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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
WiIes of a Serpent.

There is nothing so willy as smart man.
Leave the women out of the question alto
gether. AT an entertainment which was to
be devoted entirely to the reading of poems
by the perpetrators thereof, the audience
was mre handful. One man in speaking OF
it remarked; "The rainy evening kept all
the audience away" but another suggested
that it was the character of the entertain
ment that thinned the crowd. On this par
ticular evening two friends, both poets, set
out for the scene. One hesitated about the
number of poems to read, whereupon his
friend said: Gone, only take one; there
will be so many others to read that one will
be enough" He, however, took six along in
his inside pocket, and now since he read
those six and the other man had only one
the latter is wondering how it came about,
and why the man who took six should sug-
gsst but one to him.-Louisville Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
WON'T PAY THE HIGH RENT.
Russell Sage VIII Move Rather Than
Submit to What He Thinks Is an
ExOrbitRnt Increase.

Russell Sage said the other day
that he will move rather than pay
the increase in rent which Commo-
dore Gerry intends to charge after
May for the house and lot at 500
Fifth avenue. Mr.. Sage now pays
$4,000 year, or five per cent. of $685.
900, the figure at which the land was
valued when he renewed the lease 21
years ago.
Now the valuation has been revised
and placed at 100000, so if Mr.. Sage
still has to pay five per cent. his
rent for land will go up to $4,000 a
year. He owns the house. He built
it something over 40 years ago, and
has lived there ever since.
"Why, it's outrageous" he said, "to
talk of such raise in rent. They'll
drive everybody off Fifth avenue if
they don't look out. / don't want to
move, for 1 have lived there over 40
years, but 1 won't stay and pay any
thing exorbitant."
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
KRUGER's LIFE AT UTRECHT.
Newspaper Correspondent Says He Is
More PhIegmatic and Taciturn
Than Ever.

Cabling from Utrecht, the London
staff correspondent of the New York
Tribune says there is no decline in
the popularity of former President
Kruger, although he lives in seclusion
end is seldom seen outside his villa in
this small factory town. He is sur
rounded by a swarm of relatives and
Boer exiles, sees few visitors, and is
more phlegmatic and taciturn than
ever. He is unmanageable in money
matters, and so deliberate and eau
tious in expressing his opinion and
judgment respecting South African af-
fairs, that he is seldom consulted by
the other Boer leaders. DR.. Leyds is
received as the diplomatic representa-
tive of the South African Republic and
allowed to display his full uniform on
state occasions at The Hague. Mr.
Kruger is a private citizen, living in
exile, and is not encouraged to visit
the capital or appearf in public. Yet
he is reverenced throughout the Meth
erlands as hero.
Mr.. Kruger is Enthusiastically aging,
the dispatch concludes, as his follow
ers admit. His heart action is better
than it was and his general health has
improved during his residence near
Utrecht, but his mind has grown dull
and his grim humor has disappeared.
He remains the central figure of the
group of Boer refugees, because his
personality is still unrivaled
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
A Prize Play.

In December last Miss Percy Has
well, who heads stock company man
aged by George Fawcett, at the Ly-
ceum theater, Baltimore, offered a
cash prize of $500 for the best original
Enacted play submitted in competi-
ton. Three Baltimore dramatic crit.
ics consented to act as judges, and
more than $50 plays were read. The
prize was last week awarded to John
Almon Richie, of 2s5 Metcalfe street
Ottawa, Canada, for society drama
in four acts, entitled "Worldlings."
The play deals with the evil of inter.
national alliances.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16

the trunk of the tree, which is IA
or Is inches in diameter.
AS the graft is practically the same
in size at both extremeties, it is
likely that the upper end is the orig
inal point of growth. The extremity
of the limb, dropping against an ac-
cidental break in the bark of the
trunk, received nourishment from
this new source, and probably grew
more rapidly.
The only way to ascertain which
is really the original point of union
will be to saw out section of each
end and count the number of rings
that indicate the exact age.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16

Hassan Pasha has the reputation of
being the richest man and the most
corrupt man In the Turkish govern
ment. He is supposed to be worth
10000 or $5O,ooo,ooO, all of which
he has acquired while in the service
of the government. He has great in
fiuence with the sultan. The latter
considers him one of his most loyal
and efficient officers and trusts him
implicitly. -Indianapolis News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
A JUG HANDLE TREE.
One of the CuriOsities of Plant
Growth Recently Discovered in
Kentucky Forest.

Near Diamond Springs, KY, in a
large beech forest, is tree that is
known throughout the neighborhood
as the "jug handle" from the Pc
culiar growth of the first limb.
This unusual formation, which is
properly known as a natural graft"
is six or eight inches in diameter, six
feet in length, and about IS feet up
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
Larceny of French Letters.

The French post office estimates
that no fewer than SO, 900 letters were
stolen last year from pillar boxes. Ex-
periments are being made by fitting
some of the boxes with steel teeth,
which prevent the extraction of let
tiers, in the hope of guarding against
these thefts in the future.-Washi
ton Star,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
HAD HARROW ESCAPE.
Rear Admiral Evans Writes of an Exc
perience Which Nearly Cost
Him His Life.

Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans, al
though he has seen plenty of sharp
fighting and been often under fire,
once came nearer to losing his life on
board his own ship and when not en-
gagged with the enemy than during any
battle in which he ever had part. He
tells the story in "a Sailors Log" A
little before the destruction of Ger
vera's fleet he had gone below to his
cabin with Commander Kimball, of
the torpedo fleet, who had brought dis
patches. They were sitting at the
cabin table studying the situation,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16

1t is claimed that only about half the
people of Paris are native Parisians,
and the latter are said to be dimin-
ishing in number every year, says the
Chicago Record-Herald. Still it is not
yet come to pass that the native Pa
risian has no chance to get on the
Paris police force.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
Authors Popular In Japan.

The sale of recent translations in
Japan indicates that foreign au-
thors rank as follows in the estima-
ton of the Japanese: lola, Doyle,
Gosse, Lang, Bret Harte, Stevenson,
George Meredith, John Morley,
Pater, Thomas Hardy, Henry James,
Ian Maclaren, Ruskin, Stephen Phil
lips, Tennyson and Mark Twain.-N.
Y. Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
Sufficient Evidence.

Father-Can you give me any as
surance that you are able to support
my daughter?
Suitor-Certainly here are II med
ais got for rescuing persons from
drowning last summer.-Chelsea Ga
zette.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
Sultan OF Turkey Jokes

When the sultan of Turkey attends
a play he often hands the comedian of
the company an original joke of his
own, which the actor gets off in the
course of the performance These
naturally create much laughter-Ch
cage Daily News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16

When little Bobbie visited the zoo
he saw camel for the first time in
his lie. After looking at it for some
time he said:
"Alamma, wudn't it be offul to go
thru life with broken back like that
kamel ?"-Ohio State journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16

Mrs. Nurich-I want pair of the
Nost expensive gloves you've got.
Salesman-Y es'm Do YOU want
them long?
Don't be impertinent, young man.
want to buy them, not hire them
Philadelphia Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
A vision Of wealth

"If could only be as stingy the day
after pay day as am the day before"
and the thoughtful man smiled at the
vision as it unfolded gloriously. In
alianapolis News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
Her FavOrite,

Glow did you like my sermon this morn
ing?" asked the young minister of his grand
mother.
Il enjoyed it very much" replied the old
lady 1T reminded me so much of one /
read when l was little girl" Chicago
Daily News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
HIs Thlrteenth aueatIon.

Little Clarence with rising infec-
tion)-Pa?
Mr.. Callipers (wearily)-Uh?
PA. how do angels get their night
gowns on over their wings ?"-Judge,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
An Inducement to the Prince

If the prince of Wales comes we can.
promise him, says the Chicago Record
Herald, that the menus will always be
presented in our choicest French.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16


like the hn2O
dressed them He
Insects
white lower black tail
tree brown; N $500 w ""'
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
Plumbing, Timing, Steam and
Gas Fitting,

at their OFFICE, Al Mill street, Tele-
phone 384 l, or at the store of William
81. Hibler, South street. city.
The Senior member of this partner
ship, JOHN J. CARROLL, has been
plumbing in this City for twenty mine
years, and his reputation as plumber
is too we'll known forsany further COM
ment. 1888
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16

1 fear that have filled the space at my
disposal, and must leave over a mass of
correspondence until next week. The five
girls who threaten to commit suicide imme
diately are advised to wait-with the ex-
ception of Isabel" who has not paid her
subscription. She can do what she likes.
Yours affectionately, BARONESS B.
London Black and White.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-16
NOTICE

JOHN J. CARROLL, who for years
has been in the firm of LooNEY & CAR
ROLL, has formed partnership with
his son, WILLIAM j. CARROLL, and
are now ready to receive orders for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-26
GILLIAN RUssELL's LEGs.v
A Churchman's Surprise at a sugges-
tion to straighten Them.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
This story is told here not merely because
il concerns a noted actress. but because
IL Is true, because IL happened In Great
Neck, whose good stories ought TO make
their first appearance in the Eagle, and
because IL Is vouched for by a nOntheatrfcal
young woman out that way who has not
the remotest connection with the press
agents. In the days before she set up auto
mobiles, some five or six years ago. Lillian
Russell summered at Great Neck The
neighborhood had not been invaded by Flo
rodora" girls then, and the aristocratic cot
tagers turned up their noses at Lillian But
the villagers simply worshiped her, be-
cause her heart was big. ;ler purse open and
her tongue ready. One proof OF Great
Necks admiration was the naming OF every
female baby born there that summer Lii
liam Russell. entirely regardless OF COM
plexion. II thus happened that one OF the
fair Lillian's namesakes was blacker than
Bert Williams when he has makeup on
This ebony Lillian Russell was preco-
cious walked a great deal sooner than she
should. and as a result. acquired legs which
resembled the sides of good fat parenthe-
sis. But the child had the sunny dispose
ton of the blonde and famous Lillian so
that the people of Great Neck came to pet
her and call her Lillian Russell, without
regard to whether her last name was Brown
or Washington The ebony Lillian is about
four now, and the sponsor for the story
encountered her affiiction in a most en-
phatic manner. The visitor was sent down
by her hostess TO ward OF a young en-
thusiast In charity who was suspected OF
approaching the mouse Win a SuDScriptiOE
paper in her pocket. In the drawing room
was also a young Seventh Regiment man
whose social standing and income were
both high. The caller could not be divert
ed from her subscription PAPER for long,
however. IL was TO secure subscriptions
for the Strengthening OF Lillian Russell's
legs. The hostess. understanding that the
black Lillian was meant began Inquiries
as to the feasibility OF the undertaking and
ended by subscribing. About that time she
caught a Mortified look on the face OF the
nd
collector over TO him. exclaiming: "Oh
here's Mr.. Smith. He'll help. Wouldn't
you like TO subscribe 10 straighten Lillian
Russels legs?''
The face OF that Seventh Regiment man
was a study. He hemmsd and coughed-
stammered and blushed and finally blurf-
ed out: why, OF course I'll subscribe n
there's any need OF II. But the last time
/ saw them they were all right"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-26
CERTIFICATION OF MINERS.


Great Strike Possible.
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The official figures which the Public
Ledger has obtained at Harrisburg show
that 34740 men hold certificates officially
qualifying them 20 mine anthracite coal in
this State Practically all of these certi-
fled miners are now on strike, and each
one who refuses to take out coal compels
the idleness of three other men. The State,
by licensing those who go into the cham
bers to break and cut loose anthracite COAL
has for four months locked out upward of
100000 men employed in the shafts, in the
washeries and breakers, at the pumps, and
in various sub~'diary capacities. 1t is the
State certificate and the law making 1t
obligatory upon the operators to employ
none but certified miners which has made
possible the present strike.
To secure his certificate a man must
show that he has had mot less than two
years practical experience as a miner or
as a mine laborer in the mines of this
Commonwealth These are the exact
words of the law of July Is, 1897. Each
applicant must answer twelve questions in
by the members of a miners examining
board When the certified men leave the
mines in body, therefore. and decline
to take out any more coal. the owners, by
the provisions of this singular measure
are rendered powerless to send new men
into the ground to fill their abandoned
posts The hands of the operators are
tied. No one may mine anthracite coal in
Pennsylvania unless he holds a certificate
of competency. He cannot obtain this GER
tifcate unless he has worked two years
in the mines Of the State. Even those who
are qualified for promotion to the certified
list cannot suddenly be helped into licenses
since the examining board is composed of
practical miners of standing ia Mr.. Mitch
ellis union.
Such law is without reason. so far as
the disinterested observer is able to dis
Germ. If miners must be certified in an
thracite coal mines, why not also in the
bituminous mines? Why must a miner
have worked two years in the coal meas
ures "of this Commonwealth" before he
shall be adjudged competent for the bust
ness? Is it better schooling for a man
to have mined coal in Pennsylvania than
to have mined it in Galicia, Nova Scotia
or Alabama? The measure is conceived in
ignorance and injustice. 1t Is jointly a
child of the labor agitator and the poll
tician, and if it is to continue feature
of the policy of this Commonwealth it
needs some justification which is not sug-
gested by any fact that is at all obvious
to the common mind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-26
ARMY NEEDS MORE DOCTORS.
Applications Are Few and Examina-
tfons Are Hard to Pass.
Washington Post.

Washington Post.
Officials in the medical department Of the
army are considerably concerned over the
great need of army surgeons at this time.
1t developed yesterday that there are now
forty-nine vacancies in the department,
and the prospect of filling them in the near
future is far from bright. An examination
for assistant surgeons in the army with
the rank of first lieutenant is to be held in
this city at the medical museum on Sept.
s, but it is not expected that the results
of this test will materially relieve the
cituation. Only thirty applications for en-
trance to the examination have yet been
filed, and experience has shown that from
this number the department cannot ex-
pect to secure more than five recruits at
the outside.
Brig. Gen. w. H. Forwood, surgeon gen.
eral of the army, in speaking of the mat
ter yesterday called attention to the diff
Guilty which the department encounters
in securing suitable material for its ranks.
I'VE need men of culture, refinement and
ability; and despite the large number of
medical schools throughout the country the
department finds it very difficult to secure
such men,"
This lack of army surgeons at this time
is especially embarrassing to the depart
ment in view of the spread of cholera in
the Philippines and the consequent demand
from the army in the East for medical as
sistance. An assistant surgeon in the army
is we'll cared for. His salary is 81, 800 year,
with allowances, and his rank that of a
first lieutenant mounted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-26

New York Mail and Express.
Tho Rannhlican conversational nnr,npnit.

New York Mail and Express.
The Republican congressional committee
has done a good piece of work in present.
ing in clear, cogent and condensed form
the story OF what our work in the Orient
has been in the last three years. We have
used ideas well material force there
and TO excellent advantage.
We deepen Manila harbor and bring
the people of the island nearer to the
great world by cheapening their freights;
We build roads in the islands, and start
the wheels of trade agriculture and manu-
facture. But that is the smaller of the two
great items In the account. We train the
people in self-government, and We send
their children to school. We free their
minds from their native fetichstic supersti-
tions. and turn them TO thoughts OF liberty
and order.
And no doubt there is another thing that
we are doing for the Filipino people-a
ment of the Republican national committee
that is fully as important and beneficial
anything else that we are doing for
them. We endow them with many wants
that they never had before. People who
went barefooted are wanting shoes and
those who never wore anything but a shirt
are wanting coats
Added wants are of incalculable value
to a man IL they make him work where he
was idle before. Nothing could do the
lazy and lotus-eating Filipino so much
good as considerable number OF keen and
exigent wants. They will make a new
man of him.
Let the stimulation of these wants be
added conspicuously TO the list of what we
are doing I'm the Philippines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-26
A MANS BUSHES.
He VIII Fly the Red Signal More
Quickly than a Woman.

New York Times.
me want to get up and talk right out in
meeting 1t is to hear IL said of man that
he blushed like woman How women
ever gained the reputation of having run
up a corner in bushes is beyond my COM
prehension. Report does her a grave in
Justice, for a matter of fact, she not
only has no monopoly in bushes, but does
not make use of the share that properly
belongs to her. There are some women
of course, who blush IL you even blink an
eyelid in their direction, but a general
thing men blush much more readily and
more violently than women.
This is not random statement that
am making for the purpose of hearing my
self talk, but a sober deduction founded
on careful observation. For years | have
of embarrassment, and the statistics
have jotted down prove that In nine cases
out of ten the average will fly the
red signal OF distress much more quickly
than the average woman. This holds good
in all sorts of situations.
Crack a joke at mans expense, he
bushes; ply him with awkward questions.
he bushes; subject him to some humilia-
ton or let some ludicrous accident befall
him in public, and he straightway rivals
the boiled lobster in hue A woman NAV
redden slightly under the same circum-
stances, but her blush is diluted and per-
functory compared with the brilliant. sun
lit glow that suffuses the countenance of
man.
II don't attempt to explain the phe-
nomenon-physiologis and mQralists NAV
do that If they can-but merely give the
facts for what they are worth, in the hope
that the next time a story writer has a
crop of bushes to dispose of he will ring
a few changes on the old phrase that has
done duty for generations and say of the
heroine that she blushed like a man."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-26
THOMAS-RILEY.
;pecial to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
Fashions Outlook for 1903.

Harper's Bazaar.
Brown is to be the fashionable color for
the present. Later on in the winter dark
blue, a new shade of green and, as always,
black will be fashionable. But for the mo-
ment any one who can wear brown is hav-
ing brown gown made. The choosing of
a material in this color is or ought to be a
matter of time and elaboration. Certain
shades of brown are exceedingly becoming.
especially to any one with brown eyes and
hair. They also &C we'll with fair hair and
blue eyes. 1t is a warm golden brown with
not the slightest tendency TO green. Seal
brown with a gold tint in 1t, trimmed with
sealskin or velvet or with velvet alone, is
always becoming.
For the first autumn wear are some ex-
ceedingly smart gowns of blue cloth braided
with brown or green-a revival of a fashion
of long ago-the blue a navy blue rough
material. the braid narrow brown SOU
tache. This is a dangerous combination of
coloring TO recommend vaguely, but If the
right shades be chosen 1t is immensely
smart Yellow with brown is always good.
and consequently gilt or brass buttons and
narrow brown and gold braid are used as
trimmings With blue a bit of silver is bet
ter than gold and decidedly newer, but the
braid Is a round braid, very narrow and
put on. as is the soutache. with the stitch
ing at the edge SO that 1t stands up.