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The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
STEAMER FOUNDERS;
A SCORE DROWN
Ore Carrier Cyprus Sinks in Lake
Superior on Second Trip.
ONLY ONE MAN SURVIVES WRECK
Story of Mate Pitt, who Was Res
cued-Neglect Of Ordinary Pre-.
cautions Cause - Cargo Shifted
With Hatches Open.


Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. The steel
steamer Cyprus, owned by the Lacka,
wanna Transportation Company, and
on her second trip down the lakes
with cargo of ore, foundered at
745 p. m. in Lake Superior, eighteen
miles north of Deer Park, which is
about thirty miles from Grand Ma
rails, and all OF the crew of twenty.
two excepting Second Mate Pitt. were
lost.
He was washed ashore near Deer
Park lashed to a life raft, and barely
alive. Recovering consciousness af.
ter hours of constant nursing he de-
scribed the last moments of the crew
on board the ill-fated vessel.
The Cyprus was making fairly good
weather in the storm, when suddenly
the cargo of ore shifted, giving the
craft heavy list. This was about
p. M, when the vessel was off Deer
Park in the regular course of vessels
bound up and down. Water began
pouring in through the matches,
throwing the crew into a panic, many
of them putting on life preservers.
Captain Huyck felt confident that
he could reach shelter behind White
Fish Point, and the boats were not
lowered. Both engine and pumps
were working, and it was believed
that the vessel would not sink with
out warning.
But suddenly the big freighter
rolled over on her side and almost in
stantly plunged to the bottom. When
she. rolled over the first and second
mates, a watchman and the wheels
man were close to life raft, which
they cut loose and cast off just in
time to escape the whirlpool caused
by the vessel as she plunged beneath
the surface of the water
Until o'clock a. m. the four men
clung to their frail support, while the
waves drove them toward shore.
Five times in the angry surf of the
rocky shore the raft was upset, the
men each time having to fight heavy
undertow for their lives. Each fight
weakened the benumbed and dis
heartened sailors, and after the fifth
battle with the surf only Pitt re,
manned upon the raft. The next time
the raft was caught up ON the surf it
was thrown upon the beach.
Pitt had just strength enough left
to crawl out of reach of the waves
before he fell exhausted, where he
later was found by the patrol of the
life-saving station. The vessel lies in
nineteen fathoms of water. Nine OF
the bodies have been recovered, but
the remainder of the twenty-five will
probably never come to the surface.
The last payroll of the steamer
Cyprus was aboard the boat and was
probably lost. This alone can give
the names of the members of the
crew. The list available is as fol-
lows:
Captain, F.. B. Huyck, of Sheridan,
N. Y.
First mate. John Smith, Cleveland.
Second mate, J, G. Pitz.
Engineer, j. j. Norcross, of Cow
anda, N. Y.
Cooks W. M Dundon and wife.
These are the names of all who are
known to have been aboard the boat.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
MARINE OFFICER A SUICIDE.
Lieut.. James N. Sutton Shoots Him
self After an Annapolis Hop.

Annapolis. Md-Second Lieut.. Jas
N Sutton, of the United States Ma
rine Corps, committed suicide with a
revolver as he was returning from a
hop at the Naval Academy. It is sup
posed that he was deranged Sutton
was from Portland, Ore.
Lieuts. r E. Adams, of Harris
burg, Pa, and e. P. Rolker, son Of
Chief Engineer Rolker, of the navy.
were slightly injured while attempt
ing to disarm Sutton One pistol was
taken from him, but Sutton immedi-
ately drew another and shot himself
In the head.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
Ncwsy Para graphs.

Germany has treasury surplus.
Canada was still a seller of Can
adian Pacific.
Kansas IS now moving for two
cent fare law.
rne taste for bull fighting is grow
ing in France.
Polar explorers report that there
is no lard north of Alaska.
Greece, for the third time, will ss-
tablish q legation in Washington.
American built automobiles are
successfully invading principal Euro
pean centres.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
REYNOLDS BANK FAILS,
Reynolds Being the Man Who Took
Yankee School Ma'ams TO Alaska.

Boston-The Reynolds Bank at
Valdez, Alaska headed by H. D. Rey-
nolds, of Boston, shares of which are
owned by many people throughout
New England, has failed, according
to dispatch from Seattle. 1t is
thought that $700.000 will cover all
shares held in New England.
The Reynolds enterprises in Alaska
have been widely exploited in New
England, especially in church and
school circles. Last year Reynolds
took an excursion party of teachers,
retired clergymen and professional
men to Alaska to see what they were
paying for.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
A New view Of Esperanto.

Are you studying Esperanto. Mr..
Idiot?" asked the Linguist.
~ am not, said the Idiot. II can
talk too much in English, If want
to.p
1T is very fine language" said
the Linguist, Condensed, concise,
and easily acquired.
mo doubt" said the Idiot. "But
don't care for potted tongue. r.
Broadway Magazine.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
Transparent Net Goats.

The knee-long transparent net coati
decorated with soutache OF which we
are hearing are charming fancies OF
the moment Decorated all over with
curly-wurly design of braid, they are
familiar, but those trimmed with sou.
tache In straight lines, perpendicular
diagonal and even horizontal, are
more original and very smart If well
carried out.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
Big New Sleeve.

A fashion which is making a great
headway is the big, loose sleeve, OF
to describe it differently, big drap.
cry about the armhole, which an,
swers as a sleeve. 1t is a wonderfully
gracefully fashion and seems almost
universally becoming. The idea is
simply development of the shoulder
drapery which has been in vogue al,
season. 1t has now grown yolumin-
GUS and is pushed farther off the
shoulder
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
Household Affairs.
rs I ~
SAVING THE BOILER.

When the boiler is dried and ready
to put away after the weeks wish
set it on the stove, and while hot rub.
it all over the inside and around the
seams with laundry soap. 1t pre-
vents rusting, and the boiler will
keep new and last very much longer.
All the soap is not lost. either, as it is
dissolved in the water for the next
weeks wash. From Harper's Bazaar.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15

New York City.-The later de-
velopmens OF the over waist idea are
exceedingly attractive and charming,
many Of them being made with much
modified loose sleeves. This one Is
exceptionally desirable and can be
made to match the skirt or as a
separate blouse as liked, while 1t Is
adapted to all the light weight ma
terials of indoor wear In the illus
tration it is made of crepe de Chine
piDed with velvet, with the fancy col
lar Of taffeta embroidered, while the
guimpe isof asimple embroidered net.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
RAILROAD HAS TO OUR.
Virginia and Southwestern, of the
Southern System, suspends.

Asheville. N. C..The Virginia and
Southwestern Railway, which was
sold last June to the Southern Rail
way for $10,000,000, has suspended
operations on account Of the new rate
law
It is stated that the abandonment
OF this road was made necessary by
the failure OF the Southern to provide
sufficient improvement funds with
which to carry 1t on
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
NEW RoCKEFEILER GIFT.
University of Chicago Receives 5000,
900 More From Him.

Chicago John D.. Rockefeller
gave the University of Chicago $780,
600 to erect the memorial library that
the university will dedicate to Will
lam Rainey HARPER, first president Of
the institution.
This gift makes Mr.. Rockefeller's
total gifts to the university now ag-
gregate $28, 100000.
Girard College is said to be the
second wealthiest school in the United
States, with $21495,072; Leland
Stanford Junior University, third,
with $40, 900; Harvard, fourth,
with $18,036,025; Columbia, fifth,
with $15,646,47O.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
SANTA FE ROAD GUILTY.
Convicted on All Counts in California
Rebating Case.

Los Angeles, Cal.--After brief
deliberation the jury in the case of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway Company. charged with re-
batting shipments, rendered verdict
of guilty on all counts enumerated in
the indictments.
The maximum fine tor the offenses
charged is $4,000 and the mini
mum is $66.0O0.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
SOMETHING or HIS OWN.

" Ot'1I~ I - = = - y " -
81 understand that Henpeck has
got smallpox"
"Irl bet he contracted it pur-
posely."
@Why in the world should he do
such a thing as that?"
"Oh, just the novelty of having
something that his wife would not
claim he owed to her, and that he
would not have to have in her name!"
-Sketchy Bits.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
NONE NEED 1T.

Don't you think you would like :.
pei dog for company"
II don't know that need one.
My husband is the barker for bis
store by occupation, and he's always
growing when he's at home. BAL
timore American.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
Taft Welcomed in China.

Secretary Taft was warmly well
coined at Shanghai by Chinese, Amer
ican and foreign merchants, and at a
dinner made speech on America s
policy toward China and this coun-
try's hearty desires for the empires
welfare
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
WHICH MORNING?

Mrs. McSosh-"Look here, do you
know that it's 8 in the morning.
Mr.. McSosh-" "Coursh know itsh
n the mornin' Think I'm fool?
What ! wanna know is, which morn
ng?"-Cleyeland Leader.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
THE TEST.

"Do you love me, George?"
II should say So"
@But l must put you to some Sc
we're test"
"All right, we'll go into the library,
and I'll smoke one of your fathers
cigars. st Louis Dispatch.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
Hats without Brims.

The hat with positively no brim
(nothing but tiny inside band to-
pin to) and crown nearly three
inches high, Is becoming only to the
woman who is blessed with regular
features.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
PATS PHILOSOPHY.

"Now, Patsy, if it should come to
real issue which would you rather
lose-your money or your life?"
"Me loife, begorra. Oi'm savin' me
money for me ould age. The Bo-
hemian.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
UNFORTUNATE.

"George was just going to propose
to me last night.
"And what happened?"
"a tire blew up and then he
couldn't think of anything else. y
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15

either elbow or full length and the
elbow sleeves can be finished either
with the pointed cuffs or with bands
only.
The quantity of material required
for the medium sizeis three and three
quarter yards twenty-one, three and
one-half yards twenty7seven or two
yards forty-four inches wide with
two and three-quarter yards Of ruff
iling.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15

To the many women to whom they
are becoming it will be welcome intel
ligence that ruffs and boas are going
TO be worn For the most part they
will be wide and fat rather than
duffy and billowy.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
PERSUASIVE.

"He's a good salesman.
Persuasive. eh?"
Persuasive? He could sell the
Cuban government snow-plowl -
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
QUEER.

Society has one very odd require
ment."
what is that?"
Girls have to come out before they
can get in. Baltimore American.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
PROSPERITY.

"There's one great trouble with
this unparalleled prosperity"
whats that?v
Keeps everybody broke living up
to it. Washington Herald
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
CITY SETS FooD PRICES.
Maximum Scale Fixed by the Author
tiles in Rome.

Rome. Italy is also complaining
OF the high costs of living, and the
authorities are about to step in and
attempt to regulate prices. In this
city the retail prices of all provisions
are so high that commission has
been appointed to fix a scale of maxi
mum prices, above which it will lie
forbidden to sell provisions. under
penalty of closing the stores where
such sales are made.--
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
d 8]8 R9S9Ts . % 8 5 8 8 5 3 3 s.
ELOPING UP 70 DATE

ELoPING UP TO DATE.
The coatless man puts up a careless arm
Round the waist Of the hatless girl,
While over the dustless, mudless roads
In a horseless wagon they whrl
Like a leadless bullet from hammerless
gun,
By smokeiess powder driven
By endless union given.
The only luncheon his cofnless purse
Affords to them the means
Is tasteless meal of boneless cod,
With dish Of stringless beans
He smokes his old tobaccoless pipe,
And laughs a mirthful laugh
When papa tries to coax her back
By wireless telegraph.
-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
EXPLAINS 1T.

Little Millie" Granddad, what
makes man always give woman a
diamond engagement ring?"
Grandfather @The woman" -
Pick-Me-Up.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
THE EXPLANATION.

But, Captain Brace, why do they
always call ship she?'
Lord, miss, you wouldn't ask that
eff you'd ever tried ter steer one. -
Judge.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
Curls Have Disappeared.

Curls have quite disappeared from
the Parisienne's coiffure.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15

The Baltic Sea is not salty enough
to sustain the life of the oyster
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15
WHEN THE FIRE BELL RINes.
Look at This and You VIII Be Able
to Locate the Blaze.
HOW TO SEND IN AN ALARM.

A4OOA az 4hl6 anu Ou VIII Dc AOl0
TO Locate the Blaze.
HOW TO SEND IN AN ALARM.
To send in an alarm, open box and pun down
the lever on the inside When an alarm 10
sent in, the fire bell will sound the number Of
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 holders
Policemen also have keys.
now TO LOCATE AN ALARM.
II the alarm is sounded from box rs. the fire
bell will strike two, then pause and strike five,
which will indicate that the fire is in the vicin-
ity of No. rs box. Every alarm is repeated
four times.
NO. BOX. LOCATION.
Western Ave. near Miller 90.
26.............. Mendham Ave, corner Mills st.
S............. Corner EARLY and Harrison SITS.
28............... Speedwell Ave-, near Early ST..
4..................W "a. Water St., corner Cole Ave.
Morris ST. at Depot
So. ......, Morris ST., near Washington Hdqs
H................M Madison Ave, near Ford Ave,
48........... Franklin ST., near Franklin Place
Is. -. Maple Ave between Oak s. Boyken SITS.
20. ........ Market St., corner Macculloch Ave,
H......., Washington ST., at Roy's drug store
52....... Police Headquarters, Speedwell Ava
*59. 59.............., Memorial Hospital Morris ST
54..........W Water St.. corner Linden AVG.
So. 66.............. Maple Ave, corner Madison st.
t62. All Souls Hospital, Mt. Kemble Ave.
e3. South ST., front Morristown Clu3
64................. Sussex Ave, corner Mills ST
65............ Washington St., corner Atno Ave
72,...,.... Macculloch Ave, corner Boy ken st
73.....,.......C corner Park Place and Soutl. st.
74........... Cor. Ridgedale and Albeit Aves,
"To be rung at Police Headquarters.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-10-15

But while the crepe de Chine is both
graceful and very fashionable, it is
only one of a great many suitable
things. All the pretty soft silks and
woods are adapted to the design, and
1t can be varied in a number of ways.
The fancy collar and the belt can be
made of the same material or of a
contrasting one as liked, or the belt
can match the waist, while the collar
s made of all over lace or some sim
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-08-01

familias, whose childhood was rem
dered unhappy by continually hear
ing Don't do thisi" or Don't do
that! The room itself is a large
sunny place, splendidly ventilated Inv
plenty of windows, which are safely
barred. One end of the hardwood floor
is uncovered, while the other has .
thick wooden rug, fastened down 81
securely that acrobatic feats or anv
amount of running or sliding cannot
loosen it. The walls, which are dead.
ened. so that noises cannot penetrate
to other parts of the house, are GOV
cred with blue paper from which fin,
ger prints can be easily washed of
The pictures and electric lights are
aged, this precaution making possr-
ole a mild game of baseball or auv
amount of handball or beanbag toss.
ing, The chair (minus rockers. ana
the tables are made with rounded
corners. The fear Of breaking dainty
hric-a4brac does not bother the little
inmates of the DO Do Room" and
the built-in bookcases, where fav-
orite books and magazines abound
have no glass doors to be kept awav
from, or silk curtain which must not
be touched.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-08-01
Macmillan and PuIuue.

An anecdote as to how the emperor
Macmillan liked pulque when on d
visit to Pachuca where he tasted the
milky nectar of the country for the
first time, may be of interest in view
of the recent innovations as to bottl-
ing the liquor and bringing it under
better conditions to Mexico.
The historian says that his majesty
was served with the juice of the ma
guey in ! beautiful crystal goblet, and
the quality of the pluQue left nothing
to be desired, for it had been elabor.
ated with the greatest care and
scrupuIousness by the hacendadOs,
who were anxious that their royal
guest should form a correct idea of
what the real stuff was. Maximillian
quaffed the goblet at a draft, and
! turning to his hosts said: IF this
same pulque could be served on the
tables of the rich Ill Mexico City ii
would be a drink worthy to be placed
before the highest in the land. -
Mexican Herald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-08-01

several inches thick To hold the
cement in place while it is hardening
stout tin or zine is employed. this
being secured to the trunk or limb in
a way to preserve the natural shape.
The tin is put on in strips, being fas-
tened with round steel nails having q
broad head and a small shank. The
strips are wide enough to lap over up
on the sound wood and the nails are
placed from half an inch to an inch
apart, according to the strain i'm
posed.
The first strip Of tin is put on at
the lower part of the aperture. and the
cement put in until it reaches nearly
to the top of the tin. Then a second
strip is put on, tapping over the Other
two or three inches. and the tive
nailed together Then more cement
IS filled, the last strip Of tin being
bent down while the final application
Of cement is being puddled into place
and the cavity entirely filed, and
then it IS Strengthened up and nailed
in place.
This remedy is applied successfully
to fruit trees as we'll as shade trees.
Mr.. Clarke the octogenarian forester
of Northampton, has in his own
dcoryard an apple tree rs years old,
to which a large quantity of cement
has been applied. This was done at
a cost of aout $3.50, and the tree is
now bearing four different varieties
of apples.
The largest filings Mr.. Clarke ever
put in a tree were in the Jonathan
Edwards elm, in Northampton, in
which three tons Of sand and cement
We're used This tree was planted
more than 175 years ago by Mr.. Ed
wards in the early part of his ministry
in Northampton. The trunk is now
about % feet in circumference, and
formerly the tree had immense spread
ing branches and was one of the hand
soonest trees in the state. Much work
was involved in treating this tree, and
the expense amounted to about $125.
The tree is preserved chiefly for it's
historic interest, it's beauty having
been sadly impaired.
One of the most interesting of all
trees in the Connecticut valley is the
Indian house tree, in DeerfeId, be-
.Eeved to be nearly $50 years old. The
house which formerly stood by this
tree was the one attacked by the In
dams on Feb. 20, 1904, when many
white captives were carried away to
Canada and others slain.
Another fine tree that has been pre-
served by this means is the Gen. vii.
liam Shepard elm in Westfieid, a me,
mortal of a brave revolutionary Off
Ger and the man who commanded the
troops which put down Shay's rebel
ion.
Still another historic tree. and per.
haps the most beautiful in the list, is
the Washington elm in Suffield, which
is to be preserved in the same way as
the others.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-08-01
His Mother Didn't Care.

A little Waif was arrested in New
York the other day, and when he
faced the judge he told his story. His
mother didn't care for him, and he
became = child of the street And,
he said, when yer mother don't care
for yer, yer amt got no mother"
There's a sermon.
Its dictation is uncouth, but the ut
terance is sincere and by one-God
pity the waif-who knows.
IF yer mother don't care for yer,
yer amt got no mother"
There is always a chance for the
boy whose mother cares But for
the tiny acorn of a man which the
wheel of passing cart may crush,
how shall it push aside the leaves
and sprout and grow into an oak?
Every boy is mostly animal. The
old theologians said man has fallen.
The new theologians say he has come
upward from a brute And the marks
Of his ancestry cleave to him, es-
pecially in youth 1t is only the
mothers that make it possible for a
healthy boy to
Move upward working out the
beast,
And let the ape and tiger die"
AND IF HIS MOTHER FAIL HIM,
HE'LL HAS -dE ADVANTAGE OF
HEAVEN.
When Madam De Stael asked Ma.
poleOn what was the greatest need
of France, he promptly replied:
'Mothers!"
But IF yer mother don't care for
yer, yer amt got no mother
| Poor little outcast.
Your sermon goes direct to the
root of most of the sin in this world.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-08-01
FINE TREE SURGERY.
Successful Work Done With Historic
Old EIms.

Successful Work Done With Historic
Old EIns.
Tree surgery is the vogue in the
Connecticut valley where stately trees,
some of them two centuries old, have
been threatened with destruction from
decay. Many historic elm has been
saved to this and coming generations
by the careful, thorough method of
treatment which the tree doctor has
prescribed. Tons of cement have
been put within the hollow trunks Of
some trees in order that there might
be given to them new lease of life, and
lit is really wonderful how trees have
rallied after the treatment and given
promise of rounding out several more
decades. Among the trees thus pre-
served which are OF national fame and
interest are the Jonathan Edwards
elm, at Northampton, the Indian house
tree, in Old Deerfeld, and the Gen.
William Shepard elm, in Westfeld.
When a tree doctor treats a decayed
tree he begins by cutting an aperture
in the tree large enough to allow him
to get at the inside and remove all the
decayed wood This is essential to
success of the operation. When
this work has been done the cavity is
ready to be filed. The composition
used in case Of large filings contains
five parts of sand to one part of
Portland cement, except for the outer
part, where the ingredients are used
hail and half, this outer coating beng