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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-26
Power of Sea Breakers.

From experiments which were made
some time since at the Bell Rock and
Skerryvore lighthouses, on the coast of
Scotland, it was found that, while the
force of the breakers on the side of the
German ocean may be taken at about 8
ton and half upon every square foot
ofsurface exposed TO them, the Atlantic
breakers fall with double that weight,
or three tons to the surface foot; and
thus a surface of only two square yards
sustains blow from heavy Atlantic
breaker equal to about fifty-four tons.
In November, 1924, heavy gale blew,
and blocks of limestone and granite,
from two to five tons in weight, were
washed about like pebbles at the Ply
mouth breakwater. About 300 tons of
such blocks were borne a distance of
200 feet, and up the inclined plane of the
breakwater, carried over it, and scat
tered in various directions. A block of
limestone, seven tons in weight, was in
one place washed distance of 100 feet.
Blocks of three tons weight were torn
away bya single blow of a breaker, and
hurled over into the harbor; and one
of two tons, strongly trenailed down
upon a jetty, was torn away by an over
powering breaker.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-26
Joking with an English subaIterh.

As soon as subaltern joins bis regi-
ment, he is submitted to course of
practical jokes, ill-treatment and bully
ing all round, to which he must offer
no resistance, or his career will be a
short-one. For instance, a few years
ago man named Royd Joined certain
regiment, and on his first evening among
Ibis new comrades was draWn.p That
/ is to say, he was visited in his room
during the small hours of the morning
and ordered to go down into the ante
room for court-martial. the charge
against him being that he had risen from.
the dinner table while an o1licers senior
to him remained sitting, Royd being
|sof huge stature and gigantic strength,
stoutly resisted and eventHally picked
up. the largest man in the aoom, carr
ried him QUITO the landing, and dropped
him over the baluster on to the tagged
pssssage below. The effect was MAGICAL;
in an instant all the hubbub was hushed.
and the injured man was raised. For
tunately the result was nothing worse
than q Spraiped ankle and Ia severely
bruised hip. He took it very quietly,
and merely looked up at Royds, who was
standing near and safd, e0olly " l'll
have you out for this. Very pos
sibly the new-c0mer did not think much
ofthe threat, but his career was virtually
over at every hour Of the day and night
did he have cause to repent that hasty
action, and during the autumn maneu-
vers of that year the climax came. 1t.
day, or rather night, he had to visit the
,pickets. and as, for some reason, he had
no horse, was compelled to do the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-26

A pale-faced clerk in Woodward
avenue clothing store received a set back
the other. day from an old woman,
which will retard his growth for a year
to come. She entered the store in COM
pany with her son, and said:
/ want to see some ulcer oyercoats
for boys"
You mean ulster-u-l-s-t-e-r." he
replied.
" Did ] task for ulcer overcoats?"
es, ma'am."
"Then want to see ulcer overcoats,
nj matter ow you spell it, ! got up at
FIVE o'clock this morning, rode fourteen
miles f;Icing the wind, sold two hogs and
a barrel Of cider and if | don't know
what / want I'm not going to take any
advice from walking goose-quill like
you ~ Detroit Free Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-26

MI Wood Yantis has some interest
ing relics Of his grandfather, Jacob
Yantis, who died in 1900, aged seventy
six. One is a silver watch, more than
one hundred years old, which was
brought to this country from Germany
by his grandfather when he was quite a
young man. tt Is Of almost spherical
shape, Of the 4 'bull-eyep pattern. and
was made by William Piumley, of Lon
don. The watch was for a long time
the only timepiece in the old fort at
Hafrodsburg, and tosit Mr.. Yantis once
owed his life. He had gone to the Blue
Licks IN company, it is said, with Boone
and others for salt, and, having become
separated from his companions, was dis
covered and pursued by Indians. Find
ing himself about to be overtaken by
the redskins. he drew out his watch,
.hasily detached the outer case and
dropped 1t to the ground, hoping its,
brightness would attfact the attention
Of his pursuers while he could make
good his escape. Such was the foffu-
nate result of The stratagem, and he sue
eeeded in reaching the fort in safety
lie aferward had u new case made in
Baltimore BaTdstoU,s tRy.) J R,csrd, Z
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-26
A Discovery in Butter making.

Ihe London Times reports a new and
important discovery in butter-makinS,
so Important, in fact. that, if there be
no arts, " the whole dairy business may
be olutionized, and rancid butter be-
come a thing of the past. The mixture
of small quantity Of an article declared
to be perfectly harmless protects butter
from all the ordinary effects of exposure
to the atmosphere, so that it is kept per-
fectly sweet for months without q par
ticle of salt The experiment was first
tried by the A ylesbury Dairy Company.
which treated butter in this way on the
twenty-seventh of July. After it was
prepared it was placed in muslin bag
and laid in a firkin. Not grain Of salt
was put into the butter For three
months it was left exposed to the air,
and to many and great changes If tenn
perature. On the twenty fourth of
October it was taken out and found to-
be perfectly sweet, and to have suffered
only slight loss of that peculiar aroma
and flavor that distinguish butter th.st
is entirely fresh and newly-made. It is
not easy to exaggera5e the Importance
of this discovery, provided it proves to
be all that is now claimed for it. At
present the delicate favor Of good butter
is sacrificed bya large admi xture of salt,
which must be added to keep il from
spelling, and the consequence is that
that most peohle have learned to like
sailed butter, and to find the unsalted
article fat and tame. It Is d perverted
taste nevertheless, for in salted butter
the salt gives the predominant favor.
1t would not take long to educate the
palates of people upl to the delieacy of
the fresh article. The expense of the
new ingredient is mere trife, only
about one cent pound and when q
person buys butter with six per cent. Of
salt in it for twenty-five cents pound,
he pays a cent and a half for the salt =
Bsstos advertiser.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-26
oioRRrsroNE =, FRI FRIDAY,, AZ, btoENBbH ss $50
arm about her, as he supports her to a
chair standing near

sarin about her, as he supports her to a
chair standing near.
She looks up inquiringlyshe feels
that she may look up at him now, and
for reply be says. "The heat was too
much for you In there-you were
faint, .and. so brought you here. Eliza
beth p--his voice is strangely tender,
even for lover SIS you1 one look told
me all. | shall never ask you the ques-
ton again, and then he kissed her
faded cheek as ardently and more rever-
emily than as though it had been fresh
and fair as it once was. Elizabeth,
could you not understand and believe
that for the past, and yiskihg aof your
dear life. i should but love You the
moreP If my heart was ever yours,
darling, it was yours most surely then
when you watched by that dying bed !;
and now that you bear the holy impress
OF your charity upon your dear face, /
can but glory in you, in that you have
example long ago, which exafnple
you have followed.Y
Oh, how her eyes shine, those LIQUID
eyes which are still the same as ever.
and snnchangeds Another couple stead
out on to the corridor. Lamps are
burning here and there amidst the fes-
toons and greeneiry which lie servants
have hung about to show u Christmas
wooing out here! and Love himself
fingers amid the evergreen shade, and
sheds his blessing about their way.
Elizabeth scarce notes the other two,
but John Carr says, as though musing
IN hir11colf ard ss T,xyn s.n} ~, tk,,,
right how for Ned as well as myself.
too proud to gozin and win, and she,.
love, was yet shy of her being taken for
little maid as. she was. she must needs
try smiling upon me; but | saw through
it all and that it was but to pique Ned
Still, airs well that ends well, and say,
A glorious Christmas to us all. /"
They are all four together now, and
the girls. kiss each other because they
will not cry; for tears seem to them as
but the natural result of SO much JOY.
And Elizabeth feels strong enough
afterward to Jrin with the others in
singing the angels song Of 'sPeace on
earth, " for it is now nearly midnight,
after which she goes to bed and dreams
of the bit of holly she has picked up
early in the evening. and that it is tell
ing her the little story of its life. Moth
ing eventful had come to it more than
to the rest of its fellows, only the sun.
shine, frosts and SHOWS ofsearth; and
yet it had striyen hard from the hour
of its birth till the day when it was
plucked from its parent stem to be
ready both to give and take at this
most blessed season. 1t said that it
knew Christmas was coming with ali
of love, gifts and gladness, and that It
took heart, drawing back from nothing
which should bring about it's desired
end and glory. And Elizabeth Thinks
as the glad bells greet her waking, that
her year has prepared fer likewise for
her Christmas JOY; for does not John
Carr love her but the more for what the
past has brought herp
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-26
AaFiilg Back the Ears.

y
The expressive gestures which many
animals MAKE with their ears are mat
ters OF tamiilar obseryat1on; Nothing
is more Significant than the drawing
PACK and pressure OF THE ears TO the
head, which indicates q savage frame
or mind. Mr. Darwin, IN ms recent
WORK on tpes meaus-of expression In men
ana ANIMALS. gives an INGENIOUS expla-
natlon OF TINS movement: he observes
IhS1 Il, q II 9nlI ionna H Spselss which
1gnl WIN 1nelr teeth; Al the earnlvora
ao MS lls anu aila SO iar sas he pas on
served, araW , PACK tnelr ears Wnen Ieei-l
ing savage:i sslil1s q may pc eoneihtiaiiy
seen o. WIN q uogs ngntlng N earnesg, OF
puppies Hgnulng IN play; Cats, tlgers,
lsop1Iqs aun tynxes snow Ine same
Pecualala. = y veIy noelees1nie esl'ss.s ~ y
livAssss ah4 sssie Fiesous seSp prssSion u
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-26
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Recipes.

A FINE BREAD PUDDING. Take three
pints of milk, boil. and sweeten it with
half o pound of sugar; add small nut
meg grated, and half pound of butter,
while it is warm. Pour it boiling hot
over twelve ounces of grated bread
crumb and cover it up for time. Beat
I'D ten eggs, and ..f1i1 al together, and
then bake in a dish or pie plates lined
with pastry.
QUICK MUFFINs. s.--Two teacupfuls OF
butlerfnilk, one eeacupfu1 of cream or
three etablespooflfuls of melted butter, four
eggs. teaspoonful of salt, and half a
teaspoonful of cooking soda. Thieken
with flour to the consistency of waffle
batter-say light quart on thereabout; !;
cook with any experience eau easily
judge. Pour the batter in creased
bake quickly. These mullins are very
nice, and easily made.
OMELEr.--Twelve eggs, twelve table
spoonfuls of fresh milk, one lump OF
butter the size of an egg, pepper and
salt to the taste. Beat up your eggs
thoroughly, whites and yolks separately !;
add the milk, pepper and salt to the
yolks, and then beat in the whites. Put
the butter into the pan, and, when
melted, pour in the eggs. Do not stir
them, but let them brown. When the
eggs are cooked, fold over the omelet,
and let It's own heat cook the inside.
ROAST TURKEY. and wash out
the crop and body Of the turkey with
soda and water, rinsing it out after
ward stuff with a force-meat made OF
crumbs, little cooked sausage, pepper,
salt and little butter; truss the turkey
neatly; lay it in the dripping pan; pour
boiling water over it, and roast about
ten minutes to the pound, after the cook
ing actually commences; cook slowly at
first, or it will be dry without and raw
within baste often and freely; ten min
utes before takingi it up dredge with flour
and baste with butter; pour off the fat
from the top of the gravy, thicken with
brown flour and season; boil once, and
serve in boat. ~
A PLUM-PUDDING (plain, but good).-
One pound of raisins, one pound of cur
rants, half a pound Of citron, four table
spoOnfuls of butter, one teaspoonful of
soda, teacupful of sour milk or butter
milk Sift the soda into the flour as for
biscuits, and rub in first the butter than
the fruit. Thin it with eggs and sour
milk until it is the consistency of fruit
cake batter. Tie up in a thick cotton
cloth, scalded and fioured, and boil for
four hours This puddin may be made
with only one sort of fruit. Many prefer
simply raisins instead of the above COM
binatiOn.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-26
The Years are Passing By.
sThe wears are passing by!

eIhe years are passing by
We watch, as from an open door
Their passage through times corridor;
Each shadow, in its falling, slopes
Across the graves OF buried hopes;
The pulse of being slower beat
Through winter SHOWS, through summer hea
And faith and hope and love grow cold
AS we grow old, as we grow old
The years are passing by!
The years are passing by
Times record hath such pages blurred,
With hasty deed, with bitter word,
Such sad mistakes mark all life's years
We scarce can read, because OF toars.
We see dead faces on the wall,
We hear dead voices in the halls,
We touch some hands on bended knee,
We kiss some lips we cannot see
The years are passing by.
The years are passing BY.
They carry with them as they go
The rain, the sunshine and the snow;
They leave behind fhe drift OF days
Wherein each soul some peuancc pays;
Some hopes we have, but notour own!
Some loves we cherish, not alone!
And there are leaves and faded flowers
That tell sad tales in memory's hours.
The years are passing byl
The years are passing by
The seal of silence on our lips
We closer press. Times umbra dips
10 deeper darkness down the lane
which we walk to hide our pain.
We smile and smile as one who bears
A lie untouched by grief or cares,
But when in solitude we wait
We bow our head ct sorrows gate,
The years are passing by!
The years are passing by,
Another joins the passing band.
Oh! is there not some other land
Where compensation for all ills
The measure of life's being fillsR
We wait the answer, but in vain;
The shadow falls; sense of pain
Rests on us wheresoe'er we go
And whispers of the sod and snow.
The years are passing by!
". E. Pabor.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-26
TIMELY TOPICS.

One Of the most peculiar wills on re-
cord is the subject of contest in the New
York surrogate's court. It was made
| by Isaac w. Potter, now deceased, on
the 2sthot FEBRUARY last, and bequeaths
as a leEacysto the heirs OF the testator, a
| lawsuit, which has been pending for a
long time between the deceased and
Mary Ann coulter, whom he accuses of
having wrongfully deprived him of cer-
tain property Until this litigation is
bsettled, moi d cent of tie estate of Mr.
Potter is to 60 to the heirs, but all is to
be appropriated to the payment of coun-
sci fees.
]siEa1AsS sxIaz --4+4--.-- stlss TsgE
For good sport Montana seems to
be the shappiests hunting ground. Two
Scotch gentlemen who are travelling
over the5worlds and every where looking
for good shooting. have gore to San
Francisco after several months sport
along Mentaua rivers. Theyesay they
were never Ia want of Something royal
to sheot at, finding buffaIoes, elks, bears,
deer, antelopes, mountain lions, slynxes,
lThey brougllta as trophies magnificent
sets of elk and deer antlers, buffalo
heads beat. and other robes. Twenty
eight bears, mostly grizzlies, fell prey to
their rifles. One of these was estimated
to weigh 1900 pounds, and measured
| tllirtyzthree inches around the forearm
! The robe, hand some and well preserved,
measures eight feet three inches from,
nose to rump. o.
T The recent attempted assassination of
Lord Lytton in Calcutta by lunatic
<,f
India but one 1.-The Earl of Mayo. on the
eight of February, 1879. Lord Mayo
was on visit to the Andaman islands,
stitutions of the, convict colony. He
| went to the summit Of Mount Harriet at
sunset, and walked down with Count
Waldstein and Captain Lockwood in
advance, the other five members of his
staff close together and an armed police
guard and soldiers around and in the
rear. Darkness falls rapidly in those
elm ates, and ere the narrow stone pier
was reached torches had to be lighted.
They were only twenty-five yards from
the boat, the escort being close to Lord
Mayo on both sides and the police and
his body servant in the rear, when q
man suddenly sprang out of the dark
ness and stabbed the yieeroy twice, on
the left shoulder and under the right
shoulder blade. Lord Mayo ran for
ward a few PAGES and fell over the pier
into the shallow water. He gotup him
self and was helped out, his shoulder
bleeding copiously. He walked firmly,
felt his wounds, and said: Il don't
think / am much hurt " After the
wounds had been bound up be MUIR
INJURED twice, +" lift I'D nv head and
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NUMBER g.
A Christmas Carol.


There's q song in the air.
There's star in the sky
There's mothers deep prayer
And baby's low cry.
Aud the star rains its fire while the beautiful
sing,
For the manger Of Bethlehem cradles king
There's a tuinult OF Joy
O'er the wonderful birth,
For the virgins sweet boy
Is the Lord OF the earth.
Avel the star rains its fire and the beautifu
sing,
For the mauger Of Bethlehem cradles kinR
In the light OF that star
Lie the ages impearled;
And that song from afar
Has SWEPT over the world.
Every hearth is afane, and the beautiful
sing, 4a
In the homes Of the nations that Jesus is king
We rejoice in the light,
And we echo the song
That comes down through the night
From the heavenly throng
Aye! we shout TO the lovely evangel they
bring,
And we greet in his cradle our Saviour and
king!
-Br.J. g. Holland.
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UNITED STATES
HOTEL.

e. H. TIGER. PROPRIETOR.
THE UNITED STATES HOTEL so
L tayorably known throughout the State,
under its several proprietors. has passed
lpto the charge of1Ir e. Il. Tiger, who has
mad long experience in catering to the
wants OF the travelling public Mr.. Tiger
Is recently from the Wayerly House, M adj,
son, and is well known to the residents OF
this and neighboring counties The Hotel
has been newly fitted up with furniture.
and other improvements have been made.
guests. H. TTGEB psa,ssH pa..sns
WEST SIDE THE PARK.
An omnibus to and from the Hotel meets
every train. ts
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-30

Chambers Journal.


A French merchant was agreeably sur
prised by the receipt of an anonymous
communication advising him that box
of treasure was buried in his garden, and
that the exact whereabouts would be
shcwn him if he agreed to an equal divi-
sion of the spoil. He jumped at the
offer, met his kind informant, and the
pair were soon plying spades, their labor
beingrewarded by the unearthing of box
full Of silver coins. The delighted mer-
chant counted out two piles of 800 five
franc pieces, and babe his partner take
his share. That worthy, after contem-
plating his heap for minute or two, OBJ
served it was rather too heavy a load
to carry comforta bly, to the railway sta
ton; he would prefer having the amount
in gold or notes, if it could be managed.
Nothing was easier,a walk up to the house,
and the business was settled entirely to
his satisfaction and that of the mer-
chant too. Twenty-four hours later, the
good man took very different view of
the transaction, for upon examination he
discovered there was not one genuine
e-:franc piece among the one thousand
six hundred.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-30
Local Personal.

Miss Josie Jones Yorke will receive a tes-
| timonial concert at Pixies 0pera-house Fri
| day, May 10th.
The Misses Mary and Julia Cleary, of
Eastern avenue, were serenaded last even
ing by the Highland House Glee Club.
Mr. Christ Polster, of the Bellevue House.
is celebrating the thirtythird anniversary
of his birthday to-day. The Franklin Lie
derkranz rendered him a serenade last night.
Adolph NJ. Crosse, United States gauger,
and son of General William Grose, of New
Castle, Ind, was married last night to Miss
Nettie Lee Gordon, by Rev. J. N. Irwin, the
pastor of Trinity M. L. Church.
Charles W. Cole, Esq, of the well-known
law firm of Cox e. Cole, is to be married
this evening to Miss Rebecca Kinsey, the
daughter of Joseph Kinsey, ESQ.,, at Mr.
kinsey's residence on Mt. Auburn.
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Shaw of 1853 Poplar
street. celebrated their crystal wedding
Monday evening at their residence. Large
numbers of their friends participated and
the presents were numerous and beautiful.
Hearty congratulations were ex tended with
many wishes for long lives full of happi-
ness