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The Japanese Boay,

- s. 90
If General Kureki used his wits
while seeing the sights in this country,
as a soldier should, he must have gone
away convinced that America is not
another Russia or China as a war
proposition to go up against. True, our
army and u forts are not in evidence
like those of the great military powers
of Europe. We do not show up in an
advanced state of preparedness. An
army dropping down some fine morn
ing from the clouds could play havoc
In u big cities. And it must be ad-
mitted that just at present, with our
warships chiefly absent from the wa
tiers of the Pacific, Japan could gobble
up the Philippines and Hawaii and
ever drop a few shells on the Pacific
coast. But with all our outlying pos
sessions gone and the cities Of our Pa
cifc coast helpless under Togo's guns,
nothing vital to the nations power
would be touched.
This country Is by no name of
means in the plight of Russia In 1904.
Russia was then straining herself to
prosecute her enterprises in the far
east, to keep order at home and to
maintain her financial credit. She was
not prepared for war, yet at the end of
two years Japan found that she had
only made a bite at the huge contract
Of whipping Russia. In spite Of her
enormous losses Russia grew stronger
as the war progressed and Japan had
her limits of growth. Much more
would this country develop fighting
strength if involved In a wal with ia
pan. Social and political discomfort in
this country bears no comparison with
that in Russia. We have the money
and we have the men-easily 10, 900, 900
citizens capable of bearing arms. We
could play a waiting game and let the
Japanese exhaust themselves in those
dashes which are their strong point,
but would be out of place and fatal in
a mighty conflict of the kind we could
maintain. Japan has half the world
hypnotized into the belief that she is
invincible, Her own people think so.
They want to be in the limelight as
the nation which does things. But when
it m to fighting the United States
the Elder Statesmen, unless they are
coerced by an irresponsible rabble, will
be apt to think twice and then not
10 it.
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New Liability Laws.

President Roosevelt's proposal in his
last jamestown speech that workmen
should receive certain definite and
limited compensation for all accidents
In industry is broader than any law
on the statute books in this country.
The president thinks there should be
no need Of lawsuit to recover damages
and that there is no sound distinction
between accidents caused by negli-
gence and those which are unavoidable.
Heretofore it has been possible in
the negligence of a fellow employee of
the injured man as a defense in dam
age suits.
The new law In Pennsylvania defines
very clearly the feature of "contribu-
tory negligence" 1t regards every
person in control of work or machinery
as the agent of the employer and any
act Of a fellow servant" done under
orders given by an employer or his
agents as an act of the employer. This
law has been classed as the most dras-
tic of the kind ever proposed in the
United States, Nevertheless 1t implies
that there may be "contributory negli-
gence," for it specifies instances where
negligence may not be pleaded by the
employer, leaving it to be assumed that
in cases not specified there may be
negligence on the part of the employee
which frees the employer from liabili-
ty. Where the provisions are plainly
stated in statutes both employers and
employees will be at pains to guard
against accidents.
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THE NEW RELIGION
..Aunt Jane of Kentucky''
r. IN

Aunt JdlIC VI ASIluChy
by Eliza Calvert Hall, Illustrated, Boston,
Little Brown & Co. $50.
1t is said that President Roosevelt has
read and set his sale OF approval upon
this book. Lent Endorsement Dt4D
court" as it were, it may challenge
more attention that it might otherwise
receive. Kentucky writer's are not scarce
and a number have put the language and
customs OF the people into fiction that is
quick moving. This book cannot be said
to possess such a character. The chapters
are the quiet murmurings in quaint dia-
lect, well transcribed from life, of Aunt
Jane, who ~f'ricollects'' much that it is
pleasant to hear her relate. 1t is not a
story that moves from II climax to the
next, but cabbage-patch philosophy of the
Mrs. Wigs variety. Rural character is
well drawn, and the philosophy is of that
sort which is the mainstay Of democracies.
1t comes not from books, but seems to
dwell in the people, by whom it is passed
on from generation to generation. Thus
does Aunt Jane speak of a wellknown
Southern evangelist:
"Gittin religion is mighty different now
a days. to what it was when | was young,
aud a heap easier than it use to be. l
don't Know whether the religion is any
heap better or not. You know [ went up
tn \ Ha1plfor haru Eropoocj Loot rrool
and the folks up there was having a big
meeting in the Tabernicle and that's how
! come to be thinkin' about it.
The preacher was an evangelist, as they
call him, Sam Joynes, from way down
South. In my day he'd "a been called
the Rev Samuel Joynes. People didn't
call then preachers Tom, Dick and Harry,
and Jim and Sam, like they do now. I'd
like toi a. seen anybody calm Parson
Pebble, Sol Pebble. as if he was the only
pebble on tie beach and wise as Solomon
OF old who made the burden OF the
people heavy because he made them
build a fine big meetine house for his own
gIory.] He was the Rev. Solomon Pebble
and don't you for git it. But things is
different, as l said awhile ago, and even
the little boys say Sam Joynes, jest as if
he played marbles with 'em every day.
81 ven to the Tabernicle three or four
times; and of all the preachers that ever
/ heard he was the beatenest. Why, [
amt laughed so much since me and
Abram went to Bapum's Circus. He
was preachin' one day about cleanliness
bein' next to godliness, which it certain
ly is, and he says: ''you old skunk, you'll
you dirty face SOW! you red nosed devil"
"But, la! the worse names he called
'em the better they 'peared to like it, an
sinners was converted wholesale every
time he preached. But there wasn't no
goin' to the mourners' bench and mourn
in for your sins and havin' the
people prayin' and cryin over you. They
jest set and laughed and grinned, while
he was gittin' off his jokes and then
they'd go up and shake hands with him
and there they was az saved and ready
to be baptised and taken into the
church."
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NOTICE

Is hereby given that the Boards OF Registry
and Election for the different Districts, B0roughS
and Townships af Salem county will meet in
the places designated by the several city,
borough and township Clerks, on Tuesday, Sep
tember3 9Th, 1907, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon,
for the purpose Of organizing and shall then
proceed to make a house TO house canvass com
pleting it before Friday, september 9th, 1907,
and ON september 10th, 1907, they will hold their
second meeting between the hours of l and 8
+. M, for transcriblng and making up from
titled to vote in its election districts, who shall
personally appear before the Board for th9t
purpose, or be shown to its satisfaction by the
affidavit in writing of some voter in the election
district to be a legal voter therein, and on Sep
tenlber 10Th, 1907, they will hold their third
meeting between the hours of to 8 z. M, for
the purpose of conducting the Primary Flee
ton for their respective districts.
w. i. JONES.
secretery Salem County Board of Elections.
Dated August 24th, 1907. 96-3t
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Black Panama

in a prize quality. so in
ches wide, of our usual
hight standard blacks. Pos
sibly the most popular
blacks today andwithwear-
ing qualities unsurpassed.
This special number is
S1.25 per yard.
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Samjoneism may have been a ridi-
culous success in the south where Simon
Legree use to rule, but the counterfeit in
the North has a resemblance to JezebePs
reign, when the old prophets went into
retirement for the beneEt of their
hlw]ealth. The wind and earthquake
brokethings up and the fire came, but God
was only IN "the still small voice." which
Elijah heard. "There are othere'' who
may hear the same and be safe. / Kings
19;l-l3
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With Frank S. Katzenbach as the
democratic candidate for Governor the
cartoonist might picture the political
situation in New Jersey with Kats on
the back of the republican elephant.
The situation promises to be ~veryannoy-
ing to the elephant during the next six
weeks.
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Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Tues
day adopted a state constitution and
elected State officers. In the constitution
Is aprohibition clause which was carried.
Oklahoma will be the first state to be
admitted to the Union with constitu-
tional prohibition. The democrats
elected the state officers.
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Lost and Found.

Lost, between $50 p. m, yesterday and
noon to-day, a bilious attack, with nausea
and sick headache. This loss was occasioned
by finding at Johnson's drug store a box OF
DR.. Kings New Life Pills, the guaranteed
cure for biliousness, malaria and jaundice.
25c.
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The Republican convention at Tren-
ton on Thursday nominated J. Frank
lin Fort, for Governor. He isat present
a Supreme Court Justice.
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Val LaCes
Black Wolfe

in two splendid qualities
for 500 per yard. Chit
fon and Wire mesh and tor
light weight durable black
dresses these Volles are
very desirable.
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Novelty Dress Goods

in the new fall colorings
and styles-stripes and
little checks the favorites.
We show a fine line of
these desirable fall dress
goods, which we think will
please you. The color
combinations are extreme
ly fortunate and appeals to
good taste in dressing.
These i'll dressing. These
fabrics come 46 to 81 in
ches wide for $1,00 per
yard, Atwood.
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Carpet Rugs

in fifty new fall patterns,
at unusually low prices, all
sizes.
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The PENIS Grove Record
FRIDAY, SEPT, 20, 1907.
new JERSEY DEMOCRATS NOMINATE
Frank S. Katzendach-

The Democratic State convention
was held in Trenton on Tuesday, With
the absence of former U. S. Senator
James Smith, who has sought to rule
the party to its detriment for the past
fifteen yeaas the convention was the
most harmonious for years and resulted
in the nomination of Frank S. Katzen-
bach, Jr., of Trenton. While some
counties had favorite sons, who would
have made excellent candidates and
Governors, such as James E. MARITIME,
of Union county, Senator Silser, of
Middlesex. County, yet all their friends
changed their votes before they were
counted and made the nomination
unanimous.
Former Senator Robert S. Hudspeth,
of Hudson county, chairman of the
Democratic State committee called the
convention to ordtr. Clarence Cole, of
Atlantic City was temporary chairman.
Rev. DR.. Otis A. Glazebook, Of Eliza
beth offered prayer and VIM. D. Gour-
ley, who has been chairman of the
Democratic State committee for the
past nine years was permanent chair
man
The platform points to the reprehen-
sible practices of state officials as re-
vealed by the Assembly investigation.
Calls for true equal taxation and insist
that the legislative enactment on taxa
ton since the ~ascendency Of theRepub-
lican party has been the result of Demo
cratic initiative. Reforms are also de-
clared for such as theabolitiOn ofvoting
machine, the separation of municipal
from state and national elections. At
tention is called to the increased cost Of
State Government from S1,657, $50
under the last Democratic adminiStra-
to $4, 1927, $40 for the present year.
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Monday, the 4th day OF
November. 1907

the Justice of the Supreme Court assigned to
hold the Circuit Court and the Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas, or one Of said Judges
will sit and hold a Court of Common Pleas at
at the Court House between the hours of 5
clock in the forenoon and O'Clock in the after
ueon of November 4th, to revise and correct the
registry of election in the sever al election dis
tricts in the county ana to inquire into the
legality of persons registered.
90 Anl On
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Women's Shoes.

& Our women's shoes are hot$
Smade by cobblers. They're&
#made by men who have spent$
lives learning How$
Sshoes SHOULD be made. S
SEvery little, every little curve,$
;2is the result of study andS
#patient experiment. &
why when We give you%
Ga pair of them and drop your#
#money in the cash drawer,%
have that contented feel-#
that comes to every#
#dealer who gains a satisfed#
$customer. s
N@A ~. &C =
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November, 1907

the County Board of Election will sit at its
Office III the Court House, City of Salem, from
eight O'Clock in the forenoon to five O'Clock i'll
the afternoon of each of said days; and any
legal voter whose name has been inadvertently
OF improperly left of the registry list in any
voting district in the county, may then apply
IN person to have his name placed on said
registry list.
And notice is hereby given that on
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Bicycles from $40 to $50.

We sell them on the lnstalIment plan S.
to $40 cash, balance in weekly payments
of $3.50 to $3.50 if satisfactory reference
can be furnished.
Everyone knows we have the best bicycle
tires on the market, why buy limitations,
If you cannot get them through your dealer,
order them direct from us. 1t will pay You
IN the end to ride I" The Bradford tires.
Large repair shops for all kind of repairs.
We sell all kind ofautomobile and motor
boat supplies, Everybody should have a
Bradford Luggage carrier. Guns, shells,
gun coats, caps, gun eases, revolver, rifles,
base ball supplies coaster brakes, Ten is
supplies, all kinds of bicycle supplies.
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CAREER

KATZENBACH'S CAREER
Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr.., who was
twice elected Mayor of Trenton, though
the city is normally Republican, was
supported three years ago for Cover
nor by the Mercer county delegation.
Mr.. Katzenbach is 80 years old, and if
elected he will have a birthday present
that no Jerseyman heretofore enjoyed,
for election this year will come on No
vember 5, the anniversary Of the birth
of the democrat candidate.
The candidate was graduated from
the State Model Schoolin 1885, andfour
years later wa graduated from Prince
ton University. Then he studied law
at the Columbia Law School and laterin
the office of James Buchanan. He has
built up a large law practice, and is re.
garded as one of the most successful of
the younger lawyers in the central Sec
of the state.
Politics is not at all new to Katzen-
bach, for he has been active in that line
since 1898. In that year he was elected
alderman-at-large at Trenton under a
laW.Which created that office. A few
months later the law was declared I'M
constitutional. Common council was
Republican, but Katzenbach had made
a fair presiding officer, and was retain
ed in that Office two years his full term.
KatZenbach ran for Mayor in 1901.
Franklin Murphy ran for Governor the
same year. Frank O. Briggs, now
United States senator, had been
Mayor of Trenton, and was a candidate
for reelection. Murphy carried Tren.
ton by something more than 1000 for
Governor, but Katzenbach defeated
Briggs by 236 votes. In 1903 Katzen-
bach was reelected for Mayor. In that
yearhis Republican opponent was James
Buchanan, his former preceptor in law.
His plurality this time was 452.
AS Mayor Katzenbach made a record
for two lhings-vetoes and speechmak-
ing. His speeches were Of the popular
brand and were mostly made before the
many conventions that meet in Trenton
annually.
Friends Of Katzenbach predict thath
will make a fine campaign. AS a law
yer, he is known as a fighter, and these
friends look to him to carry this char
acteristic into the contest for Governor.
He is married and has two children.
Mr.. Katenbach is a Sunday school
superintendent and naturally opposed
to any dissertation of the Sabbath. He
told the State committee that he would
not consent to be a candidate if an
8 open Sunday " plank was inserted in
the platform.
Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr., is the son
of Frank S. Katzenbach, ST., and the
grandson of the late Peter Katzenbach.
who was for many years proprietor of
the Trenton House. 'Old Peter'' as
he was generally known, came to Tren-
ton a German immigrant. His first Job
Was that of hOstler at tile Trenton'
House, then a small inn. He resolved
to W the place, and by frugality and
industry became the proprietor twenty
years later.
The present Gubernatorial candidate
is very proud ofhis grandfather career.
His father was a member of the class
of 1867 of Princeton.
With Frank S. Katzenbach as the
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MISSING I'HIRTN-FTJE YEARS.
story NJ a = OunE Wan WhO Visit ~ This GrIN
IN aSs2 anu Then Disappeared.

MIDDLETOwS. y. Y. Dec. 2I.-After a
silence Of thirr y-fve years. George Miller.
a member Of "A prominent Orange county
family. whose relatives and friends be-
lieved he was robbed and murdered ia
New York, has been heard from and will
probably visit his old home Christ mas.
Miller il alive and we'll and in prosperous
circumstances according TO IA letter re-
ceived from him which tells u romantic
story.
IN July, 1872. Miller lefl his home IN This
city TO visit New York. He had quite n
large sum Of money with him. That was
the last heard Of him until to-day. His
relatives believed he had met with foul
play in New York. The letter says thar
he drank a little roo much on reaching New
York and went TO sleep al Castle GA den.
When he awOke he fOuud himself on IA sail
ing vessel bound for Boston and was told
that he had hired out a. a sailor. On
arriving AZ Boston he deserted he vessel.
Pennlless and ashamed TO write home for
funds he joined n party Of hunters going
into the Maine woods. lie became an
expert hunter and trappsr and finally
drifted to the Hudson Bay region in Canadn
lie entered the employ OF the Hud son BAY
Company and afterward went int the fur
business for himself and made a comfortable
fortune. He was 20 years old when he left
this city. IA now at IS he expects to return
and end his life here. His home for n mum
Der Of years was near DubrOChPt, Canada,
l5O miles from Hudson Bay.
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FIRE REFUGEES In DISHABLLE
RIyERSIDE DRIVE RESIDENTS
MAKE a HURRIED EMIT.


Mem In aDne Camp OE Apartment AaOnsS
VestIbulc And WSlnen lee Another TIL
Blaze o. rnt Ont-sTk Hats, FOru
VaJaInas and Jewels In Plenty.
There was a picturesque fire panic In the
Terrace Court apartments At 700 Riverside
Drive a little after 4 O'Clock yesterday
morning. The fire was in a closet COZ
nected with the apartments of Isaac N.
Hays. Mrs. Hays was awakened by the
smoke. She aroused her husband. their
two sons, Arthur and Robert. and the twI
servants.
Arthur HAYS located the fire Immediately
and tried to turn the knob Of the door into
the hallway. But the brass had become
very hot and blistered his hands. The
varnish on the door had melted and run
into the cracks between the door and the
casing. holding the door tight. The young
mans father took a try at the door and also
burned his hands. then with the aid
of "a Turkish towel he finally got IL open.
BY this time the apartment was filled with
smoke. Choking and gasping and dressed
only in their nightclothes. the family made
for the elevator. Mr.. Hays had presence
Of mind tn notice that n strong draught came
from an open window in the main hall and
u run back andc close the door OF his apart
ments 70 shut on this draught from the fire.
Deputy Fire Chief Binns said this action
probably had prevented the fire fro IN be-
coming more serious.
As the smoke filed The other apa rtnlenIs
the occupants rushed out without stopping
to dress. Hallboys notified the sleepers
and soon the elevators had taken down
all the tenants from the upper floors Of the
nina atnry h,tilIinU uhilsa thoaa on fhQ lnNar
floors walked down.
Two camps were established in the large
vestibule on the main floor. the women, most
Of them in hlmy nightgowns and expensive
furs. budding together In one corner. while
the men. in u iamas and with or without
FIR lined ~oveTcOats, established themselves
in another corner.
Although the building ia supplied with a
standpips, nobody thought OF taking down
the hose. Firemen came and put out the
blaze. The loss was not over $500.
When IL became known that the fire was
out and the danger passed the campers
had a chance TO loOk at themselves and eAch
other. One man wore a pair OF vivid silk
pa iamas and well irOned silk hat. Several
other men had added bats. mostly silk or
opera, to their attire. Few, either men or
women. had shoes on. but every woman
had grabbed her hTs. BathrObes were
popular.
Many OF the women carried Jewel boxes.
One woman became hysterical when. after
getting downstairs. she found she had
snatched up the wrong article and wds
tenderly nursing a powder box. Her hus-
band saved the day by beating it back
upstairs and getting the jewels.
A physician dressed the burned hands
Of MIR. Hays and his son Arthur. and also
attended Mrs. Hays, who had become hys-
teriCal when the door stuck. temporarily
shutting OF their escape.
And the thiTty-twO families went back
80 bad.
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sLLEGED RECEIVER ClU chr.
Police Nab Junk shop keeper when he
ReLnrns tO New Nnrk.

Leo Barman, who kept a junk shop a.
Ninety-fifth street and Second avenue,
was arraigned yesterday ia the West side
court charged with'receiving stolen rubber
worth ST. ,5OO. He was held in 5000 bail
by Magistrate Wahle for "A hearing to-
morrow.
On March ~ last u truck containing
thirty-two cases Of crude rubber was stolen
from in front Of the Ontario and Western
Railways freight house. The stolen rubber
was traced to Barman's. but before the
police reached the place Barman had
Nanished. IL was learned in BOatOn that he
had sold twenty-eight cases Of rhe rubber
there. The other four eases We're traced
to Worcester and seized.
Two days ago the Detective Bureau re-
celved = zip that BaTman had returned to
New York. Detectives MCMulliu, Murphy
and Carette found him on Friday in a house
in Fast S~eyenly-sey cnth street. Tn thieves
Who stole the rubber have not been caught.
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SuIr rOK ~ INCHES or L,~D.
New Brunswick Man wants Railroad ~
Move Hts 81 o DOO Retaining Wall.

NJ B~EUNsW'CK. y. j.. Dec. 2I.-Trial Of
a suit to compel the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company to move its fOur track main line
and 81, OOO,O 900 supporting wall in this city
eighteen inches from their present location
was begun in the New Jersey Circuit Court
here to-day. The plaintiff is Robert kahr-
man. a foreman in the Consolidated Fruit
Jar Works here. The allegation AZ pre-
scented by State Senator George \. Silver,
Kahrman's attorney. is that the railroad
has unlaWguIly Seized "A foot aud a half Of
property on Albany street owned 10y kahr-
man.
The elevation Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road tracks in this city WAS made in 1902.
The railroad property adjOins the Kaufman
tract and wOrkingnIen who were busy on
the elevation broke down kahrman's line
fence. Complaint was made to railroad
officials and a new fence was put up. II IL
alleged that the fence was moved fifteen or
eighteen inches further from the tracks
and that the wall was erected upon the
encrOached property.
The evidence presented to-day consisted
largely If records tracing rhe Ow nership
If the property bach TO lS3d. Mr.. Kahr-
man testified To the moving back Of the
fence and erection OF the wall and his
mOther-in-law. Catherine Milliman. gave
similar testimony.
The case probably will he concluded on
Monday.