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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20
Told Ry a Stage Coach Driver.

Joseph Hobbs, whose death occur
red few months ago at Exeter, N. H,
was in his younger days the driver of
stage coach between Nashua and
Lawrence. He was an inveterate
story-teller, and was always sure to
have large audience. The follow
ing was one he used to tell:
when + was driving coach from
Nashua to Lawrence used to always
stop over night in a small town about
halfway between the two cities. One
day three or four Of us got large
piece of cardboard and printed on it:
The fellow who is counting a certain
married young woman had better
leave town, as the husband is on to
him. And, would you believe 1t, IN
less than two hours after that sign
had been posted on a tree in the viii
lage every man in town had left. ex-
cept three old cripples and one man
who had not read the sign"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20

The Atlanta Constitution says: An
important phase of the rural invas.on
of the telephone has been its percep-
tible effect on the value Of lands. II
is of record that two or three years
after the establishment of lines through
ahe country districts the prices Of lands
begin to rise rapidly; immigrants come
in with greater freedom; hamlets de.
velop into towns; crossroads develop
into hamlets-and in the meantime
quotations for wild and improved
hands are steadily advancing The
thing is, of course, too new as yet to
permit any broadcast prophecy in this
direction, but the healthful trend is
already apparent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20

A. F. Miller of Selliyood yesterday
made shipment of 75O pounds of the
seeds of fir and spruce trees to re-
plenish the depleted forests Of Aus
tria. One thousand pounds were
wanted, but these were all that were
gathered. About 600 sacks of cones
were picked from young trees, from
which the seeds were carefully taken
Between 200 and 300 pounds of seeds
were sifted from the whole bulk that
did not promise, only the very best
being sent across the sea.
Oregon fir and spruce are growing
on thousands of acres of territory in
Germany and Austria that had been
denuded of trees. Mr.. Miller has been
gathering seeds of these trees for
several years He says that the fir
is the most popular tree and the
see1s are eagerly sought for. the de
mand being greater than can be sup
plicd.-P Portland Oregoniaia
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20

Largo map-making firms have geo.
graphical libraries collected from
every source and in every language.
The modest sketch map Of the mission
airy in some wild degion is as highly
valued as the most complete survey
map. In making new map Of any
important region the compilations
made by others are hardly ever
touched. Representatives a-e sent out,
and every detail is taken from its orig
inal source. These representatives are
paid enormous salaries. They are
never rushed, but are allowed to take
as long over their work as they think
it necessitates.
The cost of producing map of the
world would be enormo~s each gov
eminent would have to share the ex-
pense.s The time taken would also be
very great. There are at present no
ordnance maps of South America, nor
Of large portions of Asia. Even were
a united international effort made IT
would be many years before the work
could be completed. Different methods
would have to be employed in different
countries st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20

Did you ever consider how much
trouble and turmoil in the world is
stirred up by loafers? asks the Bur
lington (Kan.) Republican. DO it and
you will be surprised. Investigate
carefully and you will find that nine
of the ten fuses and quarrels that you
know Of in your town or neighborhood
were started by loafers who had no
business of their own TO attend to and
so got busy with other peoples af-
Hafrs.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20
Oppose New Grade Crossings.

The West Jersey & Seashore Rail.
road Company will not find its way
smooth when it attempts to lay its
third track through Woodbury.. prep
aratioLs for which are now in progress,
unless the Counc'' and the railroad
reach an amicable agreement. The
matter was before Council at a previ-
ous meeting and referred to the City
Solicitor, who stated that under the
present law the company could not
cross the streets at grade except by
consent of Council Councilman Pan
coast said grade crossings should be a
thing of the past, and as there were
four or five dangerous crossings in
Woodbury., this is the tiTne to remedy
the nuisance.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20
Telephone Line Under Hammer.

Charles f. Miller, of Lancaster, Pa,
representing the interests of the bond
holders, bid in the property of the
Standard Telephone Company in the
county at a special masters sale held
at Burlington. The line has been oper-
ating under receiver for some time
and the sale was to satisfy a mortgage
held by the Burlington City Loan u
Trust Company The property was
knocked Gown to Miller at $2500, the
purchasers to assume all debts. Rumor
has it that the inc ic to merged with
one Of the independent companies.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20

Aunt Lorica Cox celebrated her
106th birthday at her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Louisa Ann Shaw, in
West Harrington, Me, 1t is said that
she is the only woman in New Eng
land who has lived in three centuries
Mrs. Cox has vivid recollections of all
the wars the United States has en-
gagged in since its independence ais a
nation was acknowledged by England,
for she has lived through them ell.
Her husband, James Cox, died in the
Civil War, he having enlisted in Com
pany ., Twenty second Maine V0Iun-
teers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20
Exerrone Il friendly.

I'm all my daily walks and rides for
miles here and in the streets Of Toxic"
says a traveller, II never heard an Of
fensire word applied to me, nor saw an
unfriendly face. Nor in the quieter
streets did ! ever see what is SO COM
mon in China, women and children
darting in and boiling the doors on The
approach Of foreigner Even the
dogs here are friendly and never bark
at you
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20

The old armored cruiser New York
lis to be fitted out at Boston at an ex-
pense of over S1,O0O,o00 and renamed
the Trenton, after the famous flagship
of Admiral Kimberley, which was lost
in the Samoa hurricane in 1889. The
newest and finest battleshjp to be laid
down in 1906 is to be named the New
York, states the New York Press
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20
pauper Had Money in Bank.

Old account papers brought out after
the death of Patrick Keaiy, formerly
of Bordentown, and who for several
years had been an inmate of the Burl-
ington County Almshouse, showed that
he had had for long time money on
deposit and drawing interest in aTren-
ION savings Institution. This fact was
at once reported to County Solicitor
Merritt for the purpose OF having the
eounty's claim against the estate for
board properly recorded. Mr.. Merritt
found one deposit of $500 and expects
to locate more. No relatives Of the
nan have been discovered.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20
q. q. .Vermenle. consnlting engineer.

@. G. Vermeule, consulting engineer,
and H. /. Brightman called upon Gov
ernor Stokes at Trenton and laid be-
fore him the facts to show that it is
not at all necessary lor New Jersey to
supply Staten Island with water, as
had been asserted by Mayor Mcclellan,
of New York City. They said that a
company is ready to give the, people all
the water they want from artesian
wells and that the supply is sufficient
to meet the requirements Of the populas
ton for years to come.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20

If you are right your enemies will
ahink you are wrong, and if you are
wrong your friends viii think you
right, but the cold, calculating world
win get at the facts, concludes the
Atchison Globe
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20

r. The Government scientists declare
that the gulf stream has never changed
its way, says the Norwich Bulletin,
so to the shifting of that cannot be
charged the mild winter.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20
Happened 70 One Nan.

Within the last three years Colonel
b. B. Maxon, of Reno, New, has fallen
down mining shaft, breaking both
legs; been knocked across q Los An,
geles street by an automobile. has been
In three railroad wrecks: participated
IN an automobile smash-up in Salt Lake
City, and seven weeks ago was
1rampled nearly to death BY e0rnd
horses
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20
Quick Capture Of wire Thieves.

Police officials of Atlantic City be-
lieve they made an important capture
In the apprehension Of John Hill and
Augustus Winslow, alleged wire
thieves. Complaint was made to the
detective department that during the
night several hundred pounds Of insu-
lated copper ysire had been stolen from
the store room Of the Atlantic City
Electric Light and Power Company,
into which the robbers had forced an
entrance. Less than two hours after
the complaint was filed detectives had
located the prisoners with the wire in
their possession.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20

For some time oystermen have been
observing scum on the waters of the
bay, and an investigation shows that
the scum was caused by waste from
the gas plant at Pleasantville. Sew
eral prominent oystermen, including
w. II. Mathis, have complained 70 the
Atlantic County Oyster Commission,
claiming the oil win ruin the oysters
and clans in the ", cause loss of
many thousands Of dollars and throw
hundreds out Of work.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20
Phones For the Police to Take Him.

Phones For the Police to Take Him.
Edward ]. Dillon, indicted for rum
aing pool room at Trenton few
months ago, has given himself up. He
Eelephoned to the police that he had
been visiting in Philadelphia, Pa, and
AS soon as he heard of the Indictment,
ne returned home to surrender. He
aid he was at his home where he
could be gotten. An officer sent to
Dillon's house took him into custody,
md he was released on $1,000 bail.
The October Grand Jury considered
he case, but found indictments
against four non-residents of the State,
ind Dillon escaped. Justice Reed
brought this fact to the notice of the
asst Grand Jury and Dillon, the alleged
local agent Of the pool room, was in
5icted.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20

Representative Longworth did not
ssall in love with the TiIipinos. His
affections were too busy elsewhere,
concludes the Pittsburg Gazette.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20

The Hamburg American line is con-
templating building six small passcn-
ger steamers intended for tourist ser.
vice en- The Nile.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20

The smallest baby on record in the
West has been born to Mrs. Charles
Bybee, Of Lander, Wyo., the child
Weighing only little more than q
pound. -
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20
pFowned RhIle Fiehtlnr.

During a fight between two sailors
on Calais fishing trawler, both men
Tell overheard and were drowned.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-07
LOW WAGES IN RUSSIA.
Farm Laborers Get Little Above a
Bare Subsistence.

The extreme poverty and the low
standard of living of peasants from
whom the Russian agricultural labor
ers are recruited assure a low level Of
wages for agricultural labor. The av-
erage wages will appear almost IN
credibly low from an American point
of view, Notwithstanding the general
complaints Of the estate holders con.
corning the unreasonable demands of
the laborers.
According to an official investigation
embracing the decade Of 1882-1891, the
average annual wages for a male agri-
cultural worker in Russia were less
than $32 and for a female worker less
than SIS. To this must be added the
cost Of subsistence, which is equally
low, being on an average $24 for a
male and $22 for a female worker for
a whole year; SO that the average
cost Of employing a laborer for the
entire year is equal to only $55 for
the male and $40 for the female.
The wages for the summer season
of five months r almost equal to
the annual wages, being $22 for the
male and $13 for the female laborer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-07
PHOTOGRAPHY AND FINE ART.
Camera Pictures Much More Than Ne.
chanical Reproduction.

1914 --El
Few persons could be found who
would deny the claims Of photography
to rank among the fine arts. when
skillully used and properly controlled.
since the photography Of Of to-day Is
something more than a mechanical re-
production. The individuality of the
photographer is being expressed in
his work almost Is much as is that Of
the painter. The painter still has the
advantage, for while he may give us
an impression fuller than that made by
nature upon the eye, the photographer
"a deal only with that which is OBJ.
served with such unerring fidelity and
skill by a mechanical eye. Compost
ton is therefore n Of the necessary
principles to the photographer, who
thus supplies the mechanical eye with
a mind, yet he must study lighting ct
different hours of the day and varying
weather conditions that he may know
the best effects to be obtained. Many
otherwise successful photographers
need to realize that scientific accuracy
is not necessarily artistic truth, so
that, while one actualizes, the definite
sharpness may be softened and the eff
feet ennanced.--Home Magazine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-07

Tho story Of Postum Cereal In Words
and Pictures.

The growth Of the Postum Cereal
CO. 10 IKE : fairy tale. but 1t 10 true.
every word Of 1t.
The Door Unbolted" Is the title Of
. charming little booklet just issued
By the Company which tells, and H.
illustrates. the story Of this remark.
able growth. It takes the reader from
the little white barn In which the
business was started Jan. /, 1895,
through the palatial offices and great
factory buildings Of the white City
that comprise Postumville, Battle
Creek, Mich.
The little white barn, SO carefully
preserved, IL a most interesting build.
ing, for 1t represents the humble be-
ginning Of one Of the country's great
est manufacturing enterprises Of to
day, an enterprise that has grown
from this little barn to a whole city
Of factory buildings within but little
more than ten years.
No less interesting Is the quaint Of
fetal home OF the Postum Cereal Co.
The general Office building of Mr.. Post
and his associates is a reproduction OF
the Shakespeare house at Stratford-
on-Avon, and upon the house and its
furnishings has been expended vast
sums Of money, until the rooms are
more like the drawing rooms of the
mansions Of our multi-millionaires
than like Offices.
That Mr.. Post has believed thor
oughly In the idea of giving to his
employees attractive and healthful
work rooms is proven not only by the
general office building of the Company
and its furnishings, but by his fac
tories as well, and Of all Of these
things this beautiful little booklet tells
the interesting story. 1t will be sent
to anyone on request.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-07
Checked Attempt at MonopoIy.

Trusts were sometimes dealt with
summarily in old England. Fer IN
stance, the records of the Brewers
company show that "on Monday, July
80, 1872, Robert Chichele. the mayor Of
London, sent for the masters and IL
Of the most worthy OF our company to
appear at the Guildhall for selling dear
ale. After much dispute about the
price and quantity Of malt, wherein
Whityngtone, the late mayor. declared
that the brewers had ridden into the
country and forestalled the malt, to
raise its price, they were convicted in
the penalty Of ego ($1o0), which OBJ.
jecting to, the masters were ordered
to be kept in prison in the chamber
lain's custody until they should pay 1t,
Or find security for the payment
thereof"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-07

and Investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed Of q wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1913 she married Isaac Pinkham,
. builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days 1t
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in a physician only in specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained a won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics Of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature SO
bountifully provides In the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; SO, If we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
OF the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses Of the body, and
1t was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief Of these was a rare combine
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure OF the ills and weaknesses pecu.
liar to the female sex, and Lydia 4. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and 1t became quite popular among
them.
All this 80 far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as q
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
OF the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when the Centen-
nial year dawned 1t found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
Of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother, combined forces to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-07
Mushroom Catsup.

Break into quarters fine fresh
mushrooms, cleaned free from earth.
Put a layer in the bottom of an earth
en- jar, sprinkle with salt, add more
mushrooms and more salt until all are
used. Cover and set on the cellar
floor or other cool place for three
days, stirring with a wooden spoon
three times a day. At the end of this
time warm the mushrooms In a kettle,
mash to a pulp and strain through
coarse netting, squeezing out all the
pulp. Measure, cook for ten minutes,
then allow for every pint of the liquid
a half tablespoonful whole peppers
and allspice, a bay leaf, a teaspoonful
of onion Juice and a blade of mace.
Cook all together over a fire until
thick. Strain, cool and pour into
sterilized bottles, sealing air tight.
The bottles should be small ones, as
the catsup does not keep as well as
some others after opening.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-07
Wrong Method Of Teaching.

Consul Paul Nash, of Venice, writes:
Hundreds Of well-educated Americans
annually pass through Venice and, al
though probably nine-tenths OF them
have had several years Of instruction
in a European language, not one.
tenth are capable Of speaking a dozen
connected words Of anything but Eng
lish. Even college graduates, fresh
from prize-winning in French or Ger
man, are generally unable to speak
either language, although capable Of
writing an excellent thesis on their
history, phflology. syntax and litera.
ture. This is the result OF teaching
French and German in much the same
way that Latin and Greek are taught"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-07
orlaln Of rerm Merocer..

According to etymology, a retail
grocer is as absolute an impossibility
as a weekly Journal" A grocer, or
"grosser'' as 1t used to be spelled, is
really a trader in gross"-that is to
say, in large quantities, wholesale.
Englishmen Of other days spoke o,
"grossers of fish" and "grossers OF
wine," and an act of Edward III. ex-
pressly mentions that "%grossers" deal
In all name Of goods. In those dayf
~"spicer' was the word for grocer" in
the modern sense. But 1t happened
that the Grocers' company, founded in
the fourteenth century, specialized in
spicery and SO grocer" gradually took
the place of "spicer."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-07
GAINED 81 POUNDS
Persistent An@mia Cured by Dr..
Williams Pink Pills After Othcr
Remedies Had Failed.

When I began taking DR.. Williams
Pink Pills" says Mrs. Nathaniel Field,
Of st. Adams, Somerset county, Maine,
II was the palest, most bloodless person
you could imagine. Ny tongue and
gums were colorless and my fingers and
ears were like wax. I had two doctors
andthey pronounced my trouble anamia.
Ihad spells Of vomiting, could not eat,
in fact, did not dare to, I had such dis.
tress after eating. My stomach was filled
with gas which caused me awful agony.
The backache I suffered wal at times
almost unbearable and the least exertion
made my heart beat so fast that I could
hardly breathe. But the worst Of all was
the splitting neuralgia headache which
neverle left me for seven weeks. About this
timeI had had several numb spells. My
limbs would be cold and without any
feeling and the most deathly sensations
would come over me.
"Nothing had helped me until I began
taking Dr.. Williams Pink Pills, in fact,
! had grown worse every day. After I
had taken the pills q short time I could
see that they were benefiting me and
n morning ! awoke entirely free from
pain. The distress after eating disap.
peared and i'll three weeks I could eat
anything ] wanted and suffer no incon.
venience. ! also slept soundly. / have
taken several boxes Of the pills and have
gained in weight from 100 to 1854 pounds
and am perfectly well now"
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