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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-08-19

RUSSELL SAGE'S BIRTHDAY.
Great Millionaire Still Hale
ii hearty Though No
More Young.
EIGHTY-TWo YEARS OLD
Congratulations From Pres't McKin.
ley and Others for the Venerable
Money Maker.

The Anniversary Spent by Him in Hi
Office, Slave to Business, Adding More
Dollars to His Vast Accumulation OF
Wealth Millions Have Not Satisfied Hi
Desires What wni ne r. With Hi
Fortune?
Some persons believe that at 80 a
mans thoughts should be largely of the
hereafter. Russell Sage is 81 years old
That birthday was spent-es all but
few week days have been spent by him
lin his Office, slave to business, add
ing more dollars to his vast accumula-
ton of wealth.
Years have not changed his habits
millions have not satisfied his desires
and with him the laying up of money is
apparently as great an object as ever.
No doubt as he sat in his Office in
Nassau street, with scores of congrat-
ulatory letters before him. chief Of
which was one from President McKin-
ley, his memory went back to his boy
hood days in Troy, where he worked in
his brother HenTy's grocery for 81
week and found" Now his wealth is
estimated at 100000, 600, growing and
increasing daily, and to Uncle Rus
SELF his life has been spent we'll
There are some cynics who say that
Russell Sage will never die. or, if he
does, will take his fortune with him.
Certainly, longevity runs in the Sage
family. His mother lived to be SO, and
she passed quietly away sitting in a
chair knitting stockings. His only
sister, Mrs. Samuel Chaplin, who is so,
lives in Oneida, N. Y. She has that
frugal streak which characterizes her
brother. She still does her own house
work. refusing the help her children
offer her.
Russell Sage was only IA years old
when his capacity as financier began
to be noticed. In Troy his brother
Henry was the proprietor of store,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-08-19
RUSSELL SAGE.

and in exchange for coffee, molasses,
sugar and other staples, took butter
and eggs and country produce. No
body could drive better bargain than
young Russell, and history does not re-
cord that the Rensselaer, County farm
ers ever got the best of him.
Three years Russell remained with
Henry for his board and clothing and
81 a week. Then a partnership was
formed with his brother Elisha. But
trading in such a small way did not
bring the money in fast enough for
Russell and the partnership was broken
and he became wholesaler. At differ
and Slocum & Sage, but the junior
partner was the leader always.
When % years old he helped the
Commercial Bank of Troy out of the
slough into which it had fallen and put
1t on its feet again, to the wonder of
the Trojans. He became the vice pres
ident. and from there it was but step
to political Office in Troy. It is even
said that he was something Of boss"
He went to Congress in 1853 and again
in 1855.
Sage came to New York in 1857. 1t
was the year of the great panic on it's
most terrible day. Then Daniel Drew
was king of the Street, and possessor
of thirteen millions. Sage watched
him carefully and proflted thereby, for
Drew made thousands into millions,
not SO much by gambling on the turn
of a stock as by lending to those who
had gambled and lost. Sage speculated
only once on his first trip to Wall
Street. He bought for $4,000 the La
Crosse Railroad, which had gone down
in the crash. Then he went back to
Troy and waited. In six months the
railroad was worth million dollars.
If Russell Sageshad ever been doubt
full of his capacity as fnancier be-
fore. his doubts vanished then, so he
came to the Street with bis million in
1860. He looked then much as he does
Today. like a prosperous farmer, who
aas left the plow for day and donned
ais Sunday best. There was scanty
xtrip Of whisker beneath his chin, and
the peculiar droning twang in his voice
that had gained him fame as a leader
Of prayer meetings in Troy. The
street" watched MIN and expected to
ace him lose his money, but he fooled
Them all. He lent money at the high
est interest, on the best security, and
no mans name or word was to him the
equal of good, tangible collateral.
And this has been the policy Of Rus
sell Sage ever since. What his sue
cess has been in boarding up golden
store everybody knows.
There is usually more danger in an
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-08-19
Earnings Of the Central Pacific,

A statement JUS issued by the Gem
!ral Pacific RAILROAD Company. giving
is earnings for May last. and for the
FIVE months ended May 81.
The total gross earnings for the five
months we're $685., 40. The total net
EARNINGS were $4,000. 456. For the
month Of May last the increase in gross
earnings over May, 1897. was s429, 518.
The increase in net earnings was s21s,-
72o. The total gross receipts for May
were s1,474, 1856; total net receipts,
i624. $40.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-08-19

There is usually more danger in an
elopement than any other kind Of run
away.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
Marriages in Southern India.

The inhabitants of Southern India have
peculiar marriage customs, according to
DIR. Roeck. the German explorer. There
are always two marriage ceremonies, he
says, one taking place when the
betrothed ones are mere infants, and
the other when the bridegroom takes his
wife to his own home. At the infant
marriage rites two brothers of the boy
place him on an elephant and take him
around to give him a glimpse of the city
where he and his bride are to live, and
at the same time the girls mother is do
ing her share by singing to the little one
marriage song.
At the first marriage the mother-in-law
leads the young husband by the nose into
room, where his friends and relatives
are awaiting him, and, amid the loud
noise of tomtoms, the shrill whistle of
pipes, and the roaring of trumpets, the
bride enters unveiled She gives the men
present an opportunity to gaze at her, be-
cause in future no man but her husband
may look at her face. Should this rule
be broken at any time, her husband must
commit suicide, and she must be burned
on a funeral pyre before the sin is blotted
out.
The bride is placed in a basket during
the Brahmin marriage ceremony, and
when it is over she energies yelled, and
closely guarded by her husband and his
friends
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
Persisted FROM THIRST.


Body OF au Ar. :aut Found In the Hills
Of riz ma.
President Jesse Crosby returned re-
Gently to Panquitch, Utah, from a visit
to Fredonia, Ari., bringing with him the
skull and some articles of clothing of
man who persisted on the hills about
twenty-five miles south of the Utah
state line. The remains of the man
were found by William Teffs, who was
with sheep hunting for patch of snow
On going to the north side of hill he
saw blanket spread over bush, with
the skeleton of man under it. The
head was in the brush, showing that the
man had died while seeking shelter from
heat. He was about twenty miles from
water, and about half way between An
telope springs and Trumbull mountains
The skull indicates man of about 60
years of age, with teeth ground or worn
nearly to the bone. He seemed to be of
low stature and powerful build, with
very heavy under jaw. He had few
pounds of flour when he died, bul was
far from water. A small brass kettle
was found near the remains In n
bundle was pair of overalls, some shoe
uppers and an awl. There is nothing by
which the remains can be identified un-
less it is the tag on the overalls. This is
marked "Mountaineer, Trade Mark Reg
istered, 8 o., waist 40, inseam 49," His
bones were buried where they were
found, and the skull given to Dr.. J. ].
Steiner of Panguitch
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
MEN IN MOURNING.
Rules Governing Gentlemanly Evidence
OF Grief.

Rules Governing Gentlemanly Evidence
A gentleman wears deep mourning for
his mother or wife not less than one year.
During that period his business suit should
be of a rough, black cfoth, and his band,
usually of fine black cloth, in preference
to crepe, should vary in width from two
to four inches, according to the style of
hat. His scarf is of dull black and never
shows pin. His gloves are heavy black
glace kids, excepting for driving or out-of-
door sports, when black castor or dog
skin may be worn.
His handkerchiefs must be all white.
with only the narrowest of hemstitched
border, neither must they show initials,
monogram or embroidered marking of any
description. Indeed, the full name or
initials written in black indelible ink,
preferably by the owner himself. His
watch chain is laid aside, and black
guard is used instead, while his gold but
tons and studs have as substitutes those
enameled to look like linen itself. His
visiting cards, always small, and his sta
tionery have narrow black border.
To tighten his loneliness, etiquette al
lows him to visit his men friends two
months after he has assumed mourning.
With a man friend or alone he may go,
very quietly, to public place of amuse-
ment, but on no account can he wear even
ing dress, 60 with a lady or make one Of
party. -sasEE 49,. z=<
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29

Full many songs he wrote -alack! s
u He gave HIS whole youth to HIS art.
Yet not a single line came back
sS From other lips to cheer his heart.
'"rhis Is the last song from my pen s3s
!. He cried !: his heart was like to break.
He wrote 1t, then. from haunts OF men.
He tied away for poor pride's sake.
His time Of prime he lived alone
And labored with his hands for bread,
Nor ever struck a tender tone, 5t W.T. III %
& Nor willing words to music wed.
But In the twilight OF his years <a..
His heart grew restless. and one morn
He rose with all an old mans fears
And sought the town where he was born
He strayed within the busy street. e z
No face he knew, and none knew him
He looked about for some retreat, Il
And found a doorway cool and dim,
And rested there,-''How sore to die
When there Is naught to lose by DEATH"
A beggar woman paused hard by, rs.
And whined her song with gasps fol
breath. %.=:< :.
1t was his song,-the one he wrote -
That day he set his muse to fast ~
Joy. like the lightning, flashed, and sMote
His heart,-and Fame was his at last!
u. ]. Bell Id the Spectator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29


And, confdent. Napoleon crosses
SSa But now the allies begin to wage war
againat him. He, without being discon-
certed, raises armies, fights every day;
always brave, always defeated, but hope
full for the future, for II Etoile has not
vet spoken.
But IN the midst Of his losses Nal,o-
leon wonders II L'Etoile has not been
false to him. 0 So.
No; he has not been untrue. SIS
Waterloo! Behold, Waterloo! ..s
The battle Is fierce The last square
alone now remains. The Emperor. from
field glass he looks for L'Etoile. And
now he sees him, The grenaaier is fight
ing desperately. ..1s,,.. f. @
Suddenly he falls, struck by bullet.
The Emperor, pale as u corpse, drops
his glass and comes down. # s#. q
IL Etoile is about to speak. Will he
speak - .,.' .2 .5.... IS
He imagines he will hear. the voice Of
+ Etoile in. his ears as he did ut Brienne.
and that he viii see perched OH II pebble
by his side a tiny lead soldier. &5s
The Emperor neither hears nor sees
ANYTHING. - 1:- OK
His courage returns. +. Mill !. Z. :.
'Who knows? Maybe everything is
not yet oyer? LEtoile may not be fatally
And, with confident air, the Emperor
surveys the horizon. ~ ~
IT, -
The litters carried BY ambulances now
pass before him. They slowly aud sadly
wend their way by tens, twenties, thir-
ties o.. 49, 49,. :
And suddenly in one of them the EN-
peror recognizes L'Etoile.
Like mailman he dismounts, leaving
his astonished marshals, and quickly
reaches the wounded soldier, whom he
finds pale and rigid as death.
Poor L'Etoile!' says the Emperor.
Then, addressing the surgeon:
Did he speak?' -
mo, sire, he is mute.'
The Emperor breathes again. But now
be hears broken voice coming from
the corps of L'Etoile.
''rhe Emperor is very tired tonight, -
says the voice.
And for the first time in his life the
Emperor faints.
At st. Helena, Napoleon plays, us OF
yore, with his little lead soldiers. As be.
fore, he drills and leads them to mag
mary victories.
He sometimes listens, hoping that one
of them will speak, saluting him, as in
the past, by the sweet name of Emperor
But the little lead soldiers are silent
Never again will they speak.
L'Etoile is dead. The Emperor is fall
en-.
The little lead soldiers will speak nc
more.-From the French of Fernand
Hauser for the Boston Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
Good Marksma nshjD,

In gun practice the other day the bat
tleship Indiana did some fine work that
ought to be exploited as far as possible
in Spain. Two shots from her 13;inch
one target. These open sea targets for
great gun practice are small squares or
triangles of canvas and toss about on the
waves in the most perpleXing manner.
The ship is restless firing base and ac-
curate craftsmanship under such circum-
stances is indicative of the highest train
ing in the judgment of distances and the
acceptance of opportrrities. In the war
of 1872 the Americail.xunne did some
admirable work. American gunnery has
always been held in high esteem by other
nations and in the opinion of the Wash
ington Star, the performance by the men
of the Indiana may be taken as evidence
that the American eye is as clear as ever
and that the lanyards are pulled with the
same deadly precision as early in the cen-
furV
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29

He prescribed for me and had his pre-
scription filled. l took nearly all of the
medicine, but still the trouble became
worse, and l felt that my condition was
hopeless: tried several remedies, but
without benefit. After had been suffer-
Ing several months, Thomas Campbell, of
this city, urged me to try DR.. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People. +. s5z s5.s.
I finally decided to buy box and be-
gan to use the pills according to direc-
tons. Before I had taken the second box
l began to feel relieved, and after taking
few more boxes considered myself re-
stored to health. The pills gave me new
life, strength, ambition and happiness
Dr. Williams Pink Pills cure dyspepsia
by restoring to the blood the requisite
constituents of life, by renewing the nerve
force and enabling the stomach to prompt
~ and properly assimilate the food. These
pills are q specific for all diseases having
their origination in impoverished blood OF
disordered nerves. They contain every
element requisite to general nutrition, to
restore strength and good health to the
ailine,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
Some ~War" Distances.

The nearness of Cuba to our shores is
not appreciated by those who have given
no attention to the subject Cuba is
May from ns 'a Phiadelpha but tS KEY aS West
itself is beyond the reach of railroads.
Palm Beach on the Atlantic, and Tampa
on the gulf, are the nearest ports to Ha-
vana that are connected by rail with the
great cities of the United States. From
either port the run to Havana can be
made in half day. The island, however,
is very long-Havana it's nearest point
and it requires several days to encircle it
or to pass beyond it to the other islands
of the West Indies, of which the most inn
portant from strategic point of view is
Porto Rico-a Spanish possession and
base of supplies. Even Porto Rico is as
far from Havana as Hampton roads from
the same place. This country, therefore,
occupies a commanding position with rela-
ton to Cuba, especially in any naval oper-
atoms aiming at its possession.-Philadel-
nhia Ledger
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29

tlnnation, felt no crying need for. q resi-
cent physician, but It promptly sent out q
sea rehing committee to see what could be
scared up. The committee spent half d
day In the operation and only succeeded
IN hpding d veterinary surgeon. Fifty
dollars year is not d large prize In t.
SOL, md from the fact that no physi-
cian e settled there It may be assumed
that North bergen township il an nnusu-
ally healthful place, In the present
oyercrowded state of the profession. how
ever. there may be large possibilities for
a#yonng man who is willing to accent a
sure thing to the extent of $50 a year and
trust to malaria and accidents to make
up living income. So far as has been
reported no physician has yet reached
North bergen tOWnshiD.-NeW York Sun
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
Need . Physician n. q

Physicians who complain that their pro.
fession lis overcrowt1ed might, perllapS.
with some profit to themselves turn their
eyes toward the township of North
Bergen. N. j., which is not only without
4 resident physician, but is 80 strongly
in need of one that il offers d rremiiIfsa
Of $50 q year for such an addition "a its
list of citizens. The Hudson county
board Of health hasinotif fled the comlion
clan. and he II doe1s not The board al
health viii be re4Iested TO name sone.s
Ias con- % council ~, - 81 thil IL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
Lives on His Wife's Grave.

Col. Elisha de Board Of Gilmer county,
Ca. is probably the only man whose
a house on the spot where his beloved
wife rests. on the beautiful mountain
side, near his mansion at Ellijay. The
structure is a small but substantial octa-
gon of stone, and on the great iron open
ing into the single room is the inscription,
"One in life and one in DEATH"
Col de Board, who is past fourscore
1--WE years ago. His wife was his comfort
and his inspiration in life, and now she
is his solace in death.
Around the windows the rarest flowers
have been planted and the venerable
patriarch spends the days in identifying
the surrounding yards. At night he finds
repose and rest within touch of the grave
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
All HAD Currant Care.

The inhabitants of small village not
twenty miles from Bradford are noted
for peculiar fondness for currant cake.
A stranger, who had obtained work in
one of the factories there, had an exam
pie of this. He had taken his breakfast
with him. tied up in cotton handker-
chief, and on his arrival at the mill he
was looking around for a place to put it
in until the meal hour should arrive.
The foreman seeing his dilemma, called
out to him:
what hes ia j. thi henkercher, lad -
"Gurrant cake" was the reply.
pile of breakfast handkerchiefs, "tha can
chuck it on that heap wi t'others; they
all alike!'-Week1y Telegram.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
A Famous War Correspondent.

Hans Wachenhusen, whose death oc-
Cured recently at Marburg, in Hesse-C Cas-
sci, was the only German war correspond
ent capable of taking rank beside the vet
eran w. II. Russell. He went out to the
Crimea on behalf of several important pa
pers in 1854. and five years later was
present at nearly all the important battles
in Italy. He saw Garibaldi land at
Marsala with his Thousand" and after
the occupation of Naples by Victor EN-
abortive rising of 1868 in Poland. Next
year the invasion of Schleswig- Holstein
found him new occupation, and the "six
weeks war" between Prussia and Austria
provided fresh material for his pen. In
1870 he accompanied the German head
representative of the "Kolnische Zeitung."
Herr Wachenhusen was born in 1926, and
was thus five years junior to his more
famous English colleague.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, So and 50
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook free:
E. W. Burgess, Milwaukee, assgr., grain
binder; W. F. Goodhue Milwaukee, assgr.
harvester truck; F. johnson, Rhineiander..
adjustable handle bars for bicycles; Theo.
Kirchoff, Milwaukee,. expansible pulley; O..
Larson and c. Branzell, assgrs., Ashland,
combined nut and pipe wrench; W. n.
Lightcap, Hazel Green. clevis; Lee A. MILL
err, Milwaukee, assgr., bobbin or underthread
Straw str ss stecker: a. F. oesterreich WHINE:
come, treating wheat in mfg flour; W.
Romunder, Milwaukee, detachable sash; A,
zwiebel, Burlington, rotary steam engine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29

7egetaDe
begin
hesitation about being perfectly frank
B. A. Box Westdale, Mass
will tell abou had been in usual health but had worked quite
medicine
womb and without benefit
after
andt hatd ache
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
A Consul's Timely Hints.

A COnsufs Timely Hints.
An American consul at Nantes in a re-
cent communication to the state depart
ment conveys hint to American manu-
facturers which may result favorably. He
says chewing gum is unknown" He al
so points out that rocking chairs are not
used" fact commented upon by Paul
Bourget. who intimated that the most Of
his country women were, better employed
than they would be rocking in a chair.
Apples, sliced and dried without remov-
ing the skins or seeds, find good market
in Nantes and much of this fruit comes
from California" Prunes and apricots
from that state are also in favor. The
consul adds: 1.-The French people would, /
think, willingly buy more of our products
if they knew anything about them. Sew
eral French dealers have called at the con-
sulate lately asking information as to our
prices and productions" These hints will
not be lost upon the people of California,
who purpose letting the French know in
1900 just what the state is capable of pro-
ducing and how much better than the
products of other places California prod
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
THE CAUSE OF DYSPEPSIA,

Fs0na the Republican, Scranton, Penn,
The cause of dyspepsia is lack of vital
ity: the absence of nerve force; the loss
Of the life-sustaining elements of. the blood.
No organ can properly, perform it's func-
ton when the source of nutriment fails.
When the stomach is robbed of the nour-
ishment demanded by nature, assimila-
ton ceases, unnatural gases are general
ed; the entire system responds to the dis
cord.
A practical illustration is furnished by
the case of Joseph r. Vandyke, 40 Hick-
DRY street, Scranton, Pa.
In telling his story, Mr.. yandyke says:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
Gladsrone,s Books.

Mr.. Gladstone is one of the most gen.
erous book buyers in the United King
dom, and when he is at home spends con-
logues, says the New York World. He
buys practically all the new books about
witchcraft, duelling, >gypsies. epitapns.
marriage, strange religions, Homer,
Shakespeare, Dante, or whatever subject
he may be studying at the time. He
reads three books at time-early in the
day, one which is quite difficult, in the
afternoon lighter topical work, in the
evening novel. OF modern writer's
the older ones; hut he reads rapidly all
sorts of novels by all sorts of people.
The four authors who have had most in
fiuence on his mind are, he says, Dante,
Aristotle, Bishop Butler and st. Angus
| finn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-29
Am Tdyl ofthe Frontier.

Proud, yet calm, the little band stood,
surrounded by implacable sayages in
thousands. lssa -, 49,. s--.,.~. IL.
Crimson-streaked war whoops writhed
through the air, swirlingly.
Then -, TT - ..
The little band began on "Iy Mother
Was q Lady"
Awakening from the ecstacy Of rendi-
ton, the leader held out his hat, as had
been his wont in the crowded mart, and
found himself alone with his accomplices.
E pale blue dust indicated the mad flight
of the whooping enemy Cincinnati En-
quirer. 4.