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THE 30 VSERS' PIANO
THE OLD MAN DlSLlKEs THE WAY
MRS. BCWsER HANDLES IT.

He Tmdulges I'm a Lecture on Acous-
ties and Comes to Grief In Turning
Things Upside Down Trying to Lo-
cate the Alleged Dfscord.
copyright, 1901, by c. D. Lewis
Not being much Of a musician, and
knowing that Mr.. Bowser has no love
for the strains Of piano, Mrs Bowser
seldom touches the instrument when
he is about. The other evening, how
ever, he came home to find her play
ing, and after minute she saw him
look up at the ceiling, at the opposite
wall and around the room In an inquir-
ing sort Of way, and she instinctively
felt that something was about to hap
pen. He had nothing to say just then,
but at the dinner table he suddenly
paused with knife in one hand and fork
In the other to observe:
i TT is singular thing. mighty sim
gular thing. and can't understand
how have neglected it."
What is itr' she queried.
'sWe have lived In this house for ten
years, and for ten years we have had
a piano. and yet have paid no atten-
ton to the matter of acoustics. 1t was
only this evening that felt the dis
cord"
us there anything wrong with the
piano?"
Perhaps not; but 1t must be moved
at once to a different position. We win
experiment little and correct the dis
cord. AS ! said, can't understand
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noinr Hia nest.

In the early morning l went to the
postoffice in an Alabama town to In,
quire for mail, but found l was hal.
an hour too early. was walking away
when the colored janitor who was
sweeping out called to me and asked:
"Was yo' procrastinatin' around yere
arter yo'r mail, sah?"
Eyes. but l see I'm too early"
eyes. sab, too airly. An was yo' q
stranger in dis town.
Eyes"
"An' hain't yo' no one to talk TOT"
mo"
''Den, sab, If yo' don't keer to elimi-
nate about de street fur half an hour
yo' can stop right we're, an I'll do my
best to considerable de reciprocity Of de
situashun an make yo' feel to homer
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Notice to Creditors.


E3H'H'V Ut II HIIy v FtUy. UtCtHbtWs
OURS mt to the order of the Surrogate of
i the County of Morris, made on the 18th Of
Oct, A. d., one Thousand nine hundred and
Que. noiireis hereby given to all persons having
claims against the estate Of Harry @. Roy.
late IF the County of Morris deceased,
70 present the same under oath or affirmation,
TO the subscribers, on or before the Nine
ttenih day of July next, being Nine
Months from the date of said order; and any
Creditor neglecting 10 bring In and exhibit his,
her or their claim. under oath or affirmation,
within The lime SO limited will be forever
barred of his. her or their action therefore
against the Executors.
Dated e 18th day of October A. n. 1901
THE MORkISTOWN Tx UST COMPANY,
LILLE e. Roy,
Executor,
1908 Morristown, N. ].
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate Of Andrew Bav, deceased.

N17''1u U1 1RIIu1c" 7K1NV' ueN ef1aeu'
PURSUANT to the order of the SURROGATE Of
l. the County of Morris. made on the 9th
day of October, A. D., one thousand uine
hundred and one. notice is hereby given to all
5er-ons having claims agAinet the estate OF
Andrew Bay, late of the County of Morris. de-
affirmation, to the subscriber on or before the
~ tn day OF July next, being Nine Months
from the date of said order; and any Creditor
neVieciing TO bring In and exhibit his, her or
their Claim, un err ath or affirmation. within
the time 30 limited. will be forever barred OF
lis. her or their action therefor against the
Administrators.
Dated The ninth day of October. A. D., 1901
MARY A. BAY. MOrri,town, N j.,
HARRY DALEY, Brooklyn, NY.
3d70 Administrators.
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A civil word.

A French king once said: IF civil
word or two will make man happy,
he must be a churl indeed who would
not give them to him." If this feeling
were acted on. how much happier the
world would be! We may say Of this
kindly temper that it is like lighting
another mans candle by ones own,
which loses none of its light by what
the other gains.
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Mrs. Rowser said no more. She knew
that piano would be moved If it took
twenty horses to do it, and she finished
her meal in silence and wondered what
the damages would amount to. Mr..
Bowser expatiated at length on acous-
tics and the benefits to be derived by
student Of them. and as dinner was
ended be removed his coat and vest,
collar and cuffs. and stood In the mid
die Of the room and said:
''lt's no wonder there is a discord.
The tones of the piano strike the wall
and rebound. We have got the book
case where the plano ought to be. I'll
make the change In five minutes"
"But you ought to have help" pro-
tested Mrs. Bowser.
.Neyer mind the help. The first thing
Is to haul that bookcase out of the
way. You'd better take care Of that
blamed old cat or she'll get hurt"
1t was an old fashioned bookcase
with a couple of hundred books In 1t.
Instead of removing the books. Mr..
Bowser tackled the job at wholesale.
and of course he hadn't got the thing
fairly clear Of the wall where It had
rested for years, when caster fell out
and the case toppled over with crash
that shook the house from top to bot
tom. He escaped by jumping over
chair. and the cat just missed 1t by
long leap. and when Mrs. Bowser sug-
gested calling In man to help she was
met with:
when don't know enough TO run O
bookcase, III apply for admission to an
idiot asyluml If you hadn't been fool
ing around here 1t never would have
happened. Go up stairs and let me
conduct this job in my own way"
The cook came TO the head Of the
basement stairs to see II the roof had
Tile draining removes any excess OF
moisture in wet time from the land
and conserves the moisture In the soil
In a dry time. This seems like para
doxical statement, yet it is nevertheless
true, as any one may note on field SO
drained.
The butchering Of d pig in Mis-
souri, community on Sunday. because
Of the laundering manner In which the
Job was done and the great noise made
by the pig. set In operation the pro-
visions Of a Sunday law and resulted
In the pig killers arrest.
Fl
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Leave Morrlsrown, for all stations to White
house, D.. L. d w. Station, $40 a. M; sos y.
m Park Place at $50 a. m. and DIS p. M,
Watnong Station, 8. 10 q. m. and 5.30p m.
Leave Brookside for Morristown. 7.l6 q. m.
and 800 p. M; for Whitehouse, $50 q. m. and
5. p. m.
Leave Mendham for Morristown, 2. 06 aim.
and 8.05 p. M; for Whitehouse, 1905 a. m. and
5.66 p. m.
Leave Whitehouse for Morristown, 800 q. m.
and 100 o. m. Arrive at Whitehouse from
Morristown, II. 40 a. m. and ZOO D. m.
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TO WHOM II MAY CONCERN.

NOTICE is hereby given that I, William N.
IN Rapp of the Township OF Rockaway Nor
ris County N j.. will maze application 10 the
day Of December next. 10 have the license
granted to George w. GARNER In the term of
May last past to keep an Inn and Tavern In
the Township of kockaway In said County
tran ferred to me for the unexpired term
thereof
ated November 81, 1901.
3l55 WILLIAM N. RAPP.
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WE PAY $40 A WEEK s sn1 m sSD' R RsTs
rigs to introduce Poultry Compound. Inter
national Mfg. Co.. Parsons. Nan. 3l6S
UNDERTAKING AND FUNERAL
FURNISHING.

James Cook of Hanover, makes the
following announcement, that dis
count of 10 to 30 per cent. will be al
lowed on all funeral goods furnished by
him from undertakers regular prices.
The very best service guaranteed in
Guiding free telephone service to OBJ.
Hanover. rubber-tired vehicles, also
casket lowering device. Chairs furnish
at weddings and parties.
No extra charge for distance. 3o54
JAMES COOK.
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A snrreation.

Mrs. Hauskeep-The dishes you have
put on the table of late, Bridget, have
been positively dirty. Now. some
things got TO be done about 1t.
Bridget Yis. mum. Av We only had
dark colored vans. mum. they would
NOT show the dirt at all.-Philadelphia
T1roco
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NOTICE or SETTLEMENT.

Naiice ia hereby given that the accounts OF
the Subscribers, Executors ~ Charles Y. swan,
deceased will be audited nj sta Ell by the
Surrogate amt reported for ttl.ment 10 The
Orphans Court OF The County of Mnrri-, on
Frida,, the sixth dav If December next
Dated October 3d. 1891
LARA q. SWAN
STEPHEN Ii. little.
sl0l Exncuyors
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straightforward.

He-You mustn't believe every beg.
gar who comes to your door.
Ehe-But this was no common beggar.
He was a sea captain who had lost ev-
erything in shipwreck.
He-How do you know he was?
She-He told a straightforward story
about how his ship went to pieces on
the coast Of Switzerland. Philadelphia
Press.
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There is no surer beginning for
home than simple furnishing. In sim
plicity lie safety, reason and art. There
is nothing finer nor higher. 1t Is SUI
preme.-Ladies' Home Journal.
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Time table for passenger service in effect
March 20. 1899.
Trains leave Whippany for Morristown. 100
a. M; 5.42 p. m, except Saturday; 3O and
$50 D. M. Saturday only.
Trains leave Morristown for Whippany. .45
and 8.45 an: sos and $50 D IN. Saturday only
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Sunday Trains.

Through service West-No 400 leaves 1888
q. M, runs throu h to Easton, connecting
there with Central Railroad of New JERSEY
and Lehigh Valley Railway; connects at
Denville for Boonton Branch; at Dover for
Binghamton and intermediate points: at Stan
hope for Sussex Branch; at Washington with
the Lackawanna Limited for Buffalo and all
through to st. Louis Observation car to Buff
fall; dining car to Buffalo.
No. 1856 leaves $40 a. M, runs through to
Chester.
No. $50 leaves 1877 p. M, runs through to
Branch; at Dover for Phillipsburg and inter-
mediate stations.
No. 55, 3:04 p. m stops for passengers going
to Scranton and West thereof. Pullman
sleeper. and coach on this train runs through
to Chicago. Dining car to Binghampton.
No. 4o5 leaves 4:40 .. M, runs through to
Easton; connects with Central Railro ID of
New Jersey and Lehigh Valley Railway.
No. 1858 leaves 1854 .. no.; connects at Dem
Vile for Boonton Branch; at Dover for Ches-
ter Branch.
No 1857 leaves $40 p. m, runs through to
Newton: connects at Dover with fast train for
the West; through sleeper TO Chicago; sleeper
- Buffalo; passengers can remain In this
sleeper until q, m; dining car to Strouds-
burg.
No. 8s9 leaves 7:2s p. M. runs through to
Hackettstown; connects at Stanhope for New
ton
No. 81 leaves $3.50 p. M; connects at
Dover with solid vestibuled train for the West,
having THROUGH sleeper to Utica, Oswego,
Ithaca and Buffalo.
Tickets are sold to ALI points in the United
States.
For information call on d. J: White. Ticket
Agent. Morristown. N. j.; Guy Adams. Di-
vision Passenger Agent. Newark, N. j.; T. W.
Lee, General Passenger Agent, 20 Exchange
Place, New York.
T. w. LEE
General Passenger Agent
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When you have anything to say in
! business Office, fire and fall back
Four surplus talking should be done
a a parlor, Atchison Globe.
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slow Payer.

Magistrate Ito the Chinaman)-Wha
your complaint against this young man,
John?
Chinaman-He's too muchee by and
bY.-Baltimore Jewish Comment.
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wouldn't Answer the Purpose.
.sNo." said the patent medicine man.
'that circular won't do at ALL"
"Why not?" asked the assistant.
"You haven't enough symptoms in
corporated in it" was the reply. "Why,
1t would be possible for real healthy
man to read it without being convinced
that there was anything serious the
matter with him."-Chicago Post.
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CARDS. CARDSl CARDsl

Your name in white ink on black cards IS
the latest thing out. 1t is snowy, attractive,
beautiful and up-te date.
Send IS cents for one dozen cards In various
combinations unexcelled by any penman, or
IL cents for six cards No cheap work sent
out Address
II. WEISS.
Pepman.
Morristown. N. ].
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d. M. COMPTON,
Carpenter and Builder.

Jobb.ng Speciality. Prompt and Personal at
teniion given to all orders. Residences and
Shops No. 8 Harrison St. MOrristown. Nj
Telephone as4f. $40
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No Facilities.

He Exactly. .sWhy don't YOU go
But If 1t aims home and get warm.
at something little boy?"
else 1t Is more Cause we live In
likely to bit err steam heated fat
that. = Phila- lady" : New York
delphia Press. Journal.
We watched big raft Of pine logs
going down the upper waters of the
Mississippi river recently and was
greatly surprised to note the wonderful
shrlnkage In the size Of the logs being
cut and RATED to supply the mills OF
the northwest. These logs would not
have been called saw logs forty years
ago, most Of them being Of diameter
Of from ten to sixteen inches and fear
fully knotty and crooked at that. See
ing the logs, it was very easy to I'M
derstand why the quality Of the lunl-
Der in use today has 50 greatly dete-
riorated
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Some peach growers in California
Rkin their peaches by rapid handling in
I've baths.
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womanlike.

womanlike.
Hell think d
woman's club,
to be success
full. should aim
at something
far removed
from " female
suffrage"
She = I can't
agree with you.
l believe that
should be Its
sole object.
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saturday only. Except Sunday. SExcept
Monday. Except Sunday night.
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Between The Eiehth Ward Building and Loan
Association G. mplainHnf, and Caroline w !,
II hitting. Robert M, Hunting ana He ry 5
Agar defendants. FL ia for sale IT mort
gated premises. Returuable to February
Term. A. ID 1879
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CHARLES a. BAKERs
~her1ff
Chronicle and Jerseyman, Pr sl2oO- slAl
New Ulm review., 1901-06-26

JUoK the piece and ate. She carved
off a portion for herself. too, and ate
with good appetite. Then handed
take drink.
Don't be afraid, . said ''I took
that water out of q clear brook in the
wilderness, and the land through which
it flowed belonged to God, not to any
Englishman or Tory. .
But how about the canteen?'' she,
asked Did you steal that from any
English soldier or take it by violence.
which is worse?'
showed her the name of the maker,
Boston man, upon it.
A vile rebel town, the worst of them
all, she said
But she took good drink out of it,
and when she handed it back to me
initiated her example. Then, while the
fire cracked and blazed higher and the
circle OF light widened and the darkness
beyond it thickened, we ate and drank
and grew cheerful had defeated all
her attempts, and tomorrow I would
find Morgan and give her into other
hands and be rid Of all my troubles, yet,
I was compelled to admit once again
that she was very beautiful with the.
freight Pickering and playing over her
face and hair, but all the world knows,
as have said, that the handsome wom-
en- are the most dangerous, the most;
cunning, and / was on my guard against
any new attempt of hers to escape.
Still. when / looked around at the
blackness of the night and heard the
sigh of the cold wind above the crac-
king of the fire, did not think that she
would dare to attempt it. / knew no
woman who would venture alone on a
winter night into that uncanny wilder
ness, and, knowing it, felt easy.
New Ulm review., 1901-06-26

Wish to raIK TO ner. one used woros
only to inveigle me into some incau-
tious mood. But it was necessary for me
to tell her to dismount in order that I
might change saddles again, as did
not intend to give her another such op-
portunity. I did not offer to assist her,
having had enough Of that, but stood
beside the brown hack, watching her
with look that was now strictly mill
tary.
why don't you help me DOWN." she
said angrily. Have you no courtesy
for lady?''
'You have declined such assistance
from a rebel before, I" said in reply to
her unexpected question.
tAnd decline again. You needn It
offer it, = she said abruptly, springing to
the ground, when I had no thought of
offering it.
AS soon as she was off his back Old
Put showed the greatest distrust of her
and aversion. He shied as far away
from her as my hold on his bride would
let him, and his big, dark eyes shone
"Ao1h "1SaOI1. was IS n1u
come back to his senses, and he, like l.
should have known her thoroughly from
the first and always.
We don't intend to be deceived by
her again, do we, old comrade?'' said I
to him.
He nodded his head in emphatic fash
ion, and his big eye winked intelligent
Ivy, 1To,. - 49,
no other notice
Look well at this lady, Put" l
said. DO you note her?''
He nodded.
She's English, we're Americans
and therefore she's an enemy and not to
be trusted Watch her we'll, I con-
tinued.
He nodded violently.
Now, Miss Howard, said severe
", "I've changed those saddles, and
they are ready for our use when we
need them, but meanwhile we'll walk
again, as we've tired our horses out for
the second time, and all your fault too .
She said nothing, but walked on in
the way which I had indicated, keeping
! eight or ten feet from me. She had
ceased to cry and had given her features
fixed and angry set.
I was troubled greatly. We had
wasted SO much time over her futile
efforts to escape that the problem Of a
nights shelter had grown more diff
cult and pressing, and intended that
my attention should not be diverted
from it again. Therefore would take
precautions. I drew from my pocket a
long silk handkerchief, trophy of the
Monmouth campaign, which had pre-
served with great care.
Hold out your hands, !" I said.
What would you do?'' she asked,
turning upon me a look of fire.
But | was firm. My experience had
| been too great
Hold out your hands, . repeated.
II intend to bind them together. You
play too many tricks.
You are not gentleman. -
You have told me that three or four
times already. It won't bear further
repetition. y
will not submit to such a thing. !"
Then will have to use force, which
will make it much more unpleasant for
you.
I hated to do what had planned. It
was rude and severe, but then there are
few who have had women prisoners
like mine, and consequently there are
few who are in position to judge me.
! prefer greatly to deal with the regular
forces, but in this case I had no choice,
and SO strengthened my will and pro-
ceeded
Hold out your wrists / renaated.
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MY. CAPTIV E.
By JOSEPH A. ALTsHELER,
Author of "A Soldier of Manhattan" !"
"The Sun of Saratoga" Etc.
copyright, 1900, by Joseph A. Altshele-1
tCoNTINuED.1i
CHAPTER III,
THE MERIT OF A GOOD HORSE

THE MERIT OF A GOOD HORSE.
/ paused, not to swear this time, but
for momentary reflection on the vani-
ty OF man and the deceitfulness of wom-
an in taking advantage of it, and then I
sprang upon the back Of that old brown
hack-confound him for an army mule
without the ears !-and gave chase.
had no switch or whip, but I roweled
him and kicked him in the sides until |
frightened him into a greater speed than
he or any one else believed to dwell
within his long frame. He gave wild
snort and we plunged after the fleet
girl, rocking and swaying Ikea boat in
stormy sea, but even with such exer-
t1on he could not compare with Old Put.
Despite the anxiety of the moment,
noted his inferiority with some pride,
but then 1 remembered how much de-
pended upon the success Of the pursuit,
and | continued to urge on my own
mount.
Strive and strain as we could and
ride and thump as would with all my
arms and legs, we lost ground rapidly.
The girl turned her head once to look
at me, and thought saw look Of
triumph on her face, but I suppose it
was my imagination which was indus
triously tormenting me just then. I
groaned at the certainty Of her escape,
and then hope seized me, for I remem-
bered suddenly that I, too, had trick
to play. Old Put and I possessed a COM
mon language in which we often talked,
with perfect understanding. I put two
fingers to my lips and blew between
them a long, shrill whistle, which cut
the air and travelled like the scream of
a fife. 1t was request, a command
even, to him to stop and wait for me-
He twisted his long neck in the manner
of one listening, looking back at me to
see what meant, but he went on,
though with slightly diminished speed.
his manner indicating that he was un-
certain what had said.
The girl was belaboring him with
the switch. for abe must have noticed
his decreasing gait. whistled again,
and as Old Puts pace sank to a trot
she beat him fercely with the switch
a third whistle, and Old Put, now in
perfect accord with me, stopped stock
still; not only that, but he faced about
and neighed joyously. The girl threw
the remains of her switch upon the
ground and began to cry, not pitifully,
but angrily, fercely. rode up slowly
and held out my hand to Old Put, who
rubbed his nose against it. He knew
his master and best friend Never had
beaten him, and now there were
stripes and welts on his side where she
had pounded him with switch, or
rather stick
'fWhy did you not tell me what sort
of a horse he was, " she cried, and
then I would not have made myself
look SO ridiculous, sitting here as if /
had been tied and waiting for you to
come up?''
miss Howard, . said I in some as
constituent, do you expect me to show
you the way to escape?"
"I do not expect anything from you,
a REBEL" she said. "Do not speak to
me again.
ALI right: that suited me. did not