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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
Smallest Electric Motor.

The smallest electric motor in the
world has been built by matchmaker
whose work has trained him to handle
delicate machinery with the exquisite
care required in making a motor that
moves with all the regularity OF big
machine, and yet is so small that It's
owner wears it as scarf-pin.
Viewed from little distance, tne
article has the appearance of very
valuable and rather acknowledgements
pin. 1t is only when standing near TO
it that its nature can be discovered.
The first thing to attract attention
is the buzzing of the machine. which
by means of current obtained from
small battery carried in the vest poch-
ct. is kept in operation at high rate
of speed. with noise like bee buzz
2ing.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12

The Canadian Pacific Railway
Company has begun tree planting on
quite an extensive scale along its
western lines, notes the Canadian
Forestry Journal. A contract has
been let for a small acreage near
Wolseley, on which it is the intention
to experiment with tamarack for ties.
A piece of ground is also to be plant
ed at Medicine Hat with jack pine
and tamarack for the same purpose.
over 100 miles of trees are. to be
planted between Winnipeg and Cal
gary for snow breaks and at several
stations trees are to be planted
around the station grounds, and
prizes are to be offered the section
foremen who make the best showing.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
Slated Into a Pond Hole.

Skating into a hole caused by a
drain in Mitchells pond, at Swedes-
boro, John Kicker, nineteen years
old, went down in twenty feet of
water. His cries brought the large
company of skaters to the scene and
every possible effort was made to
save him. Edward Eastlack and
Isaac McCollister hurried to the other
end of the pond to procure a boat,
while others tried to form a human
chain to reach the struggling lad, but
he had gotten too far from the edge
of the ice for this plan to prove effec-
tive. BY the time the boat came and
was launched into the clear water
Kicker had gone down for the last
time. His body was recovered Rick
er was an orphan. who had been en-
ployed by John Gibson, a, farmer.
Nothing is known of his relatives.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
.Artesian Water in Jersey.

Delawanna and East Nutley havo
new kind of water to drink, the Yam
taoaw Water Company, which has the
franchise for supplying these towns
with artesian water, having put their
plant into operation. The plant has
capacity of over 100000 gallons a
day, and the householders will be
supplied at the fiat rate of $25 year
for each house regardless of quantity
of water used. The water company
has the franchise for Clifton, Rich
field, Athena, Atwood and a few
other places and these towns and bor-
oughs will be supplied as fast rs
mains can be laid.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
City Money Missing.

Expert accountants at Atlantic City
reported that nearly $4,000 was pill
fered from the City Hall in the last
two years through manipulation of
the accounts in the Controllers Office
by John T. Andrews, former chief
clerk, who is under $4,000 bail
charged with larceny and embezzle-
ment. These men have been investi-
eating the accounts for eight weeks.
They charge that Andrews raised
bills and receipts from small amounts
to thousands of dollars, that he cred
tied the payment of large amounts to
fictitious firms and individuals, OBJ
tanning in this way alone about SILL
900, and that he padded the payrolls
with names of fictitious workmen.
How much he obtained in this man.
ner they could not learn, they said,
as many time slips were missing.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Drowned Through the Ice.

The body of Gustave Younkins, the
sole resident of Plum Island, on the
Shrewsbury River, was recovered.
He went through the ice while cross
ing below the Highlands drawbridge,
and as fast as he grasped the edge of
the ice it would give way. With the
strong current against him he had no
chance of escape. The fisherman's
cries for help were heard, and Jos.
Layton and others started with boat
toward the spot, but before they ar
rived the fisherman had been sucked
under the ice, and was never after
ward seen alive. Younkins realized
his awful predicament, and his cries
for help were heartrending. Youn-
kins was forty-five years old and I'M
married. From his frugal earnings
he had saved $500, which he had de-
posted in the Atlantic Highlands Ma
tional Bank. He lived alone in a hut
on Plum Island, which is now with.
out an inhabitaQt
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12

A story of extraordinary deafness
was unfolded at a recent meeting of
a medical society in Philadelphia.
An elderly woman, exceedingly hard
of hearing, lived near the river, re-
lates Harper's Weekly One after
noon warship fired salute of ten
guns. The woman, alone in her little
house, waited until the booming
ceased. Then she smoothed her
dress, brushed her hair back in a
quaint manner, and said. sweetly.
"Come I'M"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
In his report to the President, tn

In his report to the President, the
Secretary of Agriculture estimated
the beet sugar production of the
country for 1906 at $4,000 long
tons, valued at $4,000, 900, remarks
the Boston Transcript. This he con-
trasted with the crop seven years
ago, which amounted only to $1,000
900. AS a matter of fact, on the
basis of figures later than his, the
seasons crop will aggregate about
100000 tons at valuation of consid.
erably over $40,00O,0OO.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
After Jersey Corporntions.

Vice-Chancellor Bergen fined the
]. A. Van Wrinkle Company SIS and
costs for contempt of court, at Tren-
ton. The contempt consisted in the
fact that the company continued to
carry on business after Its charter
powers had been revoked by the court
of chancery for failure to pay it's
taxes. The proceedings were in the
nature of a test case brought by the
AttorneyG General to enforce the
States claims against delinquent cor
porations, many of which have been
ignoring the courts DEGREES. Gov
ernor Stokes will soon issue a procla-
nation revoking the charters of about
1000 New Jersey corporations for
non-payment of taxes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
weathar vare 100 Years Old.

H. w. Mcintyre of Randolph, VT,
has a unique relic in the shape of a
weather vane that is nearly 100 years
old. This weather vane was put on
the Orange county grammar school
nearly 100 years ago, when the school
was dedicated in 1906, and is in good
condition to-day. For sentimental pur-
poses this same relic is to be placed
on the new school building at Ran
dolph Center.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12

The largest and heaviest single
block of granite ever sent into Can
ada from the United States has just
been shipped from a Barre (Vt.)
quarry to Cote des Neiges, P. a., a
suburb of Montreal. The huge stone
is three and a quarter feet square
and thirty-two feet long and weighs
thirty-two tons. 1t was consigned
to J. Brunei. the sculptor
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
Baptist Church, of Wildwood, mas re-
signed and removed to Philadelphia.

Baptist church, OF WILDWOOD, mas re-
signed and removed to Philadelphia.
While returning from a funeral
Mrs. Armenius Alba, of Fieldsbor
ough fell on a slippery plank and
fractured two ribs.
A. L. Williams, one of Vinelands
mail carriers, has resigned. after
thirteen years and eight months of
service, to enter the foundry business
with his father and brother.
According to records of the Salem
city water plant, at Trenton, 205,-
634,6O6 gallons of water were
pumped three miles during the first
year.
After several years service as SUI
pervising principal of Beverly's pub.
lie schools, Professor William P. Cur.
tbs has resigned to accept a similar
position at Wharton, his home.
Many friends of Charles Mace, a
pioneer Anglesea hotel proprietor
were his guests at celebration OF
the sixty-second anniversary Of his
birth.
The Beverly Board of Health has
elected Walter S. Fenimore secretary
The last furnace at Moore Broth.
ers' glass works at Clayton will start
up shortly.
A contract for a $4,000 cottage at
Wildwood Crest has been awarded by
Mrs. Elizabeth Keen, of Philadelphia
to B. G. Ingersoll, of Wildwood.
Hazel Rudderow. of Pensauken, is
suffering from fracture of the ankle
received by falling while roller skat-
ing.
Game Warden Avis, of Gloucester
County, has secured a lot of bass and
other fish, and is restocking streams
in his territory.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
Freak Potato.

What is considered to be the most
remarkable freak potato grown was
at Moscow, Idaho. 1t consists of
fifteen potatoes grown into one tuber,
amt weighs a few ounces more than
five pounds. 1t was grown by HI. G.
Parker. Secretary Wilson, of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, who was at Moscow gathering
statistics, had the spud photographed
and will place the potato in preserva-
tives for exhibition at Washington,
ID. G.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12

Statisticians estimate that twenty
one acres of land are necessary to
sustain one man on fresh meat. The
same land, maintains the New York
Tribune, if devoted to wheat culture,
would feed forty-two persons; if to
oats, lightweight; potatoes, Indian
corn and rice, 176, and if to the
plantain or bananas. more than 5000
persons.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
Has Newspaper Of 1900.

H. ]. McNally of Burlington, VT, has
an interesting souvenir in the way of
newspaper printed Saturday, Jan. 4,
1900. The periodical, besides giving
the congressional news of that time,
publishes an account Of the burial of
George Washington.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
Women to Make an Ideal city.

The Civic League, composed prin-
cipally of the leading women of
Woodbury., has formulated plan
which, If carried out, will do away
with corner loafing, abolish expector-
ating on the streets, keep children off
the streets after dark. and introduce
sewing into the public schools. Miss
Elizabeth Matlack, president of the
League, is devoting much time to
these improvements.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
Earliest Musical Notes.

The earliest written signs for rus
ical notes were the letters of the all
phabet; and their use for this pur-
pose dates from very early period.
The ancient hebrews employed cer-
tain accents to mark the rise and
fall Of the human voice in chanting
their psalms and prayers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12

If the most favored community in
the world were accurately described
in every particular, with all it's nudi-
ties, crudities and sins exposed, the
first impression made would be that
it was the worst place in the world.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12

Whatever be the real causes, the
Scottish churches have lost and are
losing hold of masses Of the people,
and serious men, both ministers and
laymen, are seriously troubled about
the fact.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12

Among the curios PRESERVED 10 the
Bank OF England is a 5aLLrote that
passed through the Chicago fire. The
paper was consumed but the ash held
together end the printing is quite
legible. 1t is kept carefully under
glass. The bark paid tie note.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12

These days with the "unwritten
law getting so strong, and the other
ones getting so weak, it might be a
good plan to unwrite the written
ones, observes the Augusta Chronicle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
Hurt in wreck, Sues For $40, GOO.

Miss Anna Meley, Trenton school
teacher, brought suit in the United
States court at Trenton for $4,000
damages against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company for injuries she
alleges she received in wreck at
Eddington.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12

Exclaims the Manchester Union:
You may join the mile-a-minute
class, but no oil has been discovered
yet that will keep all the cogs in con-
dition. Good old age was never
sequel to the rule.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
s1a5, 900 Fire in Trenton.

Fire completely destroyed the plant
of the Imperial Porcelain Works at
Trenton. The loss was $125,0O0,
partly covered by insurance. The
flames were caused by a defective
kiln.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12

If the farm products of the United
States amounted to $7,000,0 100000
this year, as Secretary Wilson says,
the cry back to the soil is not an idle
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12

The worst phase of a perverted in
surance business is the excessive cost
to the poorest people, laments the
Christian Register.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12
Big Lobster OUTPUT.

Just 8,579,S12 Holsters caught in
Maine last year, according to Com
missioner Nickerson.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-12

In All Parts of the State.
Rev. Or. Riddle, pastor Of the First
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
How He Grew Younq.

One satisfied man returned from a two weeks holiday. He spent it on farm owned by an old aunt. and the royal way in which she fed him, to use his own description, formed the chief delight of his holiday.
 You see," he remarked confidential ly. my wife is a graduate of diet date sort She sees that we never have a meal which isn't perfectly balanced as to food values. The things we eat are chosen with reference to that and not with regard to whether we like them especially. Well, can tell you. old Aunt Laura. with her table just grooming with forbidden. indigestible articles, was q mighty welcome change to me. She never heard of carbohy- drates or phosphates or cellulose. and she wouldn't know a proteid if she met one in bean porridge. where. by the way. believe they largely congre- gate. But l tell you her fried chicken and fresh pork and biscuits were the finest things I've had for years. My wife actually turned pale when she saw me eat. and I know she was wor- ried. because we were six miles from a doctor l was never i'll for minute, though. and those two weeks of old fashioned. unscientiflc cooking have made me feel like new manor, rather. like a boy again."-London M. \. ?.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
Many Color Lines In Cuha.

There are social distinctions in Cuba based upon color. There is not one but several color lines. though these are not eternal. hard. fast and un- changeable. as fin the United States. In Cuba social life is run largely by social clubs. There are in almost ev- cry town and village negro clubs. two or three grades of mulatto clubs and white clubs. In one and at its func- tions may appear the husband. exclud- ing the wife; in another. the wife, but not the husband; in a third. their children, but neither the father nor mother To the world this will appear incredible. almost incomprehensible. Here 1t is convention. fixed. settled. ac- cepted and operative. These distinc- tions. however. run but for lifetime. Army and Navy Life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
The Clock Struck 1.

It was just two minutes to when John Ludlam entered the house and. unwrapping paper parcel, said to his wife that he had brought her pres ent of clock. It was her birthday. and she had expected brooch or a ring at least. and so she said tartly, You liked the look of that clock"
 His face flushed. "A nice way to speak about present" said he hotly.
 Well. it's the truth. l wouldn't have given a couple of shillings for it." said she in an exasperating tone.
 John Ludlam was a quick tempered man. The veins in his temples swelled. and
 Just then the clock struck 1.
 What did it signify-that the clock was running all right?
 It did not. The ambulance surgeon said a few minutes later that if the clock had struck one inch nearer her temple John Ludlam would have been a widower.-Pearson's Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
Her Conversion.

When preparing his parishioners for the solemn ordinance of confirmation an old clergyman found among them one old woman so excessively ignorant and stupid that for some weeks prior to the time be was obliged to have her come to his house every day in order to instruct and catechise her. Atlength he began to hope that his time, pa- tience and zeal had not been entirely bestowed in vain, a few bright flashes of understanding having burst from the old dame's clouded intellect "Now, my good friend" said the worthy pas tor just previous to the commencement Of the ceremony. ''as this Is the last moment in which I shall have an op- portunity of conversing with you, let me ask. do you thoroughly understand and believe all the articles of your Christian faithT'
 Aye. yes. sir. thank'ee," replied his venerable pupil, with q simper and dropping one of her best courtesies. Il does indeed now, and. thank God. l heartily renounces them all"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
A COLD WEATHER PLANT.

Priscilla James a helpmate, worth her
 honest weight in gold, A wife who scorns fault finding and who s
 never known to scold. Of calm and even temper. meek and quiet
 as lamb. Who, whateer the aggravation, never
 gives the door slam. Yet her mood doth oft annoy me when
 from work at night l come And a cold draft from the parlor on the
 threshold strikes me dumb With experienced conviction, born of my
 ten welded years The furnace isn't working, and Priscilla
 Jane's in tears! It takes but one wee moment to assure
 me of the fact That since midday or whereabouts Priscilla
 JaLe's been racked. Chilled. worried, grieved and frozen soot-
 ed. grimed and smudged in turn By a cranky furnace fire that would do
 all else but burn. That first cold draft convinced me. so l
 feel naught of surprise At her choked, subdued boohooing. with
 her apron to her eyes. On a cold day I expect it. and there's
 ground for all my fears That the furnace isn't working. and Pris-
 ella James in tears. The mild warm days of winter never give
 me great concern. I know such days our furnace, all uncared
 for. is sure to burn. When it's too warm for much fire, yet too
 chill to do without. Twill, raging, feed on nothing-sheer per
 versity. no doubt. But wait until the mercury's at zero or
 below, And just as sure as preaching when from
 work at night I go find a cold reception. and fruition of my
 fears Our furnace isn't working. and Priscilla
 Jane's in tears!
 Roy Farrell Greene in Puck.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
On Conclusions.

It doesn't pay to jump at conclu- sions. Once we had a, dog that had a bad habit of jumping at conclusions. When he had no other animals con clusion to jump at he would go round and round in a circle for an hour at a time trying to reach his own conclu sion.
 That puppy would wait until COW had gone past and then jump wildly at her conclusion. AS is the custom of people similarly afflicted. once he reached conclusion he hung to it till he was kicked loose. As is usual also with people of similar proclivities, he was a dash gummed nuisance.
 But one day that nasty pup jumped at a big, thoughtful bay mules conclu- sion, and the next day we had to get a brand new dog. The old one wasn't even worth repairing.
 No; it doesn't pay to jump at conclu- sions.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
A;, Fear. RaaIirsd.

For years the old country couple had looked forward to spending a holiday in London. and one day they found themselves in the very busiest part of the city. Together they stood watch ing the tratlc. to which there seemed no end They did not know how to cross the street.
 ~whatever you do. Liza. don't git separated from me- said the old man t0 his wife. and. -hztsTsr you do. don't crusz the road Ettbsut ue-
 Then a kindly c1zstsbIs cane along and speiE- the oId -ozz7 hezststing- took he- by the sru azd c511e1ced to pEIo- her to the opposite ssie.
 ~D9zz ny buttozs.- crSsi cut the a11 Ezz7 Ia aIsru- T zT3Es tsd 'er that ss-e O7s uuI take a fzzcT b '-. but I cs7z-t tA5zk srT oze -1I ave the i'm pe-z1ce to take Te- zFs-s IT TET 1z--Loz50u Tn-B1z =
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
Short on Prineesses.

By the birth of the little son and heir to Prince and Princess Alexander of Teck the number of unmarried Eng. fish princes is now increased to eleven, and if to these are added the two sons of Prince and Princess Louis of Bat tenberg there may be said to be thir- teen princes for whom wives will have to he found at some time. It is note worthy that at the present time Flu rope is suffering from a dearth of young princesses. Of late boy babies have appeared in all the royal fami- lies, and even as matters now stand it is difficult to see how these little princes are to be mated in the future. Such princesses as there are likely to be seem too old for the small boys who are coming so quickly on the scene.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
Why Not2

There recently entered the service of a Cleveland family a domestic of Scandinavian origin. She had never seen a refrigerator before, and the fady of the house, after initiating her into its mysteries, instructed her never to leave anything old or left over in the icebox, but to keep the refrigerator perfectly clean and fresh by throwing the old things away each morning.
 The very next day the mistress, look ing out of the window, observed some thing peculiar in the yard.
 "What is that, Sophie?" she asked. And how did it get thereT'
 "That is old ice, ma'am," was the proud response, left over from yes terday. I t'rew it away lak you tor me."-Harper's Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
A Presidents Dauahter.

When President Grants only daugh-i ter, Nellie, afterward Mrs. Sartoris,f was a miss of twelve years, she at- tended private school ia Washington.l One afternoon, says the author of The Olivia Letters" Nellie's lessons weSeI not learned. The carriage came for her, but the teacher dismissed 1t with the request that it should return att the end of a half hour. The half hourI came and glided away with the lesson still unlearned. The carriage camel again and was dismissed. At the end of the second half hour the lesson was, committed, and Miss Nellie was per- mitted to go. The next day at the usual hour the young lady arrived, ac- companied by her mother. The teach CT began to fear she had lost her most cherished pupil, but Mrs. Grant came to thank her for performing her duty. 1
 Teach her." said Mrs. Grant, that she is only plain, simple Nellie Grant, subject to the same rules which govern all the scholars. This course will have my sincere apr-obation."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-19
sante..pumon, Makes a Bet.

NJ. -Dumont has made a bet that in eight months he will have con- structed a hydroplane capable of tray cling at a speed of sixty miles an hour. This idea of a gliding craft or hydroplane is no new one. So long ago as the year 1881 a Frenchman named Garpon built a sort of flat bottomed boat for river navigation which was to all intents and purposes a hydroplane, in that it drew less than an inch of water. Its means of propulsion, how ever, consisted of small, old fashioned engines working a ridiculous apparatus at the rear that resembled a fish's tail and fins combined.