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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

Secretary Tafts dispatch to the Pres
ident, explaining the recent disturb
ances at Toxic and elsewhere in Japan,
gives welcome confirmation of what we
have long assumed TO be the fact. The
riots We're in no sense anti-American
demonstrations. Neither were they
anti-dynastic, or even anti-ministerial
They were provoked by a bit of over
caution or perhaps over-zealousness on
the part of the police. The people, or
many of them, were not pleased with
what they had heard about the terms
of peace, and wanted to say so publicly.
The police unwiseIy and illegally tried
10 prevent them from meeting and talk
ing whereupon the disorderly elements,
such as exist in every country, COM
United some excuses. That was all
When the police RETAINED from inter
fering with free speech. the people met
and talked in orderly fashion and Went
away quietly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

Fascinating to the popular mind as
are DR.. Loeb's researches, it is judi
cious to regard all new announcements
of his work in the light of two or
three well established facts. To slim
ulate or excite vitality which is latent
is not producing or creating" life.
The California biologist has worked
with eggs, not grains of sand; and the
eggs which he has used are those of
sea urchins and starfish, organisms of
a low. order in the scale of animal life.
No feat which he has yet attempted is
comparable with that which nature
herself performs at times. The eggs of
some insects hatch without fertiliza-
tion at all. The phenomenon of par
thenogenesis," with which biologists
are familiar, is more miraculous than
any well attested human achievement.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

While people or wealth for years
have tended toward country homes,
observes BIaxwels Tallsman, the
thinking man Of more narrow means
is now oftener looking through city
smoke toward a few acres outside
where he may carry on intensive farm
ing, while his children may at least
have pure air, pure sunshine, pure
water and pure food, together with the
ennobling influences of nature. He
breads TO have th-n grow up Scared
and dwarfed with the idea that they
are underlings; an idea slow to take
root in the cordial, democratic sur
roundings Of the country. where small
means may be coupled with manly.
sturdy Independence. He longs to be
acquainted with his neighbors, and to
have them know and care whether he
has wedding or funeral at his
house. lie is tired Of being a molecule
in d mass he would like to be as he
should lean individual man.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17
Death Causes Suicide.

Mrs. William A. Stanbery drank car
bolic acid at her home in Plainfeld.
She was suffering from melancholia,
aggravated by worry over a recent au-
domobile accident which caused the
death of Mrs. w. O. Westphal, for
which a jury held her husband respon-
sible in a civil suit. A servant found
her unconscious, and several physi-
clans were summoned. Despite heroic
treatment Mrs. Stanbery died. Ever
since the automobile accident at Dun
ellen and Mrs. Wastphars death, Mrs.
Stanbery had worried constantly. The
two women were very close friends and
the fatality depressed Mrs. Stanbery
very much. Mrs Stanbery was taking
Mrs. Westphal and her daughter out
for ride. The automobile ran into a
wagon driven by Oscar Harrison, Of
Duneilen. Mrs. Westphaps injuries
proved fatal within short time. Mr..
Harrison sued Mr. Stanbery for dam
ages. The suit was tried and Mr.. Har-
rison got verdict.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
~s.a.kA 49,
Summit Snnashes Bridges

The Railway Valley Railroad, which
is building a line from Summit to Al
dene, to connect with the Central Rail-
road, has encountered trouble in its
work at Summit. When many of the
residents of the eastern section of the
city arose they were surprised to find
that the railroad bridges erected across
Ashwood avenue and Russell place had
been torn down during the night and
the materials moved off the street.
Folks living in the neighborhO0d were
awakened about ii O'clock by the noise
of falling timber and the choo-ch0o of
the city's steam roller. They found a
large number of men at work. Nobody
attempted to interfere with the destruc-
ton Of the bridges. One end of the
piers Of the bridges was in the centre
of the sidewalk and the other in the
roadway. The city applied to the
Court of Chancery for permanent in
junction to restrain the company from
completing it's work. The injunction
was refused ON the ground that, all
though the construction of the bridge
was illegal, the city could show no
damage done. Fearing that it would
take a year or more for redress or to
have the bridges removed by law, the
citizens took the matter into their own
hands and removed the bridges, saw
ing the timbers in two and tearing
down the ten-tOn iron Orders. The
Orders and all heavy material were
removed with the city's large steam
road roller. 1t is thought that the city
authorities were cognizant of the fact
that the bridges would be torn down
and that the steam roller would be
used. Now that the bridges have been
torn down, the city has placed officers
on guard to see that when the bridges
are again erected they viii not en-
+. croach on the streets.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17
General skirn Dies Suddenly.

General William II. Skirm, Secre-
tary of the Ocean Grove Campmeetlng
Association and for many years a con-
Hpicuous figure in State politics, was
found dead in his home. Trenton, short
~ before midnight He came from
Ocean Grove thar morning, intending
ito return at night When he failed to
return his wife telegraphed to friends,
who broke into his house and discov-
cred his body. He had been Gead sew
eral hours. General Skirm was sixty
four years old. He was State Senator
for six years, serving as member of
the Senate committee which investi-
gated the State House frauds In 1896,
and was President of the Senate dur
ing the year that President Voorhees,
became Acting Governor Of New Jer1
sey filling the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Governor Griggs TO be-
come United States Attorney General
He was elected Secretary of the Ocean
Grove Campmeeting Association this
year.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17
The why OF Poverty.

'Why are people poor?" was the
question discussed at a recent meeting
of Newark womens club. The an
swers were many and far apart. Here
are few OF them, boiled down:
Drink
Laziness.
Theatres.
Charge accounts.
Inability to plan far ahead
The desire to outshine ones neigh
bors.
Lavish display of goods by store.
keepers
Indifference of men to the needs Of
home.
Woman's ignorance Of domestic econ
omy
High food prices and buying in small
quantities
The habit Of doing without necessities
to squander for luxuries.
Lack of plain business understand
ing between husband and wife. New
ark News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

This story is told by a resident OF
Maryland, who vouches for its genu-
ineness:
During the last session OF Congress
two young ladies' endeayored to gain
access to the Senate gallery. The
equity old doorkeepr told them that
every seat was filled and the only
chance was to see some Senator they
knew and get card which would adj.
nit them to the private gallery.
But we don't know a single Sena-
tor" answered one Of the young la
dies.
Then that Is to your credit, young
ladies' Walk right in 1t is not often
we see such ladies' around the Capt
toll"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17
CHAPTER VIII.

"Now," said my uncle, on the follow
ing day, when we were together in his
room, I'VE will have our chat. ] shall
be glad to get it off my mind, and you
will too First, let me express my APP
prevail of my new scoundrei Fleetwood.
When leave you / shall be almost in
clined to tempt him to accompany me-"
"He has heart disease" l said, "and,
am afraid, has not long to live.'
ut is a pity, for he seems to be all
you represented him. He has been
assisting me in my money matters this
morning I have also ha6 visit from
Mile. Rosahe. A charming person. a
very charming person. Most persons
are who take the trouble to make them
selves agreeable, and who do not cross
you" He held up his hand, and looked
at the diamond ring on his finger which
he had placed there the previous night.
by the way. Nephew Richard, the
young man who was here last night
and revoked at whist have you known
him longYv
For somewhat over two years." 1
replied. "But my letter has ex-
planned
what letter doyou refer to?" asked
Mr.. Wilmot.
1.-THE letter sent you little while
since, to the care of your lawyers in
London"
"Ah, those lettersF' said Mr.. Wilmot,
interrupting me again with smile.
Would you believe, Nephew Richard,
that there are two boxes full of them
actually two boxes full? burst out
laughing when | saw them, and |
quickly locked the boxes again. Life
is too short for correspondence-an
such correspondence Circulars, beg
ging letters, requests for loans-no, no
I declined to wade through them.
When return to London shall in
struct some one to separate the wheat
from the chaff, and then probably
burn the lot-positively burn the lot
without looking at them"
I was seized with CONSERVATION. My
uncle had not read my letter announc-
ing Eunice's engagement with Harry
Clanronald; he was in ignorance that
Eunice's heart was pledged to the
young fellow; and he was now in my
house with the intention of promoting
Mr.. MortlocIS's suit. / was convinced
Of it. and presently the proof came, and
left no shadow of doubt behind.
"A great many years ago" said my
uncle, Il was acquainted with Mr..
Clanronald, whom.I have no reason to
think well of. If it is the same he is
this young mans father Perhaps you
have photograph of him."
7 have. Would you like to see it,"
eyes"
went to the drawing room, and,
selecting the album in which Mr.. Clan
ronald's portrait was placed, | took
it up to Mr. Wilmot MY mind was
filed with misgivings, for my uncla's
voice, when he spoke Of Mr. Clanron-
aid, BODIED i'll.
Let me find the portrait for myself.
he said; and handed him the album.
AS he turned over the pages I felt
that consequences almost vital were
trembling in the balance Eyes, said
Mr.. Wilmot, pausing at page, this
is the man--it is he" He nodded and
snarled at the bit of pasteboard "Let
us be sure. This is the father Of the
young man who played what he called
chess with me last nightg''
Eyes"
He closed the book. Nephew Rich.
ard, You and do not know much Of
each other"
mot as much rs should have de-
Sired sir"
Wei. wen. Perhaps closer ac-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

\ Statistics show that Englishmetl pre-
fer the cups that cheer, but not inebri'
ate, while Americans prefer the cup
that cheers and stimulates. In other
words, the United Kingdom stands
first in tea consumption, while the
United States holds the first place in
coffee consumption. Is the difference
one Of temperament and character or
mere matter of habit?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

Robert Hanncrs. a baker. walked into
the County Hospital, at Chicago, His
and said to the physician in charge:
Doctor, two years ago ! swallowed
a lead pencil and it's bothering me a
bit" The doctor laughed at him, but
Hammers stuck to his story and COM
planned Of severe pain in his right
side. His case was diagnosed as ap-
Dendicitis that required immediate OPP
GRAFTON. The pencil FIVE inches in
length, and sharpened~at one end was
found imbeddeG in the appendix.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17
PARIS a WELL LIGHTED CITY
Strange Contrast With Conditions in
Most American Cities.

strange Contrast With CONDITIONS ~
Most American Cities.
Paris offers strange contrast to
London (and to most American cities)
In the matter of street lighting. London
is woefully sonlber at night, except
at certain points where concert halls
and gin mills" are numerous, where
as Paris is brilliantly lighted every
where. Nothing so astonishes the
American visitor as the long lines Of
brilliant gas lamps (incandesant burn
ers, all of which function perfectly
reaching down each and every street
to sparkling perspectives of diamond
strings. Do you feel disposed to
shrug your shoulders and cry out that
don't 1t is a grand success and a JOY
forever. If you doubt it, come over
here and see for yourselves. have
carefully observed the placement Of
lampposts and mad that in some places
there is one every twenty feet; In less
favored localities, one every forty or
fifty feet, while the little streets have
them at intervals of about 200 feet.
In the case of the poor little streets
the lighting is. at the worst, admirable
not to say magnificent. What does
all this cost? 1t costs too much, from
our enlightened Cor unlighted) point
of view. We are content to grope
about in the dark streets. The Par.
isian abhors darkness las he should)
and is willing to pay for light, even
though he may pay-pretty dearly for
IL
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17
Jail Term For Brutal Negro.

Francis Smith, a young negro, who
narrowly escaped lynching for an at
tempted assault on Margaret d. Suy-
dam, the fourteen-y ear-old granddaugh-
ter of Lawrence +. Suydam, a farmer
living near Franklin Park, on August
6, was sentenced to three years in the
State prison by Judge Schenck in the
Somerset Court, Somerville. Smith,
who was in the employ of Suydam,
gained an entrance to the girls bed
room by placing ladder against the
side of the house. The girl made q
desperate fight against the negro, who
attempted to strangle her in bed. Her
eight-year-old sister came to her res
cue and beat the negro over the head
with a window screen until he was
forced to retreat. Smith was captured
a day later by Mr. Suydam, who took
him to his barn, and with the assist
ance of his son, Jacob Suydam, logged
him numerically, A posse of Frank
lin Park farmers wanted to lynch the
negro, but the attempt was frustrated
by the. Suydams, who placed him in a
wagon and fled with him to the county
Jail, where they handed him over to the
authorities. In passing sentence on the
prisoner Judge Schenck told him he
deserved flogging for every day in
the year, but that he was inclined to
be lenient with him on account of his
youth.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

$500 at freehold against Charles r.
Zacharias for a horsewhipping Zach
arias gave to him last April Reimer
was paying attentions to Zacharias'
young daughter, and persisted in doing
so after the father bad warned him to
keep away from the girl. zacharlas
bought a horsewhip, inveigled Reimer
to a dark street, and laid on the lash
until blood flowed from his face, neck
and hands Reimer sued for $4,000.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

IL all the minis in the United States
began to coin to-day and kept it up at
the rate at which they have worked
since 1882, making double eagles,
eagles, quarter eagles, silver dollars,
halves, quarters, dimes, nickels and
pennies, they would complete $1,000
100000 on August 20, 2O16, A. D.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17
A Cheerful oliver.

Bobby's father had given him ten
cent piece and Q. quarter of dollar,
telling him he might put one or the
other on the contribution plate.
(which did you give, Bobby?" his
father asked when the boy came home
home from church
s'Well, father. | thought at first /
ought to put in the quarter said
Bobby, but then just in time I remeln-
bered The Lord loyeth 4 cheerful
gIver,' and knew could give the tenn
cent piece a great deal more cheerfully,
SO put that in. Youths Companion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17
the Strongest CADET.

General strength tests. which have
been applied by the medical authorN
ties of the Naval Academy at Annapos
lis, Md. to the 230 new midshipmeNe
show that Charles 4. Chambers, ox
Steubenviiie, Ohio, is the strongest
member of the class his total strength
being represented by HOG kilos,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

1t is said that the style Of female
dress in Japan has not changed in a
thousand years. That must be de-
lightful country for husbands.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

All the British naval authorities
hgree with the deduction made by, Adj
,aniral Dewey that bigger ships aud big
guns are now wanted.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

The United States produces 100000
600 metric tons of coal year, worth
at the mines $4s5, 100000 and costing
consumers nearly billion dollars.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

DR. Horace G. Byefs, professor 81
chemistry at the University Of Washs
lngton, says be has discovered the
means Of making rubies which can be
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

A temperature Of 1000 degrees on
5000 degrees can be produced only be-
tween the carbon points Of an electric
arc light.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-17

$500 For Horsewhipping.
Lester @. Relmer got 9 Judgment for
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-10-20
WHOLE NUMBER 2,367.

jars as full as possible, pouring in juice
quite up to the brim. Seal tightly,
using all precaution to insure a per.
fectly air-tight jar.
Tops of fruit jars clean easily if
soaked for time in sour milk. Like
any number OF things, they are more
easily washed with a small scrubbing
brush than with cloth. In fact, the
modern woman keeps a variety of
brushes hanging by her sink with
which to wash jars, bottles, milk jugs,
and pressed glass Gas we'll as the most
expensive cut); and many a fastidious
woman seldom puts her hands in the
washing water, finding little mops and
brushes more economical as we'll as
daintier than trying to keep the hands
in good condition with lotions and
creams.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-10-20
A Clever Retort.

Sir William Fraser records q clever
retort made by Lord Adolphus Fitz
Clarence when in France in attend.
ance on the English queen. He met
the Prince de Joinville, who, as a
French admiral, professed to be patri-
otically bellicose toward England in
particular. He said to Lord Adolphus
in friendly manner: "You, my lord ,
and are seamen. have had but one
dream in life-to command a smart
French frigate and to lay my own
alongside of an English ship of the
same strength for twenty minutes.
Lord Adolphus replied in a perfect
spirit of courtesy, al think, sir, that
ten would be enough"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-10-20
THE WORM TURNS.
Let Us See What Is in the Other Scale of the
Balance.

Let Us See What Is in the Other Scale of the
Balance.
We are getting little tired OF the
perpetual Jokes which daily funny pa
pers print about the manner of con-
ducting business. Gays Merchdntdom .
One can scarcely pick up a newspaper
without seeing some presumably hu.
morous reference to the grocer who
sands the sugar, waters the molasses,
scrspes the berries off dozen bozes
and makes another box, transforms
twenty lunches of asparagus into
twenty-five by little shortening, wa
ters the milk, etc, world without end.
The public has laughed about these
matters so often and insulted the gro.
Ger on so many occasions by semi.
humorous references to the same that
we believe it is time to try the joke
on someone else.
Get together all who mock the
grocers' frugality and painstaking care
and tell them about the fashionable
people who dance all night and have
coffee served to them in bed at 10
o'clock the next morning-coffee which
the grocer has not been paid for in
many, many months; tell them about
the high rollers who grow indignant if
the grocer asks them for something on
that old, moss.covered account, 90 that
be may pay his bills to the wholesaler;
churches that fall back on the grocer
when they need money for q pro-
gramme or plan rummsge sale. Tell
them about the people who stand in
the store for an hour in the morning,
buying 10 cents worth of sugar and
eating 40 cents worth of fruit, crack
ers, nuts, raisins, dates or whatever
may be in sight. Tell them about the
people who owe the grocer for months
and then get angry because he cannot
deliver u 5 cent loaf of bread at the
other end OF the town on five minutes
notice before noon. Tell them about
the people who are insulted if a bill is
sent them, and who march off with
tail-feathers high in the air and pay
cash to some other dealer while the
old account sleeps on the books, un.
wept, unhonored and unsung.
Nothing very arousingly funny about
these things. is there? But every
grocer knows they are true. For every
case OF questionable grocery storekeep.
er the country over, there are twenty
cases of customers beating the man
who has supplied them on credit with
the necessities OF life.
The public pay cash to the trans.
portation company for transportation,
cash to the liquor dealer for his money
wasting wares, cash to the florist and
to the tobacco man for their luxuriee,
cash to the telephone company and to
every rich corporation. The grocer
pays cash to the railroad, the whole
saler, the manufacturer, to his clerks,
and to the tax collector.
Now that we have laughed 80 often
about the grocers' tricks, let us turn
the laugh wee bit on the fellow who
laughs at the grocer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-10-20
>~~~~~~~s~S~~~~e~~<~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~S~~~N~~
Hymns You Ought to Know
THE PILGRIMS OF THE NIGHT.
BY Frederick William Faher

(About no hymn writer have there
been greater differences OF opinion than
about Frederick William Faber-Cal-
verify Nicarage, Yorkshire, June 2S,
1914; London, Sept. 26, 1868. The con-
clusion OF the whole matter is seen. how
ever, in the growing popularity OF his
work. This gifted Catholic has given to
all Christendom a number OF beautiful
and popular hymns. The Pilgrims OF
the Night appeared in 1854. 1t is the
best known of Faber's hymns in the
United States, while in England his
Paradise" holds first place. The form
er has been fortunate in that some beau
tiful melodies, notably "Nox Angel lica. -"
by j. b. Dykes, have been composed
especially for it. 1t is also sometimes
sung to the Swiss tune, "Oberland.'')
llark, hark, my soul. angelic songs are
swelling
Ger Earth's green fields and ocean s
wavc-beat shore;
How sweet the truth those blessed
strains are telling
Of that new life when sin shall be no
more.
Refrain-Angels of Jesus, angels of
light,
Singing. to welcome the pilgrims of
night.
Onward We 60, for still we hear them
singing,
Cnn,n 4
come;
And through the dark, it's echoes sweetly
ringing,
The music of the gospel leads us home.
Far, far away, like bells at evening
pealing,
The voice of Jesus sounds DER land
and sea,
And laden souls, by thousands meekly
stealing,
Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps
to thee.
Rest comes at length; though life be
long and dreary,
The day must dawn, and darksome
night be past:
Faiths journey ends in welcome to the
weary,
And heaven, the hearts true home,
will come at last.
Angels! sing on, your faithful watches
keeping;
Sing us sweet fragments of the songs
above;
Till mornings joy shall end the night of
weeping,
And life's long shadows break in
cloudless love.