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Amador ledger., 1909-02-12
MATERIALS REQUIRED.
A PRETTY SILK PURSE.

to nicely cover and fill up the ring.
fasten off and neatly run in the ends
Of silk. Fold the ribbon and sew on to
the top of the ring.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-12
Are DoCtorsA Any Good?

Foolish question! Yet some people act medicneE
could take the place of doctor The best medicine in
the world cannot do this Have family DOCTOR consult
him frequently trust him fully If we did not beieveg
colds we would not offer it to you. Ask your doctor
No alcohol in this cough medicine LCAgeI Co. L0ge Mass
endorsed Ayers Pills constipation bhn sick
them Ask doctor about this
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Golden's One Part.

The late Richard Golden is doomed
to be remembered as a one-part
actor; yet in the n part in which he
really shone he did the stage good
service by revolutionizing the ideal of
how a Down East Yankee should be
personified behind the footlights. As
Jed Prouty he inaugurated a new era
for the drama by banishing the old
time libellous nasal-toned Dragging
Aby gosh" caricature, and by intro
ducing to the stage a type which is
far from perfect but which, at least.
is more really true to life as Golden
himself saw it in his younger ear
In Maine. Many actors of far, greater
fame have really achieved much less
Of lasting value.-Boston Post.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
THE MODERN PAPA.

Don't rock the babe, mother, and adle its
brains!
Don't feed him on milk and make colicky
pains!
Don't trot the dear child up and down on
your knee!
It's bad for an infant, the doctors agree.
Get. rid of the cradle. It's useless to-day!
Go throw out the bottle! It's ~vanquished
The ring and the rattle, pray hide them,
For rubber will poison the baby, I hear.
Don't nurse him! Why, mother, you're
harming the child
A thousand good reasons already are filed.
And baby f9ods-really, you cannot have
learned
There's hardly a one that the nurse has
not spurned.
The go-cart and carriage will injure his
spine!
Don't kiss him, my dear, tho he is yours
and mine.
Don't talk baby talk to the infant, / pray!
It's bad for his mind, SO the wisest all say.
How is it that we all grew up to be old?"
UNI That is a thing that the wise have
But don't toss him, mother, or count his
pink toes,
Or something will happen, nurse says
and she knows!
-Lurana w. Sheldon, ipNew York Times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
KILLS MOTHER FOR MONEY
George Simons, of PottsyiIIe, Pa,
Then Commits Suicide.
Koung Man Sleeps For Seven Days in
House With Victims Body Watch
ing His Fathers Frantic Grief.

Pottsville, Pa.-George Simons, a
young civil engineer who was promi-
nent socially in this city, murdered
his mother because she refused to
give him money which would enable
him to marry his sweetheart, Miss
Viola Hartranft. After he had slain
her he carried her body to a spare
room on the third floor of the Simons
home and laid 1t on the floor. Leav-
ing it there he went out and pur-
chased a large quantity Of quicklime.
Returning with 1t to the garnet he
poured it over. the body, hoping to de-
stroy the evidence of his unnatural
crime.
Leaving the lime to do its destruc-
tive work, young Simons closed and
locked the door. Not satisfied with
that, he got a screwdriver and screws
and used them to make the door
doubly secure. Then he stopped up
the cracks with parafine and painted
the door SO it would look like part of
the wall. To safeguard still further
his secret, he put up a sign paint
thinking no one would touch the con-
cealed door with that sign displayed.
Then he went to the rooms below.
For seven nights he slept in the house
in a room adjoining the one in which
his mothers body was being eaten
up by the lime. BY his bed was a
loaded rife. For nearly the same
length of time he watched his father,
who was almost frantic. searching for
his wife.
Young Simons was calling upon his
sweetheart when a policeman arrived
at the Hartranft home to inform him
that the body of his mother had been
discovered and that she had been
murdered. The police had no sus-
picion of young Simons. His guilty
conscience led him to suppose, how
ever, that his crime had been discov-
cred. AS soon as he heard the police
were asking for him he pulled a pistol
from his pocket and sent a bullet
through his brain. 1t was not until
he had done that that Miss Hartranft
or any n suspected he knew any
thing about the murder.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10

authentic and that the North Pole has
been reached for the first time and
by an American.
Lerwick, Shetland Islands.-Dr.
Cook says that the most important
discovery made in his journey of
more than 200 miles farther north
than any human has aver gone before
is a new strip of land o than 3d.
900 square miles in extent, inhabited
by polar animals and game of consid-
cradle variety.
Before reaching the Pole DR.. Cook
suffered almost killing hardships
from hunger and cold.
From Eskimos who accompanied
the explorer it was learned that the
party lived upon immense catches of
bear meat which resulted from the
great hunt of Eskimos on the Green
land shore just before Cooks party
arrived at Annootok.
Large quantities of these stores
were laid at a point 700 miles from
the Pole. During the long winter
night sleds were prepared, equipment
and instruments packed for the jour-
ney across the ice packs, which was
to begin at least a month before the
first dawn of light in the spring of
1908.
The actual start by DR.. Cook, &C
companied by ten Eskimos on a
dozen heavily laden sledges, drawn
by over a hundred dogs, was made on
February 10.
In the next four weeks nearly 200
miles was accomplished. Numerous
musk oxen, several bear and hare
were killed and eaten during this
journey. The cold was frightful. The
mercury fell at times to more than
eighty degrees below zero.
More than twenty dogs died from
the exposure, and four of the Eskimos
deserted and turned back, taking two
of the sleds and some Of the supplies
with them.
In two more weeks DR.. Cook and
the faithful followers left him say
that they reached the latitude of 81
deg. II sec, longitude Sc deg. SO sec.
Land was found up to this point, in
habited by much game. Beyond this
point stretched the Arctic waste for
more than 300 miles of ice, where NO
living thing seemed to live except
seals, a few marks of which were
found.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Deserved a Thrashing.

The mother of the twins found
them fighting f%uriously. Willie, the
larger twin, was on top. He was beat
ing Tommy about the ace and head.
Why, Willie, how dare you strike
your brother like that!" cried the
mother. taking the boy by the ear and
pulling him off.
Il had good aus to strike him, +"
answered Willie.
What do you mean?" she asked.
Why" said Willie, with a right
eous air, didn't Il let him use nv
sled all last Saturday on condition
that he'd say my prayers for me all
this week? And here I've just found
out that he's skipped three days.
The Housekeeper.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
A Citizen of BROOKLYN.

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Dr. Frederick A.
Cook has taken part in half a dozen
notable exploring expeditions in his
life time, in Arctic and Antarctic re-
gions, and in mountain climbing. In
this last his greatest feat was the
ascent of Mount Mckinley, in Alaska,
in 1906, after unsuccessful attempts
in 1903 by himself, and before that
by several geographical societies.
From his boyhood DR.. Cook has
been interested in scientific achieve
ments. He was born at Callicoon
Depot, Sullivan County, New York,
June 10, 1855, the son of DIR. Theo-
dore Albert Cook-the family name
was originally Koch, but was changed
after coming to this country. He re-
ceived his education in the public
schools of Brooklyn and in C~allicoon,
and was graduated in medicine from
the University of New York City in
1890. In 1892 he married Mary
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10

In ten days the party only pro-
crossed two degrees of latitude, being
frequently compelled to turn back
and make long detours around i'm
passable ice barriers.
The party was now reduced to
twenty dogs. Many fell from weak
ness and were devoured by the
hungry survivors in the pack.
Within 100 miles of the goal the
icefield became heavier, the obstacles
greater, but there were no deep riffs.
The party saw no sign either of
land or of an open polar sea; only ice,
ice, ice everywhere.
The temperature was seldom above
fifty degrees below zero. The actual
Pole was reached on April 81. Most
careful observations were taken.
Nothing was to be seen but the IL
limitable fields of ice-no evidence of
land, or life, or water.
The party remained thirty-six
hours taking observations at the Pole.
On the return trip the expedition was
reduced to half rations and only two
faithful Eskimos survived. All the
ammunition was gone before the
Greenland shores were reached May
Fl, 1909.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
OVERRIDING It.

A young Englishman, after he mad
been in Devils Valley for a couple
of months, began to grow thin. Wy
oming cooking did not appeal to
him. Besides his squeamish appe-
tite there was another thing that the
natives held against him-his out
landish custom of taking a bath ev-
cry morning. One day his landlady
was discussing him with a friend.
Il tell We what, SAL" said the WIS.,
itor, hes jest a-wastin' away a.
grievin' for some gal back East thar"
"Nothin' of the kind" said the
landlady, contemporary. "You
mark my words, now-that young
Teller he's just a-washin' hisself
way."-Everybody's Magazine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
NEW JERSEY sTATE NEWS
Asks 5000 For Duckins

Herbert Cottrell, of New Bruins
wick, brought damage suits for $780,
600 each against Asbury Fountain,
Director of the Board of Freeholders,
and Jacob Gaub, a contractor, alleg-
ing thai they ducked him in a water
filled ditch on his own property last
spring. The ditch was being dug
by Gaub's men, under authority of
the township of Browntown, and was
Intended for a drain. Cottrell pro-
tested when the diggers reached prop
erty which he alleged to- be his. The
workmen did not desist at Mr.. Cot
trell's command, and ne jumped into
the ditch to prevent further digging.
Back of where he stood was a consid-
cradle pool Of water, occasioned by a
heavy fall of rain, which tree stumps
and the dirt taken from the ditch had
damned up into a pond. According
to Mr.. Cottrell, both Mr.. Fountain
and Mr.. Gaub threatened to duck him
in this If he persisted in trying to
stop the digging, and when he did so
persist wereas good as their word.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10

A the result of railway speed
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FI@&ME@
S2@E9EHk&

do you think that man is suffer
Ing from exaggerated ego?'" "a
man never suffers from exaggerated
ego," answered the eminent alienist.
HE always appears to enjoy it,
Washington Star.
Helen-"Of course he clasped you
In his arms when the boat upset?"
Hazel-'No, just the opposite" Hell
en-"Why. the boat upset when he
clasped me in his arms."-Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle.
Now, Jane will feed the chickens,
But she won't go near the cat;
She doesn't dare
You see, her hair
Sometimes conceals a rat.
Seaver-"The citizens of Squirrel
Junction petitioned the U. and D. to
give them a new station" Weaver
did they get it?" Seaver-"Sure
thing. The railroad company changed
the name of the station to Bloom
dale."-Judge..
Say, ma" queried little Ida In
nit. why do women always cry at a
wedding?" 1.-THE married ones cry,
my dear, because they know how it is
themselves, and the unmarried ones
because they DON'T" replied Mrs. In
nitt.-Chicago Daily News.
Life is a strawberry shortcake,
1t ought to be added, though,
That the optlmist sees the berries,
While the pessimist sees the dough.
Chicago Record-Herald.
What did papa say, George?"
He said it was too hot to talk non.
sense" "But did he know that you
wanted to marry me?" CT think
he did," "And didn't he
you to %proceed?" eyes, he held the
door open for me."-Cleveland Plain
Dealed.
"You never read the weather pre-
d~ictions?" "Nope," answered Farm
or Corntossel. II skip 'em for two
reasons. One is that there's no use O.
worryin' about what you can't help,
an the other is that you never can
rely on a prophecy till after it's come
true, an then it's too late to make
any difference. "-Washington Star.
II amt seen de boss mar fer de
longest. Whar you reckon he gone
teri" II thought you knowed whar
he gone. He went roun' de country
talkin' an talkin' ever day an SUM-
day, an de fust thing he knowed dey
give him fifty days in de legislator,
an he won't be back 'twel he sarves
his time out. Atlanta Constitution.
Landlady - every Monday you
have told me you would settle up
Saturday without fail" Struggling
Author-"Er-I know, madam, but
I will see you next Saturday without
a doubt" Landlady - Gracious,
Now / know what the magazines
mean when they say there are SO
many promising young writer's in
America to-day" - Chicago Daily
News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
KILLED BEFORE FIRST FLIGHT
Louis Raynaud, Aeroplane Inventor.
Struck by a Passenger Train.

New Orleans, La.-Louis Raynaud,
the inventor of an airship, which
was to have its initial flight here,
and a party of three others, return
ing home In a wagon from q days
work OF the aeroplane, were struck
by a New Orleans and Great North
ern passenger train at Gentilly road
and Bruxelles street here. Raynaud
died shortly after being taken to the
Charity Hospital. Two of his COM
panions were slightly injured.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
DEsTRoYER's GREAT RECORD.
Flusser Does Three Knots Faster
Than Any Ship in U. s.. Navy.

Rockland, Me. "A record three
knots faster than that of any ship
in the United States Navy was scored
by the Bath built torpedo boat de-
stroyer Flusser in a Standardization
trial, the first of her official accept
ance trials on the Rockland mile
course. Her fastest mile was made
at the rate of 1877 knots an hour,
while another was at the rate of 1914
knots. The average of her five top
speed runs was 1927 knots.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Powder Mill Blows I'm.

One man was killed, another was
badly burned and two were slightly
injured in an explosion at the Latin
G Rand powder works at Wayne. A
six-~months'-old baby, sleeping in a
carriage, narrowly escaped death
when a part of a large iron wheel
blown from the explosion, barely
missed striking it. The dead man is
George Moore, twenty-five years old
of fore
man In the wet mixing mill. The man
most injured is Samuel Benson, thir.
ty-fiye years old, who worked in the
same mill as a laborer. Joseph Som
mers and Frank Augustus, both of
Wayne, received slight injuries.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Thought Dead. She Returns.

Away from home for thirty years
and for a large part Of that time be-
lieved by her family to be dead, Mrs.
W. M. Brison, of Flatbush, L. l., who
was formerly Miss Catherine Wyer,
daughter of the late James and Mrs.
Wyer, of High Bridge, has returned
alive and well. She paid a visit to
her mother, and will remain at High
Bridge. Mrs. Brison, when a young
woman, went travelling in the West.
Later she took a position as a COM
panion and Travelled extensively.
Gradually she got out of the habit of
communicating with her family, and
in the end they lost all track of her.
The Wyers were all fond of travel.
There is a sister, Mary, now abroad
somewhere, just as Mrs. Brison was
for years, and the family know moth
Ing of her whereabouts.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
sustains Suicide Theory.

Prosecutor Crossley decided that
Thomas Walters, who was found dead
in the road at Trenton, committed
suicide. Mrs. Elizabeth Keller and
her children and a boarder arrested
on suspicion were released. 1t is now
believed that Walters killed himself
in a fit of remorse. thinking that he
had killed Mrs. Keller at whom he
had shot, following a false accusation
of theft.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Grieved Herself to Death.

Mrs. William Connen, seventy years
old, died at Vineland after a series of
misfortunes that seldom come to a
woman A few years ago she suf-
fered a fall, which resulted in the
loss of a leg at the hip, after under
going the surgeons knife four times.
Last year her husband died and left
a mortgage on the home, which closed
the doors against the old woman.
Fondly hoping to hear from a daugh.
ter who had become estranged TWEEN.
ty-fiye years ago, Mrs. Campbell
wrote to numerous postmasters and
carpenters unions in, the United
States and Canada without finding
any trace of the loved enc. Believing
she had to go to the poorhouse the
old woman grieved until death came
as a sweet relief.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Two Hurt in Auto Wreck,

Lee T. Hallock and Albert Hoar
of Clayton, were riding in an auto.
mobile when, to prevent a collision
with a team, the chauffeur drove the
machine into a curb. Both men were
thrown violently to the ground. Mr..
Halloek was cut across the abdomen
by a bracket. He also was injured
in the shoulder and arm and was tax.
en- to a hospital. The machine was
wrecked.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Lives 1O1 Years.

Mary Powell, Gloucester's Oldest
resident, was 101 years of age on the
anniversary of the birth of her eldest
daughter, who is eighty-two years of
age The five other children, all of
whom spent the day with Mrs. Pow
ell, greeting the visitors, are: Bella
Merrill, eighty; Maria Park, seventy
seven; Matilda Conroy, seventy-fve;
Caroline Shailor, sixty-seven, and
Alden Powell, sixty-five.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Around the Bases.

Hugh Jennings IS cantering about
for a good first baseman for his Ii
gers.
When Tom Hughes is right he is
one of the most successful pitchers in
the league.
Among pitchers who can stand lots
of work Arellanes. of the Boston Red
Sox, looms up.
The Cincinnati Club has purchased
pitcher Stanley from the Hutchinson
kansas Eeague) Club.
The C~levela1ds. are the Quietest lot
OF players in se1ther major league.
They seldom kick at decisions.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
TRAIN HITS AUTO; 8 KILLED.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Graul and Mrs.
SchIegeI Lose Their Lives,

Reading, Pa.-An automobile in
which were William l.. Graul and his
wife, of Temple, Pa, and DR.. and
Mrs. Samuel E. Schlegel, of this city.
was struck by a Pennsylvania Rail-
road train at Douglassville, neal here,
and all except DR.. Schlegel were
killed. The train was running at
high speed and the auto was thrown
down an embankment. Mr.. and Mrs.
Graul and Mrs. Schlegel were dead
when picked up, and DIR. Schlegel was
unable to move, both legs having been
broken.
William L. Graul, one of the VIC
Tins, was formerly a resident OF
Reading and was widely known. He
was a veteran of the Civil. War. Mrs.
Graul was ffty-eight and Mrs. Schle-
gel thirty-eight years old. The party
had been on a weeks motor trip to
Delaware Water Gap and Philadel-
phia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Killed Playing Soldier.

While playing soldier at his home
at ~Swedesboro, N. j., Henry Freder-
icks, aged fifteen years, shot and
killed with a musket he thought I'M
loaded his cousin, George Lang, four
teen years old, who was on a visit to
the home of his uncle.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10

Brussels. Belgium.-The observa.
tory here received the following tele.
gram, dated Lerwick, Shetland Isl
ands:
Reached North Pole April ri
1908. Discovered land far north
Return to Copenhagen by steamer
Hans Egede.
FREDERICK COOK
The American officials at the OBJ
servatory state the dispatch is surely
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Rout Bridgeton sr,eakeasies.

Public Safety Commission Ter Hughes,
of Bridgeton, started a crusade
against the keepers of s~peakeasies,
and almost daily arrests were being
made. Less than a year ago Prose
cutor Fithian, with the assistance of
the State Law and Order League,
pretty well cleaned up the town, but
it has been rather open lately, and
the local authorities think they can
rid it of all the "b1ind tigers"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Stub Ends Of News.

An earthquake at Panama did not
damage the canal.
President Taft announced he would
return to Beverly next m
The Waters-Pierce Oil Company
announced its property in Texas as
for sale.
President Diaz started a fund for
the relief of Monterey, Mexico, with
a subscription of $4,000.
The police of Bar Harbor, Mei
closed a cottage where gambling had
been carried on and drove those wh3
conducted the place out Of town.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
DowIE's SUCCESSOR JAILED.
Voliva Says He'll Stay Six Months
Rather Than Pay Judgment.

Chicago, n1.-Wilbur Glenn voliva,
successor to the late John Alexander
Dowie as head of the Dowie religious
cult, was placed in the McHenry
County Jail, at Woodstock, ILL.,, in
default of payment of a $4,000 judy
ment rendered against him by Judge
Wright in favor of Philip Motherill,
a farmer of Montana.
The judgment was obtained on a
SANDER charge brought by Motherill.
Voliva declared he would stay In Jail
the entire six months rather than pay
the judgment. !
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
ton that ever penetrated northern

ton that ever penetrated northern
ATTITUDES, could only get within one
hundred miles of the earth's apex,
cannot conceive how Cook has done
1t ON his nerve, SO to speak. How
could he persuade the natives to go
with him as carriers, for carriers he
must have had CT, starve? Food and
Iuel sufficient to last for months must
have been taken along, and how and
where would he get the funds to buy
the food OF the men and dogs to car
ry it?"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Francis H. Leggett Dies Suddenly.

Francis H. Leggett, a prominent
wholesale grocer of New York City,
died suddenly in an ambulance while
being taken to the North Hudson
Hospital in Union Hill, N. j., from
the West Shore Railroad ferryhouse
at Weehawken. The cause of his
death was presumed to be heart dis
ease.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
F NAME FORGED.
Telegram Published UNFOLDING Min
nesota Congressman Tawney.


Beverly, Mass.-President Taft has
learned that a forged telegram signed
in his name has been published in
Minnesota in the interest of Con-
gresham Tawney, who voted with
the Cannon machine on tariff matters
against the protests of many of his
constituents. The President asked
that a statement be sent out declar-
ing that no such telegram was sent
by him to anyone.
This is the telegram, which was
published in the st. Paul Pioneer
Press and Dispatch:
II assure you of my complete SYM
pathy with the plan to honor the Min
nesota Congressional delegation by a
public ratification meeting.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Four DAYS From Eurone

-Four days from Europe to Ameri-
ca is the record of the Lusitania, the
first steamship to dock at New York
City on the fourth day out from
Queenstown. The ship made the
western passage from Daunt's Rock
Lightship to the Ambrose Channel
Lightship in 4 days IL hours and AZ
minutes.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
In An Parts of The State.

Harry Miller, of Warwick, N. Y,
was killed by an overhead bridge at
Rocksburg, on the Belvidere Branch
of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The township committee of Flor
ence has appropriated an additions:
$500 for completion Of the road be
tween that place and l3oebling.
A number of cases Of typhoid fever
developed in Mooresstown. Among
those stricken were George M. Hill.
man, a lawyer, and the wife of Post,
master M. B Comfort.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
sunocated by Own Invention

Milton j. Kent, OF Warren and
Orleans streets, Newark, N. j., went
to the house at No. 454 Fourth ave-
nue. to exterminate reaches by a pat
ent gas and was suffocated by his own
preparation. He was dead when
found by his partner who went to
search for him when he did not re-
turn.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-10
Man and wife Killed by Auto.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Copper
smith we're killed at Newton, Iowa,
when their motor car rolled down a
thirty-foot embankment. Another oc-
cupant of the car escaped uninjured.
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lost His Two Right Ewes,

In an accident recently, Charles
Kearney, Of Bloomingdale, N. r., lost
his right eye and had a glass one sub
stituted. Kearney's glass eye was
struck by a bullet and broken fired
from an air gun by some person
whose indemnity was not learned.