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The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19
Fire-Extingushing Apparatus That
Needs No Human

There are at the present time in
nearly all states laws which enforce
the placing of fire extinguishing ap-
patratus on each floor of factory or
other buildings where people find en-
ployment or amusement, but nearly
all the means provided to stifle the
flames necessitate the actual manipu-
lation of the extinguisher by personal
contact. AS this requires presence of
mind and bravery at an instant when
people are more apt to flee, with little
opportunity to return later to extin-
guish the flames, it seems that there
should be field for the automatic ap-
paratus recently invented by Louis
Werlun of Elsmere. Del, which can
be arranged to operate by thermo-
static means, or set in motion by the
closing of an electric switch at any
point inside or outside of the building.
AS will be seen, the usual acid-alkali
combination of liquids is utilized In
making up the extinguisher. the acid
being contained in the small cup at
the base Of the neck of the extin-
guisher. Upon the closing of the
electric circuit a gate is withdrawn
from beneath body of shot suspend
ed in the neck and these instantly
fall to the top of the cup, rupturing
the air tight tinfoil cover, displacing
the acid from the cup and mixing it
The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19
ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS.
Writer Describes Characteristics Of
BuIwer and Tennyson,

wonder If Tennyson's hard fight
up Parnassus took some of the tender
expression from his face; he had
something to say against the envy,
hatred ard malice that impeded his
way; and. alas with temper! What
would you have thought of his bitter
satirist, Bulwer, If you had been
called upon to diagnose his genius at
first sight? | saw him not very long
before his death, and with all my ad-
miration Of his genius, and my graft
tude for THE Last Days of Pompeii."
THE Last Of the Barons." and The
Caxtons," could not help feeling that
there was truth in Tennyson's bitter
description OF his personal appearance.
"A ,iimon you? You bandbox!-off
and let him rest!" 1t was somewhat
typical of Tennyson"s character and
habits, this dwelling upon the fop-
perry of Bulwer. for the laureate al
ways seemed to be neglectful of his
attire. In appearance in his latter
days he was not unlike Walt Whit
man. He wore soft hat and smoked
short pipe. A different man alto
gether though, from Whitman. Where
Whitman's face suggested certain
sensuous weakness, Tennysons was
stern, strong and trenuous.-Joseph
Hatton in Birmingham Mercury.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19

motives thus equipped these diagonal
faces would cause sidewise shit OF
the engine, which would effectually
avoid telescopiEg or rearing" AS
protection against rear-end col.
lisions, similar guard could be at
tached to the rear car Of the train,
or better yet. special car might be
built according to the design illus
trated, in which the guard has a per-
manent jointed connection with the
car. Some suitable coupling attach
ment, such as shown could be provid-
ed for use in drilling or switching
this car about.
In the second arrangement 1t will
be noticed that the guard is provided
with V-shaped impact surface, and
that the guard on the locomotive Is
capable of adjustment to the one side
or the other So that in the event
of an impending collision the engin.
eer may quickly swing the pilot to
one side or the other, thus choosing
the most favorable side for the derail
ment.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19
Philosophy Of Fatigue.

Some may be interested to know
that there is now almost new kind
Of philosophy of fatigue. Some spec
ulators think man became conscious
because his intuitions were slowed up
by exhaustion, SO that the mind has
to pick it's way slowly and logically.
instead Of divining instantly as it
used to do. 1t was the fall of man.
Wilder dreamers have even described
the origin of cosmic gas and nebuae,
from which all the worlds come, as
due to progressive fatigue of the ether,
which is far more subtle And back of
it. 1t is a little as if they were at
tempting to rewrite the first phrases
of the old testament so that it should
read, "In the beginning. was fatigue"
-Ainslees Magazine.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19

an ordinary dining chair and does
not interfere in any way with the USE
of the latter by grown persons, while
the seat can be folded in small com
pass when not needed for the child.
The frame consists of two vertical
posts of sufficient length to extend
from the upper to the lower cross
piece Of the chair back, with a seat
pivoted between the posts and sup.
ported at the outer ends by two
chains. In addition, there is a tray
having extension braces at the sides
for insertion in brackets on the up.
rights, supported by two vertical
posts pivoted to the front of the seat.
By detaching the braces from the
brackets and allowing the tray to tilt
forward and down the seat is exposed
to make it an easy matter to place
the child in position or lift 1t out.
The device is suspended on the
chair by means of two hooks which
screw into the posts and their adjust
ment raises the seat to the required
height.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19
Newspapers of Formosa.

WherCve- the modern Japanese
goes he starts a paper. Formosa has
been generally blessed in this respect.
and its two dalies are we'll worth the
subscription price to those who wish
to keep in touch with the affairs in
the small but livery world for which
they enter. According to accepted
notions, indeed, it is not a privilege,
but also a duty. to subscribe. Those
residents who prefer to see the affairs
of their neighbors rather than their
own affairs discussed in print lose
nothing by subscribing several times
over. Reminders to that effect not in
frequently enliven the news column
Pearson's Weekly.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19

with the alkali beneath. This, Of
course, generates gas, and as there Is
no means Of escape through the top
of the receptacle the liquid is forced
to enter the shell surrounding this al
kali container, escaping thence
through the perforations at the rim
The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19

primary principle Of Instruments capJ
able of giving scale is the repetition
of elements similar to the eye; 80
that the instrument was the first
thing, and the scale only secondary.
Theoretical scales belong to 4 corn.
pa~atively late stage of culture.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19
The Origin of Musical Scales
Explained bv DR.. K

DR.. c. X. Wead has Investigated
various forms of four-holed musical
instruments found in museums that
give a pentatonic scale. Various
flutes and fretted stringed instru-
ments also showed an equal linear
division. His conclusion is that the
The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19
POPULAR SCIENCE
Anti Telescopins Train Guard
Use in Emerfencies.

The accompanying cuts Illustrate
two Inventions of Weldon B. Hey
burn of Wallace, Idaho. In the first
form it will be seen that the locomo-
tive is provided with a heavy pilot
The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19
Cheap High Choir for Baby
Both Useful and Convenient

One of the earliest requirements of
a child is high chair, with a shelf
in front to prevent fall and serve
as tray when meal time arrives. AS
The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19

and discharging in the form OF mist
or spray. AS any number of these
eXtinguishers can be set in operation
by the closing of a single circuit they
should prove very effective in putting
out fire when connected up in series
IN dangerous localities.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-09-19

having vertical fa,>s, and that the
'front.' face is diagon.lly disposed en-
-irely across the track. In case of
a head-on collision between two loco
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-06-27
Spurious Meteoritea

The museums of the world contain a
considerable collection of specimens
labeled meteorites, which are, never
theless, spurious. Meteorites COM
mand high price. A dollar for an
ounce weight would not be too much
in certain cases. Certain Corsicans
lately manufacture meteorites for the
market, taking minerals and covering
them with an artificial crust. OF
course, the fraud was detected at the
first analysis, and equally, of course,
the Corsicans are now in Jail for sell
ing meteorites under false pre-
lenses. In 1855 number of persons in
Russia declared that meteor fall had
taken place in their village and the
specimens they produced we're pur-
chased by several museums. An analy-
sis has recently shown that all were
spurious. In the museum of Cairo is a
large "meteorite," found in the Libyan
desert, which is, in fact, only a mass
of iron which the natives had tried to
melt. The catalogue could be much ex-
tended.-N. Y. Sun.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-06-27
Curious Facts About the Senate.

Not only does the senate represent in
its membership almost every phase of
professional and industrial activity,
but many of its members were expe-
rienced in legislative work before com
ing to the senate. Of the So senators,
20 served in the house of representa-
tives. Fifteen senators have served
as governors of states. Senator War
rem served during two terms as gov
ernor of the territory of Wyoming, and
his second term ended with the admis-
sion of the territory as state. He
was then elected first governor of the
state. Fifteen senators have record
of service in the confederate army, and
one was in the confederate navy. Nine
senators were in the union army. Sena-
tors Pettus, of Alabama, and Bates, of
Tennessee, were in the Mexican war.
Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-06-27

Through service West-No. 81 at6.l5a.m..
runs to scranton, connects at Stanhope with
train for Branchville; connects at Denville
for Boonton branch
No. 4Oa leaves s:ss a. NJ, runs
with Central Railroad Of Pnl New Je ersss
and Lehigh Valley Railway; connects at
Denyille for Boonton Branch; at Dover for
Binghamton and intermediate points: at Stan
nope for Sussex Branch; at Washington with
the Lackawanna Limited for Buffalo and all
through to st. Louis Observation car to Buff
falo; dining car to Buffalo.
No. 365 leaves $40 a. m, runs through to
Chester; connects at Denville for Boonton
branch.
No. $50 leaves LES p. M, runs through to
Branchville on Sussex branch; connects at
Denville for Boonton Branch; at Dover for
Cherter Branch and for Phillipsburg and in
No. 5, 2:56 p. m, Pullman sleeper, and
coach on this train runs through to Chicago.
Dining car to Binghamton. Parlor car to
Binghamton.
No. 36l, 1882 p M. runs to Dover.
No. 405 leaves 4:4O p. M, runs through to
Easton; connects with Central Railroad of
New Jersey and Lehigh Valley Railway;
connects at Dover with train for Scranton and
Chester; at Stanhope with Sussex branch
train,
No, 1858 leaves 5:54 p. M; runs to Dover
connects there with train for Hackettstown
connects at Denville for Boonton Branch.
No. 1857 leaves 1854 D. M, runs to Newton;
connects at Dover with fast train for the
West; through sleeper to Chicago; sleeper to
Buffalo; passengers can remain in this
sleeper until 5 a, m; dinln. car to Strouds-
burg.
No. 1863 leaves 1928 p. M. runs to Stanhope
Connects at Stanhope for Newton.
No. 81 leaves $3.50 p. M; connects at
Dover with solid vestibuled train for the West,
having THROUGH sleepers to Utica, Oswego,
Ithaca and Buffalo.
Tickets to all points in the United States on
sale at Morristown Ticket Office.
For further information call on D. J. White
Ticket Agent, Morristown, N j.; Guy Adams,
Division Passenger Agent. Newark, Nj; T.W.
Lee, General Passenger Agent, 26 Exchange
Place, New York.
T. w. LEE
General Passenger Agent
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-06-27
The Typical Tramn.

There is no such thing as typical
tramp" incarnate, says Cloudesley
Johns, a tramp himself, in an article
on tramps. He has his existence only
in comic weekly and the newspaper
supplement. The average hobo under
a different environment would be the
average man; under his existing en-
vironment he approximates thereto,
though that environment tends strong
ly to multiplication of types rather
than to uniformity. Consider that
your hobo travels many thousand
miles in a year, visiting places of in
terest and large cities, besides-in a
majority of cases-doing many differ
ent kinds of work. And even the yegg
man, the unmitigated beggar of the
road, with his telltale visage and man
ner is widely varied in general appear
ance, habits of thought and business
methods. Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
In CHAxcERY OF NEW JERSEY


Wherein Robert NJ. Stephens Ida B. Stephens,
William E. stephens, administrators Of r.
Preston Stephens, deceased are complain
ants; and. Mary L. Mc6,auley,. executrix of
Thomas McCauly, deceased, Mary L. Nc.
Cauley, his widow. Augustus H. Dellicker,
executor of Silas P. Cook, deceased Joseph
S. Cook, a lunatic. by Mary G. H. Cook. his
guardian, and the said Mary G. H. Cook. his
P. 6 Porter, Mary q. Barker. Jesse J. Bark
er, her husband. Harry Cook, Mary Cook,
Cook. an idiot. by Mary G. Barker. his guard.
ian, Fannie Marvin, James Marvin. her hus-
band, Silas Force. Emma Force. his wife,
Hettie G. Fisher. Julia Force. Jessie F Gift
ford, Archer p. Clifford, her husband, Annie
Force, Georgiana Cook, Helen B. Cook. Rich
ard l.. Cook, Nellie Cook, his wife, Sias G.
Cook. Edith Cook, his wife, Jennie g. Cook,
Mary g. Cook. William Cook, Belle Cook
his wife and Catharine Cook are defendants.
Fl. ia for sale of mortgaged premises. Re-
turnable to October term, A. D., 1902.
JAMES FISHER, Solicitor
DY VIRTUE of the above stated writ of Fieri
ID Facias in my hands, shall expose for
sale at public vendue at the Court House in
Morristown, N. J. on
MONDAY. THE l4th DAY OF JULY
next, A. D. 1902 between the hours of l2 NJ and
5oclock P. NJ, that is to say at 2 O'Clock in
the afternoon of said day all the following de-
scribed tract or parcel of lands and premises
situate, lying and being in the township of
Washington in the County of Morris and state
of New Jersey, bounded and described as fol-
lows.
Beginning at maple stump in the road
leading from Drakestewn to Bartleyvile and
running thence % south eighty four and a
half degrees east seven chains and seventy
three links to Gum" tree in said ad :;
thence CD south fortvthree and three quarters
degrees east nine chains and forty-six links to
a corner in said road; thence (3l south seventy
nine and q half degrees east eleven chains and
dfty-four links to another corner In said road !;
thence az south nine degrees west twenty f se
thence (5) south sixty degrees west five chains
to a corner to Honnels & Willets land; thence
(6) north twenty-six and three-quarters
degrees west thirty chains to white oak tree,
corner to Stewards land; thence % south
sixty and a half degrees west fourteen chains
and fifty five links to red oak tree, corner to
Keltz; thence go north thirty-six and half
degrees west thirteen chains and ten links to a
chestnut stump: thence 90 north sixty-seven
degrees east thirteen chains and forty seven
links to a stake and stones; thence Q00 north
ffty-two and half degrees east four chains
and ninety-two links to a stake in the road ;
thence CID north sixty and a half degrees east
one chain and furty-eight links to the place of
beginning. Containing ixty-nine and twenty
nine hundredths acres of land, more or less
excepting therefrom the road leading from the
great road to Phillip Keltz' house, said road
having been sold to the said Philip Keltz.
Dated June H. 1902.
CHARLES A BAKER,
Chronicle and Index. Sheriff.
p F. $l260. 34s4
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An Irishman cut of work applied to
the boss" of large repair shop for
job" After quizzing him for
some time the superintendent put
him this question;
do you know anything about car
pentry?"
"Sure, I'd like to see the man that
can bate me at it."
"Do you know how to make We
netian blind?"
81 do thatl"
"Tell me, then, how you'd make a
Venetian blind"
Sure, I'd poke me finger in his
eye!"-Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-06-27
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
TO JUNE 30.

James Delaney and wife, of Net
cong, to Mary Estwick, of the same
place. property in Eetcong Borough,
$3.50.
James Voorhis and wife, of Pc
quannock township, to Cornelius
Culkin, of the city Of New York !;
tract of land in Pequannoc Township.
Martin V. B. Davenport, of Jeffer-
son, to Edward A. Blanchard, of the
same place; property in Jefferson
Township.
James Cook, of Hanover, to Leslie
D. Ward, of Newark; property in
the Borough of Florham Park, $500.
William A. Burnett, of Newark, to
Robert B., Richard W, and Jesse L.
McEwan property in Hanover Town
ship, 81, 500
James F. Bragg, of New York, to
the Edgewood Farm Association of
the First Episcopal Church, of New
York; property in Randolph Town
ship, 81 and other valuable consider
atoms
E. J. Ross Manufacturing Co., of
Port Dram, to the Luxembourg Presby-
terrain Church. property in the Bor
ough of Port Dram
Robert B. McEwan and wife to
Richard W. McEwan, all of Whip
pany; property in the township of
Hanover.
John P. Vreeland and wife, ct al,
of Paterson, to Elmer E. Bott, of
Montville; property in township of
Montville, $3.50.
Kate L. Garretson, of Morristown,
to Robert D. Green, of New York !;
property on Mt. Kemble avenue, 81
and other valuable considerations.
Mount Rest Cemetery to Elizabeth
Holloway, of Butler. plot of ground
in above named cemetery, $500.
Thos. J. Honeyman and wife. of
Somerville, to Edith May Dickinson,
of Newark; property in Roxhury
Township, So, 500.
John D. Garfield, of Morris Town
ship, to Gertrude l.. Thebaud, of the
township of Hanover; property on
Madison avenue, 81 and other good
and valuable considerations.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-06-27
Fortune Founded on Sand.

There is a solid citizen of New York
whose fortune was founded on sand.
1t amounts to few millions. James
Everard dug the earth out of the hole
in which sits that architectural mon
strosity known as the general post Of
fee, The earth proved to be fine build
ing sand, very scarce article in New
York. Jim" not only received big
pay for removing it, but sold it for
fancy prices, thereby laying the
foundation of his ample competency
Prior to this windfall he had been a
patrolman on the police force. In
ten years he would have been captain,
and it is not unlikely that, with cap
tain's graft, he would now own numer-
Gus blocks of real estate.-N. Y. Press.
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along over the period of years to look
back half century.
The visit of Prince Henry revived the
memory of other distinguished visit
ors of days gone by.
In the Louise home, on Massachu-
sets avenue, in Washington, endowed
by Mr. Corcoran, in memory of his
daughter, lives Mrs. Letitia Tyler
Semple, daughter of President Tyler
and mistress of the white house DUR
ing her fathers administration. She
has preserved throughout her charm
and distinction, as well as an accurate
remembrance of the days when she
was the country's presiding genius.
I'm my day." said Mrs. Semple, WON
en- were much less in evidence than
now. / remember one particularly
brilliant occasion-a dinner and ball
given at the white house by my father
for Prince de Joinville. There were 40
guests at the table, my sister Elizabeth
and being the only women.
"The prince, who commanded the
French navy, had been sent over in his
magnificent frigate La Belle Poule by
Louis Philippe to investigate the ru-
mors concerning the identity of Mr..
Williams, an Episcopal clergyman who
had come to America from France
with a Mr.. Boulanger, and had after
ward established small parish at
Green Bay, which was at that time an
isolated province in the region of Lake
Superior.
st was supposed that Mr. Williams
was in reality the Dauphin, the son of
Louis XVI. Pamphlets were written,
published and distributed claiming to
establish his identity beyond question.
Prince de Joinville brought miniatures
of the Dauphin to America, and he and
his staff were bent on leaving no stone
unturned to unearth the mystery.
Before they had succeeded in pushing
their Investigations very far the bot
tom fell out of the whole matter, ow-
ing to the report of phrenologist
who had brought his skill to bear and
discovered indisputable proofs that
Mr.. Williams was, as he claimed to be,
of Indian and English origin.
The dinner given at the white house
to the prince before his departure was
an occasion of state. He and his suite
paid a graceful compliment to our
democracy by appearing in simple civ
ilian attire. The princes only decora-
ton was a simple order.
"My seat was between M. Barcourt,
the French ambassador, and the Ger
man minister, and I remember strain
ing my ears to catch the witty phrases
of the prince. His command of English
seemed perfect, and from the express
sion of the faces near him his sallies
were not unappreciated. Mr.. Fox, the
English ambassador, sat at the right
of my father and the prince at his 9TH
er hand.
"After dinner, when we had repaired
to the ballroom, the prince came to me
and said: Madam, beg you will ex-
cuse my not offering myself as part
ner in this dance, but have walked
so long the deck of a ship that l fear
I may appear awkward So he gave
me his arm and we walked among the
flowers and spoke, as well as remem-
Der, of Balzac and cotton plantations
in Louisiana kansas City Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-06-27
When Mustaehe. Were Scarce.

81 suppose I will surprise many
readers" writes T. P. O'Connor,
"when l tell them that I remember
the time when man who wore a
beard was regarded as something of
a phenomenon, and, indeed, as scarce
ly gentlemanly; but so it was. AT the
bar a young barrister who wore a
beard or mustache would so out
rage the etiquette of the profession
that he would be refused hearing
by some judges, and by others so
sneered at to make solicitors unwil-
ling to employ him. A judge who has
only just left the bench protested
one day, while he was listening to a
Junior, not to understand what he
was saying, and when at last the I'M
fortunate junior began to shout, the
judge sweetly remarked that it was
very difficult to understand any gen.
tleman who insisted on putting a
hair screen on his upper lip"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-06-27
ROckaWay Valley Railway.

Leave Morr1srown, for all stations to White
house, D.. L. & W. Station, $40 a. M; sos y.
Watnong Station, $40 q. m. and $50 p m.
Leave Brookside for Morristown, 7.l5 a. m.
and $3.50 p M; for Whitehouse, $50 a. m. and
5.4 p. N.
Leave Mendham for Morristown. 7. 05 a. m.
and 3.05 p. M; for Whitehouse, 1905 q. M and
5. 90 p. m.
Leave Wh1tehouse for Morristown, 800 a. NJ,
and 1870 D. M. Arrive at Whitehouse from
Morristown, II 40 a. N. and 7.00p. m.
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In ChanCerY Of New Jersey.

TO WILLIAM BOWEN. JR,
DY VIRTUE of an order of the Court of
ID Chancery of New Jersey, made on the
day of the date hereof, in a cause wherein the
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
is complainant, and you and others are de-
you are required to appear and
plead, answer or demur TO the compliments
bill of complaint. on or before the
SECOND DAY CT AUGUST
next or that in default thereof the said bill
will be taken as confessed against you.
The said bill Is filed to eoreclose a certain
mortgage given by Eleazar H. Woodruff and
Anna Woodruff his wife to the Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, dated
sixteenth, 1888, covering property in
the Town of Morristown, Morris County, New
Jersey. And you are made a defendant be
cause you hold mortgage which is claimed to
be lien upon said mortgaged premises.
Dated June 2. 1902
FREDERICK G. BURNHAM,
Solicitor of Complainant,
347l Morristown, N. j.