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The Flies Caught line Spiders
Pedricktown. N. j.. july q.

reuricKtown, N. j., july 4, l9l2
DEAR demonstrating been duly elect
ed as press agent OF the town by the
unanimous vote of two of the members
after a great amount of solicitation and
notoriety | feel my importance to such an
extent that | believe | am as big as a
certain former statesman, who on being
asked by seven 'little Governors" if he
would be a candidate for a certain Office
exclaimed, ssure, my hat is in the ring"
And at last reports the once great head
that had been housed by that same hat,
was in a merry whirl and having shrunk
to a pimple. Thanks to the grit and per-
sistency OF the Jersey delegates with their
tenacious will power i'll holding on till
the whole dirigible bursted and the pas
seng rs had 10 seek cover under the hang
ar OF king pin Woodrow Wilson. So hav-
ing such a responsibility thrust upon me
| shall endeavor to give you a report OF
the first game and try to give an adequate
return for the inadequate salary for which
i am to rack my brains.
The Hightown team is known as the
Flies. After a great deal OF persuading
they were induced to meet the Pedrick-
town Spiders. 1t was the great tempta-
ton of the guarantee that they made the
great sacrifice.
The guarantee is this, one OF the Spi-
ders is to give to the rly club an old
glove and another a bat, but should tie
Flies loose they were to get the lower halt
of J. Felrs uniform. But as j.. Fell had
slid onto second base and landed on a
corn stub the Flies protested that the
contracted had been broken, but being a
m1rh wiser man The nnInlrH SAID If had
been torn.
Midget Strimple with a ponderous
double IN the 4th inning, alter Walters
had struck out, started the fireworks, and
when the smoke had cleared away 4 runs
had been tailed mp. 1t happened III tins
way, Draybold followed with a screaming
single, Strimple scoring on the throw IN,
scrap" Hunt followed with a 3 Dagger,
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There is great rejoicing i'll the Will
son camp. "Jim" Nugent, the lost
sheep, has been brought back from The
wild, and is now safely within the fold,
where he will not be obliged to drink
alone. AS yet, James Smith, Jr., has
not con e back. However, he expresses
the opinion that MI. Nugent md The
right thing when he permitted himself
to he found and returned. bob"
Hudspelh, who, after Woodrow Will
son was elected Governor, showed some
signs of resentn ent because lie had
been sighted by his excellency, is now
curled up i'll Abraham's bosom, COLI
tented and happy. The door 10 the
Governors office that opened Oul WaId
10 a g0ou many independent Democrats
during his first year IN The State House,
Is opened inward 10 Them now that he
Is seeking all united party.-State
Gazetlee.
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Lightning Bugs at Powder Mill

AETNA, IND, July 9.-Thousands of
lightning bugs caused terror among work
men employed in the powder mills here
last night, following a thunderstorm.
The little ~insets, driven from the Kanka-
kee marshes by the storm, settled down
upon a tank containing several hundred
gallons OF nitroglycerine. The employees
saw the brilliantly illuminated bugs near
the tank and Immediately scattered, run
ming terror-stricken in all directions in
the lear that the tank would explode.
1t required nearly an hour for foremen
OF the mills to dispel the fears of the en-
ployes and induce them to return to
work.
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The ballotiug at Baltimre was the

The balloting at Baltimre was the
most protracted known in any Demo
cratic National Convention since 1865,
AT New York. when, after exciting
struggle among George H. PeDdieton,
OF OEio,' Salmon T. Chase, Presluent
Andrew johnson, General Winfield 5.
Hancock and others, GoveruO4 Horatlo
sey mour, OF New York, Was brought
out against his personal protests-he
was chairman of the conyen,ion-and
nominated OH The 22d ballot. 1t took
So ballots TO nominate Piece i'll 1852,
at Baltimore, and 81 were taken al
Charleston i'll 1860, before The conven-
o Adjourned 10 Baltimore and there
lrCke mo TWO conventions and defeat
ed the Democratic party.
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Fifty Years OF Service

ii. G. Garrison, at Swedesboro, Oh &C
count OF blindness and inability TO attend
to the business required of him, has re-
signed as a Constable OF Gloucester coun-
ty, after having held the Office for AZ
years, Sheriff 3 years and has acted as a
detective for nine Prosecutors of the State.
lie has attended over Il hundred sessions
OF Court after being summoned by IL
Sheriffs. This completes 90 years of his
official life, having been appointed post
master in 1861.
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South Jersey Siftings

Eleven cases of typhoid fever have ap-
peared in Woodbury.. That city gets its
water supply from Woodbury. Greek.
The city council has been clubbing over
whether to have a filter plant built or ar
tisian water pro duced. A petition large
ly signed fayors artesian water.
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The propo al that both President
Taft and former President Roosevelt
retire from seeking the Presidency and
that a compromise candidate he noml-
mated by The Republicans has been re-
fused by MI. Roosevelt. Teddy pro-
poses to have. a convention of his own
and to run for the Presidency. Teddy
is unterrified. The presidential cam
paign might be a tame affair this year
without him.
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The Choice OF A Husband

is too important a matter for a woman to
be handicapped by weakness, bad blood or
foul breath. Avoid these kill hopes by
taking DR.. Kings Life Pills. New strength
fine complexion. pure breath, cheerful
spirits-things that win men-follow their
use. Easy, safe. sure. 25c at Johnson's
Drug Store.
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Insect Bite Costs Leg.

A Boston man lost his leg from the bite
of an insect two years before. To avert
such calamities from stings and bites of in
sects use Bucklen's Arnica Salve promptly
to kill the poison and prevent inflammation,
swelling and pain. Heals burns. boils,
ulcers, piles, eczema, cuts, bruises. Only
% cents at Johnson's Drug Store.
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The PENIS Grove Record
D JULY II, 1912.

Former Judge John W. Westcott is
the man the Democrats should nOmi-
nate for u. S. Senator to be elected
rext winter. His speech placing Gov.
Wilson in nomination for President
made him a national figure.
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Building Lots For Sale.

On Delaware Ave. and Penn Street. All
these lots are high and water good. Can be
had at reasonable prices. For particulars,
Apply to EMMA TURNER
ALICE MAY BARBER
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F. j.. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price rs cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Tak Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Flies...... 0 0 0 4 0 8 l-13
Spiders. 0 0 0 0 l 0 0 0 o. l
Umpire, Joe Cooney.
OLD BALL PLAYER
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HOw's This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
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These two lines, without a doubt, were
made to fill this column out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-14
CHRISTMAS STORIES
Tales Kindly, Grave and Gay,
Allegories and Dreams.

The Christmas story has It's we'll
defined, rules OF sentiment and humor
of parable and allegory. Miss Zona
Gale obeys the rule Of mood and senu-
ment, from gloom 10 joy I'm Christ
mas (The Macmillan Company,
which is a full-fedged novel in length.
The allegorical star In the East she
employs with telling remoteness. APP
peallng TO our memory while at the
same time giving its radiance an un-
expected but effective spectrum OF
modernity IN the arc lamp over the
entrance Of the general store I'm old
Trail Town. And It is a waif from afar
that brings 10 its glorious victory the
glad spirit Of the season. which, ig-
nored by general consent In year OF
IacI, Of work and want, had been MAX
ing it's way upward and outward In
the hearts Of old and young. The story
is ngeniousy invented, and celebrates
with sincerity the meaning Of the fes-
tival OF old.
FRANCES ANUldI -ldAi4'N" ~
mas Honeymoon" (Moffat yard 4 Coz
Is a novelette, with a Christmas ending
rather than a Christmas story. us
scenes are laid in Washington ana New
York before the war. and again In this
CITY after It's close. The high-spirited
heroine left her husband on account OF
his amateurish violin playing-a vice
which he had hidden from her during
their courtship. IT was this duplicity
rather than the music that caused the
discord. OF course IL is violin that
brings them together again-a violin In
the hands Of a child. Speaking must
cally. as Is only proper In this case
the story is a rdridtion sur an theme
comm. IN the four stories that
make up "A Little Book Of Christmas
little. Brown & Coz, John Kendrick
Bangs twice makes clever use OF
the salvation Army Santa Claus, who
is again inviting us in the streets to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-14

ing the hordes OF novelists who have
preceded him we are impressed by his
courage and his success. II is, indeed
very pleasant 10 come upon a precious
stone in fiction which sets men by the
ears. but does it in a really fresh and
interesting manner. We like, too, the
people in "The Drifting Diamond
They are not. to BE sure. wholly new
types. but the author at any rate gives
them significant little touches OF char
acter. His wise old Chinsman, for ex-
ample. is a boon. In most stories or
the sort the Oriental figures are Of
guile and mystery all compact. Though
Lee Flu has his mysterious traits he IL
a gentleman A remarkable artist
when deeds Of violence are toward, this
Chinaman also has a mind. Whenever
he is on the scene his sayings and the
glimpses we get into his jewel-loving
soul make the book attractive beyond
the average Of most modern tales Of
adventure There are some real ad-
ventures. by the way, in this book. set
against picturesque backgrounds, and
Mr.. Colcord winds up his work with
lust the right climax. II is a romantic
and altogether readable tale.
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Blacks Three Dreams" (The Flem-
ing II. Revell Company are Wis
ions OF the perfection Of man In this
life. Of materialism carried to it's last
degree Of ugliness and heartlessness,
and Of heaven come TO earth. The three
visions are well maintained In imagery
and style through their extremely
brief fights. - THE First Church's
Christmas Barrel by Caroline Abbot
Stanley (Crowell e Coz, is a little
lesson to the good people who sent
worthless trash for the Christmas
box II a missionary's family out on the
plains. The mans wife had spirit and
resented an insult which was also
mockery Of the spirit of the season.
TIE booklet may we'll find its way to
many places, sent by anonymous hands
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THE REAL SOUTH.

BACK HOME. Being the NarratlVe % o.
Judge Priest and Hls Fe9pdde' ,rpaa
irwin s. Cobb. l2mo. pp. 6Ao' Inc
George ~ Doran Company
Mr.. Cobb began to write these stories
with well-defned purpose-that OF
protesting against the Southern nc
ton Of decayed, Impoverished, but still
unapproachably naughty aristocrats on
the one hand. and, az he himself ex-
nresses if. that Of snuff dipping, gin
ng-digging clay eaters on the other.
He purposed TO depict the southerner
as he really is-his own people-native
Americans who, allowing FOR certain
tenperamental differences created by
tradition and environment, may he
found az numerously in Iowa or lndi-
ana or any other long-settled typicaily
American commonwealth as in Ten
nessee or Georgia or Mississippi, hav-
ing the same aspirations. the same
blood in their veins, the same impulses.
and being prone under almost any con-
ceivable condition to do the same thing
in much the same way
lie has achieved his purpose, ap-
parently by forgetting all about it and
devotlne himself TO his stories as such
Certain it is that it never obtrudes
upon the readers attention, and never
distracts il. Climate and soil and
tradition. the hereditary environment
Of the South, are transformed into
local color" whose strongest COM
moment on the palette is the lingering
memory Of the Civil War. The tenn
peramentaI differences caused by them
are DEITY allowed 10 express them
selves I'm the daily life, the speech and
actions OF the characters, not forgetting
the negro, who is the negro of the
southron's fond but firmly controlling
understanding Capital stories they
are. with a sentiment that grips color
ful and swiftly moving. and fully as
picturesque as any OF Inc hction
against which they are a protest
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aire, handsome, strong. an athlete, and
with the aureole Of many daredevil eX-
PLOTS true and invented. Then there
is the soprano with the Italian stage
name and the Irish American family
name and temper and temperament
And there is her rival Al the opera-we
are in Paris-and her abduction, Of
which Courtlandt is accused, ard there
are the Russian grandduke and the
German with the Tyrolese hat. who -
sometimes called Herr Roseu AMI
again your Highness Nor should we
forget the young American woman who
composes and is celebrated pianist.
There are complications without end,
but ever the author keeps his secret,
leading us In its pursuit from the
French capital 10 The italian lakes
the place OF honeymoons.' 1t IS
entertaining stuff. with a very closely
woven and intricately patterned plot.
Not a musical story. nor a study q
musical life, but opera singers have
romantic value apart from their pro-
fesslonaI pursuits. and upon this Mr..
MacGrath has seized with his facile
rapidity Of invention.
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pages framed in holly Grace 3. ficn-
mond breaches the lesson OF good VIII
in "Brotherly House" Doubleday rage
g. Coz. II is the older brother VINO
brings together the warning c'ah OF
brothers and sisters, but a nephew VINO
has a tumble helps TO hasten the recon
Citation. Susan Randolph Peyton
Carter should, as her name implies
have been naughty as Lady cara
We're de We're, even at the mature age
Of six. Instead. she lavished her aitec-
ton on Mary Ellen Ranefty the
daughter OF the woman VINO kept the
newsstand. Susan has her adventure
For Love Of Mary Ellen tHarper &
Bros). the enterprise ending in pet
ter understanding Of her quaint iltt'e
personality By her puzzled mother'
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trations by r. NJ Crosby. limo. Up. sol.
The Century Company
None Of the many inventions OF re-
cent years-not even the flying ma
chine-has produced 50 much and such
richly romantic material as wireless
legraphy-poignant tragedy. unfortu-
nately: the episode OF a murderer in
mid-ocean watched by four continents,
but also lighter happenings ready for
the novelists fashioning. Mr.. Train
has struck the lighter note, even
though there IS among his characters
in transit from Gibraltar 10 New York
a man who has slain another for good,
but unpleasant cause. This cause
strikes the only disagreeable note-it Is
a positive mistake-in an otherwise
most felicitously invented story. The
plot centres in the liners wireless
house. whence # radiates 10 the cap
tain's quarters and the first and sec
ond cabins. In fact, there are three
people who are wanted Smuggling
is still o great industry, the alertness
Of our customs inspectors notwith
standing, and other lawbreakers than
murderers are willing-nay, forced-to
run the risk OF escape in face OF the
electric spark that seeks them, but,
in its very velocity, may miss them.
A story whose ingenious yet simple
employment Of one Of the marvels Of
modern science makes IL worth the
readers while
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help keep the pot boiling for the poor.
II Is so natural, and altogether go DC
li9htful an idea, that a little shaver
should mistake one Of them for the real
Saint and put his childish trust In him
and his omniscience and oUnlpotence
Mr. Bangs turns social philosopher
here, for who Is there among us VINO
has not the poor with him nowadays
Again. there are children OF the rich
who have. as tho title Of the third story
puts II. everything The little
volume will fnd a welcome wherever II
goes.
A satire on Christmas gift grating
will be found in Rupert Hughess MIS-.
Budlong's Christmas Presents ID. Ap-
pIeton & Coz. a short story neatly goI
I'D. Mrs. Budlong understood the art
II social blackmalling OF this variety 20
perfection. but. Of course, the day az
reckoning came. 4 tract for the times,
amusingly written. ----- In makeup
contents. and in its Illustrations hy
Charles Dana Gibson. Robert W.
Chambers's "Blue-Blrd Weather ZAP
pleton) is a Christmas gift-book, even
though the story's season IL February.
and It's scene "A private shooting box on
Chesapeake Bay. Mr.. Chambers loves
the open and It's sports. His duck
shooting f. capital, his heroine most at
tractive. and hts story a good sample or
his craftsmanship --- The same may
be said OF Ralph Henry Barbours the
Harbor OF Love" CThe J. b. hpplncott
Company. with its coated paper Its
colored Illustrations by George w.
Plank and its attractive decorations by
Edward stratton Holloway. This time
we go yachting I'm summer waters
smiling in the summer sun. Mr.. Bar
bour, too. has the love Of pletn-dtr. AZ
for the story. Cupid holds the helm,
which he confidently rslinqu!shes to the
hands OF most competent young
woman who is determined 10 marry
the man OF whom her father does not
approve.
II Is safe to say that Or. Lavender Is
the most popular clergyman In the
United States. Here is another story
OF his gentle wisdom OF life and his love
OF humanity. The Voice" Mrs. De-
land calls It, and she has given II
curious plot, In which love philtre
from a dream book plays a leading
part (Harper & Bros). - With
out illustrations, but got up with fine
both appealing and restful
TO the eve. Clarice Vallette McAuley's
The Garden OF Dreams" "a. G. Nc
Clurg e. Coz tells OF man at the
threshold Of middle age who finds love
and contentment I'm the quiet garden
ne has mado his own. The author has
succeeded I'm imparting 20 the letters
IN which the story is told n touch Of
and romance. -- On
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CHINESE VIEWS
A Memory of San Francisco
Past.

OLD CHINATOWN. A Book OF Pictures
BY Arnold Gentle With text by VIII
Irwin svo, pp. 9OS. Mitchell Kennerley.
The title page invites us To accept
his as "a book Of pictures by an ar
photographed with an artists eye
|'or the exotic and the picturesque. Mr..
irwin. too. takes that position in his
modest introduction. yet one need not
lead far into his text to discover that
|yen more picturesqueness Is found
/ here and an Interpretation that no
photographs alone can give. Author
nd illustrator supplement each other
|ith rare felicity. San Francisco's
hinatown has become vanishing ira
tion. along with so much else Of the
Pa city's unique individuality. The
IMPRESSION st has left on the memory
San Franciscans-the negative, so TO
|'peak-is fixed here in type and pict-
res in q manner that will hardly ever
e surpassed.
Nr. Irwin is brief, but HIS is the brew
" Of knowing. telling selection. He
tudied the Chinese quarter Of his ma
rWe city and loved it for what 1t
Nelded Of beauty and the aroma or
'ystery. Its denizens, and the China
IAN at large in California. he likes sin
erely, like all his generation on, the
oast grown up under their watchful,
rectionate care. their faithful, eff
ent, unObtrusiye service in the house.
celebrates their virtues, which the
ccident has been so tardy in recog-
Eng and deals tolerantly with their
'culiaritics. unpslatable TO us as our
avs have become TO them in the chi
ese treaty towns. The Chinaman's
We OF his children, his pride in the de-
endants that will worship his mem
% is Delightfully."- reflected in Mr..
Thhe's pictures OF the gorgeously
'esssd, pampered. preternaturally
Hious little ones Astounding IN the
'4eets. But leaving them behind. we
Verse the quarter In all directions
'noer the guidance Of our two ciceroni,
asfing shops and restaurants, SAM
ing the Chinese idea of administering
ss own affairs. probing the ramifica-
D~ OF tong rule and tong feuds,
."lns the dark side of a life that the
vice control not, and missionaries
~uio not control and curb
Underground Chinatown Mr.. Irwin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-14

This story Of child for grown-ups has
been written by Eleanor Hoyt Brain
erd, and illustrated by Rose Cecil
O'Neill, a good combination, indeed.
Arthur sherburne Hardy's "Aurelie"
Harper G. Bros.) IS on the border that
divides the story for children from the
tale about them for grown-ups. Illus
trated in colors by Elizabeth Shipper
Green, il is a slight little affair OF but
few pages. this adventure Of tho wood
on soldier who came 10 life In the
watches Of the night TO tell lonely
child the story of Aurelie. lie disap-
peared before he had finished It, and
was sound again only 20 solace the
child's last hours. Tho illustrations are
very attractive Among the char
acters In Mrs. Frances Hodgson
Burnett's New Thought story, The
Secret Garden" there was q friend
~ robin. which. it appears, led one
OF her readers 10 ask her II t'e dear
little bird was a creature OF her
imagining or A portrait so 10 speak.
From My Robin tThc f. ~
STOKES Company, a booklet with a
colored frontispiece it appears that
Mrs Burnett once knew an English
robin-she did not own H. since 1t
visited her freely in her garden, but
Il came TO own her-and in these few
pages she tells imagtnatively the story
OF their friendship.-Of far more
substance is the octave volume entitled
Stories for Pictures" whose author
IL Helen Mackay. its illustrator Dugald
Stewart Walker Duhlcld & Coz. The
tito is well chosen, even though the
text is not so much stories as pict-
ures I'm words-what, a quarter OF
century ago, we called 'pastels IN
prose" and prose etchings." The au-
thor's impressions-mo than
descriptions are monotones OF gardens.
peacocks and fauns. OF Pierrette and
Pierrot, OF dreams and silent, closed
houses. Mr.. Walker is an illustrator
OF whom We Suhll hIlA'bbN'''9 Nv
more
There are those who make the OBJ
security Of Browning o personal griev-
ance In THE Fall OF Ulysses" by
Charles Dwight willard George II.
Doran), we have the sad tale of an ele-
plant whose master began to educate
IT until the beast knew more than the
gardener, who had never heard of
square root. whereupon It began to
treat him with superiority. Worse fol-
lowed for the elephant got 10 know
more than it's master. But pride goeth
before a fall; the elephant went
"musth" in consequence of Its attempt
TO read "Sordello" The satire Is FER
from elusive. II is handsomely printed,
type and borders are a delight so Is
the binding. and tho Illustrations are
By Frank Yer Beck.--Hush
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The Financier
Nv Theodore Dresser

How earnest and penetrating and
convincing and moving! How immeas-
urably better than the average Ameri-
can novel."-Euentng Sun Baltimore.
Md q "a compelling revelation OF
the American fight for gold and power
and lawless love that will take high
rank Post Dispatch (St. Louis, Mo-
Post Sro. Cloth, $40 net.
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The Pictures of Polly
nv Mary KIM Courtney

virginia. and dewy fresh, all rosy
with the soft radiance OF delectabls
youth. this story comes tripping with
laughter 1t is the fun Of love, the
delicate tracery OF coquetry its text
to-lean-upon- and -keep-your-humor-dry
"a story that sings itself into ones
heart.
illustrated bv viii Foster. Post $40,
CIotb StO0 net