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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30
Avn Inauisitlve Parrot.

A writer in New York paper tells
about very intelligent parrot Polly
is about fifteen years of age and is a
native of Africa. One morning when
she was amusing herself by talking
there was little girl in the next room
repeating what she said, when sudden
ly Polly stopped and listened with her
head turned In the direction of the
voice and said: "Who are you? Who
are you"
She was on the top of her cage one
day when there was noise in the
street. / went to the window to see
what it was, and Polly said to me,
"What's the matter?' in a very mild
voice. AS took no notice of the bird
she said again in very angry tone,
whats the matterY l answered her
by saying that boy was trying to get
his little brother into the house, which
seemed to satisfy Polly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30
The Ring Hunt.

A long tape with ring strung on it
is held by all the players as they stand
in circle with one in the middle. They
pass the ring rapidly from hand to
hand, and It is the business of the play
er in the middle to hunt the ring and to
try to seize the hands that hold it,
while the other players on their part
make his task more difficult by pre-
tending to pass the ring to each other,
when it may really be in quite another
part of the circle. The person in whose
hands the ring is found has to take his
turn in the middle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30
Folding a Tab,ecloth.

When not in use, tablecloth should
be kept in folded creases, and when
brought out to be spread should be
laid on the table and unfolded it's en-
tire length, the width being doubled
with the center crease along the cen
ter of the table. Then the half breadth
that is folded should be turned back,
and the cloth will hang evenly. Care
less servants often gather up cloth
anyhow without taking the trouble
to fold it up again in its own creases,
and thus fresh ones are made. A table
cloth will last fresh looking as long
again if 1t is always folded up after its,
own folds and put away until the next
meal
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6O HI TIE n;
He Tells Of Dream That Led
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copyright. 1902. by o. B. warner.l

copyright 1902, by o. B. Warner.1
@E B WHITE, the old possum
~ hunter Of Tennessee, and I had
- planned to go up the side of the
Cumberland mountains above
his cabin and look for signs of bear at
the mouth of certain cave. His wife
had something to say to him on the
subject after was out of doors, and
the old man didn't seem a bit enthusi-
astic as we finally started off. We had
walked along for mile In silence when
he sat down on rock and observed:
"Of all the drafted critters in this
world reckon woman is the drat-
tedest. She amt to be understood by
no man, and Pm dawggoned il be-
lieve she knows herself"
1t looked as If old Zeb had been the
victim of Caudle lecture before get
ting away, but as it was none of my
mix in had nothing to say, and he
waited a couple of minutes before con-
tinuing:
"My old woman will run along as
slick as grease fur two or three months,
and then all of sudden she'll break
out and be as techy as wolf with a
sore paw. Mebbe it's that way with
all wimin, and mebbe that's what a
man kin expect to put up with when he
falls in love and gifts married. Mebbe
| the old woman is gittin' ready to mix
up with another bar"
| / scented story and asked for it.
and after little coaxing he said:
"One time about six vars ago cum
home from town and found the ole
woman sittin' on the doahstep and
loo1in' as ruffied as a wet hen. She
was all right and as clipper as yo'
please when went away In the mawn-
In, but sunthin' had changed her. She
didn't pay no 'tenshun to me as l sol
down, and l knowed we was in fur @
row. / didn't say nuthin' fur long
time, but jest chawed terbacker and
looked across the road at rabbit hop.
PIN about. Bimeby softly SEE:
Its powerful pleasant evenin',
Mrs. White
"She turns on me with a glare in her
eyes and SEE:
eyes, it's powerful pleasant even
in fur folks as is too lazy to draw their
breath and don't keer how much their
families suffer-
"'Mebbe that's me-, SEE 1, feelin' sort
o. riled all to once.
"'Zeb White SEE she as she riz up,
'yo' amt no man tall. My shoes ar
all worn oilt and T amt got n dress fit
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30
..Not Acauainted.v

Nell is a sweet little year-old girl:
Ben is a bright little three-year boy;
They romp together with locks awhirl
And hearts trimming over with love and
joy.
Wistfully spoke little Ben one day -
"Oh, mamma, / hope my Nell won't
grow
Up into a girl, like Grace or May!
/ don't like girls; don't. you know"
''But Pp sure" said mamma, my boy
lilywS ne.
And . vas girl once. dear little Ben"
Quick came the answer .sWell, you see,
/ wasn't atainted with you Them
Youths Companion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30

fur skunk to look at. l shall cook the
last co'nmeal in the house fur break
fast, and Lawd knows whar Wen git
any mo-. Yo hev got to be the oneriest
man in all Tennessee. Yo' amt fitten
fur buzzards to peck at. Yo' used to
git around and be sumbody, but fur the
last var it's bin whisky and terbacker
and loafin' around till l won't put up
with it no mo-
'Nobody's AKIN yo' to stay If yo'
don't want to- SEE l, feelin' hurt in my
feelin's.
"She got her bonnet on and was
minded to go, but arter walkin' out to
the road and lookin' up and down she
cum back. She didn't say nuthin' mo-,
and l was too mad to speak, and we
sot around fur awhile and then went
to bed. 1t might hev bin along about
midnight when she wakes me up and
SEE:
"'Zeb, I've bin hevin' a mighty Gurus
dream. l drempt that mighty big
bar had fell into one O. them iron pits
up by the big ravine.'
"'What if he hasY SEE l.
"'Then his pelt will buy me a par O.
shoes and a dress, and we'll hev meat
and grease huff to last us fur a month";
"I'll see about it in the mawnin'.'
"'But want yo' to see about it right
off now. I'll go with yo' and pint out
the pit, and yo' kin shoot the bar befo'
he climbs out
II was mad yit," said the old man,
"and l didn't think much Of dream,
and so wouldn't git up. The ole wo-
man did. however. She got out o. bed
lit the lantern and went off to see If the
bar was actually in the pit. soon fell
asleep, thinkin' she wouldn't go fur.
and it was mawnin' when woke up
ag'in. The ole woman wasn't nowhar
to be sawn, but wasn't in no hurry to
go out and look fur her. got sum
breakfast smoked my pipe, and along
about s o'clock l shouldered my gun
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30
For Pressing sleeves.

In pressing sleeves, which are the
bane of the amateurs life, keep a
wooden rolling pin for that purpose
alone Insert in the sleeve, and the
pressing of seams and wrists also is as
easily done as though it were a fiat sur
face. Cover pin with flannel Keep a
heavy piece Of flannel to lay over the
ironing board when pressing wool
goods. This prevents the shiny spots
SO Objectionable in finished garment.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30

"What kind of tobacco do you smoke,
Rivers?" asked the friend who had
dropped in.
Rivers hesitated moment.
"As rule" said Brooks, coming to
his relief, "he smokes cut plug, except
when | run out of it and happen to
have some other kind in my desk
Scranton Republican.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30

and started off fur the pits. We was
up that way last Sunday, if yo' remem-
bers."
eyes,"
they dug down fur iron ore. Sum of
'eIn amt more'n ten feet deep, and
sum ar thirty. l didn't know which
one she had drempt about, and | went
along slow and looked fur signs. l had
looked into fo' or FIVE pits and was
thinkin' the old woman had got lost on
the mounting in the night when cum
to the deepest pit of all. 1t was as big
around as well, and down on the
leaves and bresh at the bottom was a
sight to behold. My ole woman and a
monstrous big bar was down thar to-
gether and all mixed up. She heard
me movin' about at the top, and she
knowed my face as l looked down,
but she didn't say blessed word until
! spoke. | was sorter glad to find her
alive and sort o. mad about her calm
me names, and bimeby SEE:
"'Mebbe I'm mistook, but ar that
Mrs. Zeb White down thar at the bot
tomr
"'Mebbe it ar, SEE she, cool as yo'
please.
"'An ar that a bar alongside O.
yo'r
eyes, it's bar; same bar drempt
about last night. Mebbe yo'r name
might be Zeb Whittier
"T'm considerin' that folks call me
by that name. It's a pleasant mawn-
In, Mrs. White
"'Pears like it.
"Then we didn't say no mo- fur a
long time" said old Zeb as he smiled
and chuckled and filled his pipe anew.
II seen she was powerful sassy yit and
/ wasn't gwine to humble myself fust."
"And she had tumbled into the pit
with the bear?" queried
''She had, sab, but the bar was down
thar fust, and she had lit on him and
didn't receive no hurt. Them two had
been wedged in thar together fur seven
or eight hours, and the bar hadn't even
growled at her. His tumblin' down and
her fallin' ON top O. him had jest
skeared him most to death. Bimeby
SEE to the ole woman:
Mrs. White, mebbe yo' ar takin' a
heap of cumfurt down thar? If SO,
don't let me disturb yo'.'
"T amt complainin,' seq she, but
jest fur a change yo' might pull me
out
"'But am an emery manY SEE l.
"'Yo' surely ar, SEE she, but be-
tween an emery man and an onery bar
I'll take the man. shan't take no mo-
than that, zeb White, not If yo' keep
me down yere week
81 wasn't feelin' quite satisfied, but
l knowed she was a woman of her
word, and so 1 cut a grapevine and
lowered it down and pulled her out.
Then l shot the bar and went off and
got two men to help me pull the kar-
kass out. He was the biggest, latest
bar anybody had seen around yere fur
ten vars. l sold the pelt alone fur
$40 In cash, and we had bar meat till
we got tired of it. Reckon we've got
sum O. the grease in the house yit,
and it's prime stuff to lie up yo'r
butes."
"And you bought the dress and shoes,
of course?" asked.
"Of co'se," he replied. II never did
feel quite right about it all. Pears to
me like the ole woman got ahead of
me in the fuss, in the dream and in the
bar skin, ana she never really took
back any of them words. Deed, but
she went round braggin' over me and
holdin' her nose so high that felt
mighty humble all winter"
AS he got up and knocked the ashes
out of his pipe and wound up his
quaint old wooden watch he said to
himself:
Eyes, wimin is Gurus critters
mighty Gurus" NJ. QUAD.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30
Whx she Wept.

Among the Mainotes, descendants Of
the Spartans, thieving is considered a
very honorable employment. An Eng
lish traveller, being entertained at the
house of one Of the mountaineers, took
some silver articles from a packing
case he had with him to eat his dinner
with. At the sight of such costliness
an old woman began to cry, the Eng
lishman having asked what affected
her so much:
"Alas, my good SIR" she replied. 81
weep because my son Is not here to rob
you of those beautiful thingsp'
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30
Ginger.

1t is not perhaps generally known
how much more aromatic and delicious
ginger is when used in its root form. 1t
should be kept tightly shut up, and
when required for use should be pound
ed with pestle and mortar. The flavor
will quite repay any extra trouble this
work entails When apples are flavor
less, they can be greatly improved by
adding little pounded ginger root to
them during the cooking. A little gin
ger in tapioca and apple pudding viii
also be found delicious.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30
An Easy Mark.

Willie Softeleigh-I was quite i'll aft
er that poker game last night; very i'll,
in fact. But | feel much easier this
morning.
Jack Sharpe You're mistaken, my
boy. 1t is simply impossible for you to
be any easier than you were last night
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30
No Gentleman.

Name" said the girl in the red shirt
waist and plaid skirt ''ain't he just q
primer
"Oh, ratsP' replied her lady friend,
with dignity. ANY one kin see that he
wears a cellyloid collar, and them
trousers Is SO ones" = Philadelphia
North American.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30

Mr.. Brighton has faint streak of
down on his upper lip.
when get to be man, papa,o said
his little four-year-old. I'm going, TO
have great big mustache like yours. Z
That boy has been feeding on candy
ever since. Chicago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30

If you are an amateur, but want to
paper room yourself, always remem-
Der that self color paper is far easier
to manage than one in which there is a
pattern to be matched. These can be
had in almost any shade and, with a
fancy border round the top. even il
there Is no molding, look extremely
nice,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30
The reason why.

Church-What in the world are they
building SO many tunnels under the
North river for?
Gotham oh. those are to accommo
date the Kentuckians when they come
to New York. 1t grieves them to see SO
much water Yonkers Statesman.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30
40 Aid n short Memory,

Little Rachel, seeing snake curled
up in a knot, said to her papa:
Papa, what is that snake curled up
that way for?''
Il don't know, DEAR" said her papa.
.sMebbe he's tied himself in knot"
said Rachel, $50 as not to forget some.
thing"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-30

Doctor-Your digestion is utterly
ruined. What have you been doing?
Patient--Pm the man they try new
dishes on at the cooking school.-San
Francisco Examiner.
, 1903-09-24
THE CHIPPEWA.
A Spring Creek Property That Gives
Coed Values in Gold, Silver and Lead
Dyke Thirty Feet in Width Shows
Values all the Way Across.

The Chippewa, a lead and sill
yer proposition, owned by w. O.
Chapman and II. l.. Kuykendall,
situated on Spring creek, is evil
dence that not all of the mining
properties are copper propositions.
This claim has IA shaft down on
the hanging wall Is feet in depth.
The dyke is thirty feet in width
on the surface and assays from
the rock, taken from the bottom
of the shaft, gives lead, silver and
gold. Large kidneys of almost
pure galena have been taken from
the shaft at different depths. a
mill test of II ton of this ore gave
ST. il silver, lead and gold.
Besides the shaft there is "A tun-
mel on the vein 1875 feet IN length.
The owners also have IA tunnel
ON the property and men and sup
plies were taken out this week for
the purpose of beginning work on
the property and continuing all
winter.
The Chippewa promises to de-
velop into "A gaIena property,
though the whole character of the
ore may change when permanent
water is reached. The stock of
this company is quoted at l5c. per
share.
, 1903-09-24
The DoANE RAMBLER.
New Machinery Going in to That Nine
225 Feet Of High Grade Ore Now in
sight-New Management to Make the
Banner Shipper Of That Mine.

Frank H. Kelsey, the freighter,
passed through Saratoga this
morning with his train of freight
teams, loaded with machinery and
merchandise for the Doane Ram.
bier. The machinery consists of
an so h. p. boiler, 1000 feet of
piping, and other machinery for
the mine, besides 1000 pounds of
merchandise. His teams COM
prise one l2-horse. II l0-horse
and II S-horse team and the
train carried $4,000 pounds of
freight.
There is 22,00O pounds of
freight at Walcott. consisting of
air compressor, hoist and other
stuff for use at the mine. Mr..
Kelsey said:
when this machinery is taken
in and placed in position the
Doane Rambler will be in first
class shape for taking out ore.
They now have in sight 225 feet
of the high grade ore which made
that mine famous in the first
place, and which was the real
cause of the development of this
entire copper region. Mr.. Powell
who has charge of the mine, is an
experienced mining man, and un-
der the management of he and
Mr.. Legg, who is also an expert
miner. the Doane Rambler is go
ing to be the banner mine of the
entire copper region. You know
that ore taken from the Doane
Rambler is the richest that II
mine ever produced, but there has
always been something wrong
about its management. AS the
matter stands now there does not
seem to be any doubt but what it
is going to come to. the front in
proper shape and take it's place
among the shippers in that coun-
try"
Mr., Kelsey will hurry his train
in TO the mine and return to the
railroad for the rest of the machin-
cry, thus getting it all in before
another snow storm makes its APP
p%earance and blocks the roads.
He will probably have all the ma
chinery at the mine inside of tif-
teen days if he meets with no de
lays or accidents.
, 1903-09-24
Party Of Indiana Men.

Daniel Deprez, Peter Metzger,
G. w. Cheney and w. A. Yarling,
all Of Sheibyville, Ind, in com
pany with NJ. NJ. Green, of Chica-
go, passed through here yester-
day on their way home. The par.
ty of Indiana men arrived at Lar
annie several days ago and came
over into the valley via the New
Rambler, in Albeny county.
They are interested in copper
miping claims on Cow creek. the
Indianapolis, the Hoosier and the
Newton. Contracts were let for
work on the two latter claims.
Mr.. Deprez has been elected II di.
rector of the New Rambler mine,
in which he owns a block OF
stock.
, 1903-09-24
WEEKLY STOCK YARDS LETTER

South Omaha, Neb., Sept. %.
A rather disturbing report
comes to South. Omaha from the
Belle Fourche district of South
Dakota. 1t is to the effect that
persistent rains have prevented
haying and in consequence the
stockmen will have difficulty in
%wintering their cattle.
From Bonesteel. 5 d.. come
better reports and incidentally,
Bonesteel is developing a wonder
full strength as a shipping point.
1t is paralleling the astonishing
growth of the Belle Fourche dis
trict, A special train of cattle is
being shipped out of Bonesteel
for South Omaha each week, aside
from frequent shipments of single
cars.
The Cheyenne Leader claims to
have discovered something valu-
able in the form of a new market
for Wyoming cattle and in the
same breath shows that San Fran
cisco has no stockyards or packing
house facilities with which to
handle arriving cattle. 1t fails to
recite the plight shippers would
be in who did not contract a sale
of their cattle before shipment.
Wyoming shippers are however,
wise in the business dealings,
more wise than the Leader, and it
is probable that none will be mis-.
led by the Leaders guess that a
market exists at San Francisco.
The Billy ranch, near Clarkson,
Neb., is seeding 5000 acres to
timothy for a winter supply next
season.
Dillo Andrews, of Galloway,
Neb., has an alfalfa record not
previously equalled by any re-
ported here. Last winter, he now
reports, he kept Sc head of cattle
on hay cut from 10 acres of AL
falfa, without corn or other grain,
and his cattle were in fair shape
this spring.
, 1903-09-24
X-Ray Examination.

George w. Perry has taken his
wife to Denver to have an X-ray
photograph taken of the limb that
was injured in the stage accident
here a few weeks ago. Mrs. Per-
ry had her hip dislocated by the
accident ard the limb was set by
DIR. Burke assisted by DR.. Price
at this place. 1t was a simple
dislocation and, as it went into
place without difficulty, it was
supposed that she would soon be
able to be around. After a week
or ten days stay here Mrs. Perry
, 1903-09-24

The party of hunters, composed
of w. NJ. Mace, G. c. Hickok, A.
j. Doggett and G.. w. Sisson, who
were over in Colorado, returned
Thursday night, laden with game
and fish and satisfied that, not
withstanding the storm, they had
had the time of their lives. 1t be-
gan to storm ON them the first day
out and it stormed every day
while they were gone. The snow
in the Park was up to the axles of
their wagon when they come out
but they got lots of game and
fish and came home perfectly sat.
istied. The report circulating
about town, that they had been
taken in out of the wet, by the
Colorado game wardens, proved to
be a canard, but the wives of the
married men of the party have
each made declaration that their
husbands will never be allowed to
run such risk again.
, 1903-09-24
He Had a New Job.

The natural stolidity of the
Scandinavian peoples has not
been exaggerated a particle in the
stories that have been told about
them" said a Minnesota lumber
man who was in town the other
day. During the last log-drive,
a couple of my hands, Alric and
Ole, Swedes, were working alone,
polling out logs that had swirled
into an inlet of the river and be-
came jammed there. The noon
grub call went, and Alric liked
along to the mess tent alone.
Where's Ole,' my foreman
asked Alric.
"'Ole, said Alric, he qvit-Ay
tank he got anudder yob.'
"Ole had slipped off the log up
on which he was stan ling and
had been drowned beneath the
jam, and that was Alric's way Of
expressing it."-Washington Star.
, 1903-09-24
PEARL DISTRICT ALL RIGHT.
The Wolverine Growing Better conesn-
tration Works for the Mt. zirkls OF
the Way From penver-Businsss at
Pearl Improving.

Chan Forney, who was down
from Pearl yesterday for a short
business visit, says that things
are looking very bright for that
district. He says the Wolverine
has a body of high grade ore ten
feet in thickness and it is not
known how much greater the
ore body is, rs they have not gone
through it to determine.
The machinery for the concen.
trating works on the Mt. Zirkle
property is on the road from
Denver and will be in shortly.
Mr.. Forney says the business of
Pearl has increased so per cent.
i'll the past month.
, 1903-09-24
REPEAL OF DESERT LAND Law
Synopsis Of a Speech Delivered by Hon.
r. ". Mendell Before the National r.
rigation Congress at Ogden, Utah.

The agitation for the repeal OF
the Desert Land Law, the Timber
and Stone Act and the Commute
ton Clause of the Homestead Act
will receive scant support in the
Public Land States.
Under the Desert Land Law
more land has been reclaimed
from the desert and made fruitful
than under all other laws and its
repeal would greatly retard future
irrigation development. The re-
peal of the Timber and Stone Act
would deprive the ranchman and
farmer of an opportunity to Sc
cure a timber lot, would establish
a government timber monopoly,
troublesome, pernicious, and con-
trary to the spirit of our institu-
tons. The repeal of the Commu-
tation Clause of the Homestead
Law would discourage and retard
settlement and development, by
reason of the menace of the home
stead settler of loss of homestead
right, labor and improvements,
should sickness, death, low prices.
OF shortage of crops render it inn
possible for him to maintain con-
tinuous residence.
The laws in question have fur
nished nearly thirteen million of
the sixteen million dollars now to
the credit of the Irrigation fund;
and their repeal would amount to
a repeal of the National Irriga-
ton Law.
The people of the public land
states are forced to the conclusion
that a large part of the agitation
for repeal emanates from large
corporate land and land-scrip
owners, who see in the withdraw
al of public lands from the market
a greater demand for their proper
ty.
, 1903-09-24
Death Of State Senator Badgstt.

Hon. Charles A. Badgett, state
senator from Weston county, died
at l O'Clock Tuesday morning Of
Brights disease. Senator Badgett
was one of the prominent men of
the state senate, broad and liberal
in his views and universally re.
spected by all who knew him.
He will be sadly missed, not only
in his own county, but by the
body of which he had the honor
to be a member. He was also a
member of the Wyoming Commits
sion to the st. Louis Fair.