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The Penn's Grove record., 1912-10-25
MUSTACHES NOW THE RAGE
Bumper" Crop Appears on Lips OF
Undergraduates at Harvard-Rad-
cliffe DisapproVes.

Cambridge, Mass.-Harvard has q
wonderful growth of mustaches this
year. The crop is far enough above
the average to be qualified as a
bumper" Most of the mustaches
are dapper little affairs. They look
cute, and more than one proud stu
dent has resolved to have lip protec-
ton for the present term, at least.
The petty ~conceits have not made
what might be termed a smashing hit
with the Radcliffe girls, but this cold
reception has failed to nonplus the
young men
They have had unprecedented suc7
cess at Wellesley, according to re-
ports that have come from private
advices, and it is a safe bet that as
long as Wellesley stands for them
they'll stay and grow.
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GRIST FROM
The WIRES
latest Dispatches Ground Down
For Hasty Consumption.
WHOLE WORLD is CLEANED
The Four Corners of the Earth and
the Seven Seas Are Made to
Yield a Tribute of. Inter-
esting News.
WASHINGTON

George w. Perkins told the Clapp
committee he had given only $122, 500
toward the Roosevelt pre-conventional
campaign fund this year. Thomas F.
Ryan testified he contributed $450,000
to the Democratic party in 1904.
Elmer Dover gave the Clapp COM
mittee a copy of C. N. Bliss's list of
contributions to the 1904 Republican
campaign fund, showing a total of ST.
2S0,018 collected
The cornerstone of the Confederate
Monument in the Arlington National
Cemetery at Washington, D. c., will
be laid on November 5.
A navy-shell contract was given to
a British concern, the first time such
a contract ever was awarded to other
than an American manufacturer.
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BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN BUNYAN
Little English Village Still Boasts ee
House In Which Immortal
Dreamer" Was Born.

London, England-The little VIII
lage of Elsboro, near Bedford, will all
ways be remembered as the birth
place Of John Bunyan, and the cot-
tage is still shown where the "immor4
tai dreamer" was born. It was while
In Bedford jail for conscience sake'Sf
that Bunyan ministered to all poster
lty by writing the Pilgrims Prog4
ress" from this world to the world TOT
come, under the similitude of a
dream. AS an allegory of the souls
conflicts and struggles with evil I'M
its journey through life, it is unsurl
passed. 1t is believed that no other
book. except the Bible, has gone
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Persona

President Taft entertained a party
of Is mayors of Massachusetts towns
at Beverly, Mayor Fitzgerald of Bos-
ton sang Sweet Adeline'' for the
President.
When Robert Randolph of Chicago
was Tilted by his fiancee, he went and
married her mother.
Signor Marconi, who was injured in
an automobile accident in Spezia,
Italy, on Sept. rs, had his right eye
removed in order to prevent infection
OF the left eye.
1t is reported from London that Mr..
Marconi, the wireless inventor, may
lose the sight of his right eye as a re-
suit of his recent accident.
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The Perfect viii.

THAT good. and acceptable. and
perfect, will of God."-Rom. xii, 2.
People are afraid of the will Of
God. l would rather have Gods wilt
done than my OWE. Why? l can't
see an hour into the future. 1 don't
know what is ahead of me. God
knows all. The past, present and
future are all alike to Him. He loves
me more than l love myself. and He
wills my highest and eternal inter
est. 1t is much better to let Gods
will be done in US than to be trying
to carry u our own thoughts and
plans.-D. l.. Moody.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-10-25
TWINS BORN ON BURNING BRIDGE
Mother in Excited Crowd cowed by
Pistols on Rushing Train.

Pistols on Rushing Train.
Lake Charles, La.-SeveraI hundred
historical passengers were held inside
the coaches of a train by an armed
crew when their engine drew them
swiftly across a burning bridge at
Iowa. Scores were restrained from
jumping only by the pistols of the
trainmen.
Twins were born to a -egro woman
as the train was being rushed to safe
ty.
A Southern Pacific excursion train
bound from Franklin, La, to this place
was running extra. Behind it was the
Texas express with many passengers
and important mails. Speed had been
reduced on account of a fog.
The excursion train was going twen-
ty miles an hour when the blaze was
sighted. 1t was too late to reverse
and the engineer threw open his throt-
tie and ran across.
Three coaches left the rails, but
only minor bruises were sustained by
half a dozen persons. The trestle fell
a few moments after the express train
got across
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STILL HAZING AT ANNAPOLIS.
Plebes' Mistake Reveals Stunts to
Academy Authorities.

Annapolis, Md.-A hint was given
to the authorities of the Naval Acade-
my that there is still considerable haz-
ing when two members of the fourth
class, mistaking an inspecting officer
for an upper classman, promptly
turned their faces to the wall when
he entered the room.
1t developed that plebes had been.
instructed to turn to the wall immedi.
etely when an upper classman entered.
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SWEAR ETToR LED MODS.
Police Say They Saw Prisoners In
Midst of Rioting Crowds.

Salem, Mass.-Upon the resumption
of the trial of Ettor, Giovannitti and
Caruso for alleged completely in the
killing of Anna Lopezzi during a strike
riot at Lawrence on January 29 last
the prosecution called several police
officers whose testimony tended to
show that Ettor was personally with
the rioting strikers on many occasions.
Fred. F. Flynn, a member of the dis
trict police, swore that on the morning
of the day the oma was killed he
saw Ettor in the centre of a mob which
attacked a young girl who was going
to work in a mill and tore her clothing
off.
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SUMS RAYS SET FATAL FIRE
Mrs. 5uIwlnkie of New York Ienltes
Clothing With Reflector
May Die.

New York.-A fire lighted by the
suns rays, focused by a large lamp
reflector, was responsible for burns
which may prove fatal to Mrs. Min
ME Bulwinkle, caretaker of the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian church. She
lies at the point of death in St Vim
cents hospital.
Mrs. Bulwinkle was standing i'm
front Of the church holding the re-
fector in her hand and idly watching
its concentration OF the suns rays
upon the thin material of her dress.
Suddenly there was a wisp of smoke
and In a moment her clothing was all
alame. A policeman summoned by
her creams threw off his coat and
smothered the fire, but too late to
save her from serious injury.
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CITY FLYCATcHER is BUSY
Fifty Gallons of Insects Trapped Since
September 1, Reports RedIands
(Cal.) Swatter. .

Redlands, GAIA. B. Chapman, the
municipal fly catcher here. filed his
first report, showing that between
September 1 and September "a he
killed 3.750,O00 flies. He has emptied
fifty gallons of flies from 100 traps
scattered through the business por-
ton of Redlands. Chapman estimates
that there are $4,000 flies to a gallon.
and on this basis the total mortality
is estimated.
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EoresIaht.

When it had been raining a day or
two, Noah was seen to take a sample
of the water in a bottle.
How now?" the scof1ng n~eighbors
cried, around the ark.
1T would be a joke" answered Noah,
IF the ark were not to contain pairs
of germs Of all the ills to which pos
terity will sooner or later find itself
heir"
But such distinguished foresight was
more than the neighbors could iath.
ON, and they exploded forthwith In
gales OF derisive merrinlent.-Puck.
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USE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Large Audiences Assembled in an
Orderly Manner to Discuss Public
Questions,

Public school buildings belong to
the people. They are paid for with
public money, and the people are en-
titled to as full a use of the property
as they desire, subject to such rules
as will guard the property and pre-
vent waste. In Jersey City the High
School has on numerous occasions
been used for public meetings and con-
certs. A charge has been made for
such use, covering cost of heating,
lighting and cleaning. This has been
satisfactory to the people, and large
audiences have assembled in an or
derby manner to participate in events
which interested them. One citizen
who objected to public meetings in
the school buildings has laid a case
before the State school authorities to
test the right of the public to the use
of its own property. This issue may
seem ridiculous, but it is as well that
it has been raised, for it will result
in a decision that will be of interest
all Owe the State.
If there is any valid reason why the
schools should not be used such a pro-
ceeding as that started in Jersey City
should develop il and thus pave the
way for legislative relief. Fortunate
ly the hearing disclosed in this case
no valid objection to the use of the
school buildings, but the Assistant
State School Superintendent deemed
it wise to take counsel before render
ing a decision on a question of such
wide scope. There is no reason why
the school building should not be the
social center of every school district
in the State. These buildings are free
from evil associations and are easy of
access and a be warmed and light
ed. They are large enough for dis
trict meetings, and are not, as a rule,
used for school purposes at night. 1t
looks as if the decision should sustain
Jersey City in granting the use of the
school buildings and thus prove a boon
to the people all over the State.
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New Eiaht.Hour Schedule.

News has been received at Trenton
that 5000 employees of the New York
Shipbuilding Co. at Camden, started
work under the new eight-hour sched-
ule, working 48 hours a week instead
of Z as heretofore. The pay remains
the same.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-10-25
LOOKING TO DlAZ.
Mexico Awaits Next Successful Move
of Rebel General.

Washington.-If Gen. Felix Diaz has
the strength and the genius to follow
up the advantage he has already gain
ed from the blow struck at Vera Cruz
all Mexico is his.
This is the conclusion reached here
after a period of official dispatches
from all points within the present
zone of the insurrection being led by
the nephew of the exiled former Presi-
doDt
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-10-25
Deaf Boys Learn to Swim.

Boy pupils of the tSate School for
the Deaf on Hamilton avenue are be-
ing taught to swim at the Cook Me-
mortal Y. M. C. A. in Wilbur. This is
a new departure for the Y. M. C. A.
and also a novelty for the Mute
School boys. The boys, it is said, take
readily to the swimming, and show
good progress. In all about fifty boys
are being taught swimming. Each
will be given three lessons. After TAX
ing the course, if the boys are able
to swim a distance of fifty feet they
will be presented with buttons.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-10-25
Too Much Force.

A Plainfield father was arrested for
using too much force in ~ejecting from
his house a couple of youths who
called on his daughter and overstayed
the house-closing time. To the credit
of the young men it is to be said that
They did not appeal to the police for
protection or redress; the complaint
was made by the sympathetic mother
of the girl. The father was released
by the magistrate with an admonition
to be less Representative in the future
when young men call on his fair young
daughter.
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Seeking.

Something positive. something def
mite, something certain with reference
to the unknown world is the thing for
which we are all seeking-especially
is this true of old people.-Rev. VIII
liam Galloway, Baptist, Denver, Colo.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-10-25
Midway is Doomed.

Midway is Doomed.
Secretary Margerum's declaration
that the directors of the Interstate
Fair Association had gotten together
and decided to eliminate the obiec-
tionable Midway" from future fairs,
is sufficient evidence that the vigilance
of the ministers was we'll directed.
1t is, as Secretary Margerum we'll
says, difficult to keep the Midway
clean when other fairs permit the
Objectionable shows; and the only
safe plan Is to cut all tive side shows
and exhibits that depend upon the
%depravity and vulgarity to draw
crowds. The fair is one of the best
educational attractions in the country.
and in addition it provides clean,
wholesome entertainment for all the
people In this part of the State. It
earns good profits for those who took
the risk of establishing it, and the
dividends do not come from the mid
way" privileges. AS Secretary Mar
gerum puts it the Midway is the
source of the greatest annoyance
that the management of the fair has,
and its wiping out will be appreciated
by the decent people everywhere.
Conducting an institution as big as
the Interstate Fair is not an easy
task. The fact that the association
spent upwards of $4,000 for police
service Aor the week Indicates FL
desire to maintain order and see that
the law Is respected. No one seriously
believes that the fair management,
either consciously countenances or de-.
sires to profit by any violations.
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More Prosperous Farming.


President N. A. K. Bugbee in report
ing on the accomplishments of the
year, said: "One of the objects of the
Trenton Chamber of Commerce should
be to undertake rural work for the
purpose of surrounding Trenton with
a more prosperous farming commun-
ity. The limits of its activities are
not bounded by the confines of the
city. 1t is upon the farming people in
this community and surrounding ter
ritory that the prosperity and success
of many of our merchants, manufac-
turers and business men to a large
extent depend. AS the result Of the
appointment by your president, an or
g~anization to be known as the Mercer
County Farm Bureau has been Great
ed. This body will endeavor to i'm
prove farming conditions generally,
among those engaged and interested
in farming pursuits. The United States
Government, trough its Agricultural
Department, will place a farm expert,
in charge of this work, and have also
contributed literally to its support,
setting aside an appropriation of 5000
toward defraying his salary and ex-
penses for a perior of one year. This
man will be located in Trenton, De-
cepber 1, and his headquarters will
be in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms. The expense of maintaining
the Farm Bureau is estimated to be
about $1,000 annually. In addition to
the appropriation of the United States
Government, the State Agricultural
Station contributes $500 a year to the
support of the bureau. The balance
is met by private subscriptions and
memberships, all of which already
have been pledged"
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Delay in Stationery.

Unless more speed is shown by the
Dispatch Printing Company of Union
Hill at the head of which is Assembly
man Martin, minority leader of the
House of Assembly, the business of
the State may come to a stop through
lack of delivery Of blanks and sta
tionery, and even litigants may suffer
because the Supreme Court and Chan
Gerry Court will not have regular
forms, and the general public will
in every way be inconvenienced.
Throughout the State House there is
dissatisfaction over the tardy delivery.
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Courses.

~NgTICUTtUrdI CoUrSeSs
The State Agricultural College at
New Brunswick has announced four
short courses in agriculture as fol-
lows: General agriculture and dairy
farming; fruit-growing and market
gardening; poultry husbandry; home
economics. This last course includes
chemistry Of foods; cooking; invalid
and infant cookery; home nursing;
emergencies; home sanitation; home
economy; sewing, trimming and deco
ration; principles Of laundering; per-
sonal hys lene; home horticulture and
dairying.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-22

will remain while he has work there.
Sunday was observed as .'Washing'S
day in the +. Il. church. In the morn
ing, Rev. J. l.. Sanders. the pastor gave
a most interesting discourse on The
Religious Life of Washington" with
special music by choir In the evening,
paper on 1.-THE Early Life of Washing
tom Roscoe Holt; address, washington
Contrasted with Other Great Men, Mr..
Morrill,, superintendent of schools; re-
marks by Rev. Mr.. Sanders. The above
was interspersed with music.
Mrs. F. w. Potter of Springfield,
Mass, is visiting her sister, Mrs. o. +.
Wheeler.
The remains of Rev. T. s. Weeks, pas
tor of the Christian church in Bangor.
We're brought to Clinton, Sunday night,
and prayers We're had at the NJ. ..
church Interment was made in the ups,
per village cemetery. Rev. Mr. Weeks.
was 81 years old. He had often yiste1
in town and was highly respected by all
who met him. Mrs Weeks accompanied
the remains here.
The supper and sale held by the Bill
ings Relief Corps in the hall was a sue
cess both socially and financially. They
realized s25. b; sasaIVlIs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-22
Cold Weather and Parasites
Destroy Nests OF BrOWn=tails.

The attention of State Horticultural
Albert x. Gardner was called Wednes-
day afternoon by a Journal reporter
to the discovery made by Albert nj.
Fuller, a prosperous West Gardiner
farmer, and reported by the West
Gardiner correspondent in the Jour
nal of Wednesday morning, that nests
of the brown-tail moths gathered since
the extreme cold weather of January
show no signs OF life and appear dry
and dead.
State Horticulturist Gardner be-
lieves that Mr.. Fuller's theory that the
destruction of the insects was caused
by the extreme cold weather is correct
AS far as my observations go 26 be-
low zero will kin the insects | have
examined nests in the vicinity of
Rockland and Bangor. gathered from
low land, and have found from so to
100 per cent. of the insects dead. l
have received word from many town
officials. especially from towns lying
in low lard, where the mercury has
fallen to 26 and below, and they re-
port just the same thing that ! found
in my own observations. / shall men
ton this matter in my forthcoming re-
prt as 1 firmly believe that the cold
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MT. ERNON.

SOUTEi-A worthy sister of Read
field Grange, who is also quite an en-
tomoiosist and very Jealous in tie de
struction of broWn-tail moths, made
the discovery that netghbor's apple
tree needed looking after. while riding
past it one day, recently. Nearly 20
large brown-tail nests were in evil
dence. One or two others also saw the
same nests. Imagine the surprise of
our friend when the net unfolded a
very nimble pair of wings and a flock
of snow buntings fiuttered away be-
fore causing too much anxiety.
A large flock of ground sparrows are
seen nearly every day in this Heighbor-
hood.
There was a large attendance at
Grange from this place. Saturday.
Several have secured the Journal die
tionaries and are very proud of them.
Lewis Johnson and h. A. Martin
We're at home from Winthrop, over
Sunday
Mrs. John Halves, who has been ill,
is able to be out again.
The man employed by the town OF
Mt. Vernon to clear the trees of
n-tail moth nests, had a narrow
escape from a serious injury recently.
In some unknown manner he fastened
his skis with the curved side at the
back of the foot. In going down a
steep pitch among some badly
branched trees he took hard fall--a
shower bath of snow-and sustained
a number of bruises friend hearing
his cries, went to his aid.
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County Attorney
Asks EXtraditiOn
OF Joe Girard.

County Attorney Joseph William
requisition papers at the State House
for the extradition from Sarvia, ONT
of Joseph II. Girard. of Augusta, Il
fugitive from justice from Kennebec
county, who fed from Waterville,
Oct. %, 1911, after break into the
Maine Central station and larceny of
S125 in money.
These papers, after receiving the
signature of Governor Plaisted. We're
be sent to the secretary of State at
Washington and by him will be for
warded to the Governor General of
Canada, who will take up the matter
of extradition with the Canadian Off
GERS
A deputy from the sheriffs office,
probably Deputy Sheriff 0rren l..
Choate. who accompanied Inspector
Russell, the Maine Central detective
to Toronto, in previous hunt for
Girard, will be sent to SarVia Jail to
bring back the prisoner and it is ex-
peeted that within a week Girard will
be back in the Kennebec county Jail,
where he has previously done time.
Girard is serving a sentence in Sar-
via Jail as a vagrant and the term
for which he was sentenced does not
expire, until March 20. Should the Ca
madam officers desire to do SO they
can, of course. hold him until his time
expires but ii is thought that he VIII
be given over without delay to the
Maine officers.
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weather has killed the greater part OF
the insects in some of the towns of
the State. where they have been very
plenty during the past year"
A number of residents of Augusta
and vicinity have discovered moth
nests that appear dry and dead since
the recent cold snap, just as reported
in the case of those taken from the
orchard of Mr.. Fuller at West Gardi-
ner.
Former Assistant Horticulturist
George A. Yeaton of Chelsea attributes
the death Of the insects in the nests to
a parasite quite as much as to cold
weather and attributes the work to
considerable extent to the ichneumon
fiv or the minor dagger7Worm, both Of
which have been working during the
past season, and says that he has seen
MANY nests. which have been para
sited' in this way.
The Wholesale destruction of brown
tail caterpillars in their nests will be
welcome news to the public, and
whether the nests have been frost bit
ten or "parasited' the result will be
looked upon in the nature of Il bless
ing
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LEWIS A. BURLE|CH
W|THDRAWS CANDIDACY
And GIVES HIS REASONS.
A Petition for the Nomination of
James r. Townsend to Fill the
Vacancy Thus Caused Is
Being Circulated.

To the Republicans of Augusta:
In connection with my recent adj
mission to the firm ef-a Burleigh &,
Fly1t. myl~attention has been called
to Section II of Chapter 12l of the Re-
vised Statutes, which recently has
been passed upon by our Supreme
court, and which reads, in part, as fol-
lows:
No trustee superintendent.
,--treasurer or other person holding
place Of trust in any State office
or public institution of the State,
shall be pecuniarily interested di-
rectly or indirectly in any con-
tracts made in behalf of the State
or of the institution in which he
holds such place of trust, and any
contract made in violation hereof
is void.
/ am satisfied that, in case of my
election as a representative to the
Legislature, the statute might be held
to apply to the contract for lesisla-
tive printing recently awarded to Bur
leigh & Flynt. To avoid any question,
/ have therefore Withdrawn my cam
didacy for representative, in the man
her provided by statute.
II may be proper to add that at the
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RE PUBLICAN CAUCUSES.
REPUBLICAN, CAUCUS.

There Will be Republican caucus iii
City Hall. at s O'Clock r. NJ, Thursday,
Feb g, for the purpose of
Ito nominate a candidate for Mayor.
TO elect IS delegates and Is alter
mates to the Republican State Conven-
ton to be held in Bangor on Wednes-
day, April 10, 1912
ITO elect IS delegates and IS alter
mates to the Third Congressional Dis
trict Convention, to be held in Bangor
on Wednesday, April 10, 1912.
Per order
Republican City Committee.
e. A. HUSSEY, Chairman.
GEORGE w. V1CKERY, Secretary.
Amgnsta. Maine. Feb q. 1912.
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NOMINATION PETITION
Circulated for James r. townsend
Will Be Filed, Thursday.

\ nominating petition was being
circulated, Wednesday afternoon for
James r. Townsend. as a candidate
for representative to the legislature
for the special session. To fill the va
cancy on the Republican ticket caused
by the withdrawal of Mr. Burleigh.
Mr. Townsend's petition will be filed,
Thursday, at the State House and his
name will go on the official ballot.
Mr. Townsend was city treasurer
and collector from 1894 to 1911, and
during his long term of service proved
faithful and efficient city official.