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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

In his lecture to Louisville audi
ence, DR.. xnopf gave some advice
which is obviously wise, and which
ought to be easy to follow, remarks
the Louisville C0urier-Journal. Pure
food, fresh air and care these are the
main things needful in preventing
tuberculosis. They are valuable also in
checking the disease, once it has gained
aodgment. If progress is to be made in
combating tuberculosis, all persons
all classes-must work together The
poor, who are most subject % the dis
ease, must live in more sunlight and
have better houses. The rich must
look after their own physical condition
and pay greater heed to the houses
which they rent to the poor The fight
on consumption is just beginning. Let
It be kept up vigorously all over the
world.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

The question very naturally arises,
why do so many men fail victims to
dishonesty when elevated to public
Office? asks the Louisville Herald. Due
is it to various causes, the influence OF
example, the. demands Of extravaganza
living, lack Of character, and oftener
than supposed from false standards OF
duty. The public official acts too often
on the principle that public money is a
sort of prize for the politician who gets
there, and that it is perfectly legitl-
mate to use the publlc's funds in ways
that honesty forbids concerning private
moneys.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

Near Finesville, Samuel Sigafoss,
thirty-eigllt years old. was shot in the
left leg when hunting The bullet ems
tered below the knee, shattering tbs
tibia. 1t was feared at first that am.
putation would be necessary, but DR.
Brown says Sigafoss will recover, ak
though he may be lame for life Siga-
floss and William Walters, who accom-
panied him. sat down to eat after
placing their guns side by side. d short
distance away. Suddenly their hunt
ing dog became uneasy In scratch
ing it sent flying large pebble which
struck the hammer Of Sigafosss gun.
1t had been left half cooked and was
discharged, the charge striking Siga
fOss.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

AS the result of 'sdare." Herbert
Franklin, son Of James Franklin, OF
Bedford, lost the greater part OF a
finger He and Harold Bennett, son
of William Bennett. were playing to
gether Both were in the best Of hui
NOR. Harold had been ehopping kind
lings and had Ratchet in his hand.
sHere. chop that said Herbert, plac.
ing his hand on the chopping block
with one finger invitingly extended.
Harold made feint with his hatchet
and recovered it too late, for in that in.
slant Herbert's finger had been severed
at the second joint. The boys are seven
years old. The two youngsters. badly
frightened, sought doctor in hurry
There is no i'll feeling between the
boys, even now. and their parents are
said to be the best of friends.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09
Murdered Italian Pound.

The body of murdered man was
found in Chimp of underground neat
the Hudson River line trolley tracks
at Morsemere. 1t was lying face down
number of deep stab wounds over the
heart and IN the neck and the chin
was almost hacked in two. The body
was without coat or hat and there was
no signs OF q struggle. It Is believed
that the dead man was taken there
from a distance. The only article or
the corpse which gives n hope of idcns
tification is Il gold ring inscribed with
the initial r.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09
another Jefferson Story.

Joseph Jefferson stocked the lake on
his Louisiana farm with bass ana other
game fish. Not long ago he enne upon
a stranger fishing in his lake.
See hereF' said the great comedian,
what do you mean by catching my
fish n
sBegprra," replied the fisherman,
slowly removing his pipe from his
mouth, "Oi'm not iishin'l Dim t,aehin'
these wurrums how 10 swim Atch-
ison lKanl Globe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

After the execution Of Prof, Web
ster of Harvard for the murder of Mr..
parkman. Mrs. Webster went away,
and was gone for a long period On
her return to Boston two of her old
friends went to call upon her, a gem
tleman and his wife. Both were In a
state of nervous excitement while
waiting in the parlor for her to APP
pear.
Now, remember. whispered the
wife to her nervous husband, don't
say anything to recall to Mrs Web
ster's mind the awful experience she
has been through.
Just then Mrs. Webster entered.
and The nervous man exclaimed, with
outstretched hands; Why, my dear
Mrs. Parkman, am SO glad to see
sou backl"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

Economy IN food does not imply pro-
hibition, declares Russell H. Chitten-
den, in the Century Magazine. II IS
neither vegetalianism, fruitarlanism,
nutarianism, Or any kind Of ism II
means simply temperance in diet, with
the application Of available scientific
knowledge; the use Of reason and in
felllgence, combined with due appre.
citation of the dignity Of the body and
the necessity of meeting the daily
wants without imperiling that high
degree Of efficiency which helps to rem
der man physically and mentally SUI
preme. Practically this implies the
avoidance Of The large quantities Of
proteid food so commonly made use Of
by civilized man, with the substitution
ii a dietary characterized BY pre-
dominance Of the lighter vegetable
foods. Iii this respect It leans some
what toward vegetarianism. The
heavier meats Of our daily diet can be
adyantageously replaced in part bg
lighter articles Of diet less rich in pgo4
field ana with more frequent addition
AZ green vegetables, fruits and CORE.
sponding articles Of food less prone TO
yield Objectionable decomposition pro-
ucte.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

The good artist should expect no
recognition Of his toll and no admira
tion of his genius, because his toll
with difficulty can be appraised and his
genius cannot possibly mean anything
to the illiteA te, who, even from the
dreadful wisdom Of their own evoked
dead have, 50 far, culled nothing but
inanities and pIatitudes, remarks tho
London Speaker.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

Every time a tragedy involves the
fate of some mysterious, unknown
woman, says the Christian Register,
inquiries that are made bring out in
formation concerning scores Of young
women that have suddenly disap-
peared, leaving their families to ago
mics Of suspense, sorrow and shame.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09
iWHere WORDS ralT.

What is the color 'ehatain2" q
certain young man asked a venerable
Creole lady, whose hair was white as
snow.
She rummaged through her mind
for terms Of explanation. being lit
tie liable to forget English words at
times.
Finally. however. she replied
Chatain, dat is the color Of my
hair, you understand, WHOM I was
yonng!,
And then she smiled with satisfac
ton at the exast manner in which
she had explained the term, while
the Questioner still wondered what
color chatain@ was. New Orleans
Times Democrat
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09
Hiccoughing to Death.

Mrs. Harry Wettstein, prominent
citizen and church worker, Of Nillyille,
was at the point ofsAieath, suffering
from hiccoughs For four days and.
nights she has been hiccoughing with
only rare intervals of rest, each attack
leaving her weaker In twenty -fouE
hours Mrs Wettstein rested only ten
minutes, and was so weak she could
not speak aloud Expert physicians
have done their utmost to alleviate her
suffering.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09
spanEs octocensrIaa ..sov ;,

Friends and nelghbors for miles
around assembled ait the residence Of
Mrs. Betsy Freeman. Of Red Bank. Pa,
TO celebrate the 111th anniversary OF
her birth, and I'd prove 10 her guests
that she is still strong and hearty. the
hostess in a spirit Of fun called her
Youngest SON. William, to her side
She Informed Willie that he had
been naughty boy and forthwith pro-
ceeded to lay him across her knee ana
administer sound spanking. Wiilie,s
IS eighty -two years old Mrs Freanan
does not look her age -hE- nffr. Years
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

The body of Adam Forst, folty-Eye
years old, who lived in North Bergen
was found in swamp near the Public
Service Corporations railroad trestlt
at Hudson Heights Forst left homt
about week ago saying that he in.
tended to so to a hospital He had
been in poor health for some time. He
never reached a hospital, SO far as can
be learned DR. Converse, the county
physician, says the man had been dead
three days when his body was found.
and that his death resulted from expos
ure and natural causes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

There are men who think that every
marriageable woman spends all her
spare time praying for a husband. This
is only another illustration of the az
erage mans conceit, ayows the Dallas
News
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

II recent survey Of the Potomac
River the coast survey found peculiar
por mole IN the bottom The greatest.
depth sounded was 159 feet. The hole
~ about zoe feet deep 1t lies on Ma
tnias Point, ard is famous Tor GOOD
nshing. II is said to be caused is lie
meeting Of two currents.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

Several noted grand opera prima
Flonnas are buying farms Imagine
voices, pictures the Washington Star,
trained to sing Marguerite" and
-'Brunnhilde" calling the cows
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

4 "A Cobalt, Ont, man las had his
mine stolen from him. The Golden
Rule does not seem to work in the
silver district, observes the Montreal
Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

One book alone. the Pilgrims Prog
ress." holds the record for English
literature having hccn Reproduced III
Jos different tongues Pail Man ca.
getse.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

az bazaar at West Ham. Lonaonl
~ Ensiana, cigars presented BY the late
.2a1 asnry irving, with Signatures akl
saeneo We're sold at s10. 30 each.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-09

There's lots Of money in the present
form Of football, declares the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer, Witness The cash
balances of the big college eIeyens.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-26
Ar HIGH PREssURE.
Industrial Activity Considered Dam
EerOus to the System.
INDIANAPOLIS News

Indianapolis News.
II ever there was the spectacle Of a nation
at high pressure, we Americans present 1t
now. Senator Hansbrough of North, Da-
kota is profoundly apprehensive Of calam-
ity to come from our superactivity. He is
student OF the transportation problem, but
he says the evil OF working too hard, too
rapidly and too long every day is not con-
fined to railroad service; It extends to
nearly every branch of business life. II we
do not '1et up" he believes that nervous
prostratiOn will become distinctly an Amer
lean malady.
There is more in this protest than "hys-
term" The child labor problem 10 a sign
Of its reality. In Providence, since the be-
ginning OF the autumn business season,
there has been steady stream of parents
and children at the city hall for certificates
to permit the holders to accept employment
without making the employers liable to
prosecution. The mills of various kinds and
the great jewelry establishments are run
ming night and day to catch up with orders.
Most of the applicants for permits are for
eigners whose Yeracity as to the age OF
their children is very doubtful, and they
are often denied. with all this the number
Of children that are kept at work owing to
the pressure is so great that the need OF
stringent measures is felt. Here is the con
dltion in only one manufacturing center,
Martin w. Knapp, chairman OF the In
terstate Commerce commission, says the
whole country is in a state Of congestion.
Demand exceeds the present capacity to
supply. In railroad work, for example,
good service can be given up to the ca
pacity. Let demand be Is per cent more
and there is an increased expense 10 the
unit and more or less confusion and de-
moralization. It Is the same, he goes on
to say, with the individual. He can per-
form a certain task daily with satisfaction
to all concerned, but II pressure-silent II
may be and chiefly by circumstances-be
allowed so that he be habitually required
to do more than he ought, he falls ine1ta-
bly, into a state OF diminished energy and
encouragement and the unit OF work is
done at a greater friction and with less
satisfaction Mr.. Mcneil United States
labor commissioner, says Mr. HanSbrough
and Mr. Knapp speak truly and that the
same condition exists In machine shops as
with railroads. The men have TO keep up
with the machine. Scarcity In the labor
market he holds as the primal cause. This,
however, begs the question. Everything is
relative. II we cannot get a suticient labor
supply with our immigration Of a million a
year. serious thought should be given to
the other end OF the problem.
Our high pressure methods have been in
creasing for many years until they have
gradually encroached on all life. II Is
hurry, hurry all the time The subject is
one that goes beyond its material aspects.
Il is eating into vitality and into the real
or better development Of the individual.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-26
A TEAPOT TEMPEST.
Basi. of the Japanese TumuIt Proves
TrthinE.

Chicago Chronicle.
As the tumult and the shouting die Il
becomes unpleasantly apparent that the
whole uproar over the San Francisco Japa-
nese business has been the exaggeration
OF a small matter. There can be no doubt
OF 1t. Secretary IEetcalf's report shows e.
A perusal of that document convinces
the reader that while there may have been
a principle involved in the school ques-
ton. the excitement and uproar were out
OF all proportion to the Importance OF the
issue, The San Francisco business has
been a tempest in a teapot-a tempest
which might have been and ought to have
been stilled easily and quietly without he
ing permitted to assume the proportions
Of an international incident.
The school incident was exaggerated
both in Japan and in this country. but
especially in this country. Certain tim
orous and susceptible Journalists and poll
ticians jumped to the conclusion that we
were upon the point OF war with Japan
and they reached the further conclusion
that this country would be licked" The
hysteria and tremors which were evolved
by the episode are by no means agreeable
TO contemplate. They are especially I'M
pleasant because Of the slightness OF the
foundation for them.
The situation in San Francisco arose
through the pernicious activity OF those
malign interests which have the city by
the throat and whichI threaten to strangle
It to death The attack upon the Japa-
nese school children was merely a phase
OF a general policy which comprehended
hostility not only TO the Japanese, but to
Caucasians who do not acknowledge al
legiance to organized tyranny disguised as
labor unions.
That Is unquestionably the source OF the
anti-Japanese movement IN San Francisco
In Los Angeles and other California cities
there Is no antagonism TO the japanese
because In those cities the trades unions
are not in power.
II follows. then. that all the excitement.
all the anxiety OF timid editors and all the
fears OF apprehensive politicians have been
due 10 the consistent purpose OF a few
labor bosses to make San Francisco a
CLOSED town" by barring out workmen OF
all coiors and races who do not wear the
union label.
That Is the last analysis OF the whole
hulllabalOo and II is not exactly hattering
20 our national equipoise and self-conh-
denca
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-26
Personal NOTES.

The sum Of $4,000 to erect monument
In Baltimore to Francis Scott Key, the
composer OF THE Star spangled Banner"
has been offered by Charles L. Marburg
of that city. providing the city furnishes
a suitable site.
The youngest member of the Sixtieth con-
gress will be Harry d. Wolf who has re-
Gently been elected from the Third con-
grussonal district OF Maryland. He has
just passed his 26th birthday. Mr. Wolf
began life as a Baltimore newsboy.
Prof. Moissan the inventor OF artificial
diamonds, has been awarded the Nobel
prize for chemistry. Prof. Moissan In
vented an electrical furnace giving a tenn
perature Of 1900 degrees. His invention OF
diamonds was severely challenged when It
was first made known.
IL has just been discovered that Gasha-
want @. Pandit a very wealthy high caste
Hindu and a protege of the gaekwar OF
Baroda, is working a common laborer
in an acid factory at Roscoe, N. d. Pandit,
though said to be worth millions, works
and lives as the other laborers do.
The model of a statue of Colonel Robert
G. Ingersoll, ordered by the Ingersoll
Monument association of Peoria, H., has
been finished in clay in New York. 1t
will be cast in bronze early in the spring
and will be unveiled at Peoria on the an
niversary Of Colonel Ingersoll's death, on
July p.
A. A. Thatcher of Washington, d. c.,
has in his possession the anvil upon which
the armor OF Captain John Smith, the hero
OF the. early English settlers in Virginia,
was forged. This anvil was also used for
forging some of the parts Of the first tenn
pie built In Nauvoo, Ill The date on the
steel Of the anvil is 14O6, just 500 years ago.
An American citizen is candidate for
the Russian douma. He is Dr. Isaac A.
Norwich, formerly of Washington, d. c.,
but who returned to his native country
about two years ago to represent several
papers prior to the breaking out OF the
Russian-Japanese war. His friends, imu1
pressed by his familiarity with the gov
eminent and institutions of a free country,
have prevailed upon him to run for the
next douma as an independent candidate
| from the district of Mlnsk.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-26
GRAZING LAND LEGIsLATIoN.

In his special message to congress
urging revision of the land laws,
President Roosevelt calls particular at
tention to the unsatisfactory condition
of that part of the legislation on the
statute books governing the grazing
lands that still remain in the public do
main. Without suggesting any specific
remedy, he nevertheless urges consid-
GRAFTON of this problem and its speedy
solution by the enactment of new laws
on the subject.
Tho situation in the grazing land
country, of which northwest Nebraska
constitutes the larger part, has been
acute for a number of years, but no
adequate measures of reform have
been presented commanding the
united support of any large number of
the different interests directly con-
cerned. On the contrary, every bill
that has been urged for lease or sale
or transfer to the state of these lands
has been opposed by powerful cattle
corporations, whose owners apparently
preferred to have no legislation, be-
cause they were then enjoying the use
and benefit of these lands by virtue of
their illegal fences without paying any
thing to the government, either as
rent, as purchase money or as taxes.
The prosecution of the land fraud
cases have gone far enough now to
prove to all without distinction that
there is no possible hope of restoring
the old regime, under which the pub
lie grazing lands we're appropriated by
cattlemen, big and little, each to the
extent to which they were able to
maintain possession against all corners.
The laws against fences are plainly to
be enforced and the willy schemes to
evade them by fraudulent land entries
are no longer effective.
Conditions, therefore, should be ripe
for the cattlemen and others in the
grazing country to get together upon
one or more alternative propositions
for the disposition of these lands
along practical lines. Whether this
shall be in the shape of leasing bill
or head tax proportioned to the num-
Der of cattle sent in upon the public
lands, or a classification and outright
sale of land not available for actual
purposes of cultivation, will have to
be determined. 1t may be impossible
to get the attention of congress fixed
at the present short session. but even
! so, 1t is not too early to move for
procuring action at the succeeding ses-
sion Of congress-. v
The prosperity of the live stock in
dustry is intimately interviewer with
the prosperity of all the people of this
state, and a successful readjustment
that would remove existing obstacles
\ in the way of the cattle business
would be welcomed by all.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-26
OVERRIDING THE SQUEEZE.
Short Weight Cheating in. High Priced
Food Products.
Kansas City Times.

Kansas city Times.
The Kansas State Board OF Health has
weighed and analysed a number of cream
cry products and has found that all the
butter packages examined are under
weight, and most of them are inferior in
quality. The shortage in weight and the
authorizations are not fragrant in any case,
but they are enough TO Lut the advantage
always on the side Of the manufacturers
and against the consumers.
Now this showing would not be so Sc
rious but for the fact that butter prices
are excessively high, and have been for a
long time. And what makes II still more
important IS that the cheating here eK-
posed ramihes trade in general to a very
great extent. There are honest manufac-
turers and honest dealers, but there are
many who are not. The only security the
people have against cheating is the en-
actment and enforcement OF state and city
laws to supplement the national pure food
legislation OF the last session OF congress.
And any or all OF these laws will, Of
course, be OF no avail unless there are
funds providing for inspection ana rose
cution.
It is certainly time that the consumers
OF this country should be given a square
deal at the hands OF grasping manufacture
ers and dealers. And in the end II is their
own fault II they do not get a square
deal.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-26
L rtcrnRr rnR prRLIcLrr.


Seldom has there been a more
forceful illustration of the effect Of
publicity than the announcement that
one of the three Missouri subsidiary
companies of the Standard Oil com
binstion, the other two having already
been consolidated, has decided to
abandon business in that state as a re-
suit of Attorney General Hadley's pros
ecution under its anti-monopoly laws.
The decision appears to be not alto
gether and probably not mainly Que
to any specific legal penalty that might
ultimately be inflicted, but it was ad-
mitted under oath by the president of
the concern that the notoriety given its
relations to the Oil trust had destroyed
it's business not only in Missouri, but
also in Iowa and Illinois, from which
It has already completely withdrawn.
The surrendering company was Os-
tensibly Independent and a competitor
of the trust, which pretended independ-
ence was the very basis of the extern
sive patronage at first eagerly given to
1t by the public. When Attorney Cen
eral Hadley instituted proceedings
to discover its real relations most
strenuous efforts we're made to defeat
his purpose. But when at length the
chief oficials of the trust we're driven
to confess in open court that the con-
Germ was a mere dummy, owned abso-
lutely and operated by the trust, the
farce was played out and the public
was placed in position to act intelli-
gently.
The very policy of the trust thus ex-
posed is signal testimony to the eff
cacy of publicity, for it was simply part
of an elaborate scheme to keep its true
character and doings in the dark, and
it shows consummate subtlety that it
should thus so long have contrived &C
tually to thrive upon its own unpopu-
larity. A great point for fair dealing
has been gained by the exposure, If
only the benefit in this particular case
be considered. but an incomparably
greater point in the far-reaching pres
tige of the states victory through pub
licity.