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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22
Practical Advertising Talks.

Did you ever watch a great oak
from little acorn grow
No.
You couldn't be hired to undertake
such monotonous task
The most thoroughly tired out
''Weary Willie" that ever navigated
the American pixies would, in three
days, repudiate a contract at hundred
dollars per, if compelled to watch the
process eight honrs day. -
He would light out to see if there
were anything doing in the next town.
The only man on record who might
hold out for week is Mr.. q. b.
Mcintosh, Of California, who, accord
ing to the Standard Dictionary (look
up 'interest'), had the patience to
! figure out that one cent, if placed at
ten per cent. interest at the beginning
Of the Christian era and if he,lnterest
were compounded every ten years,
would have amounted in 1898 to the
sum of 81, $50, 376, 800, 275, 538, $40, $50,
8S4, 571, 342, III, 176, $685. 1874, 657, 745, 519,
906. "a.
And yet, if the average man were
| to plant an acorn and then forget
about it for ten years and then dis
cover the oak, he would probably
tell his friends that it sprung up in
almost no time.
That's about the way the average
man looks at the big successful adj
yertiser.
He takes no notice of what the
successful man is doing until the sue
cessful man has done great deal.
Then he wonders why such man
should develop great business in
almost no time.
Vast numbers of men have put a
little money into newspaper adyertis
ing and then sat down and waited for
immediate results.
The acorns didn't get gait on
quickly enough.
The principal was so small that the
accruement of interest looked like a
myth in II fog.
Then the end of the rainbow seemed
to indicate that there was something
doing in the next town and they
pulled up stakes and proceeded to
camp on new trail.
Any level headed man can make big
money ont of newspaper advertising
if he takes the right course.
The right course for the man with
small capital is this:
Use a small space in the best paper.
Don't expect the first few insertions
to bring immediate returns.
Don't sit down and wait.
Hustle while you wait.
Use good, strong copy and change it
often.
Keep at it every issue for three
months. or six months, or a year, or
more, until the advertising turns
profit.
Then increase your space from time
to time as the profits warrant.
1t is not at all unusual for an adj
yer tiser to extend his advertising so
rapidly as to do twice as much bust
ness in one year as was done the pre-
vious year.
Suppose your advertising were to
bring you $500, worth of business the
first year.
Surely you could do $1,000 worth
the second year and So, 900 worth the
third year and 81, 600 worth the fourth
year, and so on, couldn't you.
And at that rate of increase the
business of the twelfth year would
amount to more than one million
dollars.
Think about it.
Hollis Corben.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22
HISTORY OF NEARER MY GOD
TO THEE

GAS writer, as a poet, there were
few in the literary world of London
in the forties) who had not heard of
Sarah Flower Adams, the gifted
woman to whom all Christendom to-
day pays homage in its love for her
immortal hymn, Nearer, My God, To
thee. /" writes Clifford Howard in the
Ladies Home Journal. ut was
written in 1910 and had subsequently
been set to music by Eliza Flower, and
included in a collection of hymns
written and composed by the two
sisters. Only within that year had
their book of Hymns and Anthems
been published, and the hymn that
was destined to inspire the world had
then been heard but once or twice, and
within the walls Of a single church
South Palace Chapel, London.
lit was not, however, until after
the year 1860, when the present well
known tune was composed for it by
DR.. Lowell Mason, Of New York, that
the hymn attained its widespread
popularity. UP to that time it had
attracted but little notice. Through
the spirit Of Doctor Mason's sympa-
thetic music it was quickened into
glorious life and brought within the
reach of every congregation and every
Christian soul. But this was long
after the author of the hymn had
passed away. She died in 1848, with
out knowing of the triumph and the
glory that awaited her work. Her
grave in the little village of her birth
is unmarked by any monument to her
fame.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22
nese are the figures

Mrs. Carrie Nation is indignant be-
cause whiskey dealer in Scranton, is
advertising that the Carrie Nation
cocktail is smashing fine drink. -
A copy of the paper containing this
advertisement was sent later to Mrs.
Nation. Mayor James NOR received
the following letter from her:
''In Jail, Topeka, Feb. 20, 1901.
"To the Mayor.of Scranton, Pa:
Dear Sir-Will you please arrest
the bnaves who are using my name
for this deyelish businss Prosecute
them to the extent of the law and
smash them WE'LL
Carrie Nation, Home Defender.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22

An automobile expert, who has re-
Gently returned from a tour through
Europe, made with the idea of deter
mining the situation in foreign coun-
tries, states that the American built
machines are taking the first rank in
England, just as ten or fifteen years
ago all American buggies compelled
German coach builders to import from
the United States until they had
time to manufacture carriages after
our models.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22
Seed Request in Rhyme.

Strange requests are found in the
mail of New Jersey Congressman, in
common with others of the House of
Representatives, and constituents are
in the asking line. 1t is no uncommon
thing for a farmer to want sufficient
seed to plant big farm, but it has
remained for constituent of Con-
gresham Salmon to forward request
in rhyme. 1t is as novel as any re-
ceived this session, and follows:
Dear Mr. Salmon:
My garden is ready,
And waiting for seed.
Do | want q good lot?
Why sure, indeed
From the tiny white onion,
With flavor so fine,
Everything for the garden,
Even the cucumber vine.
In sending my flower seed
Don't send any tansy,
But send a great lot
OF the beautiful pansy,
With colors so lovely
And perfume so mild
Those you sent me last year
Sent Boonton Just wild.
My rhyme is quite homely,
But every one knows
When you write to a Congressman
If you writo it in prose-
am sure you will say
Now this beats the band,
I'm yours very truly
A name rhyming sand. "
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22
Hello Girls.

The ''hello" girl must go. Alas, alas !
her days are numbered Sic transit
gloria Mundi, also Tuesday and all 9th, r
days of the week. No more will the
man who nearly twists the button off
hear mild voice saying, did you
ring?" or be told that "No. 9O0A Wee
hawken is busy" No more will the
man who talks in dashes be cut off in
his prime when he saws blinkty blank,
blank. Some pokey old thing has gone
and invented an automatic connector
and the gamut of s'hellos" will no longer
assail the ears of central: at least so says
the Jersey City Journal The caller
will do his own connecting and every
man will be his own hello girl.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22

For the first time since the Grand
Army of the Republic was organized
the mortality in the order last year
went beyond 10000 Within four or
five years one half of the 400, 600 mem
bers in 1890 will have passed from the
rolls of the living.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22

Perhaps the Democratic party of
New Jersey will be glad enough some
time to secure the vote of the COM
muters who reside in New Jersey. not
withstanding the manner in which
they were ridiculed Wednesday by
the Democratic Senators ON the floor
OF the Senate.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22

President Arthur 7. Hadley, of Yale
College, is authority for tine statement
shat Greek as required subject for
admission to that university will he
displaced in the near future
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22
A Nugget Of Common Sense.

Says the Des Moines, Iowa, Regis
ter 1.-THE time to find out that wire
is not properly insulated is before the
building burns down, the time to find
out that boiler is dangerous is be-
fore it blows up and kills a dozen
people, and the time to provide proper
exits and fire escapes is when build
ing is in course of erection When a
building is burning down it is almost
too late to think of insulations, boilers
plumbing, etc. Just so, and yet for
want of adopting this common sense
view of things millions of dollars
worth of valuable property will be
lost this year and probably every year
for years to come. Our municipal
authorities would do we'll to cut this
ont and paste it in their hats. But
that is as near as many of them would
ever come to getting it through their
heads.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22

Missouri, too, has passed law
Putting severe penalty upon the prac-
tice by Christian Scientists of,healing
fer pay. The bill requires all pro.
fessional healers to qualify before an
examining board and specifies that
when persons not so qualified shall
treat cases of illness in an emergency
they must not exact charge for,their
services. Legislation of similar pur-
port will soon be ON the statute books
of every State
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22
Exports Increase.

The exports of merchandise during
the four years of the Cleveland ad-
ministration were as follows:
1898, 1854, 729. 454
1894, S07, 312, 116
1896, 807, 732. 415
1896, 986, $50, $50
Four years ago Mr.. Mckinley be-
came president. In his inaugural
speech he promised to do the best he
could. He did. The results are APP
parent. During the past four years
the exports have grown so that the
United States now, for the first time
in its history, leads the list of the
world exporting nations.
These are the figures:
1897, 81, 079, S14, 906
1898, 1, 1923, 564, 1928
1899, 1853 466, 900
1900, /, 453, 013, $50
For 1900, England's total exports
were 81, 418 34S, 900, and those of Ger
many, 81, $50, Gil, 600.
President McKinley's administra-
ton has been crowned with noble
deeds and glorious results. and they
have been the outgrowth of the Re-
publican party's promises, made in
good faith and redeemed with I'M
erring fidelity by the nations leader.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22

The New Jersey commissioners to
She Pan-American exposition at
Buffalo met in the governors office
Saturday for the purpose of consider
ing what disposition to make of the
&s5, 600 appropriation. AT the COVER
nor's suggestion, there will be put up
n small building to cost about $5, 900.
Rhe State board of education, the
State geological department. aud the
State Board of agriculture were al
lowed IS, 900 each for exhibits. This
will leaye1 S., 600 for incidental ex-
penses.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22
d. M. COMPTON,
CARPENTER and Builder.

Jobhing Specially. Prompt and Personal at
tention given to all orders, Residence and
shops No, Harrison St. MOrristown, N.
Telephone sS4 /. 2ael
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22

The exports of merchandise during
the four years of the Cleveland ad-
ADMINISTRATION Mara as follows:
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

This can he done quite rapidly when
one has learned how. This plan is
economical Of poison and does not
require wheelbsrrow or wagon to
cary pump and tank.
II 3 spray is used, apply either
paris green or london purple in the
proportion Of q pound to . hundred
gallons of water and add two pounds
Of fresh lime to each pound Of poi
son. The lime should be Stacked
and strained through sack to take
out all Jumps. Then use a nozzle
that throws q fine spray and do not
continue the application in any place
long enough so that the drops spray
ed upon the leaves will run together
and flow of, carrying the poison
with them.
Cutworms may usually best he
destroyed by hand picking with
lanterns st night or by the use Of
poisoned bats. The most conven-
lent an effective Of these is bran
mash dry or wet, poisoned with lon-
don purple or paris green.
For the preparation of the poison
ed mash the insecticide should be
thoroughly mixed with dry wheat
bran-s pound or two to twenty five
pounds of bran is a suitable proper
tion-with water enough, sweetened
with molasses to form mash suffi-
ciently stiff to be dipped out without
dripping. This is distributed,
large tablespoonful in place along
the row Of plants, beginning while
they are still very young. Dry bran
is poisoned by first dampening the
bran very slightly with sweetened
water and adding the paris green
one pound Of the poison to so Of
bran-shaking it on little at time
and stirring it in until the whole
mass is evenly mixed. This poison
ed mixture may be conveniently dis
tributed by the use of seed drill,
filling the seed box and running
lines close to the rows. As com
psrstively crude but more rapid
method for use on a large scale, al
fslfa or Aeshy weeds may be spray
Ell with paris green.-Ex.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
Failure Of 4 Panacea.

professed reformers everywhere
constantly advocate "the initiative
and referendum" as panacea for
political ills and Legislative short
comings. Let the people make their
laws with their own hand. argue the
reformers in substance, and every
body will be happy.
For four years the people Of South
Dakota have had full set of these
remedies in their political medicine
chest. They could initiate legisls.
tion. Five per cent of the voters
could suspend the operation of any
new law and compel its reference to
tho people at the next general cleo
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

MIR. Hitchcock, secretary OF the in.
terror, who has developed q strong
interest in irrigation, is stated to be
preparing report to the president,
endorsing system Of irrigation
dams for the arid lands OF the west
and recommending Legislation by
congress along this line. The west
tern trip made by the presidential
party graphically demonstrated To
the members the great need Of irri
CATION dams, and showed the benefits
derived from the work already &C
complished. It has been further in.
timated at Washington that in his
forthcoming message to congress
the president will recommend sn sp-
preparation for the construction Of
storage reservoirs in the arid west.-
Ex.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

The Denver News invited cir.
culation contest with the Denver
Post, and in contest before com
mittee chosen by the plan laid down
by the News, it was clearly outclass-
ed. In the issue of the News which
contained the report of the commit
tees finding it had card announc-
ing that the News had double the
circulation of any Denver paper. 1t
was Just another case of the ruling
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

The Rocky Ford Republican is
again on our desk As Editor
Springer has prohibited us saying
anything about the Phoenix, we will
say that he stands fire like a sala
mander. The paper is enlarged and
much improved notwithstanding
his heavy loss by the fire, and it is a
splendid evidence OF the enterprise
both of Mr.. Springer and the Rocky
Ford business men.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
To Destroy sugar Beet Enemies.

When the beets are small arseni
cal poisons may be applied to kill
the worms by mixing one part by
weight of paris green with twenty
parts of flour and busting over the
plants before sunrise on q dewy
morning. This application may, il
more convenient, be made while the
leaves are moist from a recent show
er. To apply the poison make q
small cheesecloth sack about five in
ches in diameter and ten inches deep.
Fill it with the mixture of poison
and flour and walk along row of
plants shaking the sack over them.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

Another great flood catastrophe
hrs occurred. This time it is the
West Virginia coal regions, and the
loss Of both life and property is said
to be fearful. 1t will be some
days before anything like an ade-
quste account can be obtained of the
losses.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
j. M. JOHNSTON
How have the South Dskotans

ton. How have the South Dakotans
used these privileges?
In four years they have not initial,
ed single law. And the solitary
attempt to induce them to suspend
law and thus compel its reference
has Just resulted in a farcical failure.
Ninety six per cent of the voters re-
fused to question their Legislators
Judgment.
The South Dakota Legislature at
its recent session passed two acts
whose wisdom seemed rather gener.
ally questioned. Upon these acts
the advocates of "direct Legislation"
seized az chance to demonstrate
the value and power of their pet
theory. They had ninety days in
which to secure the required 5 per
cent Of petitioners to suspend and
refer these acts.
The "direct legislation clubs"
worked hard. They had valuable
assistance from the press. But
when the names on the petitions
were counted last week it was found
that only 4 per cent Of the voters
cared enough either for the particular
issue or the general principle to
sign them. Either the laws in cues.
ton are approved by 90 per cent of
the votois, or that proportion care
SO little about making their own
laws that they refuse an opportuni
ty to do 80.
The South Dakota experience sim.
ply illustrates the truth of the old
say ing about leading horse to wa
ter and then making him drinx. No
legal legerdemain can make the aver
age citizen take more interest in pub.
lie affairs than he is naturally dis
posed to take in them So long as
fully one third of the country's adult
males are with the greatest Difficult.
ty aroused to express an opinion be.
tween living candidates, the futility
of demanding that they decide be.
tween abstract principles not direct
ly affecting their personal interests
would seem self-evident. Yet a.
gainst this stone wall of human ma
ture reformers continually butt their
heads.
"Direct legislation" may work in
small and compact states like Switz-
erland, bnt in large ones with diver
sitied interests it is an evident fail.
ure. In such cases the wisest course
is for the people to elect the best
representatives they can and hold
them accountable for results, with.
out trying to supervise details too
closely. That is just what the
American people have been doing
for a century with conspicuous sue.
cess. The more they see of attempts
to depart from that policy the more
inclined are they to stick to ways
proved good by experience. Chica-
60 Inter Ocean.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

Seldom has better chance for
'stay at home travelling" been offer.
ed than in The Ladies' Home Jour
nal for July. From West Point, ss
pictured by George Gibbs on the
cover, readers may 60 with W. L.
Taylor to see IA Busy Boston Street
at High Noon"; next try "Goin'
Fishin' with Joe Jefferson" in Flori
da; then travel out West with Ernest
Seton Thompson to see "The Mothe,
Teal and the Overland Route: neat
60 along the Atlantic Coast to find
out how the places "Where Gu,
Country Began" look today; then
seek Northern Michigan to hear
THE Story of a Maple Tree" BY
William Davenport Hubert; next
visit an Eastern magazine editors
office and enjoy the good humored
raillery of "The Case Against the
Editor" by Edward Box; and final
ly see what "The Country of Sheri-
dams Ride" looks like now days.
There are many other articles of
equal interest on various subjects.
By The Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia. One dollar a year;
ten cents copy.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

Attorney General Post says that
if the revenue bill is defeated the
legislature will be called together to
pass worse one. They can't do it.
1t is impossible.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

In Boston they are preparing to
hold a five day discussion ON the
subject of Immortality" II this
weather is to be continued in the
next-as it most likely will be for
most Of us-we are not at all partic-
ular about immortality.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

Eastern parents are looking an1
iously for boy who is said to have
left Colorado Springs with $75 and
not have been heard from since.
There is no need of anxiety, boy
who can get out of the Springs with
$75 is able to take care of himself
any place.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

Senators Quay and Platt have fol-
lowed Mckinley in announcing that
they will not accept another term.
1t is needless to add they are repub-
licans.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

The Commoner says the supreme
court has made Mckinley emperor.
Mr.. Bryan need not fret, it leaves
the job of "fool' still open, and he
has distanced all competitors.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

This country is just now engaged
in atariff war with Russia. Uncle Sam
is getting 80 gay these days that he
has to hunt some sort Of excitement
lust to amuse himself.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

Hon. Chas. Towne, late Of Min
nesota, and who did brief engage
ment as tail to Brysn's kite, has join
ed the oil octopus. II must be lone
some in the Commoner office these
days.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

Bryan announces that he is per-
sonally opposed to the organizing Of
any more new parties. Not being
an octopus he cannot get his limit
ed number Of feet on any more plat
forms.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

The entire country has been at
fever heat this week, in spite of the
fact that the South Carolina sena-
torial campaign has been postponed
until next year.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

Carrie Nations hstchet is as good
at cutting knots as at smashing So
looms. The old man is now suing
for divorce. ~.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

To THE EDIroR:- Responding to what
would seem the best republican senti-
ment expressed to me with much unanim,
ity, am constrained to announce that
have consented to permit my name to be
submitted to the next county republican
convention for the office OF county judge
of our county. Respectfully,
L. f. BLODGETT.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26

passion. Patterson cannot tell the
truth even when his lies are contra.
dicted by the news columns of his
own paper.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Notices OF candidates for office will be
published under this head Tor eo.oo,
strictly cash in advance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-11-14
EDNA BATES s1EG DIVORCED
Former Kenosha Couple Settle Domestic
Difficulties in Courts of Chicago

The friends of Mrs. Edna Bates
Sieg, at one time president of the Sieg-
Walpole company, have been quietly
notified that Mrs. Sieg recently APP
peared before the courts of Chicago
and secured decree of absolute di-
vorce from her husband Charles H.
Sieg, on the grounds of non-support
and neglect. The case was so quietly
that no mention of it had been made
among the friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sieg in Kenosha, and the announce
ment of the separation which is being
made today has caused considerable
comment among the 'smart set' in
the city. Since Mr.. and Mrs. Sieg
left Kenosha two years ago they have
been making their home in Chicago,
and Mrs. Sieg has spent a large por-
ton of her time with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Duke Bates. At the time of
the fling of the petition for divorce,
it was reported that Mr.. Sieg would
fight the case and number of Keno
sha people were called to Chicago to
give testimony when the case came up
before Judge Tuthil in the circuit
court. When the case was called
few days ago Mr.. Sieg failed to ap-.
pear and the decree was granted by
default. BY the judgment of the
court Mrs. Sieg will take the name of
Edna Bates Sieg, and she will have
the custody of her son, Sam.
Mrs Sieg made no claim for alimony
against her former husband, and none
was granted. AS soon as the decree
was granted Mrs. Sieg and her son
left for New York, where the former
wife has accepted position as stenog-
rapher in the office of we'll known
New York attorney.
Mr.. Sieg is still in Chicago. Since
he left Kenosha he has met with
number of reverses in business, and
with his brother, Morton Sieg, he will
now go to Oklahoma to open up, new
store In new country.