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New-York tribune., 1905-08-20

milk the COWS again All her days alike
far hard work and dullness went but she accepted
them cheeriully and uncompainingy. But she did
resent having TO look after the baby when she
wanted to write her letter.
She carried the baby to her room, spread quilt
the floor Tor him TO sit and gave him a box
Of empty spOols to play with Fortunately he was
q rhegmatic infant. fond OF staying in place.
and not given roaming about IN search OF adven-
tures. but Sidney knew she would have TO keep an
eve on him. and II would be distracting to literary
effort
She got out her box Of paper and sat down by the
little table at the window with a small kerosene lamp
Al her elbow. The room was small box
above the kitchen which Sidney shared with two
small cousins. Her bed and the where the little
girls slept filled up almost all the available space.
The furniture was poor; but everything
neat-it was the only neat in the house in
deed for tidiness was besetting virtue OF Aunt
James
Opposite Sidney was a small musined and be
frilled toilet-tabe above which hung an eight
bv-six-inch mirror in which Sidney saw herself
reflected as she devoutly hoped other people did
not see her. Just at that particular angle eve
appeared to be as large as orange while the other
was the size OF a pea and the mouth zigzagged
from ear TO ear. Sidney hated that mirror as viz
Jently as She could hate anything. 1t seemed to
her TO typify all that unlovely in her life. The
mirror OF existence into which her fresh young soul
had looked Tor twenty years gave back to her visit
fl gaze just such distortions Of fair hopes and ideals
Half Of the little table by which she sat piled
high with books-old books evidently well-read
and well l-hred books classics OF fiction and
everyone Of them and all bearing the hy-leaf
the name OF Sidney Richmond thereby meaning
no, the girl al the table but her colegebred young
father who had died the day before she was born,
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20

--A.4 A.tiltl N0AAOIl AfC~S she had
worn while milking She had milked
eight COWS and pumped water for
the mi'k-cans aftcrWard in the fag-
end OF a hot summer dav. She did
that every night. but tonight She
had hurried more than usual be-
cause She wanted to get her letter
written before the early farm bed
time She had been thinking it
Out while she MIXED the cows IN the
Stu7Y little pen behind the barn.
This monthly letter was the only
pleasure and stimulant in her life.
Existence would have been. so
Sidney thought, a dreary, unbear-
allie blank without il.
She cast aside her milking-dress
with a thrill OF distaste that tingled
u her rosy tinger-tips. ~ she
slipped into her blueprint after
noon dress her aunt called TO her
from below. Sidney ran out to the
dark little entry and leaned over the
stair railing. Below in the kitchen
there was a hubbub Of laughing. cry
ing guarreling children. and a reek Of
lad tobacco smoke driited up TO
The girl 5 diSguStcd noSt~ils
Aunt Jane was standing At the
foot of the stairs with a lamp in one
h-nd and a year-old baby clinging
T. the other. She was a big shape
less woman with a round good
raturcd face-cheerful and vulgar
as a sunlower was Aunt Jane at
al times and occasions.
Il want TO run over and see
how Mrs BriNby Is this evening,
Si5dy. and YOU must take care of
The baby till ! get back"
Sidney sighed and went down
stairs for the baby. It never would
have occurred to her to protest or
bc petulant about II. She had al
her aunt : sweetness OF disposition,
i she reselnhled her IN nothing else.
She had not grumbled because she
had TO rise Al four that morning,
get breakfast. milk the COWS. bake
bread, prepare seven children for
school, get dinner, preserve twenty
quarts OF strawberries, get tea and
Ill o7-,-- .r.--, All [,- 4.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20

4 T sunset Sidney buried to her
! room TO take of the soiled
and faded cotton dress she had
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The WAY 10 DO Thinra.

IL there is that in your nature which
demands the best and win take moth
ing else, and you do not dem0ralize
this standard by the habit Of deterior-
aticn in everything you do, you will
achieve distinction in some line if you
have the persistence and determination
to follow your ideal.
But ii you are satisfied with the
cheap and shoddy, the botched and
slovenly, If you are not particular
about qualify in your work, or in your
environment or in your personal hab-
it's, then you must expect to take sec
ond place. to fall back into the rear
of the procession.
People who have accomplished work
worth while have had very high
sense of the way to do things. They
have not been content with mediocrity.
They have not confined themselves to
the beaten tracks; they have never
been satisfied to do things just as 9th
ers do them, but always little bet
ter. They always pushed things that
came to their hands little higher up,
little farther on. 1t is this little high
er up, this little farther on, that counts
in the quality of life's work. It is the
effort to be first class in everything
one attempts that conquers the heights
of excellence.-O. S. Marden, in Sue
cess Magazine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-09-05

A Manhattan man returning the
other day from comprehensive Euro
pean trip remarked to reporter:
what surprised me most in my tour
through Great Britain, and on the Con-
tinent especially, was to see the an
nouncement, Made in America, SO fire.
quently displayed in retail shops.
Il can remember the time that such q
placard, if seen at all, would be con-
sidered by the average foreigner as
sufficient to condemn the merchandise.
Now it is utilized as trade bait both
by little and big concerns, ana on a
large variety of lines Of goods. Let
me assure you it makes an American
business man feel quite at home -
New York Press.
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MINIATURE CAMERAS.

work, feel safe in saying, commensu-
rate with the skill of the operator.
This camera takes twenty-five pictures
upon film five-eighth inch wide, made
by cutting a conveniently wide com
mercial film into strips. This stripping
process has to be done in the dark
room, and is best accomplished by us
Ing sharp knife, cutting against
glass, the knife being guided by me-
tallic-edged rule.
1t may not be out of place to say
eight here that my best negatives were
obtained by using weak developer
and by suspending the film in a red
bottle, which allowed me to view the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-09-05
GUST THE DEMON.
A Tussle with conee.

There is something fairly demonia-
cal in the way coffee sometimes wreaks
It's fiendish malice on those who use 1t.
A lady writing from Calf. says:
.'My husband and /. both lovers OF
coffee, suffered for some time from a
very annoying form of nervousness.
accompanied by most frlghtful head
aches. In my own case there was
eventually developed some sort Of af-
lection of the nerves leading from the
spine to the head.
Il was unable to hold my head up
straight. the tension Of the nerves
drew it to one side, causing me the
most Intense pain. We got no relief
from medicine. and We're puzzled as to
what caused the trouble. till friend
suggested that possibly the coffee we
drank had something TO d. with It, and
advised that we quit it and try Pos
tum Coffee.
1--WE followed his advice, and from
the day that we began to use Postum
we both began TO improve. and in a
very short time both Of us We're en-
tirely relieved. The nerves became
steady once more. the headaches
ceased. the muscles in the back Of my
nsck relaxed, my head Strengthened
up and the dreadful pain that had so
punished me while l used the old kind
OF coffee vanished.
I'VE have never resumed the use OF
the old coffee, but relish our Postum
every day As well as we did the for
mer beverage. And we are delighted
to find that we can give it freely to
our children also, something We never
dared to do with the old kind of cot
fee" Name given by Postum Co.. Bat
tie Greek, Mich.
Postum Coffee contains absolutely no
drugs of any kind. but relieves the
coffee drinker from the old drug poison.
There's a reason.
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FRUIT AT BREAKFAST.

Serve fresh, ripe fruit for the first
course at breakfast, as at other meals.
At sanitariums the patients are expect
ed to eat fruit before the cooked food.
This may be an innovation in the coun-
try. The family are accustomed to sit
down at table and eat heartily Of fried,
meat, fried or boiled potatoes. and
strong coffee and then have little de-
sire for fresh berries, apples, peaches
and other fruit in its season. The
strength recuperated by the rest of the
night must largely be expended in
digesting hearty, unsuitable food,
whereas as much as possible should be
in reserve for the days labor.
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Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made me well woman, and feel 80 CRATE
fnl that ] am glad TO write and tell you OK
my marvellous recovery. It brought mo
health new life and Vitality
What Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Ainslcy it will
do for every woman who is in poor
health and ailing.
Its benefits begin when its use begins.
It gives strength and vigor from the
start, and surely makes sick women
well and robust.
Remember Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound holds the record for
the greatest number of actual cures of
woman's ills. This fact is attested to
by the thousands of letters from CRATE
full women which are on file in the
Pinkham laboratory Merit alone can
produce such results.
Women should remember that cure
for all female diseases actually exists,
and that cure is Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Take no substi-
tute.
If you have symptoms you don :
understand write to Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass, for special advice-it Is
free and always helpful.
Dound Succeeds Where others FAN.
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WIZ q Read ~ the nrlllah Muaeun.

What is Read at the British Museum.
In the reading room Of the British
Museum the desks are crowded with
students all day long, and in addition
to the books Of reference, some 10000
in number, which fill the open shelves
of the room, from 5000 to 1000 volumes
are given out every day. Theology in
a wide sense, including the Bible, Bibli-
cal literature, church history, ind
works on the religious rites and cere-
monies of all races and creeds, is cas-
lily at the head of the list, with about
800 volumes. Topography comes next,
with about twenty fewer, and of these
books on London amount to quarter,
books on English topography to TN
other quarter, the other half being
for the rest of the world. History and
biography come next, English history
being mostly in demand, and books on
France and the French provinces sec
ond Essays, criticism and miscel-
laneous literature take the fourth place,
and are followed by fictiOn-not less
than five years oId-moral philosophy,
poetry and the fire arts, the drama,
law and philology, political economy,
and so on down to politics, mathemat-
les and chemistry, which have about
forty volumes apiece, and lastly works
on naval and military subjects, which
seldom have more than three or four
volumes each. 1t is a curious list, and
throws useful light on the sort Of
studies taken up by. the readers III the
museum London Globe.
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MINIATURE CAMERAS.

Most of us have seen small cameras,
says a writer in the Scientific Ameri-
can. In fact, comparatively small ones
are to be found upon the market.
Upon close examination, however, we
find that the smallest box-camera fitted
with finder, shutter, stops and dia-
phragh is rather cumbersome to carry
in the pocket. If it were not quite nee
essary to have finder and the rest Of
the accessories, we would probably
have little difficulty in locating some
very small cameras of the pin-lole
type, which make very unsatisfactory
instruments for anything but expert
ment.
Referring to the illustration, we have
two cameras photographed upon a
mans hand, so as to show their rela-
tive sizes. The smallest one in the
picture. the outside measurements of
which are one and one-fourth inch by
one and one-fourth inch by one ana
three-fourth inch, requires only brief
description, as it is merely single
exposure camera. having few of the
necessary features that go to make
up the practical instrument. This little
camera will take picture three-fourth
inch by three-fourth inch, and is pro
vided with disk shutter set for in
Simultaneous exposures.
The larger camera shown in the pho
tograph is quite complete in every
detail, and is capable of turning out
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-09-05
Salt


A barrel of salt is produced in the
United States each year for every four
inhabitants.
New York is the leading salt produc-
ing State, the yield being one barrel for
each inhabitant.
We buy 100000 worth Of salt from
other nations, and sell only 100000
worth, largely to Mexico, Japan and
Canada.
Salt costs the producer less than one
tenth of cent pound. Never mind
the grocery price. Uncle Sans 1904
figures are 1882 cents for each barrel
of 20S pounds.
Salt is in many European countries a
heavily taxed government monopoly.
Italy patrols its beaches to prevent
poor people from evaporating sea-water
for ow-grade salt.-New York Press.
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wbat cam the westerner.

One thing that annoys and humiliates
a Western man in New York City is
the way in which he is herded with
the crowd. Out West man is an in
dividual. He feels that he is some
body--a responsible citizen, factor
in the community, person more or
less worth while, entitled TO certain
amount of respect merely as man,
and regardless of wealth or social po-
sition or political power. But in New
York unless he Is somebody very inn
portant he is nobody at all. He is a
mere unit in the mob, Of no more mo-
ment than one ant in a hill. San
Francisco Bulletin.
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stor,as 81 Abseut-Mtndedness.

At the Chautauqua Assembly a
number of stories about absent-mind-
edness were being told, says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer
There was the story Of the absent
minded doctor who handed his pa
tent fee and took his prescription
himself; the story Of the professor
who, coming home to dinner too early,
and see the table cleared, went back
upstairs again, muttering that he had
quite forgotten having dined; and
there were many other stories told.
But Bishop Vincent, among all these
anecdotes, carried of the palm with a
story about an absent-minded minis
ter.
There was minister" the Bishop
said, who was so absent-minded that
he once lathered and shaved his re-
Election in the mirror
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In the cooking schools Of Berlin, Mu-
Mich, Frankfort and other German
cities the use OF the 'freless stove"
or Cooking box is strongly recon-
mendcd. The apparatus consists sim
ply Of wooden box, thiclSly lined with
hay or felt, and fitted with tight
cover. Nests are made in the lining,
into which pots containing food that
has first been boiled for 4 few minutes
over q fire are placed, tightly covered,
and the box is closed. The lining rel
tains the heat for hours. and the food
is slowly cooked, with better results,
In many cases, than can be attained by
rapid cooking on stove or course,
the apparatus does not answer for
cooking steaks. chops, on cakes which
require quick, hot fire, but it is ex-
cellent for SOUPS and vegetables.
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The Difference. - -,

That cynically genial theatrical man
ager, Mr.. Charles Frohman, draws this
interesting contrast between peoples:
"In London people go to the threatre,
buy their tickets and demand their
moneys worth, whereas in New York
when man separates himself from his
wad at the box Office he simply says,
Well, that's gone and if he gets any
entertainment he looks upon it as so
much In. He expects nothing. The
English attitude is the more difficult
of the two, of course" And, incident
ally, results in vastly better perform
ances This, however, for reasons
probably patriotic Mr. Frohman did
not add. Harper's Weekly
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Railway station Costing s15,OOo,OoO.

Railway Station Costing S15,0OO,O0O.
At the rate at which the improve
ments are being carried on at the ter
minal Of the New York Central Rail-
road, at Forty second street, New York
City, it is expected that three months
more win see the Grand Central Sta
ton RACED and work begun on the
magnificent structure which is to re-
place it.
Work on the improvements has gone
as far as it can 60 without entering
the station or causing an interruption
of the train service. Where two years
ago stood several hundred homes, to-
day is an excavation quite extensive
in itself, but only a fraction of the
great hole that will be made in the
nineteen square blocks which the ter
minal will cover.
So anxious are the officers of the
railroad company to get their improve
ments into shape in time to be ready
to give station facilities to the new
subway routes planned for the city
that men have been kept working day
. and night on the great excavation.
The plans Of the railroad company
call for the expenditure of $4,000, 900
on the Improvements. All of the land
now occupied by station and tracks is
to be evacuated and an entirely new
terminal built About S17, 100000 alone
is to be spent in new station. There
are to be two systems of tracks, one
raised above the other, one system
for suburban service and the other for
trains to distant points. Electricity
will also be substituted for steam
throughout the terminal.
1t may not be generally known that
the New York Central lines constitute
the Water Level line connecting the
East and the West.
They run along the Hudson River,
New York to Albany; along the Mo
hawk River and Erie Canal, Albany to
Buffalo; along Lake Erie, Buffalo to
Toledo and Detroit, and along the level
of Lake Michigan from Toledo to Chi
cago-965 miles of water level, with
water in sight nearly every mile of the
way.
The New York Central operates
more than twelve thousand miles Of
railway east Of Chicago, st. Louis and
Cincinnati. 1t is the direct line from
New York and Boston to Niagara
Falls and to the West. the Northwest
and the Southwest. by way Of the
great cataract and Chicago, st. Louis
or Cincinnati.
This As One of fhe reasons why the
press of two continents call the New
York Central Americas Greatest
Railroad"
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Attention was invited the other day
to stork, kept in London as pet,
which moves about on one real and
one wooden leg as readily as though
both legs were natural. Reverting to
the matter, here now is a sketch of
that wonderful leg. When storkie
dies the leg may be placed in some mu-
scum as a model of one Of Natures
ways of doing things.
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my man. said the preacher with
the widowed voice who was going
through the prison. when you get
out Of here are you going to change
your ways"
sure, replied the convict safe
cracker. Pm never goin' ter bust
anudder safe OF tap anudder till in
me life"
That's good resolution my man.
Such work don't pay
Oats what ] wuz thinkin' I'm GO
in inter de insurance business. In
dianapolls Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-09-05

The deepest haul Of a net ever made
In the world was achieved By Ameri-
cans off the Tonga Islands in the South
Pacific. The trawl struck bottom 49,,
600 feet below the surface; that is con-
siderably more than four miles down,
but even at that depth animal life was
found. Those strange beings lived in
water whose temperature was con
stantly just above the freezing point
and under a pressure Of 5000 pounds to
the square inch. TO sink that net and
bring 1t back again took whole day
Of steady labor-St. Nicholas.
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PRESERVING CUT FLOWERS.

Several good suggestions for preserv-
ing cut flowers are contributed to Good
Housekeeping. Heliotrope, which is so
hard to keep fresh, should have the
leaves stripped from the stalks as soon
as it is cut. Greenery can be mixed
with the flowers afterwards. Peoples,
very fragile blossoms, should have the
ends Of the stems scared with lighted
match or candle before being placed
in water.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-09-05

The principal hobby Of the Queen
Regent Of Spain is the collecting Of
playing cards. she possesses q large
number Of curious packs, many of
which have no little historic interest
One set. made Of ivory, Is believed To-
have belonged to Prince Eugene, who
Fought with the great Duke Of MARI.
borough, and to have accompanied him
on all his campaigns. Queen Christina
also owns some exceedingly rare cards
Of Egyptian, Arabian, French and
Spanish manufacture. London By
stander.
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cLEAN1NG YARNIsHEp wooD.

The white marks left on vanished
wood after water has been spilled on
it can be entirely taken out with al
cohol Few people know this, and it
has often been perplexity to house,
wives how to remedy the trouble
some of them going so far as to have
the article revarnished. Rub the wood
work well with the alcohol, then let
it dry before touching it again. The
slight sickness resulting will disap-
pear in few moments, especially If
the sunshine can reach it.
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In pIowing field many persons make
the mistake of blowing round and
round it in the same old way, year
after year, until on all sides of the
field there forms ridge or high bank
near the fence. The proper way to
pillow field is with a back furrow, one
side at time and all around the field
Country Life in America.
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HOY to PIow a Field.

In blowing field, many persons
make the mistake Of blowing round
and round it in the same old way,
year after year, until on all sides of
the field there forms ridge or high
bank near the fence. The proper way
is to plow a field with back furrow'
one side at a time and all around the
field. Country Life in America.
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THE IDEAL WIFE
Shapes the Destiny OF Men-The Influence Of
Healthy Woman Cannot Be Overestimated.

Seven-eighths of the
men in this world marry
a woman because she is
beautiful In their eyes
because she has the quail
ties which inspire admira-
ton, respect and love.
There is a beauty in
health which is more at
tractive to men than mere
regularity of feature.
The influence of women
glorious in the possession
of perfect physical health
upon men and upon the
civilization of the world
could never be measured.
Because of them men have
attained the very heights
of ambition because of
them even thrones have
been established and de-
stroyed.
What's disappointment.
then, to see the fair young
wife's beauty fading away
before a year passes over
her head A sickly, half
dead-and-alive woman,
especially when she is
the mother of a family,
is a damper to all Joyous
ness in the home, and a
drag upon her husband.
The cost of a vife's con-
slant illness is a serious
drain upon the funds of a
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-09-05
Romance Of Immigration.

The pleasantest Ellis Island report Of
the year is that of the 223 marriages
which took place at the station in the
six mounths ending June 30. This is
a gain Of twenty-three oyer the CORE
spending period Of last year. The
brides We're girls whose lovers had
come across first to prepare the way
for them.-New York World.