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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22
Clear Conscience Better Than Money.
Whom the v,nr hntunnn tho mort harm

Clear Conscience Better Than Money.
When the war between the northern
and southern states ended in the sur
render of General Lee. the commander
in chief of the Confederate army, Gen
eral Lee was one of the worlds ia
nous men: consequently he had many
Gathering offers from business institu-
tons that wished to make use of his
name. He went to Lexington, Va,
and became president of the Washing
ton and Lee university at a salary of
$4,000 year. Soon after an insurance
company offered him its presidency at
$4,000 a year 1t was explained to
him that he would have no duties to
perform, but that the use of his name
would be worth $4,000 year to the
company. The proud old representa-
tive of one Of the oldeSt families in
Virginia replied, 81 must refuse to re-
ceiye pay for services that do not
render.' SO he staid with the univer-
sity. Numerous offers of like sort
were made to him, but he declined
them all. At last New York corpora
ton offered him $4,000 year salary
if he would act as president of the
company A salary as large as that of
the president of the United States
could not allure the brave old warrior
from what he believed to be the right
course, and he declined the offer, as he
had declined many others.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22

The typographical situation to which
Kentucky and Tennessee We're relegat-
ed in the first half of the century is
the situation that still encircles and
enthrones them. Being neither hot
nor cold of temperature. they became
the scenes of impact between the north
and the south the backgrounds of the
civil war They still nurture the alb
normal to some extent in the feuds be-
tween the Bakers and the Towards.
the Glifiins and the Phillpots. because
they are not inviting 10 the ironmak-
crs. the woodworkers and the general
factors of the north nor entirely habita-
bic to the people who lave in the suns
of the south. Their characteristics ex-
tend over into Arkansas, which. too, is
rugged and has been more rugged in
some of its people. Yet Kentucky
makes the gallants of American his
tory, because it is on the border, and
Tennessee affords rural homes. which
have been eXemplars for the romancer
and passions for the dramatist, while
it installs in the gubernatorial chair
men who write verse for their own in
augural odes. Tennessee lies pie
turesquely between the moonshiner
and the sugar cane.-Ainslee's.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22
THROUGH vEsTlBULED TRAINS

Consisting of Standard Pullman and
Wagner Buffet Sleeping Cars, and luxur-
ious Vestibuled Day Coaches, lighted by
gas are run every day between New
York and Chicago via the Lackawanna
and Nickel Plate Road, making the most
comfortable and cheapest route from
New York, Scranton, Binghamton and
Elmira, to Cleveland, FIT. Wayne, Chicago
and the West The dining cars and the
meal stations on the Nickel Plate Road
are operated by the company. and serve
the best meals at reasonable prices. The
through day coaches are in charge of
colored porters whose services are free
to both first and second class passengers
Rates via this route are lower than via
other lines. For information, call on any
ticket agent of the D.. l.. w. or address,
F. j. Moore, General Agent, Nickel
Plate Road, 291 Main street, Buffalo,
New York
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22

Patrick-And phwat did the gintle-
man say to yez whin yez asht him for
the place?
Son He towld me he lnowed me boi
the lucke NV me to me daddy.
Patrick much pleasedD-And phwat
did yez say to thot?
Son-Oi towld him it was not me
good lucks fhot OF was eXpecthin to
ricomminG me,-Detroit Free Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22
Untold Love.

"Can man and woman love each
other when their speech is different
and they can't exchange a word?'' said
Il lounger in the smoking room of one
of the hotels the other night Lott
says they can. Most OF his books are
about the charming and poetical love
that existed for a time between him
self and Japanese, south sea is
lander. Turkish girl, a Montenegrin,
Il Tartar or a Chinese lady. Lott will
never forget these loves. he says in
the books, but the fact that he aban
doned them makes him rather poor
pleader Go out into Dakota, though.
into the wheat section of the north
west. if you want TO know whether n
man and woman of alien speech can
be lovers. Many of the wives there
are Swedes. and they and their Ameri-
can husbands often cant understand a
word the other says. Yet they seem
contented happy and more loving
than the average couple. Women in
the wheat section are the scarcest
thing there is, you know. No women
go there but Swedish girls. immi-
grants looking for places in kitchens.
These girls are married in a short time
after their arrival by the young farm
ers of the neighborhood. The hus-
bands are often educated eastern fell
lows, who at home would have counted
on wedding the daughters of lawyers,
physicians or clergymen. But out
there, where the women are so scarce.
they are less particular. and they mar
ry and are happy" Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22

Rational dress is all right, but de-
test irrational dress"
What is irrational drcs sY'
.'Short skirts worn hF women with
ugly feet. Chicago Record.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22
Richest MIX.

The richest milk is that which comes
near the close of the milking. A test
disclosed that the first half pint Of
milk at a milking contained only 10
per cent of cream. while the last half
pint contained 1896 per cent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22
1t was Fastened.

Put your tongue out" said the doc
tor to 4-year-old Gilbert.
Little Gilbert protruded the tip of
his tongue.
mo, no; put 1t right out" said the
doctor.
The little fellow shook his head
weakly, and the tears gathered in his
eyes.
Il can't, doctor" he ventured at last
'it's fastened on to me-"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22
short Road TO Popularity.

Hingso- That doctor is very popular
with society people.
.Iingso- Yes; he gives Latin and
Greek names to sick headaches and the
like, Syracuse Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22
- "A "A HA
AT DAy Us.

Specialties in Cooked Meats
from G. Percival's, New
York, sold over the counter
by the pound. Orders taken
for goods at short notice for
boned turkeys, game patties,
etc.
Our usual reduced prices
for candy during the holi-
day season will prevail, be-
ginning the first week in
December.
Also a specially fine as
sortment Of nursery grown
Norway Spruce Christmas
Trees.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22

Pho del Pilar-I hear the mills in
America are running night and day.
Aguinaldo-W Well, so are we!-Amer-
lean Economist.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

Morristown, N. 81. Dec. 5, 1899.
The Annual Meeting for the election OF Di
rect0rs of this Bank will be held at the Bank
tlg Rooms on Tuesday, January 9th. 1900. at
At 1000 O'Clock. q. m.
Polls open from 10 to II o'clock, a. m.
20S9. j. II. VANDOREN, Cashier.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06
The Best offer Of The yeor = .

is that made by Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly, justly termed "the monarch
OF the 10 cent magazines" For limit
ed period, this famous and popular
magazine, now $1.OO year, will send
free with each yearly subscription, the
beautiful "Little Sweethearts" Calen-
dar. This calendar is in six groups of
water-color designs by Frances Brund-
age, the famous painter of children,
each group in twelve colors, size 1Ox12M
inches, on fine Whatman paper, tied at
top with q silk ribbon; each sheet CON
talns two months dates--thus being a
complete calendar for 1900. Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly, edited by
Mrs. Frank Leslie, now publishes the
best literature and illustrations that
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Publishing House, 141-143 Fifth Ave
N. Y. 4stf
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06
Wall Streets Game.

Again has Wall street succeeded in
working the United states treasury de-
partment and making tremendous
speculation amounting to a gain of S4s-
100000 on the governmental purchase of
bonds.
There are some peculiar features
about this transaction and critics are
not slow to say that the "business inter
ests" represented by President McKin-
Icy were actually engaged in plotting
the tremendous speculation.
by strange coincidence the decision
of the treasury to buy bonds while kept
from the public at large was known in
advance to Wall street gamblers and this
knowledge enabled them to reap a rich
financial reward.
The day before the bond purchases
were made, when Secretary Gage was
leaving the White House after cabinet
meeting, he said to group of news.
paper men:
1.-THE talk of buying bonds is an old
story. Those speculative fellows in
New York want the government to help
them out of hole. That is all there is
to it. When there is real stringency
instead of the present bogus one, the
government may buy, but it won't be to.
day or tomorrow or next day. when
the time comes you men who watch these
things will know as much about It as !
do"
This was telegraphed to Wall street
and stocks went down. Men purchasing
on the part of those "inside" began.
This continued on a falling market
until near the close or the next davis
market, when it was announced that the
government would buy S25,OOO,OC(
worth of bonds.
vi course, stocks went up with {
bound and the Knowing ones" wer,
consequently happy.
1t is alleged that Abner McKinle,
was one of the fortunate buyers o
depressed stocks. How and where di,
Abner get biz. ."tip" F. Chicago Dispatch
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06

Persia is the ideal place for looking
glass peddler to live and move and
have his trade, for the Persians are as
fond of the shiny refiectors as are saw
ages Of beads. Every year immense
numbers of mirrors Of all sorts and
kinds are shipped into the country Of
the shah. Germany, France and Bel
gium furnish most Of the supply. In
addition to having a fondness for see
ing themselves as looking glasses show
them the Persians know no more pleas
ing parlor decorations than brilliant
mirrors in gilt frames. Some of the
Persian drawing rooms are so CON-
pletely hemmed in by great pier glass
es that visitors often become bewil-
dered and try to walk through the
glasses down the long aisle that seems
to stretch In front. So bumped noses,
knees and toes are not uncommon in
that land of oriental splendor and
mystery,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06


A fashionable young lady not long
ago drove up in handsome carriage
to a private lunatic asylum. situated a
few miles from Paris. and requested to
see the proprietor. Her wish being
acceded to. she Informed the doctor
that she desired to place her husband
under his care to see II cruel mania,
under which he labored-viz, that he
had lost large quantity of jewels"-
could not be removed.
After some hesitation the doctor con-
sented, and the lady drove away d.
rectly to jewelers. in Paris and se-
lected Jewels to the value of several
thousand francs and requested one Of
the shopmen to go with her In her car
riage to procure the money for the
goods she had taken. She drove with
him to the asylum, and. arriving there,
he was shown into room.
The lady then sought the doctor, told
him of the arrival Of her husband, and
getting into her carriage again drove
away. The rest may be imagined, but
the poor fellow was confined several
days before it was found they both had
been sold" The lady was never heard
of after,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06

ready at five and by $50 o'clock milking
again begins, and by 7:15 all the work
about the dairy and stable is done, and
every man has the evening to himself.
Mr.. Patterson'e success as dairyman
is due in great measure to the fact that
he thoroughly studies the feed question
"The longer I work with my cows"
said he, "the more l study how to Sc.
cure good feed that is cheap enough.
Dry corn, wheat bran and good hay
cost too much, and don't produce a
large enough flow of milk" Last fall
he erected large stave silo, thirty feet
deep and twenty four feet in diameter
with capacity of 275 tons. This silo
was erected at cost of $3.50, but it
proved to be such "money saver" and
milk producer" that he will build an
other one nearly as large this fall. He
is giving the COW pea thorough trial
this year, having some forty-eight acres
In peas and ten acres in soy beans. Last
fall when he filled his silo, he put in q
few loads of corn and then few loads
Of peas. The corn and peas were run
through q cutter and elevated by means
of carrier to the top of the silo and
dropped down and then thoroughly
packed in. He fed about one bushel of
this feed day to each COW. He makes
the claim that this made the cheapest
and best COW feed he ever handled, the
cows making better returns during the
past winter than ever before.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06

lne Ltte One
Heaven help the Free State arms and keer
them free
Stand by the brave Transvaal artillery.
And let the battles red-tongued meteors say:
1.-The cause of Britain languisheth today"
Steady the hand whose rifle aim IL right
Hand that caressed The Book but yesternight.
Is England Joshua, to command the sun?
Almighty God stand by the Little One!
England must hive supremacy" they cly,
Great Britain hold the paramountcy." Why?
Now is the time, now is the propitious hour,
To see her stand against an equal power!.
Too long she treads the deck with bullying
threats
Her conquered foes are we,k-not one forgets,
Now by the psalm, by the Amen of the gan.
Almighty God, stand by the Little One!
earch England's ships-among her golden gains
Drowned Honor tangles in the anchor chains!
Ah!diamonds hold the wlecking fires of old;
Black ruin shoulders In cask of gold:
On Rome's dead eyes, the wine cast blushing
flame;
On gided couch the Greek forgot his name,
From terraced gardens w'nked old Babylon.
Almighty God, stand by the Little One!
70 ''ioio laiuiy snere, al alctlc PACK,
Not coveted by Britain's union jack2
In every gorge and foothill. rand and camp
Unholy gold awaits the British stamp,
Or from the blue earth eers Kimberley,
The fierce, white, devillsh light of diamonds
eye.
Oh, while the years their narrow sluices run,
Almighty God. stand by the Little One.
Shame be to England for this awful thing.
rms foolish thing. unworthy of q king,
rms whitening thing wherein no heaven lies!
Gold isnot God. possession pagadise,
To-day as llGhtpinss pierce the Rand's blue
mist,
Heaven nerve the brave Transvaal artlllerist.
by each red flash thy holy will be done!
Almighty God, stand by the Little One!
Chicago. AGNES Z. MITCHELL,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06

"A ragged boy about 10 years DID,"
says correspondent Of the Detroit
Free Press. sat on the fence in front
OF an Arkansas cabin, and Just as
came up his mother came to the door
and called 'Mosesr In loud voice.
The boy did not look around. and after
ln,nhte she called 'AbrahamP he
made no move. and was asking him
how far 1t was to Greenville when she
put out her head and called 'Lukev He
did not appear to hear and had an.
swered me that 1t was seven miles
when the mother raised her voice still
higher and shouted Mark
"'Your mother is calling you,' said,
As he paid no attention.
No. not me- he replied.
But who. thenY
"'My brothers over in the woods.
She's calle. for Moses, Abraham, Luke
and Mark. She'll call for Philetus,
jeremiah, Judas and Abel. and II they
don't come she'll yell out for Ananias,
and that'll mean me. and I'll Jump"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06
Buttermllk and Health.

Bat few appreciate buttermilk. 1t
would be Eorry day for the doctors
and hogs if everybody ate and drank
rs much buttermilk as this writer, says
A. \. Hyatt in Northwestern Agricul-
turist. 1 give buttermilk considerable
credit for the fact that / have never
been SO sick as to have doctor come
to feel my pulse and look at my tongue.
l don't believe we would find half as
much error and nonsense in our apri-
cultural papers if all the editors would
eat and drink enough buttermilk. But.
termilk clears the brain and cleans the
blood.
A noted physician said not long ago
that buttermilk is "a true milk pep
tone"-that is, milk already partially
dlgested. 1t is decided laxative, and
nothing equals it in habitual constipa.
tion. 1t is a diuretic and is excellent
for kidney troubles. 1t is the most re-.
freshing and digestible of all the pro-
ducts of milk. Nothing is better in
the treatment of diabetes. In some
cases of cancer of the stomach and
gastric ulcer buttermilk is the only
food that can be retained. One of nv,
nelghbors spent money enough TO 20 to.
The philippines for doctors, drugs, etc.
TO cure his rheumatism without getting
better. 1 told him few barrels Of
buttermilk would drive rheumatism
from his anatomy. and it was done
with less than barrel, worth about 20
cents per hundred pounds to feed hogs.
L know of half dozen in this county
of buttermilk who lay the cure of their
rheumatism to loppered milk and but.
termilk. Any of you who think your
system needs little beer, whiskey or
tobacco, try little buttermilk instead
(give it good triaD and become health
Ter and happier. The only stimulants
this writer takes are buttermilk and
loppered milk.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06

Once upon a time kind-hearted man
picked up frozen serpent and put it
into his shirt bosom and when it thswed
out the man got hole bit in his breast
works. A few thousand of years later
a kind-hearted political party took a
lot of infant industries into its bosom
and when the infant industries had
grown into trusts and monopolies they
gouged their toes into the political
party's bosom. Anyhow, just as the
administration announces its intention
of building eighteen new cruisers for
the navy, the shipbuilders bob up se-
renely with seo,ooaooo shipyard trust
and tell the kind-hearted party which
has fostered them, to dig up a few ex-
ira millions of plunks from the pockets
of the people. And the indications are
that the extra rlunks will be dug up
Alton Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06
what do the cbildren Drinkp

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
ing and takes the place ofcoffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain-O is made of pure
grains, and when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades of coffee
but costs about u as much. All
gt0oees sell It. l6c. and 26c.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06

Mr.. Hobart was the sixth vice presi-
dent of the United States to die in Office.
The others were George Clinton of New
York, in 1872: Elbridge Gerry, of Mass
achusetts, in 1914: William r. King, of
Alabama, in 1855; Henry Wilson, of
Massachusetts, in 1876, and Thomas A.
Hendricks of Indiana, in 1885.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06
To Make the Eye. Bright.

The simple plan of bathing the eyes
with cold water every night at bed.
time and the first thing on getting up
in the morning will make the eyes
beth clear and bright. The applca-
tion of cold water causes the blood In
the numerous little blood vessels which
surround the eyes to circulate freely.
and In consequence the eyes will be.
come stronger and brighter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06

Bishop Potter says that, coming of
IN ecclesiastical family, he owes his
love of preaching to "those grandfathers
and great-grandfathers." He adds: 81
began preaching before kits gave place
to trousers. My pupil was an empty
stall in the barn, my audience the
chickens and the hired man.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06


War times are always prosperous for
the people who stay at home. There is
side of logic, which finds nothing but
cause for JOY in this condition. If there
is increased activity in factories, If there
is more running up and down the face
of the earth, if there is demand for
the things which in times of peace
we're liable to overproduction, the short
sight patriot, partisan of the admins
tration filings his hat in the air and wells
Good times!
War prosperity is fever, and on its
subsidence there is a lowered vitality, a
less healthful condition. When war is
Overt the syndicates have unloaded.
They have no burden of unstable
stock on hand. They have amassed
wealth selling at high price. After
every war comes period of low NOR
ais, of vicious tendencies and of profit
gacy which possesses all the vices of the
camp without the apology of avowed
activity. And in the wake of that
comes season Of commercial and in.
dustrisl depression that almost threat.
ems the foundation of society.-LaFsy.
cite (lnd Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06

Peter Zimmerman, who claims his resi-
denccin Indiana county, Pennsylvania ,ls
said TO be the champion horse thief. He
is seventy-six years of age, has record
of stealing 159 horses, and has spent
forty years of his life in prison.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06

Tea drinking was regarded as one Of
the feminine vices of hundred years
ago. The Female Spectator of that pc.
riod observes: "The tea table costs
more to support than would maintain
two children at nurse. 1t is the utter
destruction of all economy. the bane of
good housewif'ry and the source of
tdleness."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06
Settled 1t.

He Ia suitor) : Grammarlans have
never been quite sure of the proper
distinction between II shall" and "I
will" but to my mind there is no diff
Guilty.
she-I don't quite know the distinc.
tion myself.
He thinking he sees his opportuni.
ty)-Well, take the question, "Will you
marry me?" Supposing ask you. your
reply would be not II WILL" but
She (emphatically)-I won'tl-Judy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06
Notice of Appointment of Administrative
STATE STA OF IOWA. ss.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That the I'M.
dersgned has been duly appointed and quail.
hed as Administrative of the Estate Of Robert
H.iaennig. late of Delaware County, deceased.
ed to make Immediate payment, and those hay.
ing claims against the same will present them
duly authenticated. to the undersigned for allow.
ance MARY @. HAENNIG
Dated November 10th. 1892 Administrative
THOMSON 4 CARR. Attorneys for Estate.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-06
Sensible Advice.

From the Cedar Rapids Republican.
If you have earnings to invest. do
not take them to some far distant
schemer on paper Place them in local
institutions of known substance and
integrity.