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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-02
LOVE AMONG sAVAGEs.
Ability to Stand Torture a Test of
Masculine Devotion.

Ability to Stand Torture a Test of
Masculine Devotion.
Among the Arabs of upper Egypt the
youth who proposes to a girl must sub
NIT to whipping at the hands of all
her male relatives, and, says dry
narrator, "if he wishes to be consider
ed worth having he must receive the
chatisement, which is sometimes eX-
ceedingly severe, with an expression
of enjoyment"
Not infrequently it is the maiden her
self who imposes the test The Saka-
lava girls of Madagascar make their
lovers stand at a short distance from a
clever spear thrower and catch be-
tween the arm and side every weapon
flung at them. If the youth displays
fear or fails to catch the spear he is
ANONYMOUSLY rejected, but if there be
no fiinching and the spears are caught
he is at once proclaimed an accepted
lover
Worse than this is the trial enforced
upon their suitors by the Dongolowee
girls. When in doubt as to the respec-
tive merits of two rivals, the young la
dy fastens a sharply pointed knife to
each elbow; then, seating herself be-
tween her lovers, she drives the blades
slowly into their thighs, and the hero
who takes the greatest length of steel
without a murmur wins the bride.
Major Mitchell in his Expeditions
Into the Interior of Eastern Australia"
says of the natives on the river Darling
that all their ideas of fighting are as
ISOLATED with the possession of gins or
wives and that after battle the wives
do not always follow their fugitive
husbands from the field, but frequently
go over, as a matter of course, to the
victors." "None but the brave deserve
the fair" is a maxim well understood
of most barbaric races. = Chambers
JOurnal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-02
LONGITUDE a nuNDRED.

We are in receipt of several inquiries
as to the wisdom of investing in cheap
lands which lie bordering the line Of
longitude 100 degrees west and latitude
from AZ to 40 north. If we correctly
understand the topography, rainfall
and climatic conditions of the territory
referred to--and we think that we do,
conditions PERSONAL---VERY. are firmly
of the opinion that agriculture - the
growing of the common cereal crops of
the country and its grasses and roots
as practiced in all the older settled por-
tons of the country is not, taking a Sc
ries of years, Il safe business PROPOSE
ton. The country has its uses, but
they are not in the line indicated.
There are just two conditions which
are constantly liable to defeat mans
best work in the effort to raise crop
an uncertain and deficient rainfall and
which may be added incidentally a
greater liability to loss by hail than in
any other section of the country. The
soil is exceedingly fertile and respon-
sive, but the drawbacks referred to are
a normal attribute of that section and
such as will never be modified or re-
moved by settlement and the cultiya-
ton Of the soil. This country is one Of
the best sheep sections in the United
States. 1t is also a good cattle country,
and fine horses can be raised there,
and it's uses lie on these lines, The val
ne Of these lands must therefore be
based upon what they may be worth
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-02
Do You Possess Pearls.

If you happen to be one of those for
tunate people who possess real pearls,
wear them constantly. In this way you
will prevent their being spoiled by a
wicked little microbe which is said to
attack them when they are laid away.
This little parasite eats through the
outer coating of the pearl, completely
destroying its lovely shine and leaving
only the dull substance beneath, says
Home Notes.
Some fair owners of pearls, so the
tale goes, wear their necklaces always,
even at night, in order to protect them
from their microscopic foes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-02
Liked Her Eirsf Peen

The young Princess of the Asturias
has gone back to Madrid delighted, it
seems, with her visit to Paris, her first
little peep into the outside world.
Prince Charles of Bourbon, who at his
marriage was made Prince of the AS
turias, is in appearance the ideal
prince, handsome in face and stature,
noble in bearing and supremacy dis
tingue. On the day of his visit to the
president at the Elysee a crowd had
gathered, las usual, to see the presidents
guest as the carriages drove out of the
great gate. At sight of the prince
a great murmur of admiration rose and
greeted him as a spontaneous tribute
The princess has shed those simple, al
most childish gowns that the queen
regent held her to to the very last, and
she appeared in the elegance of a
young married woman, embellished
too, by her look of radiant happiness.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-02
"rhe way to win n woman, ),

The first thing, woman wants to be
well treated; once in awhile she wants
to be petted; the third thing, she wants
to be admired; the fourth, she never
wants to be contradlcted.-Dr Pepper.
The one bird which has far more
than paid his way in our orchard this
season Is the catbird. Morning and
night when he was counting, when he
got to housekeeping, and long after his
family was gone, has he sung his arias.
The robins have been Intermittent, the
orioles only players at one night
stand, but the catbird has been always
ready to sing, like the soprano in vii
lage choir.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-02
FolLED BY HIS OWN TRICK.
scheme For Selling a Farm and Its
DRAMATIC Climax.


"Some years ago" said the narrator,
"an oil boom hit Litchfield, Ills, and
everybody for miles around was seen
shifting for oil and every stranger sus
pected of being an expert looking for a
good thing. An old farmer named Loo
mis- had big place three miles out of
town, which would have been a fortune
for him had he not been possessed of a
mania for swapping, manifest in a per-
ennial attempt to trade off his land
for twice it's value
when the boom was at the top notch,
Loomis received visitor who took SO
much interest in the farm, so liked it's
appearance, location, ETC., that the old
farmer scented a petroleum man and
saw visions of incalculable wealth;
but, being a shrewd man, Loomis did
not care to take any unnecessary
chances with Providence, and on the
quiet he sent the hired man out the
back way with orders to dump the kerr
osene can into the well. The visitor
liked the entire place, inspected the
barn, the chicken yard and then. as if
by chance, asked for drink of water.
."Loomis was waiting for that and
hauled up trimming bucket before
the mans own eyes and poured him out
gourdful of liquid with fine, opa-
lescent scum upon it. The visitor smell
ed the stuff, tasted it, made wry face
and asked if the water was always like
that. oh, yes said Loomis, but you
soon get accustomed to the taste, and
our doctor says this is the finest water
on earth for the stomach We'll,
am ding DANCED if I'll ever get used to
it, was the unexpected response. L
am looking for a farm, not an oil we'll,
and if | have got to haul my drinking
water three miles from Litchfield
guess I'd rather buy nearer town.
at took LOOMS six months to get the
taste of oil out of his well, and by that
time the boom was over, and nothing
was left of the oil craze but rotting der
ricks and abandoned shafts."-New Or
leans Times-Democrat
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-02

A nice girl may teach school for four
or five years, but after that she will
grow older faster as teacher than she
would as a wife and a mother.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-02
Indian Terrltorx Federntion.

At the third annual meeting of the
Oklahoma and Indian Territory Fed
GRAFTON held recently Mrs. j. G. Terrell,
ex-president of the Texas Federation,
gave an address ON "The Danger Line"
She took the opportunity to warn club
women and mothers against scattering
their forces, counseling moderation and
concentration in all lines of work. The
president of the federation reported
that the organization has now devel-
oped membership of 40 clubs and over
1000 women. The sending out of trav-
cling libraries into the sparsely settled
country is one of the leading features
of their work
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-02

If one will take map of northern
Asia and trace out the route of the
new Siberian railway, it will be found
that it traverses a latitude similar to
that occupied by our northern states
and were climatic and soil conditions
the same as here vast empire where
the common cereals might be produced
in almost unlimited quantity would
soon be open to settlement, but much
of this continent occupies such an ele-
waited plane that only in places, often
few and far between, can crops be sue
cessfully grown, the great elevation
from 10000 to $4,000 feet converting
the land into an arctic and barren des-
ert. The cereal producers of this coun-
try have nothing to fear from Siberian
competition.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-02

Il understand that young man who
calls on YOU" said old Mr.. Straitlace,
wants to become an actor"
Eyes" replied his fair daughter, "he
does think of appearing before the foot
lights"
"Humph! The next time he calls
you'd better warn him to think of dis
appearing before the foot lights."-
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-02
There is much community Of interest

There is much community of interest
among nearly all birds. The other day,
seeking to place a young blue jay just
out of the nest where some proving
house cat could not get it, it's cries
quickly brought 10 or 20 jays to its
rescue, and they were all fun Of fight,
but it may be noted that this bond of
sympathy is confined exclusively to the
variety Of bird which may be in dan
ger, other kinds seeming to care Moth
ing about the trouble.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-02
A Good Cricketer.

Dr. W. G. Grace was once giving a
brilliant batting display at the oval.
and one of the spectators observed to
his friend: Ibid you ever see anything
like it? Why, he puts 'em wherever he
likes" "Well," said the other, tits all
practice always at 1.-THE doesn't
waste any Of his time over family
prayers."-C. w Alcock's Cricket Sto-
ries."
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-02

Host-So sorry you have to be going.
Guest-Indeed, am too. BY the way,
I'm not sure about my train. It's 8
something, but
Hosts Eldest-Its 9;32. Pa said he
hoped you'd take that one.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-02-08

issd. TO win her. A. . wise general
would do preparatory to assauiuns .
citadel. I made . plan. II Vas simple
enough. II wss 10 tell her that New
Kirk was dssd. That would leave IL
deld cieas. IN her moment Of bersave-
msat I would naturally - the one
man 70 whom she would turn for o.
ISOLATION. The rest would be easy.
I broke the Sad news TO her n day
while we were stroiling along the
clifs. She didn't take II much to
heart, and I feared for my success.
Women are so much more coniding
In times Of grief. II Wa too late TO
change the plan then. did the best
! could. I held her hand. I pressed Il
TO my lips. I muttered things % tender
that they escaped my articulation.
When I thought there wa nothing
proper left for me 70 do but jump
over the elf and hope they would
find my body. she turned TO me
with an EXPRESSION Of tenderness In
her great brown eyes that filled my
soul with Joy.
And you love me. Madelaine7" I
sighed.
Il have loved you with all my heart
for a long. long time. JOHN she
whispered.
There We piishted our troth. The
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-02-08
TL0Rv AT the WHITE HOUSE.

Washington, ID. c., February 2.-Mr.
+. a. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior,
aud Messrs. Pearce, Bartholdt and Joy ac-
companied Mr. Joseph Flory in Il call OH the
President this morning. As soon as the
President heard who were his visitors he i'll
vited them into his private office and receiv-
ed them most courteously. They explained
to the chief executive that they came to urge
preferment for Mr.. Flory. Mr.. Hitchcock
and the other gentlemen in the delegation
called To the Presidents mind that Mr.. Flory
had made the best race for Governor on tn.
Republican ticket that had been made for
years in Missouri, and had only been defeat
ed the operation of a grossly partisan ani
unjust election law in tine city of st. Louis.
The President listened to wat the st.
Louisans had to say aud answered by saying
that Mr.. Flory needed no recommendation
from any one, rs he had known him for a
number of years. had known him before he
becam President or Flory became prominent
in Missouri politics. and had known him
fayorably. Mr.. Mckinley said nc admired
the fight Mr.. Flory had made in Missouri.
and would gladly give him ANY thin <
that the 1t. Louis Republicans thought h.
ought to have aud was his to give. The
President said he would like to have the 81.
Louisans suggest what they thought Mr..
Flory should have that was open. Mr.. Bartn-
oldt replied that they were both modest, ia
that they thought the President, vino mad Il
knowledge of the field. should d.cii. or al
least intimate what place was at his disposa
that could be given to Mr.. Flory.
The President answered pleasantly that
as his visitors knew, places were not Sc
numerous that he could select one at random
for Mr.. Flory, but suggested if the Missouri
Republicans decided and suggested VIVA
place was wanted for Mr.. Flory he woulC
gladly consider the matter.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-02-08
eMpaess powAoER.
Never ssss y rsrsigs nss. but wsssds
Orest Fewer.

Never ssss - rsrsigs nss. but wsssds
Grsst Fewer.
"she has never been seer by a Tor
eisu naa. but she has been seen by D
wives Of all the ministers In Pekin-
when she has an interview with .
Chinese ofhcial, according TO Chimes
custom, she sits behind screen
Among the presents she gave the wives
Of the ministers were . lot OF ivory
combs-hne combs 10 we'll as coarse-
Q present which. II Ia 20 be hoped. .
good ladies will not have use for out
side Of China. During the interview
with thcee ladies abe introduced them
to the emperor. Shc passed the tea
TO them herself. taking a sip from
each Of the cups before she gave Il.
evidently 70 show them that II was not
poisoned. They came away infatuated
with the Old Lady ~ the iness
sometimes call her. The empress
d~owaxer's chief characteristic 10 quick
ncas OF thought and action. When she
comes 10 = CRISIS she does not walt TO
think twice. She acts at once. and
bNb5 w htr very pTe-rue's oht uoto
not take time TO reckon what tho
consequences will BE-. but when she has
gotten the rcins well IN her hands
she plans Mt leisure how to avoid con-
sequences. She has always been hand
and glove with IA Hung Chang. and
he would DO anything To protect her.
II was formerly supposed that she was
for reform. and 30 she might have bcen
had sne not been compelled TO put her
self behind the conservative party
when she depoeed kwAng hsu. She 10
e~xtravaxant beyond expression. Her
sixticth birthday fell during the Jap
anese-Cninese war. To celebrate 4
she had n stone road built to the sum.
mer palace. while the public road 10
funschou vas In n dilapidated eondi-
ton. when 30. 900 .ooo taeis we're raised
FOR the construction Of milvays. II In
said. she used q large part o. the mnn,y
In the decoration Of the imperial CUR
dons. stopping the railway AZ Hhanhai-
kuan instead OF nt Nonkdtn. according
TO the original plans."-Ainsloeis Mag
stine.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-02-08
HoaToN-BUTLE2 CONTEST.

One Of the astonishing features of the
llorton-Butler congressional contestant
there have been many startling features de-
veloped in the course of the hearing-is the
of people who voted at the No
velnber election whose votes failed to appear
in the ballot boxes. Dispositions were taken
before four ~notaries yesterday and about lOJ
witnesses examined. Without exception
these men testified that they had voted on
elections day. The report of the ecount.
being made at the Office of the Election Com
missioners, shows that votes of the men sum
ballot boxes.
In calling for this list of voters, Judge
Fisse. attorney for Mr.. Horton. made no
inquiry as to the politics of the men. H.
simply sought to show to show that hundred
and thousands of voters have exercised their
right of franchise and had been defrauded oi
their votes by manipulation of the returns.
\ majority of the men examined yesterday
testified that they had voted for Mr.. Horton
for Congress, and in most cases had voted
the straight Republican ticket. Most of
them insisted that they had seen their ballots
placed in the ballot boxes by the election
Judges. The fact remains that the ballots
are not now in the boxes, and that the re-
turns made from the different precincts in
the Twelfth congressional district do not con-
tain any record of the votes.
In u number of cases it was found that
that names of different parties had been
voted twice. All of this class who were ex-
amined testified that they had voted but once
Their names were, in the opinion of the con-
testant's attorneys, used by repeaters. In
but few cases did the witnesses refuse to
state for whom they had voted for Congress-
man.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-02-08

each other. ! was glad we were. for
] feared my imp tuoas disposition
would have spoiled my chances.
Fortunately ] was able TO preserve
an unruiled demeanor. but ! was
watchful and determined. Newkirk
mad affairs OF business that cal ed him
often TO New York. I heard also in
the club gossip that he had an AFFAIR
OF the heart there. too. From that
moment | was resolved to put a literal
construction on the maxim: IAN is
fair In love and war"
Soon after this Newkirk went East.
TO remain a month, he said. In happy
coincidence the zimmers left the very
next day to pass the summer session
at C%harleyoix. The day following |
sailed for Charlevoix to pass my vaca-
ton. She welcomed me there with
evidences OF delight. II was a period
Of supreme happiness to be near aud
TO know that Hewkirk would not in
terfere for "a whole month.
! Then was my time. II ever. I real
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-02-08
For Love Of kiaa...."a.
BY JAMES o,sHAuGHNEssY.

Copyright. ilco. by Daily Story Pub. Col
although ] had been n fr ent
caller ut the horne Of Madclain I'M
ner. a. had a rtsdt to be, | had ever
mot Charles Newkirk there. Indeed.
there were many other young men Of
NJ. acquaintance whom I had never
met at her home. for that matter. but
the fact that Ncwkira and | never
happened &c be callers In the luxurious
loaSc OF the Zlmmcrs ut the same
tine Is worthy OF mention. This was
n tdeialno.
Ills tenderness for her was hardly
within my knowledge. as he hnd never
toll Tue OF Il. but Il was 30 hrmly a
after OF belief with me that II in
To- Tered with my ease Of mind. | knew
b. called to see her. that WAS sum
cent 10 make out u plain ease OF RI
ever | encountered him at the club or
al receptions the very sight Of him
quickened my tcase OF envy. His
handsome features. his rakith mus
ta,he. his correct co hes and his
graceful carriage had thu distressing
tucct Of putting ne In despair o. win
ming Madelaine no long al he was In
the field. For that reason | was glad
had never met him when l was pay
ing my devotions to her. as | iclt !
: aid suffer. by comparison, In her
eyos.
II he was handsome and dashing. he
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-02-08
ANpAssApoR's PRIVILEGES.
~. intercourse with the Sovereign %
peeutisr.


re'"n-n
= curious privilege OF an hmoAsHa-
dor Is ina ne. n nc none W".h
d'smissed' may turn MS oa.k 10 the
ho'ere'En 10 WHO'S court nc ~ &c
credited The modo OF PROCEDURE j as
ioiioNs' the nmoassaaor ao'-
fence IN over. ne ~aits 10 De d'7nlis'.u
ny the sovereign Whsh uia'h's'eo' mo
'inbassador BOWS roufes threo pa"es'
bows again feufes aho'hef'nrse pae'h'
Dowh a third ums ls on MS nees
anu Walks 70 the foidlhg aoo's' SIt
u 10 lei, ina more pohto me'a'n
shouio OBTAIN when me reifn.as aSv-
erelsh 10 q 10 urn mo OAK
IL 10 De aiseonrteons 10 walk D-it-
wares is 10 resign a pri'iieso. TIE ana
oaasador roufes hke a erso;
nc Keeps one eye on the sosefeisa' ma
WIN the o'her tries 10 see the COOL.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-02-08

tional Gnard: Harvey G.. Clarke, of Butler
Bates county, Mo. Gen. Clarke is an at
torney of note, and has been prominent in
the National Guards for the past four years.
Inspector of Mines other than coal
George X. Williams, Of Flat River, San
francois county.
Member Of Board of State Dental Ex-
aminers; DR.. X. Il. Rice, Richmond, Ray
county.
Board of Visitors State University :
Hon. X. NJ. Bodine, Paris, Mo-, Hon. +.
NJ. Mansfield, HartvilIe, Mo-. Hon. j. +.
Green, DeSota. Mo.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-02-08
AT LAST.

WREN on my ,.-y Of life the night b
falling.
And, IN IN. winds from un~unned
spaoss blown.
] hear far voices out, Of darkness CALI
ING
NJ Zee, to paths unknown.
Thou ~ho hast made my home Of life 90
pleasant.
Leave no, It's tenant when its walls
decay:
o Love divine. O Helper ever present.
BE Thou my strength and stay.
BE near me when all ei.e Is from me
drifting.
Earth. siy. homes picture. days Of
shade and shine
And kindly fenss TO my own uplifting
The love which W. mine.
1 have hut Thee. o Fa,heri lie, Ths
BE with me then 10 comfort and up
No gate Of pearl. no branch Of palm. !
Nor stree, Of shining gold.
Suffice Il n. my good and ~ unrsckened
And both forgiven through Thy abound
Ing re.
] n myself by hands familiar beck.
unio my nttinE place.
Some humble door among Thy man,
mansions.
Some sh' ins shade where ain ana
And flows .orsvcr through heavens greer
The river Of Thy peace.
There from the music round abou, nj
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-02-08

NJ. Ba' a french o ncer pro-
poses TO Sc, r the yexed ,tlcn ~ a
city water supply for all line, so fer
as Paris is concerned. by hrn-i-g 70
that city tho water OF Lake Geneva,
which Is vel known for H. nur'ty "a
which is IN rwall danger ~ ever ho'rg
contaminated by n future - ~'h 4
population ~ It's border or trih,-
tariNa, while he supply ls ra'f 10 70
lnpvhrre''h'o, We estimates tho rc Il
" the eutcrr-ige AZ 5000 0oo 0oO. WI ch
ppclrs TO include s25 600 00o ~ . w
Tho Swiss government for tho water
lght. other engineers pronounce tho
man cnt'ro'9 feasible