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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-07-04

TNHIS family tree grown in the great American
garden has had glorious history, will
have even more glorious one, g. w ashing-
ton, T. Jefferson and p Henry set out that part of its
root called Virginia about century and half ago
At the same time gardeners Adams and Sherman
planted the root, Massachusetts,, while B. Frank
lin loosened the earth around the root Pennsylvania
"There Others, both roots and planters at
work, and the tree grew vigorously, sort CT
Jack-and-his-bean stalk growth, until in 1776
it had grown SO fast it's foreign friends left be-
hind About this time G. Washington was made
head gardner and he stirred things considerably.
There was little island the that objected
to G. WIS plans and sent some men over with guns
and red coats but, bless you that didn't scare IT, W.
He gave his boys some old muskets and they had
eight years scrap At the end OF that time g. W. had
garden Of $780, $50 square miles and it had cost him
to keep itrunning something over $135 5000,000 This
was more money than G. W. had, but he called in
relative that all the boys called Uncle Sam and made
him head Of the garden Uncle Sam has proved to be
a first class man, energetic justice-loving. broad
minded and'long-lived He is hundred now
but shoot straight when he was twenty-five.
Meantime cuts grated onto the
family tree, and from them grew Maine, Vermont
Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama, and later half
dozen other States sprouted in the then 'norh
west territory In 1903 Uncle Sam had chance to
buy some land and gave France modest little
$15 100000 for s99,579 square miles additional or
little two and sx-tenths cents per acre. He fer
tilted this garden spot literally with good govern
ment, commerce and education, and eventually grated
on - states making 81 in all. 1 tell you he was
proud of"Our New Possessions little later Spain
wanted some of the money Uncle Sam had in his
strong box, and gave up Florida with her $4,000
square miles for another $15 100000 Uncle Sam
paid per for this, but still he got it for
about 81 cents per acre, and put his hands in his
pockets and whisted as he gazed "Our New
Possessions" The next graft put the family tree
big one. Texas felt that she belonged to Uncle
Sam and in 1916 he adopted her and tackled on
23S 900 square miles The old man found his
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-07-04

ment on tt g third Company K large
ly recruited in Morrist own, lost heavi
ly especially in the second days fight.
Among the killed and mortally
wounded were Col. ..Francine, Lieut.
Col. Price, Adj't Dougherty, 9. Beers,
j. Hopping, r.. Jolley, j. Recano,
(taken prisoner and died at Belle Is
land). Among those wounded were
Corporals Pollard. G. W Derrickson, J.
Denton, Privates 7Adams, G. Il. Bayles,
J. Haley, A. Gruber, Theo. Soaring,
George Shipman, p M. Kain; j. Ward,
was taken prisoner Sergeant James
Brown, of Company @. and Private
Dempsey, of Company III were killed.
Company K. at the end of the second
days battle was in command of Ser
geant Timothy D. Borroughs, who now
resides at Madison. Among others
participating, members of Company
K, were H. G. Emmell, Chas H. Davis
and John N. Bruen. Deputy Sheriff
Corey Twas in the 18th Regiment
which also lost heavily. Rev. Dr.
Erdman was in the 141st New York
Volunteers. The forces engaged dur
ing the three days battle was between
20, 600 and So 600 on each side. Union
loss, 2,S34 killed 13, 700 wounded and
6,643 missing; total 23, 1873. The
Confederate loss was 81, 621.
The 10Th Regiment N, J. Vols. was
assigned 10 duty during the battle
guarding trains, having made forced
march of thirty miles the day preced-
ing the fighting on the third
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-07-04

unequalled bomb shells (6 pieces)
American Beauty, chrysanthemum
and willow tree effect, from steel
mortars.
No. 5, Tornadoes of Fire-6 Eiffel
Towers of fire, ascending high into
the air, terminating with double
burst OF gems, resembling coronets.
No. 6, Parachute Display-By firing
in quick succession IL special para
chute rockets, each suspending two
to six floating stars, that drift away,
changing colors and terminating with
burst.
No Z, Serial Display of Bombshells
BY firing an assortment of Is inch
Neapolitan repeating bombshells, the
latest and highest development in
pyrotechnics, commencing at / shot
and ending with 8 shots to each
she'll. The first shell will give one
display, the second two displays and
so on each shell repeating and show
ing contrasting effects.
No. s, Rocket Display Unequalled
6 pound rockets (l2) with assorted
heading will be fired in quick sue
oession, displaying colored meteors,
fiery dragons, floating stars, peacock
plumes, willow trees, etc.
No. 9, Niagara Batteries Extra
large magnesium flash light batteries
that give dazzling flashes.
No. 10, Flight of Yellowstone Gey-
sers--Showing columns of whirling
color as they ascend, a whirlwind of
fire.
No. IL, Grove of Palms-Produced
by extra large palmetto trees, 10 each
piece forming palmetto tree of fire,
70 feet in height The above is one
of the prettiest effects in fireworks.
No. IL, Diamond Chains-12 pieces
of unequalled diamond chain rockets.
s Founders, suspending in the sky
chains of diamond lights and columns
of tinted fire 90 feet in length. The
colors change as the pillars of fire
float away.
No. l3, Rombshell Display-19 inch
special bonbshells (6) variegated,
showing Japanese spiders, chrysan-
themums, American beauties, willow
trees emeralds and sapphires. Fired
from heavy steel guns.
No. IA, Polychromatic Canopy
Produced by pecial aerolists rockets,
100 pieces containing brilliant colors,
delicate tints and electric cascades.
No. 15, IL Special Exhibition Mines
Showing jeweled cobras. devil
chasers, stars, torrents Of gold, will
CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-07-04
GOLF CLUBS
TOURNAMENT
Surprises All Along Links From
Start to Finish.

Cup Winners Were: Presidents
ConkIing; Flagge, MarcheIIus;
Thomas, VanderpOoI; Williams,
VanderpOoI-Club House the Social
Centre During Play Visitors Say
Morris County Links Are Finest
in the Country.
With Saturday afternoon, the Invi-
tation Tournament, most successful
golfing event came to close at the
Morris County Golf Club. Ideal
weather marked the three days, while
surprises bobbed up with every morn
ing and afternoons play. Rienhart, Of
Princetou, was looked upon as % Sure
winner having on Friday defeated
both Travis and Bayard. but in the
finals he fell before his olassmate,
Conklin, who had been as steady as
a machine throughout the entire tour
nament.
W. d. Vanderpool defeated James
A. Tying, one of the former champions
of the club by brilliant finish.
f. A. Marcellus, of the Yountakah
Club, the runner up to Travis at Tux
edo in the NJ. G. A. chamionship and
Jasper Lynch, of Lakewood, fought
stubbornly for the Flagge Cup. The
latter was not at his best on the put
ting green's in the afternoon, Marcel
lus winning by Z up and 6 to play.
The final scores for the meet are:
Presidents Cup, Final--L. H. Conk-
lin, princeton. beat II. 0. Reinhart
Princeton, by 2 up and to play.
Flagge Cup, Final-F. A. Mareelluss
Yountakah, beat Jasper Lynch, Lake
CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAeR
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-07-04
lS63-l9O2.
Thirty-Ninth Anniversary of Gettys-
bur6

Inirty-Nintn anniversary OF OetCyS~
burg.
Thirty nine years ago Wednesday
the great struggle at Gettysburg, the
deciding battle of the Civil War was
begun. The first gun was fred on
the first day of July the conflict last
ing through the third. General
Meade commanded the Union forces,
while the Confederates were ably
handled by General Lee. The Union
soldiers on the advance line under
General Reynolds, on the 1st, met the
Confederate advance; an engagement
followed, both sides being heavily re-
inforced. Reynolds, the brave general
and leader was killed, General Howard
succeeding in command. Cemetery
Hill and Round Top was the centre
of the second days fighting and also
of the two terrific onslaughts by the
Confederate General Pickett on the
third, when he lost three-fourths of
his command Gen. Lee retreated
on the fourth, and before noon the
welcome news was wired through
out the north of the great victory
won by the boys in blue. The 9TH
Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers
was heavy loser in the engage
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-07-04
E1urrah for the Fourth.

Independence Day will be patrioti-
callly observed in this old historic
town. At $50 a. IN. the Lincoln
Guards will wend their way toward
Fort Nonsense where tents will be
pitched on the Id ball ground an
the Guards will make themselves
comfortable for the day. a colored
chef has been eneged to look after
the cooking and friends of the or
ganization will be cordially well
coined. Promptly at 6 clock a
salute of 13 guns will echo over the
town and the bells of the various
churches will be rung. At noon the
salute will be repeated and again at
sunset. Echert's Band of New York
will arrive on the s. 38 train and i'm
mediately march to the stand which
has been erected in the Park where
music will be discoursed at intervals
during the day and evening
The feature of the day will be the
service in the First Church at IL
O'Clock at which a chorus of Inde-
pendent Hose boys and school chill
dren will sing patriotic airs. Follow
ing is the program for the meeting:
Following is the program:
Singing-"The Star Spangled Ban
ner
Prayer-The Rev. S. q. Batten.
Reading OF the Declaration of Indie
pendence by Henry @. Pitney, Jr.,
Address by Alfred Elmer Mills.
Singing" Battle Hymn of the Re-
public
Poem by Henry N. Dodge, l.. H. D.
Address by Rev. ]. l.. Hurlbut, d. D..
Singing" America.
RapadintioD
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-07-04
GORGEOUS
FIREWORKS
At the Morris County Golf Club
Friday Evening.

Contract Price Close to $1,000
Music by Voss' First Regiment
Military Band-FuII List of the
Display Given Below, Which In.
cIudes Many Beautiful Pieces One
Being Representation of Niagara
Falls.
Tomorrow evening at nine O'Clock
at the Golf Club will be displayed
the largest assortment of fire works
ever seen in this vicinity. Com
mencing at $50, Voss' First Regi-
ment Military Band will render pa.
triotic and popular music from the
rear porch. Promptly at 8 O'Clock,
the exhibition will begin, all the
work being in charge of experts from
New York.
A light supper will be served at the
club house after the fireworks fol-
lowed by dance Should the even
ing prove story, the fireworks will
be displayed the next fair evening,
No. /, Aerial Salute-12 Extra large
detonating shrapnell shells, charged
with llyddite, exploding in the sky
with loud reports, that can be heard
for miles.
No. 2, Illumination Ruby and
emerald Examinations Will be burned
at 60 vdifferent points, producing q
beautiful crimson illumination
changing to emerald.
No. 3. Rocket Display-File firing
of special heavy display rockets, 8,
and Founders fired in quick sncces.
sion, sthe heading of the above rockets
will be variegated, giving willow
tree. cometic. shooting star, kalei-
descope and other displays, "a pieces.
. No. 4, Bombshell Display-15 inch
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-07-04
County Republican Headquarters in
Chronicle Building.

County Clerk Voorhees, had placed
in position yesterday a fine new
transparency bearing the caption
Morris County Republican Head
quarters, For Congress, Hon. Charles
N. Fowler. A new bunting flag has
been placed in front of the head
quarters. The big flag used in the
last Mckinley Campaign will be
stretched across the street tomorrow.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-25
FIRST AUTOMOBILE OF ALL


Only small percentage Of those who
nowadays see automobiles speeding
along the streets and bOulevards are
aware that the first automobile. con-
sidered in the sense Of vehicle con-
tanning within itself powers OF locomo-
ton, Of which there Is any authentic
account was elfmoving shrine Of
Bacchus. This was the invention Of
Heron. Of Alexandria. who describes it
in his work on automatic mechanism.
The shrine in question was mounted
upon two supporting and two driving
wheels. On the axle Of the driving
wheels was drum. about which was
wound a rope which passed upward
through the space on one side OF the
shrine over pulleys and was fastened
to the ring Of Il ponderOus lead weight.
which rested upon quantity Of fine
dry sand The escape of this sand
through a small hole in the middle Of
the floor Of the compartment containing
it allowed the lead weight gradually to
descend and by pulling upon the cord
caused the shrine to move slowly -
ward in straight line. Heron describes
the method of arranging and propo,-
tioning the wheels in case it was de-
sired that the shrine move in cir
cular path. He also shows how the
shrine can be constructed to move In a
straight line ut right angles to each
other.
Officials of the patent office over
looked the device of Heron when they
granted patents on machines. nOtwith-
standing that previously Thomas Eu-
bank, Commissioner Of Patents in 1850.
illustrated and described HerOn's inven-
ton The mechanism of the latter Is al
most identical with that in the mod
ern device, and simply serves as anoth-
er proof of the saying. There is moth
ing new under the sun"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-25
Dietetic Difficulties.

Readers Of Don QuixOte will retAn
the meal at which SanchO Panza. while
Governor Of Barataria. found that ev-
erything he desired was whisked
away at the bidding of the physician's
wand. until the table was cleared OF
all that was eatabie. Doctor Martin,
in his book. "A Cycle Of Cathay." tells
Of an experience he had in Chinese
hotel; it was singularly similar to that
which befell Sancho. The Doctor says:
Many Of the inns are kept by Mo-
hammedans. as learned to my cost
One day when my servant had set the
table. and l was about to begin my
breakfast with a slice of hahn. the inn
keeper appeared. and implored me by
all that was sacred to abstain from
pork. for his sake is not for my own
Sending it away, addressed my
self to IA piece of corned beef. To this
the host also objected. saying that the
cow was sacred beast.
To spare his feelings. said | would
break my fast on bread and butter.
mot on butter. bcseech you." he
exclaimed: butter. too. is forbidden
My dishes have not been CREASED with
it for five years.
Swallowing my dry morsel with n
cup of tea. | left the place. resolving
the next time to steer clear of an inn
keeper encumherrd by such combna-
ton Of prejudiccs.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-25
SMALLEST POSTOFFlCE on
EARTH IS IN CALIFORNIA.

The post office building at Virginia.
Cal. has the distinction of being the
smallest in the world. 1t is located on
the stage road which runs north from
San Diego. and it is far from any other
building or habitation. Upon the days
which bring this stage past the tiny Ell.
itice the postmaster comes to the road
side Office and awaits the coming of the
stage which brings the mail. When 1t
arrives. the mail which has been de-
posted in the letter drop by the five or
six patrons of the office Is exchanged
for that which the stage has brought
for the Virginia office. and 1t Is dis
tributed in the rude lock boxes-the
locks being padlocks-which have been
attached to the office building. These
being accessible from the outside, the
presence Of the postmaster at times 9TH
er than the coming OF the stage Is not
essential.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-25
Not a Chinese Word.

Its a mistake to suppose that joss
Is 4 Chinese word" says a retired
ships carpenter. I've travelled a good
bit in the orient in my time, and among
the odds and ends of interesting infor-
nation l picked up was knock out
of the genuineness Of joss as Chi
nese word. Cinnamon only know
joss when they come in contact with
Europeans. A Chinese priest that l
became chummy witlf-iM-{fankow told
me that there was no such word in
Chinese. He explained that the word
was a corruption of the Spanish word
'Dios' and had come into use through
the missionaries. Many early mission
aries. he said. were Spanish priests.
and their pronunciation OF 'Dios' was
speedily corrupted into joss by ma
tive tongues and applied to the Chi
nese dieties. It's only on the Chinese
seaboard that the word is understood
by Cinnamon. In the Interior the
priest told me. the celestials had no
knowledge OF it,"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-25

never be. perhaps, a great producer Of
fruits for export, but the raising Of
fruits throughout the country is becom-
ing more and more Of an industry, al
though there is only the home market.
Consul General Bellows, Of Yokohama.
says. In recent report, that fruit
growing has not hitherto been an i'm
pOrtant industry in Japan, and that
there have been very few farms on
which fruit formed the staple crop.
But the Japanese are now paying much
attention to fruit growing. What he
has to say about the fruits Of Japan Is
Of interest:
Fruits originally cultivated. and
prabably native to Japan, include the
orange, pear, peach. sour plum, al
mOnd. grape, persmmOn, lOQuat, pOme-
granate. ginkO or salisburia, and fig.
The 'mikan.' or japanese sweet orange.
Is smaller. sweeter, and less juicy than
the oranges raised in America, and the
thin membrane separating the sections
Of the fruit Is tougher; it has very
pleasant flavor. and IL much used for
food by both natives and foreigners.
1t is cultivated all through the warmer
regions Of Japan. and is the most plen-
tifh Of the fruits raised here, being
found in the markets from early au-
tumn until late the following spring.
1.-The persimmon comes next to the
orange In the number produced. and
Is a favorite with the natives. but Its
season is comparatively short. 1t
closely resembles the persimmOn Of our
Southern States. The sour plum Is
extensively cultivated and yields q
good crop but the other fruits named
above. though more or less widely
grown. are produced In much smaller
Quantties-the fig being most abund-
ant and most valued Of the less I'm
pOrtant fruits. The government has
introduced peaches, pears. and grapes
from Europe and America, and has
found the soil and climate we'll adapted
to their production. so that these are
now cultivated In addition to the native
varieties Of the same fruits. or the
fruits wholly unknown in Japan until
introduced from abroad. the apple has
proved most successful. and 1t has be-
come Il chief product of some districts
In the HOkkaidO. or northern island.
The apples are Of fine appearance and
excellent flavor, and the trees yield a
profit very encouraging to the cultiva-
tor, so that the area Of their produc-
ton is being increased. The natives
eat fruit chiefly fresh. and its use as
table diet Is not general, although
increasing. The processes Of drying
and canning fruits are beginning to
come into use, but only as means
of preserving the fruit for home con-
sumption. not for export. and
America.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-25
IT'S UNNECESSARY TO SAY.
Many Remarks that Are Entirely Su.
perfluOus at All Times.

A new society is proposed to have for
Its title The Society for the Suppress
sion Of Obvious Remarks" A list Of
speeches is to be prepared which the So
ciety binds itself not to use. thus ele-
waiting the character Of general CONVEX
satiOn. Here are some of the speci-
mems Of obvious remarks: 1T is not
the actual degree Of heat registered by
the thermometer which makes it so un-
comfortable; it is the humidity in the
atmosphere" II don't mind the
money; it's the principle Of the thing"
"One never understands the name
when one is introduced to per-
SON." IF the water We're filtered 1t
would be just as good as the water Of
any city" The trouble about going to
summer gardens is it takes you so long
to get home" You can put on two
fresh collars day and then never have
clean one on"
These are statements over which no
one disputes and they may be increased
to an almost unlimited degree. The OBJ
ject to be gained in refraining from
tnem Is rather lnuennlte except that
they waste time. but as everyone has
unreasonable quantities of time to
waste. and no gain can be shown In
saving it. the work of the S. S. o. II.
society seems an idle expenditure Of ef-
fort. If everybody carried on thought
full conversation a state of mental ex-
haustion would soon be brought about
where all conversations would cease,
and silence in company. as everyone
knows. is more raSping on the nerves
than an ocean of commonplace re-
marks. The bablng of tongues Is an
excellent deadener of thought and no
one should permit his thoughts to work
overtime If he desires to be happy
Chicago Chronicle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-25
In the DAYS of Witchcra II,

Few incidents connected with courts
Of law are more fully charged with in
terest than the following. in which
the honesty and courage Of the judge
concerned can scarcely fail to COM
mand a good need Of admiration:
When Lord Chief Justice Holt pre-
sided in the Kings Bench. poor, de-
erepit old creature was brought be-
fore him, accused as a criminal on
whom the full severity Of the law
ought to be visited with exemplary ef-
feet.
What is her crime?" asked his lord
ship.
"Witchcraft"
"How 10 1t proved"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-25
The Mourning Evil,

The Use OF crepe for mourning wells
Is becoming less every day. and in
summer the crinkly fabric is scarcely
seen. Many physicians protest against
women wearing crepe wells at any sea-
son OF the year. and the nuns yelling
grenadine. and similar materials have
to large extent, replaced the crepe
drapery that formerly was a distinctive
badge Of bereavement.
For widows or other women wearing
crepe mourning 1t Is the fancy at pres
ent to wear short veil of fine grena.
dine or gauze. falling in graceful folds
at the back and draped on a bonnet
frame OF light weight. edged with Il
narrow band Of crepe. A bow of crepe
adorns the front of the bonnet
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-25
ITALIAN OF THE ASH DUMP.
Where This Foreigner Gets Fuel for
HE Fire.

His Fire.
There is q value to everything, and
the italian Is cOgnizant Of the fact, al
though the value is small. He gathers
cinders, wood, rags, bottles, paper rub
Der and leather shoes, and old tin cans.
all Of which have been thrown away by
others. Sometimes two or more fam,
lilies unite in making their collections
and disposing Of them. forming in a
try.
The coal and wood they utilize for
fuel in their homes. and turn the other
products Of their labor into money in
the following way:
The old shoes and rubbers are sold to
a shoemaker, usually another Italian,
and bring from ) to % cents II pair, the
prices varying according to their con-
dition. The shoemaker repairs them
and disposes Of them again as second
hand.
The rags and paper are sold to the
wholesale junk dealer, and usually
bring about 6 cents a hundred weight
for old paper and anywhere from 10
to so cents hundred weight for rags.
The bottles are washed and disposed
Of through the same agency. The price
Of bottles tluctuates. an average being
81 a hundred; but the Italian seldom
sells Oh bear" market.
The bones are sold to the fertilizer
factories. So a ton being paid.
The tin cans are sold to fOundries,
where the solder and tin are melted of
and the iron sheets are melted up and
sash weights made from them. Old
tomato cans and fruit cans bring SD a
ton. and it takes more than 1000 Of
these cans to make ton.
There must be some money made in
this business for an Italian residing in
New York city pays to that corporation
the sum Of $4,000 a year for the privi-
lege Of picking the above mentioned
commodities trimming, they call it,
from the scOws that bear the city's
ashes and garbage to the sea.-Chris-
tian EndeavOr World.