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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
NoMAN AMONG oANNrBAIs.
Savage Life in the Remote Regions
OF the New Hebrides.

e'.tt CSC -fAAS IL NHc tNemole Itc2lO1e
OF the New Hebrides.
Miss Beatrice Grimshaw has meme.
trated into the very recesses Of can.
nibal land with missionary guide
the Rev. Mr. Boyd, and saw the saw.
ages clothed, as usual, in their ma.
tive evidence and a cartridge belf. y
and displayed curiosity and eour.
age which were truly remarkable in
member of the gentler sex. says a
Sydney correspondent of the Chicago
News.
Her escort was a Presbyterian mis-.
sionary who, with hin wife, had been
there for ten years, and who had
managed to reduce considerable the
death rate from intertribal quarrels
He appears to have been another
Tamate, as Chambers was universal
~ called by the natives Of New
Guinea, with perfect genius for 60.
ing unarmed among the fiercest can
nibal tribes, and soothing the inter.
tribal differences which, but fo~ his
presence, would undoubtedly have
led to war.
On one occasion a hundred savages
In full war paint, armed with guns
and poisoned arrows, surrounded MIR.
Boyd's house and threatened to kill
him because a certain sacred weapon
had been pulled ont of tree and
bad weather had ensued. The mis-
sionary, we are told, walked out into
the middle of the hideous company
and told them that he had nothing
to do with the question. They lis
tened to him and were convinced. and
went peaceably away.
The description given by Miss
Grimshaw of the toilet of one of these
interesting cannibals made up for
dance is as follows: His head dress
was "a very neat arrangement in
powdered white wood ash, giving him
an extraordinary resemblance to a
Sydney barrister." All of these de-
lightful personages, it seems, were
fully armed with rifles, which they
knew well how to use The poisoned
arrows were not always in evidence,
but when they were used death was
said to follow invariably on the ninth
day.
Miss Grimshaw seems to have in.
gratiated herself with the natives,
some of whom had never seen a white
woman before. They allowed her tc
photograph their idols, their sacred
mummies and even themselves, the
photographs bringing into promf,
nence the peculiar native custom oil
COMPRISING the head with spirally
wound cords.
In one graphic sentence Miss Grim.
shaw paints savage life as it really is:
The women Of Malekula, she says.
are bent and nisshapen with the
enormous loads they are obliged tc
carry, and their expression is, if pos,
sible, still more degraded than that
of the men. Pleasure of any kind Ii
a tning unknown to them; there is
nothing for them to enjoy from the
pandanus-plait cradle slung over ths
mothers shoulder to the grave, which
is only hole scratched i'll the sur,
face of the earth, unnamed and UNI,
numbered indeed any one take:
the trouble to bury the poor corpse
at all.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
FANCY CUCUMBER PRESERVES.


Young cucumbers about the length
Of ones middle finger should be used
for preserving. Place them in
strong brine and allow them to re-
main there for one week. Then wash
them and soak them day and a
night in fresh water, changing it
about four times. Wipe them, and
with a small knife slit them down
one side. Dig out the seeds and stuff
with mixture of chopped raisins
and citron. Sew up the slit with fine
thread. Weight and prepare syrup,
using pound of sugar to pint of
water to every pound Of cucumbers.
Heat the sugar and water. When
the boiling point is reached drop the
cucumbers into the syrup. Simmer
them gently half an hour. Take out
the preserve and spread it upon a
iish in the sun. Let it remain there
until the syrup has been boiled down
with few slices of ginger root.
Then add the cucumbers, and simmer
very gently five minutes. Put them
into glass jars and seal. This recipe
has been used by noted housekeep-
er for over thirty years.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
ALL ABoUT A COM.

Maria, I told you six weeks ago
to give this old coat to some tramp.
why don't you do it? I'm tired Of
SO ing it around.
John. i've offered that coat to
every tramp that has been here, and
not one of them would touch it.
well, can't you use it for rags?"
John Henry, do you think I'll ac-
cept a gift that tramp won't even
look at? I'm g-going back home to
mamma" --Chicago tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
1T MIGHT LEARN.

''Will you guarantee asked Miss
Primrose, that this parrot will not
-er-use profane language?"
Really, madam" expostulated the
urbane dealer, you cannot expect
me to do that, knowing nothing Of
the sort Of family am selling it to-"
Cleveland Leader.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
uNEASY.

.'cssie-''Whe .Erchie and /
eloped you should have seen the look
of anxiety that overspread fathers
face as he stood out in the moon
light.
Bessie-"Yes, guess he was
afraid you would turn back at the
last minute Chicago News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
Feminine News Notes.

In stature Esquimaux women are
the shortest on earth.
In Africa wives are sold for two
packets of hair pins.
William Waldorf Astcr, Jr.. and
his bride arrived in New York City
on their wedding trip
Mrs. Charles I. Stout won the
women's golf championship OF the
New York metropolitan district.
President ana Nine. Fallieres gave
dinner at the Elysee Palace id
honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
AFTER ICE COMPANIES.
st. Louis Prosecutor Sues Alleged
Trust For $142,SOO.

St. Louis. After an investigation
of three weeks, Circuit Attorney
Sager filed suits in the Circuit Court
against the Polar Wave Ice and Fuel
Company and the Merchants Ice and
Coal Company, on the allegation that
these companies are in an alleged
combination to restrain trade and to
fix and maintain the price OF ice.
The suit asks that judgment for
ST. 400 be assessed against each
company as fines for the TIA days
that the alleged agreement has been
in effect, and further asks that the
charters under which the companies
have been doing business be declared
null and void
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24

The laborites in England are to
have a daily paper, to be called the
Majority.
Some $50 Yiddish cooks have
started union on the east side OF
New York City.
The A. F. of L. is working on lines
to organize the express messengers Of
all the railroads.
sky Pilots Union No. has been
formed in Chicago. Preachers? No;
balIo0nists There are about sixty In
that city and they want to hold up
wages.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
BLOW AT ICE TRUST.

Two Washington Companies Indicted
With -Four Of Their officials.
Washington, d. C.-The Grand
Jury indicted two companies and four
individuals for violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law. 1t is the Ice
Trust which is struck at, and the
charge is conspiracy to fix the price
of ice
This action is the result Of the pub
lie indignation over the so-called ice
famine that prevailed here until the
dealers got frightened.
The defendant corporations are the
American Ice Company and the
Chapin-Sacks Manufacturing Com
pany.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
YOUNGSTOWN PosrorFfcE.
open from In the Morning Unril =
IN the Evening.

Open from In the Morning Until E
In the Evening.
NAILS cLosn.
7.sOA. M.-For New York and 81 intermsdl-
tie stations.
sis A. A.--For Easton, Newton. Cl-ster ana
I'll intermediate stations. Whippany.
s.15 A. M.-For Brookside, Mendham and an
tations on the Rockaway valley Railroad.
9.15A M.--Fox New York; and Intermediates
Hations.
916 A. M.-For Mount Freedom.
e.45 "A. M.-FOr Newark. New York md hs-
Tond
li.S !. x-For Newark. New York and b
rond.
is.G p. M.-Eor New York una an interms-
Late stations
l245P. M-For Rockaway and Dover.
2bO r. M-Fcr Now York and all interzass
late stations.
MAILS READY ron DHLIvxRx
sT.2OA M.-From New York and intsrmeln
Ate stations.
$40 A. M--From HackcttHtown and tntaEi
mediate stations Whippany. Mt. Ereedom.
"a. M-Erom Broohside. Msndham and a.
nations on the Rockaway Valley Raflroad
*D.20 A. M.-Erom New York and intarHzsdA5
ate stations.
~ A. M.~~From Dover
lilo p. M.--grom New York and intsEza
Atc stations.
LIB r. M.--prom New York
$50 z. M.--Rrom Philadelphia, stez ~
lon, Chester and intarmodinfa stati0nn
&e0 r lhs-From Brooknido. hlandham 1na A
stations on the Roc1nway YnlaHy Rai1x09
"a ii - M-E.xusa Mew York and 1s4&s.n| a.
tts statlous
sAiA From Nswank and Nsm xaA
sDsitvsrea b aasKA1rs
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
WITH a LITTLE PREPARATION.

Johnny, these look green. l told
you to ask for eating apples.
That's what these are, mamma.
The man at the store says all they
need is to be cooked little fore
you eat 'em, Chicago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
BEHIND. TIE SCENES

The Patron What are they hold
ing the curtain so long for?
The Usher The great actress is
playin' out hand O. bridge with two
supers and callboy. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
A QUICK DIAGNOSIS.

Yes, doctor, one Of WlIie's eyes
seems ever so much stronger Than
the other How do account for it?"
"Knothole in the baseball fence
most likely. madam
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
Two-CENT RATE LAW VOID.
Virginia Court Decides Churchman
Measure is Unconstitutional.

Richmond, Va. At Staunton
Judge Henry A. Holt, of the Corpora
tion Court, handed down an opinion
in the case Of Virginia VS.. the Balti-
more and Ohio Railway, declaring
the Churchman two-cents-a-mile rate
law to be in violation of the Four
teenth Amendment Of the Federal
Constitution, and therefore unconsti-
tutional and void
On this ground he dismissed the
suit.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
NOT HOPELESS.

Charley {despairingly) u fear /
shall never win her love.
Harry (encouraginglyl- Nom
sense. man! Lots of other fellows
have Why shouldn't you Amer
lean Spectator.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24

! The Federal Grand Jury, in Cleye-
land, which has been investigating
the relations between the Standard
Oil Company and the Lake Shore
Railroad, returned no indictments,
because Of lack Of jurisdiction.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
DIPLOMACY.

The Friend Was Mrs. Heviwaite
pleased with her portrait?"
The Artist-"Oh, yes. | managed
to make it resemble what she thinks
she used to look like. Brooklyn
Life.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24

Mary Edick. oleven-year-old grand
daughter of United States Commits
sloner Shields, saved her playmate,
the Hudson River, at New York City.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24

Treasury officials, at Washington.
d. c., discovered that the accounts
Of Major George A. Bartlett, who
died on February %, are short $780,
900.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24

The Russian Emperor approved
the famine relief measure passed by
both houses; the lower house is dis
cussing the draft Of the appeal to the
peasants
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
British Grocers Lose Trade.

British grocers. say that the recent
scare has had most serious effect
on trade in all canned goods.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24

Look 1t This and You WIN Be AbHu
to Locate the Blaze.


10 send In an alarm, open box and pun down
the lever on tho inside. When an alarm Il
sent In, the fire bell win sound the number az
the box and repeat the alarm four times.
There are several keys to each box, which are
held by persons living nearby--a card attached
to each box gives the names Of such holdern.
Policemen also have keys
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24

Lowest Amount of IdIencss.
The aggregate of idleness is prob
ably at the lowest point ever touched
at this season.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
Hargis Not entity.

The jury in the Hargis-C Callahan
murder trial at Beattyville, Ky, re-
turned verdict of not guilty.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24

Wy? On WHYg
ExPENsIvE.

Il wouldn't marry g pauper."
Then we'd better get married
light away, six months more Of being
engaged will put me in that class.
Houston Post.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24

Henry H. Rogers. by the Federal
Circuit Courts decision in the Bay
State Gas case, must return to the
receiver $2,250,000 perhaps more,
Of his profits In the notorious gas
deal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
oFF AWE on AT STATIONS.

Eyes, he works off and on.
why. heard he had a good,
steady job"
so he has, but he's railroad CON
ductor. p Philadelphia Ledger
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24

BOatsWain Committed Suicide.
Rufus s. Chase. boatswain Ia the
First Naval Reserve, of New York,
committed suicide on board the
Granite State.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24

Miss SWEETS it an engagement
ring?"
Miss Bizz-"No; an option ring"
Miss SWEET don't understand "
Miss Why, Jack gave me
this and took an option on my hand
until he returns from business
trip"
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-11-20
v,or benz 4Iono bi.5er @fimme

wor benz Slang bisfer Sttmme
Derftummte Soto. @r lauidte biniis
Der, maGie bann einen iibermiitsisen
G%ufHprnns = unb fant fGper in
bic Oifeln. Die Sberlippe bate er
bo4sSosen; es fub aus, als ob er
la6e. @ber bic Mueen tparen ftarr,
unb er ftredte bic 8eine.
Soto mar i'm Slid seltorben.
Sricottin muBte abSieben, pbne Stra=
fe, aber audi pbne 2Obn. Die SOrfs
Ter bermieben es, benz @rafen gu be-
Segner, unb Sietri9 erbolte ii4 boil
lenbs i'm rofenumbliibtsn t9Gus6en.
Iu4 Elm @fel fann gu elmer ibeas
len Sreunbf4aft fibren.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-11-20
Werotent @elo.

SnoiaunpoIis @cmppRte Brtd 60.
Hitien isbt s47. so Der anihsil. DIR
Briefs titiet ON "a Nopember auf $50.
9ano qs'ouft. 6abrif asbaut. Waf6i'
nerien tisr - biss ii etne R&ere uno
profitable Snbsfirung.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-13

miles, sixty feet in depth. This body
OF water is made possible only by the
construction of the largest artificial
embankment of earth in the SUnited
States. 1t is Il tritle over a mile in
length, 100 feet high and twenty feet
wide at the top, which is riprapped
with Back hills granite. Hundreds Of
workmen are employed daily on this
great project, and the government en-
gineers estimate it will require a year
or two to complete the work.
These two great irrigation land
propositions are subject to homestead
entry under the terms of the home
stead law. The land will be paid for
in ten annual installments of 1920
each. The first payment is made after
the first crop is harvested, and the re-
naming payments are to be made
yearly. 1t is estimated that these ir-
rigated lands sold on these easy pay
ments will at once become worth all
the way from $40 to $40 per acre.
One great point in favor of the Belle
.FOurche lands is the fact that there
is already established great local
market for farm products almost at
the door of the farmer in the Black
Hills mineral district. Deadwood and
Lead, only four miles apart, have the
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-13
:: Of Local Interest. ::

Mrs. George Webb was Milwaukee
visitor Monday.
Rev. Otto PETIT visited Madison the
first of the week.
Mayor Wertheimer was business
visitor in Chicago Monday.
Mrs. Minna LANCE was business
visitor in Milwaukee Monday.
Do not fail to read the advertise
ment at the head of this column.
Rev. J. Barrett, rector of st. Paul
church, was a visitor in Milwaukee
Monday.
Frank Goeldner has been business
visitor in Milwaukee a couple of days
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs Otto Wegemenn and
children were the guests of friends
and relatives at Milwaukee Sunday.
The Knight Templars of this city
will join their Oconomowoc brethren
and on Sunday (Estar) evening, at
tended divine services at Zion Episco-
pal church in the last named city as
has been their custom for years.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-13
IN THE LAND OF PROFITABLE OPPORTUNITY.
IL

portunities of this character never pre-
scented themselves in the early history
of the Central and Eastern states. The
pioneers that built up and developed
the country during its primitive state
experienced hardShipS and privatiOnS
that the homeseeker of today knows
nothing about In those days it was a
case of weeks and months of travel,
with an OK team and prairie schooner,
to find the land of opportunity. Today
The Northwestern Line lands the
homeseeker at the very door Of
his claim and the government
provides him with quarter Sec
ton of land and position on
the irrigating ditch if he desires
to work. No more hardships like
our fathers and grandfathers expert
enced during the early history OF the
Central states. Pioneering Oh a home
stead in the West today is more like
an outing or vacation, where you
throw off the sweaty garments of toll
and become free man. Here the SUI
perior officer does not figure in your
daily work, and the automatic time
keeper is blotted out of your memory.
The state of Wyoming has an area of
100000 acres of timber land, which
offers inducements to the man who
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-13
LARKIN.

sheep country. Thousands of tons of
wool and thousands Of head of cattle
are shipped from Casper to the East
ern markets yearly. The soil is COM
posed of a deep black loan formed
upon a subsoil of clay of unusual
depth. 1t is very fertile, easy to cul-
tivate, and with irrigation produces
crops of cereals, vegetables and grass
es that would actually astonish some
of the old time farmers in the East.
Some of the principal streams are
the Big Horn river, Wind river, Crow
creek, Muddy creek, and numerous
other streams of less Importance.
In the immediate vicinity of Lander,
where the government Office will be
located for the distribution of these
lands, small experimental farms have
been in operation for number Of
years. During this period there has
never been an entire crop failure since
the first settler erected his sodhouse,
broke the first furrow on his new land
and planted his first crop. s
The region also seems to have all
the indications that point out the way
to great Storehouse of mineral de-
posits. The towns of Lewiston, At
lantic City, and South Pass in Fremont
county, have produced millions of dol
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-13

form desert waste into a garden
spot. 1t is said in California that if
you plant gold dollars in the ground
and sprinkle it with water they will
actually grow, the soil is so rich.
Without irrigation California could not
produce enough fruit and vegetables
to supply the dining car service on the
Overland limited, yet California fruit
and vegetable lands are the highest
priced lands on the face of the earth,
all on account of the irrigating ditch.
Two of the most important govern
ment irrigating propositions are locat-
ed on the Chicago & Northwestern.
One of $4,000 acres is in the Belle
Fourche district of South Dakota, in
the Black Hills country; the other is
known as the North Platte project, at
Alcova, Wyo., fiftytwo miles south of
Casper, the present terminus of the
Northwestern line, where 100000 ac-
res of land will be placed under irri-
cation. .u,..
Largest Irrigation Ditch.
Nothing in the history of land de-
veiopment compares with the magni-
tude of these two great undertakings.
1t is a proposition where the home
seeker barricades himself against the
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-13

wishes to engage in the lumber bust
ness. Five million head of sheep We're
marketed last year from the state,
valued at SIT 100000, which is another
occupation worthy of note. Six mil
lion dollars worth of wool was mar
keted last year from the herds of
sheep that Craze on the nutritious
grasses in all parts Of this great Won
derland of resources. Vast iron, coal
and precious metal deposits are found
in paying quantities and mined cheap
ly. One of the finest groups of hot
mineral springs to be found in the
world is located near Thermopolis, at
the northeastern corner Of the reserva-
ton.
If Wyoming were nothing but bar
rem waste it would still be known to
the civilized world through the won
derland of the earth-the Yellowstone
national park. The scenic wonders of
this great geological enigma are no.
where repeated in nature, which gives
the Yellowstone park an individuality
that makes it stand out prominently
far beyond anything offered elsewhere
to the worlds army of sight-seers
Its wonderful colorings and standings
are beyond description, and the artist
does not live who can truthfully por-
tray on canvas the beauties of this
worlds wonderland.
Vast Country to be Developed.
A vast territory as rich in mineral
deposits and agricultural. requisites re-
mains to be explored on its onward
march to the Pacific as was found in
the early history of Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota.
As this article goes to press eighty
pound steel rails are being spiked to
the cedar ties along the right of way
which extends the Wyoming and
Northwestern from Casper to Lander,
distance of las miles, which links
Chicago and the great commercial
points along the big Chicago North
western system with another great
land proposition. This new extension
will land passengers directly on the
Shoshone Indian reservation. which
SO -overnment opens to settlers June
10, 1876.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-13

Miss Elsie Melcher, who has beer
the guest of her sister in Milwaukee,
returned home the first of the week.
The students of the Northwestern
University were given a vacation from
Wednesday noon until Monday morn
ing.
Attorney C. A. Skinner of the law
firm of Skinner & Thauer, was called
to Chicago Tuesday on professional
business.
The Watertown Nursery have first
class assortment of fruit trees, shrubs,
plants and roses. Read their adver-
tisement.
T. C. Roberts, one of the prosperous
farmers in the town of WATERFOWL,
was welcomed caller at the Leader
Office Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bethke and
little daughter Ruth left Monday
morning for a visit with friends in
Milwaukee and Chicago.
G. E. Palmer of the Oconomowoc
Enterprise, was a visitor in the city
Tuesday and made the force in the
Leader sanctum happy by rendering
valuable services in time of need,
the typesetting machine having struck
a balky spell.