door bell, time and time again, and no
one paid the slightest attention to me-"
Success.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
A RIGHT
When He Quit Coffee.

Life Insurance Companies will not
insure a man suffering from heart
trouble. The reason is obvious.
This is a serious matter to the hus-
band or father who is solicitous for the
future of his dear ones. Often the
heart trouble is caused by an unex-
pected thing. and can be corrected if
taken in time and properly treated. A
man in Colorado writes:
81 was a great coffee Grinker for
many years, and was not aware of the
injurious effects of the habit till | be-
came a practical invalid, suffering
from heart trouble, indigestion and
to an extent that made
ME wretchedly miserable myself and a
nuisance to those who witnessed my
sufferings.
81 continued to drink Coffee, how
ever, not suspecting that it was the
cause of my ill-healtn, till, on applying
for life insurance | "a rejected on ac-
count of the trouble with my heart.
Then / became alarmed. | found that
leaving off coffee helped me quickly,
so | quit it altogether, and having been
attracted by the advertisements of
Postum Food Coffee 1 began its use.
'The change in my condition was re-
markable, and it was not long till l
was completely cured. All my ailments
vanished. My digestion was complete
ly restored, my nervousness disap-
peared, and, most important of all, my
heart steadied down and became nor
NAL, and on a second examination j
was accepted by the life insurance Co.
Quitting Coffee and using Postum
worked the cure" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Cree Mich.
There's a reason, and it is explained
in the little book, "The Road to Well
VILE" in each pkg
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ENJOYS MAKE PROGRESS
Agree o.. Korea. China s integrity and
-la,uatitN Of Mananuria.
ADOPT THREE TREATY AR ICLES

F - -
Three of the Twelve Conditions of thu
Japanese Were Disposed OF at tho
Peace Conference - But These Arc
Merely the Minor and Obvious Con-
ditions Proposed.
Portsmouth, n. H. = Three of the
twelve treaty articles submitted by
Japan have been approved by the
Russian plenipotentiaries, with slight
notifications.
The three articles are, in substance,
as follows:
First Russia's recognition of ia
pans 'preponderating influence" and
special position in Korea, which, Rus
STA agrees, is henceforth outside her
sphere of influence. Japan binds her
self to recognize the suZerainty of the
reigning family, but retains the right
to give assistance to improve the civil
administration of the empire.
Second A mutual obligation to
evacuate Manchuria, each power to
ouLI NJ di SpCSA0l PA1Nl iO6Co IL IVA
provinces. and a mutual obligation to
respect the territorial integrity" of
China and to maintain the principle of
equal opportunity for the commerce
and industry of all nations in Man
churia (the open door,.
Third-The cession to China of the
Chinese Eastern Railway from Hardin
southwark.
There was I'VE any question about
the acceptance on the part of NJ. Witte
of these articles, the first two covering
i'll more emphatic form the contentious
of Japan i'll the diplomatic struggle
which preceded the war.
The third article is a natural conse-
quence of the result of the war The
cession of the railroad, the building Of
which cost Russia an immense sum,
estimated by some at between $780,
100000 and 5000. 900. 900, is to China.
Japan and China, therefore, will ar
range between themselves the method
by which the former is to be remuner-
ated, and through this financial opera
ton Japan might obtain the repayment
of a very considerable portion Of her
own war expenses.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

Admiral Rojestvensy, the Russian
Admiral, has always been considered
q neSSimiSt.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

On the occasion of President Roose-
velt's visit to the home recently bought
by Mrs. Roosevelt in Albemarle, he got
off the Southern Railway at Reed Hill,
and was SHAKING hands with the crew,
when a woman anne along and started
to climb on the coach. The President
was by her side in a moment, and his
strong right hand speedily assisted
her to the platform. Then he grasped
her right hand and rave it a shake,
the woman all the while eying him
suspiciously and attempting to break
away. Finally she succeeded, and then
turned loose the walls of her wrath Oh
Roosevelt's astonished head, saying:
Young man, l don't know who you
are and | don't care, either; but | want
to say that you are the freshest that
ever struck her."
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
BEAUTY CONTEST CAUSES RIOT.
Ballot Box Stuffing Charged and Twen-
ty Men Hurt.

" Mel hurt.
La Grange, Ind.-Lovely candidates
in a beauty contest were the innocent
of Il big riot in the town of
Stroh, i'll which twenty men were i'll
jured, many of them seriously. Stroh
was represented by three damsels and
the ~neighboring village of Elmira Ell
tered a matron and a maid. The de-
cision was to be reached by votes. FL
mia is a larger town than Stroh, and
practically the whole population came
over and voted.
When the ballots were counted it
was found that one of the Stroh can
didates won. The Elmira contingent
alleged ballot-boX stuffing, Charles Le-
derens and Ellis Snellberger being
specifically charged with the offense.
Arguments led to blows, and in a min
ute almost the entire male population
of both places were battling with fists,
clubs and stones. The fight ragged up
and down the main street, behind
houses, fences and in the open. Shots
were fired and three men had bullet
wounds dressed. The beauties" ran
to cover and t%elephoned for assist
ance. The battle went on for an hour
and then the Elmira men, carrying off
their wounded, returned home. Though
beaten in the beauty exhibit they are
said to have won in the physical ar
gument.
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RIOT AT A GUILLOTINING.
Mob Fight With Soldiers For Headless
Bodies of Murderers.

Paris, France.-The guillotining of
two murderers at Dunkirk was accom-
panied by details causing Il great can
dal. The condemned were two Elem
ishmen who had killed, for her money,
the wife of a well-to-do bargeman in
the north Of France. Long before the
hour arrived for the men to meet their
fate a bowling mob held possession Of
the precincts where the prison is situ-
ated. The >soldiery and police were
unable to control them. The first man
met his death bravely. AS soon as his
head dropped in the basket a yell of
savage bloodthirstiness went up from
the crowd.
There were cries of Death! Death!
Torture him" as the second culprit
was placed beneath the knife.
Unfortunately the executioners grew
nervous and dropped the blade unskil-
fully, crushing the victims head, i'll
stead of cutting it off. Then the
crowd burst through the lines of SOL
diers and tried to seize the two head
less bodies and carry them in triumph
through the town, but finally were
thrust back by the police, only after
the enactment of a horrid orgy, some
thing like the ancient death festivals.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

COMMODORE Somerville Nicholson of
" the United States Navy, in a letter
from 1887 r street, Northwest, Wash
ington, d. C., says:
'FYOur Pef1Lnd has been and Is 7lOaU
used by so many of n,y friends and
GcqnGtntGnceS as q sure cure FOR
tG9,rh that lam convinced Gifts cuTa-
tiUe qualities and L aIrhesttGtingLy
recommend IL to all persons suffer-
ting from that o mptGt71t."
Our army and our navy are the natural
protection of our country.
Peruna is the natural protection of the
army and navy in the vicissitudes OF
climate and exposure.
We have on file thousands of testi-
monials from prominent people in the
army and navy.
We can give our readers only a slight
glimpse of the vast array of unsolicited
endorsements DR.. Hartman is constantly
receiving for his widely known and eff
hcient remedy, Peruna.
IF you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. S. B.. Hartman,
President of The Hartman Sanitarium,
Columbus, Ohio.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
Rain Needed in the South.

III Northern Alabama, Georgia. and
the Qarolinas. and over 4 considerable
part (of the Middle Atlantic States,
Ohio Valley. and Tennessee rain is
much needed. the effects Of drought
becoming serious oyer the greater part
of Georgia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

Daniel Mahoney, the engineer of a
fast train on the Pennsylvania tracks
below Trenton, N. j., was killed when
he put his lead out the cab window.
The train, carrying many passengers,
rushed on wildly at sixty miles an
hour past three danger signals before
the fireman saw the engineer was dead
al the throttle.
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AUTO TAKES EARL KISER'S LEG.
He Runs Racing Machine Into Fence
Before 5000 People.

Cleveland, Ohio.-Going at the rate
of q mile a minute and in view of 5000
people, Ear, Kiser. driving the Winton
Bullet, dashed into the fence at the
Chenille Driving Park, and was so
badly injured that his left leg had to
be amputated at the knee.
His right shoulder was dislocated
and he was otherwise injured, Tut the
doctor announced that le would re-
owe
The accident occurred at the three
quarter pole, while Kiser was trying
out his machine before the races be-
gan. He was e~ndeavoring to pocket a
Peerless car that was following him,
when suddenly the Bullet skidded and
he lost control.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
Sea Minerals.

The landmaking powers of the sea
are strikingly illustrated in the recent
estimate of a Scottish g~eographer.
The amount of mineral matter in sea
water is found to be sufficient to form
a solid layer 125 fo-t deep over the
whole earth, and to equal North
America. Europe and Australia to-
gether, or nearly one-ffth OF all land
above sea level.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
CHEAPER GAS FOR NEW YORK.
Commission May Shortly Cut Price
to Seventy-fye Cents.

New York City. seyenty-fve-cent
gas for New York is promised before
the end Of the present year by State
Senator Alfred r. Page, who has sent
to the new State Gas Commission a
complaint, signed by many citizens,
claiming that the price of gas is exor-
bitant. This commission, the Senator
says, has only to speak the word, and
cheap gas will be an accomplished fact.
There will be no need of legisla-
tion," he says. "as the last session, by
the appointment of the commission,
gave it ample power to regulate the
price of gas. 1 shall ask the Gas Com
missioners to reduce the price of gas
in New York"
The Gas Commission, under the stip-
ulation of it's appointment. is forced to
act upon a formal complaint from 100
citizens. More than this number have
signed Senator Pages complaint.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
KILLS FIVE TO SAVE LIFE.
Georgia Woodsman, Attacked by Ne
groes. Uses Revolver Effectively.

Cordele. Ga. Two negroes were
killed outright and three fatally in
jured heal Oakfeld by a woodsman
of the Oakfield Naval Stores Company
named Malfs. In consequence of a
quarrel with Malfis sever negroes
waylaid him as he started on his
rounds.
Three miles east of Oakfeld he was
confronted by the negroes, armed with
clubs and other weapons. Nails
opened fire with a revolver. Two ne
groes dropped dead instantly and three
others fell to the ground mortally
wounded. By the time Malfis could
reload the other two had fed.
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who suffer from such diseases. FROM
personal experience 1 thoroughly en-
dorse your remedy, and am glad OF an
opportunity for saying so. Your truly
(SignedI
MARY ELIZABETH LEASE.
Foster-NIilburn Co.. Buffalo. y. I.
Sold by all dealers. Price, 80 cents
per box.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

voted on Iot
United States
Senator, writes:
Dear Sirs-At
many of my
friends have used
Doan's Kidney
Pills and have
been cured OF
bladder and kid
ney troubles, l
feel it my duty
to recommend the
medicine TO those
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

With the offering of the spring Of
1906 goods. manufacturers have to
face a harder problem than they did
last year or the year before that. The
dress goods lines show an average adj
vance of ten per cent. and many fab
RIGS are a full twenty per cent. above
the spring of 1905 level.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

The heaviest tornado il ,urance loss
II the year was caused by the Koko-
mo Steel anC Wire Nail Co. disaster.
involving 100000 worth of property.
The loss was over fifty per cent. to
the $4,000 insurance that the concern
carried,
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
Ror-and.Girl Marriage Valid.

Vice-ChaDceIlor Garrison, in Jersey
City. has decided that the marriage
Of Percy Williams, aged sixteen, of
Livingstone, n. j., and tifteen-year-old
Lola Bowker, of the same town, was
legal,
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An ont-of.the-WnY PIace.

The most out-of-the-way village In
England is said to be that Of Farley
cum-Pitton. This truly rural spot is
more than thirty miles from the near
est railway station.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
WARSHIP KANSAS LAUNCHED.
Miss Anna Hoch Christens Her With
Spring Water.

Spring Water.
Philadelphia, Pa.-The United States
battleship Kansas was launched at
1910 o'clock D.. m. in the yards of the
New Yor!- Shipbuilding Company in
South Camden. Miss Anna HOch, the
daughter of Edward w. Hoch, of To
peka, Governor of Kansas. acted as
sponsor. An old school chum, Miss
Ora Allen. assisted her as maid of
honor. Assembled to see the vessel
leave the ways was a distinguished
company.
The Kansas was christened with
spring water instead of the customary
champagne. Governor Hoch, of Kan
sas, brought the water himself all the
way from John Brown Springs in Kan
Sas.
The Kansas is a ship of which the
people of the State may well be proud.
She is of a type representing the very
heaviest of Uncle Sans ships Of war.
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Fornas, Wife Snas For D;vorce

Fornes' Wife Sues For Divorce.
The wife of Charles V. Fornes. Pres
ident of the New York City Board of
Aldermen, has sued for absolute d.
vorce, charging among other things,
desertion.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
July Exhibition Encouraging.

July made a most encouraging exLib-
it in so far as statistics are available,
liabilities of failures being smaller
than in any month since April, 1901.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
MISSIONARY DIES A SAVAGE.
D. f. Wherefore Leaves Two Sons in
an Ohio University.

an Ohio University.
Huntington, w. Va.-Private advices
by letter from Missionary Stullts at
Freetown, West Africa. announce the
death there of Daniel Flickinger Will
b%erfore, the educated African, for
many years a missionary, who some
time ago resumed the life and belief Of
his native tribesmen.
Wherefore was educated in Wilber-
force University, and two son are now
in Otterben University, W~esterville,
Ohio. The date of Wilberforce's death
is not given.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
BREAD Strike RroLan

The east side bread strike in New
York City was broken and work was
resumed in 80 of the 200 shops af-
fected with non-union workers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

The London Hoard Of Trade returns
for July show that the total imports
amounted TO 1928. 709, 100, an increase
OF S1S,926, 1S5, and the exports to $780,
1926. an increase of $15, 1871, 345.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

The Maintenance of Way forces of the
Erie are now engaged in laying $50 miles
of ninety-pound steel rails on the main
track. A larger mileage has never been
laid in any one year before. The Erie has
always been noted for its good track, and
the management finds that it is necessary airy
weight Of the several hundred new engines
that have been purchased in the last two
wears. Much of the rail being removed has
only been in track four or five years and
will be used on branch lines.
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to Marry,

The ifteen-year-old daughter, Eue.-
la, of Farmer Winters, of Phillips
burg, n. j., eloped with August Reed,
a farmland aged ~forty-ive. Farmer
Winters hunted the clippers with his
shotgun and compelled them to marry.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
Root Resigns Directorates.

Elihu Root, Secretary of State, at
Washington, D. c., resigned from the
directorates of a number of companies
in order to be free from any corporate
affiliations.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
Japan Secure in Korea

At a meeting of the peace ENJOYS at
the Kittery Navy Yard Japan's claim
to preponderating influence in Korea
was agreed to.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
British Fleet off For Baltic.

The British Channel feet, consisting
of eleven battleships, eight cruisers
and torpedo boats, sailed from Spit
head for the Baltic.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
Quilt For Cannda,s Crons.

For the next two or three years the
chief dependence OF the Canadian
Northwest must be on the Canad'aH
Pacific Railway rs an outlet foT itj
grain crop.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

The Russian ENJOYS attended an
Episcopal church at Portsmouth. n.
H., n listened to a hymn sung to the
air of God Save the Gar"
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
Heard of a Plot

Erie Railroad officials changed the
route of President Roosevelt's car when
they heard of a plot to blow him ND on
the way home from Chautauqua.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

Norway Votes For Dissolution.
In a poll of 100000 Norway voted
1000 to l in favor of dissoiving the
union with Sweden.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
New York Life First.

The legislative committee to investi-
gate insurance companies will examine
the New York Life first.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
NO SLEEP FOR MOTHER

Baby Covered With Sores and Scaled
Could Not Tell What She Looked Like
Marvellous Cure by Cutieura.
'At four months old my baby's face and
body were so covered with sores and large
scales you could not tell what she looked
like. No child ever had a worse case. her
face was being eaten away, and even her
finger nails fell off. 1t itched so she could
not sleep, and for many weary nights we
could get no rest. At last we got CutIcura
Soap and Ointment. The sores began to
heal at once, and she could sleep at night,
and in one month she had not one sore on
her face or body.-Mrs. Mary Sanders, 100
Spring St., Camden, n. D."
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

Greenland now has nearly l2,OOc inhab-
itants.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

To have healthful milk and butter, abso-
Lutte cleanliness in caring for it is necessary,
as nothing will absorb impurities so quickly
as milk. Many h~ousekeepers, who are other
wise careful, overlook this when they wash
milk utensils with cheap soap made from
Althy fats. Use Ivory Soap and thoroughly
scald and air all pans and buckets.-ELEAN-
OR R. PARKER.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
Russians Evade Military Service

Many russian soldiers who mutil-
ated themselves to eyade service have
been treated at Hardin.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

Mrs. Winslow'sS Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, soften the gums, reduces 1nhamma-
tion aIlays pain, c~ureswind collie, 25c. a bottle
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spokenot
ssa cough cure.-J. W. 0'BRIEN, S22 Third
Avenue. N. Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1909,
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

Weather conditions e favored
crop growth and harve. ., fear of
rust damage to spring t having
disappeared.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

FITSpermanently cured. No fits o%rneryous-
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer $2trial bottleand treatise free
Dr. r, II, KLINE, Ltd. ,931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

Fl. H. GREENS Sous, OF Atlanta, Ga, are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists In the
world. See their liberal offer in advertise
ment in another column of this paper.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
CASTRO PREPARES FOR WAR.

Orders $1,OO0,OO o Worth of Creusot
Guns For One Thing.
Caracas, Venezuela. The Govern
ment has signed a $1,OOO,O0O contract
with the Schneider Company, of Creu-
sot, France, for eight batteries Of sew
enty-ive millimetre (three-inch) field
guns and four batteries of mountain
guns of the same calibre.
Congress has voted the biggest ap-
preparation ever made in Venezuela
for the army and navy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
AMrRlcA,s BRIGHTEST WOMAN

Marv + Lease Feels 1t Her Duty to Rec'
omm,nd Doan's Kidney pills.
Mary E. Lease. formerly pohucaI
leader and orator of Kansas, no" au
thor and lecturer-the only woman ever
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18
LIONS EAT MAN IN ENGLAND.
Two Animals at Blackpool Devour a
Boastful Laborer.

Boastful Laborer.
Blackpool. England.-Two lions, the
property of the city, were found loose
in the yard adjoining their cage, to-
gether with portions of the body of a
workingman. 1t appears that the man
on the previous night made the boast
that he would enter the lions cage.
Evidently in an attempt to carry out
this boast he opened the cage. The
animals escaped and killed him, gorg-
ing themselves on his body.
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Business Expands.

Business continues to expand in n
wholesome manner that promises we'll.
Consumption of commodities is lib.
eral.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

The Russian Army costs $780, 300, 00C
a year. y. 10
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

Compressed tea is used largely in the
Russian army.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

Glass containing manganese is slowly
turned violet by sunlight.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

The name "calomel' means beautiful
black"
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-08-18

Water at sea level 6oils at a temperature
of 2l2 degrees.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-01
CHAPTER XVII.

"HE next day Sir Godfrey La
Fabienne, accompanying the
IA mistress of the Maryland farm,
~ was riding up the mountain to-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-01

Christopher as result or touching that
cross" she continued sternly, with
threatening emphasis, Il wot measures
must be taken at once to force the
wearer Of it to destroy it."
ave. ayer' the trembling old man
concurred eagerly. "Such evil GIN
cracks woln for the sake O. wicked
vanity should be destroyed. Mayhap,
alas. enough harm hath been done
Already! All, woe is me! IT'S bad
time we ha' fallen On!'
Truth hast thou spoken. God keep
thee, Adam"
"And thee, good dame"
The woman passed on, grim and Sc
rere. and the shadow receded slowly
from the threshold.
That night party Of men carrying
torches searched the. forest vainly for
the missing lad. calling his name loud
Inv. then listening with straining ears
| for a response But none came to their
strong and eager cries, the accustomed
stiffness of midnight on the mountain
oeing broken only by sounds of hurry
ING feet, shrieks of birds, reused from
their nests by the unusual disturbance
and glare of lights, as they flew through
the trees with noisy clapping of wings,
and the peculiar wailing sound OF the
wildcat as with cleaning eyes ana
showing its teeth savagely it SUNK
among the underbrush.
But it was not until morn that they
found him. At the peaceful hour OF
dawn. when the sun was sending ltS
first warm rays of light across the
horizon line, tinting the sky with rosy
pink that presaged the coming OF an
other glorious day of life and activity,
Taunston shouted to the others that
he had found him, and his companions,
running to the edge of the precipice,
saw the bruised and swollen body OF
poor Christopher, held securely by a
protruding root of gnarled oak tree
that had caught under his jacket, toss
ing I'D and down on the rushing, tum-
bling waters Of the stream below, his
glazed eyes wide open and staring,
looking vacantly into the shocked and
Borrowing faces above him.