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The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
Church Property in His Name.

The congregation of Union Baptist
Church, at Trenton, has ousted the
Rev. ]. L. Burton from the ~pastorate,
following a lively fight. One faction
of the congregation alleged that the
minister had the deeds of the church
property put in his own name. His
opponents also asserted that he bor-
rowed money to meet church debts
without being authorized to do so.
The congregation, through legal pro-
ceedings, has regained possession of
the real estate and has had the
church incorporated. Mr.. Burton will
fight the action, although the pulpit
has been declared vacant.
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Best She Could Do.

what is the matter with Mrs.
Spicy? 1 saw her sitting on her
porch as I came by gritting her teeth
and looking daggers into vacancy"
Her husband is a half hour late,
and she is giving him absent treat
ment."-Nashville American.
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The Comparison.

Towne-'Yes, my wife is able to
dress on comparatively little money"
Browne-"O! come, now! Com
pa%ratively little?"
Towne-.I mean a little compared
with what she thinks she ought to
have."-Philadelphia Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
GroWler Noise.

PA, what is the meaning of incon-
sistency?"
Inconsistency, my son, exclaimed
pa, means a man who growls all day
and then goes home and kicks the
dog for barking at night."-Tit-Bits.
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Defined.

Teacher-"Johnny, you may spell
the word 'neighbor.'"
Johnny-'N-e-i-g-h-b-o-r."
Teacher = That's right. Now,
Tommy, can you tell me what a
neighbor is?"
Tommy = Yes, ma'am. It's a
woman that borrows things."-Chi-
cago News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
Chains Mate Notified.

The Ohio State Prohibition cam
paign opened at Ada with the official
notification of Professor Aaron S.
Watkins of his nomination as candi-
date for Vice-President. He aroused
enthusiasm with his speech of ac-
ceptance.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
Hemp Growers Combine Fails.

The hemp gro--e rs' combine, formed
several months ago to fight the Har-
vester Trust, has proven a failure,
and the latter is now buying hemp at
it's own prices.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
Where the Winds Blow.

"Is this section prosperous?"
you bet it is" answered the Kan
sas farmer. Il kin spread a net any
time and shake a grand piano out of
q cyclone. "-Pittsburg Post.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
Social BIunder.

why did Binks' widow feel so in
dignant at his f%uneral?"
1.-THE members of his volunteer
hose company sent him a floral fire
extinguishers"-Judge.
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All Records Broker

Some men foolishly take their
business tc bed with them"
81 know a man who is worse than
that. He thinks of business even
when he is at a ball game."-Chi.
eago Record-Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
Arabs Beaten by French.

In an encounter ~betweenthe French
and the Arabs on the Algerian from
tier, lasting a day and a night, the
tribesmen were repulsed with heavy
losses, while the French loss was
slight.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
A Mean Remark.

Mrs. Homely-"My husband is e1-
tremely hard to please"
Miss Caustique - Indeed; you
don't look t."-Illustrated Bits.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
Hard luck.

"Your Office boy looks sad"
"Yes, he's an orphan"
Folks die recently?"
Nope. been dead a number OF
years"
Then why the g%rief?"
Baseball to-day and no one in his
family to die. Houston Post.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
LATEST NEWS
BY WIRE.
Diver Dies While at Work.

Baltimore, Md.-While at work
Under twenty feet of water William
Small, a diver, was stricken with
heart failure and died before his COM
panions could get him UP and out of
the armor.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11

Chicago. = William Calder was
gored to death after a terrific struggle
with a Shorthorn bull in a freight car
In Libertyville. The bull is owned by
Arthur Aleeker, manager for Armour
& Co., and was destined for a county
fair.
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MRS. HALLAN FREES NEGRO.
Exonerates Man Whose Arrest Started
Springfield Riot.

Springfield, Ill.-Mrs. Earl Hallan
signed a statement that George Rich
ardson is not the negro who attacked
her on the night of August IA. 1t
"a the charge against Richardson,
followed by his arrest and removal to
Bloomington, that precipitated the re-
cent race riot.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
Germanx creates CONSERVATION.

Germany's action in stating that
Mulai Hafid should be Immediately
recognized by the European Powers
has created CONSERVATION in France
and r%eopened the Moroccan crisis.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
Captain Merriam Dead.

Portsmouth, N. H.-Captain Green
leaf A. Merriam, who commanded the
battleship Missouri in the recent
cruise of the big fleet from Hampton
Roads to the Golden Gate, died in the
Naval Hospital here of appendicitis.
Captain Merriam was born in Balti-
more October 20, 1849.
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American Mills Decline Cotton.

American mills seem to be i'm
pressed by the prospects OF an early
moving crop, and are not as anxious
for cotton as they were several weeks
aCn
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
His Revenge.

Mrs. Shopper latter inspecting
everything in the store)-"I don't
see anything here that suits me. l
suppost I may as we'll go down to
Stacy's and see what they have. They
usually have a good assortment"
Salesman-"Here's a card of one
of their statesmen; won't you kindly
ask for him?"
Mrs. Shopper-"Ahi A friend OF
yours, I presume"
Salesman-"No, madam: he has
owed me SO for the past 1.ss
years. Puck
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
Defalcation At Havana.

Havana dispatches placed the
mount of the postofice defalcation
there at s53,135.
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Mrs. Taft Defeats Anson.

Chicago, Ill.-Judge Maxwell, of
the Municipal Court, granted iudg-
ment IN favor of Anna S. Taft, wife of
Charles P. Taft, of Cincinnati, for
possession of the building at 1876 Mad
lson street, occupied by the A. C. An
son Company as a billiard hall.
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Gored to Death by Bull.

G0red to Death by Bull.
Chicago. : William Calder was
gored to death after a terrific struggle
with a Shorthorn bull in a freight car
In Libertyville. The bull is owned by
Arthur Aleeker, manager for Armour
& Co., and was destined for a county
fair.
Captain Merriam Dead.
Portsmouth, N. H.-Captain Green
leaf A. Merriam, who commanded the
battleship Missouri in the recent
cruise Of the big fleet from Hampton
Roads to the Golden Gate, died in the
Naval Hospital here of appendicitis.
Captain Merriam was born in Balti-
more October %, 1849.
Mrs. Taft Defeats Arson.
Chicago, Ill.-Judge Maxwell, of
the Municipal Court, granted judg-
menti in favor of Anna S. Taft, wife of
Charles P. Taft, of Cincinnati. for
possession of the building at 1876 Mad
lson street, occupied by the A. C. An
son Company as a billiard hall,
Howls at Woman in Boomers.
Boston, Mass.-A yelling, laughing
crowd of nearly 1000 persons poured
into Pemberton Square at the heels
or a strangely CARRIED woman. The
woman was Isobel Louise johnson.
VINO wears a knee-length dress cut
Dloomer fashion. 81 wear this cos
tune" she said, because the muddy
streets OF Boston demand it."
Georgia Convict Lease Bills.
Atlanta, Ga.-The Georgia Senate
refused to consider the bill dealing
with the convict lease system, passed
by tne House, and adopted a measure
which provides that convict leasing
shall cease upon the expiration Of the
present contracts.
The Rev. DIR. Sylvanus Hayward.
South Bridge, Mass.-The Rev. DR..
Slyvanus Hayward, pastor of the
Union Church, died, at the age of
seventy-nine. He w9s graduated from
Dartmouth College in 1853, and was
a professor of mathematics at Fisk
University. He was the author of
hymns and a poem entitled "The
Schools of Misertown."
Thoroughbred Kills Yonkers Man.
Lexington, Ky.-Frank Kelly, OF
Yonkers, N. Y, who arrived here with
a stable of thoroughbreds, while r
pairing to exercise a colt, was thrown
and kicked ove the lungs, dying in
stantly.
Senate Seat Fight Costly.
Milwaukee, Wis.-The enormous
expenses of the three millionaire can
didates for United States Senator
prior to the primary election may re.
suit in an investigation by the Legis-
lature. The amount expended by the
candidates is said to reach S85O,OOO,
Jail For Reckless Driving.
Boston, Mass.-A Jail sentence for
reckless automobile driving was i'm
posed by Judge Murray in the Mu-
nicipal Court upon John T. Fay, of
No. II East Twenty-seeond street,
New York. Fay appealed and fur.
nished a 5000 bond. Judge Murray
stated that in view of the numerous
automobile accidents a jail sentence
was necessary.
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c. 0. JONES KILLED.,
HIS AIRSH|P BURNED
keronaut Dropped 500 Feet at
WaterviIIe, Me.
WIFE AND CHILD PRESENT

Bag of Dirigible Caught Fire and Ma
chinery and Inventor Shot to
Earth Before Crowd-Spark Of
Motor Caused Disaster.
Waterville, Me. In full view Of
$4,000 spectators on the Maine fair
grounds Charles Oliver Jones, the
we'll known aeronaut, Of Hammonds-
port, N. Y, fell a distance Of 500 feet
to his death. Among the witnesses
of the frightful plunge were Mrs.
Jones and her child. They were the
first to reach the side of the dying
man. The aeronaut expired about
IN hour and a half after the accident.
Jones had been at the fair grounds
with his dirigible balloon, the Boom
erang, known as a Strobel airship,
since the opening day of the fair.
When the %aeronaut reached a
height of more than 500 feet the
spectators saw small tongues of fire
issuing from under the gas bag in
front of the motor. At this time the
balloon had passed out of the fair
grounds. Many persons in the great
crowd shouted to Jones of his danger,
but several minutes elapsed before he
noticed the fire. Then he grasped
the rip cord and endeavored to reach
the earth. The machine descended
but a short distance when a sudden
burst of flame enveloped the gas bag,
the framework Immediately Separat-
ing from it.
Jones fell with the frame of his
motor, and when his wife and child
and the spectators reached him he
was lying dying under the wrecked
machinery a quarter of a mile from
the grounds. The gas bag was COM
pletely destroyed. 1t is thought that
the bag leaked again and that a spark
from the motor caused the disaster.
Jones was forty years old.
Hammondsport, N. Y. Charles
Oliver Jones, killed at Waterville,
was numbered among the younger
aeronauts, but his work in the field
had already marked him as n of
the most successful opponents of
aerial navigation.
He came here a year ago from his
home IN Cincinnati with some entire
ly new ideas in regard to airships,
and joined Alexander Graham Bell
and others in their experiments with
aeroplanes. 1t was Jones who
evolved the famous June Bug"
which made several record flights for
short distances. The June Bug"
won The Scientific American trophy
offered for heavier than air machines,
attaining a speed of about thirty
niles an hour against the wind.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-22

more attention u training the essen
tial agriculturist than II turning out
the nonessentiaI lawyer. With good
education. with the world brought to
his door-yard through the agency of
electricity. with his command Of the
financial situation through his cooper
alton with his felgows-the farmer Of
the year 1000 will be the foremost man
in our fuligrown Republic.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-22
Or NJ en-

Wearing any Royals when the Regal store handy
YOU running miles when automobile your
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-30
STUDENTS WAX WARM
SENIOR CLASS AT STATE UNIVER-
SITY IN POLITICAL FIGHT.
Letter Campaign Instituted to Smash
Machine" Which Is Now Alleged
to Control 1909 Glass.

y MADISON, Wis, Oct. 26.-[Speciall
Modern political methods, a unique In
novation i'll class politics at the univer-
sity, are to be used in the coming senior
class election which will be held this
week. No election in recent years has
brought out such antagoniSm as the pres
ent one and the outcome is anxiously
awaited by the members of the senior
class.
On one ticket, Helmer Swenholt of
Madison, captain of this years basket
bait team, is running while the opposi-
ton has nominated Franklin Natwick
of Grand Rapids, Wis, the varsity hur-
dler, for the presidency. Both are stu
dents i'll the college of engineering. Sven
holt is known to be a leader in the non
fraternity crowd and it is understood
that the fratermueS are trying to break
the backs of those who are behind his
campaign.
This years graduating class has the
reputation of being one in which poll
ties have been carried to the extreme and
each election has been followed by
charges of improper management.
SwenhOlts hackers have dominated poll
ties III the class since the first and it is
said that it is the opposition to this al
legged "czarism" which is bringing into
use modern methods of campaigning.
Letters setting forth qualifications of
the two candidates and explaining the
situation have been sent out to every
member of the class of 1909, together
with a request that every student lend
his support to break the machine.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-30

was built in 1926 by the Boylstols and
afterward passed to the rabid roy alist,
Benjamin Hallowell, after whom the
captain was named.
The old man lived in Jamaica Plain
long enough to make himself unpopular
when the American revolution broke
out. The son had been early sent to
England for his education, and he be-
came one Of the seven American-born
men to attain distinction in the British
navy.
In the battle of the Nile Capt. Halo
well had command of the ship Swift
sure, which ran down the Iuckless
rOrient. When Capt Hallowen gave
the command for the French vessel to
be blown up he knew nothing of the
13-year-old son of the French admiral.
who foolishly, but heroically, obeyed
his stern fathers order, Don't leave
the vessel till l give you permission -
and his proud, though childish, form
graced the doomed vessel when she
with fragments strewed the sea-"
Capt. Hallowell afterward heard the
sad tale and was much moved by it
The boy called out three times in
agony to his father, he learned, but
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-30
RAILROADS ARE BUSY.
Officials of Missouri Pacific and Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas Report
Heavy Traffic.

NEW YORK, Oct. 24-Oficials of
the Missouri Pacific and the Missouri
Kansas & Texas state the capacity of
the motive power of both roads is being
taxed to the utmost to move freight, and
every engine that can turn a wheel has
been pressed into service.
Nearly 1000 shop men are now en-
pIoyed at the Sedalia OIo.) Missouri
Pacific shops, and 200 more skilled me-
chanics would be employed if their
services could be secured. At the Sc
daIia NJ, K. & T. railway shops $50
men are employed and more are needed
to get rolling stock in repair.
The Boston and Montana smelter will
go into full operation ON the first of
next month. The smelter has been in
partial operation for about one month.
The smelter was partly disabled several
months ago by the floods. Full opera
tons mean that the Amalgamated Cop
per properties will turn out their normal
tonnage of copper.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-30
ESCAPES FROM FIERY CIRCLE.
Man Wanted for Wronging Girl Eludes
Army of Avengers.

MONROE, n. Y, Oct. 24.-Escaping
from the circle of fire in which he had
been penned by a small army of armed
pursuers bent upon avenging his treat
ment of Carrie Smith, a schoolgirl of
this town, John Pitney, formerly a con-
Wet, disappeared as completely and mys-
teriously as if he had been picked up
by a balloon and dropped in another
state.
Early this morning it seemed nothing
could save the assailant from the pur-
suers, who, led by an itinerant Sioux In
dian, tracked him to the hill of Skuney-
mont, near here. The brush was lighted
on all sides of the elevation and the
various posses awaited the smoking out
of their quarry with ready rifles.
Before dawn a break in the line of fire
caused a rush to the south side of
Skuneymont, where it was thought the
man would attempt to rush the Gordon.
While the move was in progress the fire
smoldered out in a green belt on the
northern side. 1t is believed that Pitney
crawled out through the gap, for when
the crest was searched 10 trace of him
was found.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-30
SHORT METER SERMONS.

Character is crystalized conduct
1t takes a big heart to guide little
folk.
He who fears has his greatest foe
within.
He is greatest who gives most of him
self to men.
The touch of tears is often the closest
cement of hearts.
Goals of fire are not intended for
roasting purposes.
Tact is simply taking pains to keep
in touch with people.
Many think they are shining when
they are only glaring.
Most men have charity enough to
cover their own sins.
Honey on the lips does not cure
hatred in the heart
Paying the price of purity Is the best
prayer for paradise
The saddest slavery is that of being
ruled by our pleasures.
You have no right to set up your fad
as another mans faith.
Following your appeites is turning
your back on your ambitions.
No man ascends to heaven OH whom
heaven has not descended.
If you would be far-sighted you must
learn to live on the heights.
The fool is known by Offering his
forethought after the event.
The sins we wink at to-day are the
ones we wed tomorrow.
To-morrow's burdens always prove
too much for to-day's back.
The secret of success lies somewhere
between wishing and willing.
You cannot improve the breed by pol
ishing the brass on the harness.
It's a sad day when a man lets his
interests determine his principles.
Religion has no home IN the man who
does not show his religion at home.
It's usually the man who opens his
mouth widest who drinks in most scan
dal.
There are a lot Of people trying to
light the world by painting their Ian
terms.
The saddest thing about some is that
they never are touched by the SORROWS
Of others.
Lots of sour people would be toler-
able If they did not pirate so much
about their honey.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-30
DONT'S FOR CHURCHMEN.

Don't forget that kindness makes all
kin.
Don't overlook the fact that charac-
ter is made in conflict
Don't ATTEMPT to build houses before
you have learned to make bricks.
Don't expect to be the best friend
of humility when you try TO huniliate
others.
Don't let your desire to get out Of the
fight be your only reason for praying
for victory.
Don't fail to learn that he alone is
faithful to old truth who will forsake
it for the new.
Don't think you can escape response
bility for the sins of the city by ignor-
ing their existence.
Don't make the mistake Of expecting
a front seat in heaven by going there
on a half-fare ticket.
Don't forget that the appeal to hero
ism within wins more men than the
promise of heaven beyond.
Don't spend all your time writing
tomorrow never comes lest you over
look the fact that to-day is going.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-30
RABBITS ARE HARD FIGHTERS
Charge of Cowardice SIander-De-
feat of q Ferret

Charge of Cowardice sIander-De-
feat of a Ferret.
Tell man that he hasn't the 0Iucl,
of rabbit and if he doesn't disprove il
by hitting you he is certain at anv rate
to be extremely annoyed, says Pearson's
Weekly.
Yet the taunt is a libel on the rabbit
A doe rabbit viii fight like fury in
defense Of her young. She will charge
like a battering ram and use those long
sharp incisors of hers to capital pur-
pose.
An old buck rabbit is not to be light
y tackled by weasel, stoat or even fer
ret. On the sanded floor of a small
public house near Chestnut a ferret of
long experience was matched with an
old lop-eared buck, the property Of the
landlord.
The ferret made straight for the rab-
bits throat, but the latter was in +ho
air before master ferret could req III
him, and leaping clean over the ferret's
head let out with those powerful hfnI
legs of his a kick which hurled the
ferret bodily against the wainscot
Twice the ferret returned to the attack
and twice he missed his grip and went
hurting through the air.
The third repulse was enough for
him. He knew he was beaten and couI1
not be persuaded to stand I'D for .
fourth round.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-30
REAPINC WHAT Is SOWN
Bv Rev. George Clark

By Rev. George Clark Peck
SO they hanged Hannah on the gal
lows he had prepared for Mordecai.-
Esther vii. 10.
Thus in Shakespearean phrase was
Hannah "hoist with his own petard."
Or, in the more expressive and famil-
lar language Of the street, he was
fried in his own fat"
1t is most striking instance Of what
vastly more than that. It illustrates
a fundamental truth of the universe
1t declares that man usually gets out
of this world what he puts into it. Ha-
man, choking on the gallows which he
had prepared for another man, pic
lures forth that subtle law by which
the whole creation makes response to
human life and human action. Ours
is indeed a wonderful universe; not
so much with respect to the grandeur
Of its sunsets and the splendor of it's
stars as for the perfect balance Of its
forces. Humans fate was in no sense
cruel; it was justly earned
That law whose application brought
him to the gibbet erected for another
guarantees all the fruits and flowers
which make life worth the living. Ma
ture always answers. Every force
works against some other force. Not
leaf moves but in some infinitely del
icate measure the stars a billion miles
away make response. Not a thistle
down floats across a summer meadow
but the whole universe is sensitively
sympathetic with its errand. Wher-
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-30
Casualties Expected.

During one of Speaker Cannon's BIT
ter political fights in his district in IIli-
nois, the opposition resorted to desper-
ate tactics. Among other things,
friends Of Uncle Joe were summarily
dismissed from positions they held in
the public service. Some of his friends
became alarmed at this, and one of
them called on the Speaker at his resi-
dence, and said somewhat excitedly:
Joe, Smith and Jones have lost their
positions in the postoffice What are we
going to do about it?,'
Uncle Joe took another puff at his
cigar and then aswered, with benev-
olent smile. Nothing. If you 60 into
a battle, you have got to expect to have
some dead and wounded"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-30

stood resolutely by the mainmast,
though his father lay cold in death.
SO much moved was the captain that
he mad coffin made in the boys honor
out of the floating fragments of the
IOrlent and sent it to his friend and
patron, Lord Nelson, with the story of
the boys bravery, and expressing deep
regret for the young hero's untimely
end.
Nelson had the coffin placed in the
cabin in remembrance of the boy, and
Capt. Hallowell himself told the tale
to the then widely known poet, Felicia
Hemans. Her sympathies we're imme-
d1ately excited and she immortalized
the boy in her sentimental but i'm
mortal verses, and she named him
wisely, 'Casabianca, White Soul"