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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-17
The stableman,s Plan.

On one occasion u famous clergyman
witnessed the tact of a stableman in
coaxing a recalcitrant colt into his stall
and soothing him until completely rec
onciled. Having expressed his congrat-
ulations, he remarked with a touch Of
melancholy:
IT wish could get the workingmen
of my parish into church as easily as
you get your young horses into their
stalls, Thomas"
"Well SIR" said Thomas, II should
think it could be done, providin' you
understands the nature of 'em an
gives your mind to it."
The cleric smiled. Thomas might
manage horses, but workingmen-that
was different matter.
perhaps you'll think it over and let
me know your method" he finally sug-
gested.
Thomas promised and, being appeal
ed to a few days later, was ready with
his method"
"And you think you have hit on a
plan to get workingmen to church,
ThomasT
II think so, sir"
"And how would your"
"Blindfold 'em an back 'em in" said
Thomas. Kansas City Independent.
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do, by all MEANS" Hartland re
turned. Meantime hurry with the
wedding garments"
THAT is advisable-with a man SO
fickle,' Avis said over her shoulder
as she ran away.
Hartland came back a day before
the week end so radiantly happy there
was no gainsaying him. Almost be-
fore Avis, most capricious of coquettes,
knew it she was married and whisked
away in a coach behind four spanking
bays 1t was not the least bit ro-
mantle, therefore all the more to her
mind, this sitting In the box seat while
her new husband handled reins and
whip, and the smiling summer land
scape melted into soft dun distances
on either hand. They went at a rat
ting pace, and in the joy of 1t Avis
almost forgot her new position and the
unseen rival, thoughts of whom had
haunted her through the nights. OF
to Hartland. She knew he was taking
her to his own big house-a house no
doubt filled for him with memories of
that earlier love. Suppose he tired of
her-of her yellow hair, her baby dim
Piles, her willful, beguiling, winsome
ways? Suppose even in thought he
sighed for the other? She could not
bear to contemplate it.
They had been silent full five min
utes. The sinking sun lay full in their
eyes. Hartland saw it glisten upon
bright drops yelling over. He smiled
under his mustache, but said nothing
only sent the horses through the gate
and up the long avenue at their very
best pace.
Leaping down, he lifted Avis and
carried her well inside the big hall
II thought you would be crying by the
time we got here" he said, setting her
down in a big easy chair. Now that
l have you hard and fast, hear the
truth. You had rival She used to
live on that panel over there between
the window. She was only a picture
l picked her up in Europe, called her
Marion and vowed my wife must look
like her, That was, of course, before
saw you
"Of course" Avis interrupted. But
why did you tell me such dreadful
fibs about her?''
Because wanted you so very, very
badly" Hartland said, gathering her
in his arms. You were such flyaway
knew you would never look at a sober
citizen such as myself unless | could
somehow persuade you that l was for
hidden fruit. Confess! You would
have played with me as with all the
rest if l had not given you a rival
"Where is she now?' Avis demanded
"In retirement ready to be sent to a
museum which has been wild to buy
her," Hartland responded.
Avis sat up straight Bring her
back! AT oncep' she said. You know
l live to set maxims topsy turvy. You
shall be off WI the new love until you
are on again WI the DID,
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He Missed Her.

A speech which had a pathetic as
well as an amusing side is said to have
been made by an old New Hampshire
man on the occasion Of his second wed
ding.
"Neighbors," he said to those who
had witnessed the simple ceremony,
you all know that this good friend
that's consented to marry me is some
thing of stranger in our town. Now,
I feel kind of insufficient, being only a
man, to make her acquainted with ev-
erybody as quick as I'd like to. So
I'm a-going to depend on you women
folks" he added, with confiding smile
at the members of the gentler sex, ITO
make her feel at home among US, just
as my first wife would do if she was
here today | miss her consid' rable all
the time but more'n usual on an occa
sion like this!'
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Protective Color.

We have q green snake Dryophis
fulgida) which, when hunting for green
frogs and lizards, winds in and out
among 1.-THE flexuous stems of creeping
plants and so closely resembles them
In color as to almost defy detection
even by the keenest eyes" Close at
hand among the bushes may be huge
grasshopper, whose broad fore wings
when closed are of the exact color of
the leaf on which he rests, so that his
disguise is perfect and he chirps on in
safety, yet if the lizard, instead of
haunting the green, leafy thicket, be Of
that species found crawling over the
walls of buildings In the city, he puts
ON totally different appearance from
that of his own kindred in the forest
or even In the interior of houses, being
of the exact hue of the ruined stone
and mud walls on which he is found,
while the house lizard is speckled and
of an ashy gray tint, like the ceiling on
which he rests and for clinging to
which his feet are specially adapted.
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NOT IN THE PLAY.
A Case Where Two Actors Displayed
Presence of Mind.

Case Where Two Actors Displayed
Presence of Mind.
A short time ago a great historical
play was being given In an Italian
theater. The king had to read his
speech from the throne He was sur
rounded by the court, all the repre-
sentative mobiles of the nation, the gov
ernors of the provinces and the heads
Of the army.
Clad in his magnificent robes Qined
with rabbit skin, he stalked majestic
ally across the stage. and, with fitting
hauteur slowly assembled the steps
leading to the throne. Every one bowed
low, and the chancellor handed to his
majesty the parchment roll from which
to read the royal speech.
All waited attentively to catch the
words from the royal lips. but his maj
esty found. to his chagrin, that the
roll was blank. The speech was long
and had not been committed to men,
DRY
1t was impossible to get through 1t
with the mid Of the prompter, for he
was too far away to render the need
full service. A bright thought passed
through the royal brain.
Having glanced over the roll as If to
gather the gist of the speech. he again
folded II and handed 1t back to the
chancellor with the command:
You read it."
The chancellor was somewhat put
out. but dutifully took the roll and
opened 1t. only to discover the royal
pleasantly, whereupon. again rolling
the parchment up and taking from his
breast the resplendent tin order, be
laid them together at the kings feet
with:
Your majesty, as | cannot read the
speech, tender my resignation" and
walked off the stage
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-17
ROCKAWAY.

Mrs. ]. d. Hammell, of this place,
has gone to Lake Hopatcong for
several weeks.
The Rockaway Steel and Iron Com
pany has closed down their plant here
for week on account of the heat.
Isaac Farlow, ticket agent of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad at this place, is spending a
few weeks at Niagara Falls.
A special meeting of the township
Board of Health was held in the town
hall at this place Saturday afternoon
for the purpose of making the sani-
tary condition of the township better,
if possible, especially in the mining
regions, where the Hungarian ele-
ment resides To pay the health
inspector for doing the work the
board passed a resolution to pay him
SO for all cases reported to him
through the board and for him to
abate the nuisances that were re-
ported to him.
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HIS FIRST
LOVE
By MARTHA
M'CULLOCH-WILLTAMS
COPYRIGHT 1903, BY Mct,lufe's
Newspaper Syndicate

"Goodby," Hartland said, with the
least hard breath
Avis locked her hands behind her,
echoing: "Goodby! You see, do not
offer to shake hands. We agreed in
the beginning our friendship should
never sink to the level of the proprie-
ties
There remain always-the impro-
prieties," Hartland said, very low
catching her handsomely in his arms
and kissing her twice.
Avis shook herself free with little
hurt gasp: You, oh, you'll l never be-
heved you could belize all the restw
why, do all of them kiss you when
you make them ride away7" Hartland
asked, with a twinkle, wholly I'M
abashed.
Avis turned reproachful shoulders to
him. 'If all of them kissed me, do
you think should not accept one of
them-as watchdog If nothing more?"
II know 1 should make an excellent
watchdog-the very best sort" Hart
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unaccommodating stamp Clerk.

lone hundred twos?" said the post
office clerk Eyes. ma'am.
"And charge them to Mr. Newliwed
No. 4t1"-
Sorry. maam," interrupted the
clerk. but we can't do that"
You can't?" the young bride ex
claimed Indignantly "NIy husbands
credit is good everywhere. and, besides,
we always get our letters from your
Philadelphia Press.
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Through service West-No. 35l, at 6.l5 am
connects at Netcong with train for Branch
Vile; connects at Denville for Boonton branch
tb NS sO' to es Esston 600 connecting the1
With Central Railroad of New Jersey
and Lehigh Valley Railway; connects 3
Denville for Boonton Branch; at Dover TO
Binghamton and intermediate points; at Net
cong for Sussex Branch; at Washington witt
the Lackawanna Limited for Buffalo and al
points West. Sleeper on this train ran
Through TO ST Louis. Observation car to But
faIo; dining car to Buffalo.
No. 355 leaves $40 q. N runs through u
Chester. .,.4 :,
RranchyiIIe on sussex branch; connects a.
Denyille for Boonton Branchi at Dover for
Cherter Branch and for Phtllipsburg ana IN
No ), S:56 D. m, stops on signal for pas
seneers for Water Gap and points beyond.
Pullman sleeper Ana coach 9 81 inns car To
Binghamton. Parlor car e Binghamton.
No. 3el, 1892 M; runs to Dover 4..o,,o,h ;,
No 400 Leaves 44O 9Th snt raps Rafosd o.
New Jersey and Lehigh Valley Railway
connects at Dover with train for Scranton and
in termediate points, at Neteong win
No. sss leaves 5:54 p. M; runs to Doyer
connects there with train Tor Ne.coIg
connects at Denville for Boonton Branch.
No 1857 leaves $40 y. M, runs to Chester;
connects at Dover with fast train for tnt
West; through sleeper to Chicago; sleeper T.
Buffalo; passengers can remain IA lnle
sleeper until 8 a, M; dinln car to str 'uds
burg.
No. $3.50 leaves 7:28 p. M. runs to Hacketts-
town. Connects at Netcong for Newton
No. 37l leaves $3.50 p. M; connects a.
Dover with solid vestibuled train for the West
having through sleepers to Utica, Oswego
Ithaca and Buffalo.
IYckets to all points in the United States OF
ale at Morristown Ticket Office.
For furtherinformation call on D. J. Whitt
Ticket Apenr, Morristown. Nj; Guy Adams
Division Passenger Agent. Newark Nj. T.W
Lee. General Passenger Agent, 20 Exchange
''"OS' Il. w, LEE
Gaoaral passenger AQt n .
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-17
Don't Buy Your Tickets Elsewhere,

Save yourself trouble and expense. by
purchasing your railroad and steamship
tickets at the Lackawanna's Morristown
cicket office The rates are lower and the
service unexcelled. Tickets can be sold to
Ill points, baggage checked, and Pullman
reservations made through to your destina-
zion. Complete information as to fares,
'outes, etc, cheerfully given upon applica
zion
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-17
THE OLD OAK TREE.

The sweetest thing OF earth to me
Ia the south wind in the old oak tree.
II moves the branches to and fro;
The shadows dance on the grass below.
The leaves move lightly in the air;
Their rustic seems a whispered prayer.
Deep in the tangled grass | lie,
Seeing but gimpses of the sky.
So thick the green leaves are above,
So light, so soft the breezes move.
wonder not that men have stood
Bette some giant OF the wood
And made it OF their prayers a shrine,
Deeming IT held a soul divine.
-Ninette NJ. Lowater in New York Sun.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-17
43 SOUTH STR EET.

When You Go Away Take The Lack
awanna.
Eight modern passenger trains daily be-
tween New York and Chicago two daily
between New York and st. Louis; ten
daily between New York and Buffalo
Its through trains are all solid vesti-
buled and equipped With the latelt and
most improved pattern Pullman drawing
room and sleeping cars, observation cars,
and first-class high-back seat coaches.
It's dining cars are on the A la carte plan
and also serve combination breakfast and
supper at prices ranging from 30 cents
to 81 90
The service in all departments is un-
excelled
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-17
Annoyances of Wealth.

Wrest-Tell you. friend, the rich has
their troubles.
Dawson-Bet your life | do Onst
when had two pair of pants, found
the labor of changin things from one
set of pockets to the other set of peck
cts almost more'n | could stand.-In.
dianapolis Press
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Rockaway Valley Railway

Leave Morrlsrown, for all stations to Whitt
house, D., L. & w. Station, $40 q. M; Duo .
M. /, Park Place at $50 q. m. and 5.lb p. m.
Watnong station, 9.l0 a. m. and 800 p N.
Leave Brookside for Morristown, Id a. NJ
and 8. 20 D. M; for Whitehouse, sbO .. M aB
Leave Mendham for Morristown. .0b g. N
and S.05 .. m; for Whitehouse, lO05 a. m. abo
8. So p. m. oco
Leave Whitehouse for Morrtstown, b.UU An
and az n m Arrive at Whitehouse rro2
Morristown. II 40 a. m. and ZOO .. m.
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wnter stnrts q Fire.

barn in Belgium was set on fire
by a shower The farmer placed a
quantity of quicklime near a shed and
left II there all night In the course
of the night rain fell on the lime, and
the heat thus developed became 81
great that II set the shed on fire
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Whippany River Railroad

Time table for passenger service in effect
March 20. 1899. ,.-,..., , Or
a. ms:5.42 D. M, except Saturday; 68I anc
$50 D. m Saturday only.
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HOW TO LOCATE AN ALARM

II the alarm is sounded from box rs, the fire
bell will strike two, then pause and strike Ave,
which will indicate that the fire is in the vicin-
ity of No. 25 box. Every alarm is repeated
four times
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Sunday Trains

Except Sunday night. Does not run holt
days. Saturdays only. Except MONDAYS
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-17

A stage load of our young people
spent Saturday at Budd's Lake. They
captured few pond lilies, but no fish.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-17
WHEN THE FIRE BELL RINGS.
Look at This and You VIII Be Able
to Locate the Blaze.
HOW TO SEND IN AN ALARM

To send in an alarm, open box and pull down
the lever on the inside When an alarm is
sent in, the fire bell will sound the number of
the box and repeat the alarm four times.
There are several keys to each box, which are
held by persons living nearby-a card attached
to each box gives the names Of such holders.
Policemen also have keys.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
In FEozen RuSSin.

In Russia. where the cold in winter is
very intense, the markets are very curl
Gus things. The meat is frozen. the car
casses Of dead animals, as sheep and
pigs, stand upright outside the stalls;
everything. even game and poultry, re-
quires to be thawed before it can be
cooked. and the market peoples dress
Is as picturesque rs 1t is warm and
comfortable.
Then the rivers are frozen over all
the winter long. and so thick IS the Ice
that every one can skate anywhere and
any time. Stalls are put up on the ice
and busy markets held there.
In the Asiatic part Of Russia the peo-
pie live chiefly by hunting and fishing,
and the fur Of the Russian animals Is
very Deautifui-the ermine. fox. sable.
sea otter and others.
at the end Of the winter, when the
snow melts. the huntsman pursues the
elk, wearing long shoes. in which he
can glide over the snow very quickly,
while the poor elk sinks into the snow
deeper and deeper every step and is at
last overtaken and killed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
RuskIn as = Gardener.

Fond as Ruskin was Of flowers, eSpe.
cially wild ones, he had his own ideas
as to what garden ought to De, and
in his practical gardening was quite
landscapist He liked making; paths
and contriying pretty hooks. When he
first came to Brentwood he would have
his coppice cut no more. 1t spindled
up to great tall steps, slender and sin
uous, promising no timber, and past
the age for all commercial use or time
honored wont Neighbors shook their
heads, but they did not know the
pictures Of Botticelli, and Rusiin had
made his coppice into an early Italian
altar piece. Then he had his espalier
Of apples and a little goosebcrry patch
and a few standard fruit trees and
some strawberries mixed with dow
ers. In one corner there were beehives
in the old fashioned pent house, trailed
over with creepers. Here and there
were little hummocks, each with its
special interest Of fern or aoWer.-Good
Words.
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The Bird Monopolist.

AS Is generally known. the cuckoo
lays its eggs in the nests Of other birds,
leaving them to be hatched and the
young cuckoos reared by their foster
parents. The young cuckoo throws the
other birds out Of the nest and gets all
the care itself. After murdeZing its
foster brothers and sisters In the most
deliberate and callous way 1t Is thence
forth tended with the greatest dero-
ton. Long after it has left the nest
the great bird, apparently big enough
to get Its own living and many times
larger than its foster parents, Is fol-
lowed about and fed by them with the
same care as when In the nest.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
ALONG PICCAD!LLY.
There the Tide of Socin1 London
Flows to the Fullest.

There the Tide of Social London
Flows to the Fullest.
Piccadilly seems cold and blatant By
contrast as one charges down it. Yet
even here, be the sunshine ever so
bright, the visitor Is crowned In the
pearly haze that tones, attenuates, uni
fies, most !f not all Of London, that
haze that has tantaliZed csd defeated
how many artists! Even over Piccadtl-
ly, even over this the most mundane Of
all London streets, it throws its saving
glamour. Indeed the whole splendid
avenue might serve for q studio, not
for its values alone, but for the COM
plexity Of the types that throng It. 1t
is the quintessence of London, the dis
tillation Of all London humanity, to be
studied nowhere so narrowly as from
q bus top. Perfect Du Maurlers in the
original approach, pass by and are left
behind or stand in groups looking from
the club windows. Phil Mays in the
life swarm beneath one, and characters
from Thackeray and Dickens jostle
unsuspectingly on the sidewalk. The
clubs alone, which never Took so thor
oughly clubbabie as when hastily
glanced at from passing bus, Will
store ones memory with hundred
recognizable types. All England, all
the empire. indeed, sooner or later finds
its Vay 10 Piccadilly. One cannot pass
down it without a sight Of some gilt
terins, turbaned, alien figure, majes-
tically isolated, majestically UNDECIDED.
Regent street may claim grander
sweep, and BY virtue Of its shops a
more devoted femininity, but it is along
Piccadilly that the tide Of social Lon
don flows brim full.-Sydney Brooks
In Harper's Magazine.
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Courtskip In Caracas.

After the evening meal is finished
the padre" may go to his club CT cafe,
while the ladies betake themselves to
the large, open bay window. Lamps
are placed near them, and as yol wan
der through the streets you plainly see
everywhere at the height of your own
eyes and quite near enough for c hand
shake long rows Of these groups Of wo-
men. now gayly and often brilliantly
dressed, thickly powdered and bedeck-
ed with the quaint old jewelry Of the
country.
Then BY and by young man ap-
pears In front OF almost every window
and converses With those inside. In
most cases lie is the suitoc for tie hand
Of one of the daughters OF the house.
Evening after evening he thus pays
his respects to her family, standing for
hours on the sidewalk, till the day ar
rives when the mother Of his adored
one believes the fact Of his courting
her daughter sufficiently advertised to
the neighbors as we'll as to the CON-
munity at large Then only the doors
Of the house are thrown open tc' him.
Otto Won GottberS in Harper's Maya
zine
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
A WHISTLER STORY.
The Climax Of Dinner In Honor O.
the Eccentric Artist.

The Climax Of Dinner In Honor OF
the Eccentric Artist.
At the close Of the case Of Whistler
against Ruskin, the former, finding
himself very much in need Of rest and
recreation, decided to make southern
TIP. When he arrived in Venice his
American friend thought to cheer him
by giving q little dinner in his honor,
to which were b.Lden several friends
Of the artist. principally Americans
and some few Italians. During the
meal there arose q discussion which
left an opening for Mr.. Whistler to
use upon his host one Of those keen,
incisEve, verbal thrusts peculiar to him,
which left wounds extremely difficult
to heal. The whole company was
startled, but the host merely smiled,
seeming to notice only the brilliancy Of
the attack. Presently, however, the
dinner came to IN end and the foreign
guests took their leave. Then the host
turned upon Mr. Whistler and, In a
voice trembling with suppressed anger,
said:
Jimmie, do you know that you bru-
tally insulted me tonight?'
"Yes," replied the artist thoughtfully.
"WeN," continued the host IT held
my temper while there were others
than our own countrymen present, but
do you know what shall do if ever
you speak to rae like that again?"
"What?'
"I'll grab the nearest water bottle
and smash it over your head"
The rest Of the company sat quite
still, horror and dismay in their hearts,
while their angry host glared across
the table at his antagonist. After a
few seconds Mr.. Whistler said In tone
Of childlike innocence:
'Then I know what I'll do. III never
say anything like that to you again
London Academy.
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A Sure Thing.

It is said that nothing is sure except
death and taxer, but that IS no. alto
eether true. DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption is q sure cure 2or all
lung and throat troubles. Thousands
can testify to that. Mrs. C. B. Van Me-
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had severe case Of bronchitis aad for
year tried everything l heard Of, but
cot no relief. One bottle OF Dr. Kings
New Discovery then cured me eabsolute
~" It's infallible for Group, Whoop-
ing Cough, Grip, Pneumonia and Con-
sumption. Try it. It's guaranteed by
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bottles free Regular sizes sec and
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