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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08

III tuS ISCSHl uON6 ny Tile
United States to assume a temporary
financial protectorate over the small
land, the move being taken by our gov
eminent for the purpose of safeguard
ing the Monroe doctrine and for the
purpose of stopping the clamor of cred
itOrs.
Germany, France Spain and Belgium,
Informing President Morales that I'M
less Santo Domingo discharged lis just
obligations warships would presently
be sent to seize the custom-houses and
take charge of the revenues therefrom.
had the effect of moving the president
to request the aid of the United States
In unloosening his financial tangle. 1t
is the plan for the United States her
self to take charge of the custom
houses and direct affairs relating
thereto until the small West Indian
republic is in more stable condition
In protocol we have arranged to look
after country concerning which,
though a close neighbor, we as a peo-
pie generally are almost absolutely ig-
norant
The Dominican republic, as it is
known officially, occupies by lar the
larger part of the island originally
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
Ctr Juru SyHtett, -Jta Mat1
Hntmt nf 1urakmpaa
By GEN. CHARLES w. BARTLETT,
Noted Criminal Lawyer of Boston.

ID perfectly futile to discuss the question of whether the jury
system as we know and have known for long
ceptbe OF improvement Nobody will agree to the PROPOSE
ton that the jury system requires any reform
OF TACT those OF us who have practical knowledge of the
subject know well that it is certainly the practicable
method that has been devised that probably ever can
De devised, OF securing the most exact justice
We all know this by experience. We all know that the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-08
The Republic Of Sonto
Domingo Again Heard From
Rich Revolu
tonaries as to Be Retrosradns- Visited BY Columbus

CERTAIN writer remarks
that the dominican republic
is seldom heard from except
when in the turmoil of an
insurrection. Its present ap-
peal to newspaperdcm lies
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
victim I'D npolice Hahit.D

Henry Koehler, who, with his broth
er Louis, now in State prison for
term of three years, has the record OF
being the worst young men in Perth
Amboy was dressed in his best clothes
at the ATiddlesex County jail the other
morning. prepared to go to court and
get q State prison sentence. He was
greatly disappointed because he had
not "got his medicine" as he terms his
punishment, and declared serving
time in State prison was better than
staying in Jail at New Brunswick. He
has been arrested nineteen times.
Koehler was TO have been sentenced
by Judge Woodbridge Strong, who
sent his brother Louis to prison several
weeks ago. Prosecutor Berdine was
in court, but Lawyer G. T. Cowenho-
ven, for Koehlcr. could not attend.
Koehler sent word over from the Jail
that he wanted TO be sentenced any
way. whether Cowenhoven was there
or not. He did not think his lawyer
could do him any good, and he ex-
pected a State prison sentence. Judge
Strong was communicated with at his
home and postponed the case. Koehler
was arrested and tried for assaulting
a negro. He was convicted. At the
trial he declared he was not to blame,
but that the police had the habit of ar
resting him. I'm a victim Of the po-
lice he told the court Every time
anything happens down there I'm ar
rested. The police have the habit, and
can't seem to help it" His brother
Louis when given three years in pri-
son left the courtroom smiling. The
~ L III nd n.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15
In AL Parts of the State.

Union Fire Company, Of Mt. Holly,
will celebrate it's centennial anniyer-
sary ON October 10.
John Whitney has given orders to
rush the work of repairing the fur
naces at the glass factory at Glassboro
The Franklin Township, Hunterdon
County, Board Of Education has ap.
pointed the following teachers: Cher
ryville, Jesse sNeff Franklin, Miss
Olive Bodine; Sidney, Miss Bertha
Holcombe; Quakertown, Harry Green;
Pittstown, Mrs. Lewis Hiner.
Miss Lutte Whitmore, formerly a
clerk in the Hammonton postoffice, has
been restored to her old position.
Where crates of swamp huckleberries
were gathered in South Jersey last
season only quarts are gotten now
The $4,000 issue of four per cent.
bonds for building new High School
in Hammonton We're sold to W E.
Jackson & Co., of New York City.
The indictments against the Sixth
Ward election officers, William Ras-
tall, Thomas Corrigan, Philip Reilly
and James F. Dunlap, of New Bruins
wick. who at the last election. dis
franchised nearly 500 voters, will be
sent back to the Middlesex courts for
trial
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15
To be continued.
Ha snrsix Had the hines.


'sWhat's the matter, old man?" he
said, as they met the next morning
after. "You look blue"
II feel blue"
"But last night you were the jolliest
member of our party"
II felt jolly"
'You acted like boy just let out Of
school,"
II felt like one
''You said that your wife had gone
away for the first time in three years,
and there wasn't anyone to say a word
If you went home and kicked over the
Inantel Clock
II remember it."
"You said that if you stayed out un-
til four o'clock there was no one to
look at you reproachfully, and sigh,
and make you feel mean"
Yes, and stayed out until four
o'clock, didn't Ig'
.sYou certainly did,
"And gave you a war-whoop on the
front doorstep"
Eyes, and you sang verse from q
comic opera song. and tried to dance a
clog"
Eyes. and my wife missed that Svain.
Now, please go away and let me
alone. Sunday Magazine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

A nude crazy man, who has been hid
ing in the woods alongside the New
Jersey and New York Railroad tracks,
south of Hackensack, for the last few
days. was captured early in the morn
ing by Constable Jacob Dunn. He had
made a wreath Of twigs and tied it
around his waist, but it offered little
protection. His body was a mass of
scars from head to foot. He was near
ly exhausted. The wild man said he
was John Vincent Gallagher, and that
his home was in Hoboken, where he
said his brother William lived in Will
low street. Beyond this Gallagher
could tell nothing about his wander
ings. He has the initials ~ V. G."
tattooed on his arm. Constable Dunn
found it necessary to get clothes from
people living near where Gallagher
was captured in order to dress the
stranger before taking him to jail.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15


j. Laurence Laughlin, in the Allan
tic says Great capacity which has
shown its effect in literature, art, mu-
sic, oratory, or statescraft, will not the
less come to the fore in industry. In
this country, where our resources are
almost untouched, and where chances
are open to all, great managerial pow
er can no more be prevented from az
cumulating large fortunes than great
oratory or great learning can be pre-
vented from winning success and fame
1t is as silly to carp at great indus
trial capacity as it would be to carp
at great literary ability.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

And when this was done the sale
being effected ii London while Walter
was sovemaking in the country Mr..
Deepdale was left, not as he had stated
quite as poor as Little Make Believe
and Saranne, but with an income OF
thirty pounds year: which Walter,
the story being told, declared was
fine yum to commence a fresh start
in life9 18th.
"There is one thing, dad" said ne,
with kindIing eyes, you GENE out OF
this bad affair an honest and upright
man. Thank God, our honor is I'M
sullied."
Late in the night Little Make-Believe
and Saranne heard the story, and
learnt how their castles in the air had
faded away.
1t would be untrue to say that they
were not disappointed, but in their
grief for their tried friends, and in
the loving tenderness exhibited toward
them by Mr.. Deepdale and Walter, no
less than in the brave and hopeful
view the young man took Of this
change in their fortunes, they found
ample consolation.
The interchange Of affectionate SYM
pathy and strengthening words con-
verted this otherwise dark night into
one Of the happiest they had spent
during their holiday in the country.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15
Iudoe Readv with compiIn,ents.

Judge Whitman is the only bachelor
on the board of city magistrates in
New York He was called upon one
forenoon to marry couple from Phil.
adelphia. The bride handed him a
handsome rose from her bouquet and
said: II want you to take it home to
your wife. II shall be delighted to
accept it." said his honor. but cant
wear it myself? have no wife. !"
The bride looked at him with COM
passion. That's too bad she said
"and you so good-looking. Then she
turned to him suddenly and said:
won't you come over to Philadelphia
and let me introduce you to my sis
tcr?v III she looks like you" re-
sponded the Judge with bow, Il shall
be tempted to take the next train"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15
Omen ocean GROVE Gates.

Bishop J. N. Fitzgerald and DR.. A. e.
Ballard, of the Ocean Grove Camp
Meeting Association, rode in and ous
of the camp grounds in a big automo.
bile. The reason for this extraordi-
nary infractlon of the camp ground
rules was the death at Cranbury of
the Rev. H. NJ. Brown. who was a
member of the association They took
Mr.. Browns son to Cranbury, and the
journey was made with true automo-
bile speed The officials shot through
the Ocean Grove gates on the outward
trip. They were let in at o'clock
The gates We're opened recently on a
Sunday to accommodate a funeral
With these two exceptions. however,
the rigid rule has never been violated
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

II would have been farmer, had
any science of farming been known
to those among whom my early boy
hood was passed, Horace Greeley
wrote in 1868. farming, as under
stood and practiced by those among
whom grew up, was Il work fol
oxen; and for me the life of an OK had
no charms And in temperament
Horace Greeley was farmer all his
life. He was born on poor little
farm in New Hampshire, and his child
hood experiences of the vocation were
those Of terribly hard work and Q
meagre living as its reward. 1t is nc
wonder that printing seemed more
promising to him.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15
NO JOKE TO BE A GIANT.
Things Of Comfort for Ordinary Men
Are Uncomfortable for Him.

Lntn9S OF Comfort TOT ordinary MSU
Are Uncomfortable for Him.
George Anger, the giant from Car
diff, Wales, is a freak who will testi.
fly to the drawbacks of the life he
leads. In his own words, TITS nc
joke to be a giant" Anger is only Is
years of age. yet he has attained a
height OF feet s inches and weight
Of 800 pounds. His great size is q
constant trouble to him.
When he stops for the night at q
hotel it is necessary for the manage
ment to see that three beds are placed
side by side in his room, so that when
he retires he may be able to rest by
stretching his huge frame across
them. All doors are too low for him
and unless he constantly has in mind
the fact that he must bend before
he enters a room he receives sting
ing blow as a reminder and his head
gear suffers considerable damage. II
is said that he spells three hats every
month in this way.
Then, too, his bulk is so unwieldy
that ne can not ride in cab with any
degree uf comfort, and is forced t.
patronize the trolley. He is obliged,
however, to remain on the platform
because it is so difficult for him to
squeeze through the door. He has to
be careful about what chairs and
sofas he sits upon, for fear they will
give away beneath his weight.
All of Mr.. Augers clothes must be
made to order. His gloves must be
No. Is and made large enough to Gov
er hands measuring ten inches from
wrists to finger tips and i've inches
across.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

The buying of farms by city peo-
pie is a very noticeable feature in
Western real estate markets, points
out the Massachusetts Ploughman,
Farms that were a part of the free
public land when their owners took
possession are now valued at one hun
bred dollars per acre, more or less,
and even at the advanced prices many
buyers believe them good investments
and likely to advance still further in
salable value because Of the good in
come they return in standard farm
crops at present prices. Every adj
vance of Western land tends to i'm.
prove the position of Eastern farms
and farmers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

To keep the grafters out Of the Sen.
ate, pertinently suggests the Kansas
City Star (nd,), would be more "a
tional and feasible than to have to
kick them out after they get in. II
must be borne in mind that most OF
the senators who trade on their Off.
cial influence were known TO be men
of that stripe before they were elect.
ed. 1t would greatly simplify the
situation and save the country much
humiliation and odium if the people
of the different States would call .
halt on the custom of electing United
States Senators who are confessed
agents Of interests that levy tribute
on the public"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

Obsidian or volcanic glass, as 1t IS
sometimes called, is stone OF glass
like appearance and of volcanic origin.
1t is most abundant in Mexico, where
it was extensively used by the Aztecs
in making mirrors, knives, razors, ar
rowheads, spearheads, etc.
1t is also found in limited quanti-
ties west of the Rocky Mountains,
but as yet has never been discovered
on the eastern side, although arrow
heads made from it have been found
in Ohio, which must have been trans
ported by the aborigine at least 1900
miles. Ohsidian has both black and
smoky tints. It OBTAINS seventy eight
per cent. Of silica, and is thus very
hard and lint-like. American Nat
urallst.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15
Kentucky Yarn.

Out on the veranda Of little Ken.
lucky hotel several colonies" were
slipping mint julip and telling yarns
about the weather.
When All was up in thaw noun
tains, sah." said a lanky old gentle
man, sit began to rain one aftahnoon
and before thaw shower was oyal'
thaw was fish all ovah thaw ground.
Bass. trout and carp fell right out Of
the clouds, sab"
The old gentleman who was rather
corpulent placed his glass on the table
and said
-'Cunnel, that than was pretty
good yahn, but it don't tech thaw ex.
perience ! had fohty miles south OF
Frankfort. Why sab, it began to rain
than one day and fish came down by
thaw ton. But that isn't thaw strang-
est of it. A thundah stohm arose, tn
lightnin' struck thaw field, fried thaw
fish just as nice as if they we're fried
in youah own kitchen am"
But the other colonies" fed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

AS an express train on the Atlantic
City Railroad passed a wooded section
near Egg Harbor it was bombarded
with stones. The train was stopped
and the officials notified. a few min
utes later seven young men came to the
station, and when Chief Senft was
about TO arrest them on suspicion they
attempted to escape, and only after
Senft sent a volley of bullets after
them did they come to terms. The
suspects were locked up TO await the
arrival of the officials Of the company.
They refused their names and claimed
Philadelphia as their home.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

Peary is off again. All the money
needed to drive his craft into the ice
pack, capture the aurora borealis and
locate the pole was supplied. He is a
brave adventurer, and every one will
wish him success. In all probability.
however, the next call for funds will
be in year or two hence to man an
expedition to bring the great explorer
back, predicts the Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15
viId CaIf

An odd story comes from Great Isl
and. Me. Last fall calf belonging
to Frank Stevens strayed away, and,
although efforts were made to find it,
it could not be located. Recently,
however some gunners who were out
hunting saw the long-lost calf in COM
pany With deer, and since that time
the two have been seen together on
several occasions. sometimes the calf
being with several deer 1t Is evident
that the little animal has been adopt
ed by the deer of Great Island, and
has now become one Of their number.
1t has become as shy as deer
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15
CHAPTER XII.
Thomas Dexter Comes Out in a New
Character.

Thomas Dexter Comes Out in New
Character.
The Christmas Of that year was what
is generally called seasonable Christ
mas-that is, it was bitterly cold, and
the snow soaked through your boots.
Dealing as this story does with those
mortals who are not as a rule inclined
to look at snow and ice from an ar
tistic point Of view-beautiful as Il
is pictorially and from distance-and
to whom a rise in the price of Goals is
a very serious matter, the term season.
able, as expressing something for
which they should be grateful, is as
suredly out of place.
Boys, even ragged boys, extract a
wild delight from frozen roads and
ponds, but the grown-up, having lived
long enough to discover that all is van
ity, derive no pleasure from stamping
their frozen feet and blowing their
frozen fingers.
A hard winter indeed it was. Not
only Goals, but every article necessary
to life had increased in price.
There was rise Of penny in the
four-pound loaf, meat was much dear
er, bacon, butter, potatoes, cheese and
leather had all followed suit: even the
humble bundle of wood, though tho
price remained the same, had dwindled
its once fair proportions. Candles must
not be forgotten; twelve to the pound
was fiction. The morals Of the Lon
don tradesmen are sadly deteriorating.
To the persons with whom we are by
this time familiar great changes had
come.
1t is by no violent shock to probabil.
ity-such as we are accustomed to wit
ness in the modern drama-that nearly
all Of them found themselves this
Christmas under one roof.
That roof is Thomas Dexter's, and
the gathering came about some months
since in a perfectly natural way.
The only surprising feature in it was
supplied in the action initiated and
urged by the old curiosity dealer.
He had become acquainted with Mr..
Deepdale's loss of fortune, and stimuli.
taneously with the engagement con.
tracted between Walter and Saranne.
In the early part of this story refer
ence was made to the upper portion OF
the house, on the ground floor Of which
he carried on his business.
The rooms above had a separate en-
trance through side door, which had
no communication with his shop, and
until now had been let to various ten
ants more or less to be depended upon
for the payment of their ent-gener-
ally less.
1t happened just as Mr.. Deepdale and
Walter, accompanied by Little Make
Believe, returned to London from the
country, that the whole of the upper
part of Thomas Dexter's house was va
cant, and actuated by feeling the
roots Of which he did not take the
trouble to search for he proposed that
they should become his tenants at a
very low rental.
There was sitting and bed room
for Little Make-Believe and Saranne,
there were sufficient living rooms for
Mr.. Deepdale and Walter, and he sug-
gested that the sisters should perform
certain household duties, for which
they were to receive from him a small
remuneration.
~.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

The cabbage snake delusion is q
curious incident in the doings Of the
Western cabbage market, relates the
Massachusetts, Ploughman. Some en-.
terprising reporter worked up Q story
that cabbages were infested with a
poisonous worm or snake, and the con.
ter seriously and refused to buy cab
pages. No doubt the sale Of the veg
etable was hurt to very serious OK
tent and the price Kept below the nat
ural level. There is, Of course, moth.
ing in this story, the cabbage snake
being the little hair-like parasite
worm occasionally found in the cab,
baGe and entirely harmless.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

In England the entire face of indus
trial labor is Being changed, says the
Electrical Magazine, and where grimy
steam and sloppy water once reigned
supreme the magic Of the electro-mo-
tor is spreading its influence, saving
the physical energies of man and con-
Quoting work which would otherwise
be accomplished only by a system but
little removed from slavery.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15
Pesky Old Mortgage in Ashes

The burning Of a mortgage of $1,000
upon the Wells Memorial Presbyterian
Church, at Avalon, was solemnized.
With appropriate words the mortgage
was set afire by Charles gill; of Phila-
delphia, Pa, The edifice, being free
from all debt, was dedicated by Rev.
+. R. Brace. of Blackwood, after
which Rev. David H. King, D. D., Of
Vineland. delivered fitting sermon.
The church was built a number Of
years ago, and all seemed dark to the
members for a while. but it is now
rapidly growing. as is the resort.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

Professor Ferriani declares that
seventy FIVE per cent. of criminals
perpetuate crimes in ignorance of
their consequences. Many criminals,
he also says, not only boast Of their
crimes, but exaggerate them, even in
.ourt, and. to their own detriment,
from a perverse sort of vanity.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

One thing about Governor Folk that
some people do not like is the way he
has of discovering that law is be-
ing violated when everybody else
knows it. even though his official ut
tention is not called to the violation,
observes the Chicago Daily News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15
Made Injured Man Glad.

N. NJ. Powell, OF Brooklyn, N. Y, in
turning his auto car at Hammonton
scared a horse driven by Nunzio Pa
gano so that it ran away throwing Pa
gano out. spraining his ankle and
bruising him. Mr.. Powell took the in
jured man to his home in the car,
called doctor and gave Pagano S25
besides paying the physician.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

Tony Callano, an Italian ia the EN-
ploy Of Martin =. Callahan, contract
or, was sent up a tree in Orange
street, Bloomfield. to cut or a limb
Callano is left handed He sat on the
limb and sawed away. He was on the
wrong side Of the saw, but there was
noAone around to warn him of his dan.
gea. He dropped thirty feet. His left
arm was broken and be was injured
internally.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

Entertaining as our grandmothers
understood it seems to be a lost art,
says the London Weekly Survey. 1t
disappeared at the same time as the
political salon Quantity in guests, not
quality, seems now to be the ideal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15
Men Draw : Herse.

The unusual spectacle Of men drawing
hearse containing corpse was wit
messed at Columbia. s. G. This was
made necessary BY sleet storm which
prevailed for twenty-four hours. maxi
ing it almost impossible for horses tQ
Keep their footing.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

A quotation from the st. Louis Post
Dispatch says Advertisements for
Western preachers read: Young men,
or men with small families, pre-
ferred'r
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

Typewriting records Of the Govern
ment departments, at Washington, p.
G., have been broken by Miss Laura
Hopkins. stenographef in the PATENT
Office, who wrote 10000 words ~ day
II seven and onehalf hours.