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The Penn's Grove record., 1913-05-09
Dr.. John Chinaman.

The introduction into China OF west
ern knowledge is destined to work a
complete revolution in medical and
surgical practice in the F1owery King
dom. One of the things that is going
and now nearly gone is what is call
ed 'acupuncture" or pricking Of
needles. This mode Of treating dis
cases consists in sticking long
needles of silver or gold into the body
or members of the sufferer and then
pulling them out, as housewives some
times test their cakes with a broom
straw to see if they are done.
Reliable authorities tell Of many
cases in which this heroic system has
brought about cures. Perhaps the
patient was Scared into being cured.
and decided to get well, rather than
be stuck any more. 1t is declared
that the Chinese doctors are able act
uaIly to penetrate the heart and other
vital organs with their needles with
out causing death, and that the proc
ess does not cause any considerable
amount of pain.-FTom the Pathfinder.
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At Our Best.

No man is the man he might have
been-no man will become the man he
may be-who does not come to know
Jesus Christ. Christ is an appeal to
manhood. His is the power to awaken
the latent energies Of cne's better self.
To know him is a call to the heights.
Peter came to know him, and the vac
illating became the granite of stabil-
ity. Thomas came to know him, and
hesitation yielded to Bar
timeus came to know him, and sight
less eyes began to see. Zacchaeus
came to know him, and injustice be-
came a fourfold power of integrity.
Paul came to know him, and the
prosecutor became the apostle. Bun
yam came to know him, and the pro-
faner became the pilgrim" The
same transformations are being
wrought In this day. In Christ we see
ourselves at our best. Looking into
the face of Jesus, we are transformed
into the same image."-Rev. Ellsworth
Higley, D. D.
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Fine for stsrp Filtration.

In Austria, as in Germany, one is
likely to commit the ofense of less
majestic without knowing it. An in
stance of the sort is afforded by a de-
cision not long ago rendered by a
court at Trieste, a decision hat
aroused indignation in the hearts Of
young A%ustrians, since, by the ruling
of the court, it appeared that lovers
lay themselves open to a summons
for lese majestic if they vary the of
icial' position of a postage stamp,
whether on a postcard or on the en-
velope containing a letter, to indicate
their sentiments.
An examination of the printed de-
cision of the court makes it clear that
to stick a postage stamp at a certain
angle, even though it be to express
"undying love" disappointment"
tender memories" and so forth, is
decidedly a mark of disrespect to the
sovereign, whose image appears upon
the stamp. The sender of a postcard
who used the emperor's likeness to
tell his sweetheart that he would love
her always was fined for the ofense.
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Sporting

George Stovall, manger of the St.
Louis Americans, was suspended by
President Johnson for his conduct in
the game, when he snatched Umpire
Ferguson's hat from his head and spat
on his coat.
George Edward Waddell, generally
known in baseball circles as "Rube"
Waddell, dramatically retired from
organized baseball after fifteen years
of service. Throwing away his uni
form, Waddell declared that he was
through with the game for good.
In the annual in~terscholastic track
and field meet on New Beaver. Field,
State College, Pa, A. S. Robinson, the
Mercersburg Splinter, won the 100
yard dash in 9 3-5 seconds, and hung
up a new worlds record in the 220-
yard dash when he finished in 20 40
seconds.
Alma Richards, of Brigham Young
University, Utah, who won the run
ming high jump at the last Olympic
games in Sweden with a leap of of
6 feet 3& inches, has decided to nj
circulate at the University of Pennsyl-
vania.
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General

The American Agricultural Chemi-
cal Co.'S plant at Buffalo was de-
stroyed by fire at a loss of $500, 900.
The Anti-Alien Land Ownership bill
passed the California Assembly and
was sen to Governor Johnson.
The power house of the Dawson
Electric Light & Power Co., at Daw-
son, Yukon, was destroyed by fire.
Loss, 5000, 900.
The owners of two large silk mills
in Paterson, N. j., said they would
cease business there IN account of the
strike and move elsewhere.
John Kremscheck, after fighting ex-
tradition fifteen years, has been or
dered returned to the Pennsylvania au-
thorities on a murder charge.
William Alvin, of Baraboo, Wis,
found a heron in that city with the
words Votes for Women" on tag
around its neck.
Judge Bosworth, of Springfield,
Mass, fined John Delmaestro, who was
shot in the legs in a duel, 500 for
gun to;ing."
Anthony Rodowski, of Rochester,
Pa, sat down to sleep on a freshly
cemented doorstep and had to be
chisled off.
The Horace Mann School of Teach
ers' College, New York City, author
tiles have decided to abandon co-edu-
cation.
Mrs. George H. Jenkins, of Union
vile, Conn, was killed in an automo-
bile collision on the P~lainville road.
Rhode Island celebrated its own
Forth of July W months ahead
of the rest of the Union.
Arturo ~Giovannitti, the l.. w. w.
leader, vas fined $40 in Milford, Mass.
for leading a parade of strikers rela-
tives in Hopedale. He appealed and
was released on bail.
Richard Curran, 16 years old, res
cued Joseph Debsky, 8 years old, who
had fallen into the East River, New
York, by lassoing him and pulling him
ashore.
Nine thousand six hundred and
ninety-six-most of them women, of
course; many of them men, however,
anu a surprising NUMBER or them
children-marched in New York City
in the cause of equal suffrage.
Albert We'll, secretary and treasur-
er OF the Louis LipD Co., of Cincin-
natl, was fined $500 and sentenced
to serve 60 days in Jail for violation
of the antitrust law.
The Massachusetts solons voted to
report an amendment to the Constitu-
ton by which the Legislature is en-
powered to impose taxes on personal
property on a new basis.
Experiments at Johns Hopkins Uni.
versity, Baltimore, show there1 is a
third state between life and DEATH
and that the suspended animation or
latent life" may be mistaken for the
latter
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Foreign

A nitro-glycerine bomb was found in
a %parcel-post package in London. II
is placed to the credit of suffragettes:
The police are expelling vagabonds
from Portugal. So far $50 have been
sent by steamer to Africa.
The pro yisional government Of Chi.
ma was recognized by the United
States at Pekin.
Russia will do everything possible,
a st. Petersburg despatch says, to pre-
vent the occupation of Albania.
The price of beef fell 25 per cent. in
Smithfeld market, London. The Daily
Chronicle ascribes it to a rupture ii
the relations of the seven companies.
which bring shipments from Argen.
tina.
1t was said in Mexico City that
Washington's recognition of the Huer.
ia Government hinges on the latter's
accepting an international commission
to settle all foreigners claims for dam
ages growing out of revolutionary
movements.
The strike of 10000 miners at Car.
diff, Wales, has been settled.
Hakodate, on Yezo Island, Japan,
was swept by fire.
The Irish Home Rule bill will be in.
troduced in Parliament next week in
the same form which it left the House
of Commons last session.
King George received the English
polo team in Buckingham Palace prior
to the players departure for New
York.
A New York dealer purchased SOC
love letters of Robert and Elizabeth
Browning for $32,7 $50, at a London auc
ton sale.
Rebel gains in Mexico are reported
from many quarters.
President Tancrede Auguste of Hal
ii died from natural causes at Port au
Prince.
The British Government has accept
ed the offer of Sir w. H. Levers tc
give Stafford House as a home for the
London Museum and guest house fol
distinguished visitors.
Forbidden to parade or hold a meet
ing, London suffragettes marched with
the lockers in a great free-speech dem
onstration by Socialists and to Trafal
gar Square, where there was much
rioting.
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The age of a fish is not at all indi-
Gated by the size, and scientists were
for a long time unable to arrive at
any accurate determination of the age
OF, q fish. Within more recent times it
has been discovered that many of the
bones. scales and otoliths of fishes
have annual age-rings, resembling
those in tree-trunks, and by means OF
these Investigators have determined
the rate of growth of plaice, showing
that some specimens attain the age OF
twenty-five, or even as much as TWEEN
LYNNE years. Age can now be cor
related with size and weight, although
It appears that the sexes have a differ
ent rata Of growth.
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HER WONDERFUL BABY
PERHAPS NEEDLESS TO SAY 1T
WAS THE FIRST.
Mrs. Youngmother Confides to Friend
That Her Little Dear Is the Most
Original and Remark
able Child Ever.

isn't he a darling, May" said Mrs.
Youngmother to May" who had been
her maid of honor at the wedding and
who was seeing the baby for the first
time.
He is just a dear!' said May, with
her eye on the clock, while she was
mentally calculating how she could
in d%ecency," bring the call to an
end.
1T isn't that be is such an extraor-
dinarily pretty baby, May. It's mora
han that, for he is certainly the most
original child you ever saw! Such I'M
ming little original ways as he has for
one Of his age! I wish that it was
time for him to have his dinner and
you could see the way he holds out his
little hands the moment he sees the
bottle and opens his mouth when the
bottle is three feet from him! You
never saw anything SO cute!
Then, when l give him a little milk
to drink in a cup, he bubbles in it in
the funniest way! Mamma a Y that
she never knew of any other baby do
ing it quite like he does. Then, when
you go, you will see what a cunning
way he had of waving goodby. Some
times / have to take him by the ell
bow and help him a little, but even
then it is the most original little way
he has! And if you could only see
him smile in his sleep! Sometimes,
when he is sound asleep, his little lips
entirely part over his gums in the
dearest little smile! l think that is
a sign that he is going to have a hap
Ply disposition.
Then he has the most original lit
tie way Of holding one foot in the
air and staring at it when he is lying
down, and the other day he actually
got his big toe into his mouth-he did!
l called the cook up from the kitchen
SO she could see 1.-THE funniest lit
tie trick you ever saw! I asked the
doctor when he was here the other
day If he thought it was a sign that
he was going to be a real athlete, and
he thought it might be, and it wor-
ries me a little, for I don't want him
to be one Of those professional
athletes.
Il look higher than that for him.
And, honestly, May, sometimes think
he knows time by the clock! Every
time it strikes he looks toward it! I
have watched him again and again.
and the moment the clock strikes he
turns his eyes right toward it. Do you
suppose that he really knows what
it is? l sometimes think that he does.
because he is SO original in so many
other ways.
And, May, as sure as I live and
breathe, l heard him laugh in his
sleep the other night! l woke my
husband and wanted him to get up and
light the gas and see if the baby was
awake, but he didn't want to. No
one can ever convince me that he
didn't laugh in his sleep. Truly, May,
l think that he is one of the most
original babies I ever heard of, and I
am very glad Of it, for l want him to
grow up with some Northumberland
l am sure he has it, all right. Don't
you want to hold him for just a min
ute, and see how heavy he is for one
of his age? o, May, it is a great re-
s~ponsibility to be the mother of such
an unusual child as he is."-Judge-
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4 EX-INSPECTORS
FOUND GUILTY
New York Police Heads Con-
victed of Conspiracy
JURY WAS OUT SO MINUTES
Police Officials Face one-Year Sen
fences and $500 Fines-Whitman
to Press Bribery indictments
Growing Out of Scandal.

New York.-Dennis J.. Sweeney,
James F. Thompson, James E. Hussey
and John j. Neutrality-suspicious. of Po-
lioe until the vice graft revelations
caused their suspension-four of the
most powerful of the graft ring which
has held New York in it's grip for
years, were convicted of conspiracy.
The jury was out only SO minutes.
They did not even try to put on the
forced grimace that custom, calling it
a smile, has made characteristic of
taking a verdict gamely.
They could net for the moment real
ize hat the answer Foreman Mossman
made to Clerk Penny's question,
Gentlemen, how say you, Guilty or
not guilty." had stripped them of their
gold shields and velvet collars and
translated them into convicts.
Ten minutes later, after their pedi-
grees had been taken, the four men,
utterly crushed and broken by the
speedy verdict, filed slowly over the
Bridge of Signs to their cells, Nos. 101
and 103, in the Tombs. There were
tears in Sweeney's eyes.
The four inspectors were charged
with a conspiracy to keep George A.
Sipp, a disorderly hotel keeper, out of
town and from testifying in the graft
cases which he had exposed.
The crime of conspiracy carries with
it a penalty of n year in the peni-
Tertiary and $500 fine, but fast upon
this conviction District Attorney Whit
man will try each of the officials on
the indictment for bribery, which car
ries with it a penalty of ten years.
The District Attorney is determined
to show no quarter to the men who
have mulcted half a million dollars in
graft from this one inspection district
in the last five years.
The case was given to the jury at
1925 o'clock p. m. The jury returned
to the room at SOB with the verdict,
having been ort of their seats in the
jurybox just thirty-eight minutes.
The members of the jury took no
ballots, and it seemed to be their unan-
imous opinion as soon as they retired
that the four former inspectors were
guilty.
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christianitv,s Power

Nothing in all the world is exerting
so great an influence on the thoughts
of men today as the teachings Of
Christ. They are silently, but power.
fully. changing the habits and the
thoughts of men. These teachings
are more powerful than any political
or business creed and are destined to
make the greatest history the world
has ever known, The most respected
personality of Jesus Christ. He came
to give men life abundantly, and he is
giving it to them. That is the heart
of the Gospel, the "abundant life"
And in the giving OF it, history is be
ing made daily in most marvellous
ways. Christianity is the greatest his
tory maker of the world.
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Weather Increases Fatalities.

For the first time in more than three
years David S. South, State Registrar
of Vital Statistics, reported to the
State Board of Health a large in
crease for a month in the number of
deaths throughout the State, indicat-
ing that there were more deaths in
the month of April just past than
had occurred in that period of time
for many years. The number Of
~Jerseymen who died was 1857, and
this number was more than ATS for
the preceding month as well as 735
above the average for the past twelve
months. The registrar shows that the
increase in the deaths was not for
any particular disease, but that the
tables showed that there was an in
crease of mortality in all of the dis
eases reported excepting typhoid
fever. He concludes hat the peculiar
winter season had something to do
with it, particularly the lingering
spring.
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PITH OF THE
WEEKS NEWS
Latest TeIegraphic and Cable
Intelligence %Epitomized.
OLD WORLD AND THE NEW
Political Pot 70 BubbIins F~uriousiy-
News About Wars That Are Rag
ing and Rumors About Wars
to Come.
OLD WORLD AND THE NEv
WASHINGTON

The District of Columbia Court of
Appeals reduced the sentence of Sam
uel Gompers in the Bucks Stove Com
pany contempt case to thirty days in
jail, and those of Mitchell and Morri-
son to payment of a $500 fine each.
President Wilson has made no az
rangements yet for paying pew rent.
That is to say he has not decided on
the church at which he will worship.
Senator Cummins introduced a bill
creating a trade commission to absorb
the bureau of corporations.
Mr.. Borah laid before the Senate in
formation that slavery was practised
in parts of the Philippines, and gave
notice that he would seek to have
Congress take action.
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Personal

DR.. Francis Patton, president of the
Princeton Theological Seminary, re-
signed because of old age and failing
eyesight.
Paul Arthur Sorg, winner of many
prizes at horse-shows in America and
Great Britain and a noted whip, died
of heart disease at his home in New
York City.
The japanese Emperor received
former Attorney-General Wickersham
and Mrs. Wickersham at Toxic.
Andrew Carnegie made the principal
address before the American Peace
Conference in st. Louis.
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suLzER SAYS mo BETTING"
Warns Sherifs and Prosecutors Gamb-
Inc on Races Must Be Prevented.

Albany, N. Y.-Governor Sulzer
warned Commissioner of Police Waldo
and officials of Queens, Kings, Nassau
and New York counties that he would
hold them strictly accountable for vio-
lations of the a~nti-gambling laws after
horseracing is renewed. He mailed an
Identical letter to the district attor-
neys and sheriffs of Nassau, Queens.
Kings and New York counties and to
Commissioner Waldo.
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are determined to oppose jury reform
of any kind, using their demand for q
referendum as the weapon, fear now
there may be a stampede to the plan
referred to as the chancellor BILL"
than had been expected. 1t IS also said
that agreement is likely to be reached
upon the constitutional convention
problem, and that, despite any filibust-
ering that may be attempted, both
will be passed without much
difficulty.
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For Crossing Protection.

For Crossing Protection.
The State Public Service Commits
sion has ordered the Pennsylvania
Railroad to operate the safety gates
throughout the twenty-four hours, al
C~iinnaminson avenue, Palmyra, the
scene of a recent grade crossing ac-
cident in which Joseph Rush was
killed and a brother seriously injured.
Notice to this effect has been sent to
the township commissioners, who have
been demanding better safeguards. A
meeting will be held at the State
House, to take up the extension of
safety devices in Palmyra.
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Governor Fielder refused to permit
the reinstatement of the Continental
and Royal Typewriter Companies as
Jersey corporations in good standing.
The companies allowed their charters
to lapse because of the non-payment
Of their taxes. Since the passage of
Seven Sisters the companies wanted
to be reinstated, as the Continental
is a holding company and could not
get a charter under the new law. They
were willing to pay the back taxes of
SIS, 900, but Governor Fielder refused
to sanction the reinstatement.
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ADVOCATE JURY REFORM.
Mass Meeting Held in Assembly
Chamber al the Capitol.

Mass Meeting Held in Assembly
Chamber at the Capitol.
In order to make the campaign for
jury reform close with a fitting eli
max, a mass meeting was arranged
for the Assembly Chamber at the State
Capitol, where the foes of the project
will endeavor to show President Will
son that he has not regained political
control of the State. The mass meet
ling closed the campaign that has
been waged to create a sentiment
throughout the State for a jury re-
form bill without a referendum, and it
was the first time that the Assembly
chamber has ever been used for such
a purpose. Governor Fielder was
chosen to be the principal speaker,
and Prosecutor Martin P. Devlin was
another speaker.
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KINGS ASSASSIN KILLS HIMSELF
Man Who Shot Grecian Monarch
Inmns from Window at SaInnica-

Man Who Shot Grecian Monarch
Jumps from Window at SaIonica.
London.-AIeko Schinas. the man
who shot and killed King George Of
Greece on March Is last at Salonica,
jumped out of a window in the police
station.
Physicians who examined Schinas a
few days ago found that he was suffer
ing from tuberculosis.
Schinas shot and killed King George
of Greece while the monarch was
walking in the streets of Salonica
with one of his aides-de-camp. The
only explanation he gave of the crime
was that he had applied at the Kings
palace for assistance two years ago
and had been driven away.
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ADAMS EXPRESS GETS 1T.
Long Island Railroad Makes Contract
for Handling Its Business.

TOT IFdIIUTII9 to DUSIICoS'
New York.-The Long Island Rail-
road Company has decided to enter
into a contract with the Adams Elk
press Company for the handling Of
the express business on Long Island.
The proposed contract will take effect
June l, 1913, on which date the Long
Island Railroad Company will turn
over to the Adams Express Company
all of it's express equipment and bust
ness.
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POLICE BATTLE WITH STRIKERS
Stones and Bullets Fly in Residence
Section of Syracuse.

Section of Syracuse.
Syracuse, N. 1.-TWO men were
mortally hurt, twenty-five we're seri-
ously wounded, many are under arrest
and the city is under martial law as
the result of street riots in which the
police clashed with frenzied Italian
members of the $3.50 union building
operators who are on strike.
Infantry, cavalry and battery com
panies of the State militia took up
quarters at the State armory, the
drill hall at police headquarters and
points adjacent TO the scene of the
troubles, all of them in readiness for
immediate action. When the night
force of police went cut for duty it
was under orders to "shoct to kill at
the first sign of a fresh outbreak"
Nine officers were wounded, eight
Italians were taken to hospitals, ten
others were known to be wounded,
while others, suffering slighter in
juries, escaped.
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MANY Bakeries Violate Law.

The Housewives League, of New
Brunswick, and Miss Laura Moore,
of the State Department OF Labor,
have inspected twenty-four bakeries
and found that the law is being VIC
lated in many of them. They posted
notices in these shops that the State
regulations would have to be lived
I'D to within fifteen days, and intend
to proceed against those bakers who
ignore the orders. Prominent society
women of the city are interested in
the pure food campaign. A report has
been sent to Colonel Lewis T. Bryant.
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Ninety Cent Gas.

Ninety cent gas is now being sup
piled in all the territory covered by
the Public Service Corporation, and
it would be a good idea for house
holders to compare their future
monthly bills, with the corresponding
months in the past, in order to observe
the working of the new rate. Citi-
zens who used gas years ago when
the rate was So to $3.50 per thousand
cubic feet declare their bills were
not reduced by the lower rate. 1t is
pointed out, however, that the more
liberal use of gas is the cause of this
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Christians Usefulness

Only Christ can influence the world;
bat all that the world sees Of Christ
Is what it sees of him in the life of
his followers. So that a Christians
usefulness depends solely upon his re-
lationship to Christ and the accuracy
with which he reflects the divine like
ness.-Henry Drummond.
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Civil Service Ruling.

Civil Service Ruling.
In the future, seniority and effici-
ency Will control in all cases where
discharges from the public service
in any department of the State or To-
cal government in which civil service
is effective. according to a new rul-
ing of the State Civil Service Commits
sion. Seniority will govern except in
cases where it can be shown that a
junior appointee is more efficient.
Considerable Importance is attached
to this ruling, because of frequent at
tempts that have been made to cir
cumvent the civil service principle.