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GENERAL COOPER DIES SUDDENLY. C^xmindlof OlHccr ot the Secood Brljede «l the New Jersey Cnard Strickeo la hl» OMke ia Cimdcn-Ratiers Collete Appetit—Fell Deed la MU Pew—Baroed t#

Dealh la HU Hit

Governor Murphy >ent to the two houses of the Legf-laturc a special message calling attention to a claim lor $131,000 filed with him hy Dr. Austin " College. Dr. "

Scott.

contends Jh^Tthit money "is due the lege for - State scholarships establi! by a law of 1890. The Governor «1 in his message that the constitutionality of the law was questioned and that, therefore, no money was ever paid by the State. He advises that a commission of three be api>oinrtd to make an investigation and report what money, if any.'is due Rutgers College, and as to whether the law of 1890 should be continued, re-

pealed or modified.

I Andrew Payack. 12 years old. was burned to a crisp while,sleeping in a tin hut on the garbage dump in Passaic. It is said he had run away from his home in Paterson, where his widowed mother and eight other children lived. He liked to rove around and sought the dumps as a place to sleep. He built a fire to keep himself warm. At night when some of his companions passedJiy. they saw Andrew fast asleep ijn 1^ little house. A fire was burning briskly. Next morning when some rag pickers drove out to sort garbage they found one leg and only the

skeleton of the boy in the ashes. Brigadier General William H. Cooper. ' of the Second Brigade, Ka-

- • ' ,ud-

ning. ave-

nue. Camden. and~was superintendent of the 'Pennsylvania Railroad floats.. He reached his office shortly before 1 o'clock after a struggle through heavy snowdrifts. He Avcnt to the telephone box co sepd an order in reference to »me floats when he fell to the floor. He died in a few minutes. Never was Salem so overrun with tramps as at present. Over 200 have been committed to jail within a month, and as fast as they are turned out they look uji and commit some offense, for a reincarnation; The authorities have gotten onto the scheme, and they arc nowbeing run out of the city as fast as possible. Mam- sleep in the glass factories at night, otherwise the jail would have to be enlarged to accommodate them. Pennington Borough Council is in favor of the introduction of electric lights into the town and the question will lie submitted to > vote of the people, with the probability of being carried by a big majority. At p.e-ayit kerosene lamps are used. A military class has been formed at the West Jersey Aba demy. Bridgeton, and thc^jottowink appointments made: CaptarfiT Leslie OJtaweDt first lieuten-

Scott e cqf-

commander of the Second Brigade, tional Guard of New Jersey, died

denly from apoplexy Mor

: Bare

tnltz.

■d V ana nun etler; secotH

; secoild-sergeant.

Colonel Charles Moorhead has sold his handsome property along the Cof River, near Bridgeto:

. Philadelphia ntends only to -gunning season.

wealthy I who inten

ridgeton.

1 named Simpson, isc the property in

rom a hunting trip 1 his hip pocket, nd fell bn the ice

He started to s' The cartridge gh his clothes

ploded. went left .an ugly s

Samuel Swift, a fugitive from justice for some time, was captured in Bridgeton and jailed. He is charged with stealing several watches and shooting at an officer and" was indicted by tbe last

cSiS.

After a suspension of trains arc -once more

Ion. the Seven Mile Townsend's Inlet bridge. . __

badly damaged by storoM^havm)

sufficiently repaired.

months.

two

running to Ava_Beach resort, the

Which was having been

old. an in-

r. ffll dead -in >Iogy was sung '-lurch at New

Riverus Marsh. 68' ventor and manufactv his pew just as the d< in the Second Reforme

Brunswick-Sunday morning. William Collins. 33 years old. of Newark. fell to bis death from the cross arm of a telephone pole in Jersey Gty. He appeared to lose his balance and was chocked by live wires on which he felL

COJKMEKUL REVIEW.

R. G. Dun ft Company's "W«My Review of Trade" c»ys: Busineat cnatra net to progress satisfactorily, notwithstanding heavy losses through the elamenu. The new year has beer unusually handicapped in this way. floods and

eing closely followed a lions, destroying much

traffic. It is only

blockades being closely followed

by fires and expl

id ret

property and retarding

another evidence of the solid bacis upon which the nation's industries are established that in each case plans for rebuilding on a grander scale were made before the shock of the catastrophe had fully

passed.

The labor situation has distinctly im-

proved during the past week.

In the iron and steel industry it if now l>eing demonctrated that there is such a thing as too much prosperity. The result is ,a gradual falling behind with deliveries and a tendency of buyers to send orders abroad whenever needs are Ur EJker prices were the rule in the market* for the „ leading agricultural Continued strength is to be noted in

all the cereals and flour.

Failures for the week numbered 240 in the United States, against 257 last year, and 33 in Canada, against 40 last

year.

LATEST QUOTATIONS.

Flour—Best Patent. $49°: High Grade Extra. $4-4°; Minnesota Bakers, $335« ^Wheat-New York No. 2. 88«: Philiddphia No. 2. 86a86!4c; Baltimore No. Corn—New York No. 2. 66!4; Philadelphia No. 2, 6sVji66c; Baltimore No. 2 ' Oats—New York No. 2. 49c; Philadelphia No. 2. 50VJ; Baltimore No. 2, 49°Green Fruits and VcgeUblcs—Apple* —Western Maryland and Pennsylvania, packed, per brl., $3.0033.50; do. New York, assorted, per bcl., $3 75a4 SOCabbage—New York State, per ton, lomestic. $15.00*16.00; do. Danish, per ton, $18.00320.00. Carrots—Native, per bushel pan, 40345c; do. per bunch, i!4a tc. Celery—New York State, per dozen stalks. 35340c; do. native, per bunch, 3a 4c. Cranberries—Cape Cod. per brL, $6.0036.50; do. Jerseys, per brl., $5 5“ 5.5a Eggplants—Florida, per crate, $35oa4xx). Ka!c-,Nativc, per bushel box. isa20c. Lettuce—North Carolina, per half-barrel basket. 75c.a$i.oo. Onions —Maryland and Pennsylvania, yellow, per bu., $!.aoa$l.3o; do. Western yellow, per bu. $1-2531.30. Oranges—Flonda. per bx.. as, to sire. $3.0033.50 Oysterplants—Nativi, per bunch. $4.0034.5° Spinach -Native, per bu. box. $i.oo«i.I5Strawberric*—Florida, per quart. 30335° Tomatoes—Florida, per six-basket carrier. fancy. $2-75*3X5: Turnip*—Native,

per bushel box, 2M°e.

Potatoes. — White — Maryland and Pennsylvania, per bu.. No J. 75*8oc; do. seconds, 65371*:: do. .New York, per

WHY INDIANS PAINT, Am KzpUaatlM mt tb* Cast** Olva a former Indian A goal. The question why Indiana f

tbe q Paul.

question came up at a club

night In St.

P« 65a

Soc. Sweets—Eastern Shore. Virginia. “kSafST®. Prodocu.—ftjfc b«u. .taiam, SEfoSaT 1 hams/8Ke: hamT^nvascd

5r uncanvased, 12 lbs. and over, 12c; refined lard, tierces, barrels and 50-lb. cans, gross. to)4c; refined lari seconds

hand tubs, totfe.

Butter—Separator. aSaapc ; gathered cream, afaadc; imitation, ataaac; ■prints, 1 lb, 273380; rolls. 2 lb, 26327c; dairy prints. Md.. Pa. and Va^ 27326c. Eggs—Western Maryland and Pennsylvania. per dozen. 27c; Eastern Shore, Maryland and Virginia, per dozen, 27c: Xlrginia; per dozen, 27c: West Virginia. per dozen, 26327c; Western, 27c; 5 T| , rp-o^T 0 rt,^-H ra .. C l»ic, —aisc: young toms, choice. I3a>4c; old toms, naiac. Chickens—Hens, ttatac; old roosters, each. 25330; young. 12313. Ducks—Fancy, large, i3«Uc; fancy, small, I lata; muscovy and mongrels, 11313. Geese, We«lern, each. 60375c. Pigeons, young, per pair, 20325c Cheer* VT — 1

sides—Heavy steers, associatu filter*, late kill, 60 lbs. and up, cl lection, toaitc; cows and light 3*9°

i

Pound 'fishermen are .already preparing stakes for their work. Cape May -people have fish, from March to November and cels .the other three months

of-the year.

Norman Pierce has been elected president. J. Fell Loveland, vice-president, and Roy Loder.. secretary, of the Eis Dynamin Society, of the West Jersey Academy, Bridgeton. The owners of the turnpike leading from the mainland to Ocean City are said to favor its ' sale to Capt May county, for .use as a. free driveway, for

, disposed of twenty Anglesea to the North Wildwood Land Company for $20,000. Without regard for the prophecies of the groundhog, fishermen of Salem eounty are preparing for early work. Four of the bridges on the new efiunty road leading from Holly Beach to the mainland, have been completed. The Gloucester Gty police are having very little to do. No arrests lave been made for over two months. Ice in the river off Pennsville is piled mountain high, and people go from a' distance to view the spectacle.

Tne volume _ .

baled by a healthy paraon la twvnfytovr boon ia about U.MO ruble li as. containing about atx ouneaa ot 1

Thla is at ths rate o( UT

- - - 7S ;V<x>T to medium, $4 00 3635; stochers and fe«lo-s. fc-5034-75; J1.25*2-25; hetfeji, &25*5,25; U $t .2532.25; bulls, $2.2534.60. Hoga—mixed and light, weak; dose, lower; .mixed and butchers. $5*016.30; —UBjgggi East Liberty.—Cattle steady: choice

agent 1

had beard but one legend bearing on

the point.

"I was sitting at a campfire one light, 1 ' paid be. "In a village of iiilla Apaches listening to tbe st

Ing at t

paid be. "In a

es 1 thai d tl

rtlng

that hides so many of the

stenlng to

and legends that were being told when

tunded expect!

ring

1 propounded tbe old questl hardly expecting even thi

thoughts of the Indians.

"To my surprise, however. I reived the answer that I least

An old fellow who had aat all

erei out sirs

ques

solemnity he told the following leg-

pect

tbe evening listening to the stories

hi!

up a

Proceeding with all due

ling to

Without changing his attitude, gnu

ned up as he heard

mg. n chief of the red men who lived in these mountains went out to get a deer, for his people were hungry. " 'After wanting all day he saw a deer, and shot st It; but the arrow was turned aside, end wounded a mountain Hon. which was also after the deer. When the Hon felt the sting of the arrow he jumped up and bounded after the man, who ran for his life.

almost exhausted, and,

his strength

he fell to the ground, calling <

the

when he f

his strength giving way.

tiling on the

big bear—who. you know. |s the grand-

father of men—to save him.

" The big bear heard the call, and saw that to save the man he had to act quickly; ao he scratched his foot and sprinkled his blood over the man. “’Now you must know that no animal wlU eat of the bear or taste of his blood. So when the Hon reached the man he smelled the blood tmd turned away; but as he did so his foot scraped the face of the man. leaving the marks of his claws on tho

blood-smeared face.

•When tne man found that he was uninjured, he was so thankful that he left the blood to dry on his face, and never washed It at all, but left

it until It periled off.

•Where <ne claws of the lion scraped It off. there were marks that turned brown in the sun. and where the blood stayed on it was lighter. Now si! men paint their faces that way with b.ood. and scrape K off in streaks when they hunt or go to war.' ”

•New York Sun.

lot have a chance

In stalking seals If tt were of a dark-

$4-5«5-65-LABOR AND DUW9RT ChiHkolbc, Ohio, has women streel

Graater Naw Yo& Indianapolis has revived the project to build a labor temple. The French Chamber of Deputi adopted tbe eight-hour UD for mil The Brewers and Bottlers’ Union has gamed an eight-hour day at*Grand Rap-

ivotrdupoU par wan * popwlaboa at the

the human rac

year 51.000.b0* toaa o< aoM a quantity ot ootl ftttting Ori a* aiaak as the total anna

.at tb* world at this means that

bitter fight against the proposed in per cent, reduction <n salaries. The cry of “»eab" is a sufficient cause for an officer to make an arraat under the new police order in Boston About 75000 machinists art working under n tune-hour system. *.000 arc striking for a similar cm "The Canadian Pacific Railroad WlU build immense loeomotiva and car w< in ItMMrsal aad employ 7,000 bm.

Whit* Anlm

A Polar bear would nothi

1 stalking seals if it wen

cr color. The only bUck spot about

It Is the tip Of its nc who first landed on 1

arctic shores and bays stated that the bears used to take them for seals and begin to stalk them at n considerable distance, lying down flat on their bellies In the attitude In which the well-known photograph by Mr. Gambler Bolton shows the old Polar bear at the too, and wriggling along in that poslticn until they came to an ico hximnock. when they would get up.

of the "seals" were iggle on again. The

sadloni added that they could always see the black nose when the bear icar. and vowed that the bear is paw over his muzzle to hide The arctic foxes, the “blue" hare, tho ptarmigan, ryper, and ermine all undergo the seasonal change to white Identical process. The hair or

rs. as the cas

color and turn pure may almost be described as an Instantaneous process. In the foxes and birds the white comes in patches; but the speed of the color change Is remarkable. There arc many stories of people whose hair has turned white from shock "In a single night.” Judging by the birds and foxes, these stories must be true. No one ever

got t put t

tbe process of fading going feather or patch of fur which 1 _

brown or smoky gray suddenly whlt-

Yet no one has actually seen the

color, going. The explanation usually

There Is a boom in embalming In England. A , representative Inter-

viewed a Wg ’

system of “arterial

lead. He said:

T have «

12 months and am convinced

mbalmlng”

the new g" of the

Jri «m amaft *»» —as aad axpo- ««• m kmt arid saM, or fawa whatever «aM«, mat ha toasted i* 11 ■•fully by tbe ttomiy ippftmNia of 0t. JmoW Oil. A therewgb iwbMag to ■■wry. Tbe Oil •booid b* applied vigorously for at Uait twenty minoto*, two or thro* time* daily, whm *11 pain, sortuua, lUffnes* will be ramoved in twenty-four boar*. It will *l»o •trengtbeo and harden the muscle*. Football player*, gymnsit* end *U athletes will find St. Jacob* Oil superior to any other remedy for outward application, for the resao:. that it* action i* more rapid sad it* effect pernmnrnt. Tbou»*nd*

to all

I St. Jacob* Oil for muscular A twenty-firc-ccnt bottle ia

Rc*cy. In . to com pi

sufficient to prove' its efficai where muscular *orene

with any disease which require* an alterative Vofeler’* Curative Compound should be taken. Thi* prepared by the proprietor* of St. Jacob* Oil, Baltimore, Md., who will send a aampto free on application.

California has almost a monopoly of , the cultivation of apricot* in the United | BUte*.

Chiwmle Tetter. benefit torn Tttterln# In chronic tetter. S* 1 * 1 ‘tj** *^“-" “f * bo* Our own misfortune* are always the 1 treat** t.

My Hair\

had a very severe aickneta 60k off all my hair. I pur-

' of Ayer’s Hair

that thok chased a ir and .. : again.”

J7. D. Quinn, Marseille!, HI.

bottle of Ayer’s

Vigor end It brought sll my hsir

back sgsln."

One thing is certain,— Ayer’s Hair Vigor makes the hair grow. This is because it is a hair food. It feeds the hair and the hair grows, that’s all there is to it. It stops falling of the hair, too, and always restores color to gray hair.

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World.

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Wilis Pills

XiIMkrtiilit Si till ■*»Um Hitllil dropsy ’<»■* B«**ri ll«tT*m«w* 1» 4«7«-<r^»W» ; y r *c. n» a-a. ostia » Brig aw s, a* «■*«. o*C*MW*4*1 ttKMhli »*gmrttl*». ! McILHENHY'S TABASCO 'advcrtisb im this ! PAPER. 1* KCa.

the past that whe

the the

have embalmed 50 cases during

1 am

ten the general public realise*

of embalming and thdt thod is not a long an l

be accom-

the ghastly mutilation of bygone tunes, the custom wfU become su general In England as It is In every city and town In America. "It ia absurd to expect the sanitary authorities to get any good reriults by the disinfection of sick rooms when the corpse is allowed to remain In the bonae during the days between death and burial. But If embVmed all di* ease germs and bacteria are destroyed and the body presents as perfect an appearance as one who sleeps. No matter what ccmtackma disease thedecogged suffered from, after embals ‘ there need be no fear of lafeet sad rites of burial may view ‘ body —Loridea Rapreea.

WNTLfSSMl

find. In all the seasons of their lives, as maids or wives or mothers, that the one simple, wholesome remedy

sant ly and naturally, and

f) which acts gently and plea • L. which may be used with tn

Delicately formed and gently reared, women will

11 the seasons of their lives,

nple, w antlya

which may be need with truly beneficial effects, nnder any conditions, when the system needs a laxative—Is— Syrup of Figs. It Is well known to be a simple comblnatlou of the laxative and carminative principles of plants with pleasant, aromatic liquids, which are agreeable and refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system when its gentle cleansing Is desired. Many of the Ills from which women suffer are of a transient nature and do not come from any organic trouble and it is pleasant to know that they yield so

ip of Flgg, Isneedetlit

s pleasant to know that they yicl

promptly to the beneficial effects of By nip of F but when anything more than a laxative is ne la best to consult the fkmlly physician and to avoid the old-time cathartics and loudly advertised nostrums of the present day. When one needs only to remove the strain, tbe torpor, the congestion, or similar Ills, which attend upon a constipated condition of the system, use the true and gentle remedy— Syrup of Figs—and enjoy freedom from the depression. the aches and pains, colds and headaches, which

are doe to inactivity of tbe bowels

Only those who buy the genuine Syrup of Figs can hope to get its beneficial effects and as a guarantee of the excellence of the remedy the full name of the company—California Fig Syrup Co.—is printed on the front of every package and without it any preparation offered as Syrup of Figs Is fraudulent and should be declined. To those who know tbe quality of this excellent laxative, the offer of any substitute, when Syrup of Figs Is called for. Is always resented by a transfer of patronage to some flrst-claas drug establishment, where they do not recommend, nor sell false brands, nor Imitation remedies. Tbe genuine article may be bought of all reliable druggists everywhere at $0 cents per bottle.

iliMNlAfigYRVP(£

LION COFFEE A LUXURY WITHIN THB RKAOH OR ALL.

“UON HEADS.”

.Just try a package of LION COFFER *nd yau will uxfeiwtao* | the reason of it* popularity.