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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-17
The shark Is a slow swimmer.


One Ill service nature has done the
shark namely, that of placing TRAN
gular fin on his back which acts as a
danger signal and gives warning of his
approach. Happily the shark has not
been gifted with sufficient sagacity to
be aware of this popularity, for had lie
been so he would unquestionably aban-
don his habit Of swimming close to the
surface of the water and would in that
case be enabled to approach his victim
unobserved. The shark is slow swim
mer for his size and strength.
Byron observes, "As darts the dol
phin from the shark" But Byron was
poet and does not appear to have
been close observer Of the habits of
inhabitants of the water, or he would
have known that shark would have
no more chance Of catching a dolphin
than sheep would of overhauling a
hare. A shark will keep up with sail
Ing ship, but it is as much as it can do
to follow in the wake Of a fast steam
er, and torpedo boat would be able to
give it points.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-17

Trapping Is one of the modes by
which muskrats are secured. The traps
are made OF boards about six inches
wide and three feet long. These are
nailed together like an ordinary box
trap. the open ends being secured by
swinging doors of wire network. fasten-
ed to the upper part of both entrances.
These doors allow easy ingress to the
trap. but once in the rat cannot get out
without opening the door by pulling It
to him. which secret they seem very
slow to discover. These traps are put
in the leads running from the houses to
the water when the tide is at low ebb
and the rats are out feeding. On the
return they crawl up the leads, push
against one Of the wire doors Of the
trap. which Immediately opens into the
trap but they cannot 90 farther as the
next door opens toward them. Before
they can gnaw out the tide makes up,
and they are drowned in the trap.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-17
LOVES SACRIFICE.


tates a Finger Joint.
chronological experts agree that with
most Australian tribes every woman Is
betrothed in infancy or even in antici-
patton Of her birth According to some
mysterious law of their own, this is
arranged by the old men of the family,
the women having no voice in the mat
ter. The age Of the proposed husband
is not taken into consideration, so that
1t frequently happens that by the time
the girl Is of marrlageable age her
intended is an old man. If in the
meantime some younger man has set
his heart upon her, this means a fight.
in which the unfortunate bride to be,
as she is dragged away, is certain to
come in for share of the blows which
the rival suitors deal out to each other
In some of the coast districts, where
not all the girls are promised in infan-
cy, the betrothal of young woman to
man who follows the occupation Of
a fisherman compels her to lose the
FIRST joint Of the little finger of her left
hand. This slow and painful opera
ton is performed by stout string
bound tightly about the joint--an en-
gagemeut ring with which one would
willingly dispense! A marriage H.
cense. equally unique. is common in
some sections. where the chief gives
to the prospective groom a peculiarly
knotted string, possessing which he Is
free to seek the wife OF his choice
Woman's Home Companion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-17
Meanneaa Saved Him.

A prominent clergyman used to tell
of one of his parishioners who had
been very sick. A physician had given
him some medicine and told him he
could go out, but under no circum-
stances was he to get wet. The man
went out on the farm, and shower Of
rain came up suddenly. There was no
shelter near. and to save himself he
crnwled into hollow log. The action
Of the rain caused the log to shrink so
as to endanger his life.
He could not move, and. being
brought face to face with death. the
whole of his past life came before him
as In a panorama. He remembered the
days of his childhood. his entrance up
on life, his successes and his sins; then
he remembered, last of all, that when
he left home that morning he refused
his wife. when she asked him, for 80
cents for the church. and the thought
made him feel so small that he had no
difficulty in getting out Of the log.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-17
Making the Young owl Work.

Apropos of the woodcock certain
man of deep powers Of observation
says that the big barn owl lays only
one egg at time and after Matching
that lays another, so that the first
young bird may keep the second egg
warm while its mother is out foraglng.
Thus the entire family help in the
Matching, for the head of the house is
often found sitting with his mate.
From three to seven eggs are laid, and,
as incubation begins with the first one,
we can easily understand that young
birds are found in the same nest with
fresh eggs. Do you know any other
parents that put their children to work
as soon as they are born?-New York
Press.
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HOW Lean Yenr stnrted.

Hampson. in his 'Medii O1vI. Kalan-
darium," quotes the following quaint
tradition from an old Saxon treatise:
"Some assert that the bissextus or leap
day comes through this. that Joshua
prayed to God that the sun might stand
still for one days length, that he might
sweep the heather from the land that
God had granted him and his followers.
1t Is true that the sun did stand still
for one days length over the city of
Gebaon, but the day went forward In
the same manner as other days. And
the bissextus is not through that. as
some do think"
In France and some parts OF Spain
and Portugal there exists tradition
known as 'the ghost Of leap year."
Believers In this say that q marvellous
monster annually appears on leap day
and disarranges human affairs for the
remainder OF the yeak.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-17
The Oldest Epitaph.

The Oldest epitaph in English, which
is found in churchynrd in Oxford
shire and dates from the year 1870. to
modern readers would be unintelligi-
BILE not only from it's antique typog-
raphy. but from its obsolete language,
the first two lines of which run as fol
lows and may be taken as sample of
the whole:
"Man com & Sc how schal allie dede
be: wen VOW comes bad & bare: moth
hav ven we away fare: all We werines
vt We for care"
The modern reading would be: MAN
come and see how shall all dead be
when you come poor and bare; nothing
have when we away fare. All is wea-
riness that we for care"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-17

Disraeli once snid: You know have
the honor of being one of the elder
brethren of the Trinity House. Well.
there is a special uniform belonging to
the office. One day | was about to
attend a levee at st. James palace.
and my valet laid out my diplomatic
uniform ready for me to put on. Plac-
ing implicit confidence in him, put 1t
on and went to the levee. On appear
Ing before the prince his royal high
ness jocularly remarked: 1t won't do.
You're found out In what. sirY | in
quired. OH said the prince, you've
got the wrong trousers on. And to my
horror. on looking down found that
had got my diplomatic uniform coat
on with the Trinity House trousers. It
seemed TO amuse the prince immense
In
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-17
what to Do About santa Claus.

The problem is before us: What shall
we do with Santa Claus? The anxious
mother questions: would you have
me tell the child nothing about Santa
Claus? Would you leave all that beau
tiful part out Aof the child's lifeY BY
no manner of means. There is Santa
Claus. Why should we deny him? The
first thing to do is to believe in him
yourself. Ask yourself what Santa
Claus has meant to the child. He is the
mysterious, never seen benefactor, the
one who never forgets, the one who
never brings the good child aught but
sunshine and leaves n trail of happi
ness behind.
Think of what Christmas meant to
you as child Think of the expect.
ancy, the realization, the food of good
feeling and fellowship that seemed to
pervade the world in those days, and
then ask yourself If this echo of the
most wonderful song ever heard OF
earth has not some connection with the
childish idea of Santa Claus.
Tell the child the dear old stories OF
the good saint as you please. but tel
them invariably as myths, as fairy
tales. Tell them from babyhood, wher
the letter will be all he will under
stand. until he reaches the age when
he can grasp the spiritual idea and
slough Tie letter CT. If the child is al
ways told the myth of Santa Claus al
a fairy tale, he will have all the child
lsh joy and will have nothing to IN
learn. and when he reaches the age o.
Eve or six his mind will readjust it Il
an ideality.-Anna Margaret Price 1,
Ladies' Home Journal.
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Ears.

If your ears burn. people say, some
one Is talking about you. This is very
old. for Pliny says. "When our ears do
glow and Jingle, some do talk of us in
our absence"
Shakespeare, in "Much Ado About
Nothing" makes Beatrice say to Ur-
sula and Hero who had been talking
of her. What FIRE is In mine ears!"
Sir Thomas Browne ascribes this
conceit to the superstition of guardian
angels. who touch the right ear If the
talk Is favorable and the left if other
wise. This is done to cheer or warn.
One ear tingies. some there be
That are snarling now at me.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-17

liz CHANoERY OF NEW jersey.
Wherein The Morris County Savings Bank is
complainant and George w. Minard and
Mary Ella Minard, his wife, Nancy A. Vree
land, Edward O. Stokes, administrator ad
proeequendum OF Hannah d. Furrand, de.
ceased, john H. Miller and William H. Mott,
partners, trading as Miller q Mott John ID.
Patterson. John ]. O'Donohue. Thomas j.
trading las Wing q Hartt Company, Cor.
noiils smith, trading as @. Smith 81 Co., An.
gus q Young, trading as A. r. Young q Co
defendants III "a for sale Sko Of mor u
D.. 1903.
JOHN B. vREELAED. Solicitor.
DR. VIRTUE OF the above stated writ az
ID Eteri Facias in my hands / shall expose
for sale 81 PUBLIC vendue at the Court House.
In Morristown, n. ", on
MONDAY. THE nth Day or FEBRUARY
next, A. D., 1863, between the hoprs ~ ~ N
and 6o'clock P. NJ, thBt Is TO say at O'Clock
tns aitern s06 Of saia Day at that tract or
particularly described, situate, lying and being
In the Township of M0ntville In the County 81
Morris and State Of New Jersey.
BEGINNING at a point IN the centre of the
road where the south side line of the Morris
Canal CROSSES said road at the south end OF the
bridge near Andrew Decker grist mil; thence
running ~ down the canal along said south
side line north hfty-tour degrees and forty five
minutes east nine hundred and four feet to
line of lands OF Margaret Blowers; thence Hl
south twenty nine degrees east one hundred
and thirty-eigpt feet to line of land of Richard
Husk; thence CD along his line south sixty-one
deRreee west three hundred and hfty feet;
thence ~ along the same and line of land of
Samuel Blowers the various courses thereof to
the centre Of the tail race from the incline
plane; thence 20 up said race south two de.
grees and three minutes east one hundred and
thirty 1eet: thence (0) south seventy seven de-
frees and hfty-seveu minutes west eighty lone
Leet 90 the centre OF the aforesaid road; thence
~ along said road north ten degrees aud
ekey-nye minutes west one hun ired and fifty
~ teet 70 the place of beginning. Containing
neing the same premises convbl cd to the
seid George ". Minard by lydia Timhrook BY
deed dated November 7th. 1895 and recorded n
the Morris County Clerk ofiIce n Book a. II
Of Deeds. pages 8lg &C.
CHARLES A. BAKER,
49,, $780,. a 49, Sheriff.
sChrOnirie and Bulletin. as83 Pr. "a. d
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reeded Mo- Heln.

Mrs Hiram Often And do you thinl.
you could do the cooking for the family
with little help from me?
Applicant--No, ma'am. OF do not.
Mrs. Hiram Offen-You don't?
Applcant-No. ma'am. but Oi'm sure
OF cud do It widout amy help from
you. philadelphia Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-17
We Grow ola In Pieces.

The general impression is that the
body grows old uniformly. From birth
till the age of twenty-five it grows IN
size and weight, from twenty-five to
fifty 1t remains stationary, and from
that period it decays. Observations Of
expert psychologists show us that this
impression is not a correct one.
Each organ begins to age independ-
emily, each has its period for the
change, and these periods differ with
the various organs and do not take
place coincidently, as we may have
supposed. The body attains its great
est size during the third decade and
remains in about the same condition
during the fourth and fifth decades,
that is true, but the brain reaches its
greatest size in the second decade, the
kidneys reach their maximum size dur
ing the third decade, the muscles, skel.
eton and intestines during the fifth. the
heart and lungs in the eighth decade.
Increase or decrease in the size or
weight of the body consequently is
not due to simultaneous increase or de-
crease in all its parts.
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no cause For Alarm.

Nervous Passenger ton New Haven
steamet) There's very peculiar noise
In the water tonight. DO you notice it..
captainf
Captain Yes. madam: that's the reg
ular Long Island sound. - Harlem Life.
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First Married Woman-Dld your hus-
band really lose his heart over You be-
fore you ma@cied?
Second Ditto (feelingly)-I fancy he
must have done so; anyway haven't
seen anything OF 1t since Exchange.
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Mrs. Snaggs-I read paragraph in
the paper which said. Woman was
made before mirrors. but it wasn't her
fault" Don't you think that Is meal
remark to make about woman?
Mr. Snaggs Yes. think 1t Is. What
the writer meant to say was that wo.
man was made before mirrors and hat
been before them ever Since. Elk
change.
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The man who hesitates may be lost.
but the man who never hesitates Il
hard 70 find- = Chicago News
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-17
SPLENDID BLuNDERS.
Some Errors That Have neen Per-
Detrafed by the Types.

4yU6Hs
Errors of the press often begin with
errors of reporters who have misunder-
stood spoken words. The rule of fol-
low copy compels the compositor to re-
peat the exact words written by the
reporter, and the following blunders
are the result Of obedience to this rule.
A speaker made this statement:
I'm these days clergymen are expect
ed to have the wisdom and learning Of
Jeremy Taylor" But the reporter
wrote and the compositor repeated
"the wisdom and learning Of jour
neyman tailor"
| Another speaker quoted these lines:
Oh. come. thou goddess fair and free,
In heaven yclept Euphrosyne.
They were printed as written:
Oh. come. thou goddess fair and free,
In heaven she crept and froze her knee.
Another orator quoted this line from
4 Fennyson's 'sLocksley Hail.
Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle
of Cathay.
But the quotation was written and
printed:
Better fifty years of Europe than a circus
In Bombay.
One of the worst perversions Of a
hackneyed quotation, incorrectly given
by the speaker. is this, which seems to
be the joint work of the jealous re-
porter and the equally reckless printer:
Anxious Plato. arnicus Socrates. sed major
veritas
may cuss Plato. I may cuss Socrates
| said Major veritas.
THE Practice of Typography" T. L
De Winnie.
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JoHs B. vanE1AEp. solicitor.

DY VIRTUE OF the abova atated writ of
ID Eieri Facias In my hands. shall expose
for sale 81 public vendue at the Court House
In Morristown, n. " on
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-12
Olaa Sugar Co., Ltd.
ASSESSMENTS.

The twenty-first assessment of 1870
or two dollars $4,000 per share has
been called to be due and payable June
20, 1902.
The twenty-second assessment of
1870 or two dollars $4,000 per share has
been called to be due and payable Aug
ust Fl, 1902.
The twenty-third assessment of 1870
or two dollars $4,000 per share has
been called to be due and payable Oc-
tober 81, 1902.
The twenty-fourth and final assess
ment of 1919 or two dollars $4,000 per
share has been called to be due and
payable December 20, 1902.
Interest will be charged on assess
ments unpaid ten days after the same
are due at the rate of one per cent
QPs) per month from the date upon
which such assessments are due.
The above assessments will be pay
able at the office of The 3. f. Dilling-
ham Co., Ltd, Stangenwald building.
(Signed) ELMER e. PAXTON,
Treasurer Olaa Sugar Co.
May -, 1902.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-12
BOXERS "RASTLED y
TEN-ROUND HUGGING CONTEST
LAST NIGHT.
Agnew and Weday Fight Decided by
The Principals In Advance-Weday
Makes Best Showing.

AS an exhibition of the manly art the
Agnew- Weday fight at the opera house
last night was disappointment There
were ten rounds of constant clinches
and at no time during the contest did
the men make any showing of scienti-
tic boxing. The mOnOtOny of approach
ing, exchanging blows once and then
hugging one another until the referee
separated them, lasted throughout the
fight. The referee perspired about as
much as the pugilists.
Jack Weday had much the best of
the contest at the start and throughout
most of the rounds but at the end he
appeared to be about as much worn
out as Lon Agnew. All through the
fight Agnew's blows utterly lacked
steam. and his friends said that he
was overturned. Weday did not show
anything like the staying power his
physical makeup indicated. He had
only about one lead. That lead gave
Agnew body blow and ended in a
clinch, or it gave Agnew a swing on
the side of the head and ended in a
clinch 1t was remarked by Agnew' $
friends that he ought to have found a
way of meeting this constant repetition
of the same sort of attack but he didn t
The gloves We're so big that the sound
of the blows was as that of a blown
up bladder
There were several interesting exhi-
billions before the principal contest of
the evening, which was much delayed
because no one seemed willing to act as
referee, and because the proper kind OF
gloves had not been supplied. Frank
j. Turk finally consented to referee
the contest and he did it we'll. At the
end there was nothing for the referee to
decide. 1t appeared that the men had
decided their own fight in advance, and
Turk didn't express any opinion. 1T
was agreed between the men" said Turk
that If both were on their feet at the
end of the tenth round the fight should
be declared a draw"
Weday and Agnew fought with ten
ounce gloves, which accounts for the
easy reception of one another's blows.
At the ring side Jimmie" Fox coached
and advised his man Weday, in spite of
repeated orders from the referee to de-
sist, until the crowd very properly be-
gan to demand that he be put out.
Professor lie BOeuf and one of his pu-
pills gave an interesting exhibition of
the other manly art" of fencing. The
professor and his pupil, Moore, were
both very quick with the foils. Defense
and attack were rapid and before the
five minute contest was over. II an
peared that the men had killed each
other several times.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-12
WILL NOT SEARCH
EXPEDITIONS AFTER FANNIE
KERR ABANDONED.
Inter-Island Company Reported to
Have Given Up First Decision to
Search for lost British Vessel.

There will probably be no attempt
made to recover the abandoned British
bark Fannie Kerr. The Inter-Island
directors decided last Tuesday that
they would send the Mikahala in search
of the abandoned British vessel, but
subsequent consideration has caused
that idea to be given up.
1t was thought that the Fannie Ferr
would prove a valuable prize from
salvage point of view, but there were
drawbacks which presented themselves
as the matter as further considered.
The matter of where the vessel would
be found was the first proposition There
was some sail left set and the wheel
was dashed so as to keep her on the port
tack but the conditions of the weather
in that vicinity were unknown, and as
they would figure to a large extent in
the course of the vessel, 1t was finally
decided that no one could estimate with
any hope of being exact, within several
hundred miles of where the boat might
be. The effect of the currents on her
could, of course, be figured out but it
was decided that nothing could be done
regarding the wind. The winds might
sweep her hundreds of miles away from
the point where she was abandoned.
1t has even been figured by some of
the water front people that with a
north east wind prevailing, the boat
may be carried down past these islands,
and may be sighted in the vicinity of
Niihau. She will work up'into the wind
under the conditions i'm which she was
left, and then fall back again. She
may remain in practically the same
position for days and on the other hand
with a change of the wind her prOSitiOn
may be materially changed as to pre-
clude all hope of her ever being seen.
one other reason for the Inter-lsl-
and people desiring to abandon the eN-
petition was the fact that the fire in the
Fannie Kerr was entirely in the stern
and has been burning for nearly two
weeks. The result is that the stern
coal will be burned to fine ashes and the
stern will be lightened to such an eX-
tent that the rudder will come high out
of the water and it will be impossible to
steer her, even if the steamer could
get tow line onto the bark.
Another point against the prac-
ticability of bringing the bark to
Honolulu is the fact that she would not,
in the opinion of some, be worth much.
She would be worth considerable if
taken into the port of San Francisco,
but down here, it would be almost
| impossible to repair her.
on the other hand, it is claimed that
steel is very dear on the Coast just now
and even if brought to this port, the old
/ hulk could be disposed of to San Fran
cisco parties at a very handsome figure.
She would moreover, be valuable as an
oil carrier it is said, and she would
easily be sold to Coast people for such
a purpose. In spite of these facts how
ever 1T is likely that no attempts win
be made by local parties to send after
the abandoned boat. 1t is possible how
ever that some expedition may be risk
ed but this is not regarded as likely.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-12
BYAUTHORITY
SEALED TENDERS.

Sealed Tenders will be received by
the Superintendent of Public Works at
Honolulu, until IL m. of July 18th, 1902,
for furnishing the Department of Pub
lie Works, 22O joints 10" Cast Iron Bell
and Spigot Water Pipe, 300 lbs Pig
Lead, $50 lbs Hemp, 2-1O" Gate Valves,
and Special Castings. All to be deliver
ed F. o. b. Wharf, Hilo.
Specifications on file in office of Su-
perintendent of Public Works, at HO-
nolulu, and at office of Mr.. e. E. Rich
ards, Agent of Public Works Depart
ment, at Hilo.
The Superintendent of Public Works
reserves the right to reject any and all
bids.
JAMES H. BOYD
superintendent of Public Works.
Honolulu, June T. 1902.