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The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Big Ball of Snakes,

John and George Aber, sons of
George Aber, a farmer residing near
this village, while working in the
woods on their fathers farm over
turned a large rock, under which they
found a ball of snakes.
The snakes were coiled in bulk as
large as a bushel basket, and the lads
succeeded in killing all of them.
There were fifty snakes in the bunch,
including many milk snakes, garter
snakes, several black snakes and
other specimens.-Bath Correspond
enc Rochester Union and Advertiser.
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ENDURES ECZEMA 5 YEARS.
Sores Behind Ears Spread to Cheeks
Best Doctors FaiI-But Cuti-
ra Remedies Effect Cure.

"Words are inadequate to express my
gratitude for Cuticura Remedies. | had
been troubled with eczema for five years
on my ear and it began to extend on my
cheek. l had been doctoring with the
best physicians, but found no relief what
ever. When informing them that | could
not bear the itching 1 was told by one of
our best doctors, not To scratch As the
medicines and salves did me no good |
thought I would get the Magic Three
Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Pills, costing me one-half of one
visit to my physician. After using as d.
rected, with plenty of hot water, / can
truthfully state that | found instant re-
lief. When l had used three boxes of
Cuticura Ointment and two cakes Of Cuti-
cura Soap l found my skin as soft and fine
as a baby's. My circle of friends is very
large, and l am persuading them to use
Cuticura Soap and give up the kinds they
were using. | find no trouble, as my case
has proven TO them that if Cuticura ONT
ment is good, Cuticura Soap must be like
wise. Miss Meta Ayers, l3l Franklin
Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y, Sept. l and Is, '06."
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Doing 1t Up.

"This bill is too HIGH said the
customer.
"Too high?" calculated the laun-
dryman.
That's what 1 said; too high"
"But, man, do you know how long
1t takes to do up a shirt?"
"Why, about four washings."--
Yonkers Statesman.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
MERCHANT AND ROBBER DEAD
Bodies Found Where First Had Been
Waylaid by Young Highwayman.

Columbia, S. &C. B. Green, for
ty-five years old and married, a mer-
chant of Shandon, a suburb of this
city, vas waylaid and killed by Ed
ward Marshall, who himself was
killed by Green. Robbery was the
motive.
When found Green's clothing was
on fire, his body being badly charred
where the bullets took effect, and a
roll of greenbacks was burned in
twain.
At Green's right hand lay a re.
volver with four empty chambers,
Near Marshall's right hand was a six
shooter with five empty chambers,
while another pistol which had not
been fired was at his left hand. I'm
der his body was a we'll made leather
slungshot. Near his head lay two
burglars masks, one having two bull
let holes in it, and it was clotted with
blood.
Marshall was the son of the man.
ager of a large store in this city.
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After Education in Oklahoma

Miss frankie Mossman, in District
No. 6, in Grant County, probably
holds the record in Oklahoma in
point of regular attendance at school.
In $50 consecutive school days she
has not missed one from school. In
other words, if she completes the
present term without losing any time
she will have gone to school seven
years without losing one day. Every
day she walks more than a mile to
the school house, and no kind of
weather has yet compelled her to
stay at home.-People's Voice.
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MORGAN VISITS PRESIDENT.
Railroad Interests Are Alarmed by
Administrators Attitude.

Washington, D. C.-Laying aside
his resentment toward the Admins
t%ration, J. P%ierpont Morgan, of New
York, called at the White House and
proposed to the President that to
check popular agitation against the
railroads he should confer with sew
eral of the prominent railroad presi-
dents of the country.
Mr.. Morgan's visit was to urge the
President to take some action to cal
lay the public anxiety now threaten
ing to obstruct railroad investments
and construction" He pointed out
to the President that the financial in
terests of the country are greatly
alarmed. at the attitude of the Ad-
ministration toward corporations, and
particularly the railroads.
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Killed at Deadly Crossing.

An express train on the West Jer-
sey and Seashore Railroad crashed
into a butcher wagon belonging to H.
l.. Jackson & Son, of Hammonton, at
the Weymouth crossing, at Dacosta,
and instantly killed and mangled the
driver, Jason C. Saunders, ~sixty-seven
years old. The horse was killed, the
wagon smashed and the load of meat
ground to bits. The crossing is con-
sidered dangerous.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
teething, softens thegums, reducesinfiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind colo, 25ca bottle
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
The congressional spender.

YES" said the Congressman who
was home for a day or two on private
business, 81 guess we'll spend a
couple of billions or so before we
finally adjourn. How much are those
eggs?"
"Thirty-two cents" the storekeeper
replied.
"Thirty-two cents!" cried the ex-
travagant Congressman. That's an
outrage! I've never paid more than
thirty cents for eggs, and I'll be
blamed If I pay any more now. Gim-
me a pound of Goldfish. ~"--Clevelana
Plain Dealer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

Garfield Tea-just simple, health-givina
Herbs! The best medicine you can take.
1t regulates the liver and kidneys, over.
comes constipation and purifies the blood,
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
PRUssIC ACID KILLED PRESTON.
In Financial Tangle, Feared Death
Less Than Exposure.

New York City. - Leonidas M.
Preston, popularity supposed to have
been very wealthy, took his own life
in the Hotel Cumberland rather than
face impending revelations in his
business affairs.
Just at the moment a committee of
stockholders from the company of
which he was the general manager
for New York was at his door bent
on questioning him he swallowed
prussic acid, dying instantly.
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DOES YOUR BACK ACHE?
Cure the Kidneys and the Pain Will
Never Return.

Only one sure way to cure an ach-
ing back. Cure the cause, the kid
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

The demand for skilled labor on the farm
Is greater than ever before.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Charles Wilson Opdyke Dead.

Charles Wilson Opdyke, for thirty.
eight years a resident of Plainield, a
son of George Opdyke, Mayor of New
York City in 1862, died after a ten
days illness of acute bronchitis. His
wife, two sons and two daughters sur
vive him. Mr.. Opdyke and his broth
ers succeeded their father in the
banking firm of George Opdyke &
Co., of New York, which was organ
lied in 1868, but Mr.. Opdyke retired
a number of years ago. He was six
ty-nine years of age, and a native of
New York City. He was particularly
interested in Rutgers College and
founded a free scholarship there.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Invalid Dies in Flames.

Miss Elizabeth Cullen, of Ply
mouth, Pa, a bed ridden invalid, was
burned to death when her house was
destroyed by fire. Other inmates of
the house, when they were aroused,
found that flames blocked the way to
her room, and it was impossible to
reach her. Two adjoining houses
were also destroyed, but their in
mates eScaned.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Only One ssBromo Ouinine"

The Transvaal is now not a republic, but
a se~lf-governing colony.
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ST. LOUIS HEIREss SHOT DOWN.
Ruffian's Heels Lacerate Dying Mrs.
Quernheim's Body.

st. Louis, Mo.-With a thumb
mark forming the only clue, as in the
case of Mark Twain's story, "Pudd' n
head Wilson," Mrs. Katherine Quern-
helm, who inherited a large fortune
from her father, Charles Dreher, a
retired capitalist, and whose husband
is a wealthy hardware merchant, was
shot to death in the family home, in
this city. The murderer also jumped
on the woman, terribly mutilating
the body and head with his heels.
There was every evidence of a
desperate struggle, and OF the most
careful preparations for the murder.
The woman's husband was out of the
city on business. The body was found
in the basement when a servant went
to open the door to the milkman.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
A Slight Mistake.

D'Auber-"This is my painting of
Miss Roxley."
Crittick-"How simply posed!
Rustic bench, straw hat, shirt waist.
All! I see, a sweet summer girl
and you've even got a caterpillar on
her cheek. Now! that is realistic!"
D'Auber-"Chump! that's a dia-
mond earring"
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Salary Grabbing.

The bookkeeper timidly ap-
preached.
"If you please" he said, II would
like a raise of pay"
you, too," fairly moaned the cap
italist. "Say, do you want to sink
to the moral level of a Congressman?
I won't be party to your DOWNFALL
Philadelphia Ledger.
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A Fairy Tale.

She-"I dreamed last night that a
rich English duke married a poor
American girl. Wasn't that ridicul-
ous!"
He-"Yes; but I had a dream that
was queerer than that. I dreamed
that an English duke married an
American heiress and they lived hap
PLY ever after!"-Detroit Free Press.
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HoW,S This2

We offer One Hundred Dollar. Reward
for any case of Catarrh that canLot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the u; derSigned, have known F: j.
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, D.
WALDING, KiNNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
ing directly upon the blood and mucuous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold byali Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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His Destination.

"Pa, what is an optimistic"
IAN optimist, my son, is a person
who believes he will actually see a
time when the law will be no re-
specter of persons"
will he be President when he sees
that time come, pa?"
"No, my child; he will be in an
Observation-Disclosures American.
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Wife Sues For Divorce.

Mrs. Florence K. Griswold, of
Bloomfield, Union County, has filed
in the Court of Chancery a petition
for absolute divorce from her hus-
band, Henry A. Griswold, said
to be a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y,
and to compel him to provide for her
maintenance and support.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Statue of Captain John Smith.

A model of a statue of Captain
John Smith, which will be cast in
bronze, has been completed by Mr..
William Copper, the sculptor, who
lives in Mountain avenue, Montclair.
1t will be erected by the Society for
the Preservation of Virginia Antiqui-
ties on jamestown Island. The
statue, which will be about eight feet
in height, will be unveiled in Sep
TENDER, and will stand on a pedestal
of green granite. 1t represents Cap
tain Smith as the courtier rather thar
the adventurer.
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Grateful.

did you ever see such a homely
woman? 1 believe she is the home.
Hest woman in the world"
That's what l think. And the
oftener you see her, the homelier she
gets. Her LONELINESS grows on one"
."I'm glad it didn't grow On me-
Cleveland Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

Four hundred tons Of beet root
will yield from twenty-five to thirty
tons of sugar. N.Y.-11
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: - -
Paid Long Due Board Bill.

A letter was received at the East
Dorset, Vt, postofice a few weeks
ago postmarked at Spokane Falls,
Wash, and directed to Benjamin
Ames Dr. any OF his descendants. 1t
proved to be from a man who, sixty
years ago, boarded with Ames for a
time and left without paying his board
bill. He said that he was now 83
years old and wanted to pay. The
bill was sent him and he sent a check
for the amount.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Jim Grow Clause Killed.

The constitutional convention, at
Guthrie, Okla, formally killed the
separate negro coach provision, by
laying the committee report favoring
it on the table. 1t had been intimat-
ed that President Roosevelt would
not approve the constitution if it con-
tanned this clause.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Stays Father With Bat.

Richard Kennedy, Jr., a school
teacher at Scion, Ohio, twenty years
old, struck his father with a baseball
bat, killing him instantly. His father
and mother were quarrelling and the
son came to his mothers rescue, deal
ing his father the fatal blow. The
boy surrendered to the police.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Your True Optimist.

Bunker deserves a great deal Of
credit. No matter how things go, he
always says he can't complain"
Nothing particularly commend
able about that. The man who de-
serves credit is the man who can
complain, but WON'T Courier
Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
New Parties to Eddy Suits.

DR.. Ebenezer J. Foster Eddy, Mrs.
Eddy's adopted son, and Fred w. Ba-
ker, a second cousin, joined in the
bill in equity against the clique al
legged to control Mrs. Eddy. DR.. Fos-
ter Eddy told of his adoption and
made strong accusations against Cal
vim FRYE.
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A Severe Discrimination.

"That mar is one of my friends
remarked the novice in public life.
Which kind?" responded Senator
Sorghum. Friends, you know, are
divided into two great classes; those
whom you need and those who need
you."-Washington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Not Hair Cars Enough.

After a thorough investigation of
the car shortage the Railway Com
missioners of Nebraska report a de-
mand for more than double the up
ply, with the condition rapidly grow
ing worse.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Largest TootI,pick Factory.

h largest quill toothpick factory
In the world is near Paris, where
mere is an annual product of 10000
200 qulils. The factory was started
TO make quill pens, but when these
went out OF general use it was con-
Verted into a toothpick mill.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Jersey Exhibit at a French Show.

Winton c. Garrison, chief of the
Bureau of Statistics of Labor and
Industries, at Trenton, has accepted
an invitation to make an exhibit at
the international Book and Paper
Exposition, to be held in Paris, from
June to November. The exhibit will
show the progress New Jersey has
made in the betterment of conditions
in it's manufactures.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Postmaster Holds His Job.

Postmaster Oscar Jeffrey, of Wash
ington, Warren County, is wearing a
$4,000 smile these days, and Joe Full
per is glum to that extent. Joe's
name had been SEN in by the Presi-
dent as postmaster to succeed Jeffrey,
but the Senate got away without con-
firming him, and now Jeffrey will
hold on for another year. Fulper is
a member of the Warren County
Board of Tax Equalization. with a
salary of $1,000. Jeffrey has held the
Office eight years.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Stole Signing SWANS Team.

William Taylor, who lives a few
miles south of Bridgeton, called upon
his best girl, driving a handsome sor-
rel horse, with q new buggy, all
equipped with new harness and robes.
When he started for home, about
midnight, someone had stolen Lis
team, and he had to walk.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Busy MAXWELL, sir, what can I

Busy MAXWELL, sir, what can I
do for you to-day?"
Caller-"I'm looking for a job and
called to see if you needed an assist
ant"
Busy Man-"No; 1 prefer to do
all my own work myself"
Caller-"Oh, that's all right. Make
me your assistant at a fair salary
and I'll not object to a little thing
like that."-New York Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Gould Not Swallow: Starved.

Mrs. Sarah Smith, wife of S. B.
Smith, a Brooklyn, N. Y, business
man, died at Greeley, Col. Paralysis
of the throat prevented her from TAX
ing nourishment, causing starvation.
She was forty-two years old. Her
husband arrived a few hours before
her death.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Woman Commits Suicide.

Mrs. Latham, the American artist.
who killed herself in Paris, was in
financial straits, though she received
remittances regularly. Her father
had curtailed her allowance because
he wished her to return home.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
BURNS QUICKLY GETS RUFF.


San Francisco Boss Arrested at Way
side Resort Through Detective.
San Francisco, Cal. - Boss Abe
Ruef was arrested by William j. Big
gy, the newly appointed elisor.
The fugitive boss was found at the
T~rocadero, a secluded roadside re-
sort, nea the ~Ingleside race track,
on the outskirts of the city.
Detective Burns guided the officer
to the fugitive's retreat and he was
brought back to the city, for the first
time an actual prisoner in the hands
of men determined to put him in
StripeS.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

Yoakum Favors Government Control.
B.. F. Yoakum, of the Rock Island
Road, said he favors even more Gov
eminent control than the Rate law
gives, as security against adverse
State legislation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

W. a. Mitchell, dealer IN general
merchandise, Martin, Ga, writes:
"My wife lost in weight from 100 to
I6S pounds. Wesaw she could not live
long. She was q skeleton, so we con
suited an old physician. He told her
to try Peruua.
"She gradually commenced i'm
proving and getting a little strength.
She now weighs 106 pounds. She is
gaining every day, and does her own
|houseworK and cooking"
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

languid. nervous AMI lame in the
morning. Doan's Kidney Pills helped
me right away, and the great relief
that followed has beeh permanent"
Sold by all dealers. 700 cents a box.
Eostsr-Milburn Co. n kkalo. n. X
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

neys. Thousands tell
of cures made by
Doan's Kidney Pills.
John G. Coleman. a
prominent merchant
of S~wainsboro, Ga,
says: For several
years my kidneys
were affected. and
my back ached day
and might. was
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Government After f.ackawanna.

The trial of the Governments suit
against the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad on the charge
hat thu. company granted rebates to
the Sugar Trust was begun in New
York CITY, --a
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Worthy of His Hire.

The Rev. Abe Mulkey cut out the
trimmings last night and gave his
hearers the plain article right from
the factory. He hitched up truth to
facts and plowed deep in the soil of
sin, never Stacking until the entire
field was broken up.-The Durant
(Ind. TERI News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Similar
ly named remedies sometimes deceive. The
first and original Cold Tablet is a White
Package, with black and red lettering, and
bears the signature of E. w. Grove. 25c.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Practical.

1.-THE great need of Russia" began
the wise man, sis a scheme of benev-
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

German Ambassador Gets $4,000.
A Reichstag committee voted to
raise the salary of the German Am
bassador at Washington to $4,000.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
REPLY TO 2-CENT FARE.
Reduced Rates of All Kinds Abolished
in the State of Nebraska.

Omaha, Neb.-The two cents per
mile passenger fare bill, recently
passed by the Nebraska Legislature,
has become a law.
simultaneously the railroads in Ne
braska, including the Union Pacific,
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
the Chicago and Northwestern, the
Missouri Pacific and the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific, issued circu-
lars absolutely abolishing all classes
of reduced fares.
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1t is significant that business
placed in most lines and sections dur.
ing the last two months exceeds thai
of a year ago-a very active period.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
The Power of Courtesy.

Garfield Tea, the mildlaxative, benefits the
entire system. Best for liver, kidneys and
bowels; for constipation and si~ck-headache.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
case Of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles in 6 to "A days or money refunded. See
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

H. III. Rogers Roads Consolidated.
The consolidation of all of H. H.
Rogers railroad interests in Virginia
and West Virginia has been arranged.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15
Two Counts.

Girls who marry for a title,
Ere their fortunes lost,
Ought to count the cost and reckon
What the Count will cost.
y Philadelphia Bulletin
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

There are still 100000 900 square miles of
the earth's surface that have not been ex-
plored.
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ooh, come off," broke in an audi
tor, who was more flippant; "Russia's
lack is a scheme for the bombproof-
ing of chiefs of police. "-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
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The farm value of the corn crop is placed
at 81, ICE, 626, 4S0.

FITS, St. Vitus' Dance, Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 9 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. H. Kline, Id, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-03-15

Pizarro completed the conquest of Peru
at thirty-fve and died at forty.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-11-22

discomfort OF two vociiorpus eastern
tourists did not greatly interfere with
his pleaaurable interest In the situa.
ton
Send those two fellows in here to
argue IL out. he said languidly, after
listening disgustodly 10 their loud Ia.
mentations in the hallway. and ad.
dressing his remarks 10 Mrs. Guffy,
who had glanced into the room 10 be
again assured regarding his comfort
and TO express her deep regret over
the unseemly racket The girl has
fallen asleep, and I'm getting tired.of
hearing so much noise"
NO. be hivings. an ye don't do
nuthin Of thet sort, Bob" returned the
widow, good-naturedly. busying her
self with a dust.rag. This is me own
house. an Oi've tended ter the loikes
Of them sort er fellers afore. Therell
be no more bother this tonne Be
soides. it's a PEACEFUL house Ofm run
min. an OF know yer way OF sitting
them things. It's too strenuous We
are, Misther Hampton. And what did
We do Wild the young lady. Oh make
bould TO ask"
Hampton carelessly waved his hand
toward the rear room, the door OF
which stood aiar, and blew thick
cloud OF smoke into the air. his eyes
continuing TO gaze dreamily through
the open window toward the distant
hills
Who's running the game over at
the Occidental" he asked. profession
ally.
Red Slavin, bad cess to him" and
her eyes regarded her questioner Will
renewed anxiety But sure now
Bob. We mustn't think Of playin' vi
awhoile. Yer narves are in no fl
shape. aa won't be fer a wake yit."
He made no direct reply. and she
hung about, tapping the dust-rag I'm
! easily.
An what did We name ter be doin
wild the young gyurl?" she questioned
at last. in womanly curiosity.
Hampton wheeled about on thu
hard chair, and regarded her quizzing
ly Mrs Guffy," he said, slowly
you've been a mother to me, and /
would certainly be unkind not TO Civ
you a straight tip. Do? Why. TAX
care Of her, of course. What els
would you expect Of one possessin
my kindly disposition and well-knowl
motives Of philanthropy? Can it b
that / have resided with you, off an
on, for ten years past without you
ever realizing the fond yearnings c