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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-05-12
SUNSHINE FOR COWS.
Gloomy Surroundings Are n Cause of
Bovine Tuberculosis.

Bovine Tuberculosis.
Cows, like plants, need not only light,
but sunshine, says George E. Newell in
the Boston Cultivator In winter they
are necessarily deprived of more of it
than in summer Now the pale sun
light, while it possesses but little
warmth, is by each frightening day in
creased in efficacy and should not be
withheld from milk cows.
No plan is more insanitary than to
keep cows confined in a gloomily sun
less stable, while outside the premises
are flooded in the genial warmth of
Soils rays.
All COW stables should be so con
structed as to catch every bit of winter
sunshine possible. the more the better
To this end they should be well lighted
if possible with south windows and
these windows be kept free of those
curtains Of filth-cobwebs and dust.
Cows kept in sunless stables are
affected about the same way that plants
are in sunless rooms. They are sickly
and have diminished vitality.
1t is in such stables that tuberculosis
turks, and all the legislation in the
world will not obviate this disease I'M
til dairymen better learn and practice
the principles of hygiene. Keep cows
out of the gloom and in the sunshine if
you would have healthy, vigorous ami
mails, capable of yielding a maximum
quantity of milk.
1t is for this reason that | earnestly
advocate tightly inclosed barnyards,
acting as wind breaks where cows may
sun themselves for short periods on
warm winter days.
The ordinary barnyard is refriger-
ator in winter and a cesspool in sum-
mer, and for cows to go into it out of
the stable is like stepping from the fry
ing pan into the fire.
Barnyards should be the warmest,
coziest, most sheltered hooks about the
lairy premises. In other words, they
should be blessing and not a curse.
If properly protected by wind break
walls, and in ordinary weather, cows
AN be turned out to their great adj
vantage in the middle of nearly every
winters day.
The ordinary plan of turning them
,ut every forenoon in a yard perhaps
swept by cold blasts, or permitting
them to wander at will to the frozen
stream, is what saps their vitality and
helps to render them ''spring poor.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-05-12
Cheaper Production Of HITTER

. The cost of butter, and indeed of all
dairy products, is dependent mainly on
the character of the herd The same
feed given to the best cows will make
twice as much milk and butter as it
will with ordinary scrub animals The
farmer cannot make the price of butter
higher. But he owes it to himself and
family to get the very best cows that
he can buy, so as to make the cost Of
producing butter less Of course these
better cows must be better cared for
and better fed than are the COWS he
has been used to keeping. But when a
farmer makes the right beginning by
purchasing the best cows all the other
requisites for successful dairying will
follow naturally in their course -Bos-
ton Cultivator.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
START TIE PETITIONS

From the Edwardsville Standard-News.
 The suggestion of Tho Age-Tlerad that the people of the different counties get up petitions to the general assembly urging the passage of such laws as will gsse compe- tent county supcrintendents andN chers in the public schools, and also .inctoase the appropriations for public schools. is move in the right direction. We suggest that the people of cleburne who believe fin having ccmpesent school officers and teachers and longer terms of the public schools, go to "ork at once and petition the legislature to give us such Legislation as will secure these results. This is subject in which every citizen should feel an interest ana one should not wait for another to start the movement.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
Sumter's Delegates
Editor of The Age-Herald:

Editor of The Age-Herald:
 The people of Sumter county are alive to the importance of the constitutional con- vention for which an election is to be held next summer. The names of Hon. Reuben Chapman and Hon. John A. Rogers will be presented to represent this county. MT. Chapman is a lawyer of experienc and
 ability, ae man of fine character clear
 headed and conservative. MT. Rogers rep-
 resented the counties of Sumter and Pick
 ems in the senate, making the memorable
 race in 1894 against R. H. Seymour father
 Of the Hon. w. H. Seymour), who was the
 populite candidate, and he showed him un-
 der by majority of about fifteen hundred.
 MT. Rogers Is one of the brightest and
 brainiest men in the county and with thees
 two to represent Sumter, she will have 10 cause to be ashamed of her representa- tives
 With Chapman and Rogers as candidates, the county will be safe for convention.
 For the state-at-large for the counties of Pickens and Sumter, Judge 8. H. Sprott is being urged to allow his name to be used. His frequent reelection is evidence of his popularity with the people, as we'll as his standing as judge, and his nomination will pre-eminenty satisfactory to the peo- pie Of Pickens and Sumter counties. It is all-important that the very best material be selected to represent the various counties of the state. The self-seeker or the chronic ofhce-seeker. should be given the go-bye when we come to select men for so import ant work as that of framing a constitu- tion-that instrument being the foundation of all municipal law, as well as a limit upon the action of our future lawmakers. With well devised constitution vicious legisla- tion by future legislatures is next to im- possible Gjvesus conservative men, broad minded men, linen who have natural or acquired Availability, rather than the mere politician,fto Represent us, and all will be well. Ef SUMTER.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
Handsome New Edifce Will be Erected
 At Dothan.

Dothan. Ala, December a.-(Special.)- Dothan is contemplating the erecting of s120O0 school building. The plan of the building is now on exhibition, and if built according to this plan will be one of if not the finest school buildings in south Ala bama.
 Messrs. Brooks & Morgan have their steam laundry compietetd and are at work 1 ais adds another To Dothans many en- terprises.
 The negro who killed Bailiff Green in Geneva county last week was found dead in a pond near the scene of the killing. Suicide" is supposed to be the cause of death.
 Rev. c. B. Piley, who has been presiding elder of this district for the past four years, left for his new work Saturday.
 Rev. Joseph R. Roberts, the new presiding elder, arrived yesterday with his family. and will reside on Rose Hill St. Andrews street.
 Miss Dixie Coleman, of Troy, is visiting Miss Kannie Murphr,e, on Main street
 Miss Willie Shell, who has bee min school at Abbevile, is spending the holidays with her parents.
 Misses Flossie and Bonnie Martin spent last week in the city, visiting Miss Pixie Lee.
 Miss Emmie Bell Green, of waycross. Green
 Tonight at 12 o'clock the barrooms of De- than go out and on Monday the dispensary takes their place. It remains to be seen which is best.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
MINERS MEET.
Favor of Trying to Get an Advance in
 Present Scale.

Terre Haute, Ind, December 31-The miners of the State are hold ng meetings today to instruct their delegates to the national convention which is to meet in Pittsburg January 10. Some of these meet ings are of the local lodges. and others are mass meetings of men from several mines. The miners are in favor of trying to get an advance from 66 cents a ton. in btiuminous mines and from 76 cents in the Clay county block coal field but at the same time it seems to be the belief that the increase can be secured only after a bitter struggle. The delegates will be in- structed to make demand for an increase of 10 cents a ton.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
more than one hundred million bushels.


 Nearly eleven hundred miles of railroad were built, and a greater mileage is under construction or contracted for.
 More than five million dollars were in- vested in iron and steel plants and allied undertakings
 More than three hundred thousand spin dles and more than five thousand looms were added to textile mills.
 Seven developments of water powers for electrical purposes were begun or planned. More than three thousand industries of various kinds were founded or projected upon definite grounds.
 With agricuturists turning their atton- ton to greater diversifcatioI of crops. in- vestors building up minor industries in small cities and towns, mercnants welding new links of commerce, railroads pushing into almost virgin fields with southern iron and steel moving along with southern coal to distant foreign parts, southern men. and men of other parts of the country in- terested in the south are facing 1899 in lively hope.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
BROOKE ISSUES
 PROCLAMATION Aim of the United States is to
 Protect Citizens. GOOD WILL OF THE CUBANS Is Asked, and They Are Requested to Trust the United States and
 Aid in Restoring Or
 der on Island.
GOOD WILL OF THE CUBANS

Havana, December 31.-A proclamation by General Brooke, military governor, will be issued tomorrow to the people of the island, as follows:
 Coming among you as the representative of the president in furtherance and in con- tinuation of the humane purpose with which my country put an end to the dis tressing conditions in this island, deem it proper to say that the object of the pres ent government is to give protection to the people and security to the property to re- store confidence and enable the people to resume their pursuits of peace, to build up waste plantations, to resume commercial traffic and to afford full protection in the exercise of all civil and religious rights
 '"To this end the protection of the United States government will be directed and every possible provision will be made to carry out these objects through the chan nes of civil administration, although under military control.
 Tn the interest and for the benefit of all the people of Cuba and those possessed of f1SntS ana property III the lSianu CIVIL anu criminal codes which prevailed prior to the relinqushment of Spanish sovereignty will remain in force with such notifications and changes as may be from time to time found necessary in the interest of good government.
 ''The people of Cuba, without regard to previous affiliations are invited and urged to cooperate in these objects by the exer- else of moderation, conciliation and good will toward one another; and hearty ac- cord in our humanitarian purposes will insure a kind and benefcent government.
 '.The military governor of the island will also be pleased to confer with those who may desire to consult him on matters of public interest"
 The text of the proclamation has been cabed to Washington and approved.
 The City O. ct
 Havana, December 3l.-The city is quiet and the Cuban indignation at the Ameri- can authorities forbidding demonstra tions is subsiding. There have been no incidents of display and General Brooke is confident that Sunday will pass peacefully.
 A general order was issued today taking over the Spanish telegraph and telephone lines.
 The Spanish auxiliary cruiser Rap:.io and
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
Notice Bids for Convict Labor

Proposals for convict labor of 1899 are i,- vited by the board of revenue and ro.a commissioners of Mobile Alabama. Bds must specify the labor to which convicts are to be held. the place or places of en, ployment and must conform generality with the requirements called for bv hide fo,. state convicts. ds must be in and ready for consideration at the regular session oe the board set for 12 o'clock noon. on Mon- day, the ninth 60 day of January, A. D.. 1899. ''
 Reservation Is made of the right to reject any or all bids in whole or in part.
 Bids should be indorsed, ''ProposnIs for Convict Labor,' and addressed to the un- dersigned. VIM H. HOLCOMRn
 President and Authorized H. L. Agent. i2-1G-eod-td
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
GOVERNMENT STATEMENT
Of Receipts and Expenditures Will
 Give Some Interesting Figures

Washington. December 31.--The forth- coming statement of the government re- ceipts and expenditures will show that dur ing the half year ending today the receipts aggregated s2l5 ,s9O against s207 7GO,574 for the same period of last year. According to the treasury records these receipts arc the largest since 1866, whcr they reached $55S,- O32 c20 for the entire fiscal year, and s49O,- 6S4, ,010 ir 1S67 With the exception of these two years the receipts have never before in the history of the country exceeded $780, GOO GOO, and only seven times have they ever had S400 009, ,091. The receipts from GUS toms. during the six months amounted to s95,045ss9 as compared with sG2, ,S25 .021 for the same period last year. For the month of December the customs receipts aggregated S1G.764, ,3a5, which was the highest point ftach ed unccr the present Djngley law and 'else {4s6est for December since 1888 when it Wae &le 900. The receipts from internal roycrae 1oEfecs amounted during Dcccm- tof 59 >x< lx .<3.etbe largest since the war << (4e 4T0u<1fn. Khe total for December WM XI&|I &IYX <. II2
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
Nlarria ce at Huntsville

Huntsville, Ala, December S.-(Speeial) Mir. w. A. Phillips and Miss Mollie Wall, daughter of prominent citizen of Monro- via, were married at the residence of the brides father Wednesday night, Rev. J. w. Hiliard officiating. After the ceremony a pretty reception was rendered the bridal party. MT. Phillips is a prosperous mer- chant of Shoalford, Limestone county.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
After Another Trust

Columbus, O., December 3.-Attorney- General Monnett is going after another company which he regards as a trust It is the American Biscuit company, of which B. F. Crawford is president. He is pre- paring a petition to file in the supreme court to oust the company which is capi- talized at $55 900 900, but which he has been informed is doing business on $75,O)O,0oo cap ital. Some of the wholesale grocers have made cOmDlaint.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
Colt Found No Com nlaint

Columbus, O., December 31.-Colonel A. B. Colt, who commanded the Fourth sOhio in Porto Rico, stated to day that he found nothing wrong with the canned meats fur nished the troops. He ate both the beef and corned beef and found it palatabe. Some cans were spoiled, but tthey had or- ders to discard any that were swe.led. Most of the cases of bowel trouble was caused by the fresh beef shipped from this country, the colonel claims.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
IN NORTH ALAnAMA

From the Gadsaen Tribune.
 The Birmingham Age-IIerald is the only daily paper that reaches Gadsden on the early morning train. I: is q clean, newsy, refreshing an; exceedingly well edited pa per, and ought io receive large patronage in North Alabama
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
Killed hya IiIow

Huntsville, Ala, December 31-Bil Hun ter, well-known negro about town, was killed yesterday at Baxter's saloon by a blow from Lige Mastins fist. Hunters neck was broken and he died in five minutes after the blow was struck. Mastin has been placed in jail and will be charged with involuntary manslaughter
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
Killed by a Woman

Huntsville, Ala, Dec. 31.--fSpecial NV
 Lee Cole, formerly a United States deputy marshal of this city, was shot and fatally wounded at Fayetteville yesterday after noon by Maggie Yancey. Huntsville woman. The shooting was the result of jealousy. The woman had been looking
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
Oper, Singer Arrested

London. December 31.--The Star says that former member of the Carl Rosa opera company has been arrested for threaten ing Ella Laine- Morris. the actress. It is said that he was captured at the stage door of the Gaiety theatre here.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
Postonice Burned

Huntsville, Ala, Dec.-31. Especially let from New Hope, in the extreme eastern end of Madison county, says the postoffice at that place was destroyed by fire last Sat urday night. Considerable mail matter was in the office and1it was all destroyed.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
SOUTHERN FACTS OF 1898

From the Manufacturers Record.
 The record of advance made by the south during the past year, and at the same time the promise of greater development during the coming year. includes the following facts:
 The corn crop exceeded that of 1897 by
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
Crap Game Raided

Huntsville, Ala, Dec 31-(Special) )--Three deputy sheriffs raided a negro crap game near the Southern railway depot last mid night and captured twelve negro crap shooters. All were placed in jail and will be charged with gaming.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01

for Cole for several days and had sworn to kill him. The bullet entered Coles back and he is expected to die.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
A GIGANTIC SCOOP

From the Philadelphia Times.
 Many seem to think if the nation by itself digs out the Nicaragua canal it will be big scoop.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01
CAPITALS MANY SOCIAL CLIQuEs

Washington, December 31.-(Special.) company at the White House on New Years Day will be as gorgeous as gath ering of fiamingoes. Everybody with uniform or a decoration of any kind will have it on to add to the brilliant reception. It will be the most elaborate one ever held on this day at the executive mansion. The reception will start the wheels not only of official society, but set going as well the whirligig of fashion. The season is a short one and much is to be crowded into what will seem few days to those who are forced to participate. As one cabinet girl put it, If we come out with any digestions at all this season we will be lucky" Lent begins much sooner than usual this win ter, Ash Wednesday falling on February the fifteenth This gives only a month and a half in which to crowd all the official en- tertainmentS.
The age-herald., 1899-01-01

The Rapdo had on board Admiral Man terola the Spanish naval commander.
 The arsenal here was occupied by Amer cans today, and Morro Castle and Cabanas last night.
, 1899-01-14

General Brooke has called on the Of
fcers of Havana university for a state
ment of its condition. The change OF
sovereignty has altered its statutes and
left the university without resources.
Army circles in Havana are agitated
over the change by which Colonel John
Gary Evans Of the South Carolina vol
unteers succeeds Colo@el G. NJ. Moulton
of the Illinois volunteers as military
chief of police.
In a well in the Spanish artillery
quarters at Puerto Principle, the Amer
leans found 1000 charges for rapid fire
guns, 1900 shells, several million Maui
ser cartridges ana many sabers and
Remington rifles.
, 1899-01-14

A special dispatch to the Salt Lake
Tribune says Senator Warren Of Wyo-
ming is taking steps to secure, If pos
sible, a liberal appropriation in a river
and harbor bill for the construction of
reservoir sites in Wyoming and Colo
RADIO. Some time ago congress appro-
priated $4,000 for examinations and in
vestigations in available sites for these
reservoirs in the states named, which
report was printed by congress. and
for which there has been such a de-
mand that Senator Warren has intro
duced a resolution looking to the print
ing of a large number of additional
copies. He said that as there was no
lAer and harbor bill last year, it is
Rected there will he one this year,
so he would try with the other
brs of the mountain states to Sc
an appropriation for the construc-
OF such reservoirs.
, 1899-01-14

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A DEFECTIVE LAND SYSTEM.


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considered presents a spectacle Of ar
rested development. Not only are in
diVidnal citizens suffering, but the
states themselves are oppressed with a
burden 90 heavy for them to bear.
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che ara states. Nearly every arid state
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pie 10 utilize these AS con-
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coming. Many OF Those who do come
are unable 10 secure a footnold.
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, 1899-01-14
woMAN's CLUB OFFICERS.


All department meetings are held
at Mrs. j. w. r. Gray's, corner Sixth
and Grand Avenue. Executive meet
ings occur on the first Tuesday even
ing of each month at ttrs court house.
President-Mrs. Wilhelmina Brown.
First. Vice President-Mrs. Mary
Preston.
Second Vice President-Mrs. Emma
Knight.
Third Vice President-Mrs. Nellie
| Corthell.
Fourth Vice President-Mrs. Emma
| Symons.
Fifth Vice President-Mrs. Mary Ing
ham.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. Anna
Spafford.
Corresponding Secretary-Miss June
E. Downey.
Treasurer-Mrs. Harriet Balch.
Assistant Treasurer-Miss Nellie
johnson.
Board of DirectOrs-Mrs. Nettie
Harris. Mrs. Mary Bellamy, Mrs. Ham
nah Durlaeher, Mrs. Fannie Manasse.
DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS.
SOCIAL SCIENCES. Meets second
and fourth Wednesdays, from $3.50 to 5.
Mrs. Nettie Harris, Chairman.
Miss Adelaide Brown, Secretary.
MOTHERS. Meets second and fourth
Mondays from 2:30 to 4.
Mrs. Annie Arnold, Chairman.
Mrs. Maud Buffum, Secretary.
HISTORY AND LITERATURE.
Meets first and third Saturdays from
3 to 4:30.
Mrs. Anna DeLario, Chairman.
Mrs. Kate Holmes, Secretary.
ART. Meets first and third Thurs
days, from 1870 to 9 p. m.
Mrs. Emma knight, Chairman.
Mrs. Elenor Fox, Secretary.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE. Meets first
and third Saturdays, from 2:30 to 4.
Mrs. Fannie Manasse, Chairman.
Mrs. Lucy H~odgeman, Secretary.
HEALTH. Meets every Tuesday,
from 2:30 to 4.
Mrs. AIDA Ulen, Chairman.
Mrs. Cora Brees, Secretary.
MUSIC. Meets first and third Tues
days, from 7:30 to 9 p. m.
Miss Winant, Chairman
Mrs. May Baird Campbell, Secretary
CURRENT EVENTS. Meets second
and fourth Wednesdays at 2 p. m.
Mrs. Jennie Land, Chairman.
Mrs. Hattie Denig, Secretary.