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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-10-20
A SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON.

Ramie. a plant extensively grown In
India and China. Is recommended by q
writer In the British Trade Review as
substitute for cotton.
Those who have made an exhaustive
study of the plant say that 1t Is the
textile of the future. for It can be
more cheaply cultivated and Is not
subject to the ravages which devas'
tate cotton fields.
AS yet there are no machines for
the proper treatment Of the dber. but
such machines would be rapidly forth.
coming as soon as there was q valid
demand FOR them.
A cheap substitute for cotton would
almost work an industrial revolution.
Boston Globe.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-10-20
COMPETITION IN TITLES.

II only this discovery Of q trafick.
Ing in foreign titles had como sooner.
perhaps we might have been spared
some talk about international mar.
riages "for a coronet-" Why should
a thrifty millionaire pay good slice
out Of his fortune for the sake Of get.
ting bunch of crested tesof-hand
into the family. at the further sacri.
fee Of his daughters well-being. pos
sibly. when he can purchase German
baronetcy for $4,000. or lesser. but
still very respectable. degree of no
bllity for 100000, to say nothing Of
Spanish and Portuguese mark-downsY,
Certainly here Is a laudable enter.
prise being nipped In the bud.-Bos.
ton Transcript
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-10-20
SOUR MILK AS A LIFE SAVER.

Some actresses have advertised
that they take buttermilk baths (and
it Is better to take buttermilk baths
than none at ALL, but it remained for
Prof. Ellie Metchnikoff of the Pasteur
institute of London to discover the
efficacy of sour milk as life-preserv.
ing potation. 1t Is feared that many
persons will be SO unappreciative Of
the scientific achievement of Prof.
Metchnikoff that they would rather
take on age than take In sour milk.
However. If 1t came to the last pinch.
where a man must decide between
the cold grave and glass of sour
milk, some of the more timid would
doubtless take the milk.-Washington
Star.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-10-20
TREATMENT OF HABiTUAL GRIM.
iNAIS.

The test of the habitual criminal Is
the lack Of response to reformative
influences. The beginner In crime.
whatever his temperament or his ap.
parent hardness of heart, Is entitled
to at least one opportunity to show
whether he Is thus amenable to re.
formatory influences or not II not
and he persists in criminal action.
the interest of society would seem to
demand the indeterminate sentence
and he must be made to understand
that, having forfeited his chance to
shape his own career, he belongs to
the state, and that whether his i'm
prisonment lasts for q shorter or
longer period depends upon himself.
New York Times.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-10-20
Two Lights, One Candle.

To perform this amusing little trick
you need large pane of clear glass,
two candlesticks and two candles. The
candlesticks must be exactly alike and
so must the candles.
Hang up the glass near window
and at right angles to 1t. Place one
candle and holder about foot in
front Of the glass, the other at an
equal distance behind It.
Now the surface Of a pane Of glass
acts like mirror and makes a re-
hected image Of any object which Is
placed In front of it. So as you stand
In front Of the glass and arrange the
two candles you see, apparently, three
candles. That Is to say, you see the
two real candles and the reflected i'm
age Of one Of them.
Move the candles until this image
completely covers and blends with
the other candle which you see
through the glass.
Now you have got the candle into
the desired position, and, no matter
from what point you look at. you Will
oSC ohiy IWo CduuiSS, Ouc uehOIo anu
tho other behind the glass.
Now show your friends the two
candles, letting them look behind the
glass to see that there really are two
and not merely one and It's reflection.
Then. while everybody is standing In
front Of the glass, strike q match and
light the candle in front. Your frienCs
will be surprised to see that both can
dies are lighted or appear to be.
But what seems to be the flame Of
the candle behind the glass ir the re-
Election of the flame In front.
Before any inquisitive person can
peek" behind the glass. blow out
both candles by blowing out the front
one. when the reflected fame will, Of
course. ,disaIpear also.
1t will be an Improvement, perhaps.
to arrange matters SO lat the spec
tators cannot look behind the glass.
In this case, part Of the second candle
or at least the candlesticks must show
under the glass. for It will be no trick
at all II yoa Go not give some evi.
dence that there are two candles.
When the trick Is done In this way
an ordinary siivered mirror may be
used instead Of the pane Of glass.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-10-20
The Road to Yesterday.
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The Road to Yesterday.
Oh, the nursery Is lonely. and the gar.
den's full Of rain,
And there's nobody at all who wants
But think II should only run with
all my might and main
could leave this dreary country OF
To-day.
For It can't be far to cross 1t. since
came myself last night
When went to sleep they brought me
all the way
And To-morrows very near. they say it's
almost in our sight,
SO ! soon could come again to Yester-
day.
Over there my boat Is sailing, all alono
upon the pond
must hurry back before she blows
astray;
And arbutus flowers are trailing in the
pleasant fields beyond.
With the other little, lovely flowers OF
May.
And the trees are white with blossoms.
and the air Is bright with song,
And the children all are happy there
and gay.
Oh. I want to go to find them now, and
you may como along,
II you'll show me, please, the road to
Caroline Mccormick in Harper's.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-10-20
A Rocking Stone.

A very wonderful thing Is the great
Piedra Monediza, or rocking stono.
which Is poised on the top of tne
highest mountain on the eastern coast
Of the far-of Argentine Republic in
South America. 1t hangs as though it
were as light as air, and could be
blown away by the gusts Of wind
that always are playing about the
mountain. Yet 1t is huge bowlder
though It can be moved about in a
small socket and rocked by pushing
it with the hand. In very windy
weather, too, 1t Is seen to move per-
ceptibly. Travellers put all kinds of
articles beneath it. In the socket, to
test its movement; for, when the
stone rocks, anything that Is under.
meath 1t Is crushed to powder: but,
though 1t moves. no power can throw
the huge stone from its place.
The peak on which the stone rests
Is one Of the Tandil mountains, in tie
southern part Of the province Of Bue-
nos Ayres.
There is legend telling how this
province, once very rich, was attacked
by much dreaded Gaucho chief, who
tried in vain many times to conquer
it. Then, hearing of a tradition that
SO long as the stone remained in place
he determined to pull the stone from
its seat. He caused ropes to be netted
around it. and then harnessed to the
ropes hundreds OF wild horses. newly
caught by his men with their lassos.
. All were strong and vigorous ami.
mails, to which even the slightest har-
ness necessary to secure them to the
ropes leading from the great bowlder
was an insult not to be tolerated for a
moment imagined how they must
have plunged, kicked and struggled
when they felt the whip for the first
time!
When all was prepared. the poor
beasts. already frantic with restraint
and terror, were beaten and shouted
Ut, so that, to get away. they pulled
and tugged with might and main; but
for all their effort, the Piedra did not
swerve from the place; and the chief,
proud and mighty as he was. was
obliged to acknowledge himself van.
quished.
The stone hangs there still. and as
It is the only wonderful natural feat
ure In the whole country the natives
, Are very n oud Of 1t. and many curl.
Gus visitors go, to see 1t every year.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-10-20
About Indian Dolls.

When an Indian girl dies her moth.
er often Substitutes O doll for her last
little one. She fills the empty cradle
with feathers. arranged In the form
Of the child. and carries this around
9th her wherever she goes. talking
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

Even if we accept the widest fig
ures Of BATH losses coming from Chi
ma or st. Petersburg, vet the fighting
in the Far East falls far below battles
that were fought without the aid Of
machine guns and magazine rifles,
says the Birmingham Age Herald. The
Romans fought battles with short
swords. They literally hacked the en-
envy to pieces, andssome of their bat
ties were very bloody. The bloodiest
battle Of the powder age, doubtless,
was Borodino, in which the French
loss is put at 10000. and the Russian
at 10000. The correctness of these fig
ures may be open to dispute, but they
have gone into history and it is not
easy to assail them. Leipsic was even
deadiier-the French loss being put
at $1,000. and that Of the allies at
$4,000.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

In speech by Henry Irving, at Man
chester, the eminent actor said: 1.-THE
dearth of plays scarcely dare to mem
tion because 1t proyokes lively CORE
spondence in the newspapers. Au-
thors write to say that they have mas
ferpieces in abundance which the sell
fishness Of actor managers win not al
low to see the light. But every man
ager is not an actor yearning for the
middle Of the stage, Mr.. Charles
Frohlnan searches the highways and
byways Of Britain and America, and
I have never heard him complain that
he has more masterpieces than he
knows what to do with. In the sue
cess or failure of play there is often
an element of mystery. 1t springs
from some unknown quality in the
public mind with which the longest ex-
perience cannot reckon"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

Galyeston's sea wall, three and a
quarter miles long and standing sew
enteen feet above mean tide, has been
finished, and the work of raising the
grade of the city to level with the
top of this barrier has begun. The
predictions made at the time Of the
city's engulfment, that the location Of
this great entrepot Of the South would
have to be changed have been splen-
didly refuted, the Philadelphia Record
comments on the matter There are
few tasks so hard that they cannot be
accomplished where there 3 a will to
do Faith moves mountains; but only
fguratively. Grit does so actually
when it causes them to be shoveled
into ears and hauled away; it sets linz
It's to the sea and enables city whose
inhabitants are possessed Of that quail
ity 10 pluck a victory out Of seemingly
overwhelming disaster.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

The refreshing part Of story which
the New York Times recounts is not
the stupidity Of man in his domestic
aspect. The particular man concerned
is an actor whose wife-an actressis
an earnest advocate of the theory that
food should fit the consumer rather
than the reverse. Consequently there
are periods when milk flows incessant-
" through the household menu. Again
it is hot water, and at other times
nuts, fruit; and grains alone are relied
upon to nourishl genius to its finest
dover.
Once, in the grain age, the wife was
called away to rehearsal that was
likely to last well into the afternoon.
She told her husband that he would
have to get his own luncheon. and he
cheerfully consented to do it.
II had fine meal on your new GER
eal," he said, when she returned.
.sWhat do you mean?1 she inquired.
Il haven't any new cereal in the
house"
why, that nutty sort Of stun you
left on the diniug-room table,
The wife sat down suddenly You've
eaten up my window gardens she
walled. "All my petunia. nasturtium
and pansy seedsv'
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Auto Causes Serious Runaway

~
Miss Valera Radden and Miss May
MADDEN, daughters of Henry f. Mad
den, of 2O4 Madison avenue, were out
for a drive in Seabright and while they
were on the Monmouth Beach stone
road an auto came up alongside the
horse, which became unmanageable.
In front of the summer home of Rich
ard DeGray the animal bolted toward
the hedge, nearly running down a
nurse wheeling baby in carriage.
The coachman, Richard Leave, was
thrown out on the road. Miss May
Hadden jumped from the vehicle,
two wheeled cart, without injury.
Miss Valaria, in jumping, was thrown
backward and her leg was broken.
1t was. set by Drs. Ward and Hongh-
ton and she was taken to the Had
den summer home on the Rumson
road. The coachmans condition is
serious.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

The entire front of the Methodist
Church at Windsor is wreck from a
bolt of lightning in storm. The
steeple was demolished and crashed
through the roof of the edifice in many
places. Two fine stained glass win
dows. thesgift Of the Junior and Senior
Leagues, were smashed into a thou
sand pieces, and the large audience,
room, which was recently redecorated
and recarpeted, is Uttered with debris.
while the ceiling is broken in dozen
places. Heavy beams were hurled sew
eral hundred feet from the building.
The lightning followed an iron fence.
into the parsonage adjoining the church
and passed directly through Rev. Al
fred Judges study, doing considerable
damage. Fortunately, Mr. Judge and
his family were away. The loss, it is
said, is covered by insurance.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30
In All Parts of the State.

A dog poisoner is at work in Clay
ton.
Measles stiIl trouble the young PEG
pie Of Hurffville.
Al new M. b. parsonage viii be erect
ed at Pedricktown.
Salem County canneries began oper
atoms week earlier than last year.
1t is reported that the trolley is t.
be extended from Mantha to Clayton.
Salem County Freeholdcrs' budget ii
$4,000, decrease Of $4,000 from last
year.
Egg Harbor City is increasing it'll
ire fighting facilities by adding hose
wagons.
Gunners in Salem County have beer
reaping a harvest from blackbirds ths
past few days.
The Collector of Palmyra TOWNSHIP
mas advertised eighty SIX properties fol
sale4 for unpaid taxes. On some o.
them no taxes have been paid in tween
ty years.
Gloucester's dismantled trolley cars
used in the race rack days, and whicl
have been standing within the rae,
track for years, have been broken VI
for <frewood.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

Additional proof Of the enormous
change IN French journalism in recent
years is seen In the fact that the Petit
Partisan now comes out as a twelve
page paper. Ten years ago it was a
little fourpage sheet. Then it grew to
six pages. then to eight. and has now
reached twelve. AS its circulation is
over a million q day, it may now be
considered the best newspaper prop
erty in France. Thirty years ago Al.
Dupuy, its proprietor. was bailiff
serving writs in Paris, and three yeaEs
ago he was Munster Of Agriculture.
Now he is d multimillionaise Ns*-
York Herald
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30
No Outlet For Tomatoes.

The farmers Of the country surround.
ing Salem can see many acres going
to waste on the vines unless quick pro-
vision can be made with the Gamers
in the South. 1t is said the local
Gamers will make only two-thirds Of
a pack, owing to the unsettled condi-
ton of the markets, while the farmers
supposed early in the season that the
situation would be similar to that of
the past two or three years. when there
was great demand up to the very
last tomato. Some canneries, now in
operation, are paying the contract
price, So per ton, but many growers
are offering their entire acreage at Sc
per ton.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

The great fever Of trying TO make
ST earn SIS is growing more and more
contagious. declares Success. We see
even women secretly going into brok-
erg offices and bucket shops invest
ing everything they have in all sorts
OF schemes, drawing their deposits out
of the banks, sometimes pawning their
jeweiry even their engagement rings
land borrowing, hoping to make a
lot Of money before their husbands or
families find it out, and then 10 sur
prise them with the results; but in
most cases what they invest is hope
IessIy lost. Thousands Of young
Americans are So tied up BY financial
Or other entangIements. even before
they get fairly started in their life
work, that they can only transmit a
fiff1e Of their real ability or their splen-
did energies into that which win count
ii their lives. A large part Of it is
lost 80 tie way up. as the energy Of
TIE eoaI is nearly All lost before il
reaclies the leetric bulb.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

Were every case Of criminal assault
taken in hand with like swiftness, the
mob could no longer presume to be the
protector of women, The Outlook de-
clares, commenting on the swift JUS
fice melted out in a recent case OF as
sault If. New Jersey. 1t remains for
tbe legislatures Of the. several States
to enact laws that will insure swift
and decisive action in all such cases.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

A beauty hospital for horses has been
established on the Continent. Here horses
hoofs manicured and their teeth filed and
whitened; and here they learn TO stand
properly and to move IN all the fashionable
gaits. Probably the most interesting and
novel operation to witness is the electrical
massaging of horses coat This has the
same effect on the coat Of a horse as on
the scalp of q man; it makes the hair thick
and fine and glossy, and where the skin
has been rubbed bare it brings on new
growth.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30
on The Pilots Annual Cruise.

The annual cruise rendered by the
Pilots Association to. prominent Off
Gals and others ON the pilot boat Ed
munds left Cape May. The party con-
sisted of Congressman II. @. Louden-
slayer, State Assessor David Baird,
former Senator Charles A. Reed, of
Somerset County; former Senator r..
q. Hand, former State Controller w.
s. Hancock, of Trenton; President
Peter Shields, OF the Cape May Real
Estate Company; Colonel w. H. Sayen
and former City Treasurer ]. Hamp-
ton Moore. Of Philadelphia.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30
Timbers Brothers Safe in JAN.

Joseph and Israel Timbers and Hor-
ace Robinson, recently sentenced to
six months inethe State Prison at Tren-
ton, as accessories in the Biddle out
rage, were taken to Trenton. With
them was Joseph Chambers, sentenced
to nine months for robbing Freebooter
Oscar Wittmeyer. The four prisoners,
manacled together, were delayed sew
eral minutes at the station. where a
large crowd gathered, but there were
no offers of violence.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30
Hungry Rabbits Eating Crops.

Farmers in the section near VIII
JAMESTOWN are complaining of the dep
relations Of rabbits, They say that
the animals are more numerous than
ever and attribute It to the fact that
SO many foSes have been killed the
past year. Jerry Ford, near jew,
town, has had all his sweet potato
vines destroyed, and Joshua Bittle's
lima beans and eitrons have been de-
stroyed by the hungry cottontails.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

Few criminals have ever made q
more effective plea than that made
the other day by the young man who
begged 10 De sent TO the House of Cor
rection rather than to prison to acquire
the ability to earn an honest living
when he should again be at liberty.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30
YOUNGSTOWN PosToFF1cE.
Open from z In the Morning Until =
In the Evening.

Open from z In the Morning Until z
in the Evening.
MAILS CLOSE.
7.sO I. M.--Tor New York and all interrnedi-
ate stations.
sl5A. M.-Hor Easton. Newton. Chester and
al intermediate stations. Whippany
SIS A. NJ. For Brookside, Mendham and all
stations on the RocKaway Valley Railroad.
s.l5A. K.-For New York and intermediate
itations.
9lbA. M--For Mount Freedom.
0ab M-For Newark, New York and be-
Fond.
ll.sA. M.--Tor Newark New York and be-
fond
is,4s ?. M.--For New York and All intsrms-
Hate stations
l2.a5 P. M.-For Roclzaway and Dover.
atO P. sM.-gor New York and all interme-
date stations.
AAns READY ron nnLlvERx.
! s7.DA.n.-From New Work ana intermedt
ste stations.
eSO A.. M.-From IIaekettstown and inter
mediate stations, Whippany. Mt. Freedom.
"a. M-Frpm Brookdde, Mendhkm and all
stations on Che Rockaway Valley Railroad.
1920 A. NJ. From New York and intermedi
ate stations. ~
n A. NJ From Dover
lilo r. NJ. -Erom New York and intsrmedi-
ste stations.
I28 P. M.--ErcM New York.
$50 p. From Philadelphia, Easton, New
ton. Chester and intermediate stations
40 r. N, from Brookside, Nendham ana all
stations On the RockAwhy Valley Railroad.
sa.1i = M1-Bxom New York and intarmedi.
ate stations.
.a.laFrom Newark and New York,
spelivered by carriers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30
A Hard. Hcaded Farmer,

Edward Duty. Of Wo0dsfown, claims
to have the hardest skull OF any white
man living iii that vicinity. While
driving i heavy farm wagon be fell
OF and both wheels Of one side Of the
wagon passed over his head. He was
brought to the jail hospital, in Salem,
where County Physician Jackson
fonnd that lie was not injured.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30
Mind Affected Is Trolley Accident.

1'IlI1tr AKrSSNeSs ~ = 1O11VJ 7NSS1u0nts
: Edward Whitcraft, a Palmyra oyster
dealer, has entered suit to recover
$4,000 damages from the Camden and
Suburban Railway Company. for in
iuries received by his fourteen-ye
old son, George. While riding on the
road two months ago young Whitcraft
put his head out car window, struck
a pole close to the track and his skull
was fractured. He is home from the
hospital, but his mind is affected
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

Al Sheboygan policeman, yawned 50
hard he broke a muscle in his neck
and may die as a result. None Of the
Chicago police, it may be remarked.
are suffering from ennui to this degree.
remarks an astute editor Of the Windy
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

They are making gas in the Philip
pines with oil in redhot retorts. That
scheme might work out well during
some Of the joint debates in the In
diana belt, declares the indianapolis
Nays
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

A commission man who has made a
tour of the fruit districts Of Salem
County says this years crop will ex-
coed that of 1908 tenfold. He finds
the trees so heavy laden that many
of the limbs are breaking.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

"But you know. persistsa Is wife
who was trying to work ner husband
FOR new outfit. that ali aFdmen are
slaves to fashion" .sTrae nv dear, :
replied the heartless husband. but I'm
not the man to give up money iol l6E
purpose Of encouraging slavery a sNF
soFsn. fhiraeo News
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

The Vienna chief police authorities.
contemplate introducing the phono-
graph in recording verbal evidence,
instead If having it written down.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

Every man ought to have a hobby.
"a good hobby for married man to
have is doing everything that his wife
wants him to- says the someryilIe Jour-
mol
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30

ElIen Stone ana Ion Perdicaris could
collaborate in a story Of bandits that
would chill The blood in July.