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The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
A Slight Change.

Harry Kellar, the retired magician.
was talking in Philadelphia about
stage magic.
at is not" he said. $50 good as it
used to be. The younger magicians
do not study and practice as we OF
the previous generation did. Hence
nowadays stage magic appears rather
tame.
But the young magicians don't
think SO. They are like an elderly
fat man whom I saw at my tailor's
the other day.
Let me see, SIR said the tailor,
you haven't been in for two or three
years. Perhaps I'd better remeasure
you.
arAll right said the fat man.
You'll find no change in my figure.
though
"The tailor got to work with his
tape. The measurements were called
out and jotted down. The fat man
said at the end:
Well, the measurements are
about the same as they used to be,
eh?'
Yes, sir, about the same was
the reply. Chest a trife lower down,
that's all, SIR Chicago Evening
Post.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
THE BALLAD OF PRUE PERKINS.

Miss Prue Priscilla Perkins was a prim
New England maid,
And she never had a sutton since her han
came out of braid,
Though she looked like Dresden china,
when in Sunday best arrayed.
But Prue went West one summer and she
proudly wrote her name
On a stake upon the prairie, where the
wild sunf1owers flame,
And she built a painless dwelling on q
t~reeless, manless claim.
1t wasn't long, it happens, ere the news
was spread broadcast,
And the cowboys came to view her-and
they came a-riding fast
And Miss Prue, who'd had no s~uitors, said:
"The tide has turned at last!"
Now ponies cluster Sundays round the Per
kins ranch house small,
And the Perkins parlor bursteth with ad.
mirers short and tall,
And a ticket to New England wouldn't
please Miss Prue at all!
Denver Republican.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
PENIS GROVE. N. J.. FRIDAY. MAY "A. 1909.
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Mother Saves Boy.

As Clifford Kraft, four years old
was playing with his brothers and sis.
tiers in the yard in front of his home,
which fronts on the river bank, at
Belleville, he accidentally fell from
an improvised wharf into the water
The swift current seized the little fell
low and whirled him out into mid.
stream. His brothers and sisters
shrieked and brought their mother,
Mrs. Eugene Kraft, to the scene.
When Mrs. Kraft reached the end OF
the pier Clifford sank for the first
time. Without a moments hesitation
the mother, who is a splendid swim.
mer, plunged into the icy water and
swan to the spot where her boy had
gone down. She dived in the hope OF
reaching him, but while she was I'M
der the water the child arose to the
surface and sank for the second time.
A second dive had the same result,
the little fellow bobbing into sight a
few seconds after his mother had dis
appeared. At the third appearance
she caught him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
Three suficient Proofs.

I once met a thoughtful scholar
who told me that for years he had
read every book he could which as
sailed the religion of Jesus Christ,
and he said he should have become
an infdel but for three things:
First, / am a man. I am going
somewhere. Tonight l am a day
nearer the grave than I was last
night. 1 have read all such books
can tell.me. They shed not one soli-
tary ray upon the darkness. They
shall not take away the only guide,
and leave me stone-blind.
Second, I had a mother. / saw
her go down into the dark valley
where 1 am going, and she leaned
upon an unseen arm as calmly as a
child goes to sleep on the breast OF its
mother. 1 know hat that was not
a dream.
ssThird, I have three motherless
daughters Tile said it with tears in
his eyes.1. They have no protector
but myself. I would rather kill them
than leave them in this sinful world,
If you blot out from it all the teach
ings of che Gospel Whip
pie.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
!EEEFzz!lA

Jones@"Is your son still on tbs
stage?" Powell mo; he has a
speaking part ow."-Judge.
isn't it awful when you find that
you can't trust your best friend?"
mot so awful as when you find that
you can't get your best friend to trust
you."-Cleveland Leader.
an a matter of duty" said the ear.
nest citizen, I'VE must not hesitate"
@That depends" replied the tariff ex.
pert, ION the article to which the duty
may apply. '-Washington Star.
OF lords and princes hath a poet said,
A breath can make them, as a breath had
But tiara-wearers, chosen of the gods,
Nothing can make them but egreglous
wads.
Mother, I've a dreadful thing to
confess to you. Last night, when you
told me to lie down in bed, I lied
down, but after you turned out the
gas 1 grounded my teeth at you in
the dark!"-Punch. T
did your husband have any index
expurgatorius in his library?" III
that's what ate a hole through tn
cover of one of his oldest books, ]
guess he did. He called 'em worms"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"For mercy's sake, Tommy! Didn't
1 tell you not to fight with that Mer.
Ger boy?n "Yes, ma. But where you
made your mistake was in not telling
the Mercer boy that he mustn't hit
me first. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Book Agent-@Madam, here is an
admirable work 1 have on how to
manage servants" Housewife
Don't want it. You can't get any
help in this town to manage" Book
Agent-"Then here is a still better
series on self-help." - Baltimore
American.
"You waste too much paper" said
the editor. But how a I econo.
mize?" asked the writer. by writ
ing on both sides of the paper" But
you will not accept articles when
they are written on both sides of the
sheet" mo, I know it; but you'd
save paper just the sanction
kers Statesman.
The foolish youth who steals a kiss
Must exc for trial stand.
The charge is petty larceny,
Yet girls all say it's grand.
IS. S. Stinson, in Judge.
The Grocer 81 hear your wife
supports the family by taking in
washing, Uncle Rastus. Is it true?'
Uncle Rastus-"Yessah; OATS wot II
am, sah." The Grocer-"Well, don't
you feel just a little bit ashamed OF
it?" Uncle Rastus-a 'Shamed? No.
sab; dere's muffin degradin' erbout
washin', sab. Abs proud OBJ de ole
woman, deed All is."-Chicago Daily
News.
J A New Yorker at one or the Jer.
sey winter resorts had occasion tc
complain of the service in the dining
room. @Waiter!!" he called out stern.
ly, n evening, show much longer
have / got to sit here without my
dinner? I've been here a full hour!'
you've got nothin' on me, SIR" re.
sponded the waiter. "I've been here
since Z this morning. Kinder tire
some, amt it?"-Puck.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
Clean and Seen.

AML 4t
Speaking some. time ago on the
disadvantages which handicap the
London street arab, Sir Melvill Beach.
croft told of a quaint incident which
happened during a visit he onc paid
to a tenement house in q slum in
Kings Cross. While waiting for the
occupant of the first floor to admit
him, he CHANGED to overhear two
women ~conversing on the stairs. One
CHANGED to remark that her husband
always wore a clean shirt every Sum
day morning. The other replied:
well, now, / never cares about Sum
days, but / allays do see that q as a
clean shirt every Saturday. afternoon,
'cos that's the time he IS generally
drinking; and when e does take his
eoat on to fight I do like to see him
look nice and clean.--m.A. p.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
He opnoses Bottle Babies.

DR.. Richard Cole Newton, of Mont
clair, who has devoted years of study
to the health of babies, says "whop-
per jaws" are becoming common in
the human race because so many
mothers continue feeding their little
ones on bottles when they should
have hard food to chew. DR.. Newton
says every baby should be trained to
eat hard foods as soon as it is weaned.
The early chewing of hard foods, the
doctor says, develops strong, we'll
formed lower jaws. which are the ac-
knowledged evidence of strong and
well balanced characters. MAKE the
babies chew hard crusts and hard
cookies" asserts the physician, "and
they will develop the lower Jaws and
have places for their teeth, which will
naturally fall into their proper posi-
tions If they have the room. Ade-
noids. and enlarged tonsils, which
come from crowded and i'll shaped
jaws and from mouth breathing
would then be avoided"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
CAPTAIN HAMS GUILTY
OF MANsLAUGHTER
First Degree Verdict by the Jury
on a Compromise.
ONLY FOUR BALLOTS TAKEN
Six Stood For Murder in the First
Degree in the First Three, and
the Others For Acquittal-Ver-
dict a Surprise.

the Others For Acquittal-Ver-
dict a Surprise.
Flushing, L. I.-Neither the plea
of insanity nor indirect appeal to the
~'sunwritten law" was successful in
saving from punishment Capt. Peter
G. Hams, u. s. A.. who with an auto
matte revolver that made twenty bull
let wounds caused the death of Will
lam q. Annis at the Bayside Yacht
Club in last August. The soldier
was found guilty of m~anslaughter in
the first degree by a jury in the
Flushing Supreme Court that for
more than three weeks listened to
testimony concerning the actual
shooting and the causes of it. The
jury was out from 1905 to 4.06 p.
M, and spent al hour and a half of
that time at luncheon. They took
four ballots in all, the first three
standing six for conviction of murder
in the first degree and six for acQuit-
tai on the ground Of insanity.
The verdict was a compromise.
Spectators in court who listened to
the testimony were sure that on the
evidence there must be either a YER
dict of murder in the first degree or
acquittal. The determination Of Jul
ror No. 6, Wilbur C. Craft to stay in
the jury room until "hell froze over"
before he would vote to send free a
man he believed guilty undoubtedly
caused the six holding out for acquit-
tai to yield to manslaughter in the
~
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
RAGE OVER INCREASED FARES.
Philadelphia Makes Big Demonstra-
ton at Cutting OFF 6-for-25 Rate.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Public indigna-
ton over the increase of fares from
six for twenty-five cents to five cents
straight by the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company, which controls all
lines. was voiced by thousands of
citizens, who registered the most re-
markable protest ever witnessed in
this city.
From an audience which crowded
the Academy of Music, from great
crowds of marching men and larger
crowds which lined the routes of the
four divisions of the parade there
came demands for the restoration of
the strip tickets and transfer privi-
leges, and for an inquiry into the
rapid transit company's affairs, while
a thunderous call for the resignation
Of State Senator Clarence Wolf, as
the city's representative on the Board
of Directors OF the company, was
made.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
TURPENT1NE TRUST MEN GUILTY
Verdict at Savannah, Ga, Applies to
Members Of the Corporations.

Savannah, Ga.-@Guilty" was the
verdict brought in by the jury in the
case Of the so-called ~"Turpentine
Trust" though the names of the two
indicted corporations are omitted and
the verdict applies only to the FIVE
Individual defendants, E. S. Nash,
president of the American Naval
Stores Company; Spencer P. Shooter.
chairman of the Board of Directors;
George Meade Boardman, of New
York City, treasurer; J. F. c. Myers,
vice-president, and Carl Moller, of
Jacksonville, Fla, manager of the
company, and also Jacksonville man
ager of the National Transportation
and Terminal Company.
The sixth defendant, Charles J.
Deloach, was found not guilty at the
direction of the court. The maximum
sentence is a fine of $4,000 and a
term of one year in prison.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
Presidents widows Elected.

The American Mccall Association,
at its final session of the twentieth
annual convention at Plainfield elect
ed the widows of three former Presl-
dents of the United States as active
vice-presidents. They are Mrs. Jas.
A. Garfield, of Ohio; Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, of New jersey, and Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana. Mrs.
C. H. Parkhurst, of New York CITY,
was elected president.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
MIDsHIPMEN's HEARTS WEAK.
Eyesight Also Observation-Disclosures at
Annapolis Blamed.

Washington, D. C.-Heart trouble
and impaired eyesight have developed
to such an extent among the midship-
men at the Naval Academy that a
special Investigating board is to be ap-
pointed to inquire into the co~ntribut-
ing causes, Secretary Meyer, who re-
turned from a visit to Annapolis, is
determined to discover why the
young officers are afflicted in this
manner when they enter the academy
with a clean bill of health.
It is believed that the young men
enter too vigorously into athletics,
thus Affecting their hearts, and an
order may be issued to prevent this
OVERRIDING of hard play.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14

Robert p. Vaudeville arrived from
Europe to make q business of intro
ducing rich Americans into European
society.
The sbravest. calmest persons in
Adana during the massacre were the
pupils and teachers of the girls.
school conducted by American mis-
sionaries.
EDUCATIONAL cordially in England
greeted the birth of a Princess Of
Orange on account Of a feeling thaf
the birth of an heir to the Dutch
throne had given German aspirations
8 setback.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
Publisher Brandt q Bankrupt.

Albert Brandt, publisher of The
Arena magazine, filed schedules in
in the United States Dis
trict Court at Trenton, with liabilities
aggregating s4S,979, and nominal as
sets of $87,148- OF the assets S32,-
500 is in encumbered real estate,
$19,450 in ~perishable stock in trade,
and S30,800 in machinery n tools.
Stephen G. Cook, a lawyer and for
mer printer, has been named receiver.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
PORTO RICANS UNFIT
TO RULE, SAYS TAFT
Power Over Appropriations Should
Be Taken From Them.
BLAME PUT ON POLITICIANS
President Sends Special Message to
Congress Asking Remedial Leg
islation For the Island-Cannon
HoId-Up Message.

oCAOo 5RCCtQ1 N4CSSdkc u
Congress Asking Remedial Leg
islation For the Island-Cannon
HoId-Up Message.
Washington, D. president Taft
Sent to Congress a special message
asking for remedial legislation for
Porto Rico. In the Senate 1t was re-
ferred to the Committee on Porto
Rico. Speaker Cannon endeavored to
have the message referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means. That
was prevented by Representative
Garrett, of Tennessee, who said it
ought to go to the Committee on
Insular Affairs, not yet appointed. A
motion by Garrett directing the
Speaker to appoint that committee
forthwith showed no quorum, and the
House adjourned.
As 0 as the Philippine tariff has
been disposed of a bill for the relief
OF Porto Rico will be reported.
President Taft informs Congress he
thinks a situation of unusual gravity
exists on the island because of the
failure of the Porto Rican Assembly
to pass the usual appropriation bills.
1t has left the island without support
after June 80 next. The President
crfticises the Porto Ricans for having
forgotten the generosity of the United
States. He blames certain political
leaders on the island and their greed
for power for having produced the
present situation. He thinks the Uni
ted States has gone too fast in ex-
tending to Porto Ricans political pow
er.
The absolute power of s~appropria-
ton should be taken away, he says,
from those who have shown them
seles too irresponsible to enjoy it. He
suggests that provisions of the funda-
mental act as to the respective juris-
diction of the Executive Council and
of the Legislative Assembly ought to
be qualified.
The President thinks, however, no
such action should be taken until the
Foraker act has been amended SO
that when the Legislative Assembly
shall adjourn without making the APP
preparations needed to carry on the
Porto Rican Government amounts
equal to the appropriations made in
the year next preceding shall be avail
able from current revenues, and shall
be drawn by the warrant of the Audi
tor and c~ountersigned by the Gov
! ernor.
President Taft accuses the Dele
gates of holding up appropriation
bills and seeking to use the hold-up
to compel the Executive Council to
concur in legislation desired by them.
He says the Governor and the Council
are not trying to usurp power.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
Mrs. EIder Dies of Smallpox.

Mrs. Charles H. Elder, wife of the
pastor of Trinity Church, Trenton.
died of smallpox, which she contract
ed while travelling on a train from
Pine Bluff, N. c., where her husband
was recovering from an illness. Thos.
Farrell, who accompanied her, was
also stricken, but is recovering. The
Rev. Charles H. Elder did not know
his wife was i'll until he returned to
Trenton a week ago, and then he was
allowed to see her only through the
windows of the pest house.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14

Hurry means also worry, and haste
Is waste. Study to be habitually
calm. "A meek and quiet spirit is.
in the sight of God, .'of great price
The rush of modern social life is es-
peciaily fatal to the prayer habit; fer
until the spirit is hushed and be-
Gained in His presence, God cannot
reflect His own image in our o
sciousness.-J Hudson TAYLOR.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
BE Not Double Eyed.

If there is aught else in your pur-
pose but to do the win of God for His
glory there will be diminution of
power. Let no fraction Of your at
tention be given the honors or re-
wards, the praise OF blame, the APP
probation or condemnation of your
work, else there will be a faint OF
weakness in all that you attempt to
do.AAdyocate and Guardian.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
In All Parts of the State.

Walter Turk is the first resident OF
EVAN to own an automobile.
Mickleton has been added to the
list of receiving stations of the South
Jersey Farmers Exchange.
The new public school at Pitman
will not be opened until next fall.
Miss Maude s. Eckhardt, OF Bridge
boro, Pa, has been elected a teacher.
Hugh Bowlby, forty years old, was
hit by a falling tree at Spruce Rum
His hip was broken and he was other
wise badly injured.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
$500 FOR $40, 900, 900 ROAD.
Johnston Buys New York City Rail-
way Company and Its Two Cars.

Albany, N. Y.-At a hearing before
the Public Service Commission it de-
veloped hat all the tangible property
of the New York City Railway Com
pany, which was capitalized at. $780,
600, was purchased by John
Johnston, of Brooklyn, its present
owner, for $500 at a foreclosure sale.
h property consists of two miles
OF tracks, franchises, two old cars, a
few poles and wires attached to trees
and held by ropes.
The hearing was on complaint OF
the East Chester Civic League against
the alleged dangerous and wretched
condition of the company's lire in
East Chester.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
Jersey women's Club officers.

The following officers were elected
at Atlantic City by the New Jersey
State Federation of Women's Clubs:
President, Mrs. Frank A. Pattison. of
Metuchen; vice-presidents, Mrs. Ed
ward S. Robinson, of WestfieldsM Mrs.
Spencer Weart, of Jersey City; Mrs.
Clarence X. Binder, of Camden; Mrs.
Joseph A. MacCIary, of Railway; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Frank S.
Hampton, of Newark; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. William T. Ropes, of
Montclair; treasurer, Mrs. Earl De
Forest, of Upper Montclair; auditor,
Mrs. Howard S. Warren, of Prince
ton; directors, Mrs. Gallon D. Perrett,
of Newark; Mrs. Charles G. Davis, of
Madison, and Mrs. Harriet N. Pam
coast, of Mount Holly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14

Congress now has seven Smiths,
three In the Senate and four IN the
House. The States contributing the
seven Smiths are Michigan, which
gives two; Maryland. Texas, Iowa,
California and South Carolina.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
Phil Daly's Clubhouse closed.

After being stripped of its furnish
ings and costly paintings the Penn
sylvania Club will be sold to the high
est bidder. The clubhouse and prop
erty were purchased a few weeks ago
at auction by Simon Hess, of New
York City. With the removal of the
Pennsylvania Club Long Branch's
most famous building will go. John
Chamberlin first ran the club, but his
reign was short. Philip Daily, who
succeeded him, remained in charge
till the fall of Monmouth Park and
the closing of the clubs later.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
LATEST News.
BY WIRE.
Lamp Caused Her Death.

E-AE
Lamp Caused Her Death.
Bridgeton, N.J.-Mrs. Kate knight,
widow of William r. Knight, of Phil
adelphia, died here from burns she
received by dropping a lamp in her
bedroom.
Taft's Son Honored at Yale.
New Haven.-Robert A. Taft, Yale,
1910, son of President Taft, has been
chosen president of the University
Debating Society.
U. s. Clerk a Suicide.
Glendale, L. Herman Kelvin, q
clerk in the New York Custom House,
committed suicide by inhaling gas at
his home, No. 222 Glen avenu He
was found dead by his wife.
Challenges Wife to Fight.
Vera Cruz, Mexico.-Because his
wife reproached him for wasting his
time Juan Rivera has published q
challenge to her to fight a duel. He
spends his time, 1t is stated, reading
romantic novels, and has challenged
several persons to duels on the slight
est pretext.
1000 Drivers Strike.
Chicago, Ill.-One thousand car
riage drivers went on strike here, and
funerals suffered serious interruption.
Blood Poison Cured.
Chicago, Ill.-Marcus King, veteri-
nary surgeon, declared himself cured
from blood poisoning after fifty dis
tinct surgical operations requiring
more than 200 incisions. King, who
is ~sixty-seven years old, struck his
finger with a tack hammer February
20. Blood poisoning resulted. OPP
erations were made every day.
Tashy Fleming in Jail.
Eaton, Ohio.-John Fleming, sew
enty-two years old, once famed for
his lavishness in dress, having sub
stituted gold coins for buttons, was
sent to the county poor farm. F1em-
ing formerly possessed a fortune,
which was d~issipated largely in dress.
Society Woman Dies Suddenly.
Milford, Del.-Mrs. Peter F. eau
sey dropped dead while sitting on her
doorstep. She was an active club
woman and prominent in society.
Former Senator Died Poor.
Washington, D. C.-The will of
former United States Senator William
M. Stewart, of Nevada, who died here
recently, has been filed for probate.
It discloses the fact that he owned no
real estate, and his personal property
did not exceed $500 in value. The
amount is devised to his widow. Mr..
Stewards debts are said to aggregate
$4,000.
Grain Broker Ends Life.
Boston, Mass.-Melancho1ia is sup
posed to have led Edward Everett vi
nal, a prominent Boston grain broker,
with Offices in the Chamber Of Com
merce, to shoot and kill himself at his
home in Dorchester.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
r H VAUGHAN DEAD.
Playwright Was Formerly Leading
Man For Annie Russell.

Dubuque, Iowa.-Rev. Lawrence j.
Vaughan, a Catholic priest and for
mel playwright, died in a hospital
here. Father Vaughan at one time
oficiated in st. Philip Neri's Church
in Grove street, Newark, N. j.
He formerly was leading man for
Annie Russell, and left there to head
his own company. He quit the stage
in 1892 to enter a~Capuchin monas-
terry to study for the priesthood, and
In 1898 was ordained a priest at st.
Johns University in Minnesota.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-14
SCORE DROWNED IN THE OHIO.
Launch Turns Turtle Near McKee's
Rocks. Pa. Throwing Out People.


Rocks, Pa, Throwing Out People.
P%ittsburg, Pa. - The gasoline
launch Graham, turned turtle in the
Ohio River and twenty or twenty
three men were drowned. They were
employees of the Pressed Steel Car
Company's McKee's Rocks plant, and
were returning to their homes on the
north side.
The missing are Albert Graham,
pilot and part owner of the boat;
George Thompson, formerly of Altoo-
ma, Pa; Boots" O'Neill, James Con-
ner, Walter Low. Thomas Kennedy.
William Guthrie, Henry Vogelei,
Dennis Murphy, Tony Bole, -
Ruskey, Louis Goldstein, William
Davis, Joseph Lyle, William Burke,
two brothers named Bolts, and three
others whose names were not
learned.