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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
WALKING IN CIRCLES.
Why People Lost In Fog or Forest
Do Not Go Straight On.

Why People Lost In Fog or Forest
Do Not Go Straight On.
1t is matter of common knowledge
that when man is walking blindfold-
ed or is lost in fog or in some I'M
known forest or desert instead of
walking straight he has always
tendency to work round in circle. The
most commonly accepted explanation
of this curious fact is the slight in
equality Of a mans legs. The result
of one limb being longer than the
other will naturally be that a per-
son will unconsciously take longer
step with the longer limb, and con-
sequently will trend to the right or
to the left, according as the left or
right is the longer, unless the tendency
to deviation is corrected by the eye.
This explanation is supported by the
fact that in the enormous majority of
cases the human legs are proved to be
of unequal length. The careful meas
urements of a series of skeletons
showed that no less than 80 per cent
had the lower limbs unequal in length
81 per cent had the right limb longer
than the left, while in 90 per cent the
left leg was the longer. The left leg
being, therefore. more often the longer,
it is to be expected that the inclina
ton should take place more frequently
to the right than to the left, and this
conclusion is quite borne out by OBJ
servat;ons made on a number of per
sons when walking blindfolded.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
THE FIRST USE OF GAS.
The Way the Idea of Using 1t For
Light Was Ridiculed.

Light Was Ridfculed.
Great was the amazement OF all Eu-
rope when at about the close Of the
century William Murdoch discovered
thar gas could be used for Illuminating
purposes. SO little was the invention
understood by those who had not seen
it in use that even the great and wise
q men of the British parliament
laughed at the idea. How can there
be light without wick?" said one
member of that august body, with a
wink and a knowing nod Even the
great Sir Humphry Davy ridicuIed the
idea of lighting towns and cities with
gas. He one day asked Murdoch do
you mean to use the dome of st. Paul's
for your gas meter?" Sir Walter Scott
also made merry of the gas idea and
of the coming attempt to illuminate
London with smoke from a tar fac
tory"
When the house of commons was
finally lighted with the new illuminant,
the architect and custodian of the
building, who imagined that the gas
ran as fire through the pipes. insisted
that they be removed several inches
from the wall to prevent the building
from taking fire. Several distinguished
members were also observed carefully
touching the pipes with their gloved
fingers and then smelling of them to
see if they could detect the odor of
burned leather.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
INSTANT DEATH.
1t Is Not So Quick but That the Mind
Has Time to Act

1t is questionable if such a phenom
enon as instant death is known to the
scientist and investigator. Physicians
and surgeons tell us that death by
gunshot wound is the easiest mode OF
terminating life; yet, rapid as such a
mode of taking off must necessarily
be, the body has leisure to feel and
time to reflect and on rare occasions
even to act
On the first attempt of one of the
adherents Of the Spanish monarch to
assassinate William, prince of Orange,
the bail passed through the bones of
his face and brought him to the ground.
In the instant which preceded stupe-
faction. however he was able to frame
the notion that the ceiling of room
had fallen in and crushed him.
Another question in this connection
is that of probable pain. Although nu,
merous instances could be cited in
support of the view that the mind acts
in cases of so called instant death, it
by no means follows that the infliction
Of a fatal blow is attended by the least
semblance Of pain or a single pang Of
fear or regret Unless death results
Immediately. however, the pain may
ebe as varied as the nature of the in
juries
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
HAIRS OF THE NETTLE.

The Reason They sting So When
They Prick the Flesh.
The singing hairs of the common
nettle, which can easily be seen by the
naked eye, stand out under the micro
scope as rigid. transparent, tubular
prickles, highly polished and exqui-
sltely pointed. AT their bases these
hairs are furnished with dubious reser-
voirs. which are charged with formic
acid, an acrid, poisonous fluid, which is
discharged into the wound after the
sharp points have pierced the skin.
Mr.. Curtis, in his Flora" gives this
graphic description of the process:
Placing the foot stalk of a nettle leaf
on the stage of.l microscope. pressed
the bu-b With blunt pin and found
liquid ascend in the prickle, as quick
silver does when a warm hand is APP
piled to tie bulb Of thermometer.
saw the liquid ascend and flow from
its extremity. | was the more anxious
to see this. as | fancied the poison
might proceed from an aperture in the
side of the Sing near its point, and
here it APP cars to be placed rather
than quite at the end, that it may not
take off from its necessary sharpness.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
PLANTS IN BEDROOMS.
They Are Harmless In the Daytime,
but Vicious at Night.

They Are Harmless In the Daytime,
but Vicious at Night.
In the daytime when sunlight slim
ulates their nutrition, plants can do
no harm in bedrooms, for then they
give off oxygen and are useful in alb
sorbing from the air the carbon which
is injurious to animal life. The free
use which is made nowadays Of Cow
ers and plants in our hospitals is in It
self sufficient proof that this is a whole
some means of ministering mental
cheer and comfort to the sick and suf-
fering.
At night the case is different. Then
all plants and flowers are removed
from hospital wards, because they ex-
hale the carbonic acid which they have
gathered from the soil and air and
thus give off by a process similar to
respiration gas which is Injurious
We may therefore conclude that dur
ing the hours of darkness, when the
respiratory process is active and the
nutritive is at a standstill, plants should
have no place in our bedrooms What
Is prudent in spacious wards is imper-
alive in smaller chambers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
THE LAND CRAB.

Mean Tick by which Pacific Is
land Natives Catch Them.
IN Fiji ana other Pacific islands the
nstives have IN ingenious plan of cap
turirg the male crab. The native goes
OFT in the late night. and when he
lcars q crab at work up a tree he
climbs up some fifteen or twenty feet
the tree is generally hundred feet
high or more-and ties large wisp of
grass round tie trunk. The crab, hav-
ing finished his work. hurries down to
his partner for feed. travelling back
ward. as usual When he comes to the
treacherous clump of grass, thinking
he is once more on mother earth, he
lets go his hold of the tree and of
course goes down SMASH breaking his
legs and getting stunnt~. to fall an
easy victim to the native boys who
come round with their baskets in the
morning. The whole of crabdom APP
parently regarded this as mean trick
when it came in first, and they are
now very circumspect on their expe-
ditions. so that few are caught in this
way.
In his hole the land crab makes him
self comfortable bed of cocoanut
fiber, and he makes the material up
so well that the native women burrow
for it, as it is found useful for many
purposes-pillow stufiing, the making
of chignons. pads and other modern
toilet "fakings" which they have now
picked up from the mission stations
and towns
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
BOTHLOVED THE
SAME WOMAN
How Two Brothers Easily
Settled a Matter Of
Matrinony.
NEVER KNOWN TO QUARREL
How Two Brothers Settled Matter
of MatrimOny.

How Two Brothers Settled Matter
of MatrimOny.
An English book of "reminiscences
tells Of two squires named Leaman of
Ivybridge-''two thin, delicate looking
old men, twin brothers, seventy two
years old, with white hair, very gentle
and courteous in manner, red cutaway
coats, white cords, black boots, caps
and gloves" When past sixty years
Of age one night after hunting one of
them said to the other: II have been
thinking neither of us can have much
longer to live in this world and it will
be terrible thing for the survivor to
have to remain here alone. Don't you
think one of us ought to marry %
YES" was the reply Il have thought
80 for a long time We'll, do you
know of any lady?'' YES; do. Is
there any one you fancy?" On COM
pairing notes il appeared they had both
selected the same woman, the manager
of hotel at Okehampton. "Well,"
said one, 1--WE have lived together all
these years without wry word, and
it's a pity we should fall out at our
time of life" So they tossed up who
should marry her. The winner rode
down to Okehampton next morning
and was accepted. All three lived to-
gether and the wife nursed both broth
ers in their last illness and was left
their money.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
Enlarging the Chest.

Any one can increase the size of his
chest two or three inches in as many
months without the use Of any appa-
ratus or mechanical contrivance what
ever. When he rises in the morning
let him go out into the purest air he
can find, raise his arms to the height
of shoulders, the palms downward,
then. while inhaling a deep breath,
gradually extend them upward until
the backs of the hands touch above his
head. DO this dozen times every
morning. and the result will be chest
development that will surprise any one
who has not made the experiment
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
THE TESTING
OF FLOUR
1t is Quite an Important
Event in the Big Flour
Mills Of To-Day.
MYSTERY OF THE LETTER x

The letters XNNX which decorate
our -four bags are Il source of mystery
to the average housewife but get there
very naturally. In the largest flour
mills several tests are given all flour
sent cut, but the final test is the bak-
ing trial In kitchen attached to the
flour mills, which is Respondent with
shining pans electric ovens and white
cooling boards, there are loaves of
bread made daily from the different
samples of -four which have just been
ground. Cooks are ke,G the year
round for this purpose, VI as many
as sixty loaves are made daily by one
mill alone.
Exactly at O'Clock in the afternoon,
after the bread is done, the head mill
ers file into the kitchen and cut and in
speet the different loaves. No man
knows which flour has come from his
mill, so the test is an impartial one. A
vote is taken on the best loaf, and the
-four from which that was made is
marked with the mysterious KS. Sc
great has this business of testing flour
become that one great mill has testing
rooms to which samples of grain are
sent from all over the United States
and Canada. These samples are made
into bread ag,er going through a minia-
ture -four mill, After the bread has
been made the package of grain is sent
back to the miller who shipped it with
full directions how to mark his flour,
whether best or second best.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
Won His Amendments.

When Holxe Smith was secretary of
the interior he was especially gener-
Gus to Georgians in the matter of de-
partment clerkships. 1t was generally
conceded that around the patent, pen
sion and land offices one could not
throw a stick without hitting Geor-
gian. Senator Voorhees, of Indiana
had been trying to place one or two
Hocs.er constituents, but had failed.
One day the senator came along whis-
Ting Marching Through Georgia"
and keeping step to the tune.
what are you doing that for?" ask
ed Hoke Smith.
Just can't help it." said Senator
Voorhees,. 1T is just like marching
through Georgia to come through your
department
He got the appointments that day.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
WHAT MICROBES ARE.
How They Multiply and How Nature
Keeps Them Within Bounds.

How They Multiply and How Nature
Keeps Them Within Bounds.
Since Pasteur demonstrated the fact
that many human diseases are due to
minute living things which grow and
multiply in our bodies there has been
a tendency to call all microscopic or
ganisms, whether harmful or not,
germs" or microbes or bacteria"
indiscriminately. This confusion may
be cleared by the statement that pro-
tozoa are the lowest known forms of
animals and that bacteria are the low
est known forms of plants, while
germs" and microbes may apply to
the disease causing forms in either
group.
In our laboratories, under suitable
conditions of food and warmth, a ba-
cillus splits in half an hour into two
parts, each of which splits again in
half an hour, and so on, and it has
been estimated that single bacillus,
If given similar conditions in nature,
would within week give rise to pro-
geny numerous enough to fill the At
lantic ocean. Such overwhelming is
largely prevented by the protocol.
which feed upon the bacteria, increas-
ing as they increase and decreasing as
this food supply gives out. The pro-
tozoa in turn are eaten by animals like
the worms and shellfish, these by 9th
ers, and so on. the balance of nature
being so delicate that no form increases
disproportionately for any length of
time. although, like the locust plague
or the California fruit tree scale or
the gypsy moth. some forms may oc-
casionally predominate.- N. Cal
kins in Century.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

A great crowd has assembled to
cheer the boy prince Alexander on his
arrived at Belgrade by steamer. why
do these people make so much noise
when they see me-" cried little Alex
ander. Because they love you. my lit
tie SON" Immediately he almost
sprang out Of the minister's arms, call
ing out: "They say you love me. Show
me your love by throwing all your hats
into TIE water The hats were
thrown From Belgrade, the White
City of Death"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
A Rishnn,a missing.

1t is what man might have been
which jars on what he is. When a
man has once stood on the mount of
vision, when he has once heard the
call of God to his soul AMI made an
swer, Here am l." he can never go
back to dwell in the valley of common
place. The miasma there, to which
ordinary men have become immune,
is deadly to him.-From Maud Wilder
Goodwin's -Four Roads to Paradise"
in Century
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

Captain Hambro, while travelling
among the KAYAKS of Turkestan, dis
covered a curious way of taking a
heavily laden boat across a broad riv-
err The method consisted in piling up
the boat as full as it would hold with
out sinking of all the persons and all
their baggage that it was desired to
take across. Then the boat was
launched. There were no oars and no
sails. The motive power was supplied
by the horses, the cattle. the sheep and
tie goats of the nomadic and pastoral
people swimming in front and along
Size and so by degrees that were far
more slow than they were sure towing
the boat to the other side. In one in
stance which Captain Hambro men
tons the river that party crossed in
this manner was 200 yards wide.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

The earliest church permanently es-
tablisLed in Maine is said to have been
Episcopal Services were held at Saco
In lc17. At what is now Popham serv-
ices were held frequently in 1907. the
first instances of the performance of
the rites of the Episcopal church in
any part of the United States north
Of Virginia end the first Protestant
worship and preaching by an ordained
mister in any portion. of this vast
territory
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
AN EXTREMELY UNPLEASANT
CONDITION.

You are probably fond of outdoor
exercise, and indulge in driving walk
ing or skating, yet each pleasure has
its drawback. You find your hands,
lips and other ext osed parts roughened
and chapped by the cold atmosphere.
This could be obviated or the cond.
ton cured by rola Cream. Instant
relief from the burning sensation. +
sale by Henry NJ. Smith.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

Among the many characteristic stories
that have been told of the methods
that were used by the great man dress
maker of Paris, Worth, in creating his
surprises there is one of a commission
he received for a fancy gown which a
great belle desired to have absolutely
unique. The great man spent the night
consulting with his collaborators, but
the idea refused to materialize Weary
with their fruitless toll, the three art
lists stepped out on balcony to rest
and forget their disappointment in a
cigarette. "Voila! 1t is the dawn
said one. ''Ciel! 1t is the dressr' cried
Worth. and Dawn" with its subtle
harmonies of gray and violet and rose
shot through with gold, was the sue
cess o. the ball.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
ArJApANEsE BABY.
Its Place Is Strapped to the Back of
AIN Older Baby.

Its Place Is strapped to the Back of
AIN Older Baby.
The babies of all except the richest
Japanese are carried about on the back
of an elder sister or brother from the
time they are a few months old. The
poorer the parents the sooner the baby
is fastened on to the back of some
elder member of the family, and it is
not uncommon in the poorer quarters
of Japanese city to see a group of
children six or eight years old playing
in the streets, each of whom bears a
tiny baby sister or brother fastened
with few straps to its back.
These straps are just sufficient to
prevent the baby from falling to the
ground. leaving the comfort of it's pos
ture entirely to its own exertions. AS
a result the Japanese baby early gains
a surprising control of it's muscles, and
it is almost impossible to drop even a
tiny child from your arms, so firmly
does it cling on with both arms and
legs.
The dressing of Japanese baby is
a simple matter. 1t wears nothing but
miniature kimonos, the number vary
ing with the condition of the weather.
These garments are fitted one inside
the other before they are put on. Then
they are laiil down on the floor, and
baby is laid into them. They are long
enough to cover the baby's feet, and
the sleeves are also long enough to
cover the hands. Practically there is
only one garment, and the process of
dressing Japanese baby takes but
two or three minutes of its mother
time.-Chicago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

Have a care, madam" said Mr..
Meeker. summoning up little spunk.
THE worm will turn
did you ever know the worm to
hurt anybody when it turned?" calmly
asked his wife, Chicago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

When you wish to change the address
of your paper be sure and send the
present address as well as the new one
If this is not done it is impossible to
make the change promptly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

Germans claim that poker is an old
German game which for more than
100 years has been played and is still
being played Ia some districts of West
phalia Emigrants took it to the Unit
ed States, where its name Of schar-
wenzel was changed into poker.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

Just think of it, We are passing
through this world, but we are not
STOPPING here Let Ms make the jour
ney agreeable to each other School
master
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

Stockings were first used in the elev-
enth century. Previous to that cloth
bandages We're worn on the feet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-24

and reared. y The flrst picture at the Top
lis that Of Mrs. u. s.. Richardson, Of this i!'
city the baby's grandma Their on his
3mother'ssslde. Three gene era lions are rep.
resented, the grouping and relationship l
possessing more than Gusu al interest III
the personality OF Stuart Page seawells
and hisa grandmothers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-24

80
scene and found all the buildings exc
5cept two small ones destroyed. Her
father went to SAppomattox that day and
hurried hack 10 90 to the scene Of the
burning. .S s. S3i .s84
~ She said Edloe Spencer came to her
home while 1ergfatiler was in the at1n-f
Vile jail and told her mother that Mr..
syvooldrid gel iE,,ad onfessed, Charlie Forbes
had confessed. and that she, herself.
had better confess. = ,s
s5 He told her time ia fter time Il was better,
TO confess, he said. s; @
IF At this point court adjourned until 9
O'Clock Monday vi morning, There Is IL g
tremendous amount Of pecula ton as TO
the outcome 8ofs the, trial. Crowds stood
around tho court yard al ter adjournment
eagerly discussing the probable verdict
In the case Tho case will not end be-
fore the middle 4 Of next week. The argu-s
fment will probably begin Tuesday.
An increasingly large number Of Ia dies:
are present from day I o day. Many Of
them are young ladies md 1 are remark X; y
bly, pretty. s5 /;
The evidence III the case Is being re-.
corded u By a Z. firm Of Roanoke steno-
Sgraphers, Messrs.: Morris and Hart, the
firm that took the evidence in the IA
nous Crawford npbell ca Sc.
As on yesterday, iss Woodbridge re-
corded some OF the eyidc nce given In 8to7f
day. 5S 55 $45
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-24

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II IN. oseph i! n ISeil es- 3 lstol Mr.:
ssmeltzer ~ Kemp, 81 Bed ford City;;s Mr.
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tin, scottsville; Mr.. Ell gene c. Massie.
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Nels s. Rustburg i: II. Frank G 81 New.
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