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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-06-26

The pineapple is one Of the most d.
gestibIe articles in the world, provid-
ing its own pepsin, and in its perfec-
ton it is as fine a fruit as grows, not
excepting peach, apple, mango, orange
or grapefruit.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-06-26

A strange find met the eve Of a
Havre hsherman's wife while she was
drying q Goldfish caught BY her hus-
band ON the French coast. A hard
substance came under her hand, and
in the fish she discovered a golden
bracelet The ornament is supposed
to have dropped overheard from the
wrist Of lady passenger on an ocean
steamer
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-06-26
Three KilIed By eating SAUSAGE.

J. B. Baremore, farmer living
near Fort Smith, Ark, and his two
children, Emma. five years old, and
James, eighteen months old, died in
a hospital at Fort Smith from
ptomaine poisoning. They had eaten
bologna sausage purchased from a
street lunch stand.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-06-26

Photographs Of the S15o,0o0,0o0 heir
ess, unless they do her an injustice,
show that If her husband is not marry
Ing her for love he will earn the money.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-06-26

The head 81 one Of the baby Pa
vilions of Bellevue Hospital was
held for trial, charged with performs
ing an autopsy Oh an infant without
the consent Of The next Of kin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-06-26

England forgot the Armada and
America the Maine, while both sent
good wishes to Alfonso and his bride.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-06-26
Ring Haakon Greeted.

King Haakon arrived at Chris
tiania and was warmly welcomed;
large crowds greeted the American
delegates,
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
HOW GIRLS WON A STRIKE.
Arbitration Court of New Zealand De.
cided Against a Factory.

An ex-judge Of the arbitration court
in New Zealand tolc me this story,
says the Craftsman: The girls in a
match factory came before the court
asking for an increase of wages. The
proprietor said he could not pay what
they wanted, that his enterprise was
in its infancy and to increase the
wages would ruin it. The court heard
the evidence on both sides, studied
the financial condition of the business
and cost of living in the city, and then
the judge said to the proprietor: 1T
is impossible for these girls to live d q
Gently and healthfully On the wages
that yoa are nov paying. 1t is Of the
utmost Importance, not only to them
but to the state, that they should have
decent. wholesome, healthfuI condi-
tions of life. The souls and bodies of
the young women Of New Zealand are
Of more importance than your profits,
and il you cant pay living wages It
will be bester for the community fag
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT.
Man Has Good Reasons for Locking
at Inside of His Hat.

81 see here that woman writer
wonders why a man always looks in
his hat before he puts it on, said the
reflective man as he looked up rom
his paper. Here is what she says:
.Is197hen man puts on his hat he most
always looks inside it first. What he
expects to see remains a mystery. but
he looks for it all the same. That's
easy. He looks in his hat to see il
the knot holding the inside band to-
gether will be at the back of his head
when he puts it on. Now if she'll tell
me why a woman always pulls down
her veil and purses up her mouth be
fore she steps out OF doors, we'll call
1t square.
Funny, the things you read in the
Sunday papers. I see here that an
other Chicago professor got up on his
hind legs to declare that there should
be schools Of love, and the young
should be educated in love- slushi
Schools Of love aren't necessary. The
young of the softer sex inherit a suffi-
GENTLY large stock of knowledge on
this subject from their mothers, and
what they can't teach the young
men it isn't necessary for them to
know"
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
cAckLg NOR ALWAYS RELIABLE.
Fresh Eggs Declared Sometimes TO
Contain Disease Germs.

New Workers can no longer cat
fresh eggs under The delusion that
they are pure article of food, says
t1ss New York World. Even before
the proud hen caekles It is liable to
contain bad germs. according to in
teIligence communicated to produce
men i'm this city by the scientific ex-
perts of the department OF agriculture
at Washington.
Secretary Wilson has sent out word,
officially. that even the freshest eggs
may under certain conditions. cause
illness By communicating some bac,
terial disease or some parasite.
III ~ possible. he says. for an egg
to bees me Injected witt, naiero-organ.
isms, either before ii is laid or after,
The shell is porous and offers no great.
er resistance 10 niero-orga
which cause disease than it does tc
those which canae the egg ID spoil
When the infected egg Is eaten raw
the micro organisms. If present, are
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
HuMMtRa BIRD CHASED BEE.
Movements OF Couple Resembled
Flashes of Lightning.

l
Here is a story as told by q gentle
man who spends the greater portion
Of his time studying the habits as
birds:
a humming bird with an angry dash
expressed its disapproyal OF the pres
ence of a big bumblebee in the same
tree. The usually pugnacious bee in
eontinently fed, but he did not leave
the tree. He darted back and forth
among the branches and white bios
SONS, the humming bird in close pur-
suit. Where will you find another pair
that could dodge and dart equal to
these? They were like flashes OF
light, yet the pursuer followed the
track Of the pursued, turning when
the bee turned.
In short, the bird and the bee con-
tro1led the movements of their bodies
more quickly and more accurately
than he could control the movements
Of his eyes. The chase was all over
in half the time it takes to tell it,
but the excitement of pack of hounds
after a fox was no greater. The bee
escaped, the bird giving up the chase
and alighting on a twig. It couldn't
have been chasing the bee for food,
and there is no possible explanation
Of its unprovoked attack, except that
It wanted all the honey itself
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
Suggestions for Christmas Gifts

Will be found in great number and va.
riety in the catalogue just issued by
the we1l-known New York house OF
Lord & Taylor. This catalogue con-
tains Photographic reproductions OF
over 500 articles, such as fancy lace
and linen handkerchiefs, ladies neck
wear of exquisite design, fancy goods
of all kinds, jewelry and silver toilet
articles, ladies' silk and leather belts.
chatelaine bags and leather goods OF
all kinds, umbrellas, gloves, house
coats, bath robes, dressing gowns and
various mems furnishings, in fact al
most everything to suit the fastidious
taste of either man or woman. The half
tone illustrations picture the goods as
they actually are, enabling out OF town
customers to order their gifts intelli-
gently, and the high reputation of the
house ensures absolute satisfaction. a
copy of this catalogue will be sent to
anyone interested by addressing Lord
& Taylor, Broadway, Fifth avenue and
Twentieth street, New York City.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
American Expert Leads World.

Gardner F. Williams, the American
mining engineer who directs the dia-
mond output Of the world, was born in
Michigan, but became a resident of
California at Is and student at Cali
fornia college in Oakland, afterWard
the state university. He perfected
his education at the mining Academy
Of Freiberg, among the lead mines of
Saxony. He was assayer in the mint
at San Francisco two years and spent
some time in practical work in the
mines of Nevada and northern Cali
fornia. He then went on an exploring
expedition for the Rothschilds to Ma.
schonaland and made the aeuuaint-
ance of Cecil Rhodes. He took charge
of the mines Of the De Beers company
In 1886, through the influence OF
Rhodes and has been at their head un-
til recently, when he. returned to
America, leaving his son, Alpheus Viii
liams in his place.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
Records of Maaers.

Betting is neither SO general nor SC
promiscuous as it was $50 years ago,
when books for recording wagers were
always kept on the tables in the much
frequented coffee Houses of London.
Some of these books are still to be
found among collections Of antiques,
and they make interesting reading.
All manner Of bets are entered there,
on marriages, births and deaths, on
the duration Of ministry, on the
length of the lives of prominent per
sonages, on the possibility Of earth
quakes, and even On hangings.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15

low for case like this one in real
life.
It Is one # the most remarkable
stories Of modern times. Here is a
man Of independent means, man
OF affairs, a brilliant writer, an ardent
sportsman, clever raconteur, sent to
Bloomingdale, adjudged hopelessly in
sane progressive" the physicians
called his case.
His estate Is handel over to trus-
tee. 1t il charged S1o0 a week for
the poor fellows keep in the mad
house Every legal detail has been
properly arranged The alienists give
their expert opinions--his mind is
gone, they say, circumstantiaIIy, never
TO return.
There he stays for nearly four years.
He knows 1t is hopeless to protest.
: acre he Is. behind the bars, gone
from the world forever. He dreams
of freedom by hight; by day he pom
ders over the problem of getting it..
He waits his time. He gets the
trust of everyone about HIM He does
meekly everything that he is bidder
everything except admit to the doc
tors, who want him to admit it, that
he is insane. He gets permission to
take walks without q keeper. He is al
lowed to leage the asylum grounds.
He makes his daily jaunts farther and
farther away, deliberately praeticing
the art of covering great distances in
short time. He finds a post Office
where he may receive letters under
an assumed name because nothing
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
onens his hook auoting from YoItaire

opens his book, quoting from Vo1taire
And here is the way be begins:
Stop thief! ! hereby raise the hue
and cry-stop thief.
THE above extraordinary announce
ment is called forth by the cold, hard
facts about to be collected.
And his excuse for the book is this:
Now the sole and only object on
earth in bringing ont this book at this
time is a desperate, forlorp hope upon
the part of plaintiff to bring the crime
that is being attempted against plain
tiff's property to the ear Of the court
that appointed said referee, in order
that said court may prevent said
crime by setting aside the intquitous
decision, as above foreshadoWed, of
said referee"
Complains of Injustice.
The book recites with bittisfness
what the writer calls the Injustice OF
the proceedings leading up to the judg-
ment of the New York courts and to
his Incarceration in Bloomingdale.
How Stanford White got him to
Bloomingdale is told in this wise:
t'I received telegram from my
friend, Mr.. Stanford White, proposing
to visit me in company with mutual
friend. As j was on rather unfrlend-
IL terms with Mr.. White at the time,
owing to an abusive letter he had re-
Gently written me, I did not look for
wasd to a visit from him with pleas
ure I therefore sent him telegram
to say that I was not well enough 70
see him. A few days later Mr.. White
walked in on me in company WIN a
physician. I shall not attempt to pic
ture my surprise. Let it suffice to say
that I was struck dumb.
mfr. White hastily excused his in
trusion and implored me to accompany
him to New York for a plunge in the
metropolitan whirl' AS / had some
business which needed my attention IN
New York consented
Of New York Mr.. Chan1er says:
In other words, citizen of the.
state of New York can be condemned
and imprisoned without a hearing. All
that is required to deprive a citizen OF
the Empire state of his liberty is one
or two false witnesses, two dishonest
doctors and a judge who can swallow
sworn conflicting statements without
a qualm. No defense is allowed to the
accused.
This is truly the Empire state.
sometimes wonder, as I look through
tho bars of my cell, how such things
can be outside the Russian empire.
Calls on Virginia for Rescue.
Fortunately for myself, however,
I am no longer a citizen of the Empire
state, but am and have been since
1895 citizen of the sovereign state
of Virginia: which title to sovereignty
| propose to see Virginia make good
by rescuing me-
Graphic automatism" he defines
thus:
IN a word, the writing is, as the
name implies, automatic So far-but
so far onIy-as conscious thought, i.
E., conscious mental action is con-
cerned, the hand does the writing
without the help Of the head. In other
words, it is as though one had magic
pen-or pencil, since a pencil is
smoother and easier to operate than
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
Married to Amelie Rives.


John Armstrong Chanler first came
into the public eye when he married
Ame1ie Rives, who wrote that bril-
liant erotic THE Quick or the Dead" !"
in which is told the old love of a
beautiful widow for her dead husband
and her newer love for another man in
the flesh, Jock Dering, the hero, was
hanler
Miss Rives was denounced ty some
persons as rather imprudent writer.
but that didn't keep her book, which
appeared in 1886, from having a tre-
mendous sale. Her marriage to young
Mr.. Chanler only added to its popular
ity, She was beautiful, erratic, i'm
petuous. Socn their friends came to
realize that there was nothing in
common between the grave, polished.
ratsser mystic New Yorker and the will
full, gifted Virginia girl
There was q divorce, which the 1us-
band did not contest. upon the grounds
of incompatability and the Mrs. Chan
Ter that was married Prince Troubet-
skei, whom she had met abroad.
"5rhe more knows men the more
admire dogs" is the way Mr.. Chanler
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15

you to close your factory. 1t would
be better to send the whole match in
dustry to the bottom of the ocean and
go back to iinrs and fresticks than
to drive young girls into the gutter.
Ny award is tnat you pay what they
ask The man protested and grum-
bled, but he obeyed the order. He
did not close his factory, and his busi-
ness continued to prosper. The
judges little speech embodies both
the underlying principle of all New
Healand's progressive legislation and
the spirit in which it is administered
the welfare Of the worker is of
more Importance than the profits of
the employer. And therein is com
plete oyerturn of all our worldwide
and time-old convictions. methods and
ideals. Any civilization which holds
TO that conviction and enforees it with
all the enginery of its. government IS
new thing under the sun. For il is
I. civilization that is bases not on
{ commercial success and greatna-ss but
on humanity.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
FIGHTS FOR LARGE ESTATE
John Armstrong Chanler Seeks to Regain Con-
trol Of Fortune Amounting to More
Than One Million Dollars.
PLAINTIFFS SANITY IS IN QUESTION
Extraordinary Life Story Of the Former Husband of the Princess
Troubekoi Who Is Legally Sane Virginia, Legally nsans
ID New Yol4, and Who Writes Startling Narrative Of
His Struggles for Liberty and Inheritance.

HeT York--Can man be sane in
Dne state and Insane IN a1Ether?
So 1T would seem. But John Arm
atrong Chan1er, cousin of the Astors,
cnum OF the late Stanford White, col
3ege graduate, student of psyehics and
ex-husband of that brilliant, erratic
woman, AmeIie Rives, now the Prin-
cess Troubetskoi, II not going to take
such decision as final
Next month his case comes up in the
federgl courts here in New York. Mr..
Chanler, who has fortune of 81 100000,
.yants ta get control of it. But the
courts Of New York say he Is insane
AMI not competent His legal resi-
dence is in the state Of Virginia
And there the courts have decided
that he is perfectly sane and able to
manage his estate.
There are forty-five states in the
Union. Mr.. Chanler cs=l visit forty
four Of them without the slightest
danger to his personal liberty. But
should he set foot in the sovereign
state Of Jew York he will promptly
be clapped into a lunatic asylum, be-
cauae he is still held to be mentally
incompetent.
It will be desperate legal battle.
MIR. Chanler has retained the best Of
counsel. So has the custodian of his
100000, T. T. Sherman, who says
he is insane. 1t is very much like
Charles Reade's VERY Hard Cash" ali
over again.
Writing OF Fiction outdone.
One might search fiction high and
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
3mmu1icated 70 man. and may cause

communicated to man. and may cause
disease
The typhoid fever germs, the agri-
cultural department says, may at
tach themselves to the hens feet or
feathers and may then penetrate the
egg before it IS natched The eggs
of worms, as well as grains and seeds,
are found in eggs having made their
way there while the white and the
shell were being added to the yolk
in the egg gland of the fowl.
Pasteurizing the hens and then sub
ieeting them to x-rays Is the next
step toward the ge1nIess egg.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
The Crown of Success.

Gobsa Golde looked narrowly at the
aspirant for his daughters hand.
After All, he said, I have no real
proof that you are the successful man
you claim
t.But," cried the other. eagerly, you
forget that have been muekraked
thrice in the Trash Magazine.
Gobsa Golde 5 manner suddenly
ehanged.
boy he said. forgive NE. she
Is yours
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15

| may reach him at the asylum until
| it has been scrutinized. In this way
he manages to borrow $f0-this man
with an income of $4,000 year.
One day he does not return from his
daily walk. No, he has walked well
and far-he has taken train to New
/ York from an obscure railway station
miles distant from White Plains,
/ where Bloomingdale now is. By night
fall he is safe in Philadelphia.
And now what does he do?
Does he go into paroxysms of impo-
| tent rage at those who incarcerated
| him, as do many Of the insane when
they escape? Does he try to kill
those whom he might imagine respon-
sible for his sufferings? Does he
break out in incoherent rawlings
against fancied evils?
Under Scientific Observation.
No. He goes straightaway to san
| itatium in Philadelphia He states
his case calmly to the physician in
charge and asks to be put under
scientific observation After six
months voluntary confinement there
the physicians there tell him that he
is perfectly sane and has always been
so. He is not even now content He
goes TO another institution and goes
through the same voluntary process
all over again. Once more the physi-
clans tell Mr.. Chanler he is well bal
anced. Then suddenly he appears at
bis old home, Merry Mills, Gotham,
Va, where he has stayed to this day,
master of his ancestral estates.
Once safely home, this so-called
lunatie retained counsel. The matter
of his sanity was brought up in the
Virginia courts and then and there
John Armstrong Chanler was pro-
nounced sane and competent. But
the greater part of his fortune was
here in New York state, and here it
is on record that John Armstrong
Chanler is a hopeless lunatic. Should
be come here he would be deprived of
his liberty And that is why he is
suing in the United States court in
the hope of winning back his inheri-
tance and his standing as a man of
sound mind
And why was John Armstrong
Chanler, Columbia 80, called insane?
Because, as the physicians said, he
had delusions-at least some of them
said SO.
Ihose who committed him to Iiv-
ing grave declared that he had Shakes.
peare's power, and could make himself
Napoleon BY going into trance. That
ne was possessed Of the power Of
graphic antomatism" and had devel-
oped his X-faeulty-type of subeon-
sciousness-was taken as another eyi-
dence of insanity.
Yet some of the most prominent
psychological writer's discuss this X
faculty in all seriousness and admit
that there is such a thing as graphic
automatism. And all of this is told
in a remarkable book which Mr.. Chan
Ter has just published.
He calls it -Four Years Behind the
Bars Of Bloomingdale; or, The Bank
ruptcy Law in New York. In it he is
extremely bitter toward his two broth
ers, William Astor Chanler and Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
cure for chilblains.

Make a soft paste of soap and wa.
ter (any good, pure soap will do).
After bathing feet in water to which
salt has been added, put a thick coat.
ing of this paste on the affected parts;
moisten frequently and also repeat
frequentlE.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
Great End of Life.

You must desire to improve your
heart, and SO become good. You must
desire to improve your head, and SC
become well Informed. But you must
desire first to become good. That is
the first and great end Of life. That
is what God sent you into the world
for-Char1ss Kingsley.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
Green Apples.

eyes, the party was a big success
plenty of eating and all that"
81 suppose the table groaned with all
the delicaeies of the season.
eyes, but that wasn't d circumstance
to the way some of the delieacies made
the guests groan."
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
coats-of-Arns a Decoration

There has never been a time when
coats-of-arms have been as much used
as at the present. AS an interior dec
oration they have become a perfect
| fad.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
CHICAGO Far Above the Sea.

Chicago is situated On an extreme
ly fiat site, but no other city in the
world, of anything Hike its size, lies
SO far above the level OF the sea.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15

pen-that started out to write SO soon
as the operator took it into his or
her hand.
The operator has no more inkling
OF what the next word will be before
the said magic pen has written same
than the onlooRer.
"An the operator has to dc is to
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
Compulsory Enthus;.sr,.

A .silesian court recently sentenced
to prison for two months man who
had failed to cheer the kaiser during
the military maneuvers.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15

Misse55 C IhtIdTen8 Ehoaat % 70 70 3IsUQ.
Try w. 4. Douglas Women's, Misses and
Children's shoes; for styIes fit and wear
they excel other makes.
Tf could take you into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass, ,and show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are nlades you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit betters
wear longer and are OF greater value
than any ofl1er" make.
Wherever yoai live, you can obtain W. IL
Douglas sfloes. Ills name and price is stamped
on the bottom, which protects you against higsa
prices and inferior shoes. TaEq no suEsf;s
en4e. Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes
and insist upon having them.
FAST Color Egefets used; they fif not geay brassg.
Write lae illustrated catalog af Fail Styles.
w. Do5as4ASs Dept. IL Rrockeon, Mase.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15
NOVEMBER AILMENTS
THEIR PREVENTION AND CURE.

November is the month of falling
temperatures. Over all the temperate
regions the hot weather has passed
and the first rigors of winter have ap.
peared. AS the great bulk of civilized
nations is located in the Temperate
The Donaldsonville chief., 1906-12-15

Zones, the effect
of changing sea
sons is a quas-
ton of the high
est Importance.
When the wealth
boOi- n