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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-28
Dyspepsia Of Women
ABSOLUTELY NEEDLESS AGONY
Caused by Uterine Disorders and Cured by
Lydia {. Pinkham' s Vegetable Compound

A great many women suffer with a
form of indigestion or dyspepsia which
does not seem to yield to ordinary treat
ment. While the symptoms seem to be
similar to those of ordinary indiges-
ton, vet the medicines universally pre-
scribed do not seem to restore the pa
TENTS normal condition.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-28

shee. Grady. Mason of Northampton,
Mclean Moore. Pearson, Somers,
Stubs, Thorne. Vann, Wililams-16.
Mr. Fleming moved that the bill en-
larging the capitol he taken from the
table. The motion was put and failed
AT 1:40 the Senate adjourned.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

Mrs. Florence Kirkman was appoints
ed postmistress at LindhUrst.
A bank in Woodbury. has 100000 de-
posits, most Of which belongs to farm
erS.
The Cricket Junior Club, composed OF
MiIlville children under fifteen years
of age, opened its new clubhouse.
Several dollars were added to the
treasury of Pitman Fire Company from
an oyster supper
The Gloucester County Courts have
resumed operation.
Cape May County woodmen state
that this will be the star year fol rab
bits and quail.
A. B. Crowell has a bunch of sweet
potatoes raised on his farm at May S
Landing, each of which weighs three
pounds.
The Mercer County Grand Jury has
found an indictment against Charles
Long, colored. for the murder last July
of Matthew Cunningham, also colored
The men had Quarreled over negress
Several large blaclSboards for use il
the Harrison township Gloucester
County, school were so badly damaged
in shipment that the Board of Educa.
ton refused TO take them.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31
WILL LIVE in AlsToRvs PAGES.
Famous Highway to the Southwest
Built Only Century Ago.

A hundred years ago the eyes OF
America were on the southwest. We
were on the edge of the war with
Spain over the closing Of the Missis-
sippi, and under orders from Washing
ton, Wilkinson, in command of Fort
Adams. held solemn conclave with the
Indians who owned the east bank of
the big river, and by treaty establish
ed sacred postroad through their
country.
1t left Nashville on the old Buffalo
trace. crossed the Tennessee at Col
bert's. ferry below the Mussel shoals,
and. striking the hills back of the Big
Black, came down to Natchez and on
to New Orleans. with branch to the
Walnut hills. The road was more
than military necessity, for so many
pirates infested the Mississippi that
merchants returning from New Or
leans needed a safer route home with
their money.
After it was opened it became all
things to the southwest. Methodism
went down that way in the person OF
Tobias Gibson; later Lorenzo Dow fol.
lowed him with the camp meeting
spirit. Old Hickory marched his army
down to Natchez over this route in
1913 and marched it back again next
spring. And from that day till nearly
our own it has been the great center
Of that country's. activity Now the
railroads have come. the settlers have
moved down into the valleys and
opened up poorer roads in the beds of
branches and through swampy low.
lends. But the Trace is still there
upon its ridges. the best road of them
all.-- Everybody's Magazine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS


Miss Anna Scott, of New York City,
broken hearted because of the recent
death of her fiance while the latter was
on a tour of the West, went to Atlantic
CitM registered at one of. the leading
hotels, and in less than an hour after
registering blew ont her brains i'll her
room with g.. revolver from letters
found Gu her person it wa4 evident mat
she went to Atlantic City expressly to
end her life The suicide was kept
secret by the hotel proprietors, and it
was not until the matter was placed in
the hands of the Coroner that the af-
fair leaked out Miss Scott had no
luggage when She came. She paid her
bill in advance and went upstairs.
When she failed to go down to supper
servants went to her room and called
her. Receiving no reply. they informed
the Office. and were given instructions
to force the door. Upon entering, they
saw the young woman stretched full
length ON couch in the ROOM with
the blood trielSling from wound just
above the left temple. A revolver that
lay on the floor beneath the inanimate
left hand, with one chamber empty,
told the whole story. Miss Scott evil
IDENTITY cooIly planned her DEATH as
was plainly shown by her preparations.
She had placed couple of folded
towels under her head. so that the
blood should not get on the couch. No
one heard the report of the explosion.
1t was learned that Miss Scott and her
invalid mother had lived for some time
at the Hotel Normandie, i'll New York
City, but recently Mrs. Scott was
obliged to go to a hospital. A cousin
went to Atlantic City and took the
body with him to New York City.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

Give me a glass of orange phos
phate, said the red-faced man.
Then he took a tall, thin glass from
his coat pocket and passed it over %
the clerk.
What's that for?" asked the clerk.
ITO put the phosphate in" said tho
man. Il can't drink out Of your
glasses. / sat in a place once where j
could see you fellows dabble your
spoons and glasses in that little pool
under the counter. That was enough
Tor me. Since then, when 20 out for
a soda or phosphate, take my own
glass along. You needn't be afraid Of
1t. It is regulation size. It won't hold
drop more than your own glasses
The only difference is it is clean
Hurry up. please
The clerk seemed in doubt, but he
mixed the phosphate. The fastidious
man slipped it with appreciative
smacks and gIared contemptuously the
while upon the common herd who took
their refreshments from drug store
glasses,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31
(To be Continueda
nGentlenan.. and ..I.adx... !.


AS to the rather subtle question Of
gentleman" 'lady," imam" and
woman" there is difference (writes
a correspondent between the sexes.
A Duke must always be man, unless
he be, for the purpose Of conversation.
a gentleman" with great emphasis Of
voice. without emphasis. every man
Of gentleman's rank is a imam" always
and in every social circumstance. But
with women it is entirely matter OF
the adjective. Without an adjective
woman is lady" Who ever asked.
on hearing that friend was to marry
'sWho is the woman? Nor do we say
that we met woman at dinner VINO
told us SO and so. But introduce fhe
adjective, and the s'lady" is at once =
pretty woman, welI-dressed Wonaan'
rather a dull woman
The imam" and gentleman" dlllleuA-
r. was responsible recently for an N,
intentional aspersion upon youtniu'
undergraduate friend by young "a
mat Is to say, girl. He was AZ tne
end of his teens, not quite arrived az
mans estate That was what sne IN
tended to convey to stranger VINO
ban heard his name mentioned and in
onIred as to his approximate age. But
- she was i polite young girl. what
sho said was: "Oh, he's not quite q
oanfIeman. London Chronicle
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

An archaeological discovery was
made recently at Agen, France, that is
interesting European scientists. Soil
sinking under the weight of team OF
oxen. disclosed cavern. on whose
floor were found some exceedingly rare
animal footprints. Among them were
those Of the Tells speceloea, or prehis
toric cave lion. From plaster casts this
petrifed footprint has been measured
TO be nine and quarter inches long by
eight and three-quarter inches broad
and the claws are two and three-quar'
ter inches long These footprints are
now being closely studied by experts.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31
To Sell Historic Landmark.

Washington's PreakneSs headquar-
ters. from which all general orders
were issued while his army was in
Northern New Jersey, is to be sold at
Sheriff's sale, because of the default of
the missing Mayor. VIM. Ii. Belcher,
of Paterson, in the payment of interest
due on two mortgages. Belcher pur-
chased the Preakness headquarters and
the surrounding farm land from Henry
Ibserman giving mortgage for $500
and assuming a previous mortgage of
$4,000 held by the Howe estate. The
farm was one OF half a dozen main
tanned by Mayor Belcher. Like the
others, it was mortgaged at almost its
full value, and for more than year
Belcher had neglected to pay the in
terest. The building is practically as
it was when Belcher occupied it. At
that time it was known as the Dey
mansion. The rooms are large, and
few OF the country mansions in the
vicinity compare with it. Since the de-
parture of Belcher from Paterson, after
q career Of forgery and swindling to
the extent of $125,000. several persons
have made offers for the property, but
the holders of the mortgages deemed
it best to let the law take its course.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31
Money For Princeton.

Trustees. of Princeton University. at
Princeton, at their meeting accepted
gifts to the amount of $99,1TS, which
have beenQ received since commence
ment. twenty-five thousand dollars
was also received from the Alumni
Association of the Oranges to establish
an Orange scholarship. Warren EIsing.
1908, OF Brooklyn. n. Y. was an
nounced as The winner of the Stennike
prize scholarship, which is the largest
scholarship given to an undergraduate
1t pays $500 annually for three years
and is based on competitive examina-
tion in classical studies. James *
Jeans, lecturer at Cambridge, Mass,
was made Professor Of Applied Math-
ematics. Professor w A. Packard's
resignation was accepted, and he was
made Professor Emeritus.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31
Some surprise has been manifested

Some surprise has been manifested
on the Continent by the announcement
that the Kaiser pays railway fares
He has the use of a special train,
painted a vivid blue, but the tickets
are charged up to his personal account,
and when hesgoes 70 Rominten to shoot
amount TO about 1900 marks There
was a silly time when the President
was criticised for accepting courtesies
from railway companies. but the adj
verhsing advantage to the latter has
now come to be generally recognized
as affording adequate compensation.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

Lounges touches, sofas" 'teta
crtetes" or seats are no longer talk
ed about. for the oId-fashioned setl
tie" is the accepted favoriie Of the
present day Set by the fireplace or
on the side porch. the old Kensington
rears its high carved back, the Chip.
pendale braces its slender legs. and
the saw-horse settle. turns out ita
feet Of claws. Even the popular divau
has to hide its diminished head under
It's multiplicity Of pillows before tho
wrought rams heads Of the new sch
Ties, which are said u pc = reprQd0o
llon b. s. style "a uee Thousand yeaN
Eeka TAD chflssiaa
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31
T.,,a Tron Il. the Blood

ssTron In the blood" expresses, no
douht a chemical fact as well as a
s,o,lre Of speech. but probably not one
ii 4 thousand. even among chemists,
ever saw ferrum sanguinis material
Yea 10 visible metals. This feat. how
ever has been performed BY n. Bar
rueI. head Of the chemical laboratories
of Paris. M. BarrueI. who has, in
time, practiced much phlebotomy on
the human subject, has systemati.
caIIy extracted chemically the ferum
from the other constituents. This he
transformed into minute globuies on
'lpearls" Of iron. AZ last the idea &C.
CURED to him to have them aIl WELDED
together. ana the result is an iron ring
made from human blood which hc
wears o3 Ills finger Iaeelean ltAye4
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31
Used Hatpin For Defense.

Carrie Bullocks, a mill girl, was
passing a cluInp Of bushes IN West
Melville, on her way home from work
the other night, when man sprang
ont, placed 4 hand over her mouth,
ana threw her TO the ground. The
piucky girl fought her assailant with a
hatpin. and finally succeeded in max,
ing an outcry. causing the rnfiian tc
release his hold and fly through the
woods. With her face scratched and
her clothing torn, Miss BulIocks
reached her home and told her father.
Henry Bullocks, what had happened
Aiming himself with shotgun he or
ganlzed posse and a search was made
for the rascal all night, but got no
trace of him. Miss BuIlocks was pros
trated as a result of the assault.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31
If thoge peopIe vino eompIained be.

If those people who complained be
cause the President took little trip
under water lived in Italy. they prob
ably would abuse the King for going
personally into the earthquake region
to see what could be done for his PEG
pie Anyhow, he went, got shock az
soon as he arrived. and nobody seems
to think the less Of him for it, Weak
lings never were very popular anyhow.
See the Strenuous Life. by a well
known American author.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

The editor of the Rural New Yorker
has found another method of telling Of
the hens usefulness, relates CONNER
cial Poultry. A bushel of wheat worth
ninety cents will feed hen for 300
days. If she lays 100 eggs worth two
cents each she makes the wheat worth
50. This amount will haul ton Of
freight $50 miles or one passenger
eighty miles. She gives the land TWEEN
ty-fiye cents worth of fertilizer for the
next crop and then makes toothsome
dinner.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

1t must be admitted that in the long
line Of history there have often been
evidences that the self-made man has
not always reflected the greatest credit
upon his Creator. ayers the New York
POST. He is very often a riddle 70
himself. He is rarely found without
some mixture OF eccentricity. He toe
frequently wears himself out Tt
adapt saying Of welI-known French
novelist, while the seIf-made man Of
genius is driving sun chariot IN
fancy, the average man Of education
drives brougham in fact. The INA
poleon Of Finance nearly ruined both
the fame and fortune Of Americas
greatest general and found his way 6
a state prison. ana the late Whitaker
Wright in London ended j remarkable
career IL ignomiuy and shame. Both
HfeEe sen made men.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

Eugene Mougei, Of BeIIville. and his
cousin, Pierre Lafayette. Of Woodside,
boys, were looking for game in q wood
back Of Hillside Park, Belleville, when
they were surprised at the appearance
OF big bald eagle The bird dew at
Mougel with such force that he was
knocked down. Lafayette got behind
a tree. Before the eagle could attack
Mougel again he arose and raising his
gun fred and wounded il in one Of it's
wings. The injury only served to in
crease the eagle's rage, It continued
to battle until Lafayette came to his
companions aid ana finished 1t with 4
shot IA the right les 1t WAS taken TO
Mougel home and with wings spread
was found ID measure Eve feet three
inches
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

BY the terms of fund to be admin
istered in connection with the Phila.
delphia School for Nurses, Wither-
spoon Building, Philadelphia. mum,
her of young women from country
places will receive free training in
nursing. The object is to disseminate
the knowledge of the care of the sick
to districts which have no hospitals
The young women Will receive rooms,
board and uniformss2ree The course
Of training is two years.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

Identifications to the number of 5155
were obtained by the police in England
last year through the finger-print sys-
TEN, states the New York Evening
World. The result obtained is said in
the report of the Commissioner of Po-
lice for London to be ten times larger
than the highest figures secured by the
anthropometric system, which was SUI
perseded in 1901.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

Battling with 4 twenty foot python.
two men We're watched by GREATNESS
crowd 1T New York Geological Garden
in Bronx Park. The keepers perilous
task was made necessary By the condi-
ton OF the python. one Of the largest
in captivity and the especial pride Of
Curator Dimars. About this time Of
tie year these reptiles shed their skin.
when Gagged assistance becomes neces-
sasw and the keepers face grave peril.
White one covered the head u THE rem
tile with d Blanket and sal Hfl5n.it the
other proceeded to remove the dead
skin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

Think Of the fine battleship Oregon,
whose run from ocean to ocean seems
but an achievement Of yesterday, being
spoken of as 'antlquated" needing
to be rebuilt if it is TO be Of further
service to the country! 1t is enough to
make the untechnical laylnan ask him
self whether all the expense and all
the tourings in the seven seas are
worth while. ayows the Boston Trans
crint
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

1t is good American business asserts
the New York Sun, that graft and
greed are being exposed, that trust
funds as consequence of these expos
ures are going to Re. actually trust
funds, and not means for speculation
for wholly or partially individual
profit, and wholly corporation loss if
the speculation goes wrong.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31
For Municipal Ownership.

BY vote of 105 to % the citizens of
Allentown decided at special election
that the town should have water
plant, installed at public expense. A
standpipe, about 120 feet high, will be
erected, and the town will be piped to
afford service for homes and for fire
protection.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

Spinsters and schooIma' ANS Of the
East should take cognizance Of the re-
ports Of the Census Bureau, which
show that South Dakota has b3,619
Unmarried men Of manageable age
and only 24.S44 of the opposite sex
who are ID the same classification
Another peculiar feature Of the census
disclosures il That South Dakota mas
been unipstly maligned by feason 01
ils divorce laws
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

In taking the Wiesbaden grape cure
for anaemia and dyspepsia a patient
sometimes eats as much as ten pounds
day. Appendicitis can have no ter
rors for an appetite like that
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

The fact that WHITE has been created
count shouldn't inete popular preju-
dice against him, declares the Hartford
Times A count is a long way from be-
ing in the grand duke class.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

Money doesn't bring happiness. but it
makes a fellow feel mighty contented
when hes ordering a first-cIass dinner,
declares The Atlanta Constitution.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31

Subject: Esther Pleading For Her People,
Essh. w., 40 to W 3-G0Iden Text,
Pisa. cxlv., 2O--NTemory Verses. 10, 10
Commentary ON tho Days K.esson.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-07

know people who can read Henry
JameS>withOut any trouble at all"
so do L. said the Knocker. And
in every case it has been a person who
had no other occupation in life or hav-
ing no particular regard for truth
claims that he understands every word
he. writes | understand every word
he writes, but when he gets the words
In combination there's the deuce to paw
and as ! said before he makes me cry.
The same * true of all the Best Sell
lers too When l read over those lists
they publish that tell how the six best
sellers at HOhokuS last month were
The Ruby Panjandrum' by Flora, Annie
Bosbyshell; The Bunkie Bride by
Maude Bullfnger; The House With
the Pink Roof by James Botkin Ere
i1nghysen: Anal gamated Coppsrs |
Have Met by Thomas W. Soa-
KEN. The Confessions of a Di-
yereeee' BY No Sc of the New
York 400: and out For the Stuff
a novel of Wall street. by Carnegie
Gates. and then think Of Hawthorne
Poe. Oliver Wendell Holmes. F'itz James
o Brlen and the rest "a therfng dust on
the library shelves. 1 so home and weep
over HOhOkus like AIaTiuS over the
ruins of Carthage. I tell you. RedfaCe
Its lachrymOse condition and the
man who does justice to the subject OF
I
ne any kind of a critic. viii have his
life work cut out for him just writing
down the titles. That's why in these
days We record only the Worlds Best
Sellers IF we started in to make
list Of the Worlds Best WeeperS it
would take a book as big as old
Daniel Webster's Dictionary to hold
EN-
Daniel Webster Gidn't write a die
tiODaTy.'' protested Redface
Didn't say he did but III bet he
owned one retoTted the Kuocker
No man could sling English the way
he did who hadn't read it pretty nearly
through
oh we'll" said Redracp cneerfulIv
what's the use of getting hot in the
collar about modern literature Do as
do. Don't read the books haven't
read q book in ten years
You look it said the Nnocker
You have simply shirked your duty to
your time. You ought to read. and
weep with the rest Of Us It is only
by trial thar men become strong. and
between you and me. Redface. it is that
fact alone that lends SemblauCe OF
virtue to modern letters. A nation
that can stand the nervous strain of
reading the best sellers of the past
five years has the stuff Of which
heroes are made i'm it If it wasn't for
It's disciplinary effect believe the state
would interfere and have the modern
hystericaI novel put down by law as
q menace TO public health. Meanwhile
lets, you and I drown our sorrows. not
in the Golden Bowl. but in the flowing
bowl Ell -
I'm your man. ss.d fIedface.
There are other things than reading
that maketh a full man
Only it must be your treat, Red
face" continued the KnOCker. For in
confidence ! VIII tell YOU that my
pOcketbOOk is the emptiest Of the lot.
Fact is il makes me cry more than any
other book in sight"
Copyright 1893 by n II. Homes)