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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16
Brltish surgeons Applaua Lorenr.

London, Jan. 14.-Professor Lorenz
operated on three children at the Lon
don hospital in the presence of about
a hundred physicians, including such
prominent men as Alfred Fripp, sur
geon in ordinary to the king, and Sir
Alfred Cooper, member of the council
Of the Royal College of Surgeons. The
British surgeons showed the keenest
interest in the operations and applaud
ed the success of the Viennese profess
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16
Genera, Wood Going to Manila

Washington. Jan. 13.-General Leon
ard Wood has applied for service in the
Philippines, and his request has been
granted. He will go to Manila in April
and it is expected that he will be as
signed to command in Mindanao. Gen
eral Wood will become major general
in August, and it is quite likely that he
will soon thereafter be assigned to COM
mand the division of the Philippines.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

A bill has been introduced In Con-
CESS by Representative Loudenslager
of New Jersey designed to aid aged
civil war veterans. The measure
provides that hereafter in the ad-
ministration of the act granting PEN
sions to soldiers and sailors incapacit-
ated from performance of manual
labor, an applicant for pension or in
crease of pension shall, upon arriving
at the age of seventy years, be held
to be wholly disabled for earning a
support by manual labor, and entitled
to the maximum rating of $1s per
month.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

Frank A. Ballentine, collector of
taxes for Demands Township, reports
about $4,000 of taxes seill remaining
unpaid. The taxes were due on De-
cember 20 and since that time all OF
the delinquent poll tax payers have
been waited on by Constable Charles
Hill. ON Tuesday of this week Mr..
Ballentin,' says the will cause the ar
rest of all Of those who still refuse to
pay. He further states that he will
make levy on the personal property
of those persons whose tax ON READ es-
tate remains unpaid on Tuesday. The
collector has been instructed to pur-
sue this course by the members of
the Demands Township Committee
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

The Trenton Times on Tuesday pub.
lished series of signed articles on i'm.
portant measures which the Legislature
should consider; among others was the
following from former Mayor Fox of
this city.
To the Editor OF the Trenton Times:
Sir--I should favor the repeal OF the
Meeker law and the institution on the
other hand OF measures to separate local
from general elections: and / would urge
that in the reconstruction Of ballot laws
NJ rnles he adopted which will make
independent voting more \ IN mn
NORMAN Fox.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16
Noted ornithoIosast Deae

Old Saybrook, Conn.,, Jan. 15.-John
Nathaniel Clark, widely known as an
authority on ornithology, is dead at his
residence here at the age of seventy.
two years. He was a prominent mem.
Der of the National Ornithological so
ciety, and his collection of eggs OF
American birds is said to have been
the most complete individual one in
this country.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16
HOW A BOY EXPLAINED A PARABLE

There is no saying how the average
small boy sometimes regards religi-
GUS truth. A London paper records
that the son Of weli-known bishop
being asked to explain the meaning
of the parable of the grain of mustard,
replied: ut means that a little re-
ligion goes long way and those
who have least of it bera will be
highest in the kingdom of heaven. -
Leslie's Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16
A WISE REPORT.

the House Committee on Ways anG
means, has recently decided to report
substitute for the bill of Mr.. Hill
of Connecticut, so as to provide re.
bate on all kind of coal from all
sources for period of one year, this
rebate being equivalent to the Ding.
ley tariff duty, virtually placing GOA
on free list for that time.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16
SOCIETY AND PERSONAL

William Fl. Unruh is in Washing
ton. d. G.
G. Fl. Mellon and family leave
next Monday for California.
Miss Ethel Baker of KenviIl has been
recent guest If friends in town.
Congressman and Mrs Flanagan will
remain at the New Willard. Washing
ton, d @.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas " caldwell of
Elm street are in California for an
indefinite stay.
Mrs. William M. Hughes who has
been in Boston during the week will
return tomorrow.
Mrs. Russell W. Chasce of Newark
is visiting relatives on the Mendham
Road for fortnight.
Miss Grace Babbitt of Newark has
been the guest of Mrs. Raymond
Troxell on Court Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur F. Day will
shortly leave for the South. Mrs.
Days health necessitating the trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Farrelly and
Miss Mary Farrellv are at the New
Willard, Washington, for a few days.
Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of Miss Mamie Kerns of
New York City to Stephen L. Bower
of this place.
Mrs. John /. Waterbury will attend
the ball given by the Junior Glass of
Columbia University at Sherry's this
evening. Mrs. Waterbury is one Of
the patronesses of the dance.
+
Local society leaders will be well rep
resented at the Charity Ball which will
be held at the Waldorf. Astoria Thurs
dav. February 5. Included in the list
of petronesses are Mrs. R. n. Williams.
Mrs. FL. Mckay Twomhly. Mrs II. B
Post, Jr., of Bernardsville; Mrs. Fred
erick Cromwell. of Mendbam Mrs. w.
Allston Flagg. Mrs. Frederick P. Olcott
and Mrs John Claflin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16
Tho Prudential win Appeal.

Trenton, N. j., Jan. 15.-The Pruden-
tial Insurance company, United States
Senator f. Dryden, its president, and
others who are directors of the COM
pany have filed in the court of chancery
notice of appeal from the prelilni-
nary injunction granted in that court
restraining them from purchasing any
of the proposed new issue of stock of
the Fidelity Trust company of New
York
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16
Grand Fraternity InstaIIs officers.

President CASTOR installed the re-
Gently elected officers of the Grand Fra
ternity at the regular monthly meeting
held Tuesday evening Refreshments
and cigars also helped to make the eve
ming an enjoyable one. The officers are.
Commander, Lloyd B. Tredway; Vice
Commander, Irving E. Salmon; Mar
shall. Albert Ayres; Past Commander,
Frederick Baldwin: Trustees w. g..
Nimmlns, II. Ensminger. and John
Berry.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

Marietta, O., Jan. 15.The prelimi-
nary hearing of Mrs. Frank Stack
house, alias Irene Monsell, showed that
she conducted very extensive thus
band wanted business with large re-
turns. She was held in $1,000 bond.
Her husband was dismissed, no evil
dence being produced as to his com
plicity.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16
PATERSON MlLkMeN TO BE LICENSED

The recent outbreak of typhoid fever
in Paterson and which was traced to in
f9cted milk shipped from Sussex county
has led the Board of Health of that city
to draft an ordinance which will be
adopted providing that all the milk deal
ers doing business in Paterson must pay
80 a year for the privilege with the al
tentative of paying fine of $50 in case
they are found doing business without
the necessary license.
This, it is claimed. will lead to closer
supervision of all the milk sold in that
city.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

Walpole, N. H., Jan. 15.-The loss of
a life and damage to rolling stock esti-
mated at nearly $4,000 occurred
through the collision of three big loco
motives on the Boston and Maine rail-
road at Cold River Station, three miles
north of here, at midnight. Two of the
engines We're practically destroyed.
Oliver Ellison, engineer, was the man
killed
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

In addition to these appropriations
the Normal school of this city, will
want more money to enlarge the
schools.
Governor Murphy favors the State
Home for Consumptives and the pur-
chase Of voting machines, and he
also seconds the idea OF an executive
mansion, and other Of the proposed
new state acquisitions. The governor
in his inaugural made it plain that
he thought the large surplus in the
treasury should be used If il could
be spent judiciously.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16
HIS CANDID OPINION.

Does your father agree that am
your beau?" asked the Young man
in the pink stock.
Eyes, !" lisped the fair girl.
"what kind of beau did he say /
VAST"
"A ho-beau. Chicago News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

The outlook in the House for the
enactment of trust legislation in &C.
cordance with the expressed wishes
of President Roosevelt are said to be
excellent. The Senate, however, is so
much occupied with other matters
that the outlook for its passage by
that body is not reassurinR.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

Alderman Burke, of Morristown, is
responsible for proposition to amend
the town charter, so as to allow that
town to raise $50, 900 by taxation, in.
stead of $50, 900 as at present provided,
to overcome the local objection to
adopting one of the city forms Of
government. If Alderman Burke has
not secured consent from the author.
tiles Of Montclair and one or two of
the other towns in the State, it is
doubtful if Morristown will be able
to get any amendments to the town
laws, which will be Objectionable to
them. Summit Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

A new drastic liquor law is soon
to be tried in England. 1t makes
habitual drunkenness of either hus-
band or wife ground for legal sep
GRAFTON, and authorizes the police to
arrest an inebriate anywhere except
in a private house. Convicted drunk
ards are blacklisted for three years,
and selling liquor to them during that
period is forbidden under severe PEN
alties. To get drunk while in charge
of child under seven years Of age
is forbidden under penalty of i'm.
prisonment. The enactment Of such
law argues very low state of NOR
atty in England, since it shows that
great numbers of women as well as
men are habitual drunkards and that
liquor drinking is increasing with
dangerous rapidly in that country.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16
Germans wouId hit standard a.,

Berlin, Jan. 1.-THE reichstag has
adopted by 14S to 20 votes the tariff
committees resolution asking the gov
eminent to consider whether 1t is not
IN the interests Of the nation TO place
a differentlais duty on refined petroleum
as against crude, in order to establish
q national refining industry. The reso.
luton Is directed against the Standard
OIL company.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

Cincinnati, O., Jan. ia special to
the Times-Star from Springfield, o.,
says: Chairman Frey of the Democrat
ic state central committee has form
ally announced that Mayor Tom l..
johnson of Cleveland will be candi-
date for the next Democratic nomina-
ton for governor of Ohio.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

The decision of the railroad com
panies TO raise the RAE Of demurrage
m cars Of coal from 81 90 TO 50. 90 per
day will doubtless bring the indie
pendent operators to terms.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

] The Department Of Agriculture, it
lis claimed, has discovered the germ
of contagious insect that will re.
move grasshcppers and SIGH from
the face Of the Earth.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

Because he assaulted young man,
George Robinson Of Mt Hope is again
in shot water. Robinson was ar
rested last year upon similiar
charge,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

The latest trust embraces parrots.
and Gagged birds, monkeys and other
animals, with paid up capital Of
$500, 600. agc
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

The Council of Ministers ia con-
sidering the proposition to appropriate
800. 600 pesetas to defray the expenses
OF Spanish participants in the st.
Louis Exhibition.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

John Canning of Atlantic City, who
voted twice on election day, has been
sentenced to one year in State Prison,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16
FoR COUNTY c -MMIssIoNERs.

1t is said that the freeholders of
the State have formed combination
to secure the repeal of the law en-
acted last winter, giving the people
the right to vote on reducing the
number of members of the county
boards. This question was not voted
on here last fall, because of question
that arose about the constitutionality
of the law, and because it was mad
vertently delayed until too late to
be acted upon at the general election.
In several counties where it was pro-
posed the county clerks, on the adj
vice of council, refused to print the
proposition on the tickets, ON the
grodnd that notice of the action
should have been included in the
Official election notice. In one it was
defeated and in one it was carried,
aid in the latter case, as we are i'll
formed, says the Paterson Call, it is
to be contested, SO that we shall have
cnance to see the validity of the
law settled befo q the time comes
for another trial. Unless it is
knocked out by the courts or revoked
by the Legislature, in the meantime,
either of which is possible, the oues-
tion Will probably be voted on in this
county aud several others of the state
next fall
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

The large cities of our country are
growing healthier, as will be seen by
the following statistics which are COM
pared with figures of fifteen years ago:
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

President Roosevelt has decided
that Judge Taft shall remain in the
Philippines as Civil Governor.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

Camden has s4S liquor stores. This is
one for each 800 Of its population.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16
WHERE is MoRRlsToWN :

The Board of Trustees of the Camden
Free Public Library voted unanimously
to accept Mr.. Carnegies gift of 100000
for the erection there of free library.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

Among the objects for which the
State will be asked to make appropri-
ations at the present legislative SEES
sion are the following:
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

Mrs. John /. Waterbury will attend
the ball given by the Junior Glass of
Columbia University at Sherry's this
evening. Mrs. Waterbury is one Of
the patronesses of the dance.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-01-16

Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of Miss Mamie Kerns of
New York City to Stephen L. Bower
of this place.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-08
Not Necessarily Concerned.

One of the best known of our Circuit
Court Judges had an enemy, a lawyer,
who had once been his unsuccessful OPP
ponent in politics in one of the towns
on his round. and was generally sub
jected to some affront when he reached
there. The lawyer took SO little pains
TO conceal his contempt. that one of the
judges friends was moved to ask:
why don't you squelch b? He needs
H."
The judge laid knife and fork across
his plate, folded his hands and seem
ingly apropos of nothing at all. said:
up In my home town there's a
widow with an ugly yaller dog that,
whenever there is moonlight. sits on
her stoop and bowls till the town can't
sleep. and generally keeps 1t up till day
light"
He then resumed his dinner. The
friend looked at him in amazement for
a moment and then inquired:
"Well, what of it?"
"Well" said the judge. slowly. 1.-The
moon keeps right on."-Philadelphla
Times.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-08

A country squire" is often called
upon to settle questions which tax
both his knowledge and his ingenuity.
One such matter was presented to
Squire Prescott of Banbury.
Square" said solemn faced man.
stopping the lawyer one day as he was
leaving the postofiice. there's point
l want you should settle, and whatever
you say I'll abide by it. whether you
think as l expect you will or not"
We'll, let's hear what 1t Is" said
Squire Prescott good naturedly.
It's just like this" said the man.
stepping closer and speaking In low
err tone. Hen Rogers wants to trade
farms with me, but we can't quite
agree on terms His COW pasture is
Better than mine. but I've got twice as
many BURBERRY bushes as he has; his
corn Is all started, and mine isn't, but
I've got screens to five windows and
two doors; there's less stones In his
meadow land than there Is In mine. but
there's more bog.
Now, won't tell you which Is which.
but one of us thinks Hens collie dog
had ought to be throwed into the bar
ter, and the other one thinks that my
heifer would just about even up. Now.
what should you say was the fair
thingT'-Youth's Companion
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-08

Each one of us has at some time
eaten too much. but we have surely
not gone to such excess as this fish
has. 1t Is called the black swallow
err" and as swallower takes first
place. for its stomach is much larger
than Its body. 1t will seize by the tail
a fish eight or ten times Its own size
and work Its way over 1t by repeatedly
sliding forward one jaw and then the
other. Before taking meal the swal-
lower is very respectable looking
fish, except for a voracious cast of
countenance, but afterward he certain
~ has the appearance of having eaten
too much. Then the walls of his stom.
ach are so stretched as to be transpar-
ent. Later digestion begins and the
swallower Is turned belly upward by
the imprisoned gas. and his stomach
becomes a balloon. which lifts him
from the depths of the ocean to the
surface. and In this helpless condition
he Is thrown about by the waves, per-
haps cast ashore and left high and dry
by the recedlng tide, in which case he
does not swallow any more. for the re.
turning tide finds him a dead fish.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-08

An interesting story is told Of
Jacques Tissot, the great French paint
er. While in England he painted a
beautiful religious picture and, meet
Ing a countrywoman. asked her opin-
lon of his work. Its a chef d'euvre,"
she replied. giving remarkably just
and detailed appreciation OF the va
rious merits of the painting.
Are you satisfiedT asked a friend.
Tissot answered In the negative. He
entirely reprinted his picture. working
night and day.
When finished, he sent again for his
fair critic, who pronounced 1t admira-
Bile and remained silently admiring 1t
with smiling criticism.
Are you satisfied?" asked the friend
again when the lady had departed.
NO. replied the artist, and he set to
work for the third time.
When the Parisienne saw the new
painting, she gazed at it for some mo-
ments with evident emotion and then
without word sank softly to her
knees and began to pray.
"Are you satisfied nowY' whispered
the friend, and Tissot said yes"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-08

A dealer in optical instruments de-
clared that It gave him real pain to
note the careless manner in which half
the persons in New York wear glasses.
ut Is wonder to me-" he said, that
they don't bring on blindness. In the
first place. the frames should always
be fitted TO individual faces instead of
being picked up indlscrlmnately with
out regard for facial peeullarltles. The
size Of the lenses Is another important
consideration Most of the glasses |
see on the street are too small. They
should be as large as the face of the
wearer will permit for n lens OF good
size not only affords better protection
TO the eye, but Is more becoming than
a smaller one. Another tribulation of
the weak eyed is due to the reflection
from the edges of unframed glasses.
The eyelashes should be attended TO In
order TO get the best results from a
pair of spectacles. Many lashes are
worn so long that they brush against
the glass. This is decidedly injurious
New York Times,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-08
The First skaters.

1t is very doubtful which race first
skated, for traces have been found
among prehistoric remains all over
northern Europe indicating that the
art was practiced by primitive peoples.
The Eskimo of the farthest north are
also found to be in possession OF run
ners carved from whalebone.
Skating is mentioned by a Danish
historian about 1874, and Fitzstephen
In his History OF London" says that
in the twelfth century young men
fastened the leg bones OF animals I'M
der their feet by means OF thongs in
order to slide along the ice. This
statement is confirmed by the pair OF
bone skates of the period now In the
British museum. 1t is likely. however,
that these early Londoners got the
idea from Holland, probably via Lin
colnshire, where skates have been
used on the frozen fens from very re-
mote times.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-08
The Abode of Eolus.

From the Liparl Islands of mythol.
ogy, the abode Of Aeolus, the ruler of
the winds, and the scene of his meeting
with Ulysses, to the Llparl Islands of
to-day is very far cry indeed. There
are no hotels. and the islands are little
known to tourists, while the thirteen
thousand inhabitants are almost In Il
state OF primitive and patriarchal sim
pllcity. They tender their services vol.
unfairly as guides and refuse payment,
regarding all visitors as their guests.
The donkey is the only means of loco.
motion, horses being unknown in the
island.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-08
Manchuria a Vast Land.

The most populous province of Man
ehuria Is that of Laotung. which is
penetrated by the branch railway from
Hardin to Port Arthur For dis
lance OF 400 miles, extending from the
Sungarl River to New-Chwang, the
railroad passes through level, we'll
watered region. densely crowded with
population and under the highest state
of cultivation.
The total population OF Manchuria Is
yariously estimated from 100000 to
25.000,000. but there seems little doubt
that Laotung also has a population of
as much as 100000. and that the
total cannot be much less than 10000
900. These. however. are largely Chi
nese.
The Manchus are fading race. their
success In arms having, as Is often
the case, led TO their ultimate decay.
for ever since the establishment of the
Manchu dynasty at Pekin. in 1914. they
have been drawn in large numbers to
Pekin and to the garrisons stationed
In all the principal Chinese towns.
Here, living a comparatively idle life
and depending largely upon pensions
from the general government for their
support. they have become enervated,
while the quality of those left behind
in Manchuria has deprecated in char
acter. The Chinese, Oh the other hand
have gradually invaded Manchuria till
they carry on nearly all of its business
and swarm In all the centers of popu.
lation. Gradually they are bringing
under cultivation the vast areas of fer.
tile land which under the Manchus
had been devoted to pasture or left to
run to waste.