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The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
PRAYER REVEALS DROWNING.
Little Shaver Too Scared to Tell, I'm.
bosoms Himself on High.

Cleveland, Ohio.-Listening to her
little boys prayers, an Ashtabuls
mother was startled by overhearing
him whisper in earnest tones:
Dear God, be good to Sammy; for
give him, God, because he fell in the
river. He was only a little boy, and
couldn't help it. And please forgive
me, too, God, for being with him
when he drowned
The mother finally learned that
while her son and other boys were
playing with eight-year-old Sammy
Webster on a raft In the river, Sam
my fell into the river. The boys ran
home without telling anyone. Search.
ers recovered the boys body next day
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III world of Sport.

The employment OF scouts for play.
ing talent by major league clubs is
becoming general.
New Haven defeated Bryn Mawr al
polo by a score Of TX to 3 and won
the junior championship.
At Narragansett Pier, r. l., Ded-
ham won the polo match, the second
contest for the National senior cham-
pionship.
It has been the opinion of many
sporting men that the tiresome JEFF
Johnson wrangle depends wholly ups
on the result OF the negro's battle
with Ketchel-
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
Former crook Returns SIS.

Jesse White, a prosperous business
man, of Trenton, received a letter
and SIS from a person who signs him
self "A Former Crook" The "crook"
confesses that he robbed White of SIS
five years ago. The writer says he
has been converted in the South and
is trying to do half right" He adj
WISE: White to be more careful of his
bills, and claims he will pay back all
his victims If he lives long enough
White has no recollection of the rob-
berry and has no idea of the identity
of the writer.
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Higher Mathematics.

A passenger on a New York and
Chicago limited train, upon looking
ander his berth in the morning, found
n black shoe and one tan shoe. He
called the porter's attention to the
error. The porter scratched his wool
iy head in bewilderment.
We'll, an don't dat beat ALL" he
said. Oats de second time dis
mawnin' dat dat mistakes hap
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Magazine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20

Hiram Percy Maxim announced
that he has invented a n~oiseless can
non of large bore and that he VIII go
to Europe to demonstrate 1t. He de-
cided to prepare for the test in Hart
ford. Conn. His patents for noiseless
weapons cover Japan as well as Euro
pean countries.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
The National Game.

The use of the spitball is being de-
:ried all along the line just now.
Pitcher Sallee, of the Cardinals
seems to be considerable OF an iron
man for work.
The New York Americans soid
Mcconnell, one of their pitchers, 70
the Rochester Club.
President Dovey has prohibited
Bea-water bathing in the morning by
the Boston players.
1t is said that Ned Hanlon, OF
Baltimore, is negotiating Q the
controlling interest in the Boston
Club.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
- Castles.

"a mans house should be his cas-
tle," said the patriot.
YES" answered Mr.. Cumrox;
that sounds well. But a lot of the
castles / observed while travelling
abroad were distinguished by the big
mortgages they carried. Washing
ton Star.
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In am Parts Of the State.

The Bayonne Board of Health
started to enforce the pure food laws
by preventing the sale of fish on the
streets.
Captain Frank B. Watson, of Sa-
lem, sailed on the transport Buford
from Seattle, Washington, for the
Philippines, with the Third United
States Infantry.
While on a shopping tour in Pas
saic Mrs. Frank Burkman, of Mclean
street, was stricken with apoplexy and
died as she was being lifted into an
ambulance.
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The Doctor Explained.

The doctor had brought a patient
to the hospital. The operation was
not to be a complicated one.
WAS it really necessary for the
patient to go to the hospital" asked
somebody.
The doctor nodded.
@Yes." he replied. ut means a
roof for the new house I am build
tng."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
More Information For Rollo.

Father" said little Rollo, what
Is appendicitis"
my son." answered the cynical
parent, appendicitis is something
that enables a good doctor to open
up a mans anatomy and remove his
entire bank account. "-Washington
Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
Twice wed. Seeks divorce.

Mrs. Anna E. Derr, of Ocean City.
has applied In the Court of Chancery.
of Trenton, for divorce from her hus-
band, George L. Derr, to whom she
was twice married. According to the
complaint of Mrs. Derr, she and Derl
were first married On June 20, 1902.
and then, to please her parents, they
we're married again on September 20.
the same year, when a grand church
wedding was given them at Ocear
City. Now she charges that she wa:
deserted in 1905. She has a child sil
years old.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20

The sheet mills of the youngstown,
Ohio, Sheet and Tube Company have
been started with n%on-union men.
Striking granite cutters at Waco.
Texas, have won their demands for
a raise from $685. to $3.50 a day.
Charles H. Wirmel, of the Cincin-
natl Stationary Engineers Union, has
been appointed labor commissioner OF
Ohio.
The Netherlands Federation OF
Trade Unions has now twenty-seven
unions federated, with a total mem
bership Of 36,671 at the beginning Of
1909
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
"Crowned Heads Will Disappear

Chicago.-Near the close of his
lecture on 1.-THE Rise and Fall of the
Polish Republic" at the opening of
the Lincoln Temperance Chautauqua
Assembly at Evanston. Colonel John
Sobieski created a sensation among
his auditors by declaring:
Ten years will see the end of the
crowned heads of Europe, and in their
places will be men of principles like
Washington's, Lincoln's and Jeffer-
sons. Then will come the blessed
day of liberty, peace and fraternity"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
VICTORY FOR LOCAL OPTION.

South Carolina Supreme Court Sus-
tains New Law.
Columbus, S. C.-The State Su-
preme Court refused to declare in
valid the local option liquor law
passed at the last session of the Legis-
lature.
The test Of the law was made on a
petition brought by Thomas Jellico,
of Charleston, for an Injunction re-
straining the Charleston County off,
Gals from holding the liquor election
in that county on August z.
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A Benefcent Rule.

$50 you are ninety-four years old!
To what do you attribute your long
life?"
"A good many things have con.
tributed to it, the most important,
think, being the care which I have
always taken not to get into a fight
with a bigger man than myself
Chicago Record-Herald.
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Baby killed in Fan Ont Of Bed.

Harriet VOORHEES,, eight months
old, an inmate of the Christian En-
deavor Fresh Air Home, died at Rose
land. The baby fell between the cot
on which she slept and the wall OF
the room and was smothered.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
Seemed So.

Ella-'Fred is always in hex
wake"
Stella-"Is she a dead one?"
Ella-"What do you mean?"
Stella-"She must be, to have q
wake."-New York Times.
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A Minifyine Estimate.

"Does your o know the value OF
/ d~ollar?"
Eyes," answered Mr.. Cumrox, che
GAS some idea of it. He knows better
than to invite the scorn of the waiter
1t whose table he dimes by Offering
him one as a tip."-Washington Star.
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Undecided.

Ibid you ever have appendicitis"
said the insurance man.
WELL" answered the skeptic, 81
was operated on. But / never felt
sure whether it was a cas- of appen-
iicitis or a case of professional curl.
-sity."-Washington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
How About Them?

The teacher was describing the dol.
phin and its habits.
"And children" she said impress
sively. "a single dolphin will have
two thousand offspring"
Goodness" gasped a little girl in
the back row. "And how about mar.
cied ones?"-Everybody's Magazine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
sToREKEEpER KILLS BURGLAR.
Surprises Robber Packing Up Goods
Companion Escapes.

Companion Escapes.
Woodbury., N. - Isaac Haines.
who has a general store at CIarks.
boro, killed a burglar who had bro
ken into. the place at night. A com.
panion of the man made his escape.
Haines' store has been robbed sew
eral times, and he had armed himself
so as to be prepared for any visits by
thieves.
He heard a suspicious noise in the
store, and taking his revolver went
quietly down to the first floor. In
the dim light in the store he saw a
man busily engaged in packing ur
goods.
What are you doing there?n de-
manded Haines.
The intruder made no reply, but
put his hand back to his hip pocket
as if to draw a weapon. Before the
man could reach his pocket Haines
leveled his revolver and fired, and
with a groan the burglar dropped to
the floor.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
Souvenir Of a Hot Tennis
Bout at the White House.

Washington, D. C. - Night work
has been begun on the addition being
built to the executive Offices at the
White House. Three shifts are now
working, and there will not be an
hours let-up until the addition Is
completed. In the old tennis court,
now being excavated, one OF n
workmen found buried in the clay at
D depth of four or five inches a tennis
ball. He poeketed 1t as a souvenir,
saying as he did so: "Pll bet Tneo-
dore. drove that one into the ground
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
KILLS MAN.
Smoking, Entered s~torehouse of Pow
der at Woodvale. Del.

der at Woodvale, Del.
Wilmington, Dele. Camerdoi
was blown to pieces by an explosion
OF $50 pounds of blasting powder in
a storehouse connected with a stone
quarry at Woodvale, Del, near here.
He had entered the store house while
smoking. A spark ignited the pow-
der.
Two other a. men, who were
working 100 feet aVay, We're badly
injured. Roth Ryan1 boy, was seri-
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Impossible to Sink.

John ArbucA1e, whose company
raised the DATED States collier Nero.
pre4ict9Gr the time when the sinking
OF stea Rers woiild be impossible, by
reasoI I their equipment with COM
pressed air apparatus.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
GaIderon is Foreign Minister.

Carlos Calderon assumed the MINI
istry of Foreign Affairs in the new
Gonzalez Valencia Cabinet, at Bogota.
Colombia. 1t had been reported that
Marco Fidel Suarez would be Foreign
Minister.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20

Two Dreadnoughts For Chile.
The Naval Council at Valparaiso,
Chile, has recommended the building
of two ships of the Dreadnought type.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
NOTED CONTRACTOR KILLED.
Body of Joseph A. Blundon, OF Wash.
ington, Found on Railroad.

Washington, D. c. Joseph A
Blundon, aged sixty-one years, one of
tho most prominent contractors and
builders of this city, was found badly
mangled beside the tracks of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad at River
dale. Md, a suburb.
1t was under Mr.. Biundon's super
vision that the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal was rebuilt following the
Johnstown (Pa.) flood in 1889.
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No Chance.

IT think it's wrong for a married
man to gamble"
TITS worse than wrong. It's idi-
otto. His wife gives him fits If he
loses, and c~onfscates the proceeds If
he wins."-Louisville Courier-Jour-
pal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-20
An Offended Artist.

There's no use o. talking" said
Farmer Corntossel as he sat down on
the horse trough. 81 can't git along
with some o. these here summer
guests"
Whats the trouble?"
II have jes' been lectured by that
good-lookin' young woman with
glasses fur sp'ilin' the color scheme
of the garden by putin paris green
On the vegetables
Star.
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.What,s the ~trouhIe?"
Us Germans.

Some Federal officers in the Civil
War once sought shelter for the night
IN an old, tumbledown shack. About
two o'clock a polecat announced its
presence in its own peculiar way. A
German sat up and looked h~elplessly
about him. The others were all
sleeping peacefully.
"Mein Gott!" he exclaimed In
tones of despair. @All the resht
ishleep, md I've got to smell it alllp
~Everybody's Magazine.
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The Goods.

"We live in exacting times"
"As to how?"
"One must deliver the goods, and
yet not be caught with them
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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- "a
VIII THE Funny

A widow may wear
The baby stare,
It's a pretty thing and it goes.
Down deep in her heart,
She is playing a part,
For she knows that you know that she
knows.
lover the Nuts and Wine, in Lippincott's.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-05

whose wireless &c. Q. D." message brought
aid after the collision. will receive similar
medals as soon as their whereabouts are
known.
The medals were designed by trthur
Bles, of Paris, who was among the saloon
passengers on the Baltic. on one side IS
a picture Of the Republic and the letters
90. Q. D. being flashed from the wireless
apparatus. On the reverse side is the fol-
lowing inscription:
From the saloon passengers Of the
X. NJ : Baltic and r. NJ. :. Republic. To
the officers and crews of the Republic,
Baltic and Florida for gallantly commence
rating the rescue OF over l.70O souls-Jdn-
uary 2i 1907
New-York tribune., 1909-11-05
WILL TEACH FLYING.
English 4riatOr Here to In
Struct Dir. WanamaLer.

The first foreign flying teacher 10 arrive
In the New World To demonstrate to his
pupil how best to so up in the air and
the way 10 choose the soft spots when de-
scending is Louis Robeson. an English
aviator. who reached this port yesterday
on the steamship Adriatic. His pupil will
be ROdman Wanamaker Mr. Robson
comes here at Mr.. Wanamaker's request
The machine 10 be used i'm the lessons is a
BleriOt mOnOplane No. II. exactly like the
one i'm which BleriOt crossed the English
Channel II will arrive soon on the French
liner La FlOride. and will be shown in the
Wanamaker store for a time.
Mr.. Robson has the cool, keen look that
all successful aviators possess. He dis
cussed aviation as he sat on a lounge in
the Wanamaker store yesterday
The Bleriot machine is beautiful in the
air" he said. 1T hos the appearance of a
bird. in real truth. Some machines do
not have this i'm so marked degree The
Wright aerOplane is perhaps the most re-
liable of them all i came over with OrviIIe
Wright. d charming man. We had several
talks.
But. you see. the man who is buying
flying machine must consider what best
will suit his convenience. Now. suppose
you want machine for short excursions
across cOuntry-get d BleriOt mOnOplane.
When you want TO pick il up. just fold its
wings and put them in small box No
trouble at all The Wright aerOpIane re-
quires shed. No shed needed for the
Bleriot."
Mr.. RObesOn is staying at the Hotel Man
haitian. He said that the Wright brothers
were entitled to the credit of inventing
the successful aerOplane. There We're ma
chimes before. he said. hut the Frenchmen
did not fly until the WriShts showed them
their secret. namely. their warping wing
tips.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-05
D. MCCARTHY NAMED
Hughes appoints Fiscal Su-
perJisOr of State Charities.
IRv Telegram 70 The Tribune

IBy Telegraph TO The Tribunel
Albany. Nov. 4.-Governor Hughes to-day
appointed Dennis Mccarthy, of Syracuse.
Fiscal Supervisor OF state Charities, TO sue
ceed the late Charles NJ. Bissell. OF Albany.
to serve until June s. 1872 when Mr.. Bis
sells term would have expired. The annual
salary is $500. Mr.. Mccarthy was ap-
pointed because of his wide experience In
charitable work and his constructive work
in aid of charitable undertakings.
The duties of the Fiscal Supervisor are
TO examine into all matters connected with
the financial management and revise all
estimates for supplies for nearly all the
state charitable institutions II Is looked
on as one of the most responsible positions
In the states service.
Mr. Mccarthy is Republican, but has
not been very active in politics II is ex-
pected that when his nomination goes to
the Senate for confirmation in January, il
will be Immediately confirmed. as the ap-
pointment is looked on as one of the best
OF It's kind
Since the ONCE of Fiscal Supervisor was
created In 1902 the head has been an Al
bany man. The first man TO hold ONCE was
Harry Bender. a close friend and co-worker
of William Barnes. Jr.. who was named
ny pONcihOi Cu>--i- Nheh hf. benueE
term expired Governor Hughes appointed
Mr.. Bissell. who was known as an inde-
pendent Republican.
Mr. Mccarthy was appointed in 1899
by Governor Roosevelt a member OF the
State Board OF Charities. to which he was
reappointed In 1907 by Governor Hughes.
Prior 10 the announcement OF Mr.. McCar-
thy's appointment as Fiscal Supervisor
notice was nlCd with SeCretarv Of S.ata
koenig that the Governor had accepted his
resignation as a commissioner OF the State
Board OF Charities and as member of the
New-York tribune., 1909-11-05
JACOB GlNSBURG Co.
FURRIERS SErAT; ;1o, sYp = !,

commission TO select a site for the New
York State Training School for Boys.
Mr.. Mccarthy was born In 1854 in Syra-
euse. where he conducted large drygoods
business until recently. In 1896 he became
president of ST. Joseph's Hospital in Syra-
cuse. and held that place until he was ap-
pointed member OF the State Board OF
Charities. He is director OF the First
National Bank OF Syracuse and trustee of
the Syracuse Savings Bank.
Mr.. Mccarthy was instrumental in 1893
in obtaining the Enactment OF the law pro-
viding for the extension TO the several cities
OF the state OF the Juvenile court sys-
tenn and the probation of young offenders.
He served IN 1895 as a member of the COM
mission to report on the probation system.
AS result OF the Investigations Of this
commission the State Probation Commits
sion was established In 1906.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-05
BEGINS $4,000 AUTO SUIT.

The trial of a damage suit for SlOeoo
brought by Ebert NJ Wiley. a well known
Southern lumbcrman. against Alexander
T. Moore. a P1ttsburg newspaper proprie-
terday.
Wiley asks damages for injuries to him
self and damages 10 his automobile, plac-
ing them respectively AT Ss.eo0 and 5000.
lie says that he suffered three months
from a diaiocatcd hip as result of a
collision betw,en his automobile aud that
Il Moore, Tor which h- hciGs the latter
responsible. The defendant deaics lhe re-
sponsiollily ior Ihe accident.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-05
MONUMENT NEEDS REPAIRS

Through the carelessness Of some driver,
a twelve-foOt section OF the ornamental
fence around the statue OF 5. 5. C'SunsetD D
Cox, at Astor Place. has been Knocked
down. and now lies within the inclosure
II have been away" said Park Commits
sioner Smith yesterday, so I have heard
nothing about II. If there is any fence %
that particular design I'm stock. il will ae
hxed az once. I shall make a personal IN
vestigatiOn.'
The unsightly condition Of the little
square plot in which the statue stands =
not the only one in Manhattan needing At
tention. The fences about many OF the
statues throughout the city are sadly in
need OF paint. and are bent and rusty
New-York tribune., 1909-11-05
eescuEs MAN WHO CAN'T SWIM.

Joseph Lewis. u deck hand on the Char
ites Department steamer Thomas :. Rren-
Ian. Yesterday rescued Michael Mullen, If
No 54l Hudson street. when Mullen. who is
unable % swim. fell into the East River
Mullen was leaning against the rail on the
deck OF the steamer which WAS moored to
the dock the foot Of 26th street, when the
IaH CAV, way and he fell into the river.
Lewis jumped in after him. and. after siug-
Cling ten minutes with the tide. finally
brought the man 10 the side OF the boat and
hc was pulled aboard.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-05
HUGHES AND o'MALLeY CONFER.

Albany. NOV. 4-Attorney General O'Mai-
ley is expected To- give an opinion soon a.
20 whether Governor Hughes has the right
under the state constitution TO appoint a
successor 10 the late Controller Charles II.
Gaus to serve until the ,nf Of the term.
December 81. 1910. or only until such time
as the legislature meets in January and
elects a Controller. Governor Hughes and
the Attorney General had long coHfere nee
to-day. and il is understood this questions
was discussed.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-05

Der OF the board. and Arnold w. Brun-
ner' president of the American Institute
OF Architects. said that he had not Vet
oeeh informed that the institute was TO
name a member.
The net result of the activities of the
Buildings Department yesterday seemed
10 be the closing OF the building and the
streets. cutting off the water. gas and
electricity and the starting Of four ex-
cavations The inspectors. with their
little tape lines. said that they could not
zen anything. superintendent Murphy
was peeVed 10y a request for information.
and said that he could not tell ANYTHING
until he got a report from his board of
experts. The board is. s,in to be ap-
pointed
The judges made better progress than
the Buildings Department Some of the.
courts held sessions yesterday and will
SIT to-day. while ARRANGEMENTS have
heen made for al to be sitting on Mon
day. The Court Of Special Sessions sat
III the chapel OF the Tombs in the morn
ing In the afternoon arrangements
were made for rooms in the Merchants
Association Building for to-day. and the
court viii move into the T1st Regiment
Armory on Monday
Judges Zeller and Olmsted went with
controller Metz 10 examine the armory.
ana saw Colonel Bates and Brigadier
General George Moore Smith. and got
permission TO use it, Some of the com
pany rooms at the 33d street end of the
puilding will be used for courtrooms
'hambers. Offices and jury rooms.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-05
&C. Q. D." CREWS REMEMBERED
Baltic, Republic and Florida Men to
Get Medals.

The officers and crew of the steamship
Baltic will to-day receive medals com
memorating the rescue of the passengers
on the Florida and Republic during the
collision on January e. r. II. Inge-sOll
and committee Of saloon passengers, who
were on the Baltic, will present gold or
silver medals 10 every officer and sailor of
that ship The crews of the Florida and
the Republic, including Jack" Binns.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-05
NO DAMAGE To SUBWAY.

The subway tube is reinforced con-
crete box" said Frank Hedley. Its
walls are three and a half feet thick.
over the top there are four and a half
feet Of crushed stone and concrete. This
makes thickness Of eight feet over the
top of the tube where it passes the Grim
inal Courts Building. There would be
lao danger TO the subway if the whole
building fell on top of it,"
Chairman Wilcox Of the Public Service
Commission said that the commission
had made no examination Of the sub
way because nf the condition of the
court building. He called in Henry B.
Seaman. chief engineer for the commits
sion. and asked him what he thought OF
the situation.
The subway does not affect the build
ing and the building does not affect the
subway" Mr.. Seaman said
IL was nearly dark when the Mayor got
around for his inspection. The interior
of the building Was a gloomy shadow.
lighted by four lanterns. set on the newell
posts Of the stairs leading from the
ground floor. Edward Copper. superin-
tendent Of the building. took one Of the
lanterns ami led the Mayor around. He
locked the Place over and refused TO
make any comment.
The building and the surrounding
streets are in charge If fifty pOlioemch.
I he Fourth avenue streetcars were
stopped i'm Centre street. at White street.
while a shuttle car ran from Franklin
street 10 the bridge.