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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
HER ANSWER.

~Dear Nell," he wrote; 'sthese violets
Eve made so bold to send to you
Shall 10 my mute ambassadors,
Anu an shall tell how deep and true
The scnders love is. craving yours
For him. What messengers more meet2
Are they not typical Of you.
They are so sweet2'
''Dear Jack, she wrote; your violets
Have just this moment been received.
Their message took me by surprise;
Twas something scarce to be believed.
! send my answer back with them;
What litter messengers for your
So typical Of how you'll feel,
They are so bluei"
Catholic Ts-~-- ~~d Standard.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
CHEAP sPoNeEs.
Where Those Sold by the Street
Fakirs Are Procured.


Sponges sold by the street fakir are
rather captivating in appearance, large
and almost white, and the price ranges
from to 10 cents each. People who
have bought spOnges at a drug store
know that no such looking articles can
be got there for SO little money. and so
they invest. But they don't invest
more than once. because the sponge
soon falls to pieces, whereas a good
sponge will last for years.
Somebody started a story years ago
that the reason the fakirs could sell
these sponges 90 cheaply was because
they bought them from the hospitals.
and there are some people who still be-
iieve it. As II men devoting all their
energies and skill to amsliorating the
nls Of mankind wopid spread disease
by distributing old and possibly germ
infected spOnges. AS n matter Of fact
surgeons sDonges are small and
smooth as velvet. being close grained
The fakirs' yspon@es are the clippings
ef the big sponges sold to liverymen
and others who need large sponges
The parts cut away have little body
and would soon tear loose. The fakirs
buy these bits, trim them into shape
and then give them a bath In diluted
muriatic acid. After lying there for IL
hours they are taken out and washed
in clear water and dried. They are
bleached. In other words. but at still
further detriment to the sponge. New
re oln An ~ t. a.
more rotten by the acid, and that 10
why they soon fall apart. But 10 far
as disease is concerned they are as
pure ~ any sponge bought in the finest
drug store Chicago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
His Little Joke on the Docto~

Doctor" said the patient, after pay
ing his bill, IF there is anything in the
theory Of the TRANSPORTATION of souls
you'll be a war horse after DEATH"
''That sounds rather fiattering," re-
marked DR.. Price-Price.
"Yes, you're such splendid charger"
Catholic Standard.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
A Faithful Likeness

Artist Here is the portrait of your
wife which
Mr.. Richman-Ah! It's very like her.
Artist She-er-h'm-she didn't pay
for it. She said you'd do that.
Mr. Richman-Ahl Still more like
her.-Philadelphia Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

Always locate the pansy bed in ali
open. airy place. where the wind can
have free sweep over it. 1t is a mis-
take to plant pansies in the shade. In
der that condition the stems become
weak and struggling, whereas the
plants should be stout and stocky
with the flowers borne on moderately
long stems
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
The Forward Movement.

In October and November 141 new
societies were reported at Christian
Endeavor headquarters. OF this num-
Der fourteen came from New York and
Indiana, thirteen from Michigan, nine
from Massachusetts, nine from Oregon,
eight from Texas, seven from Maine
and six each from Kansas, Pennsyl-
vania and Wisconsin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
A ScI,emer spotted.

THE young man talks Il great deal
about his estates abroad"
Yes" answered Mr.. Cunrox. hes
like one or two others who wanted to
marry into the family. He's anxious
to trade his imaginary estate for some
Of my real estate. Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
Independent Thought.

One self wrought problem will give
more vigor than thousand worked
out for us. 1t is the constant stretch
ing of the mind over large problems,
over large models-it is independent
thought increases mental pow y
Success.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

Two new societies. of separate Ian
guages, are reported by DR.. G. f. Rife
of Kusaie, Caroline islands, one of
forty members in the Gilbert Islands
Training school at Kusaie and the 9th
err of thirty for the Kusaians. The first
society in Micronesia was organized in
1RQh
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

One Of the best known instances Of
churches with streets through them IN
that OF st. John the Bap<tst's Church
in Bristol, England The ehaTsh - ST.
uated right over the ancssnt gateway
into the city on the Avon, and the tow
ering sp!re, standing high above the
neighboring houses and streets. IN re-
markabie sight as one surveys It from
the roadway below. s't4
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
PlnxIng Snfe.

Look hero. sir. You have been cali
ing on my daughter every night for the
past six inonths.''
But can't afford to get married,
sir and II call on any other gfsi I'm
afraid might fall in love with her,
Smart Set. te
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

An old gentleman when passing a lit
tie boy selling newspapers at a street
corner remarked:
Are you not afraid you will catch
cold on such a wet night, my little
manT
"Oh, no." replied the boy; selling
newspapers keeps up the circulation,
sir"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

Mrs. Nuritch-I want to get pair Of
swell white gloves to wear to ball.
Clerk-Yes'm. How long do you want
them? Mrs. Nuritch-See here, young
man. I amt talkin' about rentin EN-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

Hughsy McGoysrn, brother Of the
former feather" champion. 10 rapidly
coming 10 the front. Lea than year
ago he knew but ltttjs Absut the manly
ara Tsav1 teek Aam IN hand anA then
cent him b PAlla6s,pnAA. whsrs he
met ens Of the Quaker Aghters. He
won IN walk. and since then he has
been meeting bantamwsishts through
out Pennsylvania and other eastern
States Terry believes that In q few
pears HE brother win develop into 4
great fighter 1Wg 0 %
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
$33 TO CALIFORNIA
Via the ST. Paul and Union Pa
cific Line.

Every day in March and April, low
rates from Chicago to the Pacific Coast
and to many intermediate points will
be offered via the st. Paul and Union
Pacific Line. If you are contemplate
ing trip to the West or to the North
west, it is worth your while to write
to-day for information about rates and
train service to the point you expect
to visit.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

Allce-Yes. accepted George &c
once. knew when he proposed 10 me
he was wholly unseifish. bertha On.
nobody could ever have any 6swSe
about that!-B Boston Transcripts.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

He-Do you think your father has
any idea that we are in love?
She-Not the remotest. He told me
he didn't mind your coming to see me.
Detroit Free Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

A rich man Is an honest man, no
thanks to him, for he would be a dou-
BILE knave to cheat mankind when he
had no need of it.-Daniel Defoe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
why a Minis,cr Gave Up Preachins

\ minister bad his salary cut down
$500 II year or SO ago tand this was In a
western chllrt'b' because his wife wore
n handsoner gown than some Of the
prominent women in the congregation
The reason was given openly. and the
matter found its way into public print
The fact thai The wife's wealthy aunt
was the donor seemed to be of no con.
sequence and the poor woman herself.
lrritated and mortified at the publicity
given to her private affairs. succeeded
IN persuadna her husband to with
draw from the ministry "A Minister'S
Wife" 10 Ladies Home Journal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
Special Low Rate via the Nickel Plat 70
Road

Road
To points in the West and South
west. Round trip Housekeepers' and
one-way colonist tickets on sale March
18th and April 9Th and 10th. Also Set
tiers one-way tickets to points in
Minnesota, North and South Dakota
and Wyoming, each Tuesday during
March and April. Write r. e. Payne,
General Agent, POI Main street, Buff
falo, N. Y.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

But" said the Englishman. you
have nothing to see ever here-aothing
in the way Of grand old things that
have long since fallen into disuse.'
I'VE haven't Ell? Wait till | get you
4 copy Of the city ardiRa Hcss." -Chica-
10 RNcord- n eratA vss4,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
NOTICES!

JOHN j. CARROLL, who for years,
has been in the firm of LooNEY q CAR
ROLL, has formed a partnership with
his son, WILLIAM j. CARROLL, and
they are now ready to receive orders for
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

Fools are made out of all kinds Of
cloth, but the lining is always the same
-cheap.-Atchison Globe.
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News OF Minor Nota.

Two men were killed by lightning
while playing baseball. Joseph Barrett
was the victim at Cumberland, Nd,
while Charles Jeffries met death at Nc
Keesport, Pa.
William Henry Rattigan, member Of
Parliament for NortLea Lanarkshire,
England, was killed in a motor accident
near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. A tire
burst and the car overturned.
The Filipino commissioners to the St
Louis fair nave decided to make a study
OF the American tariff laws and indus
trial conditions a feature of the remain
der OF their trip through this country.
Four hundred and one wells were drill
ed in the Kansas and Indian Territory
oil fields during the month Of June. OF
the num3er thirty-seven We're gas wells
and ifty-six dry holes; sos were produc-
ing wells.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-03

ish subjects having goods on board
the vessel, but all that is sought is
the establishment Of the principle Of
indemnity and an apology. A salute
OF the British flag must also be con-
coded and the future protection Of neu-
tral shipping assured.
The attitude Of the British govern
ment is the result of thorough consid-
Grafton given to the reports from Sir
Claude Macdonald, British minister
at Toxic, and the examination Of in
ternational law authorities by legal
experts.
The dispatches from Sir Claude con-
firm the reports that the knight Com
mander had no ~contraband of war on
board for Japan. The government and
all the British authorities, it is assert
ed, unite IN the point that there was
no justification for the sinking of the
vessel. 1t is felt In government cir
Giles that the Knight Commander in
cident overshadows the Red Sea seiz-
ures, which practically have been ad-
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-03

the carriage remaining intact 1nme-
diately there ensued d scene Of the
widest confusion. Police and gen
darmes hurried up from every direc-
ton and vast crowds gathered about
the spot where the mangled body of
the Minister lay in his blood. For 100
yards the roadway was strewn with
he wreckage Of the carriage and
pieces of the red lining OF the Minis
ter's official overcoat. A few yards
from NJ. Won Plehve's body lay the
body of the coachman in a shapeess
mass.
Guarded by police the body remained
in the street until the arrival of the
official corresponding to an American
coroner, even in the case of the most
powerful Minister of the empire the
law requiring that this formality had
TO be observed before the body could
be removed. After this official had
viewed the body 1t was placed in a
driven slowly to a little chapel adjoin-
ing the railroad station and then to
Plehye's magnificent town residence,
adjoining the Ministry of the Interior.
The project of police notified the EN-
peror of the tragedy Immediately upon
its occurrence. The Emperor, who vas
at the villa Alexandria, at Peterhof,
was greatly affected by the news, CON-
ing, as it did, after the bad tidings
from the seat of war, with fears of in
ternatlonal complications and the
strain incident upon the hourly expec-
tation Of an event so close to the faith
er's heart. The Emperor almost broke
down when he was informed of the
Minister'S murder.
Regarding the identity Of the assas-
sin and the cause of the crime, by
some 1t is said that the act was that
of a Finn and by others that the muir
derer was a partisan of the Zemstvos,
the curtailment of whose powers is at.
tributed to the dead Minister
Recent assassinations and attempts
at assassination of officials in Russia
include the following:
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-03
RUSSIA MUST KNEEL.
BRITAIN DEMANDS APOLOGY FOR
SINKING SHIP.
warlike Order Goes to Envoy from
King Edward England Will Use
Force to Get Redress If Necessary
Gar Receives UItimatum.

Russia must make ample amends
for the sinking Of the steamer knight
Commander and for the seizures Of
British ships In the Red Sea follow
ing the recent agreement that such
seizures would be averted by the
cars government. Such Is the decis-
Ion arrived at by the British govern
ment. Preliminary to obtaining sat
.isfaction the government sent instruc-
tons to Sir Charles Hardinge, British
ambassador to Russia, to protest ener-
getically against the sinking of the
Knight Commander by the Russian
V~ladivostok squadron.
The British note does not mention
the amount Of indemnity Russia must
pay the owners Of the ship and Brit
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-03
Interesting New. Items.

William Zeler killed his father-iniaw,
William Surkamp, with a crowbar and
then stabbed his wife to death with a
butcher knife in Omaha, Neb. The kill
ing followed a quarrel between Zeler and
his wife.
The Methodist Ministers Association
of Denver appointed a committee to in
vestigate the labor troubles In Colorado
and fix the responsibility for the chaotic
conditions in the Cripple Creek district
and elsewhere.
Roscoe Corrie, % years old, was
drowned while swimming in Cow creek,
four miles north OF Hutchinson, Kan.
He tried to cross the swift current. but
was seized with a cramp and went down
in twelve feet Of water.
As a result OF a raid by deputy sher-
IFS on a gambling house In Memphis,
Tenn, Deputy Houston Mitchell is dead
and Deputy Thomas ]. McDermott is
mortally wounded. Frequent raids have
been made in crap games recently.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-03
BROUGHT TO BY A RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER CRUISER.

justed, but which have failed to set
tie the question Of the rights Of lei
trail commerce.
That the British government re-
CARDS the sinking of the Knight Com
mander as a breach of international
law was confirmed by Premier Bal
four in the House Of Commons. An
swering questions as to the destruc-
ton Of the steamer and the seizure of
the Malacca and other vessels, the
premier said he hoped to be in q po-
sition to make a brief statement re-
garding the Malacca soon. AS to the
sinking Of the knight Commander, he
said he regretted that information
which reached me confirmed this re-
grettable occurrence" Mr.. Balfour
added: There is no question of loss
Of life, but l am afraid there is a
question of a breach Of international
law"
The tension In the Russo-Br1tish re
lations was said in London to have re-
axed Thursday and a rupture is not
probable. Count Benckendorff. the
Russian ambassador to Great Britain,
Informed Lord Lansdowne that IL Rus
STA had committed a wrong she was
ready aud willing to make full repara-
ton, but before any action could be
taken in the knight Commander case
the Russian government must have the
opportunity of receiving the report Of
the commander of the Vladivostok
squadron. Lord Lansdowne was not
disposed to press the matter unduly
and promised to wait a reasonable
time.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-03

HIGH PRICES FOR MEAT.
In Chicago Portcrhousc Steaks Are
Now Only for the Rich.

In Chicago Porterhousc Steaks Are
Now Only for the Rich.
Retail prices for meats are at high
water mark in Chicago. The supply is
yet diminishing, but the stability Of the
prices is not dependent upon that, but
upon the fact that the meat dealers have
a better idea of what they can get-or
cannot get. The independent plants APP
pear to be meeting the situation well and
are succeeding in supplying their W
customers literally and the trusts Gus
tomers to some extent. Stocks are rum
ming short in many retail shops and es-
p~ecially those who have depended upon
depots inside the yards which they can
not now reach.
The ones who secure supplies from the
outlying stations get their meat with less
trouble. The worst of the famine in
lamb and mutton appears to be over and
increases In the shipments of small
stuff" encourage meat dealers to believe
that pork and mutton will be more plen
tiful. On the other band experts declare
the worst of tht beef famine is yet to
come. There were larger stores of beef
on hand when the strike started, but the
amount shipped in has been extremely
small.
Live stock receipts at the Chicago
yards Tuesday were: Cattle, 1000; hogs,
1000; sheep, 5000. Compared with the
corresponding day a year ago there was
a decrease Of 5000 cattle, 10000 hogs
and 10000 sheep.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-03

history at Oxford for eight years. and
later vas honorary professor of Eng
lish and constitutional history at Cor
nell. Professor Smith is an advocate
Of reciprocity between the United
States and Canada, and during the
civil war was an active champion Of
the North.
-
The nominee of the Prohibitionists
for President is Silas G. Swallow, of
Pennsylvania. Swallow is one OF the
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-03
POISON AS A WEAPON.
Hundred Nonunion Men in East st.
Louis Made Ill.

At East St Louis, H., one hundred
men employed at the Armour plant in
place of the striking butchers and meat
cutters, were made violently i'll, an I'M
identified person having dragged the soap
served for supper.
Shortly after the meal had beer eaten
first one and then another of the men
complained of feeling i'll. Soon the list
OF sick became so large that those in
charge of the pant became frightened
and DIR. ]. l.. Virgins was notified. He
hurried to the plant and discovered what
was the matter with the men.
Representatives OF the packers say
that several hundred of the men who
went on strike have been taken back. but
it is not stated in what department they
work. IL was said further that the pack
ers are getting skilled butcher help, which
at first they had trouble in securing.
This, however. is denied by the strikers,
woh assert that the packers are not get
ting n union men back.
At Kansas City many additional strik-
ers, practically all of them unskilled la
borers, applied for their old places at the
plants Of Swift & Co., Armour & Co.
and the Fowler Packing Company, and
were re-employed. With the receipts at
the yards the heaviest for more than a
month the packers asserted that the sit
uation from their standpoint was greatly
improved. Local strike leaders, however,
appear satisfied with the situation and
say that the men who returned to work
were some of the newest members of the
union, whose action would Lot affect the
older men.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-03
STATUS OF STRIKE.
PACKERS TAKE AGGRESSIVE At
THE CHICAGO YARDS.
Plan TO Speedily Man Plants - Eight
Hundred Live Stock Handlers Throw
Aside Their Allegiance to Allied
Trades and Return to Work.

The Chicago packers at o Thurs
day seemed to have won an important
victory in the big stock yards strike,
the first emphatic gain that has been
made by either side since the general
walkout was declared in effect Eight
hundred live stock handlers threw
aside their allegiance to allied trades
and at the noon hour began to handle
cattle indiscriminately, both for the
packers In the combine and for the in
dependent companies. Most Of these
500 men went to work yesterday morn
ing to handle the goods of the ''inde~
pendents," and they had worked On
this basis until II O'Clock Thursday.
This action on the part of the ham
dler Is regarded as q most serious loss
10 the cause of the strikers, and In
some quarters 1t is believed to be a
forerunner Of a stampede and a deser-
ton OF the unions.
Following close on an announcement
that the packers did not care to make
further agreements with the union men
who quit work, operation Of the plants
was continued with larger forces than
before, the employers formally an
nounced a system of delivery which
would do away with the drivers who
haul meat from the yards. Hereafter
the packers will do no teaming. but
will force the butchers to come with
their own wagons to take away their
purchases.
Though the Dig stock yards strike Is
row well under way and the time is
about al hand when the police expect
serious roting to develop, turbulent
scenes failed to develop up to Thurs
day night, and the outbreaks Of strik-
ers and sympathizers were chiefly con
fined to hanging efigies in front of the
homes of persons in disfavor.
The packers kept their plants run
ming persistently, and Thursday after
noon reported that a satisfactory days
work had been accomplished. The re-
ceipts Of stock were large enough to
keep the nonunion butchers and han
dlers busy, 1900 cattle, 1900 hogs and
1900 sheep being received.
While the union leaders proceeded to
perfect what they regard as adequate
arrangements to keep the strikers In
line, rumors were continuous through
out the day that the ranks of the mall
contents were breaking. Emphatic de-
malls were made by President Donnelly
and his confreres, but close observers
of the situation declared that the men
seemed to be losing heart, as was evil
denced, they said, by the fact that
picketing was less pronounced.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-03

the public schools AME H.
and as a young man was a noted ath-
Iete. For a time Governor Peabody
worked as a dry goods clerk in Bos-
ton, later going to Colorado. He set
tied in Canyon City, his present home,
and engaged In mercantile business.
-
Professor Goodwin Smith, who ia
vors a home rule parliament for Ire
land, Is a celebrated historian and es-
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-03

mis-, who was brother OF Assistant Sec
rotary Of State LOOMS, was William
III. Ellis, a colored man. LOOMS was
carrying to Emperor Menelik a COM
mercial treaty just concluded between
the United States and Abyssinia. 1t
has been alleged that Ellis possesses
a peculiar influence over Menelik, and
that he has a desire to become ruler
of Abyssinia. He is reported to have
told friends In New York before he
sailed with Loomis that he expected
within two years to have control OF
$3.50, 100000 and of the richest country
In Africa
-
james II. Peabody, Governor Of Col
orado, has been leading the strenuous
life since last August, when the State
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-03

Then he ran for Governor and did
nearly as well, threatening The Repub-
lican ticket. Four years ago he
sought the nomination which has now
been given him, but John G.. Woolley
was the successful aspirant- SIR.
Swallow Is a Methodist minister and
editor Of the Pennsylvania Methodist.
-
Don Jaime, of Bourbon. second son
of Don Carlos, the Spanish ~pretendcr,
saw In the Russo-Japanese quarrel an