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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

A horse is young at twenty years il
never oyerworkcd and well cared for.
The three-year-old colt given a mature
horses load is old at fifteen.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

In Windsor, Canada, young girl has
been for six years an engraver of tomb
stones. Miss Alice Rigg carves artistic
letters upon marble in her fathers
shop, enjoys the work and looks most
attractive in her strange occupation.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

Many boy has got his first induc-
ton into the real meanness of this old
world by having his dad sell calf or
a pig which the boy had had given him
and which he really thought he owned.
We do not know Of any one thing
which will start boy wrong any
more surely than this.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

We have known few farmers turn
over into tax dodgers just as soon as
they got the mortgage paid and were
able to get one on another mans farm.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

Nine. Kaissavow, who died lately al
st. Petersburg. left behind an immense
and unique library of nearly $4,000 vol
umes, all of them written by women.
The library is to be sold, and the hope
is expressed that 1t may come into the
possession of some women's college.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

Miss Maria A. Audubon, granddaugh
ter Of the naturalist, took part in the
recent exercises when Shannonvllle
Pa, changed It's name to Audubon.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

We have never seen a year when we
think we shall go as slow on potatoes
as next year. In the first place, the
seed potatoes will be high priced, and
then there will be enough others who
will plant large areas, expecting to
duplicate the experience of the past
year, only to have murphies to give
away year from next spring.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

A sure way to get rich in this country
is to wear your shirt outside your
pants, live on rice and run laundry.
1t never fails.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

The March pullets, If of the right
breed, are now beginning to furnish a
December cackle over twenty-five cent
eggs. Old hens don't
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

The best way to prevent melon and
fruit thieving is to raise plenty, for
liz you have 1000 melons you will not
feel the loss of few, while if you
|have only two dozen you will have a
lot if two or three disappear.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

Now. here's to the critter which will
|urn up Its nose at fragrant clover and
|uicy blue grass and eat weeds, the
kngora goat We know Of several men
kho should Immediately go and sell
IN the stock which they have and buy
|oats.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

Take it all round. the potato crop
was one of the most profitable raised
this year, no matter whether raised on
irrigated soil in Colorado, the pine bar
rens of Wisconsin or the plains of
North Dakota. The price is abnor-
mally high, and, whether sold early or
late. the tuber has paid big profits this
year.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

We thought we were about through
with the last of the fake cures for hog
cholera. but here comes yet one more
|iscoverer who claims that II hogs are
FED all the soft coal they want they
will be immune from the disease.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

With all the improved types of wire
fence so cheap. easily constructed and
Durable. there is no use talking about
hedges for fencing. A hedge fence is
IKE lawn demands lots of work or
n becomes useless and an eyesore.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-06

In 1886 this country imported over
f0, 900. 900 pounds of raisins, producing
put few at home. In 1901 we produced
ST.000,000 pounds and imported but
! 100000 pounds. 1t is such things
'vhich make Europe poor and America
+Enh
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30
rhe Raritv of Deteotave stories.

I heard one of Boston's literati and
q poet Of worldwide reputation say
the other night she would give any
thing to have a good detective story
to read; that she was tired of all mod
ern historical novels and pined for an
old-fashioned sleuth romance that
would afford that delightful contradic-
ton Of keeping her SO wide awake that
she should finally fall asleep reading
it. But, alas! the days Of Gaboriau
and Conan Doyle are over. and a spu-
rious sort Of mental excitement is pro-
duced by the romance now in vogue.
By and by, however, the whirling of
fiction will bring back the detective
story pure and simple, but we must
wait for the present vein to exhaust
itself before it can appear.-Boston
Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30
Jnnk-Shop Parties.

"Can you tell me where there Is a
junk shop?" asked a young woman Of
a patrolman in the East Fifth Street
Precinct a few days ago. She was
accompanied by half-a-dozen other
young women and an elderly woman.
''You see," she added, as she noticed
the puzzled look on the policeman's
face, I'VE are out on a junk-shop par
ty. It's such fun to rummage around
among the curious old things one finds
In those places, and then one finds the
oldest things to carry off home, and
some real useful articles, too, especial
" in old brass" It appears that girls
get together q few friends and go
hunting for queer treasures in the
curious little holes Of junk-shops about
the city.-New York Commercial Ad-
vertlser.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30

The first collected edition Of Chau.
GERS works was published by Pynson,
who issued the first of the three parts
In 1875. In 1852 there followed an edi-
ito BY Thyme, and others appeared in
1861, 1898, 1902 and 1857. to say moth
ing Of that which came from the house
OF Lintot In 1721, which has the dis
tinotion, In the opinion Of scholars, OF
being the worst ever printed. The
name Of Thomas Tyrwhitt IN Justly re.
Numbered in connection with Chaucsl
and this by reason Of the scholarly
edition Of the Canterbury Tales"
1775-s, to which he added Information
notes and o glossary. Not until DR..
yurnivali produced his six-text volume
In 1888, was Tyrwhitt's work, as O
whole, superssded.-New York Post
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30
fHE WRITE DEATHS
@wazs@h1e MISS In the Rockies whls
Often Proves Fatal

@waaTsnhIo MISS In the Rockies Which
Often Proves Fatal
q al the natural phenomena Pc
cuIiaS to the Rocky Mountain region
pene 1s more strange or terrible than
the mysterious storm known to the In
9tans as "the white DEATH" Scientific
men have never yet had an opportun-
ty OF investigating 1t, because 1t
comes ct the most unexpected times
and may keep away from a certain 10
ea1ity for years. We9Isread men who
have been through It say thai 1t Is
seaIy O frozen fog. But where the
fog comes from Is more than any one
can say. This phenomenon oecUrs
most frequently in the northern part
OF Colorado. In Wyoming and occa-
sionally In Montana. About two years
ago q party Of three women and two
men were crossing North Park In a
wagon In the month OF February.
zoe air was bitterly cold, but dry as
O bone and motonlesa. The SUI ehons
With almost startling brilliancy. AS
the Eve people drove along over the
cr1ap snow they did not experience tbs
least cold. but really felt most COM
Portable, and rather enjoyed the trip.
Mountain peaks fifty miles away could
be seen as distinctly as the pine trees
by the roadside. Suddenly n OF the
women put her hand up TO her face
and remarked that something had
Gtung her. Then other members Of
the party did the same thing, although
there was not an insect in sight All
marvslled greatly at this. A moment
later they noticed that the distant
mountains were disappearing behind
O cloud OF mist. Mist in Colorado in
February? Surely there must be some
mistake. But there was no mistake,
because within ten minutes q gentle
wind began to blow, and the air be-
eame filed with fine particles Of some
thing that scintillated like diamond
dust In the sunshine. Still the peo-
pie drove On until they came to a
cabin where a man signalled them to
stop. With his head tied MP in a
bundle Of nualeEs, he rushed out and
handed the driver o piece OF paper on
which was written: "Cems into the
house quick. or this storm win kill
ell Of you. Don't talk outside here"
OF course no time was lest In getting
under cover and putting the horses in
the stables. But they were a little
late. for in less than an hour the
whole party was sick with violent
coughs and fever. Before the next
morning one Of the women died with
all the symptoms Of pneumonia. The
others were violently i'll Of 1t, but
managed to pull through after long
sickness.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30
AN OILY TASTE
AeAS Hens Kerosene ana Gets 41svo'
fn the Eggs.

AeAS Hens Kerosene ana Gets 41svee
IN the Eggs.
". Stewart Wise, a fancier and
reeder Of chickens highest in the art
4 laying eggs 1T for a king, made q
discovery the other day. He had been
loasting about the quality and fresh
less OF the eggs he sold from his hen
Iery. Benjamin @. Bayne gave Mr.
Wise an order. The time each egg was
Nuoked from the nest was recorded
Upon it. This gave Mr.. Bayne a proof
u the wholesomeness of the breakfast
he vas to eat next morning. The ba-
0n and eggs were served. but there
Ieemed to be something in the cook
hg that was not acceptable to MI.
eayns's taste, and he began to ques-
Don whether they had been cooked In
Kerosene oil or II the Standard Oil
company had eornered the bacon mar
got and injected into the meat some OF
~ trade mark taste and smells, Ex-
Gutneuon proved that the cook waa
eot In the employ Of any Oil trust
~~S~3S@ SSSAOs OAlF0 VI dA40 aAQ
The mystery ended with the uneaten
sggs upon the breakfast table. Mr..
BaynS, relating his experience to Mr..
Wise, opened that gentleman's mind.
who said: II can explain 1t to you.
Who would have thought such a thing
was possible?" Then Mr.. Wise said
that a number of his best chickens had
been afflicted with colds. He had had
their food impregnated with kerosene
Oil. which soon cured the brood. This
he declared, had found its way into tbs
aggs. The explanation satisfied Mr..
Bayne and the family that the cooh
bad not used kerosene to cook that
breakfast, and, under the ciroumstano.
81, they will give Mr.. Wise another
shancs TO prove the value of the pro-
auctions Of his hens.-Baltmora Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30
HOW the Artist Was Called.

When Henry S. Watson, the illustra-
tor, landed at Naples, he did not know
much about European travel. He had
to make oDe sketches in the villages
about Naples, and his experiences have
filed him with wonder enough for a
lifetime. His deft pencils helped him
a bit. At one little village inn he tried
to get it through the landlords head
hat he was to be called early in the
morning. He couldn't make himself
understood. At last he drew a picture
OF himself lying in bed, the u peep
ing through the window, the clock at
the hour Of 6 and the chambermald
knocking at the door. Then 1t was
quite plain, and they woke him on tue
tick Philadelphia Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30
The DUTY OF MOTHERS.

What suffering frequently results
from a mothers ignorance; or more
frequently from a mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughter!
Tradition says woman must suf-
fer" and young women are 80 taught.
There is a little truth and a great deal
Of exaggeration in this. If q young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment, and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to a physician for examina-
tion but nc mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
The most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address In
Lynn, Mass.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30
AUNT LUcINpIA,s COOKIES,

D baker, you haven't, in ell your shop,
A cookie fit to be tried,
For the art of making them came to o
stop
When my Aunt Lucinda died.
can see her yet, with her sleeves up
rolled,
As I watch her mix and knead
The -four and eggs, with their yolks Of
gold,
The butter and sugar, just all they'll hold,
And spice them with caraway seed.
o., that caraway seed! I see the nook
Where it grew by the garden wall;
And Just below it the little brook
With the laughing waterfall.
Beyond are the meadows, sweet and fat
And fecked with the sun and shade;
And all the beauties of earth and air
Were in those cookies 80 rich and rare.
My Aunt Lucinda made.
So. add one more to the worlds lost arts,
For the cookies you make are sad,
And they haven't the power to stir our
hearts
That Aunt Lucinda's had;
For I see her yet, with sleeves uprolled,
And I watch her mix and knead
The -four and eggs, with their yolks Of
gold,
The butter and sugar, just all they'll hold,
And spice them with caraway seed.
Nixon Waterman.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30
FOOT WEAKNESS.
These Vine Must Stand stun Should BE
ON Rugs.

ON Rugs.
"A great many years ago the old
fashioned b~ack-country housekeepe1
learned that when she had any work
10 do that involved a great deal OF
standing on her feet In one place, she
was the gamer by folding a piece OF
carpet Or a rug and placing it on the
aoor under her feet. 1t has taken the
business men a loag time to learn just
what a great many Of the grandmoth-
srs and aunties Of this world knew
very long ago, namely, that people
who stand In n place for any length
Of time would save a great portion OF
their foot and leg WEAKNESS II they
arranged for something soft on the
door. One sensible man spread q thick
coating OF tan bark on the floor Of his
warehouse; another used sawdust and
found 1t q great advantage.
Where these substances cannot be
introduced with safety or convenience.
b light platform Of rather thin boards
Tor the men to stand on has been found
Of great value in the saving OF
strength. In Offices where men are con
vtantly on their feet thick manila mat.
ting is helpful in avoiding that ex-
IRENE WEAKNESS to which active people
hre subject. Wearing loose shoes with
4 thick insole Of felt Ii recommended
when Aoors are extremely hard and
unyielding. A little attention to some
Of what appear to be the minor details
Of life Will oftentimes repay the pains
taking employer
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30
WHAT ANTS Do
bo1s Things That chow TheiR Gupez1os
intelligence

intelligence
There are a good many an9 Of die
ferent varieties on the lot ct nay eouR-
try place near Covington, and last year
! began to make g systematic study Of
their habits. I found 1t a most fascin-
ating pursuit and have resumed It with
much enthusiasm during several visits
this year. A little Investigation will
convince almost anybody. I think, that
the ant approaches nearer to a maj In
point Of intelligence than any OF the
lower animals. Some Of the things !
have seen are so marvellous that ]
would hesitate to speak OF them II
similar wonders had not been fully re-
corded by trained scientists. Near
one Of my flower beds Is a colony OF
small red ants that T extremely in
dustrious in collecting food, and they
frequently perform the most astonish-
ing engineering feats in transporting
heavy burdens to their homes. Not
long ago l watched a party Of about
q dozen that had found the body OF a
small spider. and were dragging 1t
toward tie nest The spider had
hairy legs, which struck out In every
direction and caught on obstacles.
greatly retarding progress. For sev.
eral minutes the ants rolled away with
their awkward booty, and then stopped
and seemed to hold a council. A min
ute fragment OF dry leaf was lying On
the ground; presently they all laid
hold and pulled the spider on top OF
it. They then seized the edges and
slid 1t along without difficulty. On an
other occasion l saw a large body OF
these same ants start out for a raid on
another colony. They marched like an
army, with scouts thrown out at the
sides, and, when several feet distant
from the nest, divided into two parties.
One kept straight on and was soon
engaged In fierce combat with the 9TH
er tribe, while the second detachment
made a detour and fell upon the hill
from the rear. The result was a great
victory for the invaders. Anybody
that feels interested in the subject and
that will put in a little time at close
study, will be certain to witness ex-
PLOTS fully as astonishing As those
have described.-Times-D Democrat
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30
THIS WILL INTEREST MANY.

70 quickly introduce the famous blood
purifier B. B. B. Botanic Blood Baim) into
new homes, We will give away 10 1000 treat
ments. 3. B: B. will positively cure ali
blood and skin troubles-ulcers, scrofula,
sezems, eating sores, itching hunors, SWELL
rheumatism, catarrh, blood poison, affecting
throat, bones or mucous patches. cancer
sWslllngs, persistent pimpie or wart. B. B. B.
meEes the blood pure AMI rich, heals
every sore or eruption, and stops all aches
anq pains. Druggists, o.. For free treat
msnt' address Blood Balm Co., Mitchell st.,
Atlanta, Ga: Describe trouble, and free
medical advice given until cured. B. B. b..
heal under patent medicines or doctors
treatment. 1t costs nothing to try B. E. B.
Medicine sent at once prepaid. Write today.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30

Mrs. August Pfalzgraf, Of South
Byron, Wis, mother Of the young lady
whose portrait we here publish, wrote
Mrs. Pinkham in January, 1899, saying
her daughter had suffered for two
years with irregular meustruation-
had headache all the time, and pain in
her side, feet swell, and was generally
miserable. Mrs. Pinkham promptly
replied with advice, and under date of
March, 1899, the mother writes again
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound cured her daughter of all
pains and irregularity.
Nothing in the world equals Mrs.
Pinkham's great medicine for regu-
lsting woman's peculiar monthly
troubles.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30
Rorss with Taste for pa,a.,. Il.


One OF the Erie ferryboats leayins
Jersey City about s a. m, when pag.
ssngsr traffic 10 heaviest, ma usually
be seen a gray express horse who haI
q way OF his W of securing dainties
AS the ferryboat approaches her sliI
and the crowd ,swarms in the WACO
way he oegins his antics. Gettinl
slose to {. man in front of him he ad.
ministers with his nose a push be
tween the shoulders which sends tn
victim with a rush against his fellow
passengers. Then his herseshil
swings from side to side till from
someone who knows his weakness
lump Of sugar or an apple Is forth.
coming. When that has disappeared
down his capacious throat the horse Il
on his best behavior.-New York sun
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30

TO the Great Servants OF the Common
veal in Ancient Greece.

10 the Great Servants OF the Common
veal i'm Ancient Greece.
Probably the early Greeks and par
tioularly the Athenians were least
grateful to their great men. There
was q predisposition to flckleness and
to hasty Judgment In the Greek char
aeter, as well as q strong jealousy OF
any individual who seemed likely to
attain a preponderating power in the
state; and their political and judicial
system. unfortunately supplied no COM
pensattng check. Their leaders were
thus sacrificed alike in good and evil
fortune. and a list Of those who fell
victims would be q long one. Arasttdes
(the "Just"). Miltiades, Themistocles.
Socrates and Timothsos are a few OF
the great men who ended their lives
In unmerited exile or by judicial mur
der. Sometimes after defeat there was
q general butchery OF the unlucky
leaders. The Carthagenians were also
noted for their ingratitude to the geat
servants OF the commonweal, and this,
no doubt. helped to handicap them In
the struggle with Rome, where a wiser
policy was pursued. Spain. amongst
moderns, has been most neglectful oS
the Just claims OF her great mel
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30

Justin Mccarthy and some friendi
we're talkig once about a member O
the House Of Commons. A lady whA
was one Of the company said 1t was &
pity Sor the sake Of his personal ap
pearance that he had such very larga
ears. EYES," said T. P. o'Connor, TIT
brilliant parliamentary and platform
orator, land the worst OF it is thai
while they are too large for ears. theg
are too small for wings"
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30
PlTH AND POINT.

Badger-"Charley's Uncle Benjamin
died last week and left $15O,OOO." Dud-
Ley-"He had to."-Boston Transcript.
Nell-'They say she is very pretty"
Belle-"Pretty! Why, she's q dream.
She's better looking than her photo
graphs"
Tommy-"Pop. who was 1t said
parting is such sweet sorrowT" Tom
my's Pop-"Some bald-headed man, I
suppose"
Blobbs-"Statistics show that there
are not SO many marriages as there
used to be-" Slobbs-"No, the girls
are on the decline"
sillicus-"Necessity. they say, is the
uother Of invention" Cynicus-"And
often the mother-in-law Of matri-
mony,"-Philadelphia Record.
"a thoroughbred gentleman puts on
his clothes and then forgets them"
That's what I try to do, but my tailor
won't let me."-Chicago Record.
Mrs. Jones-"Don't trouble yourself
to See me to the door, Mrs. Smith,"
Mrs. Smith-"No trouble. Quite a
pleasure. ! assure you."-TitBits.
A queen 10 she, when pouring tea,
Her subjects, all the SWANS,
Unlike the weather, altogether,
Since when she pours she reigns.
Detroit Journal.
"You say your son is a professional
man?" Eyes" "But you also said he
follows football. Do you mean he's a
professional player3" "Not at all.
He's a surgeon"
Mrs Nexdore-"A pianos a nice
thing to have. Ny daughter finds 1t
SO easy to kill time Oh" Mrs. Pep
prey-"Yes. but why does she torture
it so?"-Philadelphia Press.
Says Grabb: 'eThe type of beauty
To Danish cares that cark
Is just that little leaden one
That prints the dollar mark"
-Philadelphia Press.
Bighead-"You are too set In your
own opinions to be o good reasoner."
Thickhead-"I don't see how you can
say that. I hold myself open to con
viction even when I know I am right"
Life,
Life is full of uncertainties" said
the mournful person. "Cheer up. old
man." rejoined The jovial friend. "You
don't have to read the weather reports
and the horse race news II you don't
want to."-Washington Star.
"HoW did he acquire the reputation
Of being such a brilliant man?' in
CURED one voter. "By means Of his
convincing manner" answered the
other. HE got people to believing that
he thoroughly understood his own ar
guments, and they regarded him as a
genius. W Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
r. J. CHENEY q Co., Pops, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known It. J. Che
ney for the last Is years. and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any oblfga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF Che eysseIn. Price, 7sc. per bottae. Sold
by ell DfuSgasts. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pulls are the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30
GoIdi Gold! GoIdi

The latest Ell Dorado is reported to be on
the Nome City Beach, Alaska. Thousands
OF people are fastening there, MANY of
whom return broken in health. OF what
avail Is gold when health is gomez Guard
your health with the best of all medicines.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t will regulate
the bowels, stir up the, liver, invigorate the
kidneys, and absolutely cure indigestion.
constipation, malaria, chills and fever. rs
a good medicine to keep on hand.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-30

the Augustana synod Of the Ewed-
lsh Lutheran church Of America will
raise a monument to the memory of
the late Dr.. Olaf OLSON. the presi-
GENT Of the Augustaaa college In Mo.
tne, ILL.,, who died last sprfhg.