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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-05
1T Was q Monkey.

l was Invited, along with other Euro
peans on tle beach, to one of the big
gest plays that have been seen in Opo-
DO. At the feast all kinds of fish, fowl
and soup. cooked after the native fash
ion, were served. Every one thoroughly
enjoyed the feast until, near to the fin
ish, the chaser (dessern was brought in.
This dish they called palm oil chop.
While it was being served there rolled
out of the vessel what to all appear
ance was human skull. Suddenly all
the Europeans turned pale, as though
suffering from an acute attack of sea-
sickness, and the symptoms they de-
veloped were identical, for that dinner
would not stay down.
The chief, in alarm, inquired what
had made his friends so i'll. One of the
sufferers, whose eyes protruded from
their sockets, and afraid to trust him.
self to speak, placed his handkerchief
to his mouth and jerked his thumb in
the direction of the skull.
The chief grasped the situation and
with unaffected concern tried to COM
fort his sick guests by saying: ut be
all right. He be no man. He be mon
key!'-Chambers' Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-05
Domesticated Ferns.

The lover of ferns will find it an
easy matter to domesticate many of
the most attra ctive varieties if he or
she will be content to take young
plants. They should be removed from
their native haunts with a good
amount of soil adhering to their roots.
Give them, if possible, shady place
to grow in, and make the soil as light
as that in which they originally grew.
1t is well worth while to get wagon
load or two of soil from the woods fol
the especial use of these plants. In
lifting them wrap each in a deep bas-
ket, applying enough water to saturate
the soil clinging to the roots. Do not
plant them in the border until after
shutdown. If the next day is sunny,
shade them well and shower them fire.
quently. In some instances most of
the old fronds will die off, but if care
is taken in lifting and planting and
the necessary amount of shade and wa
ter is given few of the leaves will be
lost.-Eben L. ReXford in Lippincott's
Magazine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-05
The DapL view,

why is it." quered the girl who is
trying to solve the problem of how to
dress well of the girl who thinks she
knows, that you wear all your pretti-
est pins and brooches at the back Of
your dress collars and the more ordi.
nary ones in front? | do exactly the
opposite"
Il don't mind so much-that is. with
in reason-about what people think
who see me face to face" said the girl
who dresses well. but the people who
criticise me behind my back do it
more deliberately. Whatever my APP
pearnnce may be as see myself face
to face in the glass, | am resolved that
no one shall say that my mirror has not
two sides. One can protect ones face
with smile or a gesture, but the critic
ut the back has one entirely at his
mercy. philadelphia Ledger.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-05
sYBARlTEs IN THE COLD.
Luxury as 1t IL INDUCED In by the
Arctic Traders.

So much has been written of the Es-
kimo C'huskyJ dogs and dog slets of
the north that they may well be men
toned here if only to show the idea of
luxury which many of the factors and
traders of the Hudson Bay company
entertain Seated or rather reclining
in his cariole, swathed in furs. he is
driven by an engage on foot who dash
es along at a great pace. The cariole is
painted gaudily. There are Russian
bells on the collars of each of the long
span of dogs, while the harness is a
mass of beadwork and tassels.
No longer when he lodges at night at
a post does he partake solely of the
simpler fare it can furnish, nor even
when he camps out in the wilderness
must he be content with what his gun
can bring down in addition to the penn
mican he carries. For now, either I'M
der the cariole seat or in an additional
sled behind. there is found a good sup
ply of canned meats and vegetables,
products of Chicago and Ontario, and
moreover, his driver is his cook In
the open IL fire will be deftly kindled
tea will be made, bacon and even eggs
will be fried and hot "flapjacks." that
delectable fritter Of the bush, half an
inch thick and swimming in grease
and molasses will tickle the factors
palate.
AT night, enyeloped in his furs and
maybe reposing on hastily construct
ed bed of balsam boughs, the last
vision before his eyes close upon the
scenes of dreamland will be the scin-
tillating splendors of the aurora borea
lis, whose purpling waves alternate
with bars of vivid light so rapidly and
In such volume as to make the behold
err almost believe that nature speaks,
mauger the silence all penetrating, all
pervading -Cornhill Magazine.
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Man Eating Wild Men.

In the celebrated ''Travailes" of Ed
ward Webb $500 are dozens of stories
that would make Munchausen turn
green with envy. One of the most cele-
brated of these is his story of the wild
men of Prester John which is as fol
laws:
"In the court of Prester Iohn there is
a wilde man and another in the high
street of Constantinople whose allow.
ance is every day quarter of raw
mutton, and when any man dyeth for
some notorious offence then they are
allowed every day quarter of mans
flesh. These wilde men are chained
fast to post every day, the one in
Prester Iohn's courtd, the other in the
high street of Constantinople, each of
them having mantell about their
shoulders. and all over their bodyes
they have wonderful long haire. They
are chained by the neck lest they
speedily deyour all that cometh within
their reach"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-05
The Human Voice.

OF all the marvellous and mysterious
things about the human body the voice
Is perhaps the most wonderful. No one
has ever seen it, and no one can tell
what it is.
The soprano pours from her throat
notes of the sweetest melody, reaching
chords so high it seems something
must surely snap. The basso drops his
voice till it goes so low as to make you
The orator aad the actor move people
to mirth or sorrow.
BY contracting or expanding the mus
cles of the throat and by inhaling and
exhaling air the throat produces the
thousands of sounds that we cal
"yoice."
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-05
For women with Big Feet.

Women with large feet should bear
one or two things in mind. One is
that If they are big women they have
no right to expect to have very small
feet. woman of feet inches
in height is entitled to a foot 8 1-3
inches long. and it might be little
longer without making her feel that
the world was coming to an end An
other thing the large footed sister
should recollect is that when she
squeezes her foot into shoe too small
for her she does not disguise its size
On the contrary, she makes this more
apparent The foot spreads in its over
tight covering and Jumps out in the
wrong place and stretches the shoe
out of shape in no time at all.-Shoe
and Leather Gazette.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-05

The sewing girl is out of the way of
getting a husband. She does not come
In contact with men in her work, as
other girls do. and with so little time
for anything but her work she does not
make the acquaintance of marriage
able men. The very nature of her en-
ployment excludes men from her soci
ETY. during her working hours. Her as
sociates and even her employers are
almost invariably of her own sex. No
class of women are more deserving of
good husbands than are the women
who make their living with their nee
dies They are usually modest, refined
and domestic. They do not hunt hus-
bands. and. being SO withdrawn from
the daily lives of men, husbands do not
usually hunt them because they do not
usually know of them Louisville Cou.
rier-J ournal.
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Hi. wa. wore woolgatherlng.

The absentminded professor, says
the Norwegian Weekly Tyrlhans, sud
denly arose from his rocking chair,
pushed his spectacles up on his fore
head and went toward his wife with
the expression and air of a man who
at last had come to final decision.
Now, listen to me. wife," he said,
land l do not want you to oppose me,
do you hear?"
Eyes, dear. What is it, then?"
Nov, no opposition, mind. wish
the boy to be an engineer"
"But, my dear, what are you talking
about? We haven't any boy" A.
-Oh, yes, that Is so, | had forgotten
that" said the professor as. he resum-
ed his seat in the rocking chair,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-05
NILE RIVER MUD.

The Salvation of the Country I'm
That Rainless District.
There is nothing to make one realize
the Importance of mud indeed like a
journey up the Nile when the inunda-
ton is just over, You lounge on the
deck of your dahabieh and drink in
geography almost without knowing it.
The voyage forms a perfect introduce
ton to the study of mudology and sug-
gests to the observant mind meaning
you and mel the real nature of mud as
nothing else on earth that | know of
can suggest it, for in Egypt you get
your phenomenon isolated, as it were,
from all disturbing elements.
You have no rainfall to bother you,
no local streams, no complex denuda-
ton. The Nile does it all, and the Nile
does everything. On either hand
stretches away the bare desert, rising
up in gray, rocky hills. Down the
midst runs the one long line of allu-
vial soil-in other words, Nile mud
which alone allows cultivation and life
In that rainless district. The country
crops are raised ON it, the houses and
villages are built of it, the land is
MANFRED with it, the very air is full
of it. The crude brick buildings that
dissolve in dust are Nile mud solidified,
the red pottery of Assiout is Nile mud
baked hard the village mosques and
minarets are Nile mud whitewashed.
| have even seen ships bulwarks
neatly repaired with mud. 1t pervades
the whole land, when wet, as mud I'M
disguised; when dry, as duststorm.--
Cornhill Magazine.
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HOTEL KLEPTOMANlACS.
Presumably Rich Guests Who APP
prOpriRte Other Peoples Property.

Presumably Rich Guests Who APP
prOpriate Other Peoples Property.
| was much struck with the habits OF
kleptomania common to some of the
presumably rich visitors who engaged,
expensive suits of rooms and even pals
their bills. After the departure of
these guests the beG would be found
minus the satin or silk coverlet. Will:
towels and plllowslips were also very
often removed
On one occasion a gentleman engaS
ell a double room for one night only
and the following morning the maid.
knowing of his departure. made up the
bed with frcsh linen for the next occu-
pant However, the visitor had evi
IDENTITY returned to his room after
breakfast, deliberately taken the slips
Off the pillows and packed them with
his luggage. for on entering the room
shortly after found the bed made up.
but no slips | happened to know that
the maid had certainly put fresh onef
or when she made up the bed. What
that gentleman could want with these
two pillowslips is difficult to under
stand
OF course candles. matches and soap
Supplied gratfS' are commonly remov'
ed, and even the sheets on the beds are
not spared, Once a large double sheet
was cut into pirres, the visitor evident
ly requiring sufficient linen for a petit
coat or lining to skirt, Judging from
the shape of the pieces left. The hotel
sheet was no doubt the nearest thing
available. so II was taken TO save time
and trouble. and the pieces left were
found carefully rolled up and thrown
into a cupboard outside the room
which was only used by the maids and
strictly private Needless to say he
fore the remains OF the sheet were
found the visitors had departed. ieav
ing no address. Chambers Journal
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If there is country where the tradi-
ton of hatred of THE Engllshman'
as hereditary enemy still holds it is
in Catholic Brittany In the eyes of
the Breton peasants and fishermen the
Englishman is the enemy with whom
they have fought battles and will fight
them again
That is to say, the Englishman
stands for the typical sailor of man
of-war or torpedo boat, whom they
will fight when the time comes for
the attack, but no one thinks of him
as a man, The enemy is unit of war.
something outside ordinary life, be-
ing in uniform whom 1t is glorious to
kill. He is 1.-THE enemy"-something
which will do great mischief to France
If one does not take care. something
which must be much more terrible and
dangerous than they can imagine. since
all the men of France lose the best
years of their youth in learning to kill
this eventual adversary
If ever the peasants come clearly 10
realize that the only use of war is to
kill people like themselves; If ever each
soldier becomes capable of imagining
what the shock of two armies Is and
by what complicated series of lies and
intrigues peoples are brought to the
point of killing each other. the work OF
peace congresses will be wonderfully
simplified. Contemporary Review.
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WrY TIE COLLIER BURSTS
Scientific Explanation of Some Phe.
nOmena of the Kitchen.


nOmena of the Kitchen.
When you hear the kitchen boiler
cracking, there is no cause for alarm.
There is a prevailing impression that
the cracking is produced by steam and
that there is therefore an increase Il
pressure on the boiler al such times
But this is an error If The boiler is in
good condition. with the water tl,nco
on as usual so that the boiler is hi.
filed, the only pressure th;'t il is sun,
jected to is the same as tlill IN Tia,
water pipes. from which of coC"S,
there never is the slightest danger
And this is true no matter how no, The
water in the boiler may be.
The reason is very simple. As long
as the boiler is kept full of water there
Is no room for steam. If you open the
hot water cock. the water pouiS OFT,
and steam rises from it. because it then
has chance TO escape into the air. In
other words. evaporation takes place
But as the hot water pcurS out Watci
from the pipes rushes in to take its
place aud thus the boiler is kept full
The cracking noise referred to is
heard when the water is unusually hot
ana is nothing but the expansion of the
boiler under the influence of that heat
1t is in no degree an Indication of dan
ger unless indeed the boiler is worn out
or defective. which is a matter entirely
outside of what we are now consider
ing.
When a kitchen boiler explodes, it is
generally because fire has been kin.
died in the range while the boiler was
empty. 1t happens sometimes when
people come back to town after spend
ing the summer away. The fire heats
the boiler, of course, and when the wa
ter is turned OH it is converted sudden
ly and violently into steam. and the
boiler cannot stand the enormous pres
sure. Fortunately few persons are
thoughtless enough or silly enough tc
build a fire before opening the cocks
connecting the boiler with the water
pipes.-Chicago Chronicle.
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FRIGHTENED HIS WIFE.
Forty Cents Almost the Cause of a
Catastrophe.

FOruy SGHtH inc OAGSC VI a
Catastrophe.
Before Mrs. Browley was married
she scoffed at the misguided girls and
women who kept personal accounts.
| Her argument was that if you know
how much money you had and it was
all gone what was the use of piling ON
the anguish by having your folly and
extravaganza in black and white to
stare you in the face, especially as you
had no more money AT the end of the
month than you had without an ac-
count book2
| But since she has been running a
Louise she has achieved not one but
nearly a dozen account books. There
is one devoted to the grocery man. an
other to the butcher, personal accounts
take third. and so on till She spends
, nearly all her glad young life balanc-
| ing sums. 1t is IL matter Of pride with
het that they shall come ont even. and
so there was woe last month when 40
] cents refused TO he accounted for She
I and Mr.. Browley had a grave and
| lengthy discussion over the missing 40.
! TsiitIl uCCuStti lHf OtiitI vi lIlEOllu- VIZ
sum away and neglectng to enter il on
the proper book, "Sundries. Mr..
crowley insisted strenuously he was
not guilty. Mrs Br0wley looked pain
cd and urged finn 10 confess. He left
for down town vowing vengeance. 1t
was late that afternoon when Mrs.
BROMLEY was entertaining a roomful of
aristocratic callers that a telegraph boy
appeared The maid brought in the
fatal yellow envelope, and at once the
bride knew her husband had been fa
tally injured and was sending for her
Some one revived her with smelling
salts, lady in purple velvet famed
her with a hastily snatched lamp
shade. and third visitor with more
presence of mind than the rest opened
the telegram. The message read:
Honest now. what did you do with
that 40 centSY"-Chicago News.
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A STORY OF BROWNING.
The Poet Was Jnst rs Wen as Gem
erOus with HIS Se.vnnt.

The Poet Was Jnst ..x wen as Gem
erOus With HIS Servant.
On certain day Drowning met one
of his servants whose joy it was TIC
wait upon him carrying u rather heavy
basket of grapes and other fruit on her
arm.
ooh, Giuseppina," he cried ''let me
help you" and seized the basket sud
denly from her hand.
The woman, overwhelmed by such
condescension, protested, "Troppo onore
signore."
''Nonsenser' said the poet. You are
always helping me- Won't you allow
me for once to help your"
Still the woman resisted, saying, at
is not for such as you, O signore."
This was more than he could bear.
I'VE are all made Of the same clay,
Giuseppina." and, gaining his point
for who could withstand his Will?-he
held one handle of the basket until
they reached the palace door.
This same worthy woman is fond of
relating story of her master which il.
illustrates another side of his character
He had paid her weekly account, and
there remained l centesimo as change.
The woman showed the little coin, say
ing shyly. Il cannot offer this trifle to
the si2nore'
Eyes, my good Giuseppina," he said,
taking it from her hand; sit is one
thing to be just and another to be gem
erous You do right to return it to me-"
"And not long after this, continues
the woman, ''he made me such a grand
esentr'-Century Magazine.
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The result of the election in the
Fifth Congressional District and par
ticularly in Morris County is as graf
flying to the Republican party as it
must be disappointing and discomfort
ing to their opponents. Defeat is
never pleasant and it must be partic-
ularly bitter, when it follows the
most strenuous efforts and STOPPING
to practices unworthy of men of high
character. The Democrats of this
District in the contest which has jast
closed made use of every means to
secure success, honorable and dishon-
orable. They obtained the help of an
ex-President of tho United States.
They canvassed the district thorough
ly. as it was their right and duty to
do. But they also resorted to I'M
exampled scurrility and abuse of the
whose high character and public SER
vices should have protected him from
such vile attacks. They have spent
money with lavishness hitherto
unknown in this district and the
grossness Of their corruption was
painfully evident.
The Republicans can afford to for
give all these things for the outcome
shows that our people are not to be
fooled by buncombe nor debauohed by
bribery, but are true to high ideals
in politics. All honor to everyone
who had share IN bringing about
the trinmnhant VICTORY
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A VALUABLE TYPEWRITER.
improvements Make 1t worth Much

improvements Make IL Worth Much
More Than Its Original Cost.
A New York bachelor author who
writes on a machine wrote note re-
Gently to q spinster authcress who still
works by hand and incidentally called
her attention to the fact that if she
wished him to do so he would secure
machine for her at So per month,
guaranteed to write poetry, able arti-
cles, fiction, etc. a day or so later he
received reply written in a beautiful
ly clear, round hand to this effect
My Dear Mr.. -: This Is my type
writing machine Isn't it nice? 1t is call
ed the Blank typewriter 1t is sound,
kind. In good repair, warranted to travel
well in single harness, and IL you do not
say 1t Is the incest machine you ever
knew l shall refuse to believe that you
were born when knighthood was in flower.
1t is warranted like yours, to write able
articles, poetry and fiction with equal
facility but. unlike yours. 1t Is not for
sale at IS a month. Its original cost was
large, and have put so many improve
ments on it since that cannot dispose of
it save at a considerable advance and
even then should be unwilling to part
with 1t except to responsible person
warranted to treat it with care.
At present the author Is striving
strcnuously TO become a millionaire so
that he may secure the services of
this inlmitable typewriter.-Detr
Free Press.
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Desperate Paintings.

1t is no uncommon th.ag in Suffolk
to see on some country platform a girl
starting for her first place in service,
with the whole family assembled to see
her off. There is bitter weeping and
much expenditure of kisses, of mater
nal injunctions and presentation Of
flowers. If you watch the inexperienc-
ed traveller, you will probably find that
her destination is no farther than the
next station, distance of perhaps five
or ten miles. TO go beyond London is
considered the worlds cnd.-Eastern
Counties Magazine.
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THANKSGIVING PROCLAIMED.
President Designates Nov. 81 as Day
For Public Rejoicing.

For Public Rejoicing.
Washington, Oct 30. President
Roosevelt has issued proclamation
designating Thursday, Nov. q, as a
day of thanksgiving. The proclama-
ton is as follows:
According to the yearly custom of our
people, it falls upon the president at this
season to appoint a day of festival and
thanksgiving to God.
over a century and quarter has passed
since this country took its place among
the nations Of the earth, and during that
time we have had, on the whole more to
be thankful for than has fallen to the lot
of any other people. Generation after
generation has grown to manhood and
passed away. Each has had to bear its
peculiar burdens, each to face its special
crises and each has known years of grim
trial. when the country was menaced by
malice, domestic or foreign levy, when the
hand of the Lord was heavy upon it in
drought or flood or pestilence when in
bodily distress and anguish of soul it
paid the penalty Of folly and froward
heart.
Nevertheless decade by decade we have
struggled onward and upward. We now
abundantly enjoy material well being, and
under the favor of the Most High we are
striving earnestly to achieve moral and
spiritual uplifting. The year that has
just closed has been one of peace and of
overlooking plenty. Rarely has any peo-
pie enjoyed greater prosperity than we
are now enjoying For this we render
heartfelt and solemn thanks to the Giver
of Good. and we seek to- praise him not
by words only. but by deeds. by the way
in which we do our duty to ourselves and
to our fellow men.
Now, therefore, i. Theodore Roosevelt,
president of the United States. do hereby
designate as day of general thanksgiv-
ing Thursday. the 9th offthe coming No
vember, and do recommend that through
out the land the people cease from their
ordinary occupations and in their several
homes and places of worship render
thanks unto Almighty God for the mani
fold blessings of the past year. In wit
ness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed