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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-10

A good plan is to strengthen the
knees and heels of children's stockings
by darning them for some distance on
the wrong side when they are bought,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-10

If man makes a prediction, people
forget it If 1t does not come true, but
he will not let them forget it If itcomes
true.-Atchison Globe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-10

There are more than 10000 women
servants in Berlin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-10

Health is so necessary to all the du
ties as well as pleasures Of life that
the crime of squandering it is equal to
the folly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-10
A CORNER BOOKCASE.
One That Is Useful and Effective and
Ir.,e... s.--.s..--n

One That Is Useful and Effective ana
Economical In Space.
A corner cupboard has the advan-
tage of being useful and effective and
at the same time exceedingly econom-
ical in the matter Of space it occupies.
The one shown in the illustration is
a cupboard and bookcase combined
and can easily be made by home
body. The cornice at the top and the
plinth at the bottom are builders wide
molding and should be cut just to oc-
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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-13

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09

some, Of the examinations Is also given
It would seem from THE statement that the
education Of the Filipino has been limited
to some extent. The requirement regarding
the use OF the English language or pro-
hciency to use The rame seems to have
been the stumbling tbtpck OF many OF the
candidates for appointment. In conclusion,
the conditions in the English and Dutch
possessions in the far east are briefly re-
viewed, to show the5 value of the merit
system and its bearing on the political
conditions OF theEcountries in which 1t Is
operative.
The stability existing in the civil service
OF the English and Dutch colonial posses
sions is essential to good government.
the statement copeludss. mo government
can expect the maximum in efficiency in its
civil service without Stability therein. The
service must have high character to at
tract the best men. 1t Is possible to estab-
fish civil service in the Philippines, as a
branch or governmental administration, In
which an American IN this service or out
OF 1t shall feel the same pardonabie pride
as does the American citizen in the mill
tary or naval service of the United States.
The purpose of the merit system. already
faithfully translated into action in the
Philippine Islands, finds approval in the
message of the President to Congress: 1t
is important that this system be observed
at home, but it is more important that
1t be rigidly enforced in our insular pos
sessions. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09
One Word in Cow Language.
From the Boston Transcript.

At recent concert Of the hospital music
fund, given in Cambridge City Hospital,
one OF the musicians did thing which re-
calls the ancient story Of Orpheus and his
enchanting Tyre.
At the farther end of a field opposite the
institution two cows were quietly grazing
with their backs toward the street. The
first violinist asserted that he could speak
with those cows by means Of his violin at
that distance. Being doubted, he played
one cord on the two lower strings of his
Instrument. The animals Immediately quit
feeding, raised their heads, turned In the
direction of the sound and looked interest
ed The violnist drew his bow on the
strings a second time, and the animals
came directly across the field and put their
heads over the rails of the fence. with ears
thrown forward, nostrils dilated and eyes
inuuiring The third time the chord was
played the animals simultaneously answer
ed with a sharp, short, lowing and uneasy
stamping of fore feet
A word In COW language was plainly said
by the violin and was answered by the
cows. The incident was seen by DR.. Dix
well and six or seven others interested In
the hospital music charity. Some of the
more incredulous members of the party
thought that perhaps the animals which
answered the sound were looking for an
other COW, hidden from view. But there
was no near hiding place, and the sunlight
WAS clear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09
Renting Stuffed Animals.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
The trade in stuffed animals is getting
brisker with the approach of the holiday
season. II don't mean by that" said a
William street taxidermist that we are
selling more, of them. We are not. We
never do sell stuffed beasts in herds at
this time Of the year, hut our renting list
sWells prodigiously. People whose bust
ness requires them to use stuffed animals
and birds as an advertisement generally
want an extra duck or dog or bear added
to their stock for month or two preceding
and following Christmas. A trade mark Ct
this kind, of good quality, costs anywhere
from S. to $75 and as those that are used
merely as SUPERB are needed only few
months in the year, II, is cheaper to rent
them than to buy them outright. Almost
every merchant in town. of high or low
degree, makes an, extra, splurge at this sea-
son by exhibiting a polar bear or some
other festive animal, consequently our
rental amounts to a rather nice income.
Some seasons we do a pretty thriving bust
ness with theatrical companies also, but
this year the drama seems to have become
too realistic to rely upon stuffed art for its
effects, and our orders for property fowls
and quadrupeds have been few"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09
FRUIT EATING AND TEMPER.
Promotes Digestion and Aids Mems
Dispositions.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press
At a meeting OF horticultural enthusiasts
in Minneapolis the other day one delegate
declared that the eating Of fruit was con-
ducive to equanimity OF temper and that
children who were fed on fruit instead of
meat could be easily distinguished by their
agreeable dispositions. He accordingly
urged that the consumption Of fruit should
be encouraged at home and In school and
by all other means available. The speaker
may have thought that he had made a pro-
found discovery. In fact, he was only re-
stating an old truth. Good temper waits on
good digestion and good digestion is largely
the result of diet. And no kind Of food so
aids digestion as good, ripe fruit in it's sea-
son. Henry Ward Beecher used to say that
some day people would call things by their
right names. They would not say that this
temper, but they would say this man has
good digestion and that man a bad diges-
ton. This would be more explicit and more
in accord with the facts
Fruit eating, by aiding digestion undoubt-
eddy does encourage good temper and good
temper is an important factor in national
life The good-tempered man rarely COM
mits crime and he works with more energy
and produces more than the bad-tempered
man. A sunny-tempered wife Is sure to
have a beneficial effect upon a husbands
usefulness. So 1t is worth while to create
good temper and a pleasant disposition.
even In a material sense, and as fruit eating
leads to this result its consumption should
be encouraged A saturnine disposition in
a public man has done more than one ma
ton harm and should be avoided If possible.
Shakespeare was undoubtedly acquainted
with the good effect of fruit on temper for
he says in "Macbeth:" Now good diges-
ton wait on appetite, and health on both"
There can be no appetite without good d.
gestion. and no health without both, and
there is rarely good temper without all
three. And as fruit eating contributes to
this condition It's consumption cannot be en-
coura ged too much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09
BULLET-PRooF CLOTH.
Successful Tests Of g New Invention
Reported.

From the New York Tribune.
Experts in military affairs, not only in
this country, but in Europe as WELL will
no doubt watch with much. interest the
further tests of the bullet-proof textile fab
ric invented by Casimir Zeglin, which was
experimental upon at the 9th Regiment
Armory in this city the other day. Shots
were fired from revolvers Of various call
bers at from five to eight yards from the
cloth, and not one of the bullets went en-
tirely through the garment The first Off
cial test of the Zeglin cloth was made at
Fort Sheridan on August II, when a Krag-
Jorgensen rifle was used. The test was de-
clared by the official board to be success
full, the cloth having fulfilled all the claims
of the inventor
There have been several inventions of
bullet-proof cloth in the past few years,
the most notable ones being the inventions
or Hiram T. Maxim, the inventor of the
Maxim gun, and Herr Dove, a tailor, of
Mannheim, Germany. The latter inven-
ton was said to be a valuable one, and the
inventor refused several large offers made
to him by firms Of army contractors and
others. One of the most pronounced tests
was made by the Russian ambassador to
England, who used new German army
rifle. selecting his cartridges at random
from box. The first shot was at a block
of solid oak, the bullet piercing through.
Inc next shot was at the garment, which
I1eII Lowe ndu put on, VINO, aIter the
shot, smiled and said, II feel nothing"
Several other shots were fired. the bullets
being found afterward imbedded in the
coat. Then a horse was wrapped in some
of the bullet-proof cloth, and shots were
fired In rapid succession while the horse
was eating oats in his stall. The horse
started at the first shot, but none of the
bullets pierced the cloth The garment
worn by Herr DOVE looked like ordinary
army clothing material, the resisting SUBJ
stance being placed beneath the outside
cloth. The garment was in the nature Of
breastplate, fastened to the side buttons
of the soldiers uniform, weighing about
six pounds, and Intended to be worn only
In actual warfare.
Subsequently Mr. Maxim made a cuirass
OF certain organic and Inorganic substances,
about fourteen inches by sixteen inches,
one and one-half inches thick and weighing
about ten pounds. The exhibition of this
material was given in England and caused
much surprise, but when Mr. Maxim ex-
posed his secret after the test it was looked
upon more as a joke than anything serious.
However, he declared that the test was an
earnest one, and to show that a bullet
proof garment could be made with little
trouble His cloth or protector consisted
of steel shield inside of a bag, which
simply arrested the initial energy of the
bullet and prevented any injury being done
Since then little or nothing has been heard
Of Herr Doves cloth, or the 1900 600
marks said to have been offered to him by
the German government for his invention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09
THE BLACK BEAR.
He is the Especial Prize That Every
Sportsman Likes to Get.

From the Bangor CMe.) Commercial.
A big black bear is the trophy that all
sportsmen who have been In the woods are
after. Shooting deer is all right, and a
moose of course, Is a sportsman's ambi-
ton until he gets one, then he must have
bear. 1t sounds SO much bigger, you
know. to say that you have killed bear.
Bears are supposed to be very dangerous
and only shot after hand-to-hand encoun-
tiers and thrilling escapes from death.
A large number Of bears have come down
from the woods SO far this fall and It
seems as If Maine bruin were either very
plentiful or decidedly careless.
Hunters from out Of the state, especially
like to get bear. Two stories of how the
prizes are shot can never be proved out OF
the way, as a female with young does not
wait an instant II brought to bay or IL she
thinks the young ones are in danger, from
attacking man or several men for that
matter. Bear hunting, however. Is not so
precarious as the sportsmen often make it
out to be- The killing often consists Of
merely running across one in the woods
and shooting him before he can get away.
Then dogs are often used in hunting bears.
While the dogs by their barking and snap
ping are keeping the big brute excited the
hunter has time to take good aim and
get his game. Bears are often found in
times inclined to be ugly when this is done,
but do not stand much chance against two
or three 45-90s.
Practically all bears which are shot by
spOrtsmen are brought out of the woods
and either mounted whole or made into
rugs. or the heads are set up with the
mouth open to give them fierce express
sion.
Bears are outside the pale OF the law in
Maine and may be shot, trapped or killed
in any other way wherever they may be
found.
Whenever a bear comes down from up
river the owner can always be found at the
western depot Perhaps he has a deer or
moose along that he has to identify. After
doing so he will always ask If It is neces-
sary for him to prove property in regard to
the bear. and he smiles proudly on the
crowds which are always gathered around
the wardens.
II the bear is all the game he has. why.
he will make a big touse about not being
able to find the warden so as to Identify
his bear, for, of course. he wants to be
sure that the bear isn't seized. He wouldn't
have that happen for anything. Oh. no.
Nor would he have the crowd remain igno-
rant Of the fact that he got his bear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09
FIGHT ON MIR. MCCALL.
Charges Against the Nominee for the
New Orleans Collectorship.


A fight was begun today In the commit
tee on interstate commerce against the
nomination of Henry Mccall. sent to the
Senate yesterday by the President. Mr.
Mccall is credited with being leader OF
the lilly whites in Louisiana so far as
the lilly white movement has gone, and
his nomination was to be collector of GUS
toms for New Orleans in place Of A. r
Wimberly. Wimberly is known as friend
of Mr.. Hanna.
The charges that have been filed against
Mr.. Mccall in the committee on commerce
consist of certified copies Of papers. alleging
that in 1880 he was appointed administra-
tor for the estate of one Suky Jackson a
colored woman ninety years of age at the
time of her death, who had received as
bounty and back pension $1,000. A copy
of the application of Henry Mccall, on
whose plantation Suky jackson was living,
to be administrator, his appointment by
the Judge in the twenty-second judicial dis
trict Of the parish of Ascension, La, and a
statement by the auditor saying that an
examination of records failed to show that
Mccall had made any accounting for the
estate of Suky Jackson from 1890, when
he became administrator, up to 1902. 1t is
alleged that Suky Jackson died without
heirs and that in the natural course of
events the money would have been paid
over to the state of Louisiana. The docu-
gave bond Of $1,000 for the proper discharge
of his duties.
These charges will come before the COM
mittee at its next meeting or as soon as
the nomination of Mccall is taken up.
A pamphlet has also been filed with the
committee, entitled THE Case Of the Re-
publicans of Louisiana Against the Lily
Whites" being an address to the Presi-
dent, dated New Orleans, November Is,
1902.
''The charge that said organization the
pamphlet states. referring to the lilly white
republican party, lis not sincerely republi-
can, either collectively or individually; that
they are democrats and always have been;
that the cardinal purposes of said organ
ization are to place all white republicans
who believe in the enjoyment of equal po-
litical rights by all citizens of the United
States, regardless of race or color, in a
position where they can never enjoy equal
political rights with those who favor the
Acknowledgement of the colored citizens.
thus making political outcasts of that white
class"
1t is stated that the charges against Mr..
Mccall were presented at the White House
before his nomination was sent in, but 1t Is
not known whether the President saw these
charges until after he had decided upon his
course of action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09
DUCKING IN OREGON.
The Sport Does Not Come Free in the
Northwest Any More Than Here.

From the Portland Oregonan.
From many places in the Willamette val
sey come reports Of grain fields being turned
into pools IN low places. and country sports
men and farmers are looking for a spell Of
duck shooting. Country people used to
have more duck shooting dozen or fifteen
years ago, before feeding wild ducks with
wheat came into vogue along the Columbia,
and they now often complain that Port
land sportsrnen monopolize the duck shoot
Ing of the state. This is not far from the
truth, but probably few country people have
any idea OF the amount this shooting costs
the city sportsnen.
The first thing the city man must secure
who desires TO enjoy the sport of shooting
ducks is a place TO ehoot on which he can
preserve and guard and keep for his own
use. Generally parties Of four or more are
made up to lease shooting preserves, and
about every good duck lake or pond or
island where there is good duck shooting,
from the mouth Of the Sandy down to ka
lama and even farther, Is leased year after
year by sportsmen in many cases at rather
extravagant prices. Next. quarters where
the Waterman. who must be employed to
feed the ducks and look after the preserve,
can live. and where the .sportsmen can stay
when they go to shoot, must be provided.
This must be furnished with beds cooking
apparatus, etc, and Is generally comfort
able home, with good stock Of provisions
and occasionally stock Of liquors. Then
be provided. for without this there will be
no ducks shot. Dogs and guns and much
ammunition OF the best quality must be
provided. and transportation to and from
the preserve at suitable times arranged for
and lots of waterproof clothing. boots. etc.
must be provided. As may be imagined. all
these things and others not mentioned cost
In the aggregate no small sum- and the
cost OF the ducks killed amounts to much
more than they could be sold for in the
market. but most Of the sportsmen give
away their surplus game to friends.
1t Is understood that the cost of the ducks
killed on one of the most economically man
aged preserves where there was good shoot
ing last season amounted to over 80 cents
each. while on other places, where there
was no attempt to economic, the cost ran
up to 81 each. On such places 200 and
often more ducks are ehot every Sunday,
after the shooting is fairly under way for
several weeks In succession. so the sports
men have to pay for their sport more than
farmers would care to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09
sAL1sBURY's POOR MEMORY.
Late Prime Minister Lived in a World
Apart From Others.

From the Review Of Reviews.
Whatever may be the cause, there Is no
mistaking the fact that Mr.. Balfour's sue
cession to the premiership has occasioned
less stir than many political incidents of
much less Importance. Mr.. Gladstone lived
everin the public eye. Week days and Sun
days he was always doing or saying some
thing which afforded material for newspa-
per comment The public took the keenest
interest in his books, his porcelain, in his
cutting down trees at Hawarden, in his
reading the services at the parish church.
He was a performer always in the glare
Of the footlights whether in office or out Of
1t. Lord Salisbury lived in comparative Sc
clusion. If he did not direct the affairs
Of worldwide empire from a hermitage,
he governed 1t from Hatfield, and often for
weeks he would never leave his retreat,
even for the purpose OF meeting the diplo-
matte representatives Of other powers at
the foreign Office.
The Cecils are world unto themselves
and IL Lord Salisbury may not be exactly
mortals by the world forgot he lived and
lives apart. OF late years his memory
failed him. not for facts SO much as for
faces. and all manner Of odd stories are
current as to the mistakes which he made
owing to his inability to distinguish between
individuals.
On one occasion a worthy wine merchant,
who was invited to spend a week end In q
family party at Hatfield, is said to have
been mistaken by the late prime minister
for Lord Roberts The delusion was 60
complete that. after opening the CONVERSE
ton at the dinner table, he carried his as
tonished guest OF into the library and in
sisted upon learning from his uninstructed
lips exactly what he thought of the cam
paign in Africa. TELL me- SO the story
goes. tell me-" he said to the fiattered but
bewildered wine merchant, what you real
ly think of the war In South Africa VIII
Lord Kitchener make as great mess of 1t
as all our other generals?'
The good man rose to the situation, and
was rewarded by being anxiously asked by
the prime minister what he would do il
he were in South Africa at that moment
1t was not until the following day that the
guest was aware of the reason for the
strange solicitude which the prime minister
had shown for his opinion upon military
tactics.
On another occasion he is said to have
asked who that remarkably intelligent
young man was with whom he had Just
been trinsacting business. ut is one of
your private secretaries" was the reply.
When a man forgets the face Of a private
secretary and confounds wine merchants
with commanders-in-chief 1t Is NOT surpris-
iag that he sioul1r end the time had come
Tor his departure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09
London Sea Breezes.
From Pearson's Weekly.

The manager of the TivoA Music hall,
London, has discovered an inventor who
has found way of turning out sea breezss
at will It consists only in small ma
chine which will stand in the promenade
at the back of the grand circle, occupying
about the space of a couple of people, and
by the action of electricity upon certain
chemicals makes ozone in huge quantities
and breathes it gently forth. 1t is to drive
all the carbonic acid out of the house and
to keep the Tivoii filled with as pure an
atmosphere as nature makes on the sea.
Sometimes it will be Brighton that will be
laid on A different pinch Of the chemicals
or turn of the wheel. and 1t may be
Bournenouth, or Scarborough. or Nice, or
any other pIace-where the air Is good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09
Strength Of a Bootblack.
From the Philadelphia Record.


~ don't blame people for getting out OF
patience with some of our salespeople,
said the head of the book department.
'Only yesterday girl who to do her jus
tice, has only been here short time. came
TO me and said: Have we book called
"The Strength of a Bootblack?" I re-
piled that 1 had never heard of such a
book. and asked her II she was positive
about the title Yes, that's what the lady
asked for she replied. Lead me to the
lady, said expected to find her among
the Juveniles but instead she was looking
over the religious works. I approached her
a nd. asked her what book she was In
search OF. And what do you think It was?
Culture and Strength. by Hugh Black"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09
German View of Cuba's Status.

Reporting to the State Department from
Frankfort, Germany, Consular Clerk Muir
ply quotes a Berlin paper as stating that
the transfer of Cuba from Spanish owner
ship to the control of the American Union
has not during the past year exerted any
Injurious effect upon European trade with
the island. On the contrary, the Cuban de-
mand for German wares is, judging from
the figures for 1901. considerably increas-
ing" The article adds that the condition
of Cuba's export trade with Germany is
also favorable, the principle articles taken
by Germany being cigars and raw tobacco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-09
Hearing by Naval Committee.

Rear Admiral Kenny of the bureau of
supplies and accounts and Colonel Reed of
the Marine Corps were heard this morning
by the House committee on naval affairs
on items to be included In the naval appro-.
priation bill.