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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1897-10-08
The Hawks of New England.

In my opinion the sparrow hawk is the
handsomest of his race. His back is bright,
golden cinnamon, his wings steely blue
and jet black and his tail chestnut. with
a broad black band. His breast is beauti-
fully marked with chainlike patterns of
black spots. His mate is chestnut above,
banded with black. Unlike other hawks,
the plumage of these birds does not vary
with age They usually make their APP
pearance ON some still, cloudy day about
the last of March and take up their posi-
tion in the meadows. From then until
September they are always to be seen Ell
ther perched on the topmost twig of some
tall elm or lowering in the air on the look
out for prey. Their nest is in some hollow
tree or deserted woodpecker's hole or even
a last years crows nest.
have often tried to account for the
seemingly friendly relations existing be-
tween the sparrow hawks and golden
winged woodpeckers. Both frequently
occupy holes in the same branch and sit
side by side on top of some tall stub with
out the least sign of disagreement. al
though, unless am very much mistaken,
the sparrow hawk often attacks larger
birds and might easily carry off the young
ones when the old birds were absent
William E. Cram in Popular Science
Monthly
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TIE BLOT ON RAIREuTH.
G. w. Stevens Says That 1t Is the English
Girl.

G. w. Stevens Says That 1t Is the English
Girl.
G. W. Stevens, says the New York
Press, who finds a reading public when he
says absurdly unusual things, for which
he was noted in his American trip, now
remarks that Baireuth has one blot on it
the English girl.
"She is" he says, generally unmarried
and runs from % to 30, with her accurate
knowledge, and her impassiye ways, and
her prini, pale face, and that thin, slow,
unmodulated, very high in the head voicei
You know the voice. 1t is not a chest
voice OF even head voice. 1t is a kind
of brain voice, an excellent voice to sneer
in. And how she sneersl She goes to the
theater and comes out and says, i wonder
Why Yogi can't attack his notes clearly,
and Such pity they made such middle
of the {. Feuerzauber. y When she reeog-
nizes motif, she labels it with its name
in an audible whisper. She knows all the
scenes by their Christian names, SO to
speak, and talks of the Ritz as if she
went out shopping to it. She never laughs
-only gives a sort of cough, half disdain,
half pity. / had met some like this, but
did not know there were so many in the
world as saw last week in Baireuth.
ST don't like her at all, and l wonder
why she comes. She doesn't look as if she
enjoyed it, but perhaps she does in way,
after all. 1t is place where she can bask
in her own culture. The truth is that ex-
cept to her Baireuth is not place of pill
grimage at all, but only place of rational
enjoyment after PERSONS own fashion.
The German goes there as he goes to
church. 1t is his duty. The Frenchman
goes to make epigrams, to twist his fingers
and say, CONNIE ca The American takes
it in, with his job shaming patience, as an
institution of Europe. The Englishman
mostly goes to take the English girl. To
the cultured Eng lish girl alone is Baireuth
high and holy sanctuary. 1t is the mir
ror of her own sIlnarinritv :,
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Equal TO twenty Fire Engines.

In St. Nicholas Mr.. Charles T. Hill
writes of New Yorks FLOATING Fire En-
gines. Speaking of the fireboat. New
Yorker, Mr. Hill says:
At fires in buildings along the river
front or in streets near the river the New
Yorker can lie at dock near by and sup
ply 20 effective streams, and, in fact, in
capacity she Is equal to that number of
land engines. If the fire is some distance
from the water front, immense lengths of
hose 6 inches in diameter can be at
tsched to the outlets of that size in the
sides of the deckhouse, and by the aid of
reducing connections can be reduced in
size as the lines are stretched in to the fire
until they reach the regulation sizes-2 "a
or inches at the nozzle end. She can
supply six of these powerful streams effect
lively at a distance of one-third Of mile
from her location, and at big fires she be-
comes a valuable aid to the land force.
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MIcHAEL GLENNoN.

The foregoing application will be presented
to the Board of Excise Commissioners. within
and for the town of Morristown aforesaid al
their next regular meeting, Wednesday, Octo
Der Is, A. D., 1897.
Dated Sept. 80, 1897.
MICHAEL GLENNON.
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ON AN OCEAN LINER.
How Some Travellers Boldly Appropriate
the Property of other Persons.

How Some Travellers Boldly Appropriate
the Property of other Persons.
Human nature, particularly feminine
human nature, is always an interesting
study, but especially is it SO on shipboard,
where time hangs so heavy A returned
traveller from Europe makes some interest
ing observations in the Chicago Times
Herald on the unconscionable way some
travellers appropriate steamer chairs and
travelling rugs. AS most people know,
every passenger on the transatlantic steam
ers supplies himself or herself with warm
rug to wrap about ones limbs while sit
ting out on deck in steamer chair These
steamer chairs the steamship company is
good enough to rent at 80 cents the voyage.
Mrs. Adlai Stevenson, en- route to join her
husband in London, missed her rug one
day. Although accustomed to the femi-
nine "pushers' and free lunch workers of
Washington society, Mrs. Stevenson was
amazed at this extraordinary manifesto
ton of human nature. An hours search
revealed to her the whereabouts of her
rug, but polite intimation that the user
of the robe had made some mistake and
picked up the wrong rug, quite by acct
dent, was met with cool 'fThat cannot
be, because l bought this rug myself the
day before we sailed. Another intima-
ton that an inspection of the tag would
show Mrs. Stevenson S name written there
on was met with an icy stare and lofty
II beg youah paWdon. 1t required the
authority of the chief deck steward and
an enforced inspection of the tag to restore
this bit of property to it's rightful owner.
The brayest man / know is aboard this
ship" continues the same writer. ellis
name is Lester-Andr jackson Lester
and he is a rising young lawyer. A wo-
man had borrowed his rug This was
the second time she had taken that liber-
ty. She was not only bold in taking, but
impudent in claiming the rug as her own.
This time young Mr.. Lester set his heavy
lower jaw ominously. Madam, said he
sternly, that is my rug, and / propose to
take it, Sir, if you touch my rug, I will
scream for help Madam. you may
scream if you like. If you do, l will de-
nounce you as pilferer.' And so saying
Lester pulled the brown and yellow rug
from about the form of the woman and
bore it away in triumph. There were no
screams. 1t was mans nerve against a
woman's, and the man won.
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between the hours of IL NJ. and O'Clock P. NJ,
that is to say at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon of
said day, all that tract or parcel of land and
premises, hereinafter particularly described,
situate, lying and being in the Town of Nor
ristown. in the County Of Morris and State of
New Jersey. being lot No. q, as designated on
q map of building lots laid off for Phillips
Phoenix by r. NJ. Sites, surveyor, in March
and April, eighteen hundred and sixty nine.
Beginning at stake on the north side of the
new street (now Phoenix avenue rec entity
opened, graded and fenced. running from
Washington street through the back orchard,
said state is distant eight hundred and sixty
four feet. three inches. on q course of south
seventy degrees west from the intersection of
the said nSftherly line of said new street with
the westerly side line of said Washington
street and is also the southerly corner OF lot
No 20; thence ID along the northerly side of
said new street seventy degrees west fifty feet
to the southeast corner of lot No. ~; thence
Cd along the easterly line of lot No, ~ north
twenty degrees west one hundred and thirty
four feet to the line of Charles II. Mulford's
land; thence CD along said Mulford's line
north seventy-one degrees and thirty minutes
east dfy feet to the northwest corner of lot
No. 20; thence (4) along the westerly line OF lot
20 south twenty degrees east one hundred and
thirty feet six inches to the place of beginning.
Being the same premises conveyed to the said
James Lyons by Phillips Phoenix by
deed dated April sixth, Ammo Domi-
nj, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and
recorded in the Morris County Clerks
Office in Liber or Of deeds, folios 80 &c,
ed and described premises SO much thereof as
was conveyed by the said James Lyons and
wife to one John McGrath by deed dated July
seventh. Ammo Domint. eighteen hundred and
County Clerks office in Liber OF Of deeds,
pages $50 &c. EDGAR i. DURLTNG.
Dated Sept. Sth. 1897. Sheriff
Chronicle and Jerseyman. P. F.. $l 20
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SHERIFFS SALE.
IN CHANcERY OF New JERSEY

IN CHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.
Between Elizabeth K McLaud. complainant,
and Eva Hahn. defendant. Fl. ia. for sale
of mortgaged premises. Returnable to Octo-
Der term, A. D., 1897
EDWARD S. BLACK, Solicitor.
DY VIRTUE of the above stated writ of fieri
ID facias in my hands, shall expose for sale
at Public Vendue at the Court House, in Nor
ristown, n. j.. on
MONDAY, the 18th Day of October
next, A. d., 1897,
between the hours of IL NJ and O'Clock P. M.
that is to say at 2o'clock in the afternoon of
said day, all the following described tract or
parcel of land and premises situate lying and
being in the Township of Denyille. in the Coun-
ty of Morris and State of New Jersey; being
the house and premises known and designated
as Number Forty-six, Whitfield Place at Mt.
Tabor, Morris county, New Jersey, being the
same premises conveyed to said Eva Hahn by
Isaac Holt by deed dated August -, A. d.
eighteen hundred and eighty three and re-
corded in the Clerks office of Morris coun-
ty. New Jersey.
EDGAR u. DURLING, Sheriff.
Dated Sept. Is, 1897.
Chronicle and Jerseyman. p. F. Sc 80
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Application.

To the Honorable, the Board of Excise Com
missioners of the town'of Morristown, N. ] :.
THE subscriber hereby requests your honor
i able body to grant him a license to sell at
retail. by less measure than one quart, any
beer, ale or other malt or fermented liquors,
at the place or saloon now occupied by him,
Nos. SO and Il on Speedwell avenue. in Morris
town, New Jersey, TO endure for the term of
Dated Sept. 20, 1897.
LFRED CONWAY.
The foregoing appll& san will be presented
to the Board of Excise commissioners. within
and for the town Of MprFistown aforesaid at
their next regular meeting. Wednesday, Oeto-
Der ID, A. D., 1897.
Dated Sept. %. 1897.
ALFRED CONWAY.
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Application.

To the Honorable, the Board of Excise Com
nissioners of the Town of Morristown, N. J..
THE subscriber hereby requests your honor
i able body to grant him hcenke to keep
an inn or tavern on the premises known as the
West End Hotel. in Morristown, New Jersey,
to endure for he term of one year from the
granting thereof.
Dated Sept. 30, 1897.
THOMAS E. LOWE.
The foregoing application will be presented
to the Board of Excise Commissioners within
and for the Town of Morristown, aforesaid, at
their next regular meeting, Wednesday, Octo-
Der Is. 1897.
Dated Sept. 30, 1897.
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SHERIFFS SALE.
IN CHANoERY OF NEW JERSEY

IN CHANoERY OF NEW JERSEY.
Between James P. Sullivan, complainant and
August w Theiler, Charlotte Theiler, Brid-
get Lyons. James Lyons, Charles D. Lyon
and Edward F. Murphy, defendants. Fl, ia.
for sale of mortgaged promised Returnable
to October term. A. D., 1897.
GEORGE G, RUNYoN. Solicitor.
DY VIRTUE of the above started writ of fieri
ID facias in my hands, shall expose for sale
at Public Vendue at the Court House, in Nor
ristown, n. j., on
MONDAY, the -25th Day Of October,
next, A. D., 1897,
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SHERIFFS SALE.
IN CHANoERY or NEW JFRsEY

Between Isaac P. Kitchell complainant and
John E. Fennell administrator of Alexander
Forsyth, deceased, Horace Forsyth. Eliza
be Losie, Arthur Losie Oscar Forsyth,
Charles Forsyth, Margaret Fellows, Charles
Fellows, Elizabeth Baird, John S. Baird,
Alexander Forsy til. Mary A. Forsyth. Jo.
sepine Stiles. VanCleve Stiles, Frederick
Forsyth, Georgiana Forsyth, Lueilla Gums
minis. George Cummins. Ann Lanon. Wil=
liam Lanon. Henry Forsyth. Caroline Fors
syth. Isabella Cramer. James N. Cramer,
Elizabeth Everman Edward Everman, al
win Palmer. Mary E. Palmer, Sarah l.. Hol-
", John Holly. Meldred Lo ey, Mary H.
Ford, Ira Ford. Angelina Rowe, Jessie E.
Rowe. Edward Forsyth. Lizzie Smith,
George Smith. Lydia Pruden. Isaac Pruden,
Laura Lindaherry Mervin Lindaberry. Jo-
seph Lindaberry, Edith Lindaberry Aaron
Forsyth. Syntha Forsyth. Frank Forsyth,
Robert FORSYTH. George S. Reddy and the
ROckaway Valley Railway Company de-
PENDANTS. Fl. ia for sale of Mortgaged
premises. Reiurnable to October Term, A.
d. 1887.
N. S. KITcHELL. Sol'r.
DY. VIRTUE of the above stated writ of
ID F. eri Facias 10 my hands. shall expose
for sale at Public Vendue at the Court House
in Morristown n j.. on
Monday the 25th Day of October
navt n 1907
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g hear, said the fat lady, that you
were out with the boys last night"
The two headed gent groaned dismally.
/ was, he admitted, tand / want to
say to you, he continued, that in a case
of this kind two heads are not better than
one. - Cincinnati Enquirer
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,LFRED CONWAY
Application.

To the Honorable, the Board of Excise Com
missioners Of the town of Morrislown, N. j.
THE subscriber hereby requests your honor
able body to grant him license to sell at
retail, by less measure than one quart, any
beer, ale or other malt or fermented liquors,
at the place or saloon now occupied by him,
No. "a Market street, in Morristown, New
Jersey. to endure for the term of one year
from the granting thereof.
Dated Sept. I6. 1897.
ROBERT G. WILSON.
The foregoing application will be presented
to the Board of Excise Commissioners. within
and for the town of Morristown aforesaid. at
their next regular meeting, Wednesday, Octo-
Der 10, A. D., 1897.
Dated Sept. Is, 1897.
ROBERT G. WILSON.
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ROBERT G. WILSON,
Application.

To the Honorable, the Board of Excise Com
missioners of the town of Morristown, N. j
THE subscriber hereby requests your honor.
il able body to grant him license to sell at
RETAIL by less measure than one quart. any
beer. ale or other malt or fermented liquors,
at the place or saloon now occupied by him.
No. Al Speedwel avenue, in Morristown, New
Jersey, TO endure for the term Of one year
from the granting thereof
Dated Sent 30 1897
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Henderson, the Cash Grocer

When you want Cheap Groceries PAY CASH for
hem then you will receive the BEST in the Market You
will money by doing this. Go where everything is
Fresh and Pure.
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TIE STORY OF THE rlERRINAC.


copyright. '97, for The Herald nv
Hanson Hiss)
Just 35 years ago this month tba
''1eS OF the north and west still loyal
70 the Union We're thrilled by Inc
starting intelligence that the confed-
er@'e government was building in the
oi0 navy yard at Norfolk an ironclad
monster which would in all probability
oeslroy seriatim every Union vessel
1ay New York, Philadelphia and Bos-
Ion under heavy contribution. have
washington at it's mercy. and change
me ehtlre tenor of the war. Lincoln
s1iieo a special meeting of the cab
met at which Stanton painted the flu
eure In the most dismal colors. and
seward, usually so hopeful, admitted
the truth of the picture.
ms vessel was the Merrimac. called
ny the southerners the Virginia, and
N1s constructed on lines unheard of in
ndFaI warfare, ancient or modern. The
SASiheef who built this remarka BILE and
now historic craft is Colonel II. Ash
IoIs ramsay, consulting engineer in
baltimore, formerly chief engineer
~ me confederate navy and was an
ohlcer on the Merrimac when she wa c
a United States war vessel back in the
oVs; AS an assistant engineer he con-
Nerted her from a wreck, burned to
the waters edge by the retreatine.
1eceIalS, into the most formidable war
engine of modern times. He was
ABOARD Of her when she rammed and
sunk the Cumberland, captured and
burned the Congress and engaged in
ner desperate six hours fight with
Erlcsson's famous Monitor. For his
services he was elevated, to the rank
OF chief engineer in the confederate
navy and received the thanks of con-
gress at the instance of jefferson
Davis.
For so years Colonel Ramsay has
peen urged to write an account of this
Il nous ram and her eventful career
ana Whlie he compiled with the request
OF the secretary of war to furnish an
account Of the engagement for the
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for US to do but to blow her up which
we did that night with aching hearts.
II am confident that if Admiral Blu
chairman had not been wounded, and
had been in command on the second
day when we met the Monitor, the re-
suit would have been different. He
would have rammed her with a full
and terrific blow, and the very inertia
of the Merrimac would have sent her
to the bottom. In that event we would
have compelled Fortress Monroe to
evacuate, and then leisurely steamed
up to Washington and compelled the
capitulation of that city, just asaLin-
coin feared.
II would like to say in closing that
the north never did Commodore Wor-
den full justice. Ericsson received all
the glory and all the credit. The Off
GERS of the Merrimac realize the splen-
did fight made by Worden and the
wise course he pursued both during and
after the fight"
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although we repeatedly went down to
the roads and dared her to fight.
when it was decided to evacuate
Norfolk plan was made to tighten the
draught of the Merrimac, and take her
to new fields of usefulness. A signal
was to have been given to US to steam
away, but the plans miscarried, and
there was nothing left US but to blow
her up. l may add that when her
draught was reduced to Is feet-the
point demanded by the pilots-they re-
fused to steer her over the bars, claim
ing, at that late hour, that her draught
was then too much We contemplated
shooting one of the pilots, thinking it
would bring the other one to his senses.
We also discussed the plan of sailing
into the fleet and fighting until we
went down with -colors flying, but that
was discarded as we felt that the con-
federacy could i'll afford to lose the
300 men aboard. There was nothing left
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THE SALT LAKE HERALD: SUNDAY DEcEMBER 49, 1897

and return to the engine room. Now
the signal is given to stop. The gong
sounds two rings, quickly followed by
three rings, the order to back The
throttle is opened and the engine starts
again in the reverse direction.
An awful pause! Then the crash,
starting us from our feet The en-
gines labor and groan and the vessel
strains in every fiber and joint.
Thudl Thudi! Thud!m comes the
rain of shot on our shields from the
double-banked battery of the Congress-
and q terrific crash in the boiler ROOM
but q few feet away. Have the boilers
burst? mol Thank Cod It's the ex-
plosion of a shell in the stack Anyone
hurt? mol
after staggering, the ship, which
has been depressed at the bow, rights
herself and we know that we have dis
engaged ourselves from the Cumber-
land.
1.-THE crew on the gun deck cheer
and cheer again. We have crushed in
the side of our adversary as q knife
goes through cheese, and she is sink
ing rapidly. Her crew of gallant
heroes fight her to the last
How about Buchanan, who has
been making a target of himself? All
right! The men on deck tug away at
their guns, trailing and righting them
Steady! So! Fire! as the officers give
the word. Quick! Sponge Load!
Fire! These are the explanations
heard on all sides as the men load and
fire continuously. The muzzle OF my
gun has been shot awayp No matter!
Do the best you can with herr Keep
away from those open ports and don't
lean against the shield Some men
have been stunned and bleed at the
ears. Take them below to the cock
pit. Simms has the bow rifed gun and
Wood the stern gun, which they aim
and fire with terrific effect Captain
Kevil, with his united artillerymen are
doing good service with his gun. The
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vented splendid piece Of ordnance,
was the author of our present system
of deep sea soundings, and surveyed
the bottom of the Atlantic for the
Mackey-B Bennett cable Gordon Sc
cured a patent from the confederate
government on the strength of the
Merrimac, and that. believe. was the
first, last and only patent issued by the
government. Gordon, no doubt, still
has the papers. President Davis took
the greatest interest in the AIerrimac
venture, and had much confidence in
her success. Other than Mallory, the
rest of the cabinet were not so san
guine, however.
TWO DAYS FIGHTS.
IF live a hundred years I will
never forget a single detail of those
two days fights. When we cast off our
moor1ngS at IL a. m. on the first day
and proceeded down the Elizabeth
river, the Merrimac was absolutely IN
tried She had never had a trial trip
Naturally, we watched her every move
with an intense degree of expectancy.
Soon getting under way, the boatswain
piDed to dinner. The meal had been
prepared in the ward room and a mes
sage was sent me by the caterer that
L had better take q bite at once, as it
might be my last chance to do So He
put it cheerfully. Passing along the
guns deck for that purpose, 1 was
greatly struck by the countenances of
the guns crew as they stood motionless
at their post, with ramrod and sponge
in hand. These men looked pale and
determined, standing straight and stiff.
and their nerves wrought up to a high
degree of tension
Diving down into the ward room, I
found number of officers around the
table daintily partaking of cold tongue
and biscuit, but at one end of the table
sat Dr.. Garrett examining a case of
surgical instruments. with lint and
bandages laying around The sight
took away all my appetite and 1 return
ed to my post.
Mark you well the chances we ran.
Here We were, with an untried experi-
ment, making a bee line to fight, single
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lectures on the rise of civilization in
Europe, and especially in France, have
helped to form a school of thinkers. and
the original research and thought which
he retailed at the Sorbonne have become
Election. Guizot combined the student and
the man of action.
1t is this historian, thinker, writer.
statesman, man of the world that in the
evening of life pens a confession of faith
as simple as that which he received be-
fore he left his humble home to become
very famous F'renchman He thought
that he had found the secret of safety in
the simple unquestioning faith of his
childhood, and so he put away from him
self all the skeptical beliefs of his early
manhood. The old philosopher. seemed to
have hidden adieu to all the scientific in
stincts of his youth, to have become
transformed into the most rigid of Cal
whistle divines.