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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-20

the escape the little girl said:
1--WE were saved, mamma, in answer
to prayer. | told Tommy to pray as
we ran, and he said he didn't remem-
Der any prayer. so l told him to say
what papa says at breakfast. So he
shouted, For what we are about to
receive make us truly thankful Then
we crawled under the fence and were
saved. Little Chronicle
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"JES'COMMON OLE MISERY"
Why Rufus Suddenly Decided Tha
He Didn't Have ParaIysiH

Why Rufus Suddenly Decided That
He Didn't Have Paralysis.
The boys name is Rufus, and he was
busily engaged in polishing the doctors
shoes while he was being shaved AS
was his custom. the doctor said, How
are you feeling. RufusY"
II amt much Kindly POORLY, thank
you, doctah," answered the boy.
whats the matter?
Paralysis"
"What?"
Paralysis"
Had the doctor not been so well &C.
Quainted with the negro race he might
have allowed himself to show astonish-
ment. AS it was, he determined to see
what would result from further IN
quiries.
where's your paralysis?" he asked
kindly.
Rufus was drawing a rag swiftly
across the left shoe.
''In the right hip. doctah,'' he an.
swered.
"It's probably rheumatism" suggest.
ed the physician.
"No, indeed. It's paralysis. | reckon
knows rheumatism and knows
paralysis. This is suttenly paralysis"
The doctor drew good sized pin
from the lapel of his coat.
"Well, Rufus" he said seriously,
'there is only one way to tell. Come
here I'm going to jab this pin in your
hip. If it hurts, then you have rheu-
matism. If you don't feel it, then you
are right, and you have paralysis"
The boy did not rise, but drew the
rag thoughtfully across the shoe.
Finally he said:
"Doctah. | reckon you mus know
more about them things than do.
know it amt nothin but jes' common
ole misery - Kansas City Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-20
MoRR1srowN posroFFIcE.
Open from in the Morning Until Z
In the Evening.
MAILS CLOSE.

In the Evening.
MAILS CLOSE.
1904. M-For New York and all intermedi-
ate stations.
815 A. M-For Easton, Newton, Chester and
all intermediate stations. Whippany.
8l5 A. M.--For Brookside, Mendham and all
stations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad.
915 A. M.-For New York; and intermediate
stations.
0l5A. M-For Mount Freedom.
045 A. M-For Newark, New York and be-
yond.
n.25 A. M.-For Newark, New York and be-
yond.
l2.45 p. M.-For New York and all interme-
date stations.
l2.45 p. M.-For Rockaway and Dover.
$50 p. M.-For New York and all interme-
date stations.
MAILS READY FOR DELIVERY.
*7.2O A. M.-From New York and intermedi-
ate stations.
$50 A. M.-From Haekettstown and inter
mediate stations. Whippany. Mt. Freedom.
ga -From Brookside, Mendham and all
stations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad
1920 A. M.-From New York and intermedi-
ate stations.
IL A. M.-From Dover.
*1lOP. NJ. From New York and intermedi-
ate stations.
1.28 p. M.-From New York.
s.8OP. M.-From Philadelphia, Easton, New
ton, Chester and intermediate stations.
48O p. M.-From Brookside, Mendham and al
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-20
A Perfect Model.

1t is great thing for a painter or a
sculptor to have perfect model. God
has presented to us perfect model
that we might fashion our lives after
Him. 1t cannot be wrong, therefore,
for men, with all their limitations, to
endeavor to be like Him, and we are
not forbidden to hope that through all
the countless ages of eternity we may
approach nearer and nearer to His
adorable likeness. The very condition
of seeing Him is to be like Him.-Inde-
pendent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-20
BY Honorable John b. Vreeland, Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas of the County of
Norris

BY Honorable John b. Vreeland, Judge Of
the Court of Common Pleas of the County of
Morris:
Notice is hereby given that on application
to me by Catherine Turner and William Turn
err, her husband both of the town uf Morris
town, Morris County. New Jersey. the said
Catherine Turner claiming an undivided one
half part of all that tract or land in the town
of Morristown. in the County If Morris and
State of New Jersey, described as follows:
The same being a part of the Gabriel Ford
tract and " ing between Morris Street and the
Morris and Essex Railroad adjourning a lot
of land now "wned by William Moody: BE
corner of William Moody's lot, the same
having been conveyed to William Moody by
Mrs. Henry Lewis, and running CirsD along
the centre of said ditch North forty. four de-
thence CD north fifteen degrees east two
hundred and thirty-one feet and six inches to
the centre of new street; thence 80 along the
centre of said new sire south sixty eight de-
g-ees and twenty-five minutes east fifty feet;
thence "a along the line of the Moody lot
north sixteen degrees east two hundred and
fifty feet to the place of beginning. / HAVE
NOMINATE ID John II. StanburrouRh, Amedee
Boisaubin and Frederick s. Smith commits
sioners to divide the said tract OF land into
two equal shares or parts and, unless proper
objections are stated to me al the Court House
IN Morf istown, New Jersey, at ten O'Clock in
The forenoon, on the second day of March,
next. the said John Ii. Scarborough, Amedee
Boisaubin and Frederick s. smith will then
be appointed commissio. ers to make partition
f the said land, pursuant to an act entitled
IAN act concerning partition and the supple
ments thereto and amendmen thereof"
Given Ut der my hand this twenty fourth day
of January. nineteen hundred and three.
JOHN VREELAND,
1888 Judge of the Court of Comm On
Pleas of the County Of Morris.
HARRISON P. LINDABU,RY,
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This dollar that hold in my hand,
he said. reminds me OF deep, dark
scandalous secret
ION, George his wife exclaimed
dropping her hands In her lap and
bending forward eagerly. tell mt
about it,"
yes. be went on, iii reminds me OF
secret of that kind. because it's Sc
hard TO keep"
And then she refused to speak to him
for three hours. -Chicago Times Her
aid
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Following Christ

Following Christ brings some uphill
climbs, but victory and holy joy await
us at the top. Crosses then will turn
into shining crowns. Coming to Christ
must not end with the coming; it is
those who follow His leading and en-
dure to the end who will be saved.
"Abide in Me, and We shall bear much
fruit" And that is the one sure way to
be delivered from the curse and infamy
of barren life.-Theodore L. Cuyler.
d d.
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No Doubts About 1t.

How do you know it is rheuma-
tism?' asked his friend. "You haven't
seen doctor''
Il know what ii is, all right" replied
the victim, rheumatism is one of
these things that don't need an intro
duction"
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,sgx3E0R YOUNG -
Nl. FOLKS GNS
A LIVE DANCING JACK.
Here Is an Easy Way to Make a
whole Lot of Fun.

whole Lot of Fun.
Have you a wardrobe in your house
in the door of which there is a long
mirror? Or if not that have you long
mirror swung in frame, the kind that
our mothers and sisters stand before
to see that their gowns chang right?"
If you have either, you may make lots
Of fun for the family or your friends
by turning yourself into dancing
jack"
The person who does the dancing
must wear trousers; therefore it must
be boy. Stand at one side of the glass
so that only one half of your body may
be seen, the other half being hidden by
the glass or by the wardrobe, if you
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-20
why He Didn't Can.

why He Didn't Call.
You don't call on Miss Cutting any
more, hear, BlobberT
mo"
"Did she reject your"
mot exactly but when first began
calling there was mat at the door
with the word Welcome woven in it,
and motto on the wall that read
Let Us Love One Another Later
noticed that the doormat was changed
for one that said Wipe Your Feet and
a motto declaring that Early to Bed
and Early to Rise Make a Man
Healthy Wealthy and Wise had the
place of the other"
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A Freak CLAM.

Manager of Show Have got a va
cancy for giant? Why, you don't
look five feet!
Candidate Yes, that's just it. I'm
the smallest giant on record.
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Mardf Gras at New orleans.

MhruI Urhs at Now UfIeans.
For the above occasion the Lackawann6
Railroad will sell special excursion tickets
to New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola.
Tickets will be on sale from February 10Th
to 22nd inclusive. The rate to New
Orleans will be $34 Is, and to Mobile or
Pensacola, $32 10 Tickets will be limited
TO return not later than February 2Sth,
except that upon payment of so cents and
by depositing ticket with joint agent this
limit may be extended to March 18th.
For further information apply to local
ticket agent or address,
GUY ADAMS,
Division Passenger Agent.
749 Broad St., Newark. N. j.
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FOR SALE.
CRIsT MILL PROPERTY,

Good fall of water, turbine wheels,
about % acres, suitable for electric or
pumping station, Chatham, N. j., to be
sold, foreclosure, by A. L. DeCostex,
Master in Chancery, at Court House in
Morristown, Monday, February 10th.
1908. at 2 O'Clock.
For particulars address,
E. B. WIRE.
5 Grove Place, East Orange.
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saved by Prayer.

Two small children of a friend of
ours were chased across field one day
by ferocious COW, and In telling about
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OFFICES FOR RENr

In Masonic Hall Building. The rooms
have been newly fitted up and are in
fine shape. Inquire of E. and G. II.
Ross.
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The Right Road.

For right is right, since God is God,
And right the day must win.
To doubt would be disloyalty;
To falter would be sin.
Parish Messenger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-10
By W. CLARK RUSSELL

I'd ha' been right to hear the truth,
at which well-turned phrase there
arose a murmur that lighted up Cap
tain Pope's face.
Il understood you was letter of
marque, cap'n," said the boatswain
Grindal. who stood little forward of
the others. Not that it matters
though"
Were a pirate; all Of you know
what that means. l am man Of few
words; this is what | stand here to
say" said Pope, planting himself firm
ly on outstretched legs. the terms are
half the plumber for the crew and the
brig herself when I've gone ashore
and got enough. If We take ten thou
sand pounds out of ship, five thou
sand is divided among you. Is that
good enough? But who's going to
stop at ten thousand pounds provided
you're willing and prove yourselves
men,"
He paused at this, and a loud hum
of assent went up. Captain Crystal,
gazing anxiously, saw very easily
that the hands were willing. No muir.
muir or curse of resentment was audi
BILE as though the fellows had been
duped. But in sober truth the major.
ity had shipped with clear concep-
ton that something more was meant
by this cruise than Campeachy and the
West Indies.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-10
Lesson the Bishop Needed.

Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee has
a story of personal experience to tell
to those who seem swamped in wor.
ries. 1t happened during the first
years OF his ministry, when he was
rector of a Philadelphia church. The
parish matters, social and financial,
were in bad way, and Strengthening
them out was slow work. He was
distinctly discouraged one day when,
having gone to New York on business,
he stopped to look at the Brooklyn
bridge, then building. A man. cover.
ed with dirt, was working on the abut'
ments.
That's pretty dirty work you are
engaged in" said the bishop.
We'll, yes" answered the laborer
but somehow we don't think of the
dirt. but of the beauty which is to
come out of our work"
1T was the lesson needed, and
went back to Philadelphia the better
for it," said Bishop Nicholson.-Mil
waukee Journal. Il.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-10

in obeying orders; their lives would
depend upon obedience and dispatch;
he would try and provide them with
plenty to eat and drink, and, as they
sailed under the black flag, the usual
sea discipline yould be greatly re-
Taxed. What they all wanted was
plenty of money, and that they would
get if they fought stoutly and feared
nothing.
All sorts of roaring cries followed
the captains address. The men were
fiattered by his presence. He drank
their health, then to the success of the
cruise, which he promised them should
be too brief to enable the British
cruisers to give them any trouble.
Now sing songs and be happy, my
hearties," says he; and he went on
deck, the men shouting their satisfac-
ton after him and beating the table
with their pannikins.
At ten O'Clock Captain Pope went
below. The cabin was warm though
the little skylight was open. In cor
ner was little table upon which were
a small compass, a quadrant, and one
or two other mathematical instruments
of a primitive sort; close beside It
leaned a bag of charts, one of which
he extracted. and, carrying it to the
table in the cabin, fell to musing over
it with a pencil in his hand.
All of sudden, while he overhung
the chart, thoughtfully considering the
winds in that part of the sea accord.
ing to his memory of them, he was
startled by a loud and fearful cry on
deck, quickly followed by general
uproar of voices. amid which he could
hear Grindal roaring like a bull:
Where the devil are yer coming to?
Starboard yer hellum."
Pope sprang from the table, rushed
to his cabin, seized his sword, and,
thrusting a pistol into his pocket.
bounded on deck. Scarce was his
head clear of the companion-way when
he was nearly thrown by violent con.
cussion. The little brig heeled, trem.
bling to her keelson, with some noise
of splintering aloft and the seething
patter of fragments of timber, blocks
and the like launched from a height
into the quiet water. The night was
extremely dark; the mist had thick
ened into something like fog since
two bells.
Shouts were to be heard over the
side. A yelling and groaning of voices
in an unknown togue. Close aboard
with her starboard bow caressing the
side of the Gypsy, while her bowsprit
carrying its black wing Of jlb shot
over the briggs rail, like branchless
fallen tree, was a vessel somewhat
larger than the pirate. apparently a
schooner, but 1t was so dark that no
one could have told you the true rig Of
her. A man holding up lantern was
shouting in some unintelligible Ian.
guage. Some men were hauling at the
ropes. yelping in choruses. Others
ran about the decks as though panic.
stricken; in all there might have been
some twelve or thirteen men visible
in that ship.
ITO be continued)
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powder and shot, more was always to
be obtained by plundering small YES
sells. Next day, he said, the arms
chests would be brought on deck, and
the crew drilled by Mr.. Crystal and
Matthew Grindal in the exercise of
the cutlass and the cannon.
There's few of us as wants drill
ing" broke in harsh voice; you lay
us alongside, well know what to do
Captain Pope received this inter-
ruption very affably. He then in
formed the men that he had obtained
private but certain instructions from
a friend of his who had been his ship
mate in a privateer in 1914, of the dis.
patch of a rich Spanish ship from
Cadiz for the Manillas. He named
the date of her sailing, and said that
it was his intention to cruise in the
path of her course until he fell in with
her At this piece of news the sea-
men gave another loud cheer. Thus
he detained his men while he COM
municated his intentions, and listened
to their opinions, which most fire.
quently took the form Of huzzas, till
it grew as dark as night, whereupon
they lighted lanterns, that the crew
might be divided into watches; and
while this was doing Pope sung out
to his servant to fill bucket of rum
and bring il on deck, and give 1t to
the men that they might make them
selves punch In abundance.
1t was now the second dog watch !;
very dark but clear and finely span
gled The light of the lanterns sat
like square of luminous fog in the
yawn of the main hatch, toward which
Captain Pope advanced. He looked
down, then seeing Crystal pass out of
the companion-way, he put his log over
and descended a flight of steps, from
the lowest of which he sprang out to
the deck or platform where his sailors
were assembled.
The boatswain was at the head OF
the table, and he was in the middle
of story of some friends of his, sail
ors. who had been robbed of one hun.
dred and forty pounds by two women
and a young man desperately armed
dressed up as woman, when his eye
lighted on the captain, who stood un'
der the main-hatch surveying the
scene. The men. seeing their captain
raised great. half-drunken noise Of
hurrahs, and Madison of the squint
cried out, win you drink with us
your honor%
Eve come below to do It," says
Pope, advancing to the table, and
taking a pannikin with a little rum
in 1t, he addressed the men, They
were as silent as figure-heads while
his words were being delivered. Moth
ing troubled the stiffness but Pope's
voice, the creaking of the briggs tim.
bers, and once or twice the squeak OF
a rat in the hold below. His speech
was very encouraging; he said he
wanted them to make a home OF the
brig, and to live happily together
They should not want for leisure; he
expected they would be always prompt
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-10
THE THIN MANS ADVENTURE
Ending of His story Was Simple But
Surprising.

Ending of His story Was Simple But
Surprising.
They were talking of strange ad-
ventures. The big man from the
Northwest told of one which astonish.
ed his hearers.
Some years ago." he said, 81 was
sleighing in the country and my way
lay across a frozen river, l knew
the ice was thin, but | was determined
to cross. The team scurried over
the river under whip. and We were
midway between the shores when the
ice suddenly gave way and the sleigh,
horses and myself sank within sec
ond to the bottom. However, the
speed of the horses was so great that
we were carried by the momentum
safe upon the other shore-a little
wet, to be sure, but not much the
worse for that"
The thin, silent man had listened
with great interest to the story.
1T is strange" he said, "but the
same sort of an accident happened to
me. The issue, however, was more
tragic"
The big man squinted at the speak
err. "And what was the issue?" he
asked, suspiciously.
well, was drowned" said the thin
man, seriously.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-10

To serve tomato. salad in French
style slice the tomatoes into glass
dish and garnish the edges with large
rings cut from raw white onions. Fill
the center of the dish with mayor
naise or whipped cream dressing.
Heavy linen in natural color makes
an excellent table cover for summer
cottage use. A decorative touch is
impaired by embroidering in gay
tints, and the more elaborate covers
show an edging OF linen colored lace.
Lightweight burlap in rich red
covering has been utilized to good
advantage in shade for tall lamp
for a summer cottage.
Among the silver novelties are Der.
ry baskets in filigree work in genuine
Louis XVI. pattern. Tiny silver cream
jugs, with covers, accompany the bas-
kets.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-10
Novelty in Feathers.

Among the. novelties in millinery
which are eyed with favor at our
coast summer resorts is the soft
plumage of the Japanese duck, One
does not know If this is only the
trade name of an arrangement de-
,vised by cunning milliner, or wheth-
,er 1t be the species. At any rate it is
stylish, whether used as soft breast
plumes or the sitter wing featheH
The general law in summer millinery
favors fiat or horizontal effects. and
most of the feather trimmings, wheth-
er curling ostrich plumes, stiff wings,
or curved breast feathers mounted on
crinoline, are trained in this direc-
ton,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-10
s,lZ||BDt''G:';:

Do not throw away food tidbits, not
thing, but use them soon.
Induce draft every morning into
the closet by opening the doors and
windows opposite the kitchen.
Be sure the water is at boiling point
before putting in vegetables to cook;
otherwise their freshness and flavor
will be lost.
Sweet as a nut should be the
kitchen closets. Shelf papers should
be frequently changed and the shelves
washed with hot water and soda.
Ventilate the closets and do not let
them give up the ghosts of all the
fried and boiled dinners of centuries
as soon as the closet door is opened.
Washing soda or strong soap suds
is a good disinfectant. One day at
least flush out the pipes of the kitchen
sink by pouring down quart of boil
ing water in which handful of wash
ing soda has been dissolved.
Every house mistress ought to go
through kitchen and pantries at least
once a week, poke into closets, turn
out dark corners, and see that every
nook and Granny is cleaned, aired and
summed, and that all odds and ends
which SO quickly gather, are effective
ly disposed of.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-10
CHAPTER V.-continued.

SEleNF En- Ns-SOHtiIluCu.
lee bowl" came down the answer,
ragged with the wind, as the man,
painting, made for the crosstrees.
When the brig scared to the height
of the white-headed sea, the sail was
visible in the glass. Pope looked and
saw three spires rocking solemnly. A
full-rigged ship was sailing southwest
hull down. and Captain Pope called to
the wheel:
Let her go off a couple of points.
Weather braces. Mr. Crystal wen
take look at that gentlemen"
Sail was trimmed; the brig rushse
with each heave, roaring white tntc'
the green and freckled hollows. Shs
left a path as brilliant as sunstida
astern, and Crystal, watching the men
drag upon the braces, marveIeI to
himself that Pope should dream b; d..
ing business in the English channel.
But the truth is, Pope had come to
sea i'll equipped in his lazarette, by
which | mean he was very meanly
supplied with stores. Fresh water he
h1au NeAhOh ~ az oDhhhoANNs bul iOl
very much to eat for the cabin or the
forecastle. He had therefore resolved
that he would fill his larder as he
went along by helping himself from
the holds of vessels he passed or
oYerhauled. This was quite consist
ent with the traditions of the pirates,
and in sober truth Pope could not
have determined otherwise, for after
he had paid Staunton four hundred
pounds cash and the bills, and adj
vanced money to his sailors, purchased
powder, rum and so on, the proceeds
from the sale of the plate had dwin-
died alarmingly, and he was short of
money when he began to think of pro-
visions.
The vessel they had altered their
course for held on very stately and
tall, an English East Indiaman, and
one of the finest specimens of her
noble kind
II had been imagined by the crew
when the briggs course was altered
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-10
CHAPTER vi.
The Collision.

The Gypsy was now a pirate, recog-
nized as such by her crew, with a
black flag in her color-locker ready
for hosting when occasion required.
And when Captain Pope ordered his
men to reassemble on the main-deck,
it was more with view to holding a
council than to making speeches.
First he told them he had put to sea
so ill-stocked with provisions that in a
week they must be in want; their i'm
mediate business therefore was to
plumber a ship for food and drink. He
stated that he had sufficiency of