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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28
An explanation Demanded.
EDITOR OF THE CHRONICLE:

EDITOR OF THE CHRONICLE:
GENTLEMEN AS supplementary to
our printed report COPIES Of which
may be had on application to the UNI
dersigned) and as further substantial
ing our reply to the report Of the
Lighting Committee of the Board Of
Aldermen, which report with our re-
ply thereto was published in the Au-
gust 10th issue Of your paper, we de-
sire to call the attention Of your read
ers to the fact that the Orange NUM-
cipal plant, about to be installed,
quotes arc lights for street lighting at
$780, We pay the subsidiary company
of the Public Service Corporation
which operates in Morristown $l2O.
The Public Service Corporation has
just offered to sell gas to private con-
sumers in Chatham for 81 rs per thou
sand cubic feet, with a yearly reduction
Of .05 until the. sum of 81 is reached.
We pay s1.75 per cubic feet. We are
anxious to obtain some satisfactory
explanation for these facts. None has
been given as yet.
S. III. GILLESPIE,
Chairman.
T.. r.. KELLOGG,
KINsLEY TWINING,
Committee of Civic Association
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28

sengev Co., of New York City.
Vice President. G. Parhes, Asst.
Secretary OF he McNiclSar- Gailard
Realty Co. Of New York City.
Treasurer George B Wright In.
stigator and promoter Of the project.
New York City.
Secretary Pownattan Weisiger, OF
New York City.
The other directors are as follows:
Josiah G. Pumpelly. formerly Of
Morristown. His name requires no
mention.
James G. Anderson, Of New York
City. Traffic Manager Of the N. H,
Ontario and Western r. r. Co.
A. G. Sherwood, of ]. "A. Fiske &
Co., Bankers and Brokers, OF New
York City.
John G. Coleman. Lawyer and poll
tician, 100 Broadway. New York City
q. G. Church. OF the Engineers
Club OF New York CITY, young
bright engineer and architect
II il reported that the Fidelity
Trust Company Of Newark has made
on is making complete search Of the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28

fishing. One day Mr.. Ross had accom-
panying him as his guest George b.
Wright, Of New York city He saw
future ID The development Of this
beautiful sheet Of water, and setting
10 work with number Of personal
friends soon organized what IS known
as the Cellar Lake Park At present
men are at work building a thirty-foot
drive all around the lake, and contract
ors are now figuring On a thorough
cleaning of the lake as soon as cold
weather sets in. Plans are also being
prepared for a handsome club house
which viii be erected at one end fthe
lake.
The proposed trolley line will pass
within short distance Of this lake,
and the excellent train service Oh
tanned at the Denville Station will
make it possible for one living Ia any
direction to get to and from the lake
ina short time. For particulars SOC
advertisement inserted in this issue.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28
When you feel heavy and drovsy nothing good
1dV1Q,S Sdndf1VQ Pills
regulate the bowels and the liver
Get them Of your druggist
Relative to the MIX business.

The Sussex Independent says: A
well-known farmer, who studies the
market condition closely through the
columns of the Milk Reporter, observes
that if the farmers were properly or
ganized, as all other toilers are, the
result would mean an average of from
half to a cent a quart per year to every
farmer engaged in the milk business.
The production of milk, on the aver
age, is not keeping pace with the in
crease of population. Evidence of this
is accommodating almost every month.
"Owing to the warm weather Of the
last week the demand for milk was
stimulated to such an extent that the.
supply became short. 1t was SO short
that those who had any surplus milk
could readily sell it to other dealers at
the rate of SO a fOrty-Quart can. The
shortage was further increased by the
large amount Of sour milk. The Short
age in the ice supply has caused seve-
raj of the railroad companies t0reduce
the amount of ica in the milk cars
AS q result thel e has been much more
sour milk than usual in the city. y
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28
Chile 70 Aid Her own sufferers.

Valparaiso, Aug 2S a state OF siege
continues here, and nobody is allowed
on the streets after 6 o'clock in the
evening. There have been some az
cidents as a result Of use of dynamite
in blowing up Of damaged buildings
President Riesco has replied to an Of
fer of the European banking firm Of
RothschiId to help sufferers from the
earthquake, saying that he hopes
Chilean resources will be sufficient for
this purpose
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28

A subscriber informs us, apropos Of
a recipe for tender feet published in a
recent issue, that wood alcohol should
never be used for bathing purposes as
it is poisonous.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tab
let's Druggists refund money If it falls to
cure. e. w. GROVES signature Ii on
each box. 25c.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04

very hungry that each one managed to make
lunch from raw bacon.
When, late in the night, the moon rose, two
turtles and large supply Of eggs were added
to the larder, and the boys felt that they
were comparatively rich-in the way of food.
AT daylight on the following morning a
crawl was built for their two captives some
distance in shore, and trench was dug to
supply it with water. As Bob remarked
when they finished the work, "the place was
beginning to look quite homelike, and even
il they didn't succeed in finding the treasure
it would be a good headquarters for them
during future turtling seasons"
On this forenoon, for the first time since
the wreck, Percy resumed work on the rope
cipher, and he was obliged to confess, in
answer to the persistent questioning of his
friends, that he wa no nearer the solution
than when he first saw it.
Il don't know of any rule by which to
work" he said. with sigh. 'In an ordinary
cipher the repetition of characters, or the
number of times each is used, will often give
clue, but here it is the same thing over
and over, with nothing to help a fellow out /"
Getting discouraged?" asked Bob, with a
smile.
Eyes, am, but not in the sense that 7
would think of giving up. I'll stumble on 4
some time, for when you come down to fact
it is nothing more nor less than puzzle"
And Percy gave all his attention TO the
knotted rope once more, while the Others
settled down for nap.
Supper, which was the third meal COM
posed entirely of raw eggs, was less palatabla
than any, and the boys ate sparingly.
'We must have fire tomorrow, even if we
run some risk of being seen,' Percy declared.
finishing the second young turtle" as Dudley
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04

Tor the camp. A clump of small trees stand
ing close by the edge of the beach was used
as uprghts, and across them roof of vines
ana ana leaves was quickly stretched, after which
@ Ine weary castaways were ready to take the
rest they needed
ID we can't build a fire until after sunset, "
tI POD sad, as they lay at full length beneath
ene green tent, "for those men would be
sure re to see the smoke in the daytime"
don't believe we shall run any risk, un-
less les one OF us goes up to Tampa for matches" Z"
dudley answered goomily, and his com
Pahions rose to sitting posture Immediately.
A. mad not occurred to either of them that
Ghey were without the means of building a
1re, and they stared at each other in blank
We can make way with raw eggs and raw
bacon II we. can't cat raw turtles Percy
said, at length. '
We could start blaze by using my watch
crystal as a sun-glass, but that would have to
be done in the daytime, and it's little too
dangerous. Let's have nap now, for feel
as II hadn't been asleep for week, and
we'll decide the question of cooking some
1t was not many moments before all three
were wrapped in slumber and when they
awakened the sun had already set. They
were very much refreshed by the rest, but so
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04

even Bob was willing to run the risk of build
ing fire.
Lets get everything ready for cooking
first," he said, when Percy broached the oues.
ton Of what they were to have for break
fast. hill one OF the turtles and cut it up
for broiling; bury the eggs in the sand under
meath where the fire is to be built, and slice
up the bacon. Then we will start the blaze
and all hands help cook, so that we shall NOT
be Obliged to keep it going very long"
The suggestion was carried into effect at
once; the crystal of Bob's watch made n
reasonably good sungass, and in less than an
hour the work had been done, the fire ex-
tinguished, while the boys had such break.
fast as they had not eaten since the frst
appearance of Senior Gomez.
The captain laid out the work for the dav
by stating that he was going on seonting
expedition to the harbor, for the purpose of
learning whether the smoke of their fire had
been noticed by the enemy, and that during
the time he was gone the cook should die
the eggs from the fireplace, in order to store
them near the, camp, while Percy was to be
free to study the perplexing puzzle
Don't go away from the camp" he said,
as he started out, carrying the hatchet as a
weapon, "for if there is any danger that the
men will come this way, we shall have to
make hurried move'
During the tramp he advanced with the
greatest caution, fearful that the Spaniard
had already suspected their presence on the
key.
When the leaves were shaken by the light
breeze he would stop until he had ascer-
tanned beyond a doubt that the movement
was not caused by the enemy, and any un-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
C9oyveat- By danes Erecyon.--

called the food, with an evident effort. ~
can cat these things roasted or fried but
don't care for any more raw"
After the unsatisfactory meal was ended
the boys chatted, slept or walked about the
beach until it was time for the turtles to
come on shore, and then they had plenty
with which to occupy their attention. 1t
seemed as if half of all the turtles in the vi
cinity of Egg Key had concluded to make
their nests that night. Three or four could
be seen on the beach each side of the boys at
the same time, and for nearly an hour the
excitement was great.
Five large ones, and ten times as many
eggs as could be eaten, unless some means
was devised to cook them, were the result Of
the nights work. and when the treasure seek
ers lay down under their roof of leaves, the
turtle-crawl had as many occupants as it could
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
CHAPTER XVII.
THE PROBLEM SOLVED

a HE first thought in the mind of each
Of the castaways next morning was
how a palatable meal could be pre-
sAI pared. They felt as if it was al
almost an impossibility for them to
st longer on raw eggs and bacon, and
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
CHAPTER XVI.
SPYING OUT THE LAND

SPYING OUT THE LAND
He boys stood gazing at the unmis-
taxable evidences that they had un-
Willingly returned to the key from
EN1Nl which, but little while previous
- they believed they had escaped, as
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-14
JOKE ON THE PUBLISHERS
Given Wide Circulation
and Notice.

Sam Davis, of Nevada, once made
wager that he could successfully imi
tate the style of any living or dead
poet, and do it so thoroughly that the
difference was not discernible; and
that the public, the press, and the crit.
les would not detect the fraud AS a
result, says Success Magazine, he
wrote ''Binley and 46," to which he
signed F. Bret Harte's name. The
fake was put out in publication
known as THE Open Letter" 1t de-
scribed an engineer who took his train
through a snowstorm in the Sierras.
dying at his post
From the Atlantic to the Pacific the
poem was co, led. "Bnley and 46"
was given full page in an illustrated
weekly, with a portrait of Bret Harte.
and described as 1.-The best short poem
of the decade
1t was many years before Mr.. Harte
denied its authorship. The poem has
since been incorporated in several
books of popular recitations, notwith-
standing Binley freezes to death be-
side roaring locomotive furnace
win $50 pounds of steam up and two
cords of wood within reach.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-14
TURBINE A SAVER OF COAL
Economy Effected by the New Ma
rine Engines Has Been
Amply Shown.

Though the owners and builders Of
steamships have only recently come to
realize that the turbine requires less
steam and hence less fuel than the
reciprocating engine, it is now evil
dent, says the New York Tribune, that
indications of this fact were discover
able five or six years ago. In the eX-
perience of the torpedo boat destroy
ers Cobra and Viper, on which the
Parsons engine had it's first real trial.
there was probably no sign of econ
omy. Then came in successive years
two river boats for service on the
Clyde, the King Edward and the
Queen Alexandra, and ferry boat de-
signed to cross the English channel.
From a paper read before a Liver
pool engineering society a few days
ago it appears that the King Edward
demonstrated its ability to travel
farther with the same allowance of
coal than a boat of the same size
which had paddle wheels and recipro-
eating engines. The sidewheel craft
now gets 7.73 miles out of ton of
coal, the King Edward S.9 and the
Queen Alexandra fully 9 miles. What
is more, the two turbine steamers
travel faster than their rival. The
difference in fuel consumption be-
tween the first channel boat having
turbines and the best paddle-wheel
steamer running on the same route
was extraordinary and it looks now
as if it was exceptional also The
old vessel travelled more slowly than
the new one, yet it required seven per
cent. more fuel per mile.
At least two reasons can be sug-
gested for the tardiness with which
the economy of the turbine was rec
ognized. In measure, no doubt, this
quality was overwhelmed by the in
crease in speed which the Parsons en-
gine made feasible. Again, there
might have been a doubt about the
justice of assigning all of the gain
effected to the engine and not credit
ing the screw propeller, which was
substituted for paddle wheels, with
hny share of it. A much more sig
hificant comparison was possible when
the British admiralty tried the two
styles of engine on cruisers having
not only the same model, displacement
and boiler capacity but also the same
mechanism for utilizing the power
generated.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-14
FIRST OF THE CHAUFFEURS
Were Men Who in Fantastic Garb
Terrorized the Ruralites
of France.

Chauffeurs existed long before there
were automobiles.
History tells us that along about the
year 1895 there sprang up in France.
principally in the eastern and central
regions, fan astically dressed men with
their faces blackened with SCOT and
their eyes carefully concealed, who
gained admittance to farmhouses and
other isolated dwellings at night and
committed all kinds of depredations
.and outrages.
They had an outrageous habit eape-
cially, from which they obtained the
name that posterity has preserved for
them. They first garoted their VIC
tins, and dragged them in front of a
great fire, whera they burned the soles
of their feet. Then they demanded of
them where their money and jewels
were concealed. Such interrogatories
could scarcely be resisted.
1t is from this that is derived the
appellation of chauffeur, which o:ice
so terrified old ladies, but which at
present evokes in us only cheerful and
pleasing thoughts of automobilism and
of voyages and excursions at 25 and 80
miles an hour, in which there is noth-
ing but the roads and paved streets
that are scorched.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-14
WAITING TURN FOR NAME
All the Good Ones Used on the Dogs
and the Child Had to
Wait

lady In small Alabama tcwn had
occasion to call at the cabin of her
washerwoman, Aunt Betsy, relates
Success Magazine. While waiting for
the article she sought to be found, she
observed woolly head which an
peared from under the edge of the bed
and asked:
'Is that one of your children, Aunt
Betsy?"
Deed an 'tis,' honey" was the re-
ply.
What is its name?"
dat chile amt got no name vet.
Miss Rosa" Aunt Betsy said.
why, 1t must be five or six years
old; surely 1t ought to have a name at
that age" the lady said.
Dat done worried me a whole lot.
honey. hit sho' has," she said. But
whut All gwine do? My ole man. he
done used up all de good names on de
dawgs, an now dat chile des halter
wait twell one OBJ dem die, so he can
git his name"
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-14
Sentenced to Servitudn

Two hundred years ago, when men
and women were condemned to death
for trivial offenses, 1t was the custom
In Scotland to commute the death
sentences into perpetual servltude to
specified masters-in other words rhe
condemned person became a slave II
was further ordained that he should
wear metal collar round his neck
recording his sentence and punish.
ment. The Society Of Scottish Anti.
quaries owns one af these collars.
fished out of tie Forth above A,loa.
1t is of brass, with this inscription.
Alexander Stewart, found guilty of
death for theft at Perth, 9th Dec,na.
ber, 17O1, and gifted by the Justiciays
as a perpetual servan. to Sir Jo.xy
Arasken OF Alva."
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-14
BITS FOR BACHELORS.

Many men think themselves self
made who are really marriage-made.
The man who avoids matrimony on
account of the cares of welded life
rivals the wiseacre who secured him
self against corns by having his legs
amputated.
Don't marry for beauty alone. Soc
rates called beauty "a short-lived tyr
amy" and Theophrastus pronounced
it "a silent cheat" The man who
marries for beauty alone is as silly
as the man who would buy house be-
cause it had fine flowers in the front
garden.
1t is in life as IT is with kite; 1t
will not fly very high until it has a
string tying it down. And so the man
who is tied down by half dozen re-
sponsibilities and their mother will
make higher and stronger fight than
the bachelor who. having nothing to
keep him steady. is always floundering
in the mud.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-14
COMMERCIAL cuLLrNas.

The quantity of frozen meat exported
from Argentina last year was 1895, 124
carcasses of sheep and lambs. and l.
922,757 quarters of beef
The mineral production OF France
consists of lead, zinc. copper. coal and
Ignite, iron, antimony, arsenic and
salt. An immense quantity of building
stone and slate is quarried. The ce-
ment and phosphate production is
large, aggregating sums far up in the
millions Of dollars. Coal is the chief
mineral product
In the year 1890 Germany sent about
$10,71O,000 in silks to the United States
and Japan sent $1.190,OOO worth. Ir.
1904-5 Germany sent about 81, 1898, 900 OF
silk goods to the United States, while
Japan sent $5.593.0O worth. Japanese
exports of silk goods have tripled with
in ten years, increasing from $7,47O, 900
in 1895 to s22,41O,OOO in 19O4-5, and the
ascending movement continues.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-14
MODERN TRANSPORTATION.
Problem That Has Taxed the Inven-
tiveness of the Smartest
Men of the Age,

Kfpling has drawn a picture yibrat
ing with movement and color, fairly
pulsating with the essence of human
life, when he describes in kim" tho
great trunk road of India. Thousands
of bare or sandaled feet polished tho
stones of the footways that converged
at city gates; the endless grinding of
the roughshod wheels wore deep and
everlasting ruts in the stone pave.
ments. Yet not so many people, in
month of 80 days, entered or LETT
any of the old walled capitals OF
Greece, or Rome, or India (that, like
our modern populous centers, depend.
ed for their very life on the outside
country as now, between sunrise
and sunset hurl themselves back and
forth, in and out of New York alone.
says the Metropolitan Magazine.
Transportation is the problem; the
ways along which people can move
and the means to move them are the
great questions of the hour, and all
roads lead to town.
We have tunneled beneath the
ground and the river; we have thrown
great flying arches over our inter-
vening waterways; we have net
worked the surrounding country with
lines of humming trolleys, and the
ferry boats swing with the regularity
of pendulums from pier to pier. In
coming or outgoing armies of men
spend large fractions of their lives
upon the road. They have Travelled
many times the distance to the moon
and back. The faithful servants, cleo
tricity and steam, fetch them in and
out. The same unvarying number of
footsteps have brought them to their
homes and offices. The same unvary-
ing revolutions of whirling wheels
have carried them from the journeys
beginning to it's end. Far above the
level of the roofs Of the dwelling
houses We have built great cities, peo-
pied by transients. The metropolis is
like the feeding ground of great
migratory fiocks who come in the
morning to pick up their living, to fill
their mouths and fill their pouches,
and retire at night to their home
nests and roosting places.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-14
Just What You want.

The most complete Lithographic
Map tSize 32x35) of that part of the
Wind River or Shoshone Inoian Reser-
vation in Wyoming to be opened for
settlement Compiled under direction
of John T. Wertz, Former United
States Special Allotting Agent for this
Decentralization U. S. Govt Surveys
showing Townships, Fractional Town
ships, Sections, Lots, Mountains,
Rivers, Creeks and Streams, Allot-
ments to Indians. Proposed Railroads,
Proposed Irrigation bitches, Wagon
Roads. Trails, Fords, Ferries, Bridges,
Big Horn, Hot Springs. Military Post,
Agency, and principal towns near
Reservation. Every Homeseeker,
Prospector and Engineer should have
this map, as with it he can make his
own selection of land, and know just
where he is at. The above maps can
be secured of S. D. Childs & Company,
200 Clark Street, Chicago, ILL.,, at rate
of $1.00 each.
NOTE.-For information as to char
acter of land apply to John T. Wertz,
Lander or Shoshone. Wyoming.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-14
LIMB WASTED WITH ECZEMA
Suffered Untold Agonies - Doctor
Said 1t Was the Worst Case-Won-
derful Cure by Cuticura.

81 used the Cuticura Remedies for
eczema. The doctor said it was the
worst case he ever saw. 1t was on
both limbs, from the knees to the
ankles. We tried everything the doc
tors knew of, but the Cuticura Rem
edies did the most good. l was
obliged to lie with my limbs higher
than my head, for the pain was so
terrible I could not walk. l suffered
untold agonies One limb wasted
away great deal smaller than the
other, there was so much discharge
from it. l found the Cuticura Rene
dies very soothing, and 1 still keep
them in the house. 1 am very thank
full to say that l am cured. l found
the Cuticura Remedies all that you
say they are. l hope that you may
be spared many years to make the
Cuticura Remedies for the benefit of
persons suffering from the torture Of
skin diseases, such as I had. Mrs.
Golding. Box 8, Ayr, Ontario, Canada,
June 6, 1906"
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-14
Barbaric King.

Behanzin. the ex-kirg of Dahomey,
who is now ward of the French gov
ernment. is about 60 years of age. with
the blackest of faces and short white
beard. He smokes 40 strong cigars a
day. At Paris hotel he refused to
eat of plates or drink from glasses
which had been served before. His
four wives treated him with barbaric
homage. kneeling before him, kissing
his hand and. when he rode or walked
abroad holding an Umbrella over the
royA! head.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-14
DIETARY DICTA.

Dinner should be of lighter nature
in summer than in winter.
A quart of wheat contains more nu-
triment than bushel of cucumbers.
There is happy mean between eat
ing everything and being squeamish.
Two pounds of potatoes contain as
much nutriment as 13 pounds Of
turnips.
Light soups, light desserts and light
meals should have the preference in
warm weather
Vegetables and fruits are to be used
most generously at that season of the
year in which they naturally mature.
Beginning the dinner with soup is
the very best way to get the whole
system in condition for assimilating
q hearty meal.