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The Penn's Grove record., 1906-05-11

What a howl John Keen, now U. S.
Senator from New Jersey, made in his
campaign for Governor in 1892, against
the coal combine when the Democratic
legislature passed a bill to allow the
Reading Railroad Company to unite
with other companies to make a thru
route for coal to the Eastern states.
Gov. Albeit vetoed the bill. The
principal opponents against the bill
were not bowling for the love Of the
people but because it would hurt the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The
investigation now being carried on by
the Inter state Commerce commission
in Philadelphia shows how the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company controls all
the railroads in the middle states and
has made the people pay 81 more a ton
for coal during the past six years. The
Pennsylvania officials control the out
put and price of coal and receive a
rakeoff from the coal companies. Well,
John Keen is representing the Pennsyl-
vania Company in the U. s. Senate
now and he is too busy trying to prohi-
bit the passage of the rebate law to be
interested in the real coal combine now.
He loved the people when the Reading
combine was about, but proved to be a
phantom. He has no thought of
their interest now.
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WooDsTowN.

May 9-Mrs. Isaiah Shinn is visiting
relatives in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Flitcraft, of Tioga,
Pa, visited his parents over Sunday.
Miss Sarah French is making several
weeks visit with friends in Harrisburg,
Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Flitcraft, of PhiIa-
delphia, spent Saturday and Sunday
with their parents Mr.. and Mrs. Clark
Flitcraft.
This town can boast of a fine tennis
club, recently organized by the young
people consisting of twenty-five members
so called The Woodstown Tennis Club.
The rear of the residence owned and
occupied by Wilmer Flitcraft has been
torn down and will be enlarged.
Everyone is invited to spend an even
ing with the amatuers mex Friday even
ing, May 18th under the direction of Mrs
Warren Shinn. This entertainment will
be by the Junior Endeavors at the East
Avenue Hotel.
Miss Anna McClosky, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday with her mother.
Mrs. Joel Borton daughter Miss Alice
and son Roland started for Boston on
Wednesday to attend the graduation ex-
ercises of her daughter Miss Helen at the
. Emerson School Of Oratory.
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A Hero by Accident.

There's no telling what moment q
mans fortune may turn or what may
decide the turning" remarked the Wis
itor, who had been listening to the
interchange Of stories.
That's So" agreed one of the by
ISLANDERS. THE only question is wheth-
er the mans got the wit to see the
chance and the grit to make use Of
It"
well, even that isn't always neces-
sary. 1 was out ON the frontier some
years back when a young fellow L
knew to be a white head was pro-
NOTED in his regiment and paragraphed
in all the eastern papers for his cour-
age and GOODNESS. He had been sent
out to meet an attacking party Of In
dams. He didn't want to go a bit. He
actually trembled when he confessed
to me it was his first call to dangerous
duty and he'd give anything on earth
to be out of the affair. In less than
twenty-four hours the station was ring
ing with the way he had held his
ground, even when his men had beat
a retreat. 1t was a miracle he wasn't
captured or killed, staying there single
handed to face and fire on the advanc-
ing foe
"Just one Of those instances Of a
man finding his native courage In the
presence of real dangerT'
Not a bit Of 1t. He was riding a
mule, and just at the critical moment
the animal planted his feet and re-
fused to budge."-Youth's Companion.
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The old Time Parlor.

The days Of the parlor are fast going.
There was onc a time when every
family. no matter how poor. had its
parlor. And generally the parlor was
a most useless place. but it was the
pride of the housewife. The Observant
Citizen remembers some time ago when
the lady Of the house insisted that he
should see "her parlor." Her husband
smiled good naturedly, and they both
led the way to a big front oom which
was locked. The door was unlocked.
and the parlor got Its first fresh air in
months. The little family had expend-
ed much money on the parlor. Every
thing was new but the stuffed birds
under glass cases. The design Of the
carpet was wonderful in that it consist
ed Of bright red roses. One felt like
stepping into a bed of flames. A horse
shoe sofa, very erect, was the principal
article of furniture, while at the win
dows were the stiffest lace curtains you
ever saw. The room had a musty
smell due to long confined air. 1t was
luxury imprisoned" on a small scale
and the finest example Of the old time
useless parlor.-Manchester Union.
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Shaved While He Silent.

"My first day In India" said the tour
LIST, II was surprised when I awoke in
the morning to feel how smooth my
face was.
"'By Jove.' I said. how slowly my
beard grew yesterday I hardly need
to shave today
TT is, however, a matter Of religion
with me to shave every morning, and
SO I babe the native servant, a man
provided by my host, to fetch my
shaving things. The native smiled.
"But you are already shaved, sir
he said.
ALREADY shavedT said I.
ayes, SIR he answered. 7 shaved
you while you slept. That is the Gus
tom here
II found that he was right. I found
that In India these wonderful native
servants shave their masters in bed
every morning without waking them.
"All through my stay in India 1 was
shaved like that. 1t was almost enough
to keep mi In that hot and torrid coun-
try forever."-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal
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PEDRICKTOWN.

May 9-Alfonso Jenkins and wife Of
Clayton, were guests with Mr.. and Mrs.
James Sweeten over Sunday.
Abram Detwiler wife and son, of Cam.
den, have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
| Geo. R. Pedrick. Mrs. Pedrick return
ed to their home with them.
Mrs. Fannie Holton spent Sunday with
her son In Camden.
1t is with regret that we note the death
| of John ID. Shultz last Saturday evening
at the age of AZ years. For several years
he has been badly crippled with rheuma.
| tism, and was seriously ill all winter with
| dropsy and other trouble up to within
about three weeks ago, when he seemed
t.. improve. His death, therefore, seemed
sudden. The funeral services were held
in the M. E. Church on Wednesday
morning. Interment in Pedricktown
Cemetery.
Mrs. Frank Gates entertained a few
friends last Saturday evening.
James Justice is enlarging his barn and
house, adding a bath room and other inn
p~rovements.
DIR. Walter Tuksberry, Of Philadelphia,
spent a few days of last week with DR.
i, and Mrs. H. I. johnson.
Miss J. B. Leaning is home from Phil
adelphia this week.
Peter Strimple is in a very critical con
dition.
Miss Bessie Diver, of PENIS Grove
spent Sunday in town.
Preston Sweeten's house nea the de
pot is being remodeled.
Clarence Hampton and family, o.
Swedesboro, spent Sunday with Mr.. anc
Mrs. Chas. Hampton.
About fifty members of the Junior
League in care CT the Superintendent
Mrs. Isaac Pedrick, picniced in Perry
Woods last Friday and enjoyed a treat o
cake and ice cream.
The Epworth League Rally has beer
postponed to Thursday evening, May IL
The Rev. J. Howard, pastor of Kemblt
M. E. Church, of Woodbury., will be the
main speaker for the evening. Rev. d
E. Clair, of Absecon, and Rev. VIM
Stone, of Emmanuel Church, Penn''
Grove, will also be present.
Mrs. Albert Sparks and daughter Eva
are visiting in North East, Md.
Alfred Sparks is spending ten days a
Bayside.
The M. E. Sunday School will hold {
strawberry festival in Red Mems Hal
next Saturday evening, 18th. Specia
music while strawberry fairies serve
strawberry cake.
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Long winded oratorx.

1t is no new thing for the house Of
commons to suffer from long winded ora
tory. AS long ago a. the sixteenth cen
fury Queen Bess soundly rated her law
makers for not working more and talk
ing less, and some years later Speaker
Long actually succumbed to a success
sion of lengthy speeches. 1.-THE house
is empty, and SO be our stomachs,"
one impatient member declared. 81
pray you, therefore, adjourn the de-
bate for an hour" But the speaker de-
clined to bulge from the post Of duty,
with the result that he was taken Iii
and died shortly after. Brougham once
spoke for six hours OF end on law re-
form, Sheridan and Gladstone both
have records Of FIVE hour speeches, Mr..
Biggar tied their record. and Palmer
ston once held forth for four hours and
a half on Don Paclfco.
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The addresses in Persian upon let
tiers which go through the postoflce at
Calcutta are often quaint and puzzling.
An Indian paper recently translated
n Is follows: eff the Almighty
pleeses-Let this envelope, having ar
rived at the city Of Calcutta, in the
neighborhood Of Calootolah, at the
counting house Of %sirajodeen and Ilah-
dad, merchants, be offered to and read
by the happy light Of my eyes, Of vir-
tuous manners and believer of the heart
-Meean Shaikh Inayut Ally, may his
life be long. Written on the tenth Of
the blessed Rumzan. Saturday, in the
year 1868 Of the Hegira of our Prophet,
and dispatched at Bearing"
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ImprOmDtu surgev.

In n of the most fashionable res
t%aurants In Paris a mans life was
saved through the skill and quickness
Of n Of the guests. 1t appears that
a man, with three friends, was dining
at n Of the small tables when a
piece Of meat lodged in his throat and
he found 1t impossible to get rid Of
it. His friends In alarm slapped him
on the back, but the unfortunate man
became black in the face and fell to
the floor. A surgeon from the German
hospital, who happened to be dining in
the cafe, pushed his way through the
crowd. He saw at once that the man
was dying and that If prompt meas
ures were not taken he would quickly
succumb. He ordered one of the wait
ers to bring him a small funnel such
as Is used In bOttling vine and then,
without a moments hesitation, took
out a sharp knife, cut the mans throat,
removed the piece Of meat and-the
waiter having returned-quickly In
serted the funnel in the opening. The
man was then hastily conveyed to the
hospital. where a siHer tube was In
serted in the place OF the funnel, and
a few hours later he was pronounced
out Of danger.
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A ROtfomIeaa PIT.

There is a bottomless pit IN the noun
tains Of Hualalai, back Of Kailua, In
the Hawaiian Islands. 1t is about four
feet in diameter. The pit Is peculiar
from the fact that it sucks In the air
with remarkable force. Pieces Of pa
per placed over the mouth do not float
gently down, but III suddenly drawn
in and disappear with startling rapidi-
ty. The air rushing into the pit can be
distinctly felt by people standing on
the edge. Strange sounds are heard
also. Every night the inhabitants Of
the locality distinctly hear a noise SIM
liar to the blowing Of a deep steamship
whistle. The noise is heard for about
I'VE seconds and then subsidies for a
space Of about ten minutes and then
resumes for another FIVE seconds.
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Single and Double,

''This," said the nan who was show
ing the stranger around the city, as he
pointed to a broad stretch Of beach.
belongs to old Bigspud. It's all made
land. That's his house back there on
the left"
els that or made land, tooT' asked
the stranger.
mo. That's on married land. He
got it with his wife."-Chicago Trib-
une.
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The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad Company has been fined $4O,-
900 and two officials $4,000 each for
giving rebates. The Judge said: II
think there are circumstances in this
case which will not prompt me to as
sess a heavy fine against the individ
uals to prevent them from repeating
this offense and causing others to hest
tate from following their example. 1t
is not for me to say that a fine will ac-
complish this. If there was a provis-
ion for imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary much more in that way might be
accomplished"
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SOCIALISM VS.. REFORM
Tom Watson Points Out The Differ.
euce and Shows The Formers

1t seems to me that when Socialism
selects the poet or the musician, or the
artist or scholar, and orders him into
the fertilizer department, the chain of
Universal Brotherhood will snap in a
very diconcerting manner
If, under Socialism, each man can be
what he pleases, no one will do the dir
ty or dangerous work. If each man is
not to be allowed to do what he pleases,
some system of coercion will be neces-
sary. And coerced labor is slavery,
isn't it ?
The world today suffers from the
twin evils of concentrated wealth and
concentrated population. Socialism
proposes to deal with the first of these
two by substituting collective Owner
ship" for individual ownership. This
means the setting aside of all law, writ
ten and unwritten, which protects pr
vate property, and inasmuch as there
will inevitably be a powerful minority
who will refuse to surrender their title,
even though Socialists should get in
the majority, there would be civil war.
With the legal guarantees of hundreds
of years on their side, the holders of
property would most assuredly not give
it up without a fight. So it would
seem to me that Socialism is shutting
its eyes to the real difficulty in dealing
with the first of the twin evils to which
we have alluded.
AS to the second, the concentration
of population, Socialism can apply no
remedy which cannot be tried without
going to Socialism.
Wherever several million human be-
ings crowd into the same place, as they
do in London, New York, Chicago and
other cities of population, there will be
a more tragic character given to the
struggle for existence, no matter what
the political and industrial system may
be.
The conclusion of the whole matter
is, in my opinion, that we have depart
ed from the democratic : republican
ideal of our fathers, and we must re-
turn to the old landmarks. We must
abolish privilege; nationalize and NUM-
cipalize public utilities; equalize taxes;
practice Direct Legislation; elect all Of
hcers by the people; restore to the Gov
eminent the exclusive right to supply
the country with metallic money and
paper currency; extend the r. F. D.
and adopt the Parcels Post so that the
jewellers remote from the city may en-
JOY the advantages of the city; and
establish Postal Savings Banks so that
the people will have a safe and conven-
lent place of deposit for their savings
and accumulations.
AS devoutly as 1 believe that Right
is better than Wrong, Good better than
Bad, Virtue better than Vice, 1 believe
that reforms like these will sweep away
all troubles, and give us as perfect
a government as imperfect human ma.
ture can successfully maintain. May
Watson's Magazine.
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This Girl Knew.

One Of the infelders had made an
error.
The rosy checked girl in the grand
stand turned to the young man at her
side.
George" she said.
George ~lnstinctlvely braced himself
to meet the question he foresaw as to
what had happened and what all the
fuss was about.
"Well," he said.
"Why don't they put a wooden In
dian cigar sign on third In place Of that
moo faced duffer with the split cipher
running gear and the glass arm? That
fellow couldn't stop a toy balloon If it
was lobbed right into his flppers."-
Chicago Tribune.
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previous

The new law making it compulsory
for all school teachers to contribute to
the pension retirement fund is an UNI
just law because it is taxation without
representation. 1t is a compulsory re-
duction of salary with no assurance OF
reaping a benefit according to the
amounts contributed.
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The POstmark.

Great Britain, it Is said, can, without
fear Of contradiction, claim the honor
Of having originated the postmark. The
first one, which was used In London as
long ago as 1850, was a very simple af-
fair, consisting Of a small circle divid-
ed into two parts. In the top portion
were two letters indicating the month.
while in the lower half the day Of the
made to denote the year, and 1t Is only
by the dates of the letters on which the
mark is impressed that it is possible to
fix the date Of its use.
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"Pearls are not found in oysters
alone. Sometimes" said a lapidary.
they are found in c%ocoanuts. 1 once
cut a cocoanut pearl. 1t was the size Of
a pea, and its quality was good. It re-
sembled an oyster pearl, only it was a
little duller. Cocoanut pearls r found
in the heart Of the nut. 1t Is thought
that they are formed by the hardening
Of the nuts flesh. They are, so TO
speak, a kind of c~rystallized tumor or
wart. These pearls are rare. They are
rarer than oyster pearls. They are also
cheaper than oyster pearls, being less
hard and less transparent."-Philadel
phia Bulletin.
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Mnx Change Her Mind.

Little Ethel Qaying down a book
Do princes always dress In silk and
velvet and wear a cap with a white
feather and ride a sweet little white
pony? Mother-Not now, my pet.
They dress just like other boys. Little
Ethel (sadly)-Then l don't think III
ever marry.
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PENNSVILLE.

The Township Board of Education has
reelected Prof. Myers principal of Penns-
vile School. Miss Mary F. Layton, has
been reelected teacher of Churchtown
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Carlton White, of
Philadelphia, have been visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. White this
week.
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quak,

The conservative leaders in the Dem
ocratic party are sitting in ''innocuons
desuetude," while President Roosevelt
is running away with some of the prin-
cipals of the party for which the radi-
Democrats and Populists have been so
severely condemned during the pastten
wears. But the President is considered
with no serious concern SO long as
he suits Wall Street on the money
question. That is the rub.
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President Roosevelt's political pyro-
technics are becoming more frequent,
and none the less exciting. His mes
sage to Congress last Friday in which
he a~rraigned the Standard Oil Company
out did those he condemned in his
'Muck Rake" speech of two weeks
previous.
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The Bells of Davos.

The first thing that strikes the stran-
ger in Davos. Switzerland, and strikes
him u~npleasantly Is the bells. Not on
ly does every COW. goat and sheep
wear its bell, but when they are all
shut up for the winter and we hope for
a little rest then comes the Internal,
eternal din from every cart. carriage.
sleigh, omnibus and all other kinds Of
vehicle which ply for hire or otherwise.
No doubt they become a necessity on
the silent highways as winter progress
es, but that does not render them one
bit more palatable.
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His Idea of 1t.

Auntie-You should ask to be excus-
ed when you leave the table. Little
Nephew-Should I? / thought from the
way you acted about that third piece
Of pie that you'd be glad to see me go.
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Power of the Eye.

An eye can threaten like a loaded
and leveled gun or can insult like hiss
ing or kicking, or, in its altered mood,
by beams Of kindness it can make the
heart dance with joy.-Emerson's Con
duct Of Life"
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The man who breaches that the
American nation has become heartless,
will not find himself very popular in
San Francisco. Never before were so
many millions given voluntarily to re-
lieve the suffering so those to whom be-
fell the great calamity of the earth
quake. -
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Irrigation I. ANCIENT.

The practice Of irrigation is very an
cient, water having been stored and
distributed in this way in Egypt as
early as 1000 B. G. Persia, India, Cey-
Ion, China, as well as Peru and Mexico,
also had irrigation works ages ago.
Even In Arizona remains of ancient If
rigation works car be found. which
suggest thai that section of the desert
may have been compelled by men to
blossom as the rose" many hundreds
of years ago.
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Preaching and Practice.

Jinks-T'm ever so much obliged for
this favor, and If l ever have a chance
I'll do as much Hello, here comes
Bllkins! Let's dodge into an alleyway.
Binks-Don't you like Bilkins? Jinks-
He did me a favor once, and the fellow
may want me to return it.
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In Our New
Mems Department.
I'D aisle, Market street,

va aisle, Market Street)
Best quality Pepperell Jean draw
ers, with or without inserted side
seam, the best wearing summer
drawer made soc pair
New Mems Shirts, fifteen styles
just in, principally white grounds
with black figures and stripes, cuffs
attached or separate. Values that
positively can't be beaten for soc
See the new two and three-quar-
ter inch wide ties for men, all the
new shades in colors and white; ex-
ceptional value 25c
White Isle union suits for men.
Splendid quality, fine light gauze
weight, handsomely trimmed and
finished; per suit $I.25.
Mems Dept.
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P. McCann-I didn't take yer medi-
cine, doctor. DR.. Doseham-And why
not? P. McCann-Th' directions said,
"Wan pill tree tonnes a day" I've
been waitin' to ask We which pill2 They
all LUX alike, sure. An how'm I to
take ut tree toimes2LCleveland Lead
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County Condensation

Edward Stretch, in L. A. Creek has a
new Russell apple tree, on which he put
forty different gratis in 1875. 1t is new
in full bloom and many different apples
are expected in the fall,
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His Model.

Baron-Then the obstreperous beggar
whom you turned out of doors was
oarse and abusive. Vaiet-Abusive,
my lordi He might have been your
lordship himself!
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. Dfaereut GrowI.

Mrs. Brown-Jane. has MI. Brown
come home YETI I thought I heard him
just now. Jane-No, mum; that was
the dog that was growing.
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The PENIS Grove Record
D MAY IL. 1906

The settlement of the coal strike for
three years more is gratifying to all
consumers.
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Vesuvius was one of the ancient
spouters and is not now behind former
times in fiuency.