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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-12-16
LARGEST TOY EVER MADE.
Contains Variety Of Familiar Objects in
Miniature.

CONTAINS variety OF Eamlliar OpJect9 IN
Miniature.
The largest toy on record has just
been completed at 2 fillmore. Md. The
designer and builde is Adam J. Win
fielder, and his workshop, where the toy
was constructed, is one end of his par
Tor. The toy is apparently located on
a large plateau and is composite af-
fair containing all sorts of familiar OBJ
iects in miniature.
There are Ferris wheel with eight
cars; sixteen swings; an old-time -four
mill, operated by water power; NOV
ing train of cars; pump, with little
girl at the pump handle; an old-fash-
Toned seesaw; a car ousel or merry go
round; a lake dotted with boats of all
descriptions, containing hundreds of
silver and gold fish, miniature boat
club in race, negroes fishing and a
/ shoot-the-chutes; fortress, castle, a
church, log cabin, light house in
the center of the lake, from the top Of
which a tiny light CLEANS; farm
houses, picnic grounds, pavilions, band
stand, scores of children, &C.
Mr.. Winfelder he's occupied all his
spare time for the rast two years con-
structing this beautiful toy, the various
features of which are as natural as can
be- Not a detail is omaLed to render
all things realistic. For instance, at
the grist mill miller is seen raising
barrels of -four by pulley, and around
the farm houses are figures apparently
engaged in the various occupations
which are SO familiar in connection
with agriculture.
The power which operates all the
mechanical features of the toy is a wa
ter motor, but it is so concealed that
for time the cause of action is mys-
terry to the onlooker.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-12-16
Getting Ahead of queen Victoria.

Little Prince Alexander, the eldest son
of the dead Prince Henry, husband of
Princess Beatrice, of England, has al
ways been noted. from his earliest
childhood, for bartering proclivities.
He lends marbles and tops at interest to
his cousins, the little Connaughts, and,
on one occasion, got up quite little
corner in dolls, which he succeeded in
purchasing at great reduction from
his small Albany cousins
The other day he received a present
of one sovereign t$5) from his mother,
and, having quickly spent it, applied
cor the second He was gently chided
for his extravaganza, but, unabashed,
wrote to his grandmamma The Queen
had been warned of the financial en-
barrassment, and she replied in the
same strain of remonstrance, whereup-
on the Prince responded:
Dearest Grandmamma: / received
your letter, and hope you will not
think was disappointed because you
could not send me any money. It was
Tery kind of you to give me good adj
rice. / sold your letter for "a 1857
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-12-16

Some insects are in a state Of ma
urity thirty minutes after birth.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-12-16

then placed on the floor. resting against
the easel. At this point boy crawls
behind the mirror and lets down the
e.ooden back of the easel, which serves
for a self seat for the boy after the
mirror has ppe-7 restored to its place.
A cloth at the back Of tnu easel behind
the mirror space conceals the boy when
he climbs to his perch on the shelf.
The cloth is numbered and lettered in
Duplicate of the mirror, and the boy is
armed with powerful magnet. The
fly is of cork, with an iron core, which
is set fat against the glass in lowered
corner of the mirror, where it is held
by the magnet. 1t is evident from this
arrangement that by moving the mag
net to the square called for the fly will
be seen to travel to exactly the same
spot.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-12-16
Cat Commits Suicide.

Grieved over the loss of her little
ones, Tounette, beautiful black An
CORA cat. put an end to her life most
strangely.
Her litter Of kittens were drowned,
being very much in the way, and when
Tounette returned her grief at their
absence knew no bounds.
Going to the top floor of the tene-
meat house the cat acted in peculiar
l.. Aer.
She looked down, pondered a while.
then deliberately leaped over and was
dashed to death on the pavement be
low.
A cat always fails on its feet, but
Tounette's head struck first. for she de-
liberately doubled up her feet and
would not be saved.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-12-16
Jila.


bet if was Jim I'd stay
A lookin' jes that awful way
That he does now.
Cause everywhere the folks we meet
Turn round to see him on the street,
And smile and bow.
An girls! OF course wouldn't care
To have 'em cry an smile an stare
Like that at me.
But s'long's Jim stands it, what's the
diff?
He lets 'em kiss him jes as if
He didn't see!
One time I heard lady say
We had skelington hid way
In closet dim
But I'd bet you she'd laugh to hear
That what made her so scared was dear
Old soldier Jim.
His arm amt half as big as mine,
But he says he amt got no whine
Err kick to make.
He listed cause he knew twas right;
An licked the Spaniards out O. sight.
For freedoms sake!"
He said it awful loud an grand
An father thinks he's got more sand
Than any one.
But Jim laughed: Pshaw! this kid,
bet,
Will make as brave soldier. yet,
AS holds gum
An then l cried; wasn't mad,
Err wasn't urt, er wasn't bad;
But cause, you know,
The war is done-Q say it's toughD-
Before a feller's big enough
To even go!
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-12-16
Jack Horner.

Everybody who has once been child
knows the rhyme about Little Jack
Horner," who sat in corner" That
there was ever real Jack Horner, and
that the plum extracted from the pie
was a very valuable plum indeed, few
of the little folks who enjoy his ex-
pioits knew knew or would care to learn,
1t appears that this worthy was stew
ard to an abbot of Glastonbury. The
good abbot learned that his majesty
Henry VIII had seen fit to be indignant
because the monks had built kitchen
which he could not burn down. Now, a
kings indignation was dangerous, and
must be appeased. Therefore the abbot
sent for his steward, Jack Horner, to
present the sovereign with a suitable
peace offering. 1t took the form of a
pig and tempting looking pie, beneath
he crust of which the transfer deeds of
Twelve manors were hidden
But Master Jack had an eye for the
profit of number one, and on the road
he slyly lifted the crust and abstract
ed the deeds of the Manor of Wells. On
his return, bringing the deeds, he
plausibly explained that they had been
given to him by the king. Hence the
thyme:
Little Jack Horner
Sat in a corner (of the wagon.
Eying his Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb
And pulled out plum (the title-deed),
Saving. What a brave boy am IL
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-12-16
THE EDUCATED FLY.

Wonderful Feat of Magic.
The educated fly travels across a
marked mirror to any number or let
ter called for. The trick is explained
by the Illustrations. The mirror, which
rests on an easel, is divided by the
magician into twenty-eight squares,
and a number and letter are written in
each. The mirror is first removed
from the easel for inspection, and is
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-16
What Real Religion Is.

As long as you and 1 are looking
upon religion as series Of precepts
which we feel we ought to obey thu
more shall we feel a reluctance to have
anything to do with it; when it is
brought to Us, we shall feel that it sheds
rather a lurid light across our path; we
shall tight against 1t. AS long as that is
the case you have not entered into the
spirit of Christ, you have not under
stood the power of an indissoluble life
When we look at what real religion is,
we see 1t should be "a living thing. l see
it in Christ, my Master. All that He
does is simply the outcome of what His
very nature is. The life is within Him
and He lives according to it. 1t is His
joy to do the Fathers will. He applies
Himself for the we'll being of mankind.
The very virtue of the sacrifice of
Christ lay i'll this, that it is by His will
that He offered Himself unto God it is
the love i'll it, the Willingness III it.
And this is what religion ought to be
joy. 1t ought to be our nature; it
ought to be our freedom, delight to
us. If we say, 'Oh, some day | shall
turn over a new leaf, l will bring my
life into harmony with the Decalogue,
and begin to act i'll the way in which
the clergymen say | ought to act, ac-
cording to the precepts Of the Ten Com
mandments, as long as that sort OF
spirit exists we look through dim glass;
we do not see the real significance of
faith and religion. Religion is life,
and ought to work out from you AS
life, and therefore should be your very
nature. -Churchman.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-16

days were numbered. My mother brought
me DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peop.e
and the first box made me feel better.
continued the treatment and to-day am
we'll.
when commenced to take the pills
weighed 10 pounds; now weigh I46
and feel that my recovery is permanent.
II owe my happiness and my health to
DR.. Williams Pink Pills. My husband
was benefited by them. | have recon-
mendcd them to many Of my friends and
will be glad if any word Of mine will direct
others to the road Of good health"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peocas
have cured many cases Of almost similar
nature.
The vital elements in Mrs. Lords blood
were deficient. The haemoelobin was tx
hausted. She was unfit for the strain she
was compelled 10 undergo. Her nervous
system was shattered and her vitality
dropped below the danger point.
A collapse was inevitable.
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills cured her bv
supplying the lacking constituents Of health
by filling the veins with blood rich in tie
requisite element Of Life. The heart re-
sumed its normal action; the nervous sys-
tenn was restored to state Of harmony,
and the neuralgia affection disappeared.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold BY
druggists everywhere, who believe then,
to be one Of the most efficacious medicine
the century has produced.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-16
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.



Comment by Rev. :. II. Doyle.
ToP1o.-Fvcry Christian missionary. Acts
/, ILL. "a missionary meeting.1
In these verses Luke narrates the
story of the ascension of Christ. At this
important time Jesus said to His apos-
ties, "Ye shall receive power after that
the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and
ye shall be witnesses unto Me both IN
Jerusalem and in all JudRa and in Sa-
maria and unto the uttermost part Of
the earth. " There is here not only a
prophecy of what would take place, but
a divine commission to the apostles to
be worldwide missionaries. 1t was a
broad, worldwide commission. 1t en-
braced home missions ''in Jerusalem
and in all Judaa." 1t included also for
eign missions" in Samaria and
unto the uttermost part of the earth. y
This implied command has undoubt-
edlya universal application. 1t includes
all Christians. 1t was given first neces-
sarily to the apostles, because they We're
nearest to Christ, but it applies to ev
cry disciple of Christ. Every Christian
should be missionary.
l. Why should every Christian be a
missionary? (a} Because the command
includes all. go We into all the world
and preach the gospel to every crea-
ture' is a command that comes to ev-
cry Christian with as much force as to
the first ones to whom it was spoken.
No Christian can refuse to be mission
airy without refusing to obey Christ. 90
Every Christian has received his Chris
tianity as result of mission work. Not
one of US would ever have known Jesus
Christ as a Saviour had it not been for
the missionary work of others. We are
indebted to missions ourselves for
Christ. Freely we have received Him
from others, freely we should give Him
to others. (c) Every Christian should be
interested in saving immortal souls. If
we know the joy of salvation ourselves,
we cannot but want others to know it
also. One of the proofs of our own sal
walton is an earnest desire to have all
others saved. (d) Every Christian is
needed as missionary. The work is
tremendous. The efforts of all are need
ed, no matter whether we can do great or
small things.
3. How may every Christian be
missionary? Those who can should con-
secrate themselves to the active work at
home or abroad. Those who cannot 90
to the mission field can find abundance
to do at home. Every Christian can
keep himself informed upon the subject
of missions, every one can be interested
and try to interest others, every one can
give and pray and talk missions. If
every Christian were a real, consecrated
missionary the question of sending the
gospel to the uttermost part of the earth
would soon be solved.
Bible Readings. lisa xiii, 6, !; lii,
Z; Nah. j. 10; Math. xviii. 10, 90,
Luke Ky, lilo; XIV, 45-53; john i.
3542; Nv, 26, %; Acts ii, xxi; xiii,
1-3; Rom. i, 14-l6; Y, 1915; l Cor.
tx, Is; II Tim. iv, Is.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-16

retreat SO securely, but the suns of Feb
ruary will soon bring him within the
reach of civilization again. Here are a
few ways in which he can be made a Joy
to humanity.
OF course every housekeeper has her
own way to make chowder, but did you
all know, sisters, that a dessert spoonful
of vinegar to a three quart chowder would
improve the flavor? Add it just before
taking off the fire. Try it.
Here is good recipe for fritters:
Beat an egg, add two or three spoonfuIs
of milk, pinch OF salt, and flour enough
to make batter that will drop from a
spoon easily. but not run. beat smooth.
stir in the CLANS and drop one at time
with batter to cover it into deep fat like
doughnuts, fry brown and serve hot with
pepper and vinegar or plain, as preferred.
Another way to prepare them is to chop
the rims fine add The bellies, put in pie
dish or any dish not too fiat, cover with a
layer of bread crumbs, over these very
thin slices OF fat, salt pork, as thin as
they can be sliced add the clam water or
a little water to moisten the bread, bake
in moderate oven till the port: is crisp
and the bread Drowned but not dried up.
serve hot line the frltters.
CLANS are nice, too, dipped in plain
beaten egg and fried in shallow fat, just
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-16

The Lewiton Weekly Journal, with Its accus
toned enterrise, has this year supplied its of
flee with mmmoth Hoe press, so as to enlarge
the paper to wenty -four pages. They announce
still furtherchanges, by which the Journal,
during the YER, will appear 81, 40, As, or Sc
page paper, vs. the pressure of news NAV de-
mand. The NV Hoe double-supplement press
enables the J.rHdt to present the latest news,
giving 1t the feshness of daily paper of same
date.
This enlarge paper will enable the publishers
to present evegreater quantity and variety of
matter than nG, and to introduce new features
After the reaer has secured his home paper
1t VIII be diilicu to supplement 1t with one that
will more full present all the news. both AT
home and abrod than the Weekly journal.
The Erening 5urndl, the fayorite republican
daily paper OF te State, participates in the ben
efts of better mechanical facilities, and
now appears "a a ten and twelve page pa.
per, daily. and twenty four pages Saturday,
making very lige amount of Maine and gem
eral news for thamall sum of so cents a month,
in advance.
The weekly edipn is 81 a year; the Wednes-
day and SaturdaR2.50, and the Saturday $3.50
year.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-16

The most remarkable thing about Mrs.
Nellie J. Lord, Of Stafford Corner, N. H.,
is that she is alive to-day.
No one, perhaps, is more surprised at
this than Mrs. Lord herself. She looks back
at the day when she stood on the verge Of
death and shoulders. She looks ahead at
life Of happiness with her children, her hus-
band and her home with joy that only
mother can realize.
Mrs. Lord is the mother Of three children,
two Of whom are twins; until the twins
came nothing marred the joy Of her life.
Then she was attacked vita heart failure
and for year was unable to attend to the
ordinary duties Of the home. In describing
her own experience Mrs. Lord says:
~ had heart failure so bad was often
thought to be dead.
with this had neuralgia Of the stom-
ach so bad it was necessary to give me
morphine to deaden the pain.
"Sometimes the doctors gave me tenn
porary relief, but in the end it seemed as If
my suffering was multiplied.
Medicine did me no good and was but
an aggravation.
II was so thin my nearest friends failed
to recognize me.
No one thought would live.
was in despair and thought that my
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-16

enough to keep them from sticking to
the pan.
Clam stew is as good as oyster stew
made right, and some prefer it.
For pint of clans, take one half pint OF
water and pint OF milk; let the water
boil, then add the milk and as soon as
this begins to bubble add the CLAIMS and
little salt according to taste: let it come
to the boiling point and add thickening
made of tablespoonful OF -four with
sufficient milk to mix it. beaten smoot h.
Let it come to the boiling point, and set
back where it will just simmer two or
three minutes; add piece OF butter, per-
haps a tablespoonful while simmering,
then serve.
In putting butter into any kind OF
stew it is better not put in till just before
taking from the fire, as it is not cooked
enough to be oily then.
FRIED POTATOES.
Perhaps every housekeeper knows how
to fry potatoes, but il any one has not
tried his way, do so the next time:
Peel and slice as thin as possible, dip in
flour and fry III deep fat like doughnuts,
being sure to nave the fat sailed; when a
nice brown take up and dust very little
salt over them. Serve hot; or they are
good for dinner pail when cold.
BAKED POTATOES.
pae' and slice quite thin, spread out
slngly IN pan or ON giatc and bake in
n hot oven till brown; they will puff up
like biscuits and are nice and especially
good II one wants them hurriedIy as
they will cook quicker than in any OF her
way except frying and have not the OBJ
lection OF being greasy, therefore can be
eaten by invaiids.
Cold potatoes are better to fry over il
frozen and sliced before thrawing. They
will be light and mealy. Another way is
to peel and mash them, adding little
salt, pat into balls, and fry like fish balls.
South Deer Isle. EGO.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-16
The Sure Reliance,

The branch must abide in the vine,
the oak in the soil, the child in its par
ents, the president in the laws of his
nation, the believer in Christ. To abide
in Christ is to rest ones hope in inf
mite strength and to draw ones life out
of infinite goodness and love. Christ is
the perfection, the teacher and the ex-
ample of all goodness, the source and
giver of eternal life, the power of God
unto salvation. independent.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-16

Magazine, Book and Newspaper Notes.
The Aroostook Times, OF Houlton, has
changed hands. Theodore Cary, who has
ably managed the paper for nearly forty
years, retires, and is succeeded by Stephen
II. Hanson, editor, and j. Alton Reed
manager. Mr.. Hanson is a graduate of
Colby; Mr.. Reed has been foreman OF the
Times office for he past seven years.
Herr Jonas Stadiing, the Swedish jour
nali't who described in the Novem Der
Century "Andree's Flight Into the In
known, has written for the March num-
Der Of that magazine an account OF "An-
dree's Messenger. The only word that
has been received from Andree since his
departure was brought by carrier pigeon.
Inc IRA was killed by whaler and fell
into he sea. Afterwards the whaler
Learned that The bird might possibly bear
message from the explorer, and the ship
sailed back and by chance the body OF
the bin was recovered.
The february magazine number Of The
Outfooi contains al unusually large num-
Der OF tories, sketches, poems, and lig hit
articles Among the illustrated articles
will be 'ound a paper on "Lncoln as a
LiteraryMan", by Hamilton w. Mabie,
with portrait and "A facsimile OF the
Gettysburg address, and the second in
stallmen Of DIR. Edward Everett Hale's
flames RUSSELL Lowell and His Friendsn,
which dels chiefly with LowelPs life in
college ad at Concord during the pc
Rod OF hs 'rustication". This number
also contains one of the addresses by DR..
Lyman bott on 1.-The Life and Letters
of Paul, which are attracting much dis
| cussion.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-16
EAST BLUEHILL, Feb. 6, 1898.
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
In a recent issue of THE AMERICAN,
"Hancock Farmer" writes to know the
best way to treat an animal that over-eats
grain, and for someone to give the benefit
Of experience.
In February, 1894, contrary to all good
rules, a COW by careless accident OF my
own helped herself to meal from a barrel,
erhaps one-half bushel or more. As soon
as it was discovered. the COW was given q
little water, and driven slowly over the
road some two hours, then given small
draft more water, and the same even
ing was driven about one hour on the
floor of the barn. This gave a free circu-
lation of blood, and helped digestion.
This was Monday afternoon. l allowed
the COW a very moderate drink every day.
She gave quart or more of milk, wanted
nothing, and ate nothing till Saturday,
when appetite returned. The COW APP
peared in no pain during the five days.
When found the COW had been in the
meal, / sought advice. One said give
water to the full, another said give none;
then | decided to be my own counselor.
Now l would like to hear the experience
of some other Hancock farmer through
the household depart ment of THE AMER
ICAN. J. r. l..