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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03

IN THE NECK, IN THE EYE AND ALL OVER.
and wants to know what has become
Of the silver teapot, you don't know.
You begin about the list to read UP
on George Washington and cocoanuts
and lemonade, and you don't wonder
that we licked the British.
On the I'd you get to Lexington and
Bunker Hill, and If anybody says the
American eagle is tin buzzard you
lick him till he can't boiler.
On the Sd you knock the copper bot
tom off the family wash boiler and sell
It for 10 cents, raise three nickels on
dads best razor and get ready for a
whopping old time on the morrow. If
dad should happen to discover that his
razor is missing, you will bravely tell
him that you are ready to suffer for
your country's sake, and he will prob
ably see that you do.
You will be up at daylight on the
glorious Fourth to see the sunrise of
liberty and to count up what you have
saved to contribute to the cause of
patriotism. If you want to devour
fore breakfast, don't let the British
stop you. After breakfast Is swallowed
you go out and get it In the neck with
f1recracker, In the eye with a tor
pedo and all over with the powder
from toy cannon.
In the afternoon you march in pro-
cession Don't make any difference
which procession 1t is, as long as your
father doesn't seize you by the hair
and haul you out. Washington Lib
erty! Independence! All cheer and
eat peanuts and drink lemonade.
Grand display of fireworks in the
evening In which you assist and burn
your other heel and the rest of the
brim off your straw hat. Rockets, ro-
man candles, volcanoes, pinwheels, red
fire. You cheer with the other kids
and compel Lord CORVALLIS to surren-
der with 1900 men.
Midnight-town quiet-burns hurt
like sixty-three or four lickings ahead
country saved till next time, and who
wouldn't be q patriot?
A. b. LEWIS.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03
A BITE IN THE DARK.
The Young Man Liked Jelly. and He
Filled His Mouth.

n
FAIled His Mouth.
A young man whose work keeps him
down town until the early morning
hours usually reaches home with a
sharp appetite. Els mother an in
dulgent mother. too. puts little lunch
out where he can get it, but this fire.
quently fails TO satisfy him. His wise
parent knows this, and she saves the
larder from wholesale onslaught by
locking things up.
Now. if there is one thing in particu-
lar that this youth dotes upon it is
jelly But jelly is an article of food
that takes time and skill in its prep
aration, and If the lady left her jelly
jars at his disposal-well, there would
be none to dispose of after a few
mornings So the jelly is locked up
the highest of all.
The other morning the youth let him
self into the house just as the gray
streaks of dawn were crossbarring
the eastern sky. There was milk and
bread awaiting him. but his soul
craved for jelly He determined to
hunt for some Taking slice of bread
and a knife. he stole down cellar and
searched the fruit shelves. What hap
piness! He dimly made out the out
lines of a jelly jar. Was there any
jelly in it? He dipped in his knife and
felt the soft and quivering mass. What
a joke on his usually careful mother!
She had actually forgotten to turn the
key on this treasure
He drew out a generous quantity and
carefully spread it on the bread He
had to do it largely by guesswork, be-
cause the cellar was almost totally
dark When the spreading was done,
he smacked his lips lightly and took
generous bite.
No, it wasn't jelly; it was soft SOAP
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03
HOW TO CLEAN CHlMNEYs.
An Inexpensive Remedy For Getting
Rid of SCOT.

An inexpensive Remedy For Getting
Rid of SCOT.
The tendency of pipes and furnace
fiues to fill with SCOT at this season of
the year is so marked that any sugges-
ton Of a convenient remedy for that
condition is worthy Of serious consider
alton. A correspondent to the st. Paul
Pioneer Press says that zinc burned in
the furnace is very effective Just throw
upon the fire handful of zinc filings
or a piece of sheet zinc as large as
your hand, and it clears away the SCOT
as if by magic.
Once a week will suffice. Shut the
door quickly after throwing in the zinc.
Our informant says his family has used
this method for forty years and never
had occasion to employ a chimney
sweep.
This remedy is not expensive. A
wornout zinc washboard will furnish
enough of the metal for six or eight oc-
casions. And if you have to buy sheet
zinc Is cents worth may suffice for a
single fire all winter. Even when soft
coal is used in hard coal stoves and fur
naces the zinc will keep them open, SO
that those who have been unable to Sc
cure anthracite will not be seriously in
convenienced by the change.
If this recipe is all that rs claimed for
1t, the inconvenience Of using soft coal
are reduced to a minimum, and its
cheapness more than compensates for
being deprived of hard COAL If it will
keep the chimneys clean, the cost of
chimney sweeps and the dangers from
fire by burning out are both avoided
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03
MENDHAM.

Miss Susie Losee is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Anderson.
The Misses Hood, of Newark, are guests
at the Wyckoff House.
Mrs l. w. Cochran, of New York, was
the guest of thu Misses Babbitt on Friday
Of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Osmun, of Orange,
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Menagh.
Harry Candee, of Washington. who has
been spending few weeks in this place
as guest of ]. G. Speed at the Phoenix
House. returned to Washington last week.
Alexander Simpson, of New York
spent Sunday in this place.
Miss Dorothy Quimby, of Roseville,
is visiting her uncle, Mr.. G. E. Nicho-
las.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Huston, of Phila-
delphia are guests of Mrs. t. w.
Phoenix.
Milton Dodd, of Newark is spend
ing few days with his grandfather
in this place.
Miss Susie Losee who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Ander-
son, has returned home.
Mrs Aaron Adams and son, of
East Orange are spending few days
with Mrs. Hockenbury,
Miss Cornie Allen, of the Newark
City Hospital is spending the summer
with her aunt, Mrs. Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith Gunther and
children spent last Sunday with her
sister, Mrs. John Drake, of Williams
bridge.
Mr.. Will Howell will give an organ
recital, assisted by Miss Ella Smith,
soprano, of New York and Mr.. Will
H. Johnston, baritone, also of New
York, in the Presbyterian Church on
Monday evening. Admission rs cents.
The proceeds will be the beginning
Of fund to purchase new organ
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03
HOW to open a Lobstsr.

This is a stumbling block for many
housekeepers. but with little practice
you will soon learn to open. boiled"lob-
ster easily. After the lobster is cold
break the tail and body part, twist off
the claws and remove the body from
the shell, Then remove the green, fat
ty substance and the coral and save to
mix with the meat. The stomach will
be found directly under the head Re
move. this and all the g1lls. Break
open the body and take out the small
pieces OF meat which lie under the
gills. Also break open the claws and
Eemove the meat Care should be exer-
cised in removing the intestine, which
runs the entire length of the tail piece.
as it is poisonous and is without color.
Cut the bony membrane on the inside
Of the tail with scissors and remove the
tail meat In one piece.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03

The Fourth and UnlucIky Thirteen.
Twas the Fourth of July. and Miss Bess
argued long
That all those who thought thirteen I'M
lucky were wrong.
''There were thirteen original states in
the fight;
On the flag they fought under for free
dom and right
The stars were thirteen. as all histories
tell,
And its red and white stripes numbered
thirteen as well.
We were victors at last, and that flag
still floats high;
II thirteen was unlucky I cannot see
why!'
'Tswas the Fourth of July, and her broth
er Tom said:
"'Tis a pleasure to find you SO very well
read.
But thirteen was unlucky I'm sure you'll
agree.
When you hear how the thing strikes a
fellow like me.
AS an unluoky number thirteen was a
bird;
Twas an unlucky number for George
EARLE HOOKER EATON.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03
rer.e and Gentle.

Most editors have their own special
method of declining contributions, but
for terse and pointed rebuke we have
beard Of nothing better than the lettef
lately received by a well known au
thor. AS a rnte. hts stories are wholly
unobJeotdonabie but In this particular
case he gave himself little more IL
cense than usual and produced story
which, though quite moral, was not al
together suitable for family reading.
He sent 1t to q magazine editor with
whom, he was on friendly terms, and
the manuscript was promptly returned
with the following note:
ny Des gr-oh. my dss aSi YoUs faith
FlIS, ~
--westmingter Budget.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03

A cheap and excellent laundry blue
can be made by purchasing from any
good chemist 5 cents worth of in
dtgo blue and oxalic acid mixed. d.
vide this into three equal portions, put
into three half pint bottles and fill with
water. After it has stood for a day.
this preparation, which does not cloud
the clothes and is very economical, is
ready for use.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03
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Through service West-No. 35l, at 6;l5 am,
connects at Netcong with train for Branch
Vile; connects at Denville Tor boonton pranch
tn NSi 40 to- isA Esston. oonnsetng there
with Central Railroad of New Jersey
and Lehigh Valley Railway; connects al a.
Binphamton and intermediary points; at Net
cong for Sussex Branch; at Washington witt
the Lackawanna Limited for Buffaio ana al
points West. Sleeper on this train rnns
through to st. Louis. Observation car to Bur
falo; dining car to Buffalo.
No. 355 leaves $40 a. m runs through 10
Chester.
No. S59 leaves l:25 p. M, runs through to
Rranehyille on Sussex branch; connects at
Denville for Boonton Branchi at Dover for
Cherter Branch and for Phillipsburg and in
No. s. 1855 P. stops on signal for SsnI pas
runs rnlsmI through oD' to Chicago Dining car to
Binghamton. Parlor car to Binghamton.
No. S6l, 3:32 p. M. runs to Dover.
r Nc d IsnHss $40 Wiz Central q
New Jersey and Lehigh Valley Railway;
connects at Dover with train for Scranton and
In .ermediate points. at Netcohs Win
s9 No ss S5d leaves 554 p m runs to Dover
connects there With g.. train nor
No 1857 leaves 6:4s p: M. runs to Chester;
connects at Dover with fast train, for the
West; through sleeper to Chicago; sleeper tb 70
sleeper until a, M. dinins car to Str buds
burg. 11ao,.o4.s
No. 1853 leaves 7:28 p. M. runs to Hacketts-
town. Connects at Netcong for Newton.
No. 81 leaves $3.50 p. M; connects Al
Dover with solid vestibuled train Tor me Wes.
having through sleepers to UTICA os"eso'
Ithaca and Buffalo.
Tickets to all points In the United States Oh
Aale at Morristown Ticket Office.
Tnr fnrtherinformation call on D. j. White
Ticket Agent, Morristown, Nj; Guy Adams
Division Passenger Agent. Newark, Nd. TW
Lee. General Passenger Agent, 20 Exchange
Ao00 -''" T. w, LEE
Ctaneral Passenger Agen'.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03

To cleanse decanters and bottles that
have become discolored fill three-quar-
ters full of cold water and add egg
shells crushed into small pieces and
shake thoroughly. If this method does
not restore the crystal to its pristine
clearness, try small quantity of splP-
its of salt diluted with three times it's
weight of water.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03

Dissolve bar of laundry soap, shaved
fine, in a quart of Eukewarm water.
Set over the fire and bring to gentle
boil Keep this up for ten minutes.
Take to the table, away from the stove,
and add two quarts of kerosene to the
mixture gradually beating allFthe while
with an ordinary egg beaten. 1t
should be as thick as mayounaise dress
ing when done. Keep in cool place.
In using dilute one cupful with two
gallons Of water. 1t will be almost
milk whita. Spray the plants tutested
by aphid@, redSspiders or other green
house pests with this.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03
PENNSYLVANIA cHAUTAUoUA.
Reduced Rates to Mt. Gretna Via
Pennsylvania Railroad.

For the Pennsylvania Chautauqua,
to be held at Mt. Gretna, Pa, July
to August 5, 1908, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell special ex-
cursion tickets from New York, Phila-
delphia, Chestnut Hill, Phenixville,
Wilmington, Perryyille, Frederick
Md, Washington, d. c., East Lib
erty, Butler, Indiana, Connellsville,
Bedford, Clearield, Martinsburg, Belle
fonte, Waterford, Canandaigua, Wilkes
barre, Tomhicken, Mt. Carmel, Lykens,
and principal intermediate points, to
Mt. Gretna and return, at reduced
rates. Tickets will be sold June rs to
August 5, inclusive, and will be good
to return until August -, inclusive.
For special rates, consult ticket agents.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03

When ironing a colored blouse, no
matter of what material don't use a
very hot iron An overheated iron IN
jures the colors making them look dull
and faded. In ironing g. silk blouse an
excellent plan is to lay piece of but
ter muslin. over the silk. This prevents
that shiny look that silk gets If the
iron is allowed to come in direct con-
tact with It,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03

How many people wiring out fomeD-
tation quite wrongly! The right way is
as follows: Place a towel across
hand basin, with the ends hanging
over. Put on this double piece Of tan
mel, and fold the towel over from the
sides. Then pour on boiling wateA and
wiring by the ends. Take the flannel
out, give Il shake and apply lightly
at once.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03
Copyright, 1903, BY A. B. Lewis.l

ICUpyIIsHl, Duo, Dy a. p. LeWIs.I
WK YOU begin to feel patriotic at
W least two weeks before the
Fourth, and if you get two OF
three lickings it doesn't make
any difference
You sell your bantam rooster, your
skates and your jackknife and hide the
money where your mother can't find
it and send it to the heather.
If she grabs you by the hair and
wakes you out Of a sound sleep at night
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03

When You Go Away Take The Lack
awanna.
Eight mo lern passenger trains daily be-
tween New York and Chicago; two daily
between New York and st. Louis; ten
daily between New York and Buffalo,
It's through trains are all solid vesti
buled and equipped With the latest and
most improved pattern Pullman drawing
room and sleeping cars, observation cars,
and f1rst-class high-back seat coaches.
Its dining ears are on the A la carte plan
and also serve combination breakfast and
supper at prices ranging from 35 cents
to 81 90.
The service in all departments is I'm.
excelled.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03
ROckaway Valley Railway.

Leave Morrlsuown, for all stations to White
mouse, D., L. & w. Station, $40 a. M; Duo p
m :. PARK Place at $50 a. m. and 5.lb p. M.
Watnong Station, 9.10 q. m. and $50 ?: m.
Leave Brookside for Morristown, 7lo a. M
and 20 D. M; for Whitehouse, you a. m. aso
Leave Mendham for Morristown, .05 a. m,
and 3.O5 D. M; for Whitehouse, 1905 q. m. and
T.esve Whttehouse for Morristown, 800 am
and I.30 o. M Arrive at Whitehouse from
Morristown, II. 40 a. m. and 90 p. M
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03
Sunday Trains.

sExcept Sunday night. Does not run holt
days. / Saturdays only Except Mondays
The colored American., 1903-09-19

a fair and just trial, and if he be
found guilty, be punished according
to law. He believes the laws are ade-
QUate to cope with any emergency if
enforced
THE Many Possibilities of the Ne
gro" were set forth by w. Allison
Sweeney, of Chicago. He spoke of
the rapid change in public sentiment
concerning the Negro problem in the
last fifty years; and the ability Of
the black man to accomplish any aim
attempted as well as the white man;
and closed by ridiculing the idea that
the Negro was prevented from attain
ing prominence politically because his
color was not white.
Albert H Roberts, of Chicago,
the best, THE Duty of the Negro to
America was his subject and was
ably treated. He spoke of what the
colored men had to be thankful for;
of the many advantages that were be-
coming theirs, and of the steady ad-
vancement it was their duty to make.
In closing, he said: Let the colored
man be true to himself and while he
is learning and doing his duty let
the white man lern to do his duty.
Let him do it by removing every bar
rier that stands in the way of oppor-
tunity of the Negro
During the entertainment an excel
lent musical program was rendered by
Finney's orchestra of Detroit. A
grand assembly ball followed the con-
clusion of the entertainment program.
The colored American., 1903-09-19
Leader of His Race
Continued from page II

Treasurer-Horace G. Jackson, Ian
sing.
General secretary-A. A. Owens, De-
rOit.
Recording secretary-W. R. Roberts,
South Haven.
Chairman executive committee
Thomas w. Stewart, Kalamazoo.
The committee on resolutions pre-
sented an address to the country,
whichwasenthusiasti HISS hof
which was enthusiastically adopted.
The reports of several comittees
concluded the business of the after
noon session.
From until Z o'clock a banquet
and supper was served under the
management of the temporary State
committee in the Auditorium banquet
hall, which was prettily decorated
with flags, palms and bunting. Over
500 plates were laid
THE BANQUET PROGRAM.
At o'clock the event OF the con-
vention opened. The ball room of the
building was converted into an as
sembly room, filled with chairs and a
platform prettily decorated for the
speakers. Every seat was occupied
when the program opened with an in
The colored American., 1903-09-19
| ii.

spoke of the progress of the Afro
American race as phenomenal. From
the old slave days in the South he
traced the progress of the Negroes
to the present day, cleverly showing
what education and combined patience
was doing for the race. In closing
he said: Let us rejoice in the grand
achievement of our race. Let the
work of education and enlightenment
90 forward. Let us be fully prepared
for the places of distinction. Our
proper duty is improvement"
president Roosevelt and His Policy
of Justice" was the subject of short
talk nv John A Dungill, of South Ha-
ven Mr.. Dungill paid a marked trib-
ute TO President Roosevelt and his
nolicv toward the colored race and
smoke Of him as a man who has the
sunerb moral courage to speak his con-
victions.
Horace G. Jackson, the next speaker,
spoke upon Race Riots and Lynch
ings in the North" Mr.. Jackson did
not defend his countrymen or espec-
ially center his efforts on mob vio-
lerce. He made a strong plea that
every man, black or white, be given
The colored American., 1903-09-19
THE cOLOREDAMERIcAN

Inc emancipation of the black man
gave them a voice as freemen. and
however unpalatable this fact may be
to them-Abraham Lincoln was only a
degree less their benefactor than the
former
The speaker also showed that in the
use Of the ballot, the colored man had
stood for the best interest of the coun-
try on every great occasion that had
presented itself since the emaneipa-
tion-and indeed had shown wisdom
and conservatism at the very incep-
ton OF his career as a citizen in the
making of laws to readmit and read
just the seeded States, which would
have done credit to any people with
ten centuries Of freedom before them.
He pointed out the inconsistency of
permitting any one portion of the or
ganic law of the land to be repealed
with impunity, and referred pointedly
to the great peril to republican con-
stitutions, should the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendemnts stand unvindi-
Gated from the assaults which had
been made upon them.
OTHER ADDRESSES.
Oscar w. Baker, a prominent col
ored lawyer of Bay City, spoke upon
'"The Rise of a Down-Trodden Race"
He spoke of the gradual rise Of Amer
ica from an insignificant country to
the most wonderful of nations. He
The colored American., 1903-09-19
DRESS MAKING ACADEMY.

The de Lam OrtOn Famous French
Perfection Tailor System, Nine. j. A.
Smallwood, sole agent, 1913 Madison
street, northwest.
Morning class from 9 a. 10. to 1 p. m
Afternoon class 2 to 5 p. m. daily.
Evenings from 1880 to 10 o'clock.
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
dreSsmakers and ladies who wish to
do their own dreSS-maklng.
WANTED.-To learn the wonderful
De Lam Orton French Perfection
Tailor System. Seamless Basques
without one inch of visible seam, in
lining or goods, not eeven on the
shoulder Successful dressmakng re-
quires as much earnest progressive
study as successful work in any pro-
fession. No detail is too small to be
looked after. We teach you to make
dresses with or without seam and
guarantee perfect fits, and complete
your course with diploma.
The colored American., 1903-09-19

vocation by the Rev. s. Henri Browne,
of Adrian. The Hon. James w. Ames,
of Detroit, acted as POSTMASTER. The
seventh number on the program and
the feature of the entertainment was
an address by the Hon. Judson w.
Lyons, of Washington, D. c. Mr.. Ly-
ons spoke upon Emancipation Justi-
fed" and said in part:
1T is a wise and thoughtful states
manship which dignif1ed labor, and
made holy one day in the year to its
cause Labor is not the balance of
power concealed back of the throne
holding it's own by tact, diplomacy
and the wisdom of its suggestions.
In America it is the throne itself,
welding when aroused and united for
action, a force and influence that is
all commencing to its potency.
"Comprehending within its folds
large majority of it's citizens, alert
and aggressive in its aggravated actlv-
tiles, it is incumbent on labor in
measure greater than any other organ
lied body to be just in. its purposes
and wise in its conclusions. The la
bOrer is worthy of his hire, is one
OF the best remembered expressions of
The colored American., 1903-09-19
WANTED
For the E Famous Troubadours
Company,

Three Chorus Girls, with strong
Soprano voices Must be good looking,
good dressers on and off the Stage
State salary expected; We pay rail-
road and Hotel expenses. The season
of 10000, beginning Sept, 18th. Ad-
dress all communications to E. w.
Dale. Cape May City, n. j.
The colored American., 1903-09-19
SUMMER RESORTS.
Please Help Me Find My Brother

Saunk Joyce was sold in Mscklenburg, Virginia
several ears before the civil war, to Cunnig an
a Negro trader. His mother Willie. slave
on me joyce plantation. He had One sister
Betty who is very anxious to End him. ANY In
forma Iion will be gladly received.
MRS 6ErTY REYNOLDS.
a. Parker street. Atlanta. Ga.