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The Penn's Grove record., 1908-03-13
Cherokees Want Texas to Give
Them Realty Worth $50, 1000, 600.

Dallas, Texas. "A telegram from
Muskogee says full blood Cherokees
presented to Indian Agent Dana H.
Kelsey a document, signed in 1885
by Sam Houston and fifty-three other
Texans, granting to the Cherokees in
perpetuity 5000, 600 acres of land in
Rusk, Smith, Cherokee and Angelina
counties, with the request that he i'm
mediately transmit the document to
Congress, with a claim against the
State of Texas for the land. The land
would be would $50,000,000
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Special Enough.

30 you believe in special provi-
dences?"
Sure. When 1 was a boy the
school 1 attended was struck by light
ming one night and burned"
Nothing special about that"
sob, but it was just the night be-
fore the circus came to town.'-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
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Prof. Starr Seeks Unknown Races.

Professor Frederick Starr, of the
University of Chicago, left Chicago in
search of an unknown Caucasian race
supposed to exist in the Philippines.
He will spend three months in the
study of the islanders, and nay go to
inland China, where the Lolos, an
other mysterious white ace, exists.
For many years Professor Starr has
desired to live among the Lolos, who
are savage of a low type. No one
lessor Starr will take several graphic
phones with which to record the new
languages.
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Usually.

Business Man (busy with CORE
spondence)-"In that telegram of
Beattie's, yesterday. he said, letter
following I don't see the letter
here"
Stenographer-"Why, don't you re-
member?-we received it the day be-
tore we got the telegram. Puck.
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Proof Positive.

"Are you sure this horse will not
run away" asked the man who was
getting into the buggy.
Yep" replied the livery stable
keeper; "there amt the least danger
that he'll run away, but he may trot
some comm back.'-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
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Beaten to Death and Robbed.

jeremiah Paterson, aged eighty
ears, died at Millville from injuries
received in a mysterious manner. The
police have come to the conclusion
that the aged man was beaten to
death and robbed. Paterson was.
found in his home in an unconscious
condition. Wounds on his face and
head indicate that he had been beaten
with a club. Shortly before he died
the aged man regained consciousness
and exclaimed: "They took my
money" Money that Paterson is
known to have had in his possession
IS missing.
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Stub Ends of News.

Wall Street markets stay be-
numbed.
British administrations are charged
with selling titles.
The merger of Mexican railroads
is said to be practically perfected.
The next President will probably
have the appointment of four new
Supreme Court Justices.
Comptroller Metz issued a report
that $102 ,834,327 is due New York
City in uncollected taxes.
Baron Takahira, the new Japanese
Ambassador, said war with the Uni
tied States would be a crime.
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b Noted People.

Charles D. Carter, the member
from the Fourth District of Oklaho-
ma, is an Indian who has all his life
lived among his kinsmen.
Mr.. Nathan Straus, of New York,
achieved a signal victory in having
the Information Pure Milk Congress
in Brussels, officially declare against
the use of raw milk.
Bishop Wilkinson, in a letter pub
lished in the London Daily Mail, de-
scribes the devastation wrought by
revolutionists in Russia. and says thai
the government has erred on the side
of leniency.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-03-13

Hortense Highschool = Doesn't
Freddie Frat wear the most striking
clothes?"
James Geometry-"Sure! Those
buttons he's got on that suit make
him look like an animated cash reg.
ister. "-Chicago News.
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Not INITIATED.

Bacon-"Going to keep a diary
next year,"
Egbert-@Sure thing"
Bacon-"Bought the diary YETI"
Egbert-"Don't have to. I've got
the one 1 bought last year. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
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Bit Of His Own Thumb.

Going suddenly insane while TWEEN
~ miles at sea in a fishing schooner,
off Atlantic City, Edward Anderson.
bne of the sailors, attempted to throw
other members of the crew over-
Soard. He was overpowered and
led with ropes to the floor in the
cabin, but he got II arm free and
lit off his own thumb. When the
schooner locked Anderson was taken
to the police station and put in a
added cell.
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One. Drawback.

Olive-"What an improvement ii
will be if the time ever comes when
everybody can get a seat in the street
cars"
Violet-"Oh, 1 don't know. A girl
would never be sure then that she
was pretty. Puck.
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doesn't hep"
Fierce Critic.

Dick-"How is your woman's club
getting on these days?"
Eva-"Fine. 1 am on the hang
ing committee now"
Dick-"Hanging committee? Do
you hang pictures?"
Eva-"Oh, no. The hanging COM
mittee' sits at the club windows on
rainy days and criticises the hang of
of their sisters skirts as the latter
pass outside Chicago News.
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Proves Thirteen Unlucky.

John Jackes, an expressman, OF
Preakness, saw the number 13 over
the saloon of Thomas Morgan, at 10
Hamilton avenue, and, going in, asked
Mr.. Morgan if he ever found "13"
a hoodoo. Being answered in the
negative. Jackes said: We'll, some
thing will happen right now" And
he threw a chair against the mirror
back of the bar, smashing it. Then
he chased Morgan into the street.
Before the saloonkeeper could get a
policeman Jackes had done $1,000
damage. He was arrested.
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Jumping.

She-"This paper says that a Miss
Abbie Lathrop, of CRANKY, Mass, runs
a mouse farm. What do you think OF
that?"
He-"I think it must keep her on
the jump"
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Idle Ferry Booms Bridge idea.

Fresh incentive to the building OF
4 trans-Delaware bridge between Bur-
iington and Bristol was given by an
rouncement of the withdrawal of the
larryboat William E. Boron from SER
rice COR annual inspection and repair.
Zach year, for ten days or more,
the patrons are thus Inconvenience,
and unless Captain Doron puts a sub
;titute craft in service Court may be
asked to annul his perpetual fran
.l1iSe.
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At Fashionable Functions.

"You are a wonderful master Of
lthe piano, l hear"
Il blay aggompaniments come
times"
Accompaniment to s~inging?'
"Aggompaniments to gonversa.
tons. Home Magazine.
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Obscure Art.

~I'm afraid you don't appreciate
that composition" remarked the mu-
stefan.
NO." answered Mr.. Cumrox; ~in
all frankness, l must say l don't. 1t
keeps me guessing.
Eyes. l always have three guesses
why anybody wrote it in the first
place. why anybody plays it in the
second, and why anybody listens to It
In the third. Washington Star.
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GeIf-Seeking.

Too much ~self-seeking and self
consideration always lead to a bad
end. He who looks so much at self
sees but a very little part, and hat
a very poor part of the world. He
gets but little sympathy in his COM
plant and poor pay for his vanity
Rev. l.. l.. Overman, Presbyterian,
PHILADELPHIA.
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Named commissioners of Deeds.

The following Commissioners of
Deeds have been elected for Salem
County: Alloway, Joseph S. Bates;
Elmer, J. Wilmer Barber, Robert II.
Hitchner; Lower PENIS Neck, Will
lam D. Acton; Oldmans, William F.
Hunt, Albert NJ. Strowbridge; Piles
grove, Alfred T. Peanock; Quinton,
Josiah T. Harris; Salem, D. Harris
Smith, Charles c. Ford, Jr., Miss
Jennie Selfridge; Upper ~Pittsgrove,
Joshua Fox; Woodstown, Charles H.
Richman, U. Grant Hillman.
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Cornelius Christie Dead.

Cornelius Christie, who served
three terms as Mayor of Leonia, died
At his home there at the age of seven
ly-three years. He was one. of the
eldest lawyers in Bergen County and
IN officers of the bar association, be-
tides serving as counsel for the Bor-
ough Council several years ago. He
Tas a bachelor.
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In All Parts of the State.

Miss Lima Natter, of Daretown,
a received a State life certificate as
.eacher.-
Professor j. V. Given has been re-
elected supervising principal of the
!chools of Logan Township, Glouces-
:er County.
The big tank at the Salem Glass
Works has shut down and about for
" men are out of employment.
Defective insulation on an electric
ight wire caused a $500 blaze in the
residence of A. w. Hagstoz, at De-
lance.
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A Relief to Both.

"At last" he sighed, we're alone.
I've been hoping for this chance"
so have l." said she very frankly.
"Ah! you have guessed, then, that
l wanted to tell you that l love YOU"
Yes, and I want to say No and
get it over with. "-Catholic Stand
ard.
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Robins and Blucbirds Have Arrived.

Almost all over the mountain top
n Montclair could be seen robins in
abundance, and here and there a blue
tird. Robins have not been seen in
such numbers so early in the season
since 1888, when many were killed
by the subsequent blizzard of March
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BooZeOlogy.

81 thought you swore off drinking
on the first of the year"
$50 l did; 1 always do"
"But you're drinking now"
%Of course; if I hadn't sworn on
again, how could 1 swear of next
year," - Catholic Standard and
Times.
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Editor Giving Away Money Arrested.

A man giving his name as John
Curlestone was arrested at Paterson
by the police at the ~Susquehanna
Railroad station fer giving money
Eway. The prisoner, who had been
pending a merry evening, gave his
address as Hoboken. He is the editor
If a Morris County weekly.
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Cleaning Cut Mosquito Hatcheries.

In line with its work of getting rid
Of nearby notwithstanding places,
Egg Harbor recently awarded a con-
tract for draining Cincinnati Pond,
one OF the largest in the vicinity.
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Personal RELIGION.

Christianity is individualistic. A
mar cannot hold this religion in hill
wife's name. II he does not possess
it in his own heart, as far as he is
concerned, it is non-ezistent.-Rev.
A. Gillis, Methodist, New York City
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The Heiress.

81 tell you she's down and out. She
took the count"
What of it,"
Before the panic she wouldn't
look at anything less than a duke
Courier Journal.
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Death.

In death the spiritual body
energies from the feshly body n
is adjusted to its spiritual environ
ments.=Ilev. A. g. SmIther. lhris'
tian Church, New Orleans.
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-. ~
Witt the Funny
FellosON
How to Criticise.

If you would be a music sharp,
Then do as I advise.
List to the fiddle or the harp
And look exceeding wise.
Then shake your head and nurmGr
Hum
1 think he slurred the tempo some"
When the pianist bangs the keys,
Assume a knowing pose.
Twiddle your fingers, cross your knees,
And elevate your nose.
And when he's done remark: 81 think
His executions on the blink"
Washington Herald.
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A Good Reason.

II don't know who that woman is.
but they tell me she is a Mrs. Some
body. She certainly is an awful firt;
[ wonder her husband doesn't keep
her in better order. Doesn't he try
to-"
no"
"Why doesn't he?"
Because, you see, his wife is a
widow. baltimore American.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-09
WONDERF Ill RESCUE
TRUE STORY OF HEROIC WORK
OF LIVING FIRE ENGINES.
Thrilling Incident OF Railway
Wreck in Which Circus Ele-
plants Played the
Star Parts.

In all time, probably, human life
has never been saved by animals more
extraordinary, or in a fashion more
unlooked-for, than recently at a place
some few miles beyond Morgantown,
in Virginia.
There had been a collision on the
line. A pile Of wreckage from which the
smoke curled ominously marked all that
was left OF a goods train belonging to
the Baltimore & Ohio railway. A
group Of officials was gathered at one
end of the debris. Beneath piles of
broken timber the driver lay impris-
oned, but unhurt. But the train was
on fire, and the flames crept ever
nearer the unfortunate man. Desper-
stely the officials strOve to shift the
heavy beams, till the perspiration
poured from their faces.
Hope had almost died when another
train arrived. In a few words the
guard told of the fearful death await
Tag the driver of the wrecked en-
Ene. Passengers descended from the
carriages and fastened to the spot.
Then a transformation came over the
scene. Hope grew in every heart, and
voices shouted encouTage cement to the
imprisoned man.
At the farther end of the train that
had recently arrived strange sight
was being presented. A huge elephant,
following the command Of it's trainer,
cIo M nrn6 o11r f1IT lnur frNY,o n
on to the track. This elephant, the
trainer explained to curious passen-
gers, was Bacil, whom rumor credited
as the mother of Jumbo. Moreover,
she was 200 years of age.
Then from other vans-for by a
strange fortune the train happened to
be bearing the stock and impedimenta
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-09

Jack Frost, it appears, has been
over credited with big achievements
in regard to the autumn brilliance of
leaves. The popular falIacy that this
is caused by frost is said TO be en-
tirely without foundation in fact.
Frost has absolutely nothing to do
with the tinting of leaves except that
it hastens their fall. Autumn coIoring
is due to oxidation which is caused
by the action of heat and light, sim
liar to the rust on iron. With leaves
it is due to the fact that in fulfilling
their mission they become chOked
with their own eXcretions and the
acids thus formed are acted on by the
oxygen. In an extremely moist atmos-
phere they are not especially bright.
as in England, for example. And in
dry climates the leaves dry I'D sud
denly and their thick skin is not suffi-
GENTLY transparent TO allow the col
or being seen beneath. In the
regions where the autumn foliage is
most vivid an average season pro
duces the finest cOlors. Neither a dry
nor wet summer and an early aut-
umn will effect much brilliancy. The
extraordinary range coIors in trees
of a single species is most marked,
particularly so with sugar naples
And it is remarkable that an individ-
ual tree will continue the same coIors
year after year; not only that, but a
single branch which will show the
first tinge of color year after year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-09
His A nuaI READING.

Last Thursday a gentleman passing
the residence Of H. c. Klinefelter,
at Madison, found him greatly
interested in something he was
reading Upon inquiry, Henry
said he was doing the thing he did
every I'd Of July,-reading over the
story of the battle Of Gettysburg
Comrade KIinefelter had d lively
part in that great battle, and it is no
wonder he celebrates every anniVera-
airy Of the event by reading over again
the story of it. He must by this time
know it pretty well by heart.
Comrade Klinefelter had a long "a
most honorable service He enlisted
September II, 1861, from tbs town
of Cottage Grove, in Company D of
the 18th Wisconsin infantry, one of
the regiments of the famous Iron
Brigade. He re-enlisted as a veteran,
and was corporal and sergeant in
his company. From March 7, 1862,
till January, 1864, he was on detached
service as a member of Battery B of
the 4th United States artillery. He
was wounded in the wilderness: was
mustered out March 6, 1865 Those
who knew Henry in the service say
ne was a fighter, and was ready for
any duty every day. He was taken
prisoner at one time and had been
disarmed. About a minute later his
captOrs had their attention drawn to
something else, when Henry took
counsel Of his heels and, escaping
every one of the many balls sent af-
ter him, ran after such manner as to
regain his freedom. He was wounded
in the battle of the Wilderness.
After COmrade Klinefelter had beeu
mustered out of the It'll regiment, he
was commissioned second lieutenant
of Company F of the 51st, his com
mission dating from February 70. On
the 18th of the following August he
was commissioned first lieutenant and
quartermaster Of his regiment, but
he was not mustered as such. He
served altogether a little more than
than three years and eleven months.
Very few soldiers of the civil war
have a better record than Henry G.
KlinefeIter.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-09
Save the Cherry Stones.

In silent absorption they consumed
delicious cherry pie.
James," said the hostess to the
butler, save all the cherry stones,
please. Wash and dry them and put
them on a Shelf in the attic"
Why" a guest inquired, do you
save cherry stones?"
You never saw them burn said
the hostess, "or you wouldn't ask
that question. All winter long /
keep a copper jar of them on the
drawing room hearth. AS the fire
burns up I stoop and throw a hand
full Of the cherry stones in the blaze.
The effect is wonderful. The stones
crackle and send forth delicate green
flames and puffs of exquisite odor,
an odor as sweet as cherry bios
SONS floats through the room"
There's sandaIwood," began an
other guest
oh said the hostess. 4 use san
dalwood, too, but it compares to cher
~ stones in frangrance as limburger
cheese compares to helitrope."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-09
FEEDS BABY PINS AND MATCHES
Nurse Admits She Made Child Sick
to Get More Leisure.

New York.-Aurelia Lightbourne, 16
years old, who says she is a West
Indian, was locked up in the Nassau
county Jail on a charge Of assault in
the second degree. She has confessed
to feeding a small bog in her charge
pins, matches and other articles.
The complainant is William ]. Purdy
Of Rockville Center, who has employed
the girl for the last two years. Some
weeks ago he noticed his boy, two
years old, was seriously i'll at times
and hairpins, matches and safety pins
were found in the child's stomach after
an operation.
A few days ago the girl became
deeply interested in religion. After
one meeting she returned to her home
with the Purdy family and acknowl-
edged she had been the cause of the
repeated illness of the baby.
Il gave him pins, matches and
sometimes hair and safety pins so he
would be sick and then l would have
more time to myself" she said.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-09
TRAIN LOSES ITS WAY.
Switched on Wrong Track and Has
Terrific Race for Safety.

Paris.-A passenger train on the
Northern Of France line literally lost
it's way the other night and had a
narrow escape from being teIescoped
by an express which was behind it.
The train left for Amiens at 6 p. m.
All went well until after leaving CreiI
where the line to Brussels and Ger
many and Holland branches off; Ow,
ing to a mistake Of the signalman's,
which yet remains unexplained, the
Amiens train was switched onto the
Brussels line, and, in the dark the en-
CINE driver did not discover the mis-
take until the train had proceeded a
mile or two on the line to Brussels.
Then, remembering that the Brus-
sells express was only few minutes
behind him, the driver decided to put
on full speed and go right ahead. 1t
was an exciting experience for every
body. The passengers, finding that
the train was travelling at full speed
and running through the stations, be-
came alarmed and pulled the danger
signal
The train ran on to the junction at
Pont st. Maxence, where the driver
hurriedly explained the matter to the
signaIman, and was shunted onto a
siding two minutes before the arrival
Of the express. At last the train was
sent back to Creil and resumed it's
journey to Amiens a couple of hours
late.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-09
EXCHANGES DAUGHTER FOR JOB.
Man, SO Years Old, Makes Startling
Admission on Witness Stand.

Los Angeles, Cal.-On the witness
stand Judson H Coe, so years old, adj
mitted writing letters in which he
agreed to exchange his 16-year-old
daughter, Ethel, for a position with a
railroad. According to the letters the
agreement was made in 1902 with O..
W. Smith, who was employed by the
Illinois Central at Waterloo, Ia.
Coe had been summoned into court
by Judge Bordwell to explain the let
tiers which were introduced by Mrs.
Theodore Coe in her suit for divorce.
She was granted an interlocutory de-
cree. Coe had previously been d.
vorced from three wives, and fourth
is dead.
When he owned the letters Judge
Bordwell said: 81 don't want to listen
to another word from you. You are a
stencil in the nostrils of the people in
any community in which you reside"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-09
Flying Through Space at the Rate of
60 Miles an Hour.

car, and it occurred to O'Connor that
he was just about the youngster who
could make the trip on the engines
cowcatcher. When, therefore, the
train pulled out he swung up on the
pilot, and, wedging himself in between
the braces which hold the cowcatcher
in place, he settled down for his ride.
Il hadn't been there very long,
said O'Connor, until / was cold all
over. The wind as the train rushed
along cut into my face, and I pulled
the cape Of my Overcoat up over my
head to protect my ears. / guess that
is all that saved them. For awhile it
was simply terrible. The train rocked
and swayed and as 1t shot around the
curves I thought every minute would
be my last. In little while was so
cold that l lost consciousness, and l
knew nothing more until l walked up
with lot of policemen standing over
me. How l ever managed to hold on
to my place l can't imagine. 1t was
just my luck, nothing else"
O'Connor, who is only 20 years old,
good-looking and intelligent, owes his
life no doubt to the telegraph oper-
ator at Laurel, who saw him as the
express passed that station. At that
time the soldier was unconscious, and
the operator, seeing the apparently
lifeless form as the train pass through
the reflected rays of a station lamp
telegraphed to Camden station that a
dead man was on the pilot of the en-
CINE The operator at Camden station
notified the policeman on that beat,
and he in turn called up the Western
police station and had the ambulance
sent down to take away the body.
Policemen and railroad officials gath
cred on the platform as the train was
coming in, and when it stopped all
hands rushed to the front of the en-
CINE to remove the supposed corpse.
Hauling it out of place, they soon saw
that there was still life in the body.
Restoratives were applied, and in
little while O'Connor had come around
enough to be sent to the hospital.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-09

ing to see what straights lovers of the
weed were reduced to,-amusing to
such OF US as had no hankering after
the stuff. I have known a poor fellow
10 stick TO his quid as if nothing but
death should part them. He would
hold it lovingly and tenderly I'll day
as a sweet moTsel under his .ongue,
not presuming to 'chaw" it, for fear
Of wearing it away. At night he would
lay it On a stick at the head of his
bunk, where he could easily get at it
early in the morning. He spoke OF it
affectionately as his "old soldier"
When all taste had been soaked out of
it, and it was evidently dead, he
would dry it in the sun, crumble it
fine and then cremate it in his pipe.
AS he finally knocked out the ashes,
he sighed mournfully in memory of
the departed.