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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09
A Bird with Four Feet.

This little creature, still to be found
in South America, is relic of bygone
ages. 1t is known as the crested hoatZin,
and the adult bird is about as big as a
peacock.
The young birds, when hatched, have
four legs, the front pair being reptilian
in character, and have strong claws. AS
they grow older these claws fall off,
the legs become fattened, feathers
grow on them, and they develop into
wings.
These nestlings are the nearest ap,
proach to reptile that can be found
among birds, and they can climb and
dive and swim with great facility.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09
Extremcn In Icelnnh,

In Iceland nature seems to have de
serted ali her ordinary operations ard
to have worked only in combining the
most terrific extremes which her poW
ers can command. Nor is she yet ST.
lent. After the lapse of ages the fire of
the Volcano still bursts out among the
regions OF eternal snow, and the I'M
petuous thundering Of the geysers con
tinues to disturb the Stiffness OF the
surrounding solitude.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09
Crushing a Lawyer,

De Wolfe Hopper was once a witness
in suit for SANDER, and the opposing
counsel in the courtroom said:
You are an actor, | believer
"Yes," replied Hopper.
'Is not that low calling"
81 don't know. but it's so much better
than my fathers that am rather
proud of it."
What was your fathers calling, may
askY'
HE was a lawyer" said Hopper.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09

Chambers Journal says the inspira.
ton for Milton Wellings' song "Some
Day" came to him while he was wait
ing in an agony of suspense to hear
from his wife, rumor having arisen of
an accident to yachting party of
which she was a member Nervously
opening a book. his eyes fell on the
line, "Or are you dead or that you
live" which line be Incorporated in his
song.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09
Millions of No. of persoas t

As there are 100000 square miles
Of land on the earth, and as we are to
consider 1000 persons to. each square
mile as the equivalent Of the worlds
being full. it follows that we want a
woSld population Of 52,000,000000 of
persons to fulfill this condition.
A glance at the above statement -of
growth in the worlds population shows
that the necessary growth from 1000,
100000 in the year 1900 to the $4,000
100000 of persons wanted for our pur-
pose Will eventuate in the year 2210. al
most 800 years ahead of the present
time. whens as the illustration suggests,
It may be necessary to hang out no
tlce TO the effect that the world is full
to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09
when the world win Be Fan,

If we apply to the future growth of
the worlds population the rate of in,
crease that obtained during the nine
teenth century-one person per hun.
dred per year-we obtain the following
forecast:
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-09
aToILeR, cANsT THOU pREAMw

'TOlLER, CANST THOU DREAMr
Toiler, canst thou dream
At the seam, at the plowf
Higher heritage than kings
Hast thou.
Canst thou read in star or weed,
Answer to thy hearts deep cryP
Gold nor gem nor loves own crown
So satisfy
Toiler, canst thou wait,
Through the storm black hour, elate,
Ruler of thy recreant will,
Dominant Of fate2
Toiier, oanst thou trust9
From the dust stand and tell,
Though the tears come streaming, all
All is welli
Lulu w. Mitchell in Century.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-03-21
VOLUME XIV. no. IS.

clerk, o.. A. Haggberg: treasurer; Sam
Madison; assessor, John ggberg;
justices of the peace; Y. b. Berg and
T. p. Potts; constable, Jos. H. Carter;
road overseer district No: l, O. J..
Bergman: No. 2, Gust Gustafson; No.
3, John G. Grant. = r. ?. = u.
- s=-- LIvoN1A. e e.. .:ssss -.
+ Supervisors L. D. Garter, chair
man, A. J. Craig and A. Hanson; clerk,
c. r. Swanson; assessor, c. "A. Hill;
treasurer, W. E. Graham; justice of
the peace,@C. Parker; constable, A. W.
Nyberg; road overseer, Benz. Robson;
for, restraining cattle, 10; against, 81.
x EAST SIDE. - zze@
Supervisors: Thomas Page, chair
man, j. O. Johnson and Andrew Sch
lin; town clerk, Geo. w. Freer: treas
urer, F. w. Suckow; assessor, Peter
Sehlin; justices of the peace, C. O..
johnson and T. G. Suckow; constables,
G. P. Hernwell and O. E. Wallen.
BOGUS BROOK.
Supervisors: John L. Mourning,
chairman, Christ Halvorson and W. E.
JONES', town clerk, Henry Gustafson;
treasurer, Alfred Franzen; assessor,
Edwin Gustafson; justices of the peace,
W. E. Jones and Ole Folwick: consta-
bles, Rudolph Adams and Carl Seibert;
road overseers, August Saltwater, first
district; Henry johnson, second dis
trict; Ben VanRoekel, third district;
Olof Lofgren, fourth district; Frank
Magnuson, fifth district; John F.
Koepke, sixth district; Ben Bendikson,
seventh district. One hundred votes
were cast,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-03-21

ter, apa the. bright ittle faces brought
out the question, which ELECTED this
somewhat startling response: "Why
not trade one of.your girls for a boy?'
The apt query and the remembrance
of little boy who,s had not the Father
called him home, would have formed
one of the happy group upon this, his
birthday, suggested the thong ht which
found expression il this little poem: -; e.
=. - MY CHOICE :- e
BY M. n. 1. 2. 49, ....
fingered to-day near primary school s.
The children were forming in line. -
Brave lads and bright lasses each one in his
place,
And, oh, how their faces did shine: :,
May have my choice:'' laughingly asked,
And more than one shouted in glee, -.
'Oh, yes. we will any of US gladly GOT. ST.
Their smiles were bewitching to me.
But Ill choose boy-I'ye two girls OF my
own
Said one lad. Then why not exchange? .
For one of your girls we'll give you boy
But my heart felt suddenly strange.
Inc children knew not why so sadly turned
And thoughtfully walked away ..
longed for boy years ago called to heaven.
Who'd have been just seven to-day
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-03-21
SUGAR BETS.
Hon. Fl. Il. Mallette Is Working to Start
.- the Cultivation.

Hon. H. H. dallette Is Working to Start
the Cultivation.
There's money in the culture of
sugar beets where the soil is adapted
to their successful cultivation" de-
clared Hon. H. r. Mallette of Fores.
ton, former representative of Mile
Laos county in the State legislature
as be held down one of the Grand
Central's new Office chairs and pulled
at fragrant cigar. Mr~Mallette is a
dealer in general merchandise at For
eston and was in the city of business
matters with the Tileston Milling
company with whom he has trade re-
lations, \ He continued:
II was member of the house when
the sugar beet bounty law was passed
and its merits and the best means of
the cultivation of the sugar beet and
manufacture of the sugar from the
roots was discussed. I learned great
deal OF the matter then and as nv
county is largely settled by farmers
who do not own large areas I began to
think some months ago that beet sugar
would be good thing for them. The
soil OF the county is especially adapted
to the raising OF root crops, and wheat
is not paying investment at the best
when it is planted in small areas.
Putting these facts together, I con-
cluded that the merits of the sugar
beet might with profit be Investigated.
Senator Theden of Minneapolis is man
ager OF the beet sugar factory at ST..
Louis Park and on my invitation he
came to Foreston recently and held a
public meeting. About two hundred
farmers were present and a splendid
meeting was held, Theden spoke en-
Enthusiastically of the sugar beet propo-
sition and declared that Mile Laos
county is a model country for their
cultivation. We are to have weigh
station at Foreston and a. great many
farmers have promised to give the cul-
ture Of the sugar beets a trial. I held
a school house meeting about five
miles from Foreston later and it was
we'll attended, much interest being
manifested, aud have since received
number OF inquiries from other places
with invitations to hold meetings.
Foreston is to have creamery and
we expect quite bunch of business
this season with our diversified indus
tries. st. Cloud Journal Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-03-21
PAYING EAR ~.
Treasurer Burrell Is Receiving Nice
Bunches OF Honey for .=
Current Taxes. ..
;sIlas Howard, One Of the Oldest Set
3 tiers Of This Section, Died
Last Sunday. T.

"a visit to the county treasurer's
office yesterday disclosed the fact that
many OF the largest holders of real
estate are already paying their taxes
instead Of waiting until the final rush
in May. These property holders, too,
are paying their taxes in full-not TAX
ing Advantage of the privilege of pay
ing one-half and then waiting until
November. So far this month l24 re-
ceipts for current taxes have been
issued - : - 49,. ~
Laird, Norton & Co., Of Winona,
made the largest payment. the total
amount being S933.l1 The receipt
called for 173 forties, or nearly 1000
acres. Another large tract was that
covered by the receipt of H. W. Young,
being for ffty-nine forties, or about
2,40O acres. The total tax on this land
was5s141.76.
On the whole Treasurer Burrell says
there seems to be disposition on the
part of the taxpayers to settle their
scores early, and he receives daily
applications for statements Of current
taxes. Money appears to be plenty in
all parts Of the country and the county
lis feeling the effect of this condition of
things.
Sunday last death removed one Of the
old Settlers CT this section and while
expected few people heard the news
without a shock. Silas Howard had
been an invalid for many years, owing
todisabilities contracted while serving
his country in the war Of the rebellion
] and for several months had been con-
fined to his home. Last week he be-
ganSto fail and Sunday witnessed the
! closing scene.
Mr.. Howard was born in ~Brownville,
Maine, Sept. /, 1887. At the time of
the breaking out of the civil war he
WASH the south and enlisted in a Mis-
souri, regiment. Shortly after enlist
ling he was glVen@a -fur1ough and re-
turned to Maine to visit bis family. and
while there was transferred to the
Eleventh Maine, in which regiment he
served as a corporal until discharged
for disability.
| He came 10 Minnesota in 1866 and
was united in marriage to Miss Ellen
King, who survives him. To this
| union were born ten children, eight of
whom are now living. About a fort
night ago his claim for an increase Of
pension was allowed by the depart
lrent to begin April l, and this recog-
| milton of the government pleased him
greatly, although Providence willed
that he should never enjoy it.
The funeral took place Monday af
ternoon, Rev. G. Satterlee conducting
the services at the house, and the in
terment was made at Oak Knoll Gene
terry.
The family have the heartfelt sym
pathy of the entire community in this
hour of sorrow.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-03-21
LOOK OUT FOR SWINDLERs.
A New Confidence Game Being Worked
on Rural Mail Patrons.

A New Confidence Game Being Worked
on Rural Mail Patrons.
= A gang Of swindlers isreported to be
operating a clever scheme on the pa
irons OF the rural free delivery routes
throughout the country and the postof-
fee department has issued the follow
ing warming:
'!Notice to patrons of the rural free
delivery: Information has reached the
postoffce department that gang of
swindlers have been travelling about
the country, over the rural free deliv-
cry routes, representing themselves as
inspectors. Their scheme is to pretend
to inspect rural free delivery mail
boxes and then demand from the pa
irons the sum of So Or 81. Patrons
should turn deaf ear to such design
ing. schemes and report such conduct
to the postmaster. 81 ..~.e.....
''The gang has operated the scheme
with great success among the patrons
of the free, delivery routes in Pennsyl-
vania and many complaints have been
made to the department by the people
who have been taken in.by the swind-
lers. . - E.
LAS a general rule the imposters
have confined their operations to the
patrons of routes recently established.
As the patrons are not familiar withthe
requirements they are easily led to be-
lieve that it is necessary to pay the
rental, y lsz& 10y :
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-03-21
FULL SEASONS CUT.
Timothy Foley of st. Paul Talks of the
Lumber Cut of the Foley Bean
COmpany Nyiiaca.

Lumber Cut of the Foley Bean
Company, Miiaca.
Timothy Foley. senior member Of
the firm of Foley Bros, St. Paul, was
in St. Cloud Saturday morning on his
way home from Foley and Milaca to ST.
Paul. Mr.. Foley says that 100000
feet of hardwood logs have been re-
ceived this winter by his firm at their
Foley mill, and that the F'oley-Bean
company Of Milaca will make a full
seasons cut this season. AS neces-
sary preliminary the company has
banked about Mile Laos lake and the
upper Rum river some 40,00O,000 of fine
white pine logs. Practically the en-
tire cut is now completed and with a
fair stage of water in the streams for
driving purposes the mill should have
no trouble in being supplied during the
entire season. AS to the prospects for
railroad work this season, Mr.. Foley
says from the newspapers he should
think there was to be enough to keep
I ;
most of the contractors busy. His firm
is one Of the big. railroad contractors
of the country and it is. adult season
when they are not employed on some
gigantic job. st. Cloud Jo,tl>mal- Press.
Of.Local Interest.
The Boston Mass Morning Star re-
eeiyed at our Office, contains the fol-
lowing verses written by one of our
own gifted townswomen.- They are Of
peculiar interest to us as ours is the
primary school, where~the incident
they commemorate occurred.
The author was returning from a
visit at the school house just as the
little ones were forming in line to en-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-03-21

Supervisors: T. 2. Potts, chairman,
N. johnson and Il. j. Sjolund: town
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-03-21
I MORE OFFICERS.
ISLE HARBOR

Belated Returns From Some of the
Country Towns.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-07
Much of Little,

The stranger In any city half hun
dred years old. Ii be knew nothing of
the city's history, would learn from
many OF the signs that the second and
third generations bad succeeded to the
business of father and grandfather. 1t
Is especially true Of New York. The
New York Tribune mentions some pc
culiar signs and relates the following:
A Londoner who had strolled about
the streets of the city with New
Yorker who called his attention to
some OF the signs of sons agreed that
London, but in neither city was there
any such sign as he saw In one of the
old English towns a few hours run
from the worlds metropolis. The sign
reads, John Littlejohn's Sons & Little
Qittle Littlejohn, Doolittle Littlejohn
& John Little).
According to the Londoner the first
Littlejohn and Little were partners.
The former gave his first son his part
ner's family name, and Little gave his
boy his partners Christian name. Lit
tlejohn's second son was named for his
mothers family, Doolittle. The three
sons succeeded to their fathers bust
ness; hence the sign is entirely correct,
and the Londoner was right in saying
that the successors had no intention Of
being funny" when they had their
sign written as 1t appears.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-07
Too Much Club Life.

II weuld be hard to tell which IL
worse. a dun or a crying baby. One
of the latter on a crowded street car
raised sheol. A poor. disprted sad
faced man held 1t with its red face
wabbllng over bis shoulder and Its feet
occasionally beating the air as 1t re-
newed Its pathetic screams. The wo-
men glared at him. NO wonder it
cries" said one. See how that idiot
is holding it," The old married man
longed to give him a word or two
about carrying a child on the public
cars. The bachelor swore under his
breath and said something about nui-
sances on street cars and forcing peo-
pie to quit after paying their fares.
Meanwhile the baby screamed louder
than ever. and the poor father was
wild. He saw the looks on the faces
around him. He knew exactly what
those folks were thinking. Finally he
said, with a tremble In his voice, La
dies and gentlemen, you must excuse
this baby. but its mother Tears
stole down his haggard face. oh, the
poor little thing interrupted the old
maid In the corner sweetly. Let me
hold the little angel"
The old bachelor turned hastily aside
and wiped tear which had given his
eye a surprise party, and the married
man coughed and felt strange lump
In his throat. ITS mother" continued
the baby holder, lis attending the
business meetings of is of her clubs
oday."-Louisville Times.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-07
Always willing 10 ObliRe,

It was Texas town, and long
limbed Texan was making across the
public square toward the courthouse
with a revolver In his hand when he
was stopped by a man who asked:
Are you on your way to the court.
houser
eyes. sir; am" was the reply.
Going to shoot anybody"
Eyes, sir; Lawyer johnson. II It
hadn't been for him, | shouldn't have
lost my case yesterday. Yes, sir; going
to fill him full of lead"
Are you In any great hurry about
itr
"No special hurry, but when | have
shooting on hand like to get 1t Off my
mind as soon as possible"
"Of course; but, you see, Lawyer
johnson Is now arguing a case for me
and won't be through for 40 minutes.
He's going to win 1t for sure II not in
terrupted, and IL you will only hold on
for awhile you will do me a great ia
vor."
why, certainly; glad you mentioned
1t; no hurry about the shooting so as 1t
comes off today, and you can count on
me. Have drink with you? With
the greatest of pleasure, and IL John
son Is a particular friend OF yours I'll
shoot him as softly as l can and give
him every show to die like q gentle
man."-Boston Globe.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-07

The many thousands of miles which
0 man unconsciously travels In his life
time, taking into consideration the
walks about each day, are enough to
make him sit down to rest for the re-
malnder of his life.
But now German scientist has
come forward with some still more
startling facts concerning the journeys
which our eyelld undertakes every
time 1t winks, and 1t Is not possible for
ns TO see, he says, unless we wink.
Unconscionsly we wink once a second.
so that for the time we are awake dur
ing the day we voluntarily wink from
$4,000 to $4,000 times and In a year
have moved our eyelids down and up
again no less than 1S,250.000 times.
The distance that the eyelid travels In
its great speed is measured from SIN
gle involuntary wink.
This, the scientist says, is q quarter
of an inch both ways, the eyelid NOV
Ing equally up and down, so that, TAX
Ing the movement of both eyelids into
consideration. they cover some 10000
inches In day. The eyelids of man
who has lived for so years will have
unconsciously travelled a third of the
way around the earth, or about 200
miles, calculation sufficient in itself
to cause the victim of insomnia to fall
into a dreamless sleep as he reads It,
London Mail.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-07
Not So Far Gone.

The last letter he received from
wiley conveyed the intelligence that
she was quite sick, and Of course he
was considerably worried. But he was
comforted by the fact that she was
with her mother. He wrote her an af-
and let him know II she grew worse.
The next letter conveyed the intelli-
gence that she was little worse,
though the doctor said 1t was nothing
serious. But he worried great deal.
The next afternoon telegraph boy
sauntered into his Office with the usual
nonchalance of a messenger boy con-
veying a rush" message and showed
the book under hubby's nose.
us dis Mr.. Blank?" asked the boy.
YES" gasped hubby, cold chills chas-
ing up and down his spine.
Message FIR you. Sign here. De
charges is 60 cents"
Hubby grabbed the fateful manila
envelope and hastily tore it open. What
he suffered while tremblingly unfold
ing the bit of yellow paper can be i'm
agined but not described. He was al
most afraid to read 1t, but finally he
nerved himself for the worst This Is
what he read
Turn off the water and don't forget
to give the bird plenty of seed."-Oma.
ha World Herald.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-07
A Dead Face In the window.

Crockford. the proprietor of q we'll
known London gambling house, was
made to play a queer role after he was
dead When one of Crockfords horses
was poisoned just before the Derby,
the misfortune brought on an attack
of apoplexy, which proved fatal with
In 4S hours. Now, many of Crock
ford's friends had staked large sums
on another Of the gamblers horses,
which was a favorite for the Oaks and
which was disqualified by the death
of the owner. Only the people in the
gambling house knew of Crockford's
death. and 1t was resolved to keep 1t
a secret until after the race.
The servants were bribed and sworn
to secrecy, and the conspirators on
the day after the night upon which
Crockford died had the body placed in
a chair at a window, so that people re-
turning from the track could see the
gambler sitting there. He was fixed
up to look as llfellke as possible and
through the window and partially con-
cealed from view by the curtains look
ed so natural that no one of the great
crowd which came cheering by the
house when on their return from see
ing Crockford's horse win the Oaks
suspected the trick.
The next day 1t was announced that
Crockford was dead, but 1t was years
before the true story leaked out
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-07


"Inquests are sometimes very funny
affairs" remarked western man. 81
remember one in the early days of my
county In Kansas. A man was found
dead by the side of a small stream out
on the prairie. No mark was found
on his well dressed body. His gun
was fully loaded in his hip pocket. and
$25 was found in his pocketbook OF
course the coroner took charge of the
money. A jury was lmpaneled and
after finishing its deliberations found
that the man clearly died of heart fail
ure.
The coroner promptly paid from the
dead mans pile the $12 due for ex-
penses and discharged the jury. The
$13 remaining bothered him. He ar
gued that to turn that $13 over to the
county. to be held In trust for the
mans possible relatives, would be the
same as throwing 1t away. The man
was a stranger in those parts. Posi-
bly, he had no friends.
The coroner was equal to the occa-
sion, however. He declared himself
dissatisfied with the verdict and call
ed the jury together again. They sat
on the body a second time and found
exactly the same verdict, but the coro-
ner's mind was at ease. The $25 was
exhausted" Washington Star.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-02-07
The Useful Telephone.

Two young ladies on St Paul street
went to the theater the other evening,
and their father, thinking they had a
latchkey, went to bed at his usual hour,
and the servants all left. When the la
dies returned. they rang the bell re-
peatedly and beat on the door, but got
no answer. Finally they began to de-
spalr, when neighbor who had been
awakened by the din appeared in white
at his window opposite and asked what
was the matter
1--WE are locked out and cannot
awake papa" came the reply in duet
"Wait a minute" said the quick wit
ted man on the other side Of the street.
"Your father has a telephone in his
room, and will call him up" So the
central was called.
"Give me number -" said the
neighbor.
AS soon as the bell sounded In the
room of the sleeping father he awoke
with start and ran to the telephone.
Hello. what Is the matterf"
SIS that you, So-and-so"
Eyes; what Is wantedp
"Your daughters are at the front door
trying to get In. Open the door. Good
night."-Baltimore Sun.