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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05

~People in the small towns up in
Connecticut" said the travelling man,
appear to be much more honest than
they are in New York. Not one fam
lily in ten thinks of such a thing as
burglar alarms, and half of them do
not even lock their outer doors when
they retire. But what impresses me
most are the street laundry boxes.
NEARLY every town of 5000 or more
inhabitants has several places where
laundry packages are received and de-
livered These places are generally
dry goods or notion stores, or haber-
dasheries Suburban merchants as
rule do not keep their stores open much
later than o'clock in the evening and
do not open them until or half past z
in the morning.
"This does not suit all their patrons,
so 1t is no infrequent sight to see out
side the store a large red box with
fair sized opening in the top. The box
bears the legend If the store is closed,
put your laundry in here Now, just
imagine New York laundry office US
ing receptacle like that! Why. five
minutes after package was deposited
In the box it would be fished out and
in an hour it's contents would be in the
possession of some dealer in second
hand clothing. But up in Connecticut
the scheme seems to work very well,
and all can say Is that 1t is tribute
to the general honesty of the commu-
nitv New York Herald
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05

Different countries produce different
foods. Perhaps that is the reason why
description of railway restaurant
in England sounds so curious to Amer
lean ears This terminus restaurant
corresponds to the American lunch
counter, wheve pie and coffee are tue
staple refreshments of the hurried hun
cry man.
Patrons crowd the English PLACE
three deep and wait for the front VOW
to finish eating and depart. One elder
ly woman drinks hot spirit and water
and eats sandwiches. Beside her a
country couple devour buns and milk
how British buns" sounds!-and a
busy man eats sponge cake and drinks
port wine. Can one imagine Chicago
broker rushing into quick lunch
counter with demand for sponge
cake? He might as well ask for a
coach and four.
In this London restaurant a mother
of family regales herself and her
meek husband with ginger beer and
cakes, and a nervous young clergy
man asks for glass of milk. Buns,
sponge cake, milk and, beer-the menu
is little different from those on this
side of the water.-Chicago News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05

Farms are higher priced now than
they were year ago in many locations
and are very likely destined to advance
in price as business grows more brisk
and prices of other things are going up,
says The American Cultivator. We re-
member how it was between 1861 and
1865. With wool at 81 a pound or
more, -four at SIS barrel and wheat
In proportion, pork 10 cents a pound,
butter 40 to 30 cents pound and hay
$40 to $50 ton, it seemed as if money
could be made in farming. Some sue
ceeded in doing so. We know farmers
whose yearly sales were more in some
of those years than their farms were
valued at before the war We know
others who bought at high prices about
the close of the war and found that as
prices of farm produce went down they
could not sell enough to pay the inter-
est on the mortgage and lost all they
had But farmers were not the only
ones who made money when prices
went up or lost money when they went
down. Manufacturers found them
selves unable to sell their finished prod
ucts for as much as they had paid or
agreed to pay for their raw material.
There Is lesson In this for farmers.
IL there is boom and a season of
high prices for farm products, do not
get excited over it, with the expecta-
ton that 1t will last forever. Do not
contract obligations that cannot be met
if prices go back to last years rates.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05

The largest hanging bell in the world
is In a Buddhist monastery near Can
ton. 1t is IS feet high and 45 feet in
circumference and is OF solid bronze
Canton has u pretty little fable con-
nected with it. The story is told by
Mrs. ]. p. Newman in one OF her
sketches of travel The life of the
founder OF the greatest bell Of China
had been threatened by the emperor
because of his unsuccessful attempts
to make bell having perfect purity
of tone. The bell founders beautiful
daughter, witnessing her fathers
agony while implorlng the emperor for
one more trial. consulted the gods as
to the reason for failure. Being told
that should the blood of fair maiden
mingle with the bell metal the result
would be secured. she. waiting beside
her father until able to see her face In
the molten ore, plunged in and was de-
stroyed. To the sacrifice of this maiden
the Chinese attribute the beauty and
sweetness OF the tone of the great bell
Of Ta-Cung-tz.-New York Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05
The Engineer,s story.

ITO run over man-perhaps that s
the only thing of all that shakes me.
To see him on the track within 10 or &c
feet Of you, to know that you can't stop
to save him, to feel the wheels of the
engine go over his body, crunching out
his life-a man doesn't want to expert
ence that more than once in lifetime
Its worse with child. There was
an old mate of mine in the west when
| was riding in the Union Pacific-nev-
err mind his name; he's dead now-as
good an engineer as ever stood in a
box, cool, nerve like steel. had been
through three wrecks, a holdup and a
fire. Well, one day Jim was little be-
hind his schedule and made like any
crossing right in front of him. He
saw that everything was clear. as he
thought, and went right ahead. when
all at once out of a clump of trees there
ran a little golden haired fairy right
in front of the engine, 1t was all over
in one instant and when the train stop
ped Jim dropped like log. 1t was two
months before he crept back again to
work But he could never come to that
crossing but he saw the little girl with
her hair fluttering in the wind running
out from the trees. And one day he
Just got off his engine, turned it over to
the second man and walked away, new
er to be seen again until his body was
found in the river" -Lesle's Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05
Raising Potatoes.

Aroostook farmers understand potato
raising. and many are introducing new
varieties, says Maine correspondent
of The New England Farmer. By this
method they have done much to Inn
prove the stock, which has natural
inclination to run out entirely. 1t would
be difficult to calculate the value of
single potato If 1t was the last one left.
One potato properly cultivated will pro-
duce ten, and In ten years the total
product would be 10,000,000,000 pota-
toes. This would stock the world with
seed If we were reduced to one POI
tato. 1t might be better that New York
or London be blotted out than to lose
that potato, The farmer who plants
new seed Is wise, although it may cost
him a shilling pound.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05
!: FOR THE FARMER

Despite the efforts of the philan
thropist in behalf of the farmer and of
the agricultural colleges to dignity
the occupation of farming, there still
farmer visions of son Johns name
written with either handle before or
after it. says Coleman's Rural World.
Doctor. lawyer, professor, senator,
has smack of aristocracy, and my
son. DIR. Smith" or Professor Brown"
is spoken as if that was pretty high
sounding and thing to be just little
bit prouder of than my son." plain
SIN JONES'" the farmer.
The same fact is only too evident
when the boy at school is close stu
dent and makes good grades and de-
livers his schoolboy orations in good
style. The father smilingly approves
when the teacher predicts future for
the promising youth that will lead be
yond the farm and out into the world,
where wealth and honor will be his.
The father thinks of his own life of
toll and delights in the dreams of bliss
full ease that his son may lead If he
will but heed the warnings of parent
and teacher All. how easily deceived!
No man ever attained true honors and
great emoluments that did not win
them by hard work and close applica-
ton.
The merchant endeavors to conduct
his business in such manner that his
son will become a partner and continue
the firm name even after his demise
because of the value that attaches to
a long established business enterprise.
Until such spirit permeates the bust
ness and occupation of farming it will
not be accorded the confidence and re-
spect which it ought to merit. If the
boy has talents which are needed in
the professions or in mercantile life,
he will be found in them, but from
the moment the primer is put in his
hand don't teach him that the farm
and farm life are not the best and that
he must be taught things that will en-
able him to earn bread and butter in
some other way.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05
nnailnge For Horses.

AS many people have an idea that
ensilage is not good food for horses,
we will can attention to the fact that
the Virginia experiment station has
been testing it and reports that
the trouble from its use has arisen
from too much having been fed at the
beginning. and as the horse. likes It
he is tempted to eat too much Of it, as
he might Of green grass or clover. This
In more apt to be the case when it con-
tains large amount of corn. When the
station began by feeding small quanti-
ties and increased very gradually 10
the amount given. no injury resulted
and after the horses were well accus-
toned to its use they would not eat too
heartily of it even when given oppor-
tunitY.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05

Iquique, Chile, has the reputation OF
consuming more liquor per capita than
any other place in the world.
/ have never seen liquor of all kinds
consumed in such quantities as here,
but apparently there is very little
drunkenness. The dry atmosphere and
the atoms of sand that one Is constant
ly fnhaling excite an abnormal thirst
no doubt, and they say that the human
system requires an unusual amount
of stimulant to sustain the heat and
fatigue of this climate. ! am quite
sure that this duty is not neglected,
judging by the extraordinary excesses
which are witnessed without comment
daily and hourly at every club and ho-
tel
Half dozen cocktails before break
fast-one man at Iquique is said to
require II to start his machinery in
motion-a bottle of Scotch or Irish
whisky at breakfast, another at lunch,
wines and cordials at dinner, brandy
and soda every now and then during
the day, alternating with copious and
frequent drafts of beer and the same
repeated all the evening, with a night
cap Of whisky and bottle beside the
bed in case of restless night-this is
considered moderate indulgence, and
the way they mix things is amazing.
have seen party of business men
around a table at club drinking cock
tails, brandy and soda, beer, cham
payne, sherry and vermuth at the
same sitting during business hours and
return to repeat the performance sew
eral times during the day.-Chile Let
ter in Chicago Record.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05
The Bo.ton Rows Diverrions.

Emerson" said Mrs. Beaconstreet,
how did you comport yourself in the
thoroughfare this morning with your
new neighborsY'
II fear. ma mere" replied Emerson,
that our actions were scarcely such as
would much intensity our intellects.
You see, he knows nothing of Auguste
Comtc. his parents have forbidden him
Voltalre, he dislikes Mr.. Shakespeare,
and his familiarity with chemistry and
astronomy Is superficial to weary
ing degree. SO we made mud pies. =
Boston Courier.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05
rhree MATED schooneru.

1t was on the great lakes that the
three masted schooner first made its
appearance. The unique character of
lake navigation created the necessity
for this type Of sailing craft because of
the fact that with this class of vessel
sailors could handle the sheets from
the deck at times when It was impossi-
BILE to go aloft in one Of those sudden
storms which make the life of the lake
skipper an uncertain and anxious one
-Alnslee's Magazine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05

The average reader will be amazed
to learn that little New Hampshire,
with less than 10000 square miles. has
no less than 406 lakes and ponds, 154
brooks, SO rivers and 294 mountains.
This makes Iowa look small. Colorado,
a big state, has $50 creeks. Texas has
comparatively few rivers, lakes and
creeks. Alabama has 663 creeks and
81 rivers. Iowa cannot approach that
record. Minnesota has ODD lakes and
i40 rivers-New York Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05
wheat rarming.

A Nebraska paper tells Of man who
bought q farm there upon which
there was mortgage of $700. He did
not make much money the first year,
but he sowed SO acres OF wheat the
next year 1t was poor year for
wheat, and the stand was SO poor that
he thought he would not harvest it.
He returned to his old home and left
the farm and the mortgage to fight it
out as they pleased. The wheat ripen-
ed. fell to the ground and seeded It
well. There was a fine crop, and as
some one was kind enough to write
about 1t to him he went back, harvest
ed It and sold 1t for enough to pay
the mortgage and all other debts.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05
Fright, Not PRESENTATION.

Naturalists are not at all agreed upon
the point as to whether snakes are able
to fascinate their prey. Certainly they
do not possess the power to the extent
that popular belief would have it.
Stories of the weird and mystic intiu-
ence of serpent's eye fall fiat in the
face OF scientific accuracy What can
be said OF snakes, however, is that
their very appearance paralyzes the
victim. 1t cannot move for fright. for
its faculties are temporarily suspend
ed. There Is no fascination about this
however. It'll fright. and fright alone.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05
extraordinary carvinsn.

Some very extraordinary carvings
are to be found at Thomboe, on the
Irawaddy, where they are cut out of
the face Of a high cliff rising directly
from the river bank and are of great
size. They consist of a succession Of
rudely formed inches, in appearance
something IKE the catacombs of Rome,
and these are full of large and small
images of Buddha. who is represented
in several positions. On the summit
of the cliff is pagoda Of great sanctity.
which is visited every year by large
numbers of pilgrims.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05
c,rr,rua peru,ciou. Hnb,t.

The plan Of arresting people who
throw banana skins on the sidewalks
and Of ening them or sending them to
the bridewell is all right as far as it
goes. but 1t does not seem as If the
right punishment had been provided.
Any one guilty of that offense ought to
be sent either to the Detention Hospi-
tai For the Insane or to the Home For
the Feeble Minded. Chicago Post
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05
OFFICE savings Bank Build.
rhought He Had Been Noticing.


Willie Washington was trying to be
conversational, but the young woman
wore glasses and looked severe, and
her mother surveyed the scene with an
expression of austere liberation. Will
lie ought to have known better than to
call on Monday, wash day, anyhow.
Have you read any books lately?"
asked Willie. with the inane grin which
he uses in society.
''Yes," answered the girl.
Been some pretty good ones written
lately don't you think?"
Il haven't read any recent novels"
she answered.
you ought to read some"
81 find ample entertainment in the
classics, was the rejoinder, while her
mother looked on with an approving
smile.
"Oh yes; Shakespeare, l suppose.
He's good old classic"
81 read Shakespeare occasionally
when I read English. l also read Cor
nellie and Moliere and Goethe and
Schiller, but only for diversion. Philo-
sophie studies are my especial occupa-
ton at present.
"By Jovev' exclaimed Willie admir-
ingly. You're getting to be regular
bluestocking, aren't your
"a whatv' repeated the young wo-
mans mother grimly as she rose to
her feet
"Why. bluestocking, you know
that is
mo explanations are necessary.
Amelia, am going to tell the servant
to take in the clothesline at once.
Hereafter neither of us will be at home
to Mr. Washington" Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05
English Autonomy.

Much more interest is taken in prac
teal astronomy in England than in
America. Astronomical classes are en-.
couraged by the use of the telescopes
like that one on the East Heath, Lon.
don, which is rejecting telescope of a
10d inch mirror. The lectures are in,
structive.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05

The most ancient dictionary ana
glossary in the world is Of the Chinese
language and is the lexicon OF Pa
cutshe. This first known glossary was
compiled more than 1000 years before
Christ
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-05

All the emery in the world comes
from the little island Of NaxOs, near
Greece.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-05
LAS PlLD0RAS DEL DR.. AVER LAS AEJORES.


Mexc 8
las
ma lor III .al2, ,'la>." JOHN D. HAYES
Nov de
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-05

4t>; ION, inapttencia deblidad general Nj
l'r,h, ,ifercntes medicinaS, sin hallar aGvio.
Il Iarzaparrila Y Pildoras del DR.. Aver. Con
lla me rr>tabloci completamente. Estoy en
cNicauu cad: vez que experiMsnto faquez,
lanliil del DR. Aver. No hay quen pueds
FRANK NJ. MCCARTNEY,
San Luis Potoes
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-05
Carta de los Sres Rafael Rodriguez C1 Respectable Casa
del Comercio de Drogas de San Luis Potesf Mexico.

"Sre Co.. IA,"tii Mass :" L \.
Muy sres nros e4e" Il snso do naneStar Uds p
mednes de respectable aS 'eni" constante
eNceenca de mlsmo
Pueden Fds mientras
inp
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jrna,(t Re Y IA, N
Dciembre i dc PotosL
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-05
Las PlLDORAS DEL DR.. AVER

2aus;,n un aumento de! flujc bi';oSo y
Aayoc actividad del vientre.
Dosis laxantes tomadas toGas la
nochcs producsn una deposition sTav,'
ft~il al dja s,guiente. i,stas plldor"s
son una cura positiva para la consti.'a
ION y entorpecimiento del higad:
l." constipaci"E biliosidad so'
ca'-,>a dirccta dc Ia mala sangre, y para
'lmpiarla de imH1rezt.s 10 hay re1ncdi:
Iuc igualc la
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-05
La zarzapaIriI|a del Or. Aver.

"Padecia amarga mrnt~ 1' iHl
cangre estaba Ell mala cnndicn,n.
1ntonces empece ii tomar Ia fam",
solo dos b>tellas de III Iarzaparri
pleadO en- ell FerrOcarl il Nacinltai y
de fuerzas siempre tomu IA Iarza
hacerme tomar otra."
Nov. 27 de 1899
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-10-05

vuelta a precios reducidos para
cuando dentro csc perin1o de
dla testivo no So contara dicho
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-06

In an article in the Journal Of the
Royal Agricultural society on light
ming and its fleet on trees. Mr.. Brodie
calls the attention of English farm
ers to a point Of great practical i'm
portanc.. In Britain and America the
increasing adoption of wire fences has
given rise to considerable damage 10
live stock from lightning. He quotes
on this MATTER the director OF the
Iowa weather and crop service. I'm
questionably. wire fences, as now con
structcd. serve as death-traps to live
stock, causing a vast amount of loss
every year. And il Is also quite evi.
Gent that a considerable percentage
81 danger may be avoided by the use oil
ground wires at frequent intervals In
we construction Of wire fences"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-06
GOOD R O TO RAISE.
The Demand for White Beans IL Great
and They Arc Sure to Hiring food
rio This Year.

Those who are in close touch with the
market are expecting white beans to
command high prices for a number OF
years to come. Stocks OH hand are
very much depleted. owing TO a great
falling of in production during recent
years and an increased demand. For
example. the Michigan crop for 1896
was 3.049.l35 bushels, that Of 1s9. was
1.1t5.iS5 bushels, that of is9s 954 ,06f
bushels and the 1899 crop was only 1872
900 bushels. In California and New
York. two states in which large areas
Of beans are grown, less than one-half
Of full crops were obtained last year,
while in Canada and Europe the crop is
light. With very light yields the world
over, the United States and English
governments have been buying very
heavily for the army and navy. II is
thus apparent that the supply must
be quite limited. and several good crops
must be secured before there is q nor
NAL surplus.
In view Of these facts. II would seen
as though beans would be n good CROP
to plant this coming season. If good
seed can be secured and one has suit
able soil.-Rural World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-06

The pastor of the First P~resbyte-
rian church at Pine Bluff. Ark, was
telling his congregation Of his trav-
els in the Holy Land, and closed his
remarks with this incident. illustrat-
ing American enterprise: when at
Jacobs Well he drew therefrom with
his own hands a bucket of waters;
after doing SO and looking at the tin
bucket. he found IL was a lard bucket
with the name of Swift and Com
pany' branded on same, which was
the same as he had seen in Pine Blum
many times. kansas City Gazette.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-06

Mr.. T. G. Walker, Carneiro,. Kansas
writes: at is with pleasure that l report
that l am better than i have been for many
years. / believe Peruna is without a doubt
the best medicine that ever was used in .
family. Ii has cured my nervousness, with
which / have been afflicted for q great num-
Der of years"
It is a fact of ever-increasing .~astonish-
ment that so many otherwise sensible and
provident people will, for the neglect Of SO
simple a precaution as to have a bottle OF
Peruna at hand, bring upon themselves the
needless suffering and foolish expense that
a practitioner of medicine il forced to wit
ness every day.
As soon as the value OF Peruna is fully ap-
preciated by every household, both as a pre-
ventive and cure of these affections, tens Of
thousands Of lives will be saved, and hun
dreds Of thousands Of chronic, lingering
cases OF disease prevented. Peruna is the
household safeguard.
A complete work on chronic catasrh sent
free to any address by the Peruna Medicine
Company, Columbus, Ohio.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-06

The yield of corr is dependent IN no
small degree on the quality of the seed,
which should be selected before the
corn is cut, having regard to the size
and character Of the stalk a. well as to
me ripeness and type of the ear. When
NE season is especially favorable for
thoroughly maturing the ears, enough
SEED TO last at least two years should
pc gathered. completely dried out be-
Tore frost and stored in n warm. dry
place. a difference of two per cent. in
ne yield of dry matter on two adjacent
acres was noted in favor of the CROP
grown from well-ripened seed over the
sieid from seed grown in a wet, cold
season.-Clinton ID. Smith. in Farmers
Review.