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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-11-13

but he is too weak to much, as
the least effort wearies him.-Cresco
(Iowa) Times.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-07
PRINCE SEEKS BRIDE.

Baltimore, Md.-Batlmore's 400 is en-
tertaining a real prince, who came here
so unostentatIously few days ago that
only those to whom he had letters OF
Introduction suspected who he really
was. The visitor is Prince Sahlela.
chamberlain 20 the emperor OF Austria,
While reported TO be wealthy, the
prince seems to be plain In his tastes
and occupies single small room at the
leading hotel. He Is paying marked
attention TO Miss May Brown, only
daughter OF Ex-Governor Frank Brown.
Miss Brown II one of the handsomest
young women In Baltimore and has ST.
900, 900 IN her own right.
Only few months ago Baron Ru-
dolph Lehman. who met Miss Brown
abroad came all the way from Holland
10 pay court 20 her. He was extreme
ly rich and spent money like water,
but he went away disappointed Chi
cago Chronicle.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-07
BUSINESS
he BUSINESS"

hundred people waited with me 10 min
utes while they took up the tickets In
the tube line the tickets are dropped
into the boxes before you get in and the
conductor urges the passengers TO step
lively or they will get left,
We have to rush to get our own seats,
The gate closes as soon as we are on
the platform and the car has started
before we have taken our seats.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-07

rushing in and out. They surely can.
not be Brlushers, for they have move
on them like the hustling Americans.
The truth Is that the average Londoner
did not know what the word hustle
meant until this road was put in. on
the ordinary train II is the custom to
stop and take up the tickets before you
enter the principal cities That Is what
| did before ] got to London, and five
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-07

All About LondOns Big Iron Tunnel and Its Electric Road Built By Americans
American Invasion Underground ondonThe Schemes Of Yerkes and Morgan
london Enormous Traftc People Billion Rides Year Than
half Them Are Hauled by Horses The Omnibus Companies and Their Millions
PassengerThe Surface Tramwa.s Which Are Managed the County
Lines and How They Are WodA Ride Through the Tpnn
Cars and Our meBa Of Eectcyh City and Wa
Railroad and Passenger Traffic Biggest
of the World
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-07
"THE LITTLE

and also an afr pump and motor Of
large capacity under THE curved turtle
back. Notice how beautifully II Is
made, That engine was Constructed by
the General Electric Company Of
schenectady, N. y, and II Is a jewel In
steel
LEARNING TO HUSTLE.
But look at the cars. See the people
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-07

But look at the cars. See the people
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-16
When the Goat swore.

did you ever hear a goat swear p
asked Gen. Parker of New Jersey. He
represents, by the way, the district in
which the rifle range at Seat Girt is
situated.
"Over at the rifle range one day"
said Gen. Parker, there was a team
from Georgia, which had with them a
colored boy and a goat as mascots.
The boy was dressed in brilliant uni
form and the goat had a fuzzy tail.
Along came a rif1eman who belonged
to a rival team.
"Ill give you nickel for one of
your buttons he said to the boy, and
the trade was made. Then the rife
man, plucking some hairs from the
goats tail, rubbed them on the button.
Now he said, L have hoodOoed your
team. You will never win the Hilton
trophy
"The colored boy burst into tears
and the goat said 'D-a-a-a-m-n' just as
plainly as anything you ever heard in
your Washington Post.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-16
GIVES ODD PHONE DECISION.
Merchant Who Sues Recipient of Mes
sage Loses in Berlin Court.


In Berlin a legal decision was re-
Gently rendered which is of interest
to every business man in every coun-
try who uses telephone.
A merchant one day sent an order
by telephone to a firm, and as the
order was not carried out to his sat
isfaction he sued for damages, claim
ing that the person at the other end
of the telephone to whom he had given
his order was responsible for the loss.
The court however, decided against
him and refused to award any dam
ages, on the ground that, as TDle,
the person who goes first to tele-
phone and asks to be put in conpec-
ton with another person must bear
the consequences of any loss which
may be the result of such a converse
tion.
The court admitted that the person
to whom an order might be sent in
this way might not catch all the
words, or might fail to understand
their full import but it insisted that
it would be contrary to all the prin-
ciples of law to hold him responsible
on that account
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-16
those Hash Stories.

The eminent politician sent for the
newspaper correspondents.
They hurried to his residence,
knowing full well that whatever he
had to say would be of much import
ance and some interest.
Gentlemen" he began, when they
had sought comfortable chairs, Il
wish to enter a vigorous denial of the
rumors that have arisen since | COM
menced serving hash breakfasts to my
friends. ! should think that my oft
repeated disclaimers of contemplate
ing a presidential boom would have
been sufficient to make it apparent
that my display of an appetite for
hash is not an effort to control the
clearinghouse vote.
Yet, when he served prunes for des-
sert at the next hash breakfast, the
public drew its own conclusions, in
spite of his Baltimore Amer
lean.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-16
GREAT FORESTS OF CORK.
Home of the Evergreen Oak in Spain
and Portugal.

and Portugal.
The cork forests of Spain cover an
area of 100000 square miles, prodqc-
ing the finest cork in the world. These
forests exist in groups and cover wide
belts of territory, those in the region
of Catalonia and part of Barcelona
being considered the first in import
ance. Although the cork forests of
Estremadura and Andalusia yield cork
of much quicker growth and pos
sessing some excellent qualities, its
consistency is less rigid, and on this
account ii does not enjoy the high
reputation which the cork of Cata-
lonia does.
In Spain and Portugal, where the
cork tree, or Quercas suber, is in
digenous, it attains to a height vary
ing from 80 to 60 feet and the trunk
to a diameter of 80 to SO inches. This
species of the evergreen oak is often
heavily caparisoned with widespread
ing branches, clothed with ovate OBJ
long evergreen leaves, downy under
meath and the leaves slightly serrated.
Annually, between April and May, it
produces a flower of yellowish color,
succeeded by acorns. Over 10000
square miles in Portugal are devoted
to the cultivation of cork trees,
though the tree virtually abounds in
every part of the country.
The methods in vogue in barking
and harvesting the cork in Spain and
Portugal are virtually the same. The
barking operation is effected when
the tree has acquired sufficient
strength to withstand the rough hand
ling it receives during this operation,
which takes place when it has at
tanned the fifteenth year of its growth.
Aster the first stripping the tree is
left in this juvenescent state to re-
generate, subsequent strippings being
effected at intervals of not less than
three years, and under this process
the tree will continue to thrive and
bear for upward of $50 years.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-16
WHEN YoUR oRoCER sAYs

he does not have Defiance Starch you
may be sure he is afraid to keep 1t until
his stock of u OF. packages are sold. De-
fance Starch is not only better than any
other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16
OF. to the package and ;ells for same
money as u OF. brands.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-16

"A man." observed Uncle Eph'm, "is
des like a postage stamp. He amt no
count when he gifts badly stuck on his
self"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-16

A, small boy defines headache as
a stomachache in the brain.
Regeneration does more than re-
form.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-16

The wise small boy throws his mothers
slippers after his big sister when she
starts on her wedding tour.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-16

Mrs. winslows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces IN
allays pain, cures wind coc 25c bottle
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-16

"Adieu, Minister wu," says Uncle
brightest Chinee we ever knew"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
GluclS In u Erenzy.

When Gluck composed his immortal
works, a bottle of champagne was al
ways placed on either side of the piano,
and it's effervescence helped to inspire
the great arias of "Iphigenia," "Armi-
da'' and "Alceste" When the final re-
hearsals were held of the "Iphigenia,"
Gluck had not yet written the melody
to the dance of the Scythians." Ma
verre, the ballet master, becoming I'M
easy over the delay, went to him one
morning to urge him to hurry it up.
AS he entered the composers anteroOm
he heard unusual and terrific noises
emanating from Gluck's library. He
approached stealthily and through
crack in the door saw Chuck in shirt
sleeves, his face as red as fire and dis
torted by horrible grimaces, singing,
gesticulating and jumping about like a
mailman. Navere, frightened by the
extraordinary spectacle, pushed the
door open. ''Ah there you are" ex-
claimed Gluck. 81 am just finishing
your dance and will let you have it
right away" 1t was then that Gluck
had composed that grand orgy of the
savages which created such profound
sensation on the stage.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
Keeping Friends,

There is nothing so very difficult In
making friends; the trouble is to keep
them. Pleasing manners and taking
way will always win admirers, but a
lasting friendship must be built upon
a frmer foundation than transitory
smile, an hour of high spirits or even
great physical beauty. Of course it is
pleasure to feel that one Is favored
by some radically beautiful woman,
but unless there be genuine congenial-
ity between the two concerned the time
will come when passive loneliness will
cease to be attractive. To retain friend
ship one must be continually on the
watch and not let the familiarity that
comes from a lengthy knowledge of
the others life breed the contempt that
SO often follows close intimacy.
To retain either friendship or love
the illusions must not be dispelled. Do
not, because you feel sure of your
ground, let the commonplace enter in
and monopolize the everyday affairs
Let the halo of sentiment hover over
even the prosaic affairs of daily life,
for, once dispelled, they can never form
again, and in the one glimpse Of the
material side of the intimacy may be
utterly destroyed a relation at one
time thought to be eternal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
USE OF FALSE TEETH.
Two Millions Manufactured Annual
Iy In the United States.

Two Millions Manufactured Annual
Iy In the United States.
Probably not less than 100000 arti-
country each year, and still the output
goes on increasing. Never before was
such great care manifested for teeth as
has been exhibited during the past five
years. In this respect Americans lead
the world, not even the fastidious
French excelling the people of the
United States in their solicitude for
the preservation of natural teeth and in
their application of the arts of dental
science when substitutes have to be
provided for natures molars.
Englishmen are VIGOROUSLY careless
about their teeth, although in late
years great progress has been made in
this matter.
A prominent dentist of New York de-
clares that nearly every patient with a
mouthful of decayed teeth is foreign
er. "They let things drift" he says,
land come only when pain drives them
here. Americans, and especially south
erners, hasten to their dentist immedi-
ately they detect even the slightest
signs of coming trouble, and the result
is that there are by far more saved
teeth in this country than in any other.
Englishmen and Irishmen are remark
ably apathetic about their molars and
will go about Tor years with hopelessly
decayed teeth. New York Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14

an acquittal, but yet the blind mans
words set people to thinking. especially
as Jared himself seemed to be greatly
put out. The whole question would
have been reopened again but that he
started off for Chicago next day OH
what he claimed was matter Of bust
ness. He had close shave of it. He
hadn't been gone two hours when a
sheriff from distant county came to
arrest him as one of gang of land
stealers and counterfeiters. He was
followed. but not overhauled. His real
name was Charles Wright. AS to what
became Of the true Jared Burton no one
can say, but he doubtless met his death
in some way through falling into the
hands Of the gang. He had papers
with him, but how they got him to talk
and give the incidents Of his life can
not be understood. 1t was curious
thing that another man should so close
~ resemble him and should bear the
same scars but 1t was q fact not to be
got over. The blind man and the sher-
iff declared the man to be cheeky i'm
poster. and the latter furnished plenty
of proofs. but the question has not been
settled yet and perhaps never will be.
passed day In the village not long
ago. and found the people about even
ly divided as to whether the true Jared
had not actually returned and been
driven off again.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
R1ind Wen Ms shampooers

Il do pity these blind men So" said
a stranger in the city who had been ap-
preached by so many blind" men in
walking down the avenue that he won
dered how these beggars picked him
out so readily.
And yet" said his host ''there are
many lines of work which they could
do instead of begging. For example,
most of the shampooers in Japan are
blind men. Some are so well to do
that they own their own houses, and
their patrons go to them for treatment
Others who have not succeeded so well
go from house to house, and the rest
Of the people from sympathy guide
them from place to place. Some of
them walk alone, blowing on bamboo
whistles. There was a time when some
of them were doctors as we'll as sham
pooers. New York Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
The Case Of W.
Jared Burton.
BY M. QUAD.
Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lewis.

VEVNVKVxWTVNVS VNVEV
On the 18th day of September, 1867,
Jared Burton, single man of 80, liv-
ing in village In Iowa, started by rail-
road for a town 80 miles distant, and
he has not returned to his home and
relatives since He was a man in more
than comfortable circumstances, and
his mother and sister lived with him.
Boy and man, he had lived in the vii
lage for 20 years when he set out that
day on business matter. When sew
eral days had passed without his re-
turn or word from him. inquiries were
made. He had arrived at the town all
right. transacted his business and then
taken a train on another road. 1t was
thought he had gone away In the COM
pany Of stranger, but no one could be
sure of this. After ten days and still
no word he was advertised for, and de-
tectives were employed to hunt him up.
The search was not given up for three
months, and then it was believed that
he was dead.
A year had gone by and the mystery
was still unsolved when one day Jared
Burton returned-that is, he said he
was Jared Burton, and the question
of whether he was or not brings out
this story. On leaving the train he
met Squire Danforth and shook hands
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
A Snug Eft.

An English tourist in the highlands
tells the following amusing story: He
was travelling one day last summer by
rail in the north of Scotland, and at
one of the stations four farmers en-
tered the train. They were all big,
burly men and completely filed up the
seat on the one side of the compart-
ment.
At the next station the carriage door
opened to admit tall, cadaverous in
dividual with about the girth of a
lamp post. He endeavored to wedge
himself in between two of the farmers,
and finding it a difficult operation he
said to one of them: Excuse me, sir;
you must move up bit. Each seat is
intended to accommodate five persons,
and according to act of parliament you
are only entitled to eighteen inches of
space"
"Aye, aye, my friend" replied the
farmer; that's a. very guild for you
that's been built that way, but ye
Gamma blame me If l hama been con-
struckit according to act of parlia-
ment~
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
Scots In American history.

1t is noteworthy fact in American
history that of the four members of
Washington's cabinet Knox of Massa-
chusetts, the only New Englander, was
Scotch-Irshman; Alexander Hamil-
ton of New York was a Scotch French
man, Thomas Jefferson was of Welsh
descent, and the fourth, Edmund Ran
dolph, claimed among his ancestors the
Scotch earls of Murray. New York
also furnished the first chief justice of
the United States John Jay, who was
a descendant of French Huguenots,
while the second chief justice, John
Rutledge, was Scotch-Irish, as were
also Wilson and Iredell, two of the
original associate justices; a third,
Blair, was of Scottish origin. John
Marshall, the great chief justice, was,
like Jefferson, of Scotch and Welsh
descent.-Charles R. Hanna's "Celt In
America"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
WHY THEY MARRIED.
Reasons of the Chronic Cranks For
Entering Into WedlOck.

Entering Into WedIock.
Postal cards having been sent out
to married men with the inquiry ''Why
did you marry" u large number of
responses came to hand, from which
the following are selected:
That's what / have been trying for
eleven years to find out.-X."
Married to get even with her moth
er, but never have.--W."
Because Sarah told me that five
other young men had proposed to her.
C."
THE father thought eight years
courtin' was almost long enough.-B."
please don't stir me up.-J."
Because l did not have the expert
ence l have now.-G."
That's the same question my
friends ask me-C. H."
Il wanted a companion of the oppo-
site sex. z. S.--She is still opposite
A."
Because it is just my luck.-P. j."
Il yearned for company. We now
have it all the time.-Karl."
Have exhausted all the figures in
the arithmetic to figure out an answer
to your question. Between multiplied
ton and division in the family and dis
traction in addition, the answer is
hard to arrive at.-Old Man"
Il married to get the best wife in the
world.-Simon."
Because l asked her If she'd have
me. She said she would. She's got
me.-Blivins. Detroit Free Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
A Choice of Hymns.

When the English troops in South
Africa were daily expecting the an
nouncement of peace settlement with
the Boer leaders, a worthy dean tele-
graphed to Lord Kitchener from the
Orange River Colony, saying, "As am
the acting chaplain and conducting d.
vine service in many camps tomorrow,
may ask If the hymn Peace. Perfect
Peace would not be most appropri-
ate one to give out to be sung" And
the great *" wired back, "Please
yourself, but l think Onward, Chris
tian Soldierp quite as good"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
what Botanista Do Not Know

How water, commonly called sap,
necessary to the life of tree, passes
from the roots to the topmost leaf and
evaporates is a problem not yet solved
by botanists. 1t Is known that the
ascent is made chiefly in cavities in
the sapwood only, the heart and bark
serving other purposes. That is the
extent of our knowledge of the matter.
Beyond is mere conjecture, and every
theory yet advanced has failed to stand
the test Of experiment.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
Mortar Tossers.

There is no hod carrying in Japan.
The native builders have method of
transferring mortar which makes it
seem more like play than work to the
onlooker. The mortar is mixed up in a
pile in the street. One man makes this
up into balls of about six pounds
weight, which he losses to man who
stands on ladder midway between
the roof and the ball. This man deity
catches the ball and losses it up to a
man who stands on the roof. This
plan would scarcely work for skyscrap-
ers
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
Is Not worth Mentioning.

Lightning recently struck a Boston
woman and glanced off. When they
asked If she wasn't shocked, she ad-
mitted that she was, but didn't mind
1t.
$50 many extraneous objects coalesce
to agitate my neurotic adjuncts," she
remarked, that the addition Of per-
sonal shock from aerial electricity Is
really unworthy Of an allusion."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14

do you cast things hereY inquired
smart youth the other day as he
sauntered into a foundry and adj
dressed the proprietor.
eyes, we do"
you cast all kinds of things in
iron, eh?'
Certainly. Don't you see that is our
businessY'
"Ah, well, cast shadow, will your
He was cast out
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
Too Great a Risk.

She met him at the kitchen door with
a rolling pin in her hand, and she bran.
dished it menacingly.
Madam he began.
"Well, what do you want?" she de-
manded aggressively. what are you
snoopin' round here for?"
Madam" he explained, backing
away, 81 called to see if could place
an accident insurance policy on your
husband, but after seeing you I am
satisfied he is too great risk. Chi
cagO Post.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
announcement.

s'Miss Birdie" stammered the young
man, IL feel that can no longer
disguise the sentiments that I-you
must have noticed my preference for
your society-and-haye | said too
much Miss Birdief"
mot yet, Mr.. Bashful." replied Miss
Flypee Observation-Disclosures Trib-
une.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14
Cast Out Cant.

Honor to the strong man in these
ages who has shaken himself loose of
shams and is something. For in the
way of being worthy the first condition
surely is that one be. Let cant cease
at all risks and at all costs. Till cant
cease nothing else can begin.-Carlyle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14

"That," remarked the young trout,
Il conclude, is a fly
Yes" returned his more experienced
companion, but it's advisable not to
jump at conclusions. - Philadelphia
Record.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14

The latest thing for ladies in the
stationery line is your name printed
in the corner of your letter paper.
We have the very best qualities of
linens and bonds. Can make envel-
opes to match any size or quality
paper you select.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14

The last FEW hours before a funeral
the clock in the house strikes with a
tone never noticed before and never
apparent again. except on similar oc-
casIons. Atchison Globe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-11-14

Never think so much of a dime that
you lose half dollars worth of peace
of mind worrying over one that is lost.
-Atchison Globe.