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NEW JERSEY _STATE NEWS. Tke LatcM happc«ii»tf OleaBcd Fi Manj Point*. WAITER S SHOE haD LOST JEWELS Mr*. Aria 0topped Diaaoidt Worth U.0* While Dlaiot io a Hotel and Forgot to Pick Tbc« tp—Bartiatton Mao Dropped Wltfcoat Waralag la a H^lo Froat ol far aad Wlastaatly killed Stock Fam DcatrojeA While 'utTcnuu from mental ciepresMon. cati*cd by the -nio.lc of her liltsband. Harry It. Sharj'- l'* ur months IK't. Mrs. Helen Sharp, a well-known resident of Burlington, -hot and killed 15-ycar old *on and then out her til with a razor. Neighbors noturd that the house waa elosol. and becoming suspicious. Frank Brew in entered by the irap door in the roof, and descending to the ground door, opened the front door. Accompanied by Councilman Sholl. tM two ascended to the room occupied by Mrs. Shan* tind Lying on the bed were the dead todies of the mother and son. emered with blood, in the woman s hand Mas clutch rd a razor with which she had almost severed her head from her Jiody. while at her feet a revolver with' one cartridge discharged plainly told the means by which the son had inet his death. The boy had been shot in the temple, and from the appearance of the body death musi have been instantaneous. Coroner Well* took charge of the bodies and the

premises.

About S ,io the telephone in the house

in which Mrs Sharp resided rang np the ham in the rear, and Mrs. Sharp asked

if the person responding was Ti

of the p —-r .1

the person responding was I erry. I the proprietors of the ‘table._ He led: "Ye-" Mr*. Sharp's only

id-by.

nly rethought

sponsc was ' < iood-by. ’ and it is th the deed was done «»v>n-after that I’rof. \Y It. Scon, the eminent geologist of Princeton I'tmersity. speaking on the eruption of St. Pictrc. Martinique, said: "The eruption was-of-the explosive type, similar to that ot Mount Vesuvius. but differed in the nature of the material cjcctea. In the £ase of Vesuvius the explosion was powerful enough to powder the las a : here, however, immense mas'C.s of lava were blown out. 1 o these u hitr-hot masses can he a* - cribed-thc destructive fire in the city and among the ships in the I--- 1 —— t* : -

oi fire mentioned in tlic

01 nrc mentioned m tlic jiapers was simply the 'white-hot^ lava. (iasc> did prob ably burn, but any fire from this source would, on account of the lighter weight of the gas have ascended, not decoded. The sudden access of a body of water to the Java refers oir is ihe only explanation worthy of the present evidence. The gruption i* peculiar in that immense masse* of lava wctc ejected and in that comparatively little volcanic dust wa* noticed. A force as great as that which «»“scd the.cxplosjjn should hair pow-

Kris. wife of Dr. .!. . n. was at dinner in a

Atlantic City. #hc dropped a

hotel at Atlantic City. >hc

small hag containing *ix diamond rings, valued at -STkooo. Her husband was about to pick up the gems, but Mrs. Kns said *hc would gel the bag after dinner, at the -amc time placing her foot wer it. She left the dining-room twenty mmrne* later and forgot the rings. When -he returned the bag was gone The matter wa* reported to the police and two detectives found the missing bag concealed in a shoe belonging to a r Hatter, who had served the doctor and hi* wife. The waiter, who gave his •nmc a* Henry 'Brookins, of Phitadel-

isr

At

pm!

Ilcnry

1 early hour the r

a trolli

inon t—— :

• Burl

see a man who was walking beside the track totter suddenly and fall directly i* the raih. The man. who was hit

nig

passengers on a trolley car on the iden &• Trenton Traction Company's

Arlington, were horrified to

walking beside the

across the rail* The man. who was hit with terrific ftfrcc. was taken 10 Burlington. w here he was indent ified as Augustus Holder, a well-to-do farmer., living on the River Road. His chest was badly mangled, his head lacerated and his legs broken. An attempt wavjnadc to remove him to the Coopc*- TfosnTfXl at Camden, but he died on the way. It is thought that Holder suffered suddenly

from a fit.

The outbuildings of tlic Page farm at Columbus, near Bordcntown. owned by M. J. Erison, of Philadelphia, were destroyed by fire. Seven hortes and thins sheep and lambs perished. The loss will

be about $4,000.

Following the amputation of both hands, which had ben crushed by 3 freight train. JsmevM. Guise.,was seized •with an epileptic fit and died at a hospital in New BrunswickA wfcck of special services was held in ' the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of Gloucester City, celebrating the six-ty-third anniversary of the rhurch. Enormous Printing BUU. TT the shade of Herr Outtenberg could come back to earth when the new government printing office la completed and roam through the establishment he would note a few change*

Ich he la

In the art of which fa

the father.

The biggest printing shop In the world will be eatabllabed under the roof of the mammoth building now nearing completion on Korth Capitol street. The printing bills of Lcele Sam are enormous. Ha la a great pibmoter of pnbUdty. He drives thousands of men, day and night to turn out millions of copies of every kind of printed document from a single leaflet to a fifty-volume act of 603-page book*. Ha publishes a dally Journal during a portion of the year. He loads entire cart with bulky documents and ship* tii»m thousands of (Biles to ultimately gladden the heart of the ragman. Ha ran* a bindery and turns out marvels of leather aad satin coverings. Ha baa an illustrated department and makes

maps and teautlful,

And all of thi heretofore la a

rtmshachfr old ah cry workman has k

ao excuse for criticism in the new halldlng. It art 11 be a marvel of ronvaalacce. safety and equipment.

MANILA RAT TRAPS.

©»• CoBtltlt of a amall Bay With a Bis

Saaks an HI* Aim.

Have you seen the big make and the small boy? Well, they will be around

you s oy? '

to aee you. It la a displeasing combination, but one whose alma ponses* quadruple qualities—may be likened to a game of cards—high, low. Jack and the game. The mission of boy and snake la high— the nation of the public health, the ruling low—the catching of rats, r's name la Jack—and the game? bounty,

boy, m In

tematir and acute—the gamin can

1 quit the l ■erica

try-

g by

The manner In which

through (he snake's exertions, cornea possession of rat and bounty is unique. The boy. with the reptile on his arm and gunnysack in hand, enters the' court of a residence, and usually, after much palaver in corrupt language, ee-

-piisslon to begin the cruviRilad^.uiJ keen eye he premises. In this inspeciys training the most sys-

ho gamin can dis-

perm

ss do. With

'inspects the premises,

n he display

garni

cover a rat hole quicker thi nude savage on the firing line,

11 path

II net,

produ is thi

COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Gcaeral Trade Csodideas.

R. G. DuVi & Co.'* “Weekly Review"

Says: “At a time when consumptive demands surpass all previous records in the nation's history, it is unfortunate that

luction should be curtailed. Yet that present situation. Fires, label

controversies and a tornado stopped work at many points, greatly reducing

the output.

"Prices of commodities on May t, at shown by Dun's index number, rose tc theTiighest point in recent years, gaining 6.3 per cent, over the corresponding datf last year, but this week there has been a material decline in some products, no-

tably grain.

“Failures for the week numbered 218 in the United States, against 187 last year, and 24 in Canada, against 26 last

Bradstrcct's says: ‘'Copious

while not repairing all the damagt Winter wheat done by the recent drought in Kansas, seem to have put the rest of the crop out of anything like immedi:

nger. It h ' ' ' -'

I'araeordsd Hlater?. Cleopatra languidly raised her droopini eyelids and asked the attendant: "If a rattlesnake rattles, can you tell me would a garter snake bold up your stocking?" The slave, being unable to answer, hastened to the metugerie for a specimen to experiment with, but brought back the wrong kind by accident. \V hereupon the reptile fastened its fangs on the fair Queen’s person, and the evening extras contained the news of her death.

It Would Just Suit Him. theater has been built

vling plat-

'T see that a

that has its stat- .. w , _ "Revolving platform! Great Scott! I'd like to have something of that kind my-

iy,-what's your business?'' I'm a candidate for politic

"You! Wh;

‘Just office.

rains, ge to rent 1

the

like immediate ted the ground

>n for the latter and oats. Wheat, ts for the week ag-

40 bushels, against 5.308,and 4,178,872 last year. . July I. 1901. to date

rellent

crops, such as corn including flour, exports f< gregate 3.302.240 bushels. 155 last week and 4,178

Wheat exports. July 1, 1901. (forty-five weeks), aggregate

602 bushels, against 179359,699 last season. Corn exports aggregate 126,755 bushels, against 126,679 last week and

'..S8j33t last year. July corn "'

year. July 1, J901, to date xports are 25.655,619 bushels,

against r57.017.54j last season." .

LATEST QUOTATIONS.

a semi- , hot in

from American

an soldiery.

But the finding by Jack of one hole, while It plezmes. doesn't satisfy his ambition—he wants to find two—one of entrance, the other of egress. When he has located to his satisfaction the two holes, he uncollq the repulsive creature from his arm. and planting both feet upon it brings forth from hidden recesses of trousers a small the meshes of which are very While the serpent wriggles and twists and darts forth from muzzle its forkei • tongue. Jack, by crafty dexterity. ‘

places the net over the reptile's head ' Floui and securely fastens It with sinew. [ Patent. I

This done, the snake resumes its arm hold, and is conveyed to one of the holes. The boy squats and force* the bead of the creature into the hole. The snake, by some unknown force—Instinct or something else—is certainly apprised of what its master wants, fop its bo<^ slowly enters the hole disappears. The small, embrowned runs to the other hole, places the 1

over it and awaits the result. wVifa an 1 '■ $12.50113.50.

anxious, what-wlll-the-harvcst-bc-look j Grt « Fn *“» ' egetables —OnSometime, the boy. l.eo Blow, do. OmrleWon. EtS,

with capitalistic triumph, for a nnm- cra | C 5-ew, ? 7 - —q

to the t ~ ' * '

“Your husband seem* to have a passion for editions dt luxe." said Mrs. Oldcastle. as she was glancing through the magnificent library °f her new neighbors “Oh. no." the hostess replied, "ther.i's nearly all printed in English. Josiah tried French for three weeks once by a

Mistress—1 of further ar should be pi

unbject are so different one or the other of us is Jane—True fer you.

lot the like 0/ me as would iayin' the likes of you would nore sinse than to keep a crazy

you. ma'am: an' it'

would be afte

erity.

bead Flour—Spring clear. $3.151335; r. | Patent. $43o; choice Family, $4-05 1 Us Wheat—New York No. 2, 8854c ; Phil r the ! adelphia No. 2. ~ ‘ ^ "

Wtier* Hanning l«

j In the city'of Hot Springs. | ning is a misdemeanor. Ai

Ark., run-

IHphi, |

the undue haste of a si

lement caused by

One who

46c; Phila-

| uclptna ,\o. 2, 51c; Baltimore No. 2. 49 Vd i a4p54c. ' 1 Hay—No. 1 timothy. $15.00815.50; iaek i No. 2 timothy. $i4 50at5ZX); No. 3 timo-

, | thy $12.50

Chai

, 12.25.

ber of rats scamper into the bag: some- tda; pey-"craTeK $2 <

times neither rats nor snake appear; 1 BwbK and then the boy feels bad. Nothing remains for him to do but wait. He does so. and his paUeme Is finally rewarded by the appearance of the snake, whose hunt lias been without

quarry.

The bTy Is so small and the snake so big that ho hat grown lopsided in carrying It about—for It is always colled on the right arm.—Manila Volcan

ibhagc—’Florida/ flai »; do. Charleston,

12.25.—Cucun ^Eggpbyty

135a :rate,

rly York, r«. Flor-

$I.5C6$2.< ' & CraU

appear; I Flo’nt^per crate. $2.5033x10. GreaLj^as, Nothing Florida, per basket. recaSijpaV do. —- Charleston and Mvannalt, jicr basket,

75ca$i.25. Kale,Tiative, per bushel box, 15220c l.cttueq. Norfolk, per .'-^-barrel

Didn't Know HI* Own Kvflrctlon. In a town net far from this city are twin brothers engaged in business together. who so closely resemble each other that those who meet-them every day are not able to tell which one they have conversed with. Each has a famsnd or. more than one occasion r own children have addressed them as "uncle'' when they should haio said "papa." and "papa" when should have said "uncle.” One : not long ago a customer went Into the store and asked one of the brothers for an article which unfortunately could not be found on the firs! floor. The second floor was In darkfaking a lamp In band, he wearily climbed the stairs. Hardly had he reached the top. however, before he saw what he cupposqd to be his brother, also walking around the room

a light'

didn't snow that you that customer, Jamee.” he

snow that you were wait-

ler,

marked. "01 I certainly would not have

climbed ail the way up those ^taii There was no reply, even though the figure ahead glanced tip and looked directly at him. The twin could not understand the I'silence, end began to think that his bother was walking around in his slePp.'aftd with a lighted

mp. too.

"James!" he said again. Still no reply, and gs he advanced to Investigate .he trutlydawned upon him. At one end of the room was an immense mirror. The twin had simply seen his own reflection and accused it of being his brother.—Philadelphia Telegraph. * IToid* nnd Thnlr Origin. The dictionary tells ns of the origin

In Its

of thii may 1 made

ings familiar, and in Us pages we learn that the bayonet was first

in France; that

at Bayonne, : and the dan

Sy from Damascus; that coffee first came' to Europe from Kaffa, and copper took Us name from Cypress; that

isry hero;

either invented at Geneva, or early in its history became an important actor in the commerce of that city: Quit tarantula was once a notorious pest in about Tarsnta: that the •operty was first noticed in iron ore dug ln*the neighborhood of Magnesia; that parchment was first made at Perga*u*. cambric at Cambray, muslin at Mouiaeline. calico at Calicut, gauze at Gaza, dimity at Damictta; that milliner* first piled their trade In Milan, and that mantuas were

Invented in the

name.

TS. SanlM-DaotMt Wa. IS. Yes, Biggins has completed his new airship, and will name it Troth.’ “ “Odd name. What's the Idea?" “Well, he figoros that troth crashed to.earth will rise ag " Tot Just then the ambulance drove up to convey his remnants to the hospital. and be finished gurgling.—BaJU-

Ulllnei 1. and

t Italian city of the same

. sparagus, Norfolk, per

dozen. S1.00a1.50. String beans. Florida. per basket, green, $1.2531.50. Tomatoes, Florida, per 6-basket carrier, fancy, $2003250. Beets, new, per bunch, 4asc.

bunch, talkie.

t. 35240. en. $tx» a. per t

.0032.50. Beets,

Rhubarb, native, per

Spinach, native, per bushel box, 25330c. Spring onions, per too bunebe^ 6oa6sc. Squash, Florida, per bushel box. ?5a$i. -Apples, New York, mixed sorts, per barrel, $3.7534.25. Oranges, California.. Seedlings, per box, $2.2533.25; do, do. Navel*, per box. $3.2534.00. Strawberries, North and South Carolina, per qt^ 83140; da Charleston, per quart, ioai4c; do. Norfolk, per quart, 10315c. Potatoes. — White. Maryland and Pennsylvania, per bushel. No. t. SoaSsc; do, da do, per bushel, seconds, 703750; d<j New York, per bushel, best stock, 95298c; do, do da f£r bushel, seconds, 75a8oc; do. Western, per bushel, prime, 95296c; do, new Florida, per barrel. No. 1, $4.0035.00; do, do do, per barrel, seconds. ^2.5033.50. Sweets. Eastern Shore Virginia, per truck barrel, $375a4XXJ.

ey, $3 7534.00. Yam per barrel, fancy, $34 . .

Provisions.—Bulk shoulders. 9c: do, short rib sides, ioc ; do clear sides, io)4e; bacon rib sides. lie; do clear sides, 11 J4c; bacon shoulders, 9'/k- Fat back*. 9*4c. Sugar cured breasts. 1254c; sugar cured shoulders. 954c. Hams—Small, 13c; Urge, 13c. Smoked skinned hams, 14c; picnic hams. 95£c. Lard—Best refined. pure, in tierces, ioj4c; in tub*, tic per !b. Mess pork, iper bbl, $18.50. Butter —Separator, 23324: Gathered Cream. 22323: Imitation, 192x1; Prints, Mb. 24025^Rolls,-2-lb, 23a24-: Dairy pts.

Eggs —Fresh Uid eg|

rods! ers.

25330c; winter chickens, per lb, i6a20r; young chickens, t2ai3c. Ducks, iaai3c. Turkey hens, isaific; do. young gobblers 14c; do, old toms, fc iac. Geese, each, 50a Cheese.—New York State cbeddan. M*4ait)4c; do do flats, n^ijc-'do do entail. !2ai254c. Ohio—FUts. jo54aiic; do picnic. Ii5iai2c. Skims, Oaioc. Swiss

cheese. 14a 1454c.

Hides.—Heavy steers, association and

sailers Ute kill. 60 lbs and

lection. Ida:

2*

;gs. per dozen,. 15

nd uo. close 1 ind light stec

Live Stack. Chicago. III.,—Cattle—Strong and actiw; good to prime steers, $6.803745; Poor to medium, $5003675; sloe leers add feeders $27$>J-5°; cows, $1.50*6.00 Hogs^Strong and 5c to 10c higher; mixed and butchers, $6.9037.30; good to choice heavy, $7.15*7-30. Sheep—Strong; lambs higher; good to choice wethers, $5.75*625; Western sheep, $5253625; native Umbs, $4.7536^0; Western Umbs, $52536.65. East Liberty.—Cattle steady; choice $6.70a&85; prime $64536 60; good $5.70 a6.jo. Hogs steady, prime heavy, $7 253 7.JO; best mediums, $70537.15; heavy Yorkers. S6.95a7.00. Sheep steady; prime wethers. $7.5037.90; culls and common, $2.5»3-5°: choice lambs, $66oa6.8o; veal calves, $55025 75-' LABOR AND INDUSTRY

nine ween* siiinc. JSrlSSn-jryss-ss 65 cents. • Massachusetts house of representative* passed the hill making eight hour* the limit on all city work. Mr. Unlock ha* introduced a bill in the Canadian legislature providin* for arbitration in case* of rail-

“What do you think of this 'ere new laundry trust. Weary ?” of fellers that'll agree to have no laundlyin' done for the ncx' six mouths." Ask Tonr Dnnlnr For Alien'* Poot-Kn**. alt Druggist* aad Shoe store*. 26 cents. AcThe one person - in the world who can STS ‘ ““

Mr*.Winslow's Booth! teething, soften the 1

tion.-“

BS.aUanpaln.cam wind colic. "I* Worth It* W»l*ht In Cold." ‘Had gcaaiaa for three years: triad three doeton and ever* advertised remedy, without affect. HU I tried Tetterine. Half a bos of Tetterine removed aU signs of the disease."—C. H. Adam*. Columbia, 8. C. 50-. a

box by maUfrom J. Ga., if your draggl

Even the v

in J. T. Khuptrine, Kavan

igglst don't keep It

Pieo'a Care eannot be too highly spoken ot as a cough euro.—J. W. O'Baisx, 332 Third Avensa^N., Minneapolis. Minn.. Jan. (, 1200 There is a dearth of schoolteachers in

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“I am perfectly well," says Mrs. Martin, ofi Brooklyn. “Pe-ru-na cured me."

Mi* Anna Martin, 47 Brooklyn. N. Y„ writes:

“ Prruna did to much /or

f £thcrl£ho d m*v be el'milarly afflt, ’z-i&vjszzvi.'siwizr. /e»a than three month* I became regular, mu pain* had entirely disappeared, and I am now per/ectly

well."—Mrs, Anna Martin.

Good lempUn. MU* Johnson, as »o many other women also have done, found in IVruna a specific for a aerere case of female

wcakneaa. She writea:

"1 want to do what I ran to let the whole world know what a grand medieiur Peruna if. For eleven year* I suffered with female trouble* and complication* run? cured me in three short month*. 1 can hardly believe it myarlf, but it i* a blessed (act. I am perfectly well nan-, und

tn perfectly well naw, hare not had an acne or pain for month*. I want my suffering sister* to know what Pcnma baa done for me."-Miu Marie

ss: sf

weeks. 1 cannot tell you bow grateful I feel. Any agency which bnn*. health and

themarket* J*^ an

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^Ycts Ceixtlyi

-i ^icts piea.sai\tly, ^cts BerxeTiciaJly, ^cts truly as-a Laxative-.

5yrup of Figs appeals to the 'll-intomied and to the healthy, lent parts are simple and wl

the cultured and the

because its com-

, UVUSUOC lib I.UI1I--holesome and be-

acts without disturbing the natural func»it is wholly free from every objectionable qualitv or substance. In the process of

manuractur

ing figs are used, as they are

pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal virtues of Syrup of Figs are obtained from an excellent coipbination of plants known to be medigiifclly laxative and to

act most beneficially.

To get its beneficial effects—buy the genuine—manufactured by the

LouiAvill*. Ky?** P>*rNcimc.o. c ^' eW Voi-k.fl.Y. F#r mmU, by »ll dru^i'*Lo. Price- fifty centa per-bottle.