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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13
wearing ont the Brain.

A French scientist has determined
that the military and naval professions
most quickly wear out the brain. Out
Of 100000 naval and military men 100
are confirmed lunatics. Next come the
liberal professions. artists heading the
list. followed closely by lawyers and,
more distantly, by DOCTORS clergy, lit
erary men and civil servants. The
number of those who go mad is III to
each 100000 Domestic servants and
day laborers run the professional men
very close, sending 1915 out Of each
100000 to the asylum These are fol-
lowed at long distance by mechanics,
only 66 of whom go mad in each l00,
600 And the group which is most ia
vorable 10 sanity is contrary to gener-
al belief that of commercial men,
which sends only ~ out of 100000 10
the asylum.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13
SCIENCE OF wHIsKEY DRINKING
1t should be Diluted With water or
MIX and strongly Diluted at That.

1t should be Diluted With Water or
Milk and Strongly Diluted at That.
Vice Chancellor Pltney of the New
Jersey Chancery Court delivered an
opinion the other day during the trial Of
case in New Jersey, which will be read
and studied with interest, not only In
New Jersey and the United States, but in
every Christian country.
The case on trial was one touching the
payment of an insurance policy. and dur-
ing the hearing of the evidence the Vice
Chancellor, who appears to be what
sailors term IAN old hand on the watch"
was inspired to deliver him self of some Of
the fruits of his experience and observa.
tion on the subject of whiskey drinking
Said the learned judge:
"A drunken man cannot have delirium
tremens. / know, because l once took
care of man who had the disease. De-
lirium tremens is the result of excessive
use of alcohol, but il does not attack a
drunken man. 1t is often caused by an
attempt to suddenly abstain from alcohol
after having used it to excess. When
man is suffering from delirium tremens.
II You want him to live you don't want to
suddenly cut off his supply of drink.
You have got to keep him keyed up to a
certain pitch. A man who drinks his
whlskey straight is fool Why. some
OF the stuff Is enough to burn out ones
insides The way TO drink whiskey is to
mix 1t with water or milk, had work
man who drank his whiskey straight and
he was always complaining told him
he was fool and advised him to take
milk with his whiskey. He did SO ever
after and lived to ripe old age"
AS matter of fact, In spite of the con
ventional agreement among all good
citizens THAI the drinking of whiskey,
either Straight" or diluted is heinous
offence against hygiene and good morals,
there are few questions in which the
average citizen is more interested, and a
Judicial opinion on the question, especial
ly emanatiug from the bench of New
Jersey-a State in which the science of
whiskey and applejack drinking is be-
lieved 10 be the subject of more general
and constant study than in any other
State in the Union, with the single ex
ception of Kentucky-is likely to be hail
ed with enthusiasm, even by those who
could not distinguish between whiskey
and sauerkraut by the smell There is
every reason to believe that the Vice
Chancellor speaks by the book He CON
fess,s 20 an experience of seventy six
wears and Jersey Law y,r who has stud
led the problem for seventy-six years
may well claim respect as an expert au-
cspted axiom therefore, in spite IF he
contrary dictum of certain "son ei
gambolier," that whiskey If drunk at
all, should not he taken straight. but di-
lued win water or milk and il may be
a ided thar The smaller the proportion of
Nhiskey tn diluiing fluid the better the
drinker is likely 10 feel the following
murn1pR -EasLun Express
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13

Sometimes | wonder that people sue
coed in raising any chickens at all.
says writer in a poultry paper. y
Ccighbor had about 100 chicks from one
to five weeks old running at large in
the yards and orchards. and the pres
pect for raising the entire lot SCENE
bright as monday. Sunday the famil )
drove over to the farm of Il relative, :,
miles distant, to spend the day Abot
noon cloud swung over the local. 3
and dropped its contents of hail ara
food in the space of about twenty MI.
ut2s. On their return home two hours
later they found seventeen live chic =
ems All the rest Of the $50 were lyil :
about the orchard and yard stiff arl
cold
During the past fifteen years | have
lest about fifty chicks by storms. ~
loss has been small because the he. )
are Kept IN their coops whenever the 4
Is the slightest Indication of rain Al
er the hens are removed the chicks are
Ecpt IN 4 quarter acre lot until they
get sense enough to come in when i
rains My nelghbors suffer the create t
locs during the two or three weeks ii
or the hens are removed Their chic $
wander away from shelty,. and Il sn,l-
Gen storm confuses then. They hi, G
among grass or weeds and drown. |
have found that it pays to keep the !
il small yard until they learn wb. /
to do when rain comes on, and cvS i
after that it is always safest to keep
them in when there are strong indie.
lions Of u storm before night.
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Suiz nox.

[Any question may be asked that pei
tains to any phase OF Christian Endeavcr
work Address Lock Box GA, Bingham
ton, NJ VI
40. r. l.. T.. I.angston City. Okla
Mrs. II. t. b.. Cuero. Tex. and Rev.
Il. j., Attention, Ala. Your question !
will be answered by mail from tie
headquarters of the United Society cf
Christian Endeavor Boston.
80. T. NJ G.. Casc@da Valley y. T.
One of the surest ways TO increase in.
terest III your prayer meetings is BY
varying the conduct of the services.
Keep out OF rut III the way Of doing
things, and your work Will get to white
heat.
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rixing the Blame.

The young man had returned from
his wedding trip and Was again at his
desk in the Office
1t was the day after his return that
the junior partner called him to his
desk and said;
Now that you're married, Mr.. Quilts,
trust you will be considerable in your
treatment of me-"
81 don't quite understand you, sir. !"
exclaimed the young man in surprise.
"Oh, it's a little early, l know" adj
mitted the junior partner, "but there
nothing like taking time by the fore
lock. | suppose you haven't been out
late at night yet"
Certainly not, SIR.
Sand it's none of my business if yea
have. But when you do stay out son 2
night be considerate. Remember thu t
have a reputation for fairness and
humane treatment of everybody in this
office that would like to retain. Don
tell your wife that you're sorry you'ie
late, but that that slave driver at Tie
office piled work upon you to such al
extent that you had to work right into
the night. Don't tell her that the t.
rant you work under gave you Is. Gil.
for dinner and told you that you would
have to post all the books in the office
before leaving for the night. Just in
vent some other excuse, you know
The young man thought the matter
over for a minute or two and then ass
ed anXiously:
"Well, if should be late what shall
sayY
sob, put it on the senior partner, as |
do. He can stand it."-London An
SyVarS
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13
THE SLAYER is THE WINNER
Ii You Are a Beginner In Poultry,
Don't BE Too Easily DiscourngeG.

Ii Aou Arc q Beginner In Poultry,
Don't Be Too Easily Discouraged
People who are easily discouraged
are seldom successful, no matter what
they undertake. Sometimes of course
we meet with exceptions, or perhaps
seeming exceptions, where appear
ances seem to Indicate that the rigG$
man did the right thing at the right
time and success followed with APP
parently little effort. But mighty big
majority of successful people gained
their point of vantage by hard knocks
and continued effort.
Success in breeding standard bred
poultry comes in the same way. This
is evidenced by the wrecks strewn
along the way and by an analysis of
the records and efforts of those who
are pronounced successes. The breed
ers who are prominent in the poultry
world today did not gain their promi-
nence in a single season. Some Of
them started with a very ordinary
grade of stock and spent several sea-
sons in getting their flocks to high
more time in getting show record
and in getting their names and their
stock before the public through adyer
Using. Others, who have used rare
Judgment and started with the best,
who have intelligently studied tie
principles of breeding and given much
thought to the work, have reached a
position near the top in comparative
~ short time They have produced
good birds, have won with them at the
shows and through liberal but judi.
cious advertising have gained success
both in reputation AL financially. We
want to impress upon amateur breed
ers the fact that they should not eX-
pect to accomplish these things the
first season. ard indeed for several
seasons, unless due attention is given
to the elements which influence these
results. No doubt there are thousands
O. our subscribers who are now begin
r.ag TO see the results of their first
seasons work AID we urge them to
not get DISCOURAGED if the roundup Of
the young ssoa. &: a ros show Il lar
number OF e,.tra cAsioa h.rds. 1t is a
s,.la thing tina u viii not hive is
many as YOU expect
The thing to do S to get together the
best you hcye md lay a solid founda-
ton for the f.trre. Try to learn just
how l0u produced your best birds and
sore this k:.owledge away in yorr
mind now while it is fresh for use next
spring when it again comes time TO
mate the breeding birds. Don't let dis
appointment get the best of your Ell
thusiasm. Remember that patience
and perseverance are required to ac.
compIish all things worth striving for
and that it is the slayer who wins.
American Poultry Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13
POINTS ON NOTHING.
An Experts Observations on TIL;
Important and Timely Subject.

An Experts Observations on This
Important and Timely Subject.
/ have tried quite number of sys-
TENS in order to get hens to mott
early and have met with fair success,
says Theodore Hewes. | have also
talked to a great many breeders and
watched the systems as used in the
Mr.. Mitchell of Bristol, Conn, has
come as near solving the problem as
any of them. His system is to select
such males or females that he desires
to have mott early and confine them II
small runs or houses for about three
weeks, giving them only food enough
to keep them alive. In other words, he
reduces their weight, but as soon as
the period of fasting is finished they
are given the richest food and if pos
sible are allowed a grass run. The re-
suit is that the feathers are dried out
by this fasting, AID the rich food
starting the young feathers push the
old dry ones out of place, the bird
having the appearance of being picked.
AT the time of my visit to Mr.. Mitch
ellis yards, during the fall of 1901,
found in some of the small runs in his
barn loft, where birds were melting,
enough loose feathers to make a good
sized pillow, and they had dropped out
of the birds within three days of my
visit, as three days previous the feath-
ers had all been cleaned up. The re-
suit obtained by Mr.. Mitchell can be
secured by allowing the brood hens
TO set for two or three weeks during
warm weather and when taken off
the nests given the best of food for
systems in vogue, all of them proving
more or less valuable. Some breeders
place the birds in small houses about
as large as a dog kennel, facing the
same to the north, never allowing the
sun to shine on the bird during mott.
This has a tendency to hurry the mott
along
AT one place | visited found birCs
confined in coops of this kind that had
been carefully hand picked, every
feather being taken off the same rs
dressing for market. The poor old
birds We're ashamed of themselves,
like a peacock when he loses his tail,
and remained inside of their boxes all
day, only coming to the door to eat
and drink. | am glad to say that this
system of melting is not at all com
mon or popular, and I trust it never
will be.
The starving or reducing system is
well worth trial. and when fasting is
all over be careful to have plenty If
sunfower seed or oil cake to 80 with
their feed, not overlooking the impc,-
tance of green food or grass runs,
Let any hen that becomes broody SIT.
placing her in Il keg or barrel turned { y
ifs side, SO that she will heat up tn,
ouShly, and the old feathers will |
slowed OF as soon as she is off tn
nest
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13
National Manufactures Association at

National Manufactures Association at
New Orleans, April 5 TO II, 1908.
For the meeting of the above associ-
alton the Southern Railway will sell
excursion tickets at one fare for the
round trip: tickets to be sold April II,
II and -, with final limit April 10,
1903.
From the Trunk Line Territory tick
cts will be sold April II, II and 13,with
final limit April 10, on basis Of regular
to Washington or Trunk Line western
termini, added to one first-class fare
therefrom. BY deposit of ticket by
original purchaser with Joint Agent
at New Orleans, and payment of 80
cents, an extension of final limit can
be obtained to reach starting point not
later than April 30, 1903.
The Southern Railway operates three
trains daily from New York, carrying
Pullman Sleeping, Dining and Obser-
walton cars. Time only 80 hours be-
tween New York and New Orleans.
For further Information call or adj
dress New York Offices, 271 or 1885
Broadway. Alex S. Thweatt, Eastern
Passenger Agent
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13

Stella Lundelius. IL years old, daughter
of photographer August Lundelius of
Port Jervis, is just now the most talked
about girl of the season.
The New York papers have written her
up as q wonder and-there she Is.
The Port Jervis papers do not seem to
commit themselves to any positive opin.
ions. 1t has all come about because
when she says you can't lift me" you
can't. Strong men have tried 1t repeat
eddy and failed. They can take her
around the waist and lift her easily when
she Is willing. But when she is unwill-
ing and touches her hand or fingers to
the lifter's shoulders or person all the
force that can be brought to bear cannot
hudge her from the floor
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13
0nfz Dos.

tAny question may be asked that per
ains to any phase Of Christian Endeavol
Jorh Address Lock Box ga, Bingham
on n. VI
IS. L. Y. b.. Kalamazoo Mich.
There Is no good reason why the aver
ge Sunday school scholar should not
We ! member of the Christian Endeavoi
oclely. The one does not in any wise
supplynt the other. In Sunday schoo
lou are learning. In the Endeavor so
tletT you are practicing.
80 y. y. T., Topeka, Kan. Ii is best
p faliow the uniform topics for the
rrfyer meetings The advantages are
'@l'lfad notably the abundance OF
nf aatl The Inspiration that come.
a'll ,hc faellng that 100000 Endeav.
os"is ara studying the same Scripture
v3tl NAu
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13
A Charming Trip.

Is in reserve for those who contemplate
visiting California during the Spring or
Summer On one of the several excur.
sions being organized by the Southern
Railway and Southern Pacific Companies
The frs. of these occasions is the Pres
byterian General Assembly at Los Ange-
les, for which tickets will be on sale be.
ginning May 2 with limit sixty days and
stopovers for the wonderfully low rate of
$67 90 from New York. In addition to the
Standard Sleeping car service, the high
class Excursion Seepers operated regu
larry via these lines at almost one third
the standard rates will be available. The
Excursion Sleepers are personally con
Quoted, and possess every requisite to
comfort, their rattan upholstery adding
greatly thereto. Having operated these
excursions for the past six years, the ex.
psrimental stage has long since passed,
and their success is an assured fact. For
further particulars address A. S Tn
weatt, e p A, No. 1885 Broadway,
n Y
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13

Antique Furniture Dealer-Did any
body call while was out?
Boy Only one lady showed her
the table that came over In the May
flower and the Louis NV writing
desk aud everything, hut She didn't
seem to be satisasd She said she
couldn't find any worm holes in any Of
EN- she said they weren't ola enough.
Hum, SO you lei her go. did your"
Yes. hut she'll be back ! told her
that Il sAa'd come in this afternoon
you'd show her folding bed that came
scr In the ark - Exchange.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13

Strange as II may SEEM the elephant
Is passionately fcnd Of hnery and de.
lights to see himself decked out With
gorgeous trappings- The native princes
OF India are very particular In choos-
Ing their state elephants aud will giSe
fabulous sums for an animal that ex
actly meets the somewhat fanciful
standards they have erected. For these
they have made cloths of silk SO heayi.
~ embroidered with gold that two men
are hardly able 10 lift them Pear.
sons Weekly
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13

[Any question may be asked that per-
tains 10 any phase of Christian Endeavor
work Address Lock Box GA, Bingham
ton, N. VI
81. II. s. Lester, N. we should
regard our pastors wishes MS law.
5S. X. b. L.. Iron Mountain, Mich
Try the plan as followed by the Broome
County a. ~ union and hold rally
with every society in your county If
sou are Interested in the details, write
agpin incloArg Il stamp for reply, and
get the information by mail.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13
Australia the Poor Mans Paradise.

The cheapness of living in Austral l
is proverbial. 1t is a veritable poor
mans paradise In the butchers shops
you see twopenny and fourpenny tic.;-
cts on the meat, and provisions of To-
cal production are equally inexpensive.
In the eating houses or coffee shops a
great feature of town life there-you
can get a square meal, consisting of Il
steak or chop bread and butter ana
tea, for sixpence. There are no tips
for walters in the antipodes. The Co
lonials are enormous tea drinkers and
on an average partake of the cheering
herb seven times day. Boarding
houses another prominent feature
are rendered almost essential in a land
where the domestic servants command
a wage of II week, with every even
ing out and leave to practice the piano
and keep a bicycle.-Newcastle eng
land Chronicle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13

What splendid symphony is life to
one who knows how to interpret it,,
with its four movements and its one
theme! For that one theme is love
and God, and love and God are one
First. the dance music of childhood;
then the loYe music of youth; then the
labor and martial music of manhood,
mingled with the sweet home music
of womanhood, with strains of pathetic
minor enriching both and, last of all,
the peace of song of old age.-Outlook
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13

The laws of England touching mas
ter and man, the employer and the man
employed, are better than in this coun-
try There, when "A man hires out fo1
a given length of time, which is the
usual custom with farm labor, he has
TO fulfill his contract and can't throw
Up his job when some other man offers
h,n a little better wage. Here the farm
en- seems to have no redress, and most
men never know whether they have got
man who will stay with them through
the busy season cr not
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13

We know of poor man who raised
two acres of New Yorker potatoes this
year. He raised 200 bushels per acre
ard sold the crop in the field for 90
cents a Lushel. or 5000 Allowing IS
for ret, SO for seed ana SIG for plan,
ing, cultivating and digging, he had
,he nee net profit on the crop of $lGG
or mere than he could have earned TT
days work during the four months
work for other people. Other poor men
might do ms we'll.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-13

If we have hot days and cool nights,
watch your turkeys closely, and if any
OF them show signs of cold quarantine
them Immediately and give any good
commercial roup cure. 1t will be well
to give some of the cure in the drink
ing water given to the rest of the flock,
and if you notice any of the others
sneezing and running at the nose place
them also in quarantine, that you may
avoid that dreaded disease diphtheritic
roup.
If any of your flock become crop.
bound dhey ere not apt to do so if
their grit dish is kept filed, pour melt
ed lard down the throat and knead the
crop gently with the fingers. | men,
ton this now as it sometimes happens
that their Grst day in the field after
the grain the crop is full of oats ard
if they do not get sufficient grit the
sharp hulls cause it to pack, so if yol
see Il droopy turkey come in catch it.
and you can easily tell by feeling the
crop if it lie cropbound. Keep it away
from the rest of the flock. not becauca
it is contagious. but for your own co..
lcnience in catching IL to administ r
noGicine and that it may not be IL.
I.rcl Icy The rest of the hock-Ma..
@Gret CavanauGh DAILY in Poulh
Success
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MORRIS COUNTY CHKONICLE FRIDAY MARCH 13 1908
rARM BOY ANp coLLEeE.

The man was a Scandinavian. He
had worked his way up from absolute
poverty to one of financial and agricul
tural independence and is now well
fixed as the owner of 800 acres of land
and good equipment of stock He
had a boy, very commonplace, every
day sort of boy seventeen years old
This boy had always worked on the
farm, and his education had been linn
tied to what he could learn in the
country school during the winter term
1t was agreed between father and son
that the boy should go to one of the
best agricultural colleges in the west
and take Il course of thirteen weeks
each winter for two years, returning
to his farm work during the summer.
We met the father after the boy had
completed this course of study at the
college and asked him what it had
done for his boy. He said that sit had
done wonders, that the boy was taking
up the farm work in a different and
better way, that he could repair any
oil the farm machinery adjust the
farm separator, test the milk and the
COWS, had learned how to judge stock,
could pick out good cow on sight,
knew how to properly balance the ra-
lions fed, could treat the sick animals
on the farm and wanted me to take
five or six of the best agricultural pa
pers. He did all his work with more
method and intelligence and so accom-.
plished more with less labor. He did
not get the big head and want to be-
come a professor and teacher and has
settled down to his old farm work as
steady as an old clock. 1t cost me 1926
to give him this course of study, and
it was the best investment that | ever
made. The fact is the boy knows
more than l do, but he is kind enough
never to rub it in"
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.LGe-e>4op /e-ese-~G


IN Buffalo the Young Mems Chris
tian association triangle and the Chris
tian Endeavos monogram are linked
together in a unique work. The Y. Nj.
c. A. longed for furnished room In its
building for worthy transients. II
came through the generous efforts of
the Christian Endeavor societies, and
during It's first year il proved an un-
told blessing 10 more than score OF
men.