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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-26
Dunt In south Africn

1T sounds grewsome," writes Julian
Ralph from Orange River, ''to liken the
sending out of an army to the return
of dust to dust and yet if the reader
could see an army or any number of
soldiers in khaki out on the veldt he
would at once think of the smile
South Africa looks now as if it were
the dustbn of creation. Its ground
is loose dust. Its air is flying dust
Its vegetation, animals and insects are
nearly all of different shades of dust
color. AS | write the men are dis
solving mud in their pals and dipping
brushes in it 10 paint their white
straps mud color. Every pouch and
strap and cloth covered water bottle
that would show white or dark is I'M
dergoing this treatment. And the
drummers are doing the same with
their painting the white tight
ening cords with mud, muddying over
the golden lions and uniforms and the
gaudy regimental notices, so that ev-
erything shall look like the veldt-so
that we shall be as dusty as the coun-
try"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-26

We do not like to be told of our
faults.
We do not want to hear references
to occasions when we appeared at a
disadvantage. Yet we deplore the prev
alence of fattery. We make all man
ner Of fun of our friends who display a
weakness for that social pest. And yet
there are few of us who, If the f1attely
be not too freely administered, as
with a shovel" do not imbibe it greed
lily and pine for more.
Every one remembers the anecdote
of Dr. Holmes when he was enthusi-
astically applauded and to a somewhat
exaggerated length.
Don't you get awfully tired of this
sort of thing, DR.. HolmesT
Not at ALL" said the dear old man,
frankly. They never clap quite hard
or long enough to please me. pre-
sumo that | could stand it for hours"
Montreal Herald.
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In Montlio,n Resldence.

Miss Victoria Tulis, nurse in one Of
the Manila hospitals, writes thus to
friends in Kansas: II am in love with
Manila. We are living in the late Adj
Iniral Months residence 1t is simply
grand. The nurses have fixed up this
place beautifully. Some of the fine ma
and used in our living rooms and recep-
ton hall. 1t is all inlaid with pearl,
and the carving is beautiful. We have
Roman bathtub. 1t is big enough for
four or five to battle in at once, and we
sometimes do, at least two of us did
last night. There are over a hundred
nurses here, and you can imagine how
we must double up ut times"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-26
sloane Quits Us For Good.

II am going back to England the LIST
of March" said Tod Sloane. the jockey,
recently. Il have interests there be-
sides racing. ! am interested in the
Shaftesbury theater of London, and
DE Wolf Hopper is with me in the en-
terprise. He has made hit with the
English, and we expect big run when
he starts in business. That VIII be
only on the side with me- however. |
cannot expect to ride always. and /
want something to turn my attention
to when quit the turf. think good
boy from this country can show them
the road for long time to come"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-26
Nice Hanging.

Bobsy Meade of the colonial Office
was anxious to have executions in
Malta carried out more humanely. So he
consulted Marwood. Marwood strong
ly advised the ''long drop" and ex-
planned his own process thus: There
was Mr.. Peace, small man. | gave
him six foot drop, and, hassure you,
sir, he passed hoff like a summer
heve. THAT Reminds Me-" by Sir
Edward Russell.
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A Telephone Enigma.

Il recently heard" said the inquisi-
tive man who had the faculty of being
able to be in two places at once, ''the
following conversation over the tele-
phone:
"'Who are you. pleaseY
"'Watt'
What's your name, pleaseT
watts my name.
eyes. what's your nameY
81 say my name Is Watt. You're
JonesY
emo, I'm Knott
"'Will you tell me your nameY
"'Will Knott
"'Why won't you?
81 say my name is William Knott
"'Oh. beg your pardon
"'Then you'll be in this afternoon if
come around, Waltz
Certainly, Knott
do you wonder they rang off in de-
spair and disgust Y'-Kansas City In
dependent.
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One Grateful Descendant.

This" said the guide, lis the grave
of Adam|
Historic spot! With reverential awe
nay, with feeling of deep thankful
ness the wealthy merchant tailor on
his first trip to the orient drew near
and cast a flower on the tomb.
"Erring ancestor" be murmured, Il
should be the last man on earth to re-
vile your memory To your sin owe
my prosperity Chicago Tribune.
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Il don't blame You for discharging
your maid" said the friend. "Shc
wasn't worth her salt"
"All that | objected to-" said Miss
Cayenne, was her fiery temper. She
was worth her salt. but she wasn't
worth her DeDper. Washington Star.
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Born to Lead.

You remember young Carpley. who
used to have an ambition to be an ac-
tor, don't youT"
"Yes"
well, he's playing leading role
now"
"You don't say so! By George,
never thought be had 1t in himp
Hes with an Uncle Tom company
and leads the bloodhounds in the street
procession. Chicago Times Herald.
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subtIetiea of Phrase.

''Do you think your new production
is in for long rum" asked the friend
1T is impossible to state at this ear.
ly day answered Mr.. Stormington
Barnes. THE members of our com
pany are still in doubt as to whether
they are in for long run or a long
walk. Washington Star.
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Very Natural Reelection

Whenever hear of suicide, l can
only think of one thing"
"And what is thatT'
THAT a man must have mighty
poor opinion of himself if he thinks
that is the best use to which he can be
putt Chicago Post
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Not nm nnticnl Case

Optician--l cannot sell you spectacles
for your husband He must come for
them in person. What is the nature
Of his visual defect?
Woman-A 8 cent piece looks bigger
to him than a 50 bank note to other
people. Jewellers Weekly.
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Eyes. it was drawn battle" he
said in talking the matter over with
his wife.
The 6-year-old who was listening was
silent for moment Then he asked:
what did they draw it with T-Chi
cago Post.
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His Experiences.

Briggs You don't know what you
are talking about when you call me a
donkey.
Diggs-Id like to know why don't.
l once owned donkey for three
months Chicago News.
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Now, William, isn't this coffee as
good as that your mother used to
make?'
1T is better than that she made at
home, Ellen-much better, but it isn't
as good as that she used to make for
,hurch socials. indianapolis Journal.
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DIR. Barrata has advocated in the
italian parliament a compulsory insur-
ance against earthquakes. Owners of
vineyards and others protect them
selves in this way against hail and
therefore why not against another ca
lamity even more destructive, as they
average about $50 shocks year. and
certain parts of Italy have occasionally
suffered terribly? The idea of the in
surance is a shrewd one from the
point of view of public economy. 1t
shifts the burden from the exchequer
to private purses. The business would
be of peculiarly risky nature. for
such an epidemic of earthquakes as
devastated Calabria between 1888 and
1856 might easily bring any ordinary
company to bankruptcy. The risk
would have to be widely spread, and
actuaries would be puzzled to calculate
the premiums for different places.
Some parts of the peninsula enjoy
practical immunity. The great plain
of Venetia has never suffered. Rome
and Naples are occasionally shaken.
although as rule not seriously, but
disaster frequently occurs in volcanic
districts, as in Ischia in 1881 and 1888.
when the loss both of life and property
was serious. Calabria is far the worst
as an earthquake region. Over l 400
persisted in the locality in the period
mentioned.-Sc Scientific American.
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He LEARNED THE TRICK.

The manager of the Maine Provision
and Cold Storage company, Mr.. Vose,
has gray horse which knows as much
as any animal in the city, not except
ing the fire department horses, as his
owner thinks.
The company stables its horses on
Fore street, and Mr. vose's horse is
also kept there. To do away with the
necessity of hiring man TO 10 to the
stable at 4 o'clock every morning TO
feed these horses an ingenious device
was arranged which answered every
purpose until the arrival of the gray
horse The device consiSred Of two
alarm clocks which were >sto 20 off
at O'clock. \ heavy weight MAS Sc
arranged that when the alarm started
the weight would drop and pull a wire
which opened the trap doors. and the
feed then came tumbling down into the
managers of the horses
After the srrival of the gray horse it
was noticed that all OF the horses be
came very hungry long before noon
each day This could not be accounted
for until some one stood watch to see
what was the occasion for the state of
affairs The watcher soon learned
After the horses were fed at night and
had eaten all that was given them the
gray horse reached up and taking the
wire in his mouth pulled upon it.
Down came into the managers the feed
that was intended TO fall at o'clock.
OF course the horses proceeded TO eat it
mt once and before noon were very
hungry. man now feeds the horses
at 4 o'clock, and the gray horse pulls
the wire in vain. Portland (NIe) Press.
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Life on the Ocean Wave.

T A Liverpool steam packet company
many years ago wanted to extend its
premises, and resolved to buy a piece
of land belonging to maiden lady of
uncertain age. The spinster sold her
lapd at a very low price, and as set
off requested that clause should be
put in the agreement to- the effect that
during her whole life she and a COM
panion should at any time travel free
in the company's vessels. On the
day after the agreement was signed,
she sold her furniture, let her house,
and went on board the first outward
bound vessel belonging to the COM
pahy, without troubling herself about
the destination. For many years the
lady lived on one ship Or another, ac-
companied by some lady traveller, for
whom she advertised, and whose pas
sage money SIZE poclleted. Size was
reckoned al her death to have made
over ten thousand dollars by the trans
action.
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A rhinoceros that can dance is not,
like a dancing bear, a familiar sight.
Naturally such rhinoceros created a
sensation when, while being unloaded
from railroad car at Philadelphia, it
escaped into the street.
The beast was sent to the Zoolog-
ical Garden and arrived in good health
and spirits. Twenty employees of the
express company stood about to pre-
vent its getting away, but when the
animal started they all fed down Sew
enteenth street.
The rhinoceros went to Market
street, the men after it. thence to Six
teenth and back to Filbert. In the
short journey it passed probably a
hundred people, and put them all to
flight. An Italian, grinding out
merry tune on his organ, got shock
that he will not soon forget.
The beast has been with circus
and can dance and do a cake walk. At
Sixteenth and FiIbert streets it heard
the sound Of the music, and began to
dance. -.-,
The Italian did not know what
brought the crowd, but he kept on
turning his crank until su dlenly there
was roar of laughter, and-he turned
to find the beast standing still, sso!-
emnly looking at him. With a terri
fig yell, he dropped the crank and ran.
The animal was caught and put back
into the cage with little difficulty.
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! y X f1<s -
dotted With rocky hills, which the Boefa
scaH ''kobjes. ain the northern part,
however, one can travel hundreds OF
miles without seeing, a-break> in the
horizon. i When the Natal Beers took
possession of the country it. was in
habited by, different tribes. All ex-
depa tRe YaEerfdl Basater lhsaba 1lhaba DIG.
The Free State is divided into ths
3els 3Ghgwing 3, disUtrfjetsF Il Bieemfontein:
Tauresmith.ss- The capital is Bloem-
fontein lof which we give several H.
lustrations), situated on tributary of
the Modder River and about 500
miiesefrum Cape Town. The Orange
Free State was annexed by Great
Britain ia- the t9xties. and continued a
col6ny' Of the empire until 1854, when
it was granted Independence. The in
then established govern.
ment of their own and had progressed
satisfactorily until s,xhaG |, PRa6ent;
MIR. Steya.. was led by President
Kruger into an, offensive and. defen-
live alliance against England.
That the Beers have for months and
oven for years been anticipating some
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Government schools. One is the
town school, another the ward school!
and the third the paripatetic school.
At Bloemfontein there is very fine
college, known as Grey College, where
higher education is carried on.
The vast majority of the Free
Staters are members of the Reformed
Dutch Church. In fact, this is the es-
tablished church of the State. Even
the tiniest village has its devout con-
gregation, and the Government con.
tributes each year $4,000 for the
support of its Dutch religious insti-
tutions.
The climate of the Orange Free
State is perhaps the most healthful in
all South Africa. 1t is both drier aud
colder than that of the neighboring
colonies, due to the fact that the veldt
of the Free Staters is so high above
the sea level.
The constitution of the Orange
Free State is founded upon that of
the United States. This constitution
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The Jack Rabbit.

Kansas dealers In hides have at
length awakened to the fact that Jack
rabbit hides, known In commerce as
American hare pelts, are in great de-
mand in the Eastern market, and no.
tices similar to the following are ap-
pearing in many papers throughout the
State:
I'VE will buy nicely handled cased
lack rabbit skins at 8 cents each: open
I'd or damaged, half price; culls and
pieces 3 cents a pound; cottontaIls at
~ cents q pound. Must be perfectly
Try and free Of meat"
Tho skins Of the jack rabbits are
used for making hats. The best quail
lty OF hats, says the New York Times,
are. made from fur, and the fur has
heretofore been obtained from Aus
trana, where thu rabbits are success
fully disputing the possession Of the
country With tho human Inhabitants.
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was adopted on April 10, 1854 and gave
to- everyone living in the country be-
fqre the date Of its aboption the right
to vote for a president and members
of the new legislature. The COM
mando law is unique. This law, which
was put into successful operation at
the opening of the campaign for the
raising of Orange Free State troops,
regulates, the calling out of burghers at
all times Of danger. Every male in
kabitant of the State between sixteen
and sixty Years of age is, under this
law, subject to the call of thesseld
cornet.. The, number that were found
available for the last call to arms is
said to have been $4,000.
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SCENES IN BLoEMFoN1E4ps :,
CAPITAL QE ORANGE FREE STATE

Free State, for Bloemfontein. the cap
ital OF the little republic, was careful
~ fortified and garrisoned for many
months before the actual outbreak of
hostilities. The accompanying illus
tration will give very good idea of
the Boer fort at Bloemfontein, spot
which, in view of recent events, has
on especial interest to all followers Of
the. present struggle between the Boer
and the British.
! The Orange Free State is like and
yet unlike the Transvaal. It's people.
like those north of the Vaal River, are
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THE Orange Free State had no
quarrel with Great Britain.
The Transvaal's quarrel was

| The Transvasl's quarrel was
not her quarrel. She was a
free and Independent State, living her
own life aud worshiping her own
legislative and administrative gods.
Her people, however, spoke the same
tongue as the Trensvasler. A shadow
of the Anglophobia that lurked on the
north Of the Vaal was also to be found
north of the Orange, and Martinus
Th. Steyn, the far seeing and courage
GUS President of the Free State, firmly
believed that if the South African
Republic were wrested from Dutch
control, either by armed force or by
awe of Great Britain's prowess, the
next victim of the slogan "British
pre-eminence in South Aftica" would
be his own little Republic, the Orange
Free State. Furth ermore, the two
Republics were bound by treaty
made in 1897, after the jameson raid,
which provided that if either State
were attacked the other was to come
to its assistance with its full fighting
force, which at that time meanta COM
bined army of about $4,000 men
27,00e TransvaaIers and 1900 Free
Staters.
So the Orange Free State and the
Transvaal joined hands. That the
Free Staters were not the first to suf-
fer. by this racial coalition. was due to
one of those mere accidents of war or
caprices of fate that can never be
anticipated. Ladysmith and Colenso,
Kimberley and Mafeking chanced to
be the points where the storm burst.
The Free Staters, while descended
fromrthe same Dutch settlerssin South.
Africa as the Transvaaf burghers, form
what might be termed another branch
ef the Boer family;,,, They. settled in;
Natal after the exodus from the Cape, !.
but as that became British colony, j,
they fell back and established them
selves in the country lying between
the two great branches of the Orange
River, known to the colonists as the
Vaal and the Orange Rivers, and sepa-
rated from the coast by the Drachen-
berg Mountains. The. Orange River
Free State, toygivs eit siss' full name,
forms a connecting link between Cape
Colony, the Transvaal aud Natal, and
was for years called the Buffer State.
1t is vast plateau. 5000 to 5000 feet |
above sea level. It's und1fatfng plains
slope from the Maluti Mountains to
the Vaal River. In the south they are
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No sovereign is 80 rich Al the czar,

No sovereign is 80 rich Al the czar.
and no sovereign has such heavy calls
upon his purse. The grand dukes
Michael, Vladimir, Alexis. Serge and
Paul Aiexandrovitch, as the sons OF
emperors Of Russia. receive from the
head of the house an annual sum OF
l35 900 roubles (e26.2oo) each, which
added to private means, makes them
very rich. The wives and widows Of
Russian grand dukes receive 10000
-oubles each: their sons 10000
-OuhleS
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simple, bucolic and sincere: An infu-
si6n of Huguenot blood makes them a
slightly more active and progressive
people than the Transvaalers. The
republic has an area of about so, 600
sdhare miles. It's present population
is Estimated to be $4,000 Whites and
SOME 14O, 900 blacks of the Basuto and
Bdrolong tribes. The capital. Blocm-
feitein, is a curious, old world look
ms little city, with a railway leading
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The ZuIus a Zine Race.

The Zulus are said to be the finest
specimens Of the black race in the
world. They are mahogany -colored.
stalwart, intelligent and easily gov
erned. Those who pull the jinriklshas
put the horns Of animals on their heads
and fasten wings of large birds to their
arms. Their arms, legs, ears and necks
are loaded down with iron! and brass
ornaments. No one is allowed to sell
them any Intoxicating drink, ,conse-
quently they are a very peaceful set.
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ranges in the State. are the
Stall Mountains, which lie in the east.
erh, portion, of the republic. Practi-
cal1y all of the plains are we'll adapted
fof pastoral purposes. On the Basu-
toland border there is golden strip
OF, land, thirty miles broad and 100
miles long, which is considered 10 be
thp. best bitof grain producing soil in
the world.
Think Of land that, without irriga-
tion, and with scarcely any cultiya-
tion, will raise seventy to eighty
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"The Only Thing That Gives Relief"

Mrs. NJ. E. Latimer, Biloxi, Mias.,
bad an itchy breaking out on her skin,
and she sends 81 for two boxes, saying
"Tetterine is the only thing that gives
me relief" This is strong language,
disintsrested and voluntary. 1t cures
all skin diseases, letter, itch, eczema,
salt-rhoun,. etc, and never fails. SOC.
a box at druggists or send stamps to
J. Il. Shuptrine. Savannah. Ga.
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A Squash That Lifted 5000 Pounds.

An interesting agricultural expert
ment is related in Success, from which
this picture is taken. A harness or
basket of strap iron was placed over
the squash il such a manner that, in
order to grow, 1t would be compelled
to, lift any weight that might be placed
on it. Harnessed in this manner, on
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Her SA1ecft0u

Mrs. de Fine-Heres my new bon
aet Isn't it darling? only $28! Mr..
ie Fine-Great snakes! You said bon
nets could De bought from So up. Mrs.
ae Fine-Yes, dear. This IS one of the
ups" New York Weekly.
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There 10 much rivalry between the various
man by this they mean q vigorous, honest
intellectual man, who will mako the world
better for having lived. Health viii demand
nrst considsra ion, for upon that depends
Bttters Will keep tho bowels regular and tho
stomach healthy by curing al stomach dis.
srders. 1t slso prevents malaria, lever and
aqua. Try 4
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bushels of grain to the acre! Wheat,
oats, maize, barley and Kafir corn
can all be grown, while herds OF cat
tie, horses, Angors goats, ostrches
and sheep can live aud flourish on the
veldt.
There are three kinds OF regular
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No Charity Possibls.

Mrs. Church latter services)-well!
the nerve ofour pastor! Mr.. Church
(who stayed at home)-What's up
now? Mrs. Church-You know. last
week we presented him with q horse
and cutter? Mr.. Church-Yes? Mrs.
Church-Well. today he got In the
pcilpit and asked us to pray Tor snow!
PUCK.
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Arrested a Wnole FuneraI.

It has long been the custom OF
funerals the world over to proceed
slowly; not so, however. with funerals
In the outskirts Of Brooklyn. The
other dav IN that city n funeral was
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from the south into the town and again
starting NORTH Unlike Kimberley and
JOhannesburg, the visitor gets 70 i'm
ptession Of, mushroom growth from
Roemfontein, for the city is rich in
sttuary and public monuments and
possesses a national museum and
we'll stocked public library. The
Bloehfontein radical, or council
chamber of the legislature, is hand
some edifce, designed in the Greek
style and costing almost quarter of
= Biflion dollars. The buildings in
thecAy are substantial and prepossess-
i1g, for near by are great beds of free
stone, admirable for building pur-
pbses. The presidency, where Presi-
dent Steyn resides, is also very pa
latial building.
: .The Orange Free State is not for
eft country, for, like the Transvaal, it
Is, very. sparsely wooded. The only
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final struggle with the British las
been we'll demonstrated by the thor
oughness of the preparations for war
which the Government OF the crafty
Dom Paul has been making for some
time past. The same might be said OF
the doughty burghers Of the Orange
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"A surprise I'arry.

"What's Mrs. Breezely in such stew
about:"
"She asked the pleasure Of Lieut..
Sticks company to tea, and he appeared
on the scene with forty OF his mem
Detroit Free Press.
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Twelve pounds only is the weight
Of the new automatic machine gun
under ezperim ent in the United States
Army. 1t fires 4j0 shots q minute,
and can be carried by one man.