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The Penn's Grove record., 1912-06-28
COLONEL SAYS HE COULD
HAVE WON NOMINATION

Cleveland.-On his way back to Oys-
ter Bay from Chicago, Colonel Roose-
welt asserted that the Republican
nomination for President was his for
the asking on the day that President
Taft was renomineted.
On the morning of the day Taft and
Sherman ware nominated, Mr.. Roose-
welt said, a number of Southern dele
gates sent word to him that if he
would enter the fight in the conven-
ton again they would assure him
enough votes to win.
He sent back word that he would
agree only if thirty of the delegates
would pledge themselves in writing
that they would join with the Roose-
welt delegates, start all over again,
elect a new Temporary Chairman, and
purge the convention of the seventy.
eight delegates he declares were
fraudulently seated by the National
Committee.
Nineteen delegates agreed to do so,
Mr.. Roosevelt said, but the thirty he
demanded did not send their pledge.
And so the plan fell through.
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DOCTORS SHIFT.
Now Gets Along Without Il.

A physician says: Until last fall I
used to eat meat for my breakfast and
suffered with Indigestion until the
meat had passed from the stomach.
Last fall 1 began the use Of Grape
Nuts for breakfast and very soon
found l could do without meat, for my
body got all the nourishment neces-
sary from the Grape-Nuts and since
then l have not had any indigestion
and am feeling better and have in
creased in weight.
"Since finding the benefit I derived
from Grape-Nuts I have prescribed the
food for all my patients suffering from
Indigestion or overlooking and also
for those recovering from disease
where l want a food easy to take and
certain to digest and which will not
overtax the stomach.
II always find the results I look for
when 1 prescribe Grape-Nuts. For
ethical reasons please omit my name"
Name given by mail by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
The reason for the wonderful
amount of nutriment, and the easy
digestion of Grape-Nuts is not hard to
find.
In the first place, the starchy part
Of the wheat and barley goes through
various processes Of cooking, to per-
fectly change the starch into d~extrose
or gr~ape-sugar, in which state it is
ready to be easily absorbed by the
blood.
The parts In the wheat and barley
which Nature can make use of for re-
building brain and nerve centers are
retained in this remarkable food, and
thus the human body is supplied with
the powerful strength producers, so
easily noticed after one has eaten
Grape-Nuts each day for a week or
ten days.
There's a reason" and It Is ex-
planned in the little book, "The Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
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KEEPING BABIES IN HEALTH
Success Of Tent Scheme Last Sum-
mer 80 Pronounced that II
VIII Be Repeated.

Mothers Of little babies that suffered
early part Of July last summer will be
interested In the success of the "baby"
tent" scheme adopted In some Of the
big cities.
The tents are placed on fiat roofs of
tall buildings and in open lots, with
eight little cradles or cots In each
tent. When all was ready mothers
of babies under two years were invited
to leave them at the nearest available
tent over night, SO that the young
sters, In addition to enjoying the priVi-
lege Of sleeping out Of doors, could
also receive the attention of trained
nurses and doctors free.
Some Of the tents have a perforated
iron pipe extending along the ridge
pole and connected with the city water
supply. On very hot nights the water
was turned on and allowed to stream
down over the canvas. By evapora-
ton it greatly reduced the tempera-
ture inside the tents. Some of the
tents were also kept cool by the use
Of large blocks of ice in tubs before
the entrance. Electric fans blew the
cold air from the ice into the tents
sufficiently to keep the babies comfort
ably cool.
This is the way some Of the poor
babies are being cared for, but the
ideas could be utilized by any one who
had the welfare of the baby at heart.
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COULD HAVE WON.
ROOSEVELT SAYS
80 Southern Delegates Offered
to Switch on Last Day.
TAFT STUDIES THE SITUATION
Committee of ~Progresslves With Gov.
ernor johnson at Head Left to Plan
Campaign and Calling of Conven-.
ton While Ex-Presldent Rests.

Chicago.-Colonel Theodore Roose.
welt left on the Twentieth Century
Limited for New York and the quiet
of Oyster Bay. Before his departure
he made it clear that his new party
will stay in the ring no matter who is
nominated at Baltimore. On this point
he said:
my position will not be influences
by any action of the Baltimore conven-
ton. l will not depart from what
said Saturday night. l shall accept
the progressive nomination on a pro-
gressive platform and shall fight the
battle through to the end"
Governor Deneen of Illinois and the
So delegates for the state will not join
the new party movement.
John Mitchell, the labor leader, is
generally favored for the second place
on the Roosevelt ticket.
The committee selected to under
take the formation of the new party as
now constituted consists of Governor
Hiram Johnson of California, Clifford
Pinchot, James R. Garfield of Ohio,
Senator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota,
Senator Dixon, Montana, Senator Miles
Poindexter of Washington, Governor
C. A. Aldrich of Nebraska, Governor
R. S. Vessey of South Dakota, E. A.
Van Valkenberg of the Philadelphia
North American, Colonel w. R. Nelson
of the Kansas City Star, Richmond
Pearson of North Carolina, Controller
William A. Prendergast of New York,
William Allen White of Kansas, Judge
Ben Lindsey, the only Democrat so far
selected, Matthew Hale of Massachu-
sets, George L. Record of New Jersey,
Charles H. Thompson of Vermont
and E. C. Darlington of Maryland.
This is to be called the committee
on organization. 1t is not complete.
1t is known that Colonel Roosevelt
will get into communication at once
with prominent Democratic progress
sives and that such of them that care
to join his banner will be welcomed.
Colonel Roosevelt said he vas going
directly to Oyster Bay to think yer the
plans for his new party and take a
much needed rest. While Colonel
Roosevelt is speeding East, Governor
Johnson will be travelling westward to
recruit the new party of whose west
ern wing he is to have charge. John
son says there will soon be appointed
an eastern manager to undertake the
details of the organization in that part
of the country.
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DOCTOR PRESCRIBES
CUTICURA REMEDIES

Il wish to let you know Of a couple
OF recent cures which l have made by
the use of the Cuticura Remedies.
Last August, Mr.. - Of this city
came to my Office, troubled with a
severe skin eruption. At first I could
not understand the nature Of the case
until / had made a careful examina-
ton. / finally traced it to his occu-
patton, as he was a painter and deco
rator. 1t was dermatitis in its worst
form. 1t started with a slight erup-
ton and would affect most parts of
his body-thighs, elbows, chest, back
and abdomen-and would terminate in
little pustules. The itching and burn
ing was dreadful and he would almost
tear his skin apart, trying to get re-
lief. / recommended all the various
treatments l could think Of and he
spent about fifteen dollars on prescrtp-
tons but nothing seemed to help him.
In the meantime my wife who was
continually suffering with a slight
skin trouble and who had been trying
different prescriptions and methods
with my assistance, told me she was
going to get some Of the Cuticura
Remedies and give them a trial. Her
skin would thicken, break and bleed,
especially on the fingers, wrists and
arms. I could do nothing to relieve
her permanently. When she first ap-
piled the warm baths of Cuticura Soap
and applications of Cuticura Ointment
she saw a decided improvement and in
a few days she was completely cured.
i lost no time in recommending the
Cuticura Remedies to Mr.. -, and
this was two months ago. I told him
to wash with warm baths of the Cuti-
cura Soap and to apply the Cuticura
Ointment generously. Believe me,
from the very first days use Of the
Cuticura Remedies he was greatly
relieved and today he is completely
cured through their use. I have great
faith in the Cuticura Remedies and
shall always have a good word for
them now that I am convinced of their
wonderful merits" (Signed) B. L.
Whitehead, M. D., 108 Dartmouth St.,
Boston, Mass, July %, 1910. Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers everywhere,
a sample Of each, with 32-page book,
will be mailed free on application to
"Cuticura," Dept. l., Boston.
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The First Consideration.

At st. Andrews some years ago an
old farmer and his plowman were
carting sand from the seashore. They
were behind the target on the rifle
range, but hidden by a bank of sand
from a party of volunteers, who were
then on foot, at practice. A stray bull
let struck the plowman on the leg,
and he Immediately dropped, exclaim-
ing: I'm shot!"
Without more ado the farmer
scrambled up the bank and, waving
his hand to the volunteers, shouted:
"Hey, lads, stop that, will We?
You've shot a man, and 1t MIGHT haze
been the horse!"-London Tit-Bits.
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bic Compound has done more for me than
all the doctors. feel it my duty to tell
you these facts. My heart is full Of
gratitude to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound for my health. Mrs.
HARRIET E. WAMPLER, ga S. Ransom
Street, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Consider Well This Advice. =
No woman suffering from any form
of female troubles should lose hope IN
til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a fair trial.
This famous remedy, the medicinal in-
gradients of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for nearly
forty years proved to be a most valua-
BILE tonic and invigorator of the fe-
male organism. Women everywhere
bear willing testimony to the wonderful
virtue of'Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
Bile Compound.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (conf-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held In strict confidence
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-06-28
PRESIDENT TAFT is STUDYING
THE ELECTORAL MIx-UP,

Neutrality-suspicious. of the first things
to be considered by President Taft
and his advisers at the outset of the
campaign is the status of the Electoral
tickets named in the various States
during the recent primaries.
The Republican managers are con-
fronted by the fact that these Electors
were placed upon regular Republican
tickets, and unless steps are taken to
place other tickets in the field they
will be. voted for in November under
the Republican emblem.
There are ten or twelve States I'M
der the domination of Progressive Re-
publicans where the electors already
are in the field, nominated by State
and district conventions under the
sway of the Roosevelt people. Penn
sylvania, Maryland and West Virgin
ia are in this list.
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Needed Nc More Help,

An American gentleman got &C.
quainted with a Frenchman who was
very anxious to acquire the English
language. The American in order to
help him said that If he would send
his exercises to him he would willing
ly correct them.
Nothing was heard from the French
man for some time, but finally a letter
came couched in the following choice
English:
"In small time I can learn so many
English from his textbook and her
dictionary as I think I will to come at
the America and to go on the scaffold
to lecture"
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cracker he had kept secreted since
last year, and which he proposed to
explode somewhere during the day or
evening, she made war plans.
Henry" she said, don't you know
it's against the law to have such a
f~irecracker?"
"Aw," Henry muttered. T don't
know"
well, it is. And If the marshal
finds it out he will put you in the
lookup as an example"
cav! Somebody's always maxim a
example O. me. l s'pose you're goin'
to go an blab on me now"
81 won't, If you'll do something for
me-and 1t will be a whole lot Of
fun for you, Henry"
"Wot?"
Don't you want to play a good joke
On Jim Hicks?"
CAV! He's your feller."
Well, anyhow, Henry, I'll tell you
how to play a good joke on him, and
I'll help you to do it. You come up
by our house this evening, and Jim
will be there. I'll get him to stand
at the gate and talk to me, and you
slip up and set off your big %firecracker
right behind him. That1l scare him
half to death, and will be Just lots of
fun for you"
Jaw! Wot dye want to scare him
fer?"
well you know how big and strong
he is, and how brave he acts. Let's
see if We can't get a good one on him,
Henry"
CAV! l was goin' to shoot this off
behind the school teacher"
But at last Luella managed to con-
vince Henry that he could have more
fun with the cannon cracker by ex.
ploding 1t behind Jim than if he set
1t off anywhere else.
Jim never has understood why Luz
ella was waiting at the gate for him
that evening, nor why she kept him
standing there, talking of the weather
and the crowd down town and this,
that, and everything. 1t had always
been her custom to greet him at the
front door, and to express surprise at
seeing him. This is n Of the enjoy
able fictions Of courtship.
Il think it is so lovely when the
stars come out as they are coming out
tonight, don't your" Luella was asking
Jim.
Bang!!
Luella shrieked and tainted dead
away, apparently, but she tainted
toward Jim in such a manner that the
gate swung open and she reposed
Imply against his manly bosom
Under the circumstances, there was
but n thing Jim could do, and that
was to keep her from falling to the
ground. This is best accomplished in
the case of a fainting lady by placing
your arms about her and allowing her
head to rest on your shoulder. This
comes natural to most men. What
else Jim did, and what he said to
Luella to calm her fears and to re-
vive her to consciousness may only be
conjectured.
Henry Nelson, however, kept up a
derisive series of yells and bowls of
laughter, and Luella at last opened
her eyes and asked dreamily:
Where am II"
Henry shouted: "Aw! He was a.
huggin' you, an he kissed you!"
Then Henry turned and fed, Jim
shaking a fist after him.
"Luella," Jim said, Tin ashamed
but Henry told the truth. When you
tainted in my arms l just couldn't
help kissin' you"
"Why, JIM"
AN nov he'll tell it all i've town,
an l don't want to have people talkin'
about you without good reason, So
so-hadn't we better have EN- say
we're ~engaged?"
And hen it looked as though Lu'
ella had tainted all over again.
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That Was Different,

A stern father who had repeatedly
told a young nan who was paying his
addresses to his daughter not to visit
the house again without his permits
sion, which he never intended to give,
was surprised when late one evening
ring at the doorbell late one evening
to see the young man waiting on the
step.
Sir" said he in anger, didn't I tell
you not to call again, eh, sir?"
Yes" said the young man. 81
know, but 1 didn't call to see your
daughter. l came on behalf of our
firm about that little bill"
"Oh-er-er-" stammered the
stern father, "call again, will you?"
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Clothes and the Man

A colporteur in South Carolina.
walking many miles through mud, &C
coaed a passerby and suggested the
purchase Of the Bible. He was re-
fused. The next day, says the Record
of Christian Work, after a nights rest
and cleanup, he set up his stand in
town and had the pleasure of selling
a Bible to the very man who had re
fused to purchase the day before. 81
met a muddy. nan yesterday with
Bibles" said he, who looked like a
Methodist tramp. When I buys a BIZ
BILE l buys it from a Baptist gentle
man."
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~ $$ * q r
Cupid
By Wilbur D. Nesbit

1t is not written in books of fate
that the Fourth Of July is any day to
propose to a girl.
Christmas day, Thanksgiving day,
New Years day, or any other day will
do, but the Fourth is not romantic;
1t Is patriotic. On that day a man is
supposed to love his native land. He
is to listen to speeches, or make them,
about the indivisibility of our country.
they are permitted-and not do any
sparkling on his own account.
Every day is Fourth of July to some
men. They have made up their minds
that they hope to marry a certain girl,
but when 1t ONE to stating their de-
cision the tongue cleaves to the roof
of the mouth and the right arm seems
to have lost it's cunning.
Jim Hicks vas such a man. When
love making was concerned, all days
were the Fourth for him. Otherwise
his name would have been Armand
Decourcey. AS it was, he was just
what you would expect of a man of
l1IdI lldllC.
Jim had been keeping company
off and on with Luella Miller for a
matter of three years. This guaran-
teed him a certain standing as her
beau" but what m wants to go
on forever that way?
Luella had read plenty of those
Chambers stories wherein the dash
ing hero meets the beauteous heroine
at 1000 a. H., proposes at IL: 90, and
takes the noon train for the wedding
trip. She wanted a bit more dash in
Jim.
The trouble is, however, with the
Jim Hickses Of this world, that the
more the women of their choice en-
courage them the more their bashful-
ness increases. 1t is not entirely
bashfulness, it Is cowardice. Coward
ice is a strong term to use when
speaking of a big, strong man, but 1t
Is nothing else than that which so
terrifies a man when he sees wayward
ringlets of sunny hair, and a white
hand accidentally" rests upon his for
a moment, or a pair of clear, conf1ding
eyes look earnestly into his eyes. AT
such times such a man becomes as
weak as a string, and looks for some
place to hide. He can tell a dozen
men at a time what he thinks OF
them, but he is afraid to tell n little
woman.
This is not to be a three-volume
novel. 1t is not going to trace the
psychological growth of Luella's af
lection for Jim nor the subliminal de
velopment of Jim's attachment for Lu
ella. Nothing of that sort happened
with them. Neither of them could tel
you when they made up their minds
that they wanted each other. Only
analytical amorists can do this.
On Luella's mind was the one i'm
portant thought which rests upon the
mind of every woman when she ha.
found the right man. That was IL
make Jim propose. The romantic no
ton that a woman in love is a coy
blushing thing, timorous, trembling
afraid of the great masculine creature
may be justified in some cases. Blu
with the Luellas and Jims of thi,
world it does not obtain. Luella hat
exhibited to Jim her dizziness as
cook; she had acquainted him will
her cleverness as a needleworker, sh,
had demonstrated yer and over tina
she would make an ideal wife.
Rut Jim hadn't proposed.
Consequently, on the Fourth, whel
Luella saw Henry Nelson, the bad bo,
of the village, with a huge cannon
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The Shorter Route,

Lady Duff-Gordon, at a luncheon at
Sherry's in New York, told an anec-
dote apropos of the divorce evil.
1.-TWO girls" she said, were chat
ting over a cocktail and a cigarette.
Marriages are made in heaven
said the first girl, and she blew a
cloud of smoke into the air and re-
garded it with dreamy eyes.
"The second gal with a light laugh
replied:
Eyes, that is true; but, thank
goodness, to unmake them We have
to go only as far as Reno"
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Four Dollars for a Cake of Soap,

Soap has eve been considered an
extravaganza, but now that notion
may change, since the new French
imported soaps are costing from two
to three and four dollars a cake. They
are, however, deliciously scented, and
n may take ~pardonable pleasure in
using such toilet article. Each cake
comes in a little box, and is satin
covered; they are quite a suitable item
for the travelling bag of the bride, for
which the most exquisite trifes are
always sought out.
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Above the Laws.

Some men think money can do any
thing. A certain rich man sent for the
doctor who looked him over and then
pronounced judgment.
you have been living too high"
Maybe l have. There are many
good things in the markets"
mo levity. You have violated ma
lures laws"
"And you must pay the penalty"
PAY the penalty? oh, come now,
Doc. Can't you get me off on a tech.
nicality or something's"
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-06-28
Didn't Know What Il Was.

Senator Duncan U. Fletcher was
condemning at a dinner in Jackson
vile an orange grower who had failed.
1.-THE man failed" he said, through
ignorance. He lays the blame on other
things, but his ignorance alone is at
fault. He is as ignorant of orange
farming as the tramp vas Of industry.
you've heard Of that tramp, per-
haps? He wore on his face a sheer of
derision and scorn.
Work he said. Work? What Is
it-an herb?'"
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Citiman-Aren't any Of you subur-
banites preparing to grow anything In
your gardens this year? 2
Subbubs = Well, TIRES n thing
most Of us have grown already.
Citiman-Indeed? What's thatf
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Standard
and Times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-06-28

sent off some Of your truck yester-
day. and it's not the sort l want to
handle. Whenever you've got tidy lit
tie packages that don't take much
room you're welcome to come right in,
same as | say to folks at Christmas;
but you'll have to team your garden
truck over to the freight station,
guess"
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Natural Query.

Gen. F. D. Grant, when discussing
military neatness, used often to tell a
story about his father.
my father was talking to General
Sherman in his tent one day." he
would begin, when a third general
entered, a brigadier notorious for his
slovenliness. After the brigadier left
my father blew forth a cloud of smoke
and said: Sherman, I wonder whom
that man gets to wear his shirts the
first week?'"
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-06-28
Easy 70 cut the Price.

A man went into a butchers shop
and asked how much sausages were
a pound.
"Ah," said the butcher. "der brice
vas gone ups. I shall hat to sharge
you twenty-five cents"
NONSENSE" exclaimed the custom
er, that is outrageous. I can get
them at Schmidt's for twenty cents"
we'll, Wy didn't your"
Because he was out Of them"
ooh, vell," replied the butcher, "ii
I vas oudt of 'em, I'd sell 'em for tven.
ty cents, too"
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The Village cut-Up.

Charley Billingsby always has
something funny to say, no matter
what happens"
Il know 1t. He's awfully comical."
Il often wonder how he thinks of
the humorous thoughts he has. He's
Just perfectly killing. l heard
him call an umbrella anything but a
bumbershoot."
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eoMPERs GETS ONE YEAR.
Six Months for Morrison, and Both
Furnish Bail,

Washington. - Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell and Frank A. Morrison
wre found guilty of contempt of court
by Justice Daniel Thew Wright in the
District Supreme Court. Guilty as
charged" was the conclusion.
Gompers was sentenced to twelve
months and Frank Morrison to six
months in prison. The men gave bond
pending an appeal to the District
Court of Appeals.
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CUTTING Reparteo,

"How," said a lawyer to a witness,
"how can you possibly bear such tes-
timony against this nan who you say
is your friend?'
"Sir." said the man, "he Is my
friend, and I love him, but I love Truth
more"
you should be ashamed" replied
the lawyer. ito turn your back on a
friend for one who Is a perfect strang.
er to you"
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USE BS0RBNE JR!H 1gs ~

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Tobinsport, Ind, writes Nov. IS,
1905. mo doubt you remember
my getting two bottles of your
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