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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-23
SHERIFF'S SALE.

In CHANoERY OF NEW JERSEY.
Byron X. Sickle and George w,
Alice Henderson, his wife; Jane SUalter
Elizabeth Stalter, Susan Stalter, Thomas
StaIter, Lewis Stalter and George Stalter
def'ts. Fl. ia for sale of mortgaged premises.
Returnable to May Term A. D.. 1900.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-23

RICHARD b. Mo ,lARTY, Solicitor.
RY virtue of the alb We tted writ of Fieri
DFacias in my hands, snail expose for sale
at public vendue at the Court House in Nor
ristown, N. j., on
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-23
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.

Notice Is hereby given that the accounts of
the subscribers, executors of Mary Bayley,
deceased, will be audited and stated by the
Surrogate, and reported for settlement TO She
Orphan's Court of the County of Morris, on
Friday. the second day OF March, next.
Dated, January 90 1900.
ANDREW e, BAILEY,
AUSTIN B. BAILEY.
Executors.
2s-5t 1859 New Vernon, N. ].
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-23
SHERIFF'S SALE.

SHERIFF'S SALE.
MORRIS COMMON PLEAS
Edward P. Hatch VS.. Anna Woodruff. Fl
fa. de BIO ct ter on dock eted judgment Re-
turnable to LIST Thursday in December, A. D..
1899.
WALTER P. SAVAGE. Attorney.
DY virtue of the above stated writ of Fieri
I'D Facias in my hands, shall expose for sale
at public vendue at the Court House in Norris
town, n. j., on
Monday the Goth day of February
next. A. D.. 1900, between the hours of IL m.
and o'clock p. m, that is to say at o'clock
in the afternoon Iof, said day. all that lot or
parcel of land and premises, hereinafter par
ticularly described situate, lying and being in
the town of Morristown, County of Morris and
State of New Jersey, as follows: Beginning at
point in the southeasterly line of Mt. KEN
BILE avenue. seventy five feet south west of the
corner of Doughty street, as laid down on
the map of property of George Wetmore
COLES, filed in the Morris County Clerk s
Office; thence running southeasterly along
the property of the party of the second
part and of X. H. Woodruff, 1877 fee, more
or less to the line of lot number 80 n
thence southwesterly along said lot So
twenty-five feet to the corner of said lot;
thence northwesterly parallel to Doughty
street l37 feet more or less to Mt. Kemble
avenue, thence along the same y ortheasterly
twenty-five feet to the place of beginning
Being part of lot number in black n said
map. Being the same premises that were
conveyed to Anna Woodruff by Joseph f.
Randolph CTrustee under deed of George w.
COLES and wife), by deed dated March 23d,
1895, and recorded in book of deeds p IA, pages
405, etc The above description being taken
from said deed and intended to conform
thereto.
Dated January IL 1900.
EDGAR l.. DURLING,
Late Sheriff.
Chronicle and Jerseyman. p. f. $500.
2l60
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-23

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80 13 per off the regular prices
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

a position. He therefore exchanged
his Boer prisoner for her, and she re-
turned to her husband and the garri-
son OF Mafeking. Lady Sarah Is now
living in underground quarters In Ma
feking to escape the Boer shells. Be
Gently her husband was wounded In
a sortie, and so she has him to nurse
in addition to her other occupations.
LADY Sarah Wilson is the tenth child
OF former Duke OF Marlborough, and
is about the same age as her nephew,
the present duke. She is the youngest
sister OF the late duke-who married
Mrs. Hammersley, of New York-and
OF the late Lord Randolph Churchill.
In 1891 she married Capt. Gordon
Chesney, an Australian millionaire.
She is a tall handsome woman with
an Unsuitable fondness for outdoor
sports and for foreign travel and adj
venture
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
WHEN ONE is LOST IN FOREST
Advice OF an Experienced Woodsman 1t
VIII BE Wise To Follow.

You know how the redskins of old
used to smoke signals? Now, let
every sportsman in Maine or else
where who gets lost in the woods
make a smoke, and the chances are
100 to 1 that the searehers who are
looking for him will find him within
a few hours. Start the smoke on a
bare rock on a side hill. Make thin
smoke and keep it up. Sit down and
take it easy and vary the program
by gathering fuel for the smudge or
boughs for a windbreak or camp bed,
in the possible chance of having to
lie over night. Look for water to
drink. No trouble to find your way
back to your rock with the smoke to
guide you. Every professional guide
who takes out a party Of sportsmen
should instruct them in these partic-
ulars. 1t will save painful worry,
hunger, starvation and too frequent
death. To a tyro in woodcraft | would
much prefer making a smoke than an
attempt to study the divides, or even
to follow stream out. In a country
of limited area, where the streams are
all short and seldom over fifteen miles
from the crown of the divide to the
tide water, as in Nova Scotia, the lat
ter would be the best plan-to stick to
the watercourses and follow the down
stream current. In Wilderness tan
gle a smoke Is the best, though in a
fiat area of dense forest it Is hard
chance for men unsophlstlcated,
smoke or no smoke. No man should
ever be without matches in a water
proof safe and serviceable jackknife
in his pocket. And above all things,
study the lay of the land before you
start out and see in which direction the
hills and valleys run. Getting lost
should be impossible when nature
it seems so to me at these presents.
But then l have had fifty odd years OF
experience in all regions and ATTITUDES.
AS a rule, bewildered man, when he
finds himself lost, has not travelled far
from his starting point. Distances
seem vastly greater in strange woods
than they do on a turnpike. Indeed, a
man cannot travel fast and far
through an underground. So the logic
Of the situation is to stand still, hal
loo often, fire both barrels of your
gun, and, finally, make smoke in a
safe place, if you cannot find sight
ly one as we'll; and If you keep the
blaze covered with moss, punk and
green boughs it will not run, and il
will give one employment to fill ur
anxious time.-Forest and Stream.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
GOT CATS OF BLANKET
Penalty Paid by Southern Planter for
Ills IlegibIe ChIrography.

IF you ever get down to old Colonel
s." said an enthusiastic New Or
leans sportsman, naming veteran
planter of the lower coast, you will
find the grounds overrun with big coal
black cats, now partly wild. How they
came there is quite a curious story.
You see, there is some tip-top hunting
in that neighborhood, and some years
ago, at just about this season, the old
man invited down party of northern
gentlemen to take a crack at the ducks.
They were heavy swells he had met in
New York, who were here for the car
nival, and he was anxious that they
should have a royal time. The best
place for ducks was some distance from
the house, so it was arranged that the
whole crowd should camp out for a
few days near the shooting grounds,
and in getting things together for the
trip the colonel discovered he was
short on bed clothing. Accordingly he
rushed q darby over to the station with
a letter to his merchant in New Or
leans asking him to buy twelve large
blankets, and send them out by first
express. Now, the colonel's handwrit-
ing resembles the tracks of an inebri-
ated turkey and his photography is
equally eccentric. He spelled the word
blankets 'blancats, and after puzzling
over the hieroglyph for an hour, the
merchant concluded it stood for black
cats. He was astonished, Of course, but
knowing that there was a jovial gang
at the plantation he decided some prac-
teal joke must be afoot and hurried
out the clerk to buy all the large black
cats he could find in the neighborhood.
They had some trouble getting the doz-
en- together, and the black cat market
rose about 500 points before they sue
ceeded but eventually the consignment
was safely boxed and sent away. Next
morning the colonel and his guests
eagerly awaited the arrival of the wag-
on from the station. before starting out
and when it appeared in the distance
were surprised to hear faint sound OF
yowling, rapidly growing larger as il
approached. A huge Slated crate filled
one end of the bed and inside were
twelve large black eats engaged in q
free fight. When the top was pried off
the ebony monsters leaped out in all
directions, and they say the colonel's
remarks ran up to the temperature Of
the lower coast Is degrees Fahrenheit
That's where the stock came from that
is now on the plantation. There must
he two or three hundred of the beasts
by this time. New Orleans Times
Democrat
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
Tnke Care OF the Horace.

A farmer, who wanted to furnish an
object-lesson to his son, took occasion
one morning at breakfast to take the
young mans plate, cup and saucer,
knife and fork and spoon and put them
away in a cupboard for future use. At
dinner time these articles were
brought out and set at the young
mans place. When the youth came in
to his dinner he was astonished, then
disguised at finding these soiled and
untidy dishes as the only ones from
which he was to eat his meal. When
he objected, his father said: We'll,
| don't see what difference it makes,
anyway They are the same ones you
ate from this morning" Yes, but.
father. the coffee left in my cup has
turned sour You see, the cream is
thick around the sides, and it smells
disagreeably. | cannot drink out Of
such a cup. | prefer to go without my
coffee"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

che had better go to her old lodgings,
the landlady was kind and she could
pay her board for a few weeks at least
and then perhaps get employment.
II was New Years eve; Millicent sat
with her head on her arm thinking OF
DR.. Canton. She knew that he had
probably returned, and she wondered
IL she should ever see him again. Just
then some one knocked at the door OF
the room. Thinking it was Mrs. Blake,
the landlady, with her tea, she sim
ply said, Come in" without even lift
ing her head.
No tea tray was put on the table, and
Millicent, hearing no one, looked up.
Two strong arms encircled her, and
with one glad cry she recognized Ed
gar Canton.
Darling little Mile, you have
guessed what have to tell you. Ii is
that on the first day of the new year
want to make the sweetest little girl
in all the world my wife. VIII you
make me happy by consenting to be-
come Mrs. Canton tomorrow"
Tears of Joy glistened on the long
lashes and she softly whispered: rs II
because you pity me, Edgar?' 1T is
because a certain little blue-eyed girl
has captivated my heart. and 1t is for
her to decide whether my life Will be
worth the living. Look at me, Mile,
darling; yes, l am sure that | can see
love written in those blue eyes in great
big letters" Slowly the golden head
sank on that broad shoulder and the
happy bells pealed forth the coming
of a happy life for these two.-Boston
Post.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
Hiccough.

Hiccough is a spasmodic affection of
the diaphragm. Generally trivial and
transient inconvenience, it's occurrence
in the last stages Of acute disease is a
grave often a fatal, symptom, indica-
tive of giving way OF the nervous sys-
tenn generally Continued and obstinate
hiccough sometimes occurs in persons.
more especially in young females OF a
bysterical tendency, and may continue
for weeks without cessation, except
during the hours Of sleep in spite Of
all kinds of treatment The causes of
ordinary hiccough are generally fast
ing, or some sudden stimulant taken
into the stomach, such as highly sea-
soned soup; and the affection generally
subsidies of its own accord. When in
convenient nothing is so likely to re-
move ii as some active emotion of the
mind suddenly excited. The continued
slipping and swallowing OF cold water,
or sucking of ice, are frequent domestic
remedies; or anti-spasmodics, such as
sal volatile, may be useful.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

latter was the most appalling danger
she ran. She may almost consider her
self fortunate that she was captured
by the Beers.
One morning at Setlagoli, a small
station in British territory, she was
aroused by the report of heavy firing.
Riding to the scene OF the trouble she
found that British armored train had
been wrecked by the Beers. The train
was commanded by Capt. Nesbitt, OF
the Mashonaland mounted police, who
was trying to run through to Mafe-
king with ammunition. He and all his
men were killed or captured.
Lady Sarah was seen by the Beers
and taken prisoner. She was placed
in charge OF a Boer and sent to Mo-
chudi, a Boer center near Mafeking.
While there she established a regular
spy system, by means of which she
supplied Col. Baden-Powell with infor-
nation of the utmost value concerning
the Boer plans. BY informing him
that the Beers on the southern side
of Mafeking were being drawn away
to the siege OF Kimberley she enabled
him to make a sortie, in which he
killed thirty Beers and captured $500
rounds of ammunition.
Lady Sarah secured the services of
native runner, who became so devos-
ed to her that he would have risked
death in any form to do her errands.
She used to meet him late at night on
the outskirts OF her Boer hosts farm,
and there give him messages for the
besieged garrison OF Mafeking. He
hid these in his luxuriant crop of wool
which was bound up with a copper ring
on the top of his head. Ultimately
the Boer commandantS nyman, learned
that she had been sending dispatches
into Mafeking. Up to that time he
had been in some doubt as to how to
treat her. Now he had no more doubt.
He held her strictly a prisoner, locked
her up and put an armed guard over
her. Then Col. Baden-Powell demand
ed Lady Sarah's release as a non-com-
Blatant Commander Snyman replied
that she was a spy, and that he was
behaving with leniency when he con-
sented to exchange her for an import
ant Boer officer held by the British He
intimated that he had perfect right
to shoot Lady Sarah as a spy The
gallant Col Baden-Powell could not
bear the thought OF leaving a woman
! md such q woman IN so distressing
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
Sir Waiter scott.s DOG.

Sir Walter Scott had bull terrier
named Camp, which he taught to un-.
derstand a great many words. Camp
once bit a baker, who was briDgney
bread to the family. Sir Wa heat
Camp and explained to hiifshat s.
great offense he had committed>stel
which, to the last moments of his lAv.
he never heard the least allusion to
the incident without getting up ano
sinking off to the darkest corner OF
the room. Then, if you said. The
baker was well paid" or The baker
was not hurt at ALL" Camp would come
out from his hiding place, caper about
and bark joyfully. When he was ole
and unable to accompany Sir Walter.
when horseback riding, Camp would.
watch for his return, and, If the ser
want said that his master was coming;
down the hill, or through the moor,.
Camp was never known to mistake
him, but would start off to greet his
master. -Buffalo Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
A BRITISH HEROINE.
HER ESCAPADES AMONG THE
BOERS CAUSES SURPRISE.
Besieged, Then Escaped, Was Captured,
Acted as n Spy, Was Exchanged and
Finally Found Herself Shut Up In
Mafeking
(special Lottery

English society Is disposed to regard
Lady Sarah Wilson, the handsome and
adventurous daughter OF the house OF
Marlborough, as a modern Joan OF Arc
The adventures through which she Is
passing in the Boer war are more ex-
traordinary than have fallen to the lot
OF any woman of rank in the present
century, and place her alongside those
women of the middle ages who defend
ed cities and endured the horrors OF
war.
She was first besieged, then escaped;
was caught after many thrilling ad-
ventures; acted as a spy; was ordered
capped from it, and finally was ex-
changed for a Boer officer and returned
to the besieged place from which she
started. At the beginning OF the war
Lady Sarah was with her husband,
Capt Wordon Wilson, in Mafeking, the
chief town in British Bechuanaland,
which lies northwest of the Transvaal.
1t was held by Col. Baden-Powell, wiSh
the Fifth Dragons, about 300 strong.
Capt Wilson is an officer Of the Horse
Guards, but was out in South Africa
on special service, and had attached
himself to Col. Baden-Powell for the
sake Of adventure. Lord Edward
Cecil, son of the British prime min
sister, the Marquis of Salisbury, was
there for the same reasons. The re-
doubtable Gen. Cronje, who captured
Jameson and his raiders, besieged Ma
feking with 5000 Beers. Col. Baden
Powell reinforced his little body OF
regulars by enrolling and drilling all
the able-bodied men in Mafeking. Thus
he gathered force of nearly 1000 men
with which he has made a brilliant de-
Tense and furnished the most pic
turesque feature OF the war Lady
Sarah took an active part in the work
OF the soldiers, and even accompanied
the armored train that went out of
Mafeking to fight the Beers. After
month Lady Sarah left Mafeking to
carry the news of the beleaguered gar
rison to the outside world. She start
ed out to ride over hundreds of miles
of desert and mountains, infested not
only by armed Beers, but by wander
ing bands of bloodthirsty Kaffirs. The
chance of falling into the hands of the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
HIS BLUE
EYED PATIENT.

II was near the close of a cool Sep
TENDER day, and the shadows had fall
len so heavily over the long wards OF
a hospital that the neat white cots
looked all alike; but upon closer in
spection one could see that the patient
sufferers were differently occupied.
Some slept. while others thought OF
the time when they would be once
more permitted to walk Gods beautiful
earth.
Among the cots there was one that
was empty-it was No. 16. It's last
occupant had been discharged that
morning, and 1t was now waiting to be
utilized again. Presently a noise is
heard at the end of the long hall, and
some one is being wheeled in. No. 16
has a new occupant. Weak and pale
upon her pillow lay sufferer, young
and fair, while on her snowy forehead
clustered soft curls of golden hair.
No. 16 was wholly unconscious of
the pretty picture she made. She lay
there softly moaning; cruel wheel
had crushed her, and she had been
brought bleeding and suffering to that
great home for sufferers, the hospital.
Tenderly the doctor dressed the
wounds and gravely watched her first
signs of returning consciousness. He
was rewarded; the long lashes moved
and beautiful pair of blue eyes looked
up at him. They seemed to look into
his soul Never before had grave DR..
Edgar Canton been so thoroughly
moved
He walked to the head Of the bed
and softly asked if she wanted any
thing. Where am l? o, where am
/? Why can't move? I'm so tired"
The beautiful eyes closed again, and
she had again lost consciousness. Week
after week that terrible fever seemed to
tear the life from the young sufferer.
Day after day DR.. Canton came and
watched his patient, and listened pity
ingly to her rawlings.
1t was there he learned the story of
her life-how the dear mother had
died and left an orphan, this beautiful
girl; ii was there he learned that.
after months of fruitless searching, she
had at last found employment as book
keeper for downtown firm.
He listened while that poor muddled
mind added column after column OF
imaginary figures; but one night she
fell into a deep, peaceful, dreamless
sleep Morning came and with it new
life for Millicent Everton. Slowly
she began to improve; she noticed the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
The Ant.cedent. of the rurnip.

Originally the turnip came from Eu-
rope, but has spread almost all over the
world. 1t grows luxuriantly in Sibe-
ria, and is known all over Asia. The
turnip in its wild state is found in
many parts of North America, but is a
small and inferior article compared
With those with which we are familiar.
AS food fer cattle, turnips. especially
the yellow sorts, are excellent; but
they should never be fed TO cows that
are giving milk, as they impart an ex-
tremely unpleasant flavor and odor to
the milk, and, for some reason or other
that dairymen do not understand, the
milk from turnip-fed cows has very lit
tie cream
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

surroundings, her fellow sufferers the
white capped nurses, and the doctors
For each and every one she had the
same wan little smile but there was
one whose coming seemed to be the
only sunbeam Of her life How eager
ly she watched for his coming, and how
those blue eyes lit up as she saw his
handsome, grave face! Every day he
came to her and spoke kind words
She wondered how it would all end
All! too well she knew that in a few
weeks she would again begin the wear
isome life of the past. He would for
get her, but through all her sufferings
she knew she could never forget him.
She could never forget those dark eyes
as they looked tenderly into hers
yes, in all the years to come there
would be one bright spot she could
remember.
One morning she watched for his
coming in vain. A new doctor came
in his place, and, although Mllcent
would have rather died than confess
It, two great tears rolled down her
cheek. One OF the nurses came to her
and placed a large bouquet in her thin
hands. "They are for you" she said.
"Shall put them in water?" MILL
cent gazed thoughtfully at them and
wondered where they came from. Sud
denly tiny piece of paper caught her
eve. 1t was a note addressed to her.
Her trembling fingers could scarcely
unfold il. Involuntarily her eyes went
down the page to where the name was
written in a bold. plain hand, Edgar
Canton"
Softly she read the following lines:
Dear Little Friend am called
away to a distant city, but cannot 90
without bidding you goodby l cannot
come to you, as | start at midnight
and by morning will be many miles
from here When ! return you will be
almost we'll again. Dear little girl.
will have something to tell you when
| get back. try and see If you can guess
what it is. I shall be home the last
day OF the old year. Until then l am
yours, EDGAR CANTON"
How happy she was, and how she
longed for his return; she dared not
think Of what he had to tell her. The
days passed quickly. and one morning
she was surprised when the doctor Sold
her that in week she would be able
TO leave the hospital. The week passed,
the day OF her departure came. it was
Dec. "a, the day before Christmas;
che knew that she would be unable to
80 TTJaar Nopfon and ber heart yva g
heavy. Where was she to go, she had
only few dollars and no work Qver
and over again she tried to think. Yes