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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-01-10
HOW TO LooArH AN ALARM.

II the alarm is sounded from box rs, the ere
bell will strike two, then pause and strike i've.
which will indicate that the fire is in the victn-
ity Of No. % boz Every alarm is repeated
four times.
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honest way to short change you.
"A man may be honest as to dollars
and cents and at the same time cruel.
l knew a man who always paid his
debts, but who beat his wife. Honesty
and gentleness are not always compan-
ions. But the cruelty that applies to
the dog seems to be different fBom any
other sort. When the dog sees by
your countenance or understands from
your voice that he has done wrong he
throws himself completely on your
mercy, and if in his struggles to get
away he should bite your hand, the
greatest favor you can grant him is to
permit him to lick the wound. Just
look at that dog now. No man in the
hot sun ever thirsted for water more
than he thirsts for a kind word from
you.
Il was readin' in a book where an
old man says to q King: You can
shorten all. my days, but you can't
grant me one hour of life Over this
dog you've got more power that that,
for with word you can kill his soul
or bring it to life. You may argue
that dog hasn't got a soul, but when
man is possessed in full degree of
the very qualities exhibited daily by
the average dog, we speak of the de-
velopment of his soul. Dogs fight over
bore. Men fight over money A dog
is deceitful in order that he may be
more pleasant in the eyes of his mas
ter. Man studies politeness and polite
ness isn't anything but creditable
form of deceit.
A dog is the only thing that glori-
fies his slavery. horse works for
what he eats. He's always got his
mind on the stable. A dog works to
give pleasure to his master He 3
the only animal that enjoys a joke be-
cause the man does. He studies a
man SO close that he is a mind reader.
When you get up of a mornin' he
knows your temper the moment he
sets eyes on you. Old man Cartwright
out here declared that his dog knew
In. a moment when he had professed
religion; and Cartwright told me- saws
he, the dog quit chaSin' rabbits on
Sunday after this He'd walk about
the yard as solemn as any presidin'
elder you ever saw, but the minute l
cussed COW and lost my religion.
one Sunday, why the dog he jumped
over the fence and started out track
in a rabbit Well, make friends with
your truest friend there and go
ahead"
The dog was listening. The hunter
turned toward him and smiled. The
grateful animal leaped forward with
his eyes beaming, strove to embrace
his master and then, with new spirit,
sprang over the fence to take up his
neglected work. "Old gentleman"
said the hunter. I'm not as bad
fellow as you think I am"
'Oh, L guess you're all right but
you are so bent on your own enjoy
ment that you don't think enough of
others, and 1 want to say that dogs
are others"
Copyright, 1906, by Opie Ready
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BOOKS, OLD AND NEW


On HE presses Of the country fairly
TEEN with books during the win
ter months, and as they find
their way to the counters and
shelves of the bookshops and are
exploited in the review and advertising
columns of the newspapers we common
folk are sometimes overwhelmed by the
number and variety of the new claim
ants for our attention. And yet 1t is
, a sign of the amazing intellectual fer
tility of this country. and did we ignore
new books altogether we should lose
touch with many current movements.
But our attitude should be one Of
discrimination. Many books published
a year or two ago are now forgotten.
With the little time at our disposal for
reading books we want to choose those
which are really worth while. This
does not necessarily mean that we are
to limit ourselves to lengthy biogra-
phies or learned essays. Almost every
season brings at least a few novels
which not only entertain but brace and
cheer us for the daily struggle. We
have had recently, for example in
Robert Herrick's THE Common Lot"
as searching an arraignment of the
smart society in our great cities and as
convincing statement of the futility
of mere external success as any preach
er could put forth in an hours sermon.
In Doctor Luke of the Labrador" by
Norman Duncan, a noble life pouring
itself out in behalf of those whom the
world neglects is depicted graphically
and sympathetically; while through
Myra Kelly's stories of the polyglot
New York East Side we are introduced
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sometimes we know a thing so well
that we forget it. Some men have
passed all of their lives 1oolxin' for a
big truth and have overlooked all of
the little ones. And the hardest thing
to convince man of is the thing he
already knows. It's no use to talk to
you about the intelligence and faithful
ness of a dog; you know all that as
well as I do, but 1 just want to ask
you this: What has that dog got to
look forward to except to please you?
In the tone of your voice he finds the
color of life, dark or light When you
frown it is cloudy weather for him,
but when you smile it doesn't make
any difference to him how the rain
pours or how the snow flies. He is
ready to go with you. The night can't
be too dark nor the wind too bitin'..
When you want to go out the most
cheerful fire would be uncomfortable
for him. Talk about the influence of
a man in his family, Talk about own
ership! Why, you own the dogs body
and he gladly makes you a present of
his soul. The Bible teaches us to for
give, and in this the dog is more re-
ligious than man. You may say that
this comes through fear, but the dog
is not afraid to give his life for you,
and I don't want to hurt your feelins
here on my own land. but Pve always
noticed that the feller that will beat a.
dog will cheat man if he gets right
good chance"
Look here, old fellow, you may be
going too far. / never cheated a man
In my life"
And I was goin' to add that the
man that would beat dog would also
lief you give him the chance" said
the old man.
What, and you mean that you have
given me the chance?"
The companions began to laugh.
and old Limuel quietly chuckled.
well, I'm liberal enough to give a
man almost any sort of a chance he
may be lookin' for. By the way,
what's your business
II run a coal yard"
Sell coal. Now that can be made
as honest a business as any in the
world. But don't you sometimes guess
at the weight of ton?'
'Well, not exactly guess at it. I've
been in the business so long that I can
come pretty close to a ton by looking
at it."
"Then you guess at it, and did you
ever know one of those close guess
ers to guess on the wrong side? It's
like the man that makes a mistake in
givin' change-usually makes it in his
own favor. This may be honest, you
favor, but 1t comes out of an under
lyin' principle of selfishness. And be-
fore I forget it let me say that I've
always noticed that the feller that
beats dog is one likely In a perfectly
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to some of the latest comers from
other lands whose children are to be a
component part of American citizenship
not many years hence.
These are only three Of the novels of
current popularity which have elements
Of solid worth in them. because they
come from the pen of serious persons in
sympathy with the best things in hu-
man life. Indeed few of us realize what
a powerful ally the modern humanita-
rian movement has in the ranks Of the
younger literary workers in this coun-
try.
But to feed on new books exclusively
is to cut ones self off from fountains Of
power. The best thought of all the
ages Is embalmed In the books that live
on from generation to generation, and
some Of these carry as much sugges-
ton and inspiration for modern life as
they did for the age to which they first
appealed. Sometimes wearied with the
glitter and glare of worldly pursuits
and of the mad rush after houses and
lands, and external pomp, / take down
George William Curtis unsurpassed
picture of domestic love embodied in
that classic, "Prue and /. / read how
that couple living on an questionable
street in a big city learned to smile at
the lordIy Aurelia arrayed in elegant
robes, driving rapidly to gay party.
and to find in small pleasures, in their
love for one another, and In kindness
toward others life's richest satisfac-
ton. Keep your affection. then. for old
favorites. Let them speak their peren-
NAL message of hope and cheer, and re-
member that there Is no book older
than any of them which still holds the
wisdom of the ages. and which cannot
fail to guide your life to noble issues
every time you open its pages.
THE PARSON.
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2I| THOUGHTS ABOUT HOMELESS BOYS

in boys schools has been of infinite
value in the way of moral suasion. The
boy who has a few tools at home and
a spot where he can whittle and make
all the dirt he wants to will soon find
more pleasure in saving and cutting
up a few boards than in cigarette
smoking. The number Of small boys
saving up ito buy tool chest" is
legion, and the tool chest, with a place
to use it as he chooses, will make a
boy possibly good where Sunday
schools would prove dead fat failure.
A youngster of 10 years asked lot
of his acquaintances to save him mag
azines with pictures. His parents were
in rather straitened circumstances and
the young ones room was a thorn in
his flesh, the paper being so soiled. He
saved up all the pictures he could find
for about six months, then went to
work. The old paper was a peculiar old
medallion style, on each Of which he
pasted picture, adding little SCROLL
work of black and red pastel to ac-
centuate the outlines. The mother Of
this boy. one Of the nervous, fidgetty
sort, objected to everything, but a SEN
sible woman friend made her under
stand that the boy had spent so much
time in accommodating his material that
it was shame to disappoint him. The
effect is decidedly attractive and the
child, having been so extravagantly
praised, the mother now shows the
room with a great deal of pride.
The boy who can be happy in his
home in his own way is very like a.
foreshadowing of the man. Either the
boy, or the man. will seek the spot
where he can be most happy, and it
will take some very powerful magnet
of temptation to draw them from the
home. 1t is the boy who knows no
home pleasures who seeks them else
where.
The fashionable idea of a boy of z
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and upward appearing at dinner every
evening in a full dress suit is too op-
pressive to benefit the boy physically.
During the years when attaining his
growth boys appetite should have
full sway. He should eat regularly and
enjoy his food, and. above all things,
he should be taught to eat slowly.
Growing children should start out with
good wholesome breakfast and dinner
at midday, or not later than in the
afternoon, is more conductive to good
health A course dinner at D. m. for
boys in knickerbockers, dressed up like
little club gentlemen. Is enough to take
the appetite out Of any boy. Teach a
boy to be scrupulously clean, dress him
neatly with dress suit for state occa-
sions, make him behave as a little gen.
tleman should in the house. but let him
get all the good there is out of life dur
Ing his boyhood. Above all things. let
him enjoy his meals, which no bow can
If all the appetite is crushed ont bv
formality. 1t IS such homes as rnata
homeless boys. Homes where the ar.
mosphere is horribly oppressive whsra
the calm and quiet smacks Of desoIa-
uon-homes so proper and so clean
where. as the youngest Of three broth
ers once said: Mother was so clean
she cleaned us all out" which. unfor-
tunateiy, was true. The husband was
thoroughly domestic man. but hi.
wife objected to everything he said or
proposed The least feck Of dust SET
her crazy. For the slightest infractio,,
or trifle overlooked she would discharp.
every servant in the house. until tha
house became unbearable. Husband
and sons all deserted her for auartar,
OF their own, where they could. a.
least, enjoy peace. smoke a cigar ard
Kick over a hassock- 1t is often a weird
1act that man finds him home-~The
DEAREST spot on earth to me-" CNit
aind it?)
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By Kate Thyson Mari

TN HE world is full of them. Not
waits of the cutters, not hustling
little gamins who sell papers by
Il day and sleep in boudoirs of dry
goods boxes at night. Not wan
dering fatherless. motherless little peo-
pie whose homes are found in huge
water pipes that line the dug-up side
walks and who feast on banquets of
crusts from the tables of cheap joints,
but boys whose homes are palaces,
whose magnificent surroundings have
crushed all the joy and dream of boy
hood out OF them. Cadaverous, dys-
peptic little wrecks at Is, who would
lcok in establishment at the hungry
urchin Of the tenement getting away
with a full-grown meal. Boys who
have never known the Joy Of making
an onslaught on a cold chicken. a
bunch OF roast beef, a Joint of cold
ham or even some cold mince pie, who
are so awfully crushed and proper as
to have no impulses, none OF the
mighty effervescence Of boyhood.
1ouAS heH Nho nave seen 50 Hucn,
heard so much and read so much that
all sense Of enjoyment is blunted and
are so blase that nothing that might
happen to them could bring thrill of
genuine pleasure or provoke a hearty
laugh
They have never experienced the joy
of coming into the house whistling.
They have never startled the wooden
dignity Of wooden servants by shout
ing Where's mother?" They have
never thrown that same dear mother
into fits by bringing in for adoption
all the stray dogs of the neighborhood
and littering up the place with every
thing from muddy boots to circus bills.
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A boy, if let alone, will discover some
fad or other. and if allowed to work it
out, will make himself letter perfect on
that one fad.
The most promising boy 1 ever
knew was a little crank on three SUBJ
jects. He was little bookworm from
the time he was two years old, and
would fairly worship any one who
would read to him. He had a pas
sion for circus bills and his own lit
tie apartment would get SO numbered
up with them from time to time that
his mother would very automatically
get away with some and bury a lot of
others TO get rid of them. At IL he
became a perfect little genius for
electricity, telegraphy and everything
connected with what was at that time
still novelty in electricity. Through
study and experimenting he wired the
little home with bells, and tele-
graphic operator student many years
his senior, being in the neighbor-.
hood, this child obtained permission
for putting the little copper wires
over the roof, by which he tele-
graphed his lessons back and forth to
his friend. This was the outlet for
his energy, which his mother sensi-
bly, encouraged, although at times she
was more than afraid of the acids
and other paraphernalia scattered
about. Having so much liberty at
home, his boy friends being like him
self all studiously inclined. when
they were all in his own room she
knew exactly what he was doing and
never feared the influences of evil as
sociates.
Perhaps no boy ever enjoyed hap
pier home life. and his death before
the completion of his fifteenth year
left his mother heartbroken. A boy
whose fads are encouraged has often
a wonderful store of ingenuity and
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possibly inventive genius. If some lit
tie pocket money is given him. with
the privilege of using it as he chooses,
he will save up most scrupulously to
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invest in material pertaining to his
fads.
The introduction of manual training
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~ HE world is full of them Not
waits of the cutters, not hustling
little gamins who sell papers by
L day and sleep in boudoirs of dry
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-09

what he could of his hard-earned money. but he put it off from day to day. hoping there might be a reaction. By the middle of August the stock was quoted. at six and one-half, and the young man who had figured out profits of about $8.O00.000 for himself in 15 years was convinced that the broker who had referred to F., l.. & B. com. mon as "a nice old lady" had been mistaken.
 He quarreled with Miriam because she thought he was foolish for not saving what little he could from the wreck.
 Its bound to turn" he assured her. "Confound them. I'll show them that they can't freeze me out. I'll prove to them that I have as much nerve as any of them."
 But think how much more .sensibis it would have been." she answered, If you had taken my advice and kept the money to furnish the flat"
 That made him angry. It was the kind of talk he had always heard from his mother when she was alive. It had always been, Archibald, if you had only listened to mel"
 So he rushed away from Miriam, bitterly saying:
 When get 80 a share for my stock I'll come back
 On the following day it went down with sickening "plop" to three and one-fourth. at which figure Archibald Watkins sold out. Deducting the com. missions, there was left for him about $40 out of the $500 which he had paid as his tuition fee.
 The next morning he noticed that the reaction had begun. and in four weeks F.. l.. & B. common was selling around 25. When it touched 30 again. A. Watkins sat and studied the fig. ures long and earnestly. Also he re- read a note which he had received that morning from Miriam Ives.
 Dearest Archibald tshe wrote). see now that you really did know what you were talking about. Forgive me for the doubts I expressed concerning your wisdom. Be sure to come this evening. I am SO anxious to tell you how much I admire you for your cour. age and for your shrewdness. I have just heard of the dearest fiat. And I am dying 10 congratulate you on your -or-may I. dear. say "our" successf Yours impatiently. Miriam.
 Well" he said at last, pulling . long sigh and letting the note drop from his fingers. I'm a goat if I'd have believed before it happened that they'd go to so much trouble to get the money put into it."-Chicago Record-Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-09
NATERYILLE.

Mrs John Seery and son are visit ing in Litchfield.
 Mrs Charles Rice has gone to visit her husband in New Brunswick, N. J.
 Charles Phippeney has resigned his position in the Farrell foundry.
 Frank Slavin is i'll at his home on Main street with appendicitis.
 Mir B. Holden of Southington is visiting his daughter Mrs Joseph Hax- ton.
 Mir George Isabel of New Haven was in town on business yesterday
 Frank McMahon has resigned his position with the American Pin com papy.
 James Noonan has left the employ of Edward Ford.
 Mir and Mrs W. NJ. Hall and daugh- ter Annie have returned from a visit to Springfield.
 Prayer meeting at Grace NJ. E.. church tonight at 7:45.
 Mrs Charles Willard of Springfield is visiting relatives in the vile"
 Choir rehearsal at St Paul church tonight at 7:30.
 All preparations have been made for the Foresters' memorial services Sun day, June 11th
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-09
HE AND THE NICE
 OLD LADY" X X
sys. E. RISER

DY practicing self-denial for several ID years he managed to save up $500. While doing this he became student of finance. Every morning he would read the financial quotations. The long lines of initials and the columns of figures that at first were meaning less soon become as an open book to him. He could remember what C.. J. and F. closed at week ago last Tues day, and if R.. A. and W. went up a point he knew just how much more it would have to advance before reaching the mark which some wise men had a month before set for it.
 There was one thing that interested him particularly That was F., L. and B. common. He had once heard broker refer to it. as "a nice old lady" For ten years, he learned, that stock had been fiuctuating between 15 and 30. Every summer it would drop to the low water mark. Every winter it would regularly work itself back up to the high level
 Now, this young man, whose name, by the way, was Watkins, had sort of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-09
OAKVlLLE HAPPENINGS

Herbert Place has resigned his posi- ton with the Seth Thomas Clock Co at Thomaston and has returned to Oak yille
 Mrs Norman Dains and daughter of East street are visiting in Derby.
 Harry Dubois and Frank Stoddard have returned from fishing, trip 10 Bantam.
 James Newell of Main street is threatened with appendicitis.
 Leonard Wood. formerly of Oakville died at the Bridgeport hospital yestcr- day.
 There was wrestling match at Me Carty's hall on Davis street last night "A tally-ho party left the Slocum, Inn this afternoon bound for Quassopaug and judging from the way they shouted any rags, any bones, any bottles to- day etc. while going through Main street. they must have been out for the time of their lives.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-09
JOTTINCS


 Miss Annie Harris, who has been living in Virginia, has returned to Wa tertown to live.
 One of our merchants who purchased 300 bushels of potatoes last fall. ex- pecting to realize good price on them during the spring, finds it hard work to dispose of them at the price he paid.
 The Watertown E. E. c. will play in Woodbury tomorrow.
 Frank Mcdonnell and Constable Norway went to Waterbury early this morning to see if they could find the person who took McDonnell's horse last Saturday without leave. The horse was found in kelly's livery stable in Waterbury.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-09
Heaviest Back Burdens.

Probably the greatest weights carried oa the backs of men for any distance are the loads of ore brought up from the mines of the Andes by miners of Chill. Tn a copper mine in a ravine leading from the main range of the CordIlIeras. all the ore is carried vertical distance of 45o feet and the average weight car ried per man Is 250 pounds. This load Is carried up ladders made of notchei trunks of trees. set almost upright ons touching the other.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-09
It's Disadyantapes

"1f We economize." said the husband. we will soon have house of our own Instead of having to live in rented prop erty"
 But. I'm not sure should like that" answered the wife. 'I couldn't drive nails anywhere please in the walls or woodwork of our own house. you know" St Louis Republic.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-09
A Horrible Thought.

Whats the matter, dear?" her mother asked.
 T was just thinking" .he beautiful heiress answered, how terrible 1t would be if the earl should decide not to take papa's money on the ground that it was tainted. Record. Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-09
Her Mind Easy

Do you expect Charley to catch anything on his fishing trip7" said young Mrs. Torsins' mother.
 No. was the reply. Hes been vaccinated and took ten grains of quinine before he started. d."-wssh. ington Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-09
Psrilnus Transit

T see that a California inventor claims to have a machine of some sort that vill enable people to travel 2eo miles an hour
 Tremendous Can this machine be stopped instantly If necessary
 The inventor says it can~
 And hor about the passensers7 Do they stop tooz-
 No. they keep right on for about s9 miles farther.- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-09
Didn't Need It.

I'd like to show you patent safety device which will prevent your diamonds from being stolen" said the agent at the door.
 T don't need any such thing as that" said the woman who answered the bell; I'm an actress. .'-Yonliers Statesman.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-09
Motherlv Precaufion-

George said Mrs. Ferguson. hur- rying out, cant you put up those win dow screens without using the kind Of language you have been using for the last ten minutes?"
 No!' snapped Mir. Ferguson.
 Then quit working al them till I get the children of to schooli"-ChicSgo go Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-09
His Amhitinn

"1 do not recall your ever making a speech in congress that attracted any attention" said the blunt person.
 No. said Senator Sorghum. "I never try 10 attract attention. I arn satisfied if can distract attention."- Washington Star.