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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-02

The methods of the trading
stamp companies are in some cases
very much like those of the high
wayman. The highwayman says
your money or your life" The
trading stamp man says your
money or your business. In a
town in Pennsylvania the mer-
chants refused to let the trading
stamp in. Three bright men
were sent there by trading stamp
concern to introduce the stamps,
They worked faithfully for a
number of weeks but in every case
the merchant refused to have any
thing to do with them. The men
returned to New York and re-
ported their lack of success to
their president and were sent back
with instructions and money to fit
up frst-class grocery store,
select some bright young fellow
in the town and turn it over to
him to run and to give trading
stamps to every customer. The
result was that every merchant
was compelled in self-defense to
give up percentage of his profits
to the trading stamp concern.
The stamp people have money and
they are making more money all
the time, and poor deluded indi-
viduals are helping daily to put
these people in position to hold
us up at their pleasure.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-02

On Sunday last two automobiles
were arrested and fined $I2. SO each
for speeding in Chatham. Would
that the Morristown authorities
had the backbone and energy that
the Chathanites have displayed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-02
OBITUARY..
MRS. JACOB REED.

The funeral services of Mrs. Jacob
Reed were held last Friday at her late
home at Schooley's Mountain. De-
ceased was Is years of age. The Rev.
II. Preston McHenry, of German Val
ley preached the sermon. Interment
was made in the Pleasant Grove ceme-
terry.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-02

The Rev. Samuel Zane Batten
left Morristown for Lincoln, Neb.
on Tuesday evening During his
residence in this city he has made
for himself reputation such as
many desire but few attain. He
was man who dared call spade
a spade and had at all times the
courage of his convictions.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-02

Have the Democrats overlooked
the fact that Mr. John V. Wise,
who was 'born and raised" in
Washington township, has held
almost every office in the gift OF
that township? And also that he
is now holding an Office in the city
government of Morristown?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-02
TEN THOUSAND CHURCHES

in the United States have used the
Longman & Martinez Pure Paints.
Every Church will be given liberal
quantity whenever they paint.
Don't pay $3.50 a gallon for Linseed
oil worth 60 cents) whichyou do when
you buy thin paint in can with a
paint label on it.
and make IA, therefore when you
want fourteen gallons of paint, buy
only eight gallons of L. & NJ, and mix
six gallons of pure linseed oil with it
You need only four gallons of L. & M
Paint, and three gallons of Oil mixed
Herewith to paint good sized house.
Houses painted with these paints
never grow shabby, even after IS years.
Sold by our agents.
Phillips s. Day. Morristown.
p. @. Henry, Basking Ridge.
w. r. Wilson, Whippany.
j. r. Mead, Hanover.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-02

The will of Mrs. Clara Wolff Vert
helm, deceased daugher of the late
Abraham Wolff was admitted to pro-
bate by Surrogate Young yesterday.
The entire estate is left to husband,
Henri p. Wertheim, and he is made
executor.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-02
Looks as though the trolley
would soon be coming this way.

The so-called Mckee school law
has been declared unconstitutional
and from present appearances we
shall soon be without public
schools.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-02
DIED

COOK.--At the residence Of her daughter,
Mrs. Q. A. Leonard. Hammonton, N. j., Sept
ember 3, 1903, Emeline Sayre, widow of Ira
Cook aged 81 years.
PERKINS.-At her home in Morristown, on
Saturday, September 20, 1898, Frances Abby,
daughter of the late Francis and Miriam Phil
lips Valley Perkins, aged s. years.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-02
New and Delightful Preparation

ParOIa Cream, delicately perfumed,
is easily the pleasantest and most eff
fective complexion preparation OF the
s eGI sn re o9 c apd TAM an prom oafG
lief for chapped hands OF lips. One
application before retiring and the
product has new friend. For sale by
Henry M. Smith.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-02
who Is He Z

Who is it that makes the Fewer
gallons; wears-longer paint?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-02
HYMENEAL.
BERGEN-GuENTER.

Mr.. Joseph Bergen and Miss Rose
Guenter were married at'St. Anthony S
Church Butler, September %, at ga. M.
The bride and groom are very popu-
lar among the young people, and
have the respect and best wishes of
all their friends for long and success
full married life. The groom is the
son of Councilman John Bergen, OF
that borough.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

lean born, had known: Sherman 81 INDY
and SO was competent to. depict hin
AS fate would have e, Rhol- smith
died before he#had progressed farsNith
the work and his widow ,clatmai that
the contract having been awarded st
must be carried out. SO she enkaKed
another sculptor who,. not only had
never talked with Rohl- Smith aboat the
statue, but who had never seen Sher-
man, and he completed the job.
Incidentally the statue was pad for
before it was completed, and ali the
money was used up; SO that thers was
delay and dispute about the money end
Of the affair. %.s &C.
The statue has been some ,tfmeIov
due now, but at last it is in place. swat
Ing the ceremony Of unveiline. hut
those who have seen it without its sheet
have been astonished to find that from
the most common point of view shove
the treasury the horse appears TO- be
headless, which gives the whole arath-
er ludicrous aspect. s:,ss#s|.I -
The statue is placed just south of the
treasury in the parking which makes it
visible the whole length of Pennsyl-
van1a avenue-by far the most con-
.splcuous site in the entire city. .Com-
pared with the St.. Gaudens statne re-
Gently unveiled in Central park Il will
attract anything but favorable criticism.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

many's chance is to appeal to PARTISAN
ship, and talk about the next election.
hoping that the people will forget the
Van Wyck reign of terror. 90. ~ ..
In 1897 Tammany got 233. 997 votes
out Of 526,556. Because. the opposition
was divided, Tammany won. y. :. ..:.~.zz.
In 1901 Tammany got 265. 1T votes
out Of 615,510 for a candidate of high
personal worth. It lost because the on
position was united. 81: ss..
This year Tammany must win more
than 100000 votes, with candidate
who will probably be inferior in
strength to Shepard, but with pubic
resentment against It somewhat blunted
by time. 80 81 e
s1 .esAyhlill the cat come back? / have
asked many people that question. Pol
siticians on one side and some of those
upon the other say. yes. Business men
and plain voters not out after Offices
generally say no.
~ Fusion will call attention to the
riot Of profligacy and corruption that
SO recently shaned New York under
Tammany;; will prove that Croker
still rules its councils from England
with choice group Of local spotted
characters as assistants; that prey 10
all It wants. It will stand upon the
admirable administr lion Of the ms
OWEN I4ANGDoN.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

ton, and thousands more in various
public offices throughout the United
States.
When he made the innovation Spin
ner was treasurer of the United States.
He held office from 1861 to 1875, and his
peculiar corkscrew signature became
as universally familiar as-the green
backs to which it was affixed. He not
only proposed the employment of wo-
men, but he fought for it. He was lucky
IN having for superior Salmon P.
Chase, who, as secretary of the treasury,
had finally to pass upon the question,
and Kate Chase Sprague, the secretary's
brilliant daughter, was a warm cham
pion OF the proposition. Indeed, there
are some who say it was her original
suggestion and that Spinner only fol-
lowed suit. But whoever made the
suggestion Spinner will always have the
credit of carrying it into effect.
NOW the women in the departments
are going to erect a monument to Spin
ner's memory. The movement was
started very soon after Spinners death,
and IL years ago those who were in
terested organized themselves into the
General Spinner Memorial association"
Funds have been raised, the monument
has been completed-it will be of bronze
and congress has given permission for
its erection in the national capital.
The government departments to-day
offer the most remunerative employ
ment which is open to women anywhere
In the world. The salaries paid will
average almost as much as those paid
to men and in many instances they are
higher.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09


has been student of the subject for
years. He has library which is stocked
with books telling of the various at
tempts to reach the north pole. That big
expanse of white at the flattenned end
OF the school globes has always worried
him. He wants to see it colored and he
wants to see it covered with American
paint.
1t is his hobby and when he came into
the navy department one of the things
that attracted him most was the like
llhOod of meeting and knowing Peary,
whom he regarded as the best equipped
OF all the arctic explorers and the one
most likely to achieve what they were
all seeking for. When Peary came back
to duty as civil engineer Darling be-
gan to think. He had a number of talks
with the explorer and discovered that
Peary still had longing to go back
to the polar seas, and that he had new
scheme which he believed would 4fove
successful. So without consulting Peary
further he proceeded to arrange for a
leave of three years and then told Peary
what he had DONE
OF course Peary was delighted. He
had not looked for so speedy an oppor-
tun1ty to put to the test the new plan
he had outlined in his own mind. He is
going to start out again. He will have
to raise the money for new ship which
ne WILL call the Charles H. Darling
and he believes that at last he is going
to succeed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

The glasses which Secretary of State
w. H. Seward wore when in Office and
when he wrote the emancipation proc
tore up, are in the possession of James
H. Arnett, the we'll known labor Or
ganizer, Of Kokomo. Ind Mr.. Arnett
obtained them from the late Samuel
Stratton, and has an affidavit to GER
tify their history. They are interest
ing to see. The rim of solid gold is
of peculiar, but very comfortable, con-
struction. The lenses are of French
manufacture and small. They are oc-
tagonal In form. The bridge is also
unique in shape.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

Take up ILLS tT1Uc
bodily and carry them farther north to
the north shore of Grantland, where the
colony will settle and form a base of
supplies for the party which will under
take to reach the pole. This base of sup
plies will be within 500 miles of the pole,
several hundred miles nearer than the
base of supplies of any previous explor-
ing party, and thus affording just that
much additional advantage Once there,
Peary will make up his party, which will
consist of only one white man besides
himself, the others being Eskimos. The
entire party will consist of about 20
persons. :
The dash for the pole over the ice will
begin on February l, 1906 Dogs will be
used to haul the sledges and the party
will make better time than other ex-
petitions, as it will be small and every
member of it will have been thoroughly
trained in Arctic life.
The Eskimos can get over the rough
ice which abounds with far greater ease
than any white men. and that is the
main reason for combining the party
practically to them. 1t will not be neces-
sary to waste time looking out for ex-
hausted companions. Peary hopes to
reach the pole and return to his base Of
supplies in time to get back to the Unit
ed States early in the fall of 1905.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

Arrangements have been completed
for the establishment of q department
of forestry in Purdue university. Ex-
periments and testing of the different
trees and shrubbery in the United
States will be the principal work of
the new branch of the school. and the
government will soon erect a large
building and install apparatus needed
in the study. An extensive tract Of
land will of necessity be added to the
already large Purdue farm for the
raising and cultivation of the trees and
shrubs, and will greatly broaden tho
scope of the university.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

he found Power. 1t was a great oppor-
tunity.- Mr.. Power had a romantic
presence. His great. mellow, rounded,
caressing voice swept the whole gamut
OF the sympathies; he made the part
sympathetic, portrayed the historic
pride OF the Jew brought to subsection
by the Roman, and in the closing
scenes made. a moving picture of the
remorse OF the repentant betrayer.
AFTER seeing the play last winter I
passed out behind stranger, a wom-
an, who sig he'd and said: "Never be-
fore have I realized how Judas was be-
trayed into betraying''
POWER was reengaged for Mrs. Fiske's
company this year. He also engaged
h1mself-this seems to be testimony
to take the leading role in Stephen
Phillips ulysses" Perhaps the 9TH
er people were unusually anxious to
get him away because Mr.. Fiske has 80
vigorously fought the theatrical trust.
Anyhow, the suit for an injunction
came up before Justice Blanchard, a
Wisconsin boy who came to New York
from his college and has "got along"
In the usual country fashion. Fiske
could only hold Power by proving that
he was of unusual quality, not easily
replaced-which is the fact. But
against that emphasized testimony the
Justice put last seasons playbills
you didn't star this man." he said,
in effect. "Why do you come now and
plead that he is a star? There was no
indication of that estimation last
year." Z"
So Power will don the classic robes
OF ulysses for Mr.. Frohman and ap-
pear in performance of sumptuous
magnificence-with no danger Of his
name appearing in small type!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

1t is the universal testimony that
clergymen reach the highest age, be-
ing close run by gardeners and vine
dressers. Ordinary agricultural labor
ers, although their occupation is 50
largely in the open air, are not con-
spicuous as long livers, except in
France, Sweden and England. People
working with wood are longer lived
than those whose occupations are with
metals, and both attain a higher ago
than textile workers and workers in
chemical industries. The shortest
lived people are miners.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

Postmaster General Payne may make
complete change in the present sys.
tenn of mail wagon service between
post offices, railway stations and steam
er wharves in the large cities. At
present this service is carried on by
contractors, who own the wagons and
employ the drivers There has been
considerable complaint from post
masters of inefficiency in the service
and their inability to exercise sui.
ficent control over the employees of the
contractors. The postmaster general
will give the new system a trial in
some of the large cities on expiration
of present contracts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

Professor Edward w. Scripture, di.
rector of the psychological laboratory
at Yale, will not return there with the
new year, but. will remain in Ger.
many, where he is pursuing special
researches in several branches Of
language study, especially phonetics,
following lines he had begun in his
student years at Leipsic and Zurich
and in his experimental work at Clark
university of Worcester. Charles Hub
bard Judd, for several years assistant
in experimental psychology at Yale,
is mentioned as his probable sue.
cessor. -. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

portance and in
frenzy a presiden-
tial struggle. Poor
old Gotham is to
get. no "on year. "
The charter of
the consolidated
city provided at
first for elections
every: four years.
Tammany won the
first toss, and for
four years the city
groaned under a
rule of sh a m e
which it would be
libel to call demo-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

ingenuity and to
his training.
His leave begins
on April l, and he
will start at once
for Cape York on
the coast of Green
land. There is "a
tribe o f Whale
S u n d Eskimos,
numbering about
100, with whom
Peary has estab-
lished friendly re-
lations on his for
mer expeditions.
He proposes to
A~1r ,. Att @-.sA~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

The figures representing the white
population of Great Britain's colonies
will surprise many persons. The i'm
portant ones are: Canada, 5,525 900;
Australia, 2,S60,000; South Africa,
$4,000; New Zealand, $4,000; which
makes total of 11,075,000 persons.
There are, however, says the London
Times, 10000 white persons now go
ing to the colonies to settle each
month, as a result Of hard times in
England.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

The official Gazette of Italy says that
by law of June q, 1903, the ex-
portation of antiquities found in exca-
vations that have an archaeological and
artistic value-also articles of an
tiqutty or artistic value in the pos
session of private parties, regarded by
the government as having great value
for historical and artistic purposes
Is forbidden. The law is to be in
force for two years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

the play m a d e
from a book
these are again to
the fore.
Sir Henry Irv-
ing will bring Sar-
dou's Dante and
that is more or
less historical and
will be quite so in
costume and scene
setting. The story
book play will be
r e pr e scented by
IL dy Rose s
D au 6 h t err" by
MRS. Wigs, of
+ h q h h a u a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

The age Of the race of giants is about
to be ushered in again. Henceforth
there will be no pigmies, for Won
derful food substance has been discov-
cred in Chicago that makes men and
animals grow fast and large. The
new food is lecithin. It's qualities have
just been demonstrated by series of
experiments by DR.. Shinkishi Hatai,
professor Of neurology at the Univer-
sity Of Chicago. DR.. Hatai experiment.
ed with white rats, and by feeding
them lecithin made them grow so per
cent faster than they grow ordinarily.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

Mrs. Margaret B. Guion, now resid-
ing In st. Louis at the age of 80 years,
claims to be the oldest native-born
resident of that city. She is of French
descent, and for many years her FAM
lily has been noted for the longevity
Of its members, many of them having
passed the century mark. Mrs. Guion
has had IL children and ~ grand
children are now living
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

one of the seasons
leading stars just
because he was not
q star last year.
When Harrison
Grey Fiske put on
MARY of Magdala''
at heavy expense,
he sought for: a
Judas" a. man
capable of pro.
longed emotional
strain. He was
not looking for
any one to over
shadow the lead
ing role as por-
trayed by his. In
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

for the appoint
ment of women in
the government de-
p a r t m emit in
Washington. II
was almostas great
an innovation then
as would be the ap-
pointment to-day
of a woman as Sec
rotary of the treas
ury, but the expert.
ment was so sue
cessful that there
are now several
thousand women
clerks in Washing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

the democratic ma
chinery. Many hon.
est democrats vote
it's ticket because
1t is called demo-
cratic. Many 9TH
ers who would
rather support old
"Nickie Ben" him.
self for a local Of
flee than the Tam
many nominee, do
vote for the demo-
cratic legislative
and congressional
candidates. Next
year is presiden-
-tfal vear Tam.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

Some time ago Miss Jennie Foss, q
schoolteacher of Florence, Wis, had an
encounter with wildcat, vanquishing
the animal and displaying great
bravery. An account of the incident
was read by John E. Bower, a wealthy
farmer of Madison, Ind. He paid
court to Miss Foss through the mails,
his suit was favorably received and
the other day they were married.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

CIdIAC. NeVcTCQe-
less as Tammany pretended to be dem
ocratic, the republicans in the state
legislature changed the charter provi-
sion so as to require an election every
two years. II they had left things
alone the city might now enjoy an en-
lightened, civilized and honest rule
for two years longer without worrying.
As it is, the contest is between de-
cency, which has had a chance to make
some enemies in two years, against in
decency, which has had two years for
the people to forget how vile it was
Because of the bad odor it was in in
1901. Tammany nominated Edward M.
Shepard, who, as a man, is quite the
equal of Mayor Low. They did it not
because they wanted candidate of
that kind, but because the case was
desperate. I do not think they will re-
peat the experiment. e~s g :..5..
why don't you fellows nominate a
man like Joseph G. Hendrix, if Shep-
ard won't run again." asked Tam
many man. -
What would be the use?" he replied.
1--WE couldn't do anything with him if
we elected him. We might just as we'll
nominate the right kind of man and
take our chances: Then If we win we
win something worth while; and if the
-- - - that's in now gets
back, at least our people won't hold us
responsible for not getting them Of
fees"
This frank explanation causes me to
predict the nomination by Tammany
of some amiable man of good personal
character, but easy to manage" if
elected. Such nomination will be the
opportunity of fusion. But hardly any,
one in his senses expects such ma
jority as the winning ticket had two
years ago, when Brooklyn alone gave
Low almost 10000 plurality.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

1t is interesting
news f or every
body who ever had
anything to d O
with newspaper
work in Washing
ton; for Patrick,
during the last 30
or 40 years-no-'
body knows how
long has been a
character of news
paper row.
He had been con-
nected with :. the
New York Herald
-o.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-09

entltleQ 10 I d e
credit if G o M
1nander Peary sue
ceeds in discover
ing the north pole
on the expedition
which he is about
to undertake. For
Darling is alto
gether responsible
for the expedition.
T h e assistant
secretary, though a
hard-headed Yer
m o n t e r, is a.
crank" on arctic
IT,