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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
TIVE MINUTE RESTS.

Every housewife should cultivate the
habit of fiye-minute maps. After work
Ing hard a few hours woman is apt
to feel sleepy or dragged out" and i'm
AGNES that it is only that ordinary
sin Of the f1esh--Iaziness. But if she
gives in to the feeling and rests short
time on a comfortable lounge she will
feel wonderfully freshened and will do
better and quicker work than if she
had foregone her cat nap.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
SO REFINED.

Mrs. Nuriteh- 'Mr. Nuritch is so par
ticular, so refined in his tastes, don't
you know. For instance, he has his
coffee imported direct, and no one else
in this country gets any just like it.y
Mrs. Mccall Indeed! suppose he
drinks a great deal of it."
Mrs. Nuritch "Oh, no; only sau-
cerful at each meal Philadelphia
Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
HOW II HAPPENED.

Parks-"How did the ship come to
bang against the rocks?'
Why, young man was
counting the lighthouse keepers daugh-
ter, and they absent-mindedly turned
the light down low" Womans Home
Companion.
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so IT IS.

"It's too bad" declared the accused
Senator
What's too badw inquired the
friend.
Here I've been before the public for
forty years and this is the first time
I've ever been called to account"
well, you ought not to kick, old
man. Forty years is pretty good long
run Of luck
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
A KEEN YouNGsTER.

"What relation is grandma to you.
pa?7
My mother-in-law."
lis that bad name"
Why do yor ask?'
.'You say it as if it hurt you"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
whsre the Trouble was.

A motorist recently meeting pony
cart In which were very ancient
couple considerably stopped and asked
the old gentleman who held the reins
If he could be OF any assistance in in
ducing the steed to pass the car.
THANK you, said he IF you will kind
IL lead my wife past the eur / think
the mare and win manage all right
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
DANGERS FALL INTO FLAMES.
Fire Starts Under Floor, which Col

Fire Starts Under Floor, Which Col
lapses, and 16 CT Merry Party Perish.
Florence, Italy.-During family
dance at Fucecchio, quantity of straw
beneath the room in which the dancing
was going on caught fire. The floor Of
the room collapsed and the dancers fell
into the flames.
Sixteen corpses have been recovered.
Some persons were injured by jump
ing from a window.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
THE ONLY TIME.

Knox-"It seems to me, old man,
that you're Unfortunately selfish. Don't
you ever perform any act of sacri6ce?"
Gailey-"Well sometimes. when l
get home late from the club and ind
my wife in an inquisitive mood.
sacrifice the truth bit Philadelphia
Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
A SCRATCH THAT HURTS.

"George complimented me on my
beauty last evening" gushingly re-
marked sweet little Catherine to her
girl friend.
THAT so? George is a great kidder,
isn't he?" was the ungracious reply,
and now they don't speak when they
meet.-A Albany Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
MATRIMONIAL.

Three Germans were sitting at a
luncheon recently, and were overheard
discussing the second marriage Of a
mutual friend, when one Of them re-
marked:
s'I'll tell you What. A man what mar
ries de second time don't deserve to
have lost his first wife Life.
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OPPOSITION.

Mr.. Skates Ibid the pianist play
well at the concert hall last night?'
Miss Prates-sI don't know. A
woman that sat right back of me had
been to New York and knew all about
the latest fashions. Detroit Free
Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
oATHs.

Juliet had just begged Romeo not to
swear by the inconstant moon.
.'Well," he sneered, do you want me
to swear by Constant Reader?"
Herewith only Shakespeare's tact
ayerted lovers quarrel. Puck.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
WTSDOM'S END.

while he was under thirty his par
ents had too much sense to let him
marry
Eyes"
while he was under fifty he had
too much sense to wed"
II see.''
Now that he's eighty-fve-"
"Well?"
HES going to take Louis
vile C0urier-Journal
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Because she found gray hair in her
head and believed that she would be-
come gray very soon Mrs. William
Thomas, of Elanor, Pa. committed
suicide by taking poison. Mrs. Thomas
had declared that she would never live
to be grayheaded The woman leaves
q husband and two children.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
NOTHING aIvEN AWAY.

The packer eyed his confidential
clerk
"You are discharged he said severe
ly. "You have been giving away our
trade secrets"
The accused man flushed.
"You are mistaken SIR he replied,
with dignity. THE truth is that got
a good price for them"
II this was intended to mollify, it
sIgnalIy failed PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
MAY SEE IT.

"a delegation from Finland, sirew
announced the chamberlain. The Car
strove to conceal his agitation
"Of course I cannot see my Finnish!'
he answered, with characteristic Ro-
MANOR obstinacy.- Puck.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
POsTMAH's STONE PALACE.
Building which M. ChevaI Has
Erected with Odd-Shaped stones.

Erected With Odd-Shaped stones.
After twenty-six years Of unaided
work M. Cheval, the postman Of Haute-
rive, in the Department of Drome,
France. has completed his ideal palace.
Some months ago the New York Sun
described this building, of which a
picture is now printed.
M. Cheval was led to start the build
ing by tripping over an odd-shaped
stone. He carried it home and the next
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
A YIELDTNC DISPOSITION.

"Do you think that the railways will
yield. anything?'
YES" answered Senator Sorghum,
81 am confident that whatever happens
they will continue to yield a profit
Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
Denounces Rate Leeislation.

Senator Foraker denounced rate leg
islation as probably unconstitutional,
and guardedIy attacked President
Roosevelt for his attitude.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
Thirty British Warships at Gibraltar.
Thirty British warships gathered at
Gibraltar, six miles from Algeclras.


The Senate Finance Committee, AL
bany, N. Y, reported bill for in
vestigation of the State Banking De-
partment by Alton b. Parker and
Charles Andrews, former Chief Judges
of the Court of Appeals.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
rerthe Claiche Pleads Guilty

Berthe Claiche, on trial in New York
City for the murder of Emil GendronI
pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the
first degree; the plea was accepted and
sentence was postponed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
Balfour Returned 70 Parliament.

A. J. Balfour, the former British
Premier, was returned 10 Parliament
for the City Of London by a majority
of 1880 over Thomas Gibson Bowles.
Mr.. Balfour is in poor health.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
INNOCENT BY-sWIMMERs.

"Little boy Isn't it against the law
to catch those fish through the ice p
"Yes--but the fish don't know it,
Town Topics.
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Negro Lynched in Mississippi.
A negro convicted of carrying pis-
fol was lynched ON general principles
at Forest, Miss.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
Bonnty on Herring Exnorts

The Newfoundland Government am
nounced that it would offer a bounty
on herring exports.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
Boraxed Codfsh Exemn

Senator Lodge succeeded in exempt
ing Goldfish from the restrictions Of the
House Pure Food BILL
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13

There are more than thousand
paper mills Ia the United States
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13

IT has been decided to construct a
railroad across British NORTH Borneo
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-13
DIsCoURAGING AN INVENTOR.

There was a bright youngster from Ne,
Invented a way to make Re-.
But his ma wouldn't let him,
For fear it would wet him.
Now wouldn't that give you a Pc?
Woman's Home Companion.
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/ lCoptrlght, nYj. Jossph =. BoWlss.l n

4
IN From 10 studiously curious knocker
10 the bottle-giass windows 81 its 1T
tie, the Harling' . little house was char.
acteristic Of its mistress. They were
both very dainty, very minute, ana IN
excellent taste. 5,5 ma &. rs
h I should like you to have seen the
house and its mistress on a certain
winter evening not 20 many years ago
as to be pleasant to remember, at II
o'clock In the evening. The fog en-
braced its outer walls; delicately shad-
ed electric lamps warmed its inner
ones. +, ;s q, I, /. vs. i & 81
In the drawing room the fire
cracked cheerfly on the Dutch hearth.
The corners Of the room were In deep
shadow, except when the fire sent out
shoots Of light that died as soon as
they were born. ,$ &, .,i5. &
In big arm chair, staring into the
iire, her little chin in her hands, sat
pretty Mrs. Harling, with a slight
CULVER at the corners Of her mouth and
nostrils. There was thin gold chain
round her neck, which, going abruptly
up to her left hand, held locket con-
tanning the portrait of her husband,
the man from whom she had been sep
arated for three months. Yet-pot
queerly, because she was a woman
she was pressing the miniature against
her cheek.
Dear, dear JIM" she cried inward
ly, "if only he'd come back I'd go out
Of town forever. I'd pitch away all my
swagger frocks. If only he'd come back.
I'm go lonely, SO lonely"
She drew near the fire and caught up
an infinitesimal dog, and held 1t with
little cry to her face.
Fancy his packing his things and
leaving the house without saying good
by. Twenty minutes after he left
say 20. but mean two-I had forgot
ten the very words said, the very ex-
istence Of that foolish new frock. And
then to stay away, hurt and sulky,
without sending one line on post
card to the silly little idiot who loves
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BURNING FOR FIVE YEARS.

Largest Candle in the World Said to
Be in a Massachusetts Church.
The biggest candle in the world,
nearly a foot in circumference, has
a wick like that of the Oriental torch,
has been burning off and on at St.
Georges church at masses for a peri.
cd of five years and is still more than
five feet tall, says the Worcester Tele.
gram.
According to Eli Koury of 90 Wall
street, the mammoth candle was pre-.
sented to the parish more than five
years ago by Mrs. Simon George. He
says that Mrs. George presented the
bundle of expensive tallow to the
church after she had recovered from
a severe sickness. She felt grateful
for her convalescence and decided to
show her appreciation to. her Maker
by donating the finest tallow torch In
the world. Mrs. George is q tall wo-
man, and Koury says that she decided
to make the candle as tall as she was,
which is close to six feet. The cost of
manufacturing the candle. was SIS, and
1t is still thing of art and beauty.
Koury went in back of the altar OF
st. Georges church and proudly ex-
hibited It to a reporter. The candle Is
SO big that it looks like q portion OF a
trunk Of q good-sized tree. It's round
ed surface Is covered with designs in
gold leaf and silver work
3 It is the pride OF st, Georges church
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-03
FIDGETED WITH THE BACK OF THE
CHAIR, NERVOUSLY.

him SO much! Oh. how could he, how
could he?"
Mrs. Harling stopped her confession
for a moment and cried.
Mrs. Harling blew her nose.
II don't know what you think about
II" she said, addressing the infinitesi.
NAL quadruped. "But would give
my ears if he would get lonely too, and
come back to me. Ears, did l say?
Yes, and my diamonds and my horses,
all my friends, and year-or nearly
year of my life. would, l would, I
WOULD"
Mrs. Harling sprang suddenly to her
feet.
What's that? ... Heavens, what a
state my nerves are in! II didn't
know that jim never means to come
back, should swear that hear his
great step in the street, his latch key
in the door.
Her breathing came quickly, her
hands fluttered to her lips, a light
danced in her eyes.
more than that. That sharp click
is the noise his stick always makes
when he pokes 1t into the Chinese
stand he hates SO! Il. How childish.
How absurd. Ny hearts pumping like
q steam engine. It's Imagination.
I'm overweight. It isn't Jim. It
can't be Jim. a. y. Yet It seems to me
that his funny, impatient step is,on the
stairs, his hand on the handle. !. = .
The copper handle Of the door was
turned. y ii I, b
With her hands over her mouth, Mrs.
Harling ran behind a high settee that
was standing IN the shadow Of II the
room. Z,
During the pause that followed, a
week, a month, three months, were
lived by the little woman crouched. be
hind the settee. a5 n. N
The French clocks little voice cried
the half hour. h NJ. 81
4 The door slowly opened. n sfi n
@ Col. Harling blinked when he
reached the circle of light and stood
for moment. overcoated to the tips
aof his gray mustache, leaning on tie
back Of % chair. He heafvedi q sigh
when he fohnd the room Nas empty,
and slowly took IN his cont !sg.
.'Well 4 thought he,. 4 4 lint y lopl II
vas tn coma back She's out some
where. WITH sooiine one: me likes bstte y
some one no doesn 7 bore hsTs ~
Ss
M as; M " Iluso,mients lockans
round ths i on iiddshh1y J, III, nv a
sduisl i mi s y min ailt lp Is Y
S@sS Sasl
4 n ~ slllls
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CHAPTER vi.

It was q week later that Billery's
visit to Agar row when it occurred to
him to cell upe0 AeAs Brangwyn,
who occupied large and luxurious
fiat in one Of those residential man
sions which have of late years sprung
up in such numbers in the Western
district of London. There was as yet
no news of the man who was being
sought by the French police. With
his advent-if ever he should be dis
covered-Billery hoped to strengthen
his case so far as to justify the arrest
of the man to whom his suspicious so
strongly pointed.
There was only one conjunction in
his mind, and that related to his old
friend Alexis, whom he had always re-
garded with sincere affection. Alexis
would feel this exposure keenly.
Should his cousins guilt be brought
home, as Billery was sure it would be,
the disgrace and shame which would
result from it could not be less tragic.
1t looked like cruel thing to darken
that sunny heart, and many and many
a time in the silent watches of the
night, when Billery lay awake in the
strange excitement of his man.hunt,
piecing all his bits of evidence and
conjecture together until they seemed
to make an actual picture of the
crime, he had felt chill to think that
he was preparing to inflict SO indeli-
BILE stigma on the name of one of
the dearest of his friends. He liked
Alexis. Everybody liked Alexis, the
bright, gay, irresponsible, butterfly
Alexis, who was the friend of all men,
whose purse was always open at the
call of distress, and whose hospitable
mahogany had so often sheltered
Billery's own legs in the days when
he had first fallen from fortune.
1t was impossible to. arrest the
wheels he had set in motion, and 1t
was not to be thought of that the
criminal should be suffered to escape,
but Billery had many and bitter heart
searchings on the question. Why he
was going to see Alexis was BIZ no
no means clear to him. He had some
half-formed hazy notion Of preparing
him for the blow which before long
would fall upon him, but he asked him
self what was the good Of anticipating
,sstte Inevitable time OF misery.
Bnt the fact IS that Billery was not
quite MASTER " himself and his emo.
lions on this particular evening, ne
had 1oyaIiy kept his pledge 10, Tfus-
cot mt the lnonti ~ Tor which he had
u ilsd stinshc had sseasxpirsd. ING
- 4 m bly afra1d thaa
4 kl6slla exact q Ienewsi of III
Il ~ ~ aAvoid 10 Ghanse Nnl
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= Tasty Chop for Invalid.

s5H.a q. ,--' 10y SAAVS 4OT 40V0Go. Es ~ .}&a
lllm sway every particle Of TAT from
neck OF loin chop. melt 9 piece I 81
butter on plate, sprinkle TIA chon
with pepper and salt; dip botl1 ssi5 IN i
e the butter, and sprinkle m littIs'
lemon Juice over the TOP. leavinS tn;
the butter for at least two hnnrs. a. sp, Is
the yolk Of an egg on q plate. vlith q
teaspoonful of grated cheese. 1sIx' it.
together. and mask the ;cho,tpIS fireaivs:
with the mixture. Have ready; ,son m
boiling dripping n = frr.ying ..pl,an, y1in.
the chop. and let sit cook hornus nv
larst on one Side, ana thsanuI N ~,
other; IS Will Axe duifSs slx ! rninuf,sss
e cook the ut jbsinx spk kkpilinrl M
Whole of the tiIns. ia IL 81 Z nis.sS
o. cleaI paper. ma NM II on y iIttIs
mound g, n sl.' \. 4 y 4 Z, ps1
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q ss s,l !! III


You Nv Sc ID too expenIiys . ~
seanh boy = room for hin hobbies 4 M y
belongings, but after III = will not
cost . much O the Turkish rulsl sa y q
costly. furniture you are thinkins of
buying Tor the parlor this spring. 20
you owe most to yoinr neig hbors. AZ e
your own bright, noisy boys. IN, q
We wish that every boy might hayes
room Of hisiown. and DO responsible
for its care. Tho door should be- Of
hardwood and unexpected, the flrni.
turs solid and substantial. Let the
boy have It decorated according to- his
own fancy. It will be interesting TO-
watch the growth Of his artictic ideas
There should be q bookcase, or desk
q big solid table IN the middle Of the
room. with plenty Of space for Sans
printing press or Roberts box Of tools
or checkers and chessboards and other
harmless games. The boys should bef
allowed to invite their friends to come
to this room, and now and then . treat
may be provided for them.
No doubt some one will ask what 10
the use Of spelling boys In this way.
or Of furnishing them with company
and games.
Simply because they will have the
amusement, the games and the com.
pany somewhere; and where is q more
suitable place than under the parental
roof? No money can be wasted which
Is spent In developing boys charac.
ter or which makes his home and fam
lily more dear to him.
Can you expect your boy to be char.
table when you do not hesitate to talk
before him Of your neighbor?
Can you expect your boy to be free
from envy when. in fault finding
way you compare your. circumstances
with those Of your richer neighbor?
Can you expect your boy to tell the
truth, when to save little trouble you
tell q falsehood?
Can you expect your boy to be rel
spectful to you. when he hears you
laugh at another's peculiarities?
Can you expect your boys religion
to be one to live by when he can seeI
that It has no part in your daily lre?l
Boys brought up in a loving home,
where they feel that they are impor
tant members Of the family, seldom
have bad habits.-Prairie Farmer.
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cULTIvATINo THE CHILD.
Give Him All Desirable Traits by
Patiently, Persistently Guiding in
EARLY Formative Period.

There is not single desirable attri>
butte which, lacking in plant, may not
be bred into 1t. Choose what improve
ment you wish in a flower, fruit. or
q tree. and by crossing, selection, cul-
tivation and persistence you can fix
this desirable trait irrevocably. Pick
out any trait you want in your child
granted that he is normal. child
shall speak Of the abnormal later-bel
1t honesty, fairness, purity, lovable-
ness, industry, thrift, what not, BY
surrounding this child with sunshine
from the sky and your own heart, by
giving the closest communion with ma.
ture, by feeding them well-balanced. /.
nutritious food, by giving them all that
10 implied in healthful environmental
Influences, and by doing all in love.
tou can thus cultivate in this child
md az tBre for all their life ally OF
these traits. Naturally not always to
the full in all cases at the beginning
Of the work, for heredity will make it.
SELF felt first, and, as in the plant un-
der Improvement, there will be cer-
tain strong tendencies to reveraton ia
former ancestral traits; but, in the
main, with the normal child, you can
give him all these traits by patiently.
penistently guiding him in these eariy
formative years.
And, on the other side, give him soul
air to breathe, keep him in a dustv
factory or an unwholesome school
room or crowded tenement up under
the hot roof; keep him away from tho
sunshine. take away from him music
and laughter and happy faces: cram
his little brains with so-called know.
ledge. all the more deceptive and dan.
gerous because made SO apparentlv
adaptable to his young mind: let lin.
have associates in his hours ont Of
school. and at the age OF ten You haye
axed in him the opposite traits. IA 4
on his way to the gallows. You have
perhaps seen q prairie fire svaen
through the tall grass across 4 plainl
Nothing can stand before st. e mnst
burn itself out That is what hannens
when you let the weeds grow M q 4
cnild's life, and then set fire to item
~ wrong environment. The CenturY
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CHAPTER v.-(continued).

6 CHAPTER v.-(continued).
"Ah!" said Billery; Il suppose So"
There was not much in the words, but
the tone was SO uncommonly dry, and
Billery's glance at the man was so
keen, that the sergeant, who had
paused mechanically at the first word
Of recognition, looked curiously from
one to the other.
Yes said the cheap dandy, who
appeared to the sergeant's eye as If
he were for some reason rather dis
concerted by the encounter, exercise
is for me thing essential. Icannot
without it maintain my health"
Dear mel" said Billery. Good
day."
The Frenchman fiourished off his
hat and brought his heels together.
Billery, with a sidelong nod, went on
his way. He walked in silence for
minute or two, but suddenly he turned
and touched his companion on the
arm.
Sergeant" he said, II don't mind
betting you twopence that that chap
s on the same business as ourselves"
What" said the sergeant, "that
foreign cove? What has he got to do
with it,"
Nov, that" Billery answered, els
exactly what should like to know.
Old Brangwyn was great friend Of
my fathers, and have known the
family intimately all my life. The
two cousins, the old mans sole sur
vivors, lived for long time in Paris.
They had studio together there, and
that fellow was their servant. 1t was
there knew him. He's one of the
LATEST rascals in the world, and his
talk about his constitutional exercise
was an invention. He wasn't walking
at that pace for the sake of exercise.
He had some definite business in
mind, and he wasn't comfortable at
being recognized"
NO." the sergeant assented; "he
wasn't comfortable, and he certainly
did come round that corner pretty
sharp for a man who was in no par
ticular hurry"
II have theory of my own" said
Billery, ':and it's so simple and easy
that have wondered why nobody else
has hit upon it. Now, Master Grimaud
there is as likely to have hit upon the
same idea as any man alive. If he
has he'll 60 playing for blackmail, /
know"
"Blackmail?" said the sergeant.
you've got your suspicious as to the
party concerned?"
Eyes" replied Billery, Il have my
suspicious, and it is quite possible that
Grimaud has his, and that they point
in the same direction as my own"