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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-12

L. s. Pawkett, commercial agent OF the
international Great Northern. with head
quarters at Fort Worth was in the city
Yesterday, the guest of f. B. Hooser. di-
vision freight agent of the Rock Island
at this place.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04

Use of Both Hands.

There are comparatively few people
who can use both hands indifferently,
yet this is a most sensible accomplish
ment When one hand grows tired, the
other should be able to take up the
work, for thus more can be accom-
plished without undue fatigue. In the
mechanical departments Of German
schools the boys are obliged to do
much of the work with their left
hands. They are taught to saw, plane
and hammer equally well with both
hands and to make large circles on the
blackboard first with one hand and
then with the other, says Home Notes.
Man, said to be the highest Of ami
mails, is the only one which cannot use
all his limbs with equal ease. Man
uses his eyes equally well and his
legs, but how few people can make
their left hands do even half of the
things accomplished easily by the right
And this state of affairs is simply be-
cause the left hand is not trained. The
child is generally not allowed to let il
do its share of work, but is made to
keep it idle while the right hand does
the greater part of the work of the
two
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04


~ his chosen
rattle his millions
York Railroad
faith
he hut struggling mechanic ambious seeking win his
O the battle of lie
1898 he married Miss Grace Wilson of New York despite the violent
protested his
Cornelius M decided for himself followed the guidance of his heart the
life individual naturally with
sensational
publicly could
million dollars which
with his
Vanderbis efforts
valuable Improvements locomotives
coalbox
capacity for
the
life His alsee
of COAL while five ago
considered the limit of possibility.
Vanderbilt his writings and lectures engineering topics reveals
modest and serious despsing nooe and rred by the
thoughts should
De regarded worlds wonder
Copyright 1908, By B, B, Hamtm, Jr
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
odd Cat Facts.

A good cat-the kind you want to
have in the house, If any-will have a
round. stubby pug nose, full, fat cheeks
and upper lip and well developed
bump on the top of the head between
the ears. betokening good nature. A
sleepy cat that purs good deal is
apt to be playful and good natured.
BY all means to be avoided Is a cat
with thin, sharp nose and twitching
ears. 1t must be remembered also that
n good mouser is not necessarily a gen.
tie or desirable pet. Although any good
cat will catch mice If she is not over
fed, quick. full, expressive eyes gener-
ally betoken a good mouser. The great
mistake and probably the most COM
mon one in the care of domestic cats
is overlooking particularly too much
meat. In wild life the cat has exercise
which enables her to digest her food.
In the lazy house life the same full
feeding leads to stomach troubles and
to fits.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
The Queer sunash.

The sunfish or headfish is fairly COM
mon in the vicinity Of Santa Catalina
island. Its general appearance is OBJ
long and deep, very thin or compress
ed. cut off (truncate) behind, SO there
appears to be no tail, a mere rim Of
movable flesh taking its place, which
has a very limited use In the slow loco
motion of this extraordinary fish. The
skin is hard and coarse, rough, scale
less and covered with fat spines, the
entire skin covered with thick coat
ing of slime, which appears to be a
world in itself for numerous parasites
which prey upon the fish.
This extraordinary fish Is one of the
few fishes of little or no use to man.
II am of the opinion" says a natu-
ralist, that the hard skin might be
utilized. once learned that the boys
of certain village in Maine were
anxious to secure the muscular en-
velope Of specimen caught by me to
use 1t as rubber They cut the hard,
elastic substance into round shapes
and used them for the interior Of home
made baseballs."
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
Auditors Sale Of Lands
MORRIS COUNTY CIRCUIT CoyRr.
Morris Rosenberg In Attachment.
Robert b. Miller. On Contract

DY virtue of an order made in the abeye
ID stated cause by the said court on the
sixth day of February, A d. 1904, the subseriis-
er, auditor appointed by the said court in said
cause, will sell and make assurance at public
vendue, at the Court House. in the town of
Morristown, on
MONDAY, the Twenty first Day Of MARCH
next. all that certain tract of land situate lying
and being in the Township of Rockaway, in the
County of Morris and State OF New Jersey, sit
uate on the right hand side of the road leading
from Denville to Powerville; Beginning at 3
corner in said road near a small house formerly
thence ID South thirty-nine degrees East, seven
chains down the line of the Glover farm thence
CD North thirty nine degrees thirty minutes
East, ten chains and twenty links; thence (3l
North fifty degrees west, six chains and
seventy-fve links to the road thence az South
forty-two degrees west, eight chains and FIVE
links to the place of beginning Containing six
acres more or less
Being the same lands conveyed to Robert II.
Miller by three separate deeds, one from
Amanda Dudley and husband, dated March 3,
A, d 1903, recorded in the Morris County
Clerks Office in Book Ola of Deeds. page 80,
SC. one from Lorenzo Peer and wife, dated
January ID, A d. 1893 and recorf ed in BOOK D.
IA, page 50. &c: and one from Mary A. Paynter
and husband and others, dated November let
A. D. 1872. and recorded in Book Ola, page 81,
by Abraham Ryerson, Sheriff of the County of
Morris by virtue of writ of attachments is :
sued in the above stated cause, and will be sold
for cash.
CHARLTON A. REED,
CHARLES STILLwHI.L, JR, Auditor
Dated February 49, 1904. Pr 5000 Ase
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04

Herbert Paul in his History of Mod
ern England thus describes Lord Pal
merston:
This "gay, eupeptic son of BeliaP
was now in his sixty-second year. No
English statesman except Walpole and
Pitt has passed so large proportion
of his public life in office. The ratio
was forty-nine years of Office to fifty
nine of public life. While the Tories
were in power he was Tory For
more than twenty years, from 1907 to
1928, he was secretary of war, or, as
we should now say, financial secretary
to the war Office. During that long
period he seldom spoke, and Charming,
who spoke for pleasure, complained
that "he could not bring that three
decker Palmerston into action" Lord
Palmerston was man of fashion and
a man of pleasure. His house was
social center of much Importance. But
he was also prominently man Of af-
fairs who never neglected his business
and was always master of his subject.
When he returned to Office under Lord
John no man in Europe could be COM
pared with him for knowledge of for
eign policy except Metternich and Gut
got. He took difficulties as bold
rider takes still fence, relying on his
horse and his luck. Hitherto his luck
had been very good, and his horse was
a splendid animal. In 1846 England
was undoubtedly the first power of the
world, as France was the second.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
Unripe Jewels.

There was at one time wonderful
emerald extant with white corners,
while all the rest Of the stone was OF
its proper velvety dark green hue. This
stone was used as an illustrative proof
that emeralds were born white, but
ripened into the right color in the mine,
time working one Of its usual mira
Giles on the crystal. Indeed, beryl, that
pale green stone exactly like the emer-
aid in all essentials save color, has
often been called the mother of emer.
aid. N
Aquamarine is a beryl-in other
words, an unripe emerald, not yet ma,
tured into the proper tint, and Of this
the commoner varieties are by nc
means rare. Yet II is to be doubted
whether these unripe stones would
ever mature into the true and lawful
lustrous emerald.-LondOn Queen.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04

Some new light may be shed on the
affairs and methods Of the United
States Steel corporation by the action
which has just been begun by Alfred
h. Stevens of Newark, N. j., to discov-
err why dividends are denied to holders
Of the company's common stock. 1t
appears that Mr.. Stevens is acting from
matter of principle rather than from
any great financial interest he has, for
it is said that he owns only twenty
shares of the common stock. He claims
that $66, 100000 surplus has accumulat-
ed since the United States Steel corpo-
ration was formed in 1901 and that the
stockholders dividends were reduced in
October last and in January this year
stopped entirely. He asserts that the
officers have by their action violated
the terms of the corporations charter
and decreased the market value of the
common stock. In his bill he alleges
greatly in excess Of the amount earned
in 1901, when the regular dividend, at
the rate of 4 per cent per annum, was
declared quarterly.
Mr.. Stevens insists that there is a
twofold object in his suit-to learn why
the corporation stopped payments on
the common stock and what is to be-
come OF. the $66,000,O00 surplus, which,
he claims. is thus made a trust fund
for the benefit of the preferred share
holders. AS TO the first point, the com
pany will doubtless say that it was I'M
wise in the present condition of its
business to pay dividends; as to the
latter, that it is wise to lay by some
thing for rainy day.
Whatever may be said or done, the
thousands of holders of Steel common
will be scarcely less interested than Mr.
Stevens himself in the outcome of the
litigation that he has instituted 1t is
Il matter also in which the general pub
lie has keen interest.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
Executors Sale of Real Estate

PURSUANT TO AN ORDER made by the
Il Orphans Court Of the County Of Morris,
on the fifth day of February, A. D. Nineteen
Hundred and Four, the subscribers, executors
of James L. Davenport, deceased, will sell on
tile premises in the Township of jefferson,
Morris county. New Jersey. on
TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF APRIL,
A. D. 1904, between the hours of 12 O'Clock noon
and O'Clock in the afternoon, that is to say at
O'Clock in the afternoon Of said day, all the
right, title and interest OF the estate OF the
said James l.. Davenport. deceased OF and in
the following described tract Of land and prem
ises, to wit
and premises, situate, lying and being in the
Township of Jefferson, in the County of Nor
ris and State Of New Jersey. described as fol-
lows:
Beginning at the most easterly corner OF said
lot, which beginning is also q corner of the
Christian strait Farm, now owned and oc-
thirty -four degrees and thirty minutes west
thirty-three chains and seventy links; thence
~ south eiRhty,five degrees and thirty min
utes west four chains and ninety links to the
Rockaway River; thence up the same the
several courses thereof until where 1t strikes
Cornelius Davenport's line; thence with said
no s nss ew s snd e
eight chains and fifty links; thence north thir.
ty-four degrees and thirty minutes east eigh-
thirty minutes east twenty. four chains and
fifteen links to the place OF beginning Con-
tanning sixty-eight acres and fifty three hun
dredths Of an acre be the same more or less.
Being the same premises conveyed to the said
James l. Davenport by Edward r Chamber
lain and wife by deed dated March "a, 1884, and
n Book NIL Of Deeds, on pages l07, sc.
And being the same tract OF land referred to
n the second item Of the last Will and Tesla
ment Of the said James L. Davenport, which
will bears date March II, A. D 1900 and there
in and thereby devised to Frances johnson.
NELLIE JOHNSON,
ANDY n. JOHNSON,
Executors,
400 Milton, N. j.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04

1 wish there might be in every society
an evangelistic study class where we
shall study our Bibles and methods Of
work in preparation for personal effort.
am convinced that we have not given
this line the consideration which 1t de-
serves. Shall it not be the motto Of ev-
cry society this year, Something
definite for souls~ If this is to be
realized, we shall need, first, a new
grip on God. Whatever we do must be
done under the guidance OF His spirit
and with simple dependence upon
Him. Then a new grip on ourselves.
Let us gather up every gift and grace
which He has intrusted to us. Then a
new grip on our work, that all we are
and all we have may be invested, as
He intends it shall be, for His glory
and the salvation of the lost.-New
York State President Hallenbeck.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04

An American traveller writes: "Ath-
ems itself. as city, Is insufferable. 1t
Is raw, garish, new, staring. crude. 1t
smells of paint 1t reeks Of varnish.
1t is redolent of last week. 1t is the
newest city one sees in southern Eu-
rope. 1t is dusty. 1t Is noisy, it is vua-
gar. Everything in II is imitation. The
palaces are imitation. The hotels are
imitation. The army is imitation. The
city is a sham. II Is a Joy to leave
the commonplace streets, to quit the
insufferable city and to climb the
Acropolis. There everything is calm
and peaceful, and the magnificent ruins
are restful. There only In Athens do
you find spot which Is not oppressive
ly new and raw. The royal palace ID
me Of the newest and the rawest OF all
he raw, new buildings"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04

Zach Chinese schoolboy must furnish
his own stool and table for school work
and the -four precious articles" which
are the ink slab, cake of india ink, a
brush for writing and paper. With
these he begins his weary task of learn
ing to write and read the thousands of
Chinese characters. These are to open
the way to the Chinese classics, and a
knowledge of this ancient literature
and wisdom means education to the
Chinese. At the opening of Chinese
school paper on which is written the
name of Confucius Is pasted on the
wall. Before this honored name the
pupils and teachers burn paper money
and joss sticks and bow their heads
three times to the floor. The teacher
then tells Confucius the day, the month
and the year when the school is opened
and begs for his favor. Every morn
ing when the pupils arrive they must
bow twice, once for the teacher and
once for Confucius.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
The VOLTS Revenge.

According to an Indian legend, in the
beginning the Dog was put on the
mountain and the Wolf beside the fire.
When the winter came the Dog could
not endure the cold, so he came down
to the settlement and drove the Wolf
from the fire. The Wolf ran to the
mountains, where it suited him so well
that he prospered and increased until
after awhile he ventured down again
and killed some animals in the settle
ments. The people got together and
followed and killed him, but his broth
ers came from the mountains and took
such revenge that ever since the people
have been afraid Of the Wolf
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
FOR THE CHILDREN
Her Composition.

Little Zelda was seven vars old and
wrote many compositions at school
but one was treasured by parents and
teachers that she might read 1t when
che was older. The subject was diff
Acult one, what Is a Fable"
"Why," she said to her teacher, II
know fable when see 1t, but don't
know what 1t is when have to say
It. II seems very strange indeed. Must
my composition be long7"
"Oh, no; short, by all MEANS" an
gwered the teacher. "Only tell what a
fable is. You have been reading them.
Now simply tell in your own language
what fable is. That is ALL"
Zelda seemed quite puzzled, but
mamma smiled and told her as an en-
enlargement that when she had writ
ten her composition she should have a
coral necklace.
ooh, mamma, l shall try very hard.
l shall think and think and think until
l think it out" She wished for the
coral necklace very much, but she also
wished to please her mother
After a time of deep thought and
hard study she brought her compost
ton triumphantly to her teacher and
said:
"There is my composition. 1t was
hard, but have told eXactly-just ex-
actly-what fable is, as you told me
to do. l read over my book of fables
and found out all about Them"
The teacher took the composition
from the little girls hands and read 1t.
1t had one great merritt was quite
short 1t read, "a fable is place
where animals talk, which also they
never do So
The grown people laughed very much
when they read it, but she won the
coral necklace. because mamma knew
she had tried. = Grace Baxter in
Youths Companion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
Masters Sale Of Lands
In CHANoRRY OF NEW JERsRl

IN CHANoERY OF NEW JERSEY.
Between Jennie Magee, Complainant. and Rob
ert Magee, John Magee and Catherine his
wife. William Magee, Isabella Hurlbut, Mar
garet Magee, Robert Magee and Laura his
wife, Elizabeth Magee, widow, Louisa Magee
Mary Magee, Robert Magee, William Magee
and Mary his wife, and John Magee, Defen
On Bill for Partition. Decree for sale dated
February 4, A, D. 1905.
WILLARD W. CUTLER,
Solicitor for Complainant.
TN pursuance of the said decree for sale in the
Master in Chancery of New Jersey, will sell at
public vendue to the highest bidder at the
Court House in Morristown, Morris County,
New Jersey, on
MONDAY, the Twenty-frst Day of MARCH
next A. d. 1904, between the hours of twelve
noon and five in the afternoon, that is, at two
o'clock P. NJ, certain lands mentioned in the
said bill and decree in said cause, to wit
All those tracts or parcels of land situate in
the Township of Hanover, in the County of
Morris and State of New Jersey, described as
follows:
FIRST LOT. Beginning at a willow tree on
the bank OF the tail race of the grist mill in
Whippany, and running thence az in the line
of the Halstead lot North twenty eight degrees
East, two chains and fifty-nine links t. the
Newark and Mt P easanu turnpike road
thence (2) South along said road sixty-one de-
grees and thirty minutes East, eighty nine
West, two chains and sixty links to the race
bank aforesaid; thence up the race bank to the
beginning Containing one-quarter of an acre
more or less.
SECOND LOT. Adjoins the above described
lot and begins at the Northeasterly corner of
the same, thence South sixty-one degrees East,
thirty-seven links; thence (2) south twenty
eight degrees West, two chains and thirty nine
links thence (8) up said race thirty nine links
thence "a North twenty eight degrees East,
two chains and thirty nine links to the place of
beginning: including an interest in dover of
Elizabeth Magee widow of William Magee, de-
ceased and the inchoate estate of dowers OF
Catharine Magee, Laura Magee and Mary
Magee in said premises, together with all and
singular the heredtaments and appurtenances
to the said premises belonging or in any wise
appertaining.
Dated February 18th, A. D. 1904.
HENRY G. PITNEY, JB, Special Master,
National Iron Bank Building,
Jerseyman and Chronicle. Morristown, N j.
Prf. $500 4l90
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A Young Elocutionist.

Denzel Ruth Newberry. the four
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
III. Newberry of Sterling, ILL.,, is able
to repeat forty-eight Rotations and
songs. among the number being Cur
few Shall Not Ring Tonight and Hail
Columbia" the total number of words
m the forty eight pieces being $3.50.
She began learning short poems
about year ago, and when q poem is
learned she does not forget 1t. When
reeiting she begins with the first poem
that she learned and recites the total
Of forty-eight poems without being
prompted, taking about seventy fave
minutes to recite them all.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
The Everlasting Smokers.

Is it our 0wn fault that men now
smoke all over the house, in close car
riages with ladies and between the
dances at bali? Men of the old school
there are few left-of the fine old
type that observes the rules of collr.
tesy where women are concerned
would not dream of asking girl to
dance while shedding ground them
doors of whisky and tobacco. But the
young men c. the day. with a few de.
lightful exceptions, make it their con.
sran1 -.1tica.-London Truth.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
AN EXTREMELY UNPLEASANT
CONDITION.

You are probably fond of outdoor
exercise, and indulge in driving, walk
ing or skating, yet each pleasure has
it's drawback. You find your hands,
lips and other exposed parts roughened
and chapped by the cold atmosphere.
This could be obviated or the condi-
tion cured by ParoIa Cream. Instant
relief from the burning sensation. For
sale by Henry M. Smith.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
Dissolution Notice.

WE, the firm Of Price g. Guerin have this
w day been dissolved by mutual consent.
harness sale business will be cnndncted In the
future by Mr.. A. N. Guerin at 90 and o. South
street. The horse sale and exchange business
street. Either OF the former partners will sign
in liquidation. We will be glad to receive all
bills against the old firm, and to receive pay
the former Office Of Price 8 Guerin, 90 South
street, Morristown, N
ROBERT A. PRICE
ANDERSON IA GUERIN,
Dated 18th Of February, A. D. 1904.
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what Its Initials stand FOR.

Y. p. 9. G. E.-Your Privilege Spread
Ing Christianity Everywhere.
His Little Joke ON the Doctor.
Doctor" said the patient, after pay
ing his bill, "if there is anything in the
theory Of the TRANSPORTATION OF souls
you'll be war horse after DEATH"
THAT sounds rather fattering," re-
marked DR. Price-P Price.
Eyes, you're such a splendid charger"
Catholic Standard.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
A Modern Runaway.

One day Eva, who had never seen an
automobile, was playing on the road
side when one rushed by.
Mamma, mamma" she shouted, 1.-The
wagon has ruined away and left the
horse sOmewheres!'-Cinci Trib-
Hne.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
milwaukee Sentinel.


"SOme scientist has made the discov-
cry that every one is born left handed"
well. can go even further than
that l maintain that every one lie
born with predisposition to say 4
done IT, Chicago Record Herald.
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40 should we live that every hour
May die as dies the natural nowss-
"A self reviving thing Of power.
That every thought and every deea
May hold within itself the 500
OF future @ood and future need.
3 --11ilnAA.
The Nickel Plate Road Again Selling
Low Rate Colonist Tickets to the
Pacific Coast.
Tickets on sale every day March /
to April 30, at the rate OF $3.50
These tickets are good in our trans
continental tourist sleepers, and via
any route desired beyond Chicago
For full particulars see local agents, OF
write r. Il. Payne, General Agent
29l Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04

Mrs. Nuritch-I want to get pair Of
swell white gloves to wear to a ball
Clerk-Yes'm. How long do you want
them7 Mrs. Nuritch-See here, young
man, amt talkin' about rentin' 'em.
l want to buy 'eIn.-Ph Philadelphia Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
For Ann.

Never think that Christian Endeav-
or society Is a coterie Of young people
Of like ages who come into meeting
for good time once week. 1t ought
to be for every young person within
reach.-Rev. DR.. Francis r. Clark.