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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Extravngance and False Economy
A Bracket Wall Bag-Points
III ON Cooking Game.


The inexperienced housewife is apt
to wreck herself upon two rocks-ex-
travagance and false economy. The
first is the result of ignorance as to
the relative value of things and the
quantity needed. The other comes
from an endeavor to keep expenses
down and to be strictly economical
But to buy cheap things that do not
turn out satisfactorily and that can
not be utilized is but one of the forms
OF extravaganza. 1t is not economy to
buy poor coal 1t burns to waste in
half the time and without the heat
that good quality would furnish.
Quality and quantity count for much
All the same, it must be remembered
that prices of provisions vary very
much with different localities. owing to
the high rents and the consequent prof
its merchants have to make on their
stock. 1t is extravaganza to pay a
higher price for any article that is not
really superior simply because it can
be purchased near by. On the other
hand, it is an extravaganza to pay 10
cents car fare to save 5 cents.
In ordering provisions for the house
hold it is well to keep a little in adj
vance of ones actual wants. 1t is
therefore advisable to investigate for
oneself from time to time how long
such provisions last and to replenish
them in ample time.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
Chicken and Renna.

Prepare chicken as for fricassee, put
it into kettle with just water enough
to cover it, salt and add one small
onion. Put into saucepan one pint
of shelled beans with few pieces
of salt pork, cut very small and cook
until tender. When the chicken is
nearly cooked, pour in the beans and
cook for 20 minutes. Remove the
meat to a large platter, and to the
beans and gravy add teaspoonful Of
flour mixed in milk. When mixed,
pour over the chicken and serve.
The output of sardines on the Maine
coast is likely to be increased from
100000 cans in 1898 to 100000 cans
this year, in consequence of the intro
duction of a new canning machine.
The Samese are much impressed
with the powers of the sewing ma
chine, and to meet their demand for
these helps to busy women some Amer,
lean firms lately sent shipment to
Bangkok valued at $103,750.
The results Of a series of expert
ments made by German dairy experts
show that milk that has been heated
foy Is minutes at 70 degrees>C. scarce
" loses any Of its capacity Of being
converted into cheese.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
James whitcomb RiIey,s Joke,

]. Whitcomb Riley did his first lit
erary work in the early seventies, for
the Indianapolis Journal, under an as
sumed name. The first pay he ever re-
ceived for a poem was suit of clothes
from the late George Harding of the
Indianapolis Herald. About 1876 Riley
went east and was welcomed by
Holmes, Whittier and Longfellow- The
New England newspapers made much
of his visit, and when he returned he
was a hero.
Il can remember" said an old Jour
nal man the other day, when Riley,
with his smooth, boyish face, slender
figure, clad in sacerdotal garb, used to
come to the office and sit on my
desk and dash off nonsense verses in
the same copperplate, microscopic
handwriting that he uses today. Elijah
Halford, now paymaster, with the
rank of maj or, in the United States ar
my and President HarrisOn's private
secretary, was the editor, and it used
to be Riley's chief delight to submit
some of his most meaningless jingles
w L1dllOtl lOI IIS eullOIldA ldSc. lHS
major, who never had the slightest
sense of humor spent many a weary
hour trying to comprehend them.
:" You'd better draw a diagram to go
with this he would say. Then shout
of laughter from the boys would show
him that there was a joke loose some
where, and he would retire into his Of
fee to avoid it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
Ar,ont the Nursery.

The very brightest and best room in
the house should be used for the nur-
sery, for little children, like tender
plants, are very dependent on fresh air
and sunshine.
Brightness and cleanliness should be
the keynotes of the nursery, and there
should be no unnecessary draperies and
curtains, for they collect dust and dust
often breeds disease Venetian blinds
will serve to darken the room suffi-
GENTLY without curtains, but If cur
tains be necessary for the sake of
warmth they should be taken down
frequently to be shaken out of doors,
and every few weeks they will be the
better for being washed Vanished
papers, which can be washed with a
damp cloth, are the best for the walls,
and linoleum or cork carpet makes the
incest covering for the floor. On this
should be spread a creeping rug for the
baby. but the other little folks will not
need a carpet.-House Notes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

Missouri sold 1924 AT worth of corn,
cob pipes last year.
One-fourth of the earths population
dies before reaching the age of II.
For the last ten years there has been
an increase of 1000 annually in the
number of Great Britains insane.
Paris has a burial vault fitted with
electrical appliances for the detection
of recovery in cataleptic subjects.
Every boy in Germany, from the
crown prince to the meanest subject, is
obliged to learn some useful trade.
In the course of the last decade the
manufacture of cotton goods has be-
Brazil
Twenty years ago Egypt had hardly
a single good road. During the last six
years over 1000 miles of good road
were built.
Queen Victoria has at Windsor castle
the most costly dinner service in the
world. 1t is of solid gold and is valued
at $4,000,000.
The Empress TIE Hsi has suppress
ed all newspapers in China. There
were Sc, though of these the ones in
foreign hands cannot be stopped.
1t is now proposed to construct a
canal connecting Germany with Eu-
ropean Turkey. The financial success
of the Kiel canal has given rise to this
project
Peter A. Porter of Niagara Falls
claims to have proved by careful study
that it was Champlain and not Cartier
who made the first reference to Mag
ara falls in literature.
An enterprising western firm is MAX
ing arrangements to set up a modern
American sawmill in China, where
lumber is still sawed by the primitive
methods of century ago.
The gravestone over the burial place
Of John Foster, almanac maker, in the
old burying ground at Dorchester,
Mass, bears the inscription, which was
dictated by himself, Skill Was His
Cash"
On marble slab in the parish church
of Tetbury, Worcestershire, is inscrib-
d
of the Saunderses, late of this parish.
Particulars the last day will disclose.
Amen"
Many physicians nowadays refuse to
believe there is such thing as hydro
phobia, and those who do believe in it
assert that not in one case in a thou
sand is person bitten by dog in any
danger of it,
The authorities in Algeria gave $780,
600 toward fighting the grasshoppers
In one section 5000 camels were en-
ployed to carry the material for burn
ing over the places where eggs had
been deposited.
A Boston banking house has in it's
keeping $4,000 with which it does not
know what to do The money was
raised by the Volunteer Aid associa-
ton and was to lbe used in caring for
our soldiers during the Spanish war
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
Stephen Cranes Revenge--A Healthy
Prince-James Whitcomb
Riley's Joke.

When Stephen Crane was student
at Syracuse college he some way won
the wrath of certain professor who
was instrumental in having him expel-
led from the institution Thereafter
Crane cherished a beautiful hatred for
this professor.
The Greek war broke out Crane
was sent to cover it, for newspa-
per- One day he found himself with a
companion between the two lines. He
could go in neither direction. With his
friend he fingered in the hills. They
lay under a tree one night, and just as
they were about to roll over to sleeI
the sound of breaking twigs fell upon
their ears. Both men looked whence
came the sound Out into the moon
light stepped a man. He was Cranes
old professor. The correspondent call
ed him, and he Joined the two men
He had come to the country to study
the archaeological remains and ha6
lost his way in the hills. He had beer
wandering around for three days eat
ing berries Crane, who knew the
country well from three months loiter
ing there, took the old man under his
wing and shared his outfit with him
finally seeing him well within the
Greek lines.
HE used to tell me would end my
days in states prison" said Crane il
telling the story "and my assistance
to him there in the hills was the sweet
est revenge a man ever secured"
Out of that incident Crane wrote his
novel called 'Active Service. "-Detroi
Free Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
what He wnnteh tn De.

Lord Charles Beresford as a boy was
the despair of both his parents and
teachers. On his thirteenth birthday
his father gave him his choice whether
he would enter the army or the navy
or take up orders.
WELL" he concluded, what is it to
be, my ladr'
The navy, my lord
And why the navy, boyY'
~'Cause I'd like to be an admiral,
like Nelson"
'Pshaw-like Nelson! Why NelsOn?"
"'Cause | want to-"
But. even if you were to join the
navy, why do you think you will ever
become an admiral, Charlie?"
"Cause mean to-" was the blunt
reply. He had his wish and entered
the navy.--Collier's Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
Another Mystery.

81 have never YETI she said, "heard
of an elopement that turned out for the
best"
'Then,' he answered, Il suppose you
would never consent to elope, for Of
course you would not wish to rush into
unhaDpiness with your eyes open"
Well she murmured, you know it
is always the exception that proves the
rule
He didn't argue the point, and yet he
was almost sure when he went home
that she was mad at him for some
thing. Chicago Times Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
Kitchener's Compliment to tn
Queen.

Lord Kitchener of Khartum is a
straightforward soldier, but he does
not scorn the art of turning a compli-
ment gracefully.
1t has long been said of him that he
is proof against all feminine charms,
and when he waited upon her majesty
at Windsor the queen was curious
enough to put pointed question.
rs it true, my lord" she asked, chat
you have never yet cared for women p
Eyes, your majesty" replied the sir
dar, quite true-with one exception"
"Ahw said the queen, land who is
sheT'
The sirdar bowed. "Your majesty
said he Youths Companion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01

proportionate width. The drapery of
soft material falls lightly over mus
lin bag or lining which supports the
real weight of contents and can be of
any preferred dimensions. The base
of drapery is closed by shirring or ty-
ing or plated and gathered with safe
ty pins under big bow. A new and
pretty way is to gather it with cord
and tassels such as are used for drap-
ing back curtains.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
Rockaway Valley Railway.

Leave Morrtstown, for all stations TO White
house, D.. l.. q W. station, $40 a. M; 5.t5 ..
m Park Place at $50 a. m. and s IL =. M;
Watnong Station. 9 10 a. m. and 1902 m.
Leave Brookside for Morristown. 7.15 a, m.
and 800 p. m; for WhitehOuse, $50 a. m. and
B. 40 p. m.
Leave Mendham for Morristown. 2, 05 a. m.
and 3.05 p. m; for Whitehouse, 1905 q. m. and
5. 55 p. m.
Leave Whitehouse for Morristown, 500 q. IN.
and 1880 D. m. Arrive at Whitehouse from
Morristown. II. ~ a. m. and TOO p. m.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
THE STANDARD RAILROAD oF;AMERIc
Protected Throughout By The
Interlocking Switch and
Block Signal System

On AND AFTER JUNE rs. 1899.
Trains will leave Market Street Station,
Newark. as follows:
For Baltimore. Washington and the South
Vestibule Parlor Cars, Vestibule Passenger
Coaches and Dining Car. 1912 A. M II ,26
M, l.26. Al: 3.26. 4,57 3 20 and 20 P: N. On
Sunday 12.47, sos, 9,58, II .26 A. M, 20, 20,
So. 526 and 9.29 z. Nj. For Baltimore only
For Philadelphia- Express. Is47, g as, Z IS,
Z5S. 81, IS. $50, .58, (l0.A Limited Express.
Pullman Yesiibule Parlor Cars. Vestibule
NJ 12 80. l26; 1;2S; 24l 3.24 as 4.57 526. 6z7.
NJ, 500 and 2 SO P M. On Sunday Express,
IL AZ 6. 40, So, 8. So 10 80 IL 26 A. NJ. Is
1926 "a, s.. 26 ~, S.27, % and 9.29 P. NJ.
For Trenton. IL AZ. 6.46 40. 1855, 7.5e. s q
SIS 9 80, s.5s Go ~ Limited Express; Pullman
Vestibule Parlor Cars, Vesiibule Passenger
$50. e. IS. al 2 IS, Ssi, sos, 5se e.27, 2 49,
~ 80, and 8 20 +. NJ. sunday. IL ~, 9 40,
85s. $50 9 s., u 80 and .se A N. 1.2s, 4 "a,
For Atlantic City, 124z, 2 IS Go AZ Saturdays
only ll-26. A. M; 1890, / %. 2.41. and 2 AZ
Through vestibuled Train, Buffet Parlor Cars,
week days, 12.F and 6.a9 A. M las P. M.
For Cape May, IL A, I'll 20 Saturdays onlyl
f Z. n. sta p NJ weekdays. sundays 1874
For Long Branch. Elberon. Asbury Park.
Ocean Grove. spring Lake. sea Glrt, ManaS-
guam, Point Pleasant and points on the New
York and Long Branch Railroad. 2s927 A.
VI. l2.l q 40 Saturdays only-) 2.55. 3. 36. ALB,
4 As. S 20 and 1925 r. M. On Sunday 8.42. 10. Is
A. M and ~ P. NJ stop at Interlaken for
Ocean Grove or Asbury Park on sundays,
For Boston. without change, l2,46 p. M.
weekdays. 9. Sc p. M. Daily.
For Brooklyn. N. YAH through trains con
meet at Jersey City. with boats of ''BrooklS n
Annex" affording direct transfer to and from
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.,
789 BROAD STREET, NEWARK
]. B HUTCHINSON, J r. WOOD,
CANT ManaQar (1QOfl pa aaanDar gent
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
Whippany River Railroad.

Time table for passenger service In effect
March 20 1899:
Trains leave ~hippany for Morristown, 80
a. M. 5.45 p. M. except Saturday; 6 80 and
8 50 D. m. Saturday only.
Trains leave MOrristow for Whippany. 8. As
and 45 a. m 5 ~ p. m $50 p. m, Saturday
only.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01

a park bench next to the prince, not
knowing his identity, began to question
him about what he paid for his rooms
doctors, etc, ending with digging his
royal highness in the ribs and telling
him he looked too healthy to need the
water cure.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
A Healthy Prince.

Many stories are current about the
Prince of Wales recent visit to Marien-
bad, where he was most democratic.
1t is said that a Polish Jew, sitting on
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01

ject will find a draped wall bracket
admirable for holding her work or any
light, bulky article, while on top can
be a blue jug of daisies or the tea
equipage.
The sizes of such brackets vary, but
Is to "a inches is good length with q
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
LEGAL BLANKS.

NOR SALE.-Legal Blanks in all forms In
T. use in Morris County Courts, in any quaint
ity desired Apply Counting Room,
CHRONICLE PRINTING HOUSE.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
SUNDAY TRAINS.
GOING WEST.
GOING WEST.

Leave Morristown for Dover, $685. TAI, SAP.
10l5 1153 a. M l.2S q. rs, AL, 8 3d. $50, 72l
1908 p. M, 200 a. m.
Rates of communication from MOrristown to
New York, $85 per year.
Family Trip Tickets; Fifty single trips to
New York, $23 Ten single trips $5.35,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
GOING WEST.

II. 81 mdt I.UU q. m. ] Do q, m. S.UU q. m
saturdays only, mail train.
Boats leave Christopher five minutes later
than Barclay street.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-01
YOU
WEAR
SHOES!

This statement is positive
1t will not be condradicted,
because, in a civilized com
munity everybody adopts a
covering for the feet.
Whether you wear GOOD
SHOES or not, is question.
Very often you pay enough for
your footwear and still it does
not give satisfaction. But you
can't buy this kind of NEIL
SON. His shoes fit well, look
well and wear we'll. And the
prices are reasonable. Stop
and see
NELSON,
No. 8 Market Street,
MORRISTOWN, NEW Jersey.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-27
A BIG DIVIDEND,

Very few of the people who look upon
the present boom in copper stocks as
simply speculation on manipulation real
ize the magnitude Of the earnings which
the established copper mines are making
at the present time, n are therefore in
capable of approaching the possibilities
tina those in touch with the mining inter-
ests see in the opening Of the lodes and
veins of the copper district says the Bos-
ton Financial News.
The dividend declared by the Calumet
e Hecla Mining company is an incident
that carries with it more than passing
significance. 1t was probably the largest
cash dividend ever declared by a corpora
ton that was not in the process of liqui-
dalton. This is all the more remarkable
from the fact that the ~cOmpany's capital
~ization is comparatively very small, being
only So, 500, 900, and only one-half Of this
mount, or 81, $50, 600 was paid in by the
original shareholders.
The American Sugar Refining company,
with its magnificent record of II per cent
dividends on it's common stock and Z per
cent or its preferred stock, pays out less
than half as much cash in its quarterly
instaHments as the Calumet & Hecla will
pay in this one dividend. The Sugar
company's capital is more than twenty
nine times as large as Calumet's, being
$73. 3f6, 900. For the whole year, Calu-
NETS DIVIDENDS amount 10 S',UuO, UOO or
1886. 1850 less thar the sugar trusts pay-
ments, Notwithstanding the difference in
capitalization.
The Pennsylvania Railroad
with a stock capitalization of $129, 29S, 200,
which is more than 81 times larger than
the Calumet capitalization, yearly pays
less than the great copper mine Will pay
this year, and less than twice as murh as
Calumet's regular yearly dividends.
Although the Calumet e. Hecla is the
king Of Michigan copper properties, it
does not necessarily follow hat there will
not at some time in the future be other
! mines as great. The Anaconda mine in
Montana is now a close rival in the point
of greatness. The Calumet & Hecla has
been the pioneer of great copper mining
enterprises. 1t has so demonstrated the
profitable features Of the industry, how
ever. that the business has now developed
into a science. The future mining opera
tons in the Michigan copper district will,
as a result of what has been learned, be
conducted far more economically han has
been the case in the past, and there Is
not now the shadow of a doubt that cop
per mining will continue to figure among
the most profitable industries.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-27
HORSE MARKET IMPROVING.

r. j. Farrell, a well known Madison
rell is the owner of abou 5000 Montana
bred horses, and is on his way east for
the purpose of feeling the pulse of the
horse market, which he says is somewhat
better now thar it has been at any time
since the horse went out of fashion and
the motor and cycle came in. In the past
Mr.. Farrell has supplied the government
with horses for the use of the cavalry
and he anticipates, now that the need of a
big increase of the army Is apparent to
Uncle Sam, a heavy draft on the western
horse owners for animals for the new cav
airy and field artillery regiments. which
will come with army reorganization, and
he proposes, while in the east to look up
the matter. Mr.. Farrell states tina of all
the live stock industries the horse owners
suffered the most serious losses by rea-
son of the storm that visited Montana re-
Gently, for the reason hat cattle and
sheep men, on account of increased val
ues, nave gone to considerable trouble
and expense to protect their stock and
provide food for just such al
while the horse owners, discouraged by
several years of depressed markets, did
not feel like making extensive prepara-
tons for cold weather and severe storms.
He states also that the sheep and cattle
owners of Madison county were in excel
lent condition for the recent cold wave,
and by reason of their providence will
suffer very little loss. Mr.. Farrell will
for the east tonight.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-27
her a~ndvances in the price of copper

Their andvances in the price of copper
may reasonably be expected.
AS an inevitable result of the demon
etization of silver, gold has steadily
gained in purchasing power over every
other staple commodity of civilization,
with the one conspicuous exception of
copper. Since the year 1889, when the
country first began to feel the full effect
of the demonstration of silver and the
market prices of staple commodities be-
gan that steady decline. which still con-
nue. in spite of the revival of business
activity, copper alone of the important
staples has shown a gain, n that a
most remarkable one in view of the
great increase in production that has
accompanied the advance in its price.
From 9 or 10 cents a pound, copper has
now reached the handsome price of IS
cents. Taking into account the reduc-
ton in the cost of mining copper by
reason of the lesser cost of all mining
ppl and the reduction in the pay of
labor. the improved and greatly cheap
ened methods of reduction from the ores,
cheaper transportation, and then adding
SO per cent to the market price, there
surely can be no eXaggeration in stating
that the value of copper has more than
doubled during the past ten years, whilst
the profit of mining copper Of a given
grade and a. given accessibility must be
fully three times as great as it was at
that time.