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

Mrs. Benjamin Couse. of Beemer-
willie, Sussex County, mother Of James
Halsey Couse, Of No. 1866 South street,
recently died in Newark where she had
been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Obadiah Crane.
Mrs. Couse had enjoyed unusual
good health until short time since
when she sustained a streke of para
lysis, since which time she continued
to fail up till the time of her death as
mentioned above.
Deceased was daughter Of the late
John Dunning, and has always resided
in the vicinity Of Bonneville. Early
in the fall she and her daughter Char
lotte went to Newark to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Crane, and remained
there with the idea of passing the
winter at her daughters home. Mrs.
Couse, "Aunt Rosette'' as she was
Familiarity called, was lady Of Gull
ture and refinement and most highly
esteemed and loved by the entire com-
munity in which she spent her long
and useful life She was unusually
well posted on current events and was
fond Of reading. Since the death of
her husband, which occurred about
twenty-five years ago. Mrs. Couse has
occupied a neat home in the village
of Beemerville, with her daughter
Charlotte. The deceased is survived
by six children, three daughters and
three sons. They are Mary e., wife
of Obadiah Crane, of Newark;
Harriet, wife Of Floyd Williams,
Of Pittston, Pa. /; and Charlotte,
of Bonneville. The sons are James
Halsey, of this city; Edward Of Michi-
gan, and Charles A. of Beemerville.
The deceased was in the seth year Of
her age.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-04-04
LOCAL RELIGIOUS NEWS

Ga- Pastors will please send in their
religious notices notlater than Thursday
of each week.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-04-04

BELTS Crimson Summit n i a.
Monday, March q BY the Rev. Albert Erd-
man, Y. u, Of Morristown assisted by the
m nsv' Theodore + White, d, u Of Summit
n Larry Height johnson to Cortland Saunders
V0oRHE ES-~ BROWN Al The Contra, Pres.
~ nnSt9rian Church New York, on Aprils, by
aee hev Merle Smith, Louise. daughter
City ~ '''''''' ''Y''a = sseW aorK
WIRE = FLINTOFT--At the homa a. III
pftle's parents, a and Mra j. Fiintnft iii,
vnsster aye" Mewark, N. u. on April iasis
Wire Ms sn,l IN MIA Ra.i,s Tas ioF MI Percy i
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-04-04
TAKE TINE LAcKAwANMA.

Eight modern passenger trains daily
between New York and Chicago, two
daily between New York and ST.
Louis, ten daily between New York
aud Buffalo. standard Pullman Sleep
ing Cars and Observation Parlor Cars.
Elegant Dining Cars; service unsur
passed. $3.50
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-04-04
New and Valuable Discovery
BONHELL BROS. SURE eDRE

EnOR collar or harness gals. shoe boils. nail
Il pricks, scratches, thru ii fresh cuts or old
sore, MANGgIN Docs Sure cure for SPAWN
ring bone, Sweeney. weak kntes weak knuck-
valuable for man or beast; good for lumDago,
rheumatism; cures salt rnume. corns or
bunyons. &c Excellent for burns OF scalds
Ask your druggi-t for IL. Be snre OF trade
mark each label. LABRAFORY. 1876 " alter
street, BONNELL BROS, Morristown, N. j.
$40
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-04-04

Farmers in the Whitehouse vicinity
are spraying their peach orchards and
other fruits trees to protect them from
the ravages of the San Jose scale. The
outlook for peaches is not very promis-
ing.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-04-04

The United States Steel Corporation
bill which passed both houses Of the
Legislature on the day of adjourn
ment and was signed by GOV. Murphy
entails an annual loss in revenue to
the State Of New Jersey Of over ten
Thousand dollars.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-04-04
niGo

C0BB-In Troy Hula. N. u. Saturday. Me,c,,
2Vth, 1909 Miae Eliza n Cobb, M Ina 5esh
year q her age. intesment ID Parssppany.
HUTCH fNsuN in New YORK CITY, on Tues
day. April Il 1900, NfViennA NJ MI wife ~
5amen L. Hutchinson Of this town
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-04-04
SPORTS AND PAsTIMEs.

A team Of first class ball tossers has
been signed by the Washington Atm
letic Association.
The opening Of the Metropolitan
Golf Association season will be
marked by tournament at Lakewood
tomorrow.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-04-04
COMMUNICATED.

Morristown, N. j., April 8, 1902.
Editor Chronicle;
Dear Sir IF remember Alright sew
eral years ago the Morris County Trac-
tion Company was organized with
Messrs Robert d. Foote, of Morris
town; John H. Capstick, of Montvllle,
and George W. Sickle, of Rockaway,
all prominent and influential resi-
dents of Morris County as incorpora-
tors. Mahlon Pitney who was first
named as general counsel was after
ward, II am informed, succeeded by
|ex-Judge Cutler. Soon after the an
nouncement of the incorporation of
this company applications were made
for right of way and as it is general
ly understood, after considerable
difficulty, the same was obtained from
Warren County, to the Passaic and
Union County lines.
The question | wish to ask is this,
{ Was the company Incorporated in
good faith or simply in order to keep
would-be trolley incorporators from
applying for franchise. 2 From re-
ports which have seen made to the
State Board of Assessors by the Mid
dlesex and Somerset Traction Com
panies, its net profits last year were
over $50, 900 or nearly ten times as
great as the preceding year. Is there
any good reason why trolley cars
should not pc in Morristown and
throughout the county. 1t certainly
would increase the business of the
Morristown merchants and at the
same time be source of great CON
venience to the public. Trusting that
you may find space in the Chronicle
Of these few lines beg to remain,
Very truly yours,
The Trolley.
The annual report Of the North Jer-
sey Traction Company recently made
public shows tremendous gain in
earnings over preceding years. be-
lieve company would pay in Norris
County especially when connections
with other companies could be easily
arranged.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-04-04

Many Qf our local anglers whipped
the brooAs throughout the county Tues
day but very few s'Speckled BeautiesH
were caught.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27
AMERICAN WINES SOLD
AS FOREIGN BEVERAGES.

I'VE make from fifty to sixty million gal
lens OF American wine yearly. and we do
not import more than ten millions These
figures tell whether the wine drunk by cur
people is foreign OF American. so spoke q
XXI wine dealer
by far the larger part OF the American
wine. however" he added. is not sold as
American. but as foreign Only a few days
ago | visited the cellar of a wine merchant
in the East. II contained many thousand
gallons OF American wine. the casks being
marked as prominent foreign brands.
Some hotel men 20 there and order these
brands bottled and labeled as foreign wine.
and I saw in that cellar many thousands OF
labels ready for use in this way These
parties take rood care not to initiate a
trade mark. but they will give the wine the
foreign name and sell 1t as foreign to their
guests.
1T is strictly a confidential business be-
tween the wine merchant and the hotel
keeper. The American wine is bottled In the
cellar. marked with the foreign label. and
then sent to the hotel. so that the hotel pro-
prietor Is not put in the power Of his stew
ard or caterer by the latter knowing the
source from which his employer receives his
wines. OF course. this does not apply to ali
hotels.
ut is not difficult to see the advantage OF
all this went on the wine dealer. It en-
ables the hotel man to sell his wines ut a
profit Of loo TO 30 per cent. and IT enables
the American wine producer to dispose OF
his product that otherwise might be LETT
on his hands
But one OF the most interesting decep-
tons is that perpetrated by some persons
upon their cOnfiding friends. A wealthy in
diyidaul. who has a coat OF armS-and coats
of arms can always be got at their right
fgure-will order a quantity Of American
wine bottled. and will have a label With his
coat of arms put on the bottle. Then he
confdes to his friends over the dinner table
that the wine was expressly imported fer
his private use It's an innocent sort. Of q
fraud. and the wine probably tastes much
better for IL.
But selling American wines for foreign
is nothing to the trick of making spurious
wine out OF cider or fruit acid. with enough
American wine for a body. This Is not only
legally, a crime"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27
THE A B OF E

Professor Guthrie OF the University of Chicago
earnestly urges upon the worlds attention the virtues
OF a habit Of gayety as a preventive Of drunken
ness, claiming that excessive drinking comes from 4
human desire TO be cheerful and Iight-hearted.
Whether or not this he the case. the Chicago teach
ers words are well worth consideration. II would
certainly seem reasonable thar if We Of the busy
Western world learned to be just a bit more joyous
in our daily living. refusing to worry and harry orr
selves into the frazzled mental condition where Moth
ing delights us and there is no relish of existence. We
should be Infinitely the gamers. We can he just as
forceful. maybe even more so, and Yet get the zcstful
SAVIOR of our days.
The fact that the most light hearted races Of earth
are also the most temperate appears to confirm Pro-
fessor Guthrie's theory that the habit Of gayety may
be successfully cultivated as an antidote or prevent
i've Of the habit Of intemperance in the use of In
toxicants.
There is no question that n habit Of gayety can
he acquired. Any sane and ordinarily healthful person
has the power OF choice between cheerfulness and
dependency or idle worriment. Many invalids. even.
have so successfully cultivated the knack Of seeing the
brighter side of life that their sunny dispositions are
the marvel Of their friends. II surely should I've
worth while 10 make a test Of the Guthrie theory.
In the meantime sensible people will continue being
as cheerful as their circumstances will permit. lcav-
ing out Of the question the virtue Of the habit rs
bearing upon the drink evil. 1t is n cardinal duty ot
every human being TO contribute his share toward the
happiness of the world in which he lives. Gayety or
spirit. a wholesome serenity and cheerfulnesS of soul.
should be earnestly desired and sought, therefore. rs
tending TO the performance Of this duty. No man or
woman has the right TO go through life as an AMI
mated shadow. darkening the sunlight for others and
making this world a vale Of tears for themselves.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27
WORLD'S-19O4-FAIR
woRLD-PoLTTICs ON MARCUS ISLAND.

WORLD-POLTTICS ON MARCUS ISLAND.
Rather an interesting race now under way is that
between American and Japanese warships and an
American schooner, the goal being the little Marcus
Island. some 500 miles southeast of Yokohama, and
the prize the island itself, which is already under the
American flag, thanks TO Yankee energy.
What makes the prize one of unusual value is that
Marcus Island is rich with guano. 1t is already
claimed by Captain Andrew ROsehiIL, who took pos
session of it in 1889, and Captain Andy is now aboard
the schooner in the present race, bearing credentials
of ownership from the State Department at Wash
ington. The Japanese man-o-war is Fastening to
claim the island for Japan. The American warship is
in the race to prevent a bloody clash and to see fair
play.
Just as a sideissue in the great international game
of land-grabbing, this triangular rush for Marcus
Island is interesting and spectacular. All sorts of ex-
citing things may happen if the Yankees of the Occi-
dent and the Yankees of the Orient clash over the
possession of a guano bed in the Pacific. The signi-
fcant fact to keep in mind is that so much Iand-grab-
hing has been done of late years that even a little
bird-refuge like Marcus Island is capable of develop
ing into an ominOus problem of world-politics. Let us
pray that we shall not get into a war with Japan on
the guano issue.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27
PROFIT OF IRRIGATION.

Some papers. notably in the East, are still dissat-
isfed with the proposed irrigation Of arid lands. 1t
is asserted that the sale of the Government lands and
the spending of the proceeds. for the construction of
reservations is Illegal, against public policy and for
the benefit of private interests.
As for the constitutional questions involved. the
courts can easily settle that question. There seems
TO be a preponderance of evidence in favor of the
measure and its intent. The best lawyers in Congress.
as well as the Attorney General, have found nothing
unlawful in the proposition.
Claiming that irrigation is against public policy
does not read well in this section of the United States.
Though the arid lands are hundreds of miles from
the Mississippi River there is no person in the Middle
West who doubts that wisdom Of retaining millions
of acres of rich soil.
OF course. much private property will be benefited.
Unless the Government intends to go into the agri-
cultural business the individual farmer will continue
TO raise the crops. The railroads will be better or
for the irrigation. 1t is not strange that they have
favored the improvement.
With these millions of new acres reclaimed for
profitable use there is no interest which will not be
more prosperous for the riches of the soil. Arid lands
now going to waste will become a new resource Of
immense taxable value. Their settlement will afford
new homes for immigrants. With irrigation made
practicable the drought will be converted into a rare
possibility.
And if the Middle West will be Weather for this
encouragement of the Government, why should the
East object? If traffic will be heavier, if surplus pop-
ulation viii be given plenty of room. the factor of
private prosperity is small compared with the increase
of public resources. The East will profit by the ir-
rigation scheme. No reservoir will be a waste. 1t is
q business proposition involving the expenditure of
idle capital that returns may be.secured.
1t is a narrow and selfish view which fails to see
the widespread possibilities Of irrigation. The scheme
in its present form is not of such a gigantic nature
that any revolution in economies is attempted. II the
reservoirs now proposed prove as eficaclous as it is
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27

bled over powders OF silver and gold He
was well satisfied that the chain gang sys-
TEN OF Peru IS effective. II a man happens
10 wink during office hours he is shot by
the guard.
The Count says he visited the klondike
country long before there was any suspicion
that the bedrock was a mass OF gold. He
saw polar bears as big as churches. the
woods were full OF sealskin jackets fastened
to live animals and the ice was the best in
the world.
In good old Tasmania he was more fortu-
nate than in other countries Knowing the
Government personally. he was allowed to
become a convict without being obliged TO
rob a man or break into prison As a favor
he was allowed to experience all the
horrors Of penal life.
He saw Insane prisoners fiayed with tie
cat-o'-nine-tsils until they frothed at the
mouth and fell in commissions. However.
those brutal sights were not as bad al
some he experienced in Australia. He found
them worse than in Russia. where Tartars
ply the knou; on frail women until the big
brutes faint from exhaustion.
The best traElps in all the world. says
the Count. are In the United States. Here
you ran get a good dinner for a quarter
II you give the waiter a dollar.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27
COMMENT.
LouisIana,. strsnee PIaEue.

Harpers Weekly .it.H
Louisiana is waiting for SCIENTISTS to explain the cause OF
her saltwater plague. The facts are important and obvi-
Gus. The water OF the streams between the mouth OF
the Mississippi and the Sabine River has always hereto
fore been fresh. but this season salt water from the Gulf
has set high up in those streams. rendering them unfit to
use for the irigating OF the rice beds that border them.
driving the fresh-water fish far upstream. TO die in myriads.
destroying crabs and shTimps by the millions. Great is the
resulting distress and yociferous the expression OF Il. The
dead fish imperl the health Of the districts they border.
The rice-growers lament crops scalded with salt water. and
then lansuishing for lack OF the fresh water the streams
have usually supplied. Gamers and packers OF crabs and
shrimps have had to shut down. On the other hand. there
never was such fishing. Saltwater fish. usually caught far
on-shore. now throng in and are captured alongshore. And
the water-hyacinths that OF late years have made so much
trouble by choking up streams and bayous have been
killed, and that is an important service. But why has the
salt water set in so? Is It a consequence Of recent volcanic
activities. or OF last years drought. or what? Is the bottom
OF the Gulf rising? Louisiana wants TO know.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27
FATHER CoFFEY,s ANN1yERsARY.

Though no vast assemblage attended the fifteenth
anniversary of the Reverend Father James Thomas
Cofey's induction into the priesthood, it cannot be
said that the entire people of st. Louis did not wish
him well in a spirit of thankfulness for the good which
he may be spared to continue the work which he has
marked out for himself.
Christian denominations are a unit in praise of
Father Cofey. Those who have watched his course
during the past few years concede that he has done
nothing but that which he believed to be right and e1.
pedient.
To him must be given much of the credit for fore
ing a reform in regulation Of the saloons. st. Johns
parish was formerly one of the wealthiest and most
desirable in the city. With the growth Of the munich
palty westward, it has declined in material re-
bers, has become poorer. The surroundings have
grown more and more troublesome.
The winerOom evil affected Father Cofey's parish
more than any other in the city. With faith in Prov
idence and using the best instruments at hand he
worked necessarily to better conditions. He soon dis
covered that TO be effective his crusade must be gem
eral.
No one can say that he has not succeeded. His
own parish is in better shape than il has been for a
decade or more. In every part of the city there has
been improvement. Dramshop keepers have learned
realize that he does not play to the galleries. but
that he has an end in view and that it will be reached.
Men of affairs have enlisted voluntarily in the WORK
with which he is identified.
There has been no narrowness In his work. Though
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27
THE COLLAPSE OF CHARACTER.

THE COLlABSE OF HAhACl Elk.
Whether Captain Putnam Bradlee Strong and May
Yohe c~onspired to extort 100000 from the formers
mother. or whether the story of Strong's stealing the
Yohe woman's Jewels was true. the shame Of the in
cident remains equally in evidence.
One cannot read the story of Captain Strong's
downfall without a. sincere deplOring of the char
MISUNDERSTANDING of a young American who seemed
at one time to have the making of an excellent citi-
zen.
This son of 4 former Mayor of New York City was
n good and brave volunteer soldier. He revealed
qualities that promised well for his future. There
was every reason to believe that he would make a
worthy citizen in time of peace as he had been n
faithful soldier in war.
Unhappily, the possession of wealth. leisure and
luxurious tastes brought out the weakness Of his
character. sitting its strength. The elimination of
his decadence in so shameful a story as is now be-
fore the public places him forever beyond the pale
of honest and honorable society.
The pity Of the situation, and its teaching, also, is
that with Just a little stronger moral influence brought
to bear En the shaping of his character. the young
fellow might have steered safely past the temptations
which have now lured him to utter shipwreck.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27
DEATH RATE INCREASING.

During the past few months much has been said
in complimentary terms of the sanitary system which
WIS inausurated in Cuba during the American regime
The monthly bulletins which were issued in Havana
were a source of qualification to every American Oh
server and every friend Of the islanders.
There was some speculation regarding the ability
of the Cubans to keep the work up to the American
standard. Among the problems which the new Gov
eminent must face. the one of public health was con-
sidered important. not only TO the Cubans. but to those
who live in Southern ports of the United States and
who have commercial dealings with the merchants OF
the island.
President Palma has been in control two months.
a report recently issued by the native Government
shows that the death rate per thousand during that
time was $3.50. a slight increase over that averaged
when the American medical corps was in charge. An
accompanying explanation says that the increased
rate is due TO the mortality among children.
At the same time, the bulletin declares that the
death rate in Havana is less than in Madrid. Barcelona
or Cadiz, considerably less than in Vera Cruz, Cairo
and Alexandria,, and very little greater than in Paris
or Dublin.
However. the fact remains that the death rate has
increased. OF course, this may be only a temporary
state of affairs which may be changed by the time the
next bulletin is issued. If it is the beginning of a re-
turn to former conditions. when bad sanitation and a
high death rate made Havana an undesirable resi-
dence spot, there will be good reason TO regret the
departure of the American medical corps.
There is no Indication that the Cuban Government
has failed to furnish enough funds for the prosecution
of the work devolving upon the health department. 1t
will be strange. however. If a deficiency in the ap-
preparations does not develop. The liberaHty of the
United States in providing for this feature of its adj
ministration can hardly be kept up by a Government
which is already hampered by lack Of revenue. The
next few months will show in a truer measure just
what the health of Havana will be under native
management.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27
The Training ut West Point.

August WorIds Work
The outsider, and especially a cadets mother. may
well think that there Is not enough Ieniency for a boys
lapses; but men who hold in trust the lives OF companies.
regiments. brigades and armies are not supposed to have
lapses. particularly in action. Again. We hear that the
system is so rigorous that # breaks down the health OF
the students. Perhaps 1t would II the cadeI were allowed.
after the days work. to inhaIe cigarette smoke and hang
over a beer mug until the small hours OF the corning.
With such an auxiliary, an electric course OF lectures has
been known to undermine more than one university mans
constitution No college or preparatory school can show
such a healthy looking set Of boys as West Point. The ply
sicial regime clears their heads for an amount of mental
work impossible under other conditions. They not only
obtain more instruction IN four years than they could
elsewhere, but from raw youths they have become accom-
phshed gymnasts. ~swordsmen. horsemen and artTlerists.
infantrymen. and engineers. II that veteran. wounded in
two wars. General Longstreet. is a sample of the physical
wrecks which West Point produces. We cannot have too
many OF them.