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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-10-27
Square Cornered silo.

The principle reason why ensilage
spoils in the corners of the square silo
is that the construction Is such that the
corners pull apart enough to admit the
air, says L. A. Clinton in The Rural
New Yorker:
With the usual form Of construction,
there will almost certainly be a slight
give at the corners, and the result is
the ensilage spoils. The figure shows
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-10-27
ROckawaY Valley Railway.

Leave Morristown, for al STATIONS to Winter
house, D.. L. q W. Station, $40 a. M; sos D.
Watnong Station, $40 a. M and 8. 80 p m.
Leave Brookside for Morristown, 7.15 a. m.
and $50 p. M; for Whitehouse, $50 a. m. and
5. 45 p. m.
Leave Mendham for Morristown. 2. 05 a. m.
and 3.05 D. M; for Whitehouse, 1905 q. m. and
81 p. m.
Leave Whitehouse for Morristown, 500 a. M
and 1.30 D. m. Arrive at Whitehouse from
Morristown, II. 40 a. M. and 100 D. m.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
THE STANDARD RAILROAD oFIAMERl
Protected Throughout By The
Interlocking Switch and
RlooI- CioroJ ctx,ata

OAOStN OAoA~A ~ SsSA@A'
On AND AFTER JUNE %. 1899.
Trains will leave Market Street Station,
Newark, as follows:
For Baltimore, Washington and the South
l2,47 S27. s;5S, 95s Limited Express, Pullman
Coaches and Dining Car 10. a. NJ ) II .ae A.
NJ, .26. Al. 3.26, 4.57. 626 and {. 20 r. NJ On
Sunday 12.47, s.5s, 9.5s, 1l.26 A. M, 12o, 1926,
456, 5'2e and 9.29 F. M. For Baltimore only
For Philadelphia Express 12,47, 8 46, T.55,
75S. 827, IS. $50, 9.5S. Q0.27 Limited Express,
Cesebes and ppne Csr m
M 1880, 1876 49, 2.4l 3.24 1925. 457. g. 26. 6,27,
S27, S;3s. 929. F; N. ACCOMMODATION. II 80. A.
H. Il, g. 10, s IS. 3d. S. TO- 80. ii IS K NJ .Ss,
328, "a, 4. IS. rs, ~, S.27 s SO and 929 P. nj.
Accommodation. 8. 80 and 7.s3 P. M.
SIS do4s Limited Express iS i;Ss Pullman Pull
Vestibule Parlor Cars, Vestibule Passenger
Cos &C 30 Dining Id Car i 20 and i 80
g 20 ana % 90 9 sD DO6' 20 i ~ Il %
SIS, $50, 9 IS, 10 80 and IL 26 "A NJ; I.26, 424.
5.26 $50, 6.27, 7,Ss. s.27; S.s2 and9;29 P. NJ.
For Atlantic City, lS53, 7;;55 90 a Saturdays
Through Vestibuled Train, Buffet Parlor Cars.
Passenger Coach and Combined Coach p. NJ,
week days, 12.E and $40 A. M. 1.26 P. M.
For Cape May, ls47, I'll 20 Saturdays only)
| %, 2.4l P. M. weekdays. Sundays, l2'47
For Long Branch. Elberon, Asbury Park,
Ocean Grove. Spring Lake, Sea Girt. Manas-
guam, Point Pleasant and points on the New
York and Long Branch Railroad, Is ~ A.
M. l2.47 a. Saturdays only } 2.55, 1856. 403,
4 46, $40 and 7.26 p. NJ. On Sunday S42, TO- 10
A M. and 542 p M. Stop at Interlaken for
Ocean Grove or Asbury Park on sundays.
weekdays, 8. SO P. M, Daily.
For Brooklyn, N YAH through trains con-
meet at Jersey City; with boats of Brooklyn
Fulton street, avoiding double ferriage and
journey across the city.
For further information, time tables and
tickets, apply to
THOMAS PURDY. p. A. L. b. D.,
7S9 BROAD STREET, NEWARK
j. B HUTCHINSON, J. r. WOOD,
Gen'l Manager. Gen1 Passenger Agent.
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Whippany River Railroad.

Time table for passenger service in effect
March 20, 1899:
Trains leave Whippany for Morristown, 1880
a. M; $40 p, M, except Saturday; $50 and
8 30 D. M, Saturday only.
Trains leave Morristown for Whippany, e.45
only.
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TIMOTHY ALONE.
The Record of Fine Augusa sUv~m
Crop In Ohio.

Crop In Ohio.
Yesterday we cut the last Of the
timothy, an August sown crop, sown
alone, and finer field Of timothy /
never had upon the farm, writes an
Ohio correspondent to The Rural New
Yorker. The field was intended for
another crop, but a severe drought
made the blowing so difficult that it
was deferred for rain and so was not
Dlowed until about July 4, when 1t
was turned over, heritage beneath.
About Aug. 1, right after heavy rain,
the land was made fine as cutaway
and harrows could make it, rolled and
the timothy sown on-six quarts per
acre and lightly narrowed In, or
rather, Breeds weedered in. The weeds
were clipped down with the mower
ana with the result that l do not re-
member ever Having so fine a crop
of this horse hay as on this August
sown field.
My thought Is that clover may be
made a much surer crop than it is
when sown with oats, If the land Is
made fine and compact before the clo-
yer seed is sown, and it should be
lightly narrowed to get 1t in more
deeply than surface sowing and then
trusting to luck for 1t to get root hold.
This has been our practice for years,
with, think, not failure in the time.
Then why should not timothy be
sown as crop by itself, and not have
to be nursed by grain crop? The
secret of success, think, is to keep the
weeds and foxtail grass cut down so
that they cannot get start to over
shadow the crop we want. In our
anxiety to get soiling and ensilage
crops we must not forget that grass is
the foundation of good soil fertility,
and our cloyers and grasses must be
maintained In rotation that recog-
nizes them as the great renovators of
our farms and gives to them the first
chance, and that chance should be a
deep concern of the farmer to pro-
mote.
The New Way of Tying Out Cow.
The old method Of tying out cattle
and horses by q rope attached to a
stake driven In the ground has many
disadvantages. The rope Is not always
liable to tangle, but the animal is liable
at any time to get fast in the rope and
become injured and sometimes killed.
The ground grazed over, too, is Of cir
cular shape, and the creature staked
out on this plan must leave pieces of
the ground untouched or work over a
portion of the old browsing place. By
using the trolley all these are done
away with.
A large sized wire Of any desired
length, with a stake at each end, Is
used for this trolley. A ring 2 or
inches in diameter is strung on this
Into this ring tie rope, which Is also
attached to the halter. The length of
this rope regulates the width Of the
ground the animal can pick over. A
foot rope will allow the grazing Of a
strip 10 feet wide and as long as the
trolley wire, as the ring slips readily
on the wire. When it is desirable to
move the animal, pull the stakes and
set them ahead twice, the length of the
rope attached to the ring. 1t is not
necessary to have the rope free Of the
ground 1t is well to have the wire
taut. This will be found a most salts
factory way of lariating. -Ohio Farm
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arranged, and that has been vastly i'm
proved upon. The exposition is grand
and beautiful by day, bus when derk-
ness spreads it's sable wings then a
fairy city springs into existence, each
outline defined, each tower and min
aret clear cut and brilliant with my
Rad flashing stars of changing Chin
mering lights. Last year 10000 cleo
trio lights were used in the illumina-
tion of the court of honor; this sum-
mer 5,400 lights flash and CLEAN from
cornice and from arch, from balus-
trade to lofty spire, from pillared col
onnade to guided dome reared hign in
air.
The splendid electrical fountain at
the western end of the lagoon is ver-
table rainbow of changing lights, now
clearest green, and then from sprays
and showers of crimson to all the col
ors of the rainbow mingled, shifting,
changing, a dream of fieeting meauty.
Around the court, gardens of tropical
plants bloom by day and blossom yet
more brilliant hues by night. Over
5000 lights clustered and colored to
represent the full-bloom flowers, lights
the foliage and gives the effect of fairy
gardens the like of which has never
been equaled or approached. Conceal
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CLOSE AT HAND.

:. long. and the day Is hard.
The The s4e day tired iT o. the march and OF keep
ing gua,ae.n ha sense of fight to be won.
IireSd SaSs Ss to- to live through ana OF WORK TO
be e. dour oouurrselves and Of being alone.
.be while, did we only see,
And all tne re Lords own company;
We Sgh but It's he who nerves $50 our ,rb Ssm
nafiof mai Of the storm he brings calm.
which we count SO hard to do,
The wGt wIes it easy. for he works, tooi.
he maaWs that are long to live are MS,
The oayy ~ his bright eternities,
4 % 6it close 10 ct to our need his helping Is
aves that were holden. and blinded
quite, ,,,mnse Of the guiding
=, deaf ea deaf ears. which ,1ia did not hear
&c fhsSsss whsh aaFes eo5dss & fear
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mile race track which has been bui1t
on the north tract and where races will
be run at night. This is to be one of
the novel features of the exposition.
Enough to say that the experience
OF last year has been utilized to the
rull, that the dark places have been
touched as with the wand of a wiz
ard, and that Electrical Superintend-
ent Rustin has prepared fairy scene
brilliant and gorgeous beyond compar-
ison.
In the mater of exhibits the First
Greater America Colonial Exposition
has been most fortunate. When the
exposition was first talked of some
doubt was expressed as to the possibil-
ity of securing a sufficient number Of
attractive exhibits to fill the immense
buildings, but that doubt has been OBJ
scured by the necessity of economizing
space in order that all who applied
might be accommodated The United
States government building contains
special exhibit. The ontlre contents
of the famous Libby Prison War Mu-
scum are displayed. 1t is composed of
the relics of the wars of this nation,
and is of great historical Importance
and value. In one part of the building
will be shown an immense collection
of the relics and trophies of the late
war with Spain; the campaign in Gu
ba and Porto Rico. Frola the Philip
pine islands will come four car loads
of curious and interesting exhibits.
relics of Dewey's famous victory, tro-
phies of the war in and about Manila,
and interesting objects collected from
various parts of the islands. In addi-
tion to all this will be the regular gov
ernment exhibit of life-saving appara-
tus, etc, and in corner of the build
ing the fisheries exhibit will be shown.
The display in all the principal
buildings gives promise of far surpass-
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ing that Of the Trans-Mississipp EX-
position. Manufactures building is
filled with bewildering display, and
there is demand for more space than
can be found. In the way of live ex-
hibits-that is, machinery in operation
it is probable that this expositios
will surpass, in extent and variety, all
previous efforts. Machinery Hall will
be filled with this exhibit. Silk weav-
ing from the beginning with the raw
silk to the completion Of the cloth;
the manufacture of hats, from the raw
material to the finished article; in
short, a hundred different articles of
commerce being made 1T the same
time, and under one roof. In the cleo
tricity building will be seen all that
is latest and most interesting in eiec-
trical apparatus and appliances; dyna-
mos, telephone exchanges. exhibitions
of lighting, heating and cooking. In
brief, scores of interesting and curious
things such as can only be found In
display of this kind and which must
be seen to be appreciated
The colonial exhibit will consist OF
many interesting articles of commerce,
industry, and manufacture, from our
foreign possessions. Implements OF ag-
culture, arms, vehicles, native dress
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PASSION FOR DOYLIES.
.h,neton Ladies' Suffer From klepto
maniac.

The upper crust or washington 50
IN ln is inst now agitated by little
cieas sotjon 1t is a trifiing matter, to
sens s,,re hut it involves a mystery and
pe .'so aood name of one Of the prominent
n,en uie in the diplomatic corps. Last
We. several ladies who gave fine
WINS and luncheons missed doylies.
ein en,,,o of them were of expensive en-
sniderv others of rich lace, and,
lille they are little, useless orna-
vents a set represents a good deal of
onay and to lose one of set Is to
n,oLe the others practically useless, as
l,arTbody knows. 1t is common at
tote dinners to call in caterers, who
srovide the table attendants, and many
serious consultation took place be-
.naen fashionable caterers and hospi-
,ohIa women over the disappearance of
these doylies. which, of course, was
charged to the servants. Finally the
leading caterer of the capital called the
ottention of one Of the cabinet ladies
to a singular coincidence.
Dovlies had been missed at every one
of half a dozen dinners and luncheons
be had served where the wife of GER
toin foreign minister had been guest.
None had ever disappeared when she
was not present. 1t was a startling
suggestion that would not do to re-
neat. The lady might be a klepto-
maniac, but to accuse her Of stealing
would cause International complica-
tons for which nobody cared to as
sumo the responsibility. The caterers
whose walters had been accused held
a conference. They decided among
themselves that the woman referred to
was guilty, but dared not accuse her
even to exculpate themselves; SO they
devised novel scheme, and when
they found her name on a dinner card
they removed the valuable doyly from
her plate at the table and substituted
one of those cheap paper affairs that
you find in the restaurants. The ruse
was successful. There was no more
complaint.
Three or four months passed by. The
incident was almost forgotten, when a
matronly woman, evidently Of Irish
blood, who declined to give her name,
called at the residences Of the vice
president, several members of the
Cabinet and diplomatic corps and at
private houses where the upper cult are
frequently entertained, and inquired if
the lady Of the house had missed any
of her doylies last winter; If so, would
she kindly get the pattern. When a
sample was brought the mysterious
visitor retired into a corner, with an
apology, and pretty soon handed back
the sample with the missing piece of
lace or embroidery. In this way nearly
all of the missing doylies have been
returned without any further explana-
ton, although the general understand
ing is that their recovery is due to the
confessional of the Catholic church.
Chicago Record.
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WONDERFUL EXHIBITION
some Of the Great Features of the F;rst
Greater America Exposition.
THE SUPERB ELECTRICAL DISPLAY
From July to November the Citv Of
Omaha Will Welcome Visitors to a
Magnificent Exhibition.

Since the institution of the first
primitive fair for the exchange of
wares among ancient tradesmen, it
mas been grander and more interesting
than its Immediate predecessors. The
Greater America Exposition will be no
exception to this rule. In the variety
and novelty of its educational and
amusement features 1t will without
question surpass the exposition of 1898.
lts EXHIBITS are not only more numer-
Gus, but more novel and instructiv
than were those of a year ago. The
amusement concessions, also more nu-
merous, present many novelties and
all are grander in design and propor-
lions than those of any former exposi-
ton. The illuminations and pyrotech-
n1cal displays will be upon a scale of
magnificence heretofore not attempted,
and line of special features and days
is contemplated of almost sensational
interest.
One of the crowning features of
the exposition is the electrical illumi-
nation. The display of last year was
conceded to be the most effective ever
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COLORADO MOUNTAIN RATS.
Writer In the Century Tell. of the Plague.

writer In the Century Tells OF the Plague.
H. p. Ufford, writing in the June Gem
tury of "Out of Doors in Colorado. de-
scribes the mountain rat as the only
plague worse than the Canadian jay, pop
ularly known as the camp robber. Or
the rat he says:
This fierce rodent is nearly twice the
size of the Norway species. and is al
ways ready for a fight. Besides his belli-
coSe propensities, he is an arrant thief:
The miners have a saying that he will
steal anything but red-hot stove. He
does not steal to satisfy hunger alone; he
appears to be a kleptomaniac. Provoked
who haunted our cabin, l one day as
sisted in marrying his castle. where l
found the following articles; Four can
dies, one partly burned. three intact;
two spoons, one knife. two forks. twenty
seven nails. all sizes; one box of pills;
one coffee-pot lid and one tin cup; two
pairs of socks; three handkerchiefs. one
stick of giant powder with ten feet of
fuse; beans. rice and dried apples galore
His spirit of mischief Is as strong as his
passion for stealing. and the honest
miner solemnly AYERS that If you leave
open bag of beans and one of rice, he
will not rest till he has made a clean
transfer of all the beans to the rice bas
once he has during the night. filled one
or both of my boots with the cones of
the spruce tree. / have heard, also, of a
veracious prospector who, returning from
q trip without coffee pot, frying pan and
bake oven, accounted for their absence by
declaring that the mountain rats had car
ried them off and emphasized his asser-
ton by shooting through the leg of the
ekeptic who was injudicious as to
doubt the fact.
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GENERAL WHEELER CHRISTIAN
Not Ashamed to Pray Daily During the
Santiago Campaign.

General Wheeler is a religious man. He
was brought up In the Episcopal church.
with a great reverence for sacred things
and faith in the efficacy of prayer. One
of his former secretaries tells the story
that while the general was engaged In IA
canvass for Congress some years ago he
spent the night at the plantation of
constituent. His host accompanied him to
his room at bed time and bade him good
night, but being reminded that the gem
'eral might want a glass of cool water be-
fore retiring, he carried a pitcher to the
room and entered without knocking. He
was surprised to find General Wheeler
upon his knees before the bed engaged
in his devotions. He waited reverently
until the general arose, and apologized
for the interruption
Don't mention It," said General Wheel
er. Il think all of us ought to kneel be-
fore we retire and thank our good Maker
for his mercies and blessings"
The members of General Wheeiers staff
say that during the Santiago campaign
he never lay down to sleep without offer
Ing prayer, and never arose In the MORN
ing without thanking God for his protec-
ton and preservation.
It is not generally known that General
Wheeler was educated in the North. and
appointed to West Point from the state
lof New York instead of Alabama. His
parents died when he was "A child OF 5
years, and he was sent to the care of rel
atives at Cheshire. Connecticut. where he
spent his boyhood His appointment to
West Point was given him by a congress-
man of his own name. John Wheeler. for
merly of Darby. Connecticut. who. how
ever, represented New York district.
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Siberian Railway Prospering.

Advices from St. Petersburg state that
the Siberian railroad-in the sections al
ready completed-is to be relaid with ~
pound rails, the 54-pound rails first used
being too light. The reason is given IN
the following official statement:
'"The increase of the traffic on the east
ern and still more on the western section
of the Siberian railroad has surpassed all
expectation. Its construction was orig
tnally planned on economical lines. but
the pessimist forecasts of little or no
movement for some years to come are
being falsfied by the facts. Everything
was calculated for not more than three
pairs of trains per twenty-four hours,
whereas there are already eight pairs,
besides the bi-weekly express from Mos
cow to Krasnovodsk The last year =
traffic returns of the Western Siberian
section show $4,000 passengers. nearly
4sO. 900 tons of freight, and 900 peasant
emigrants. Last winter, although 600
new trucks were added and 1,600 old ones
borrowed, there was an accumulation Of
1000 truck loads of goods for which no
means of transport could be found. OF
the 490 900 tons carried over the railway
in 1898, more than 32O. 600 tons consisted OF
cereals"
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The appointment of w. @. Hayes as
locomotive superintendent of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad will be fol-
lowed by distinct change in the plan
Of overseeing locomotives in service.
The positions of supervisors of en-
gines and trains" have been abolished
and travelling engineers substituted,
who will report to the new official at
Mt. Clare, Baltimore. The road has
been divided into the following sub
divisions and a travelling engineer ap-
pointed for each Philadelphia to
Washington: Baltimore to Brunswick
Brunswick to Cumberland; Cumber-
land to Grafton; Grafton to Benwood
and Parkersburg; Pittsburg to Cum
berland and Wheeling; Wheeling to
Sandusky and branches; Chicago to
Akron. The plan is expected to pro-
duce economical results with an i'm
proved service.
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and ornaments, products, plants and
fruits. are few of the many interest
ing things now on the way from Gu
ba. Porto Rico, Hawaiian islands, and
the far off Philippines. A large num-
ber of the natives of these several is
lands of the seas will be at the exposi-
ton, and will doubtless make one OF
the most interesting features of the
great exhibition.
To those who are interested in the
national question of imperialism the
villages of the native islanders will be
at once a revelation and source OF
varied information. Whether the Fill
pino is capable of self-government or
whether it is safe to offer his country
a place in the sisterhood Of states are
questions best answered after care
full study of the man himself. In the
native village he will live as in his
island home His dress, manners, GUS
toms, ceremonies and religious OBJ
servances will not be added to nor de-
tracted from, and the daily occupation
by which he lives when at home will
be faithfully adhered To-
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ed lights throw into bold relief each
group and figure of statuary upon the
buildings.
The bluff tract has 5000 more lights
than last year and the horticultural
building stands out in blaze OF ra-
diant beauty. One hundred and elgh-
tv-seyen additional arc lights nave
heen placed about the grounds, some
eighty of these around the new hal1-
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swsppir < KaiIr ,sd q.

The only straight-out railroad swap l
ever heard of was when the Santa Fe
company traded its Mexican division,
which runs from Benson, Arizona, TO
Guaymus. the chief port of the Gulf OF
California, for line owned by the South
ern Pacific from the Needles to Mohave,
in the California desert. The Sonora
branch of the Santa Fe was 1853 miles long
while the Needles branch of the Southern
Pacific was only 240, but the difference In
the construction and equipment made
them about the same value, and the ex-
change was even on both sides. Thus the
Southern Pacific got line to the Gulf OF
California and an important Mexican
trade, and the Santa got to the Pacific
ocean via Los Angeles and San Diego.
f. P. Ripley, president of the Santa Fe.
and Mr.. Huntington. of the Southern Pa
cific, made the trade as easily as IL they
had been swapping knives.
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From . Grateful Newark woma..

"When l wrote to you l was very
sick, had not been well for two years.
The doctors did not seem to help me,
and cne said l could not live three
months. l had womb trouble, falling,
ulcers, kidney and bladder trouble.
There seemed to be such drawing
and burning pain in my bowels that 1
could not rest anywhere. After using
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Sanative Wash and follow
ing your advice, l feel well again and
stronger than ever. My bowels feel as II
they had been made over new. With
many thanks for your help, remain,
L. g., "A ANN ST., NEWARK. N. j."
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What q Little Faith Did
-rrrr. TO VAS. rrsrnAn NO. 6o,ss4J
FOR MRS. ROCKWELL.

81 was q great sufferer from female
weakness and had no strength. 1t was
impossible for me to attend to my
household duties. l had tried every
thing and many doctors, but found NO
relief.
my sister advised me to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
which / did; before using all of ono
bottle felt better. kept on with 10
and to my great surprise l am cured.
All who suffer from female complaints
should give it q trial."-MRs. RocK-
WELL, 1909 s. DIVISION ST., grand
RAPIDS, MICH.