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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
CHAPTER XIV.

Early in September Mrs. Wright
received a letter from Gibraltar, of
which the address was in an I'M
known handwriting. Charles Mist
ley's letters had of late borne the
Gibraltar postmark, but this could
not be from him. Before she had
read the first page, she exclaimed:
Charlie is coming home!"
s'Hurrah!" said the colonel.
ooh, am so glad!" said Lena, with
more fervor than the occasion would
appear to demand. But Mrs. Wright
looked grave.
HE has broken his ARM" she said,
and then she suddenly laughed.
The letter was from an officer OF
Charles Mistley's ship, was very
humorous production, purporting to
be written at Charles dictation, but
interlarded here and there with OBJ
servations FROM the writer's own fer
tile brain. Although the news was
bad, it was sd cheerfully impaired
that the bright side Of it was alone
presented.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26

AT a recent meeting the Bishop OF
London, DR.. Ingram, gave it as his
observation and judgment that inn
morality is less Haunting and fragrant
In that very big city than it was a
few years ago, though the conditions
are far enough from being satisfac-
tory yet. His lordship made one re-
mark that hasattracted public notice.
Taking them all around" he said,
married men are much looser in
their morals than single men,"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
Feast For Morris Guards.

One hundred and fifty guests as.
sisted the Morris Guards in the cele-
bration of it's twentieth anniversary
by banquet at the Hotel Lorraine.
Atlantic City. Governor Stokes and
several members of the Legislature
were guests of honor. The feast was
followed by session of oratory, at
which Postmaster Harry Bacherach
was POSTMASTER. Among the speak
ers were: Lieutenant-Colone Lewis
T. Bryant, Congressman John ]. Cad.
ner, Judge e. A. Higbee, Captain
Walter E. Edge, Mayor Franklin p
Stoy, Judge Allen b. Endicott, Gov
ernor Stokes, Senator Colby and Sen
ator Minch,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26

thumb was hooked into his waistcoat
pocket, as If making sure that some-
thing was there. His eyes were fixed
on the hearth riiga tiger skin, the
stripes of which he was following
with the toe OF his boot. Suddenly
he raised his lazy eyes, direct and
with certain elaboration, from the
floor to Lena's face. He caught her
eye fixed wistfully on his hand. Then
he moved slightly, and addressed Col
onel Wright:
''It sounds like Win, does it not?'
eyes," replied the old traveller,
slowly pulling at his mustache. Eyes,
that was Win"
'Akryl saw nothing but his hand y
continued the sailor. "A small, brown
hand, he said it was almost the
hand of Tartar, but somewhat
stouter, with compact fingers and
light colored nails. l asked him for
further details, but that was all that
he could tell me. He had landed in
England two days before | saw him,
and was on the point of starting off
to join the Fee expedition, and was
just going to sit down and write to
you, when he caught sight of me, and
remembered that l was Wins broth
err"
1T is not much,' said Colone.
Wright, slowly, "but it explains a
good deal He ought to have been
across the Kill Arvat desert before
January. No doubt he has had diff.
ficulties to contend with which we did
not quite foresee."
The old soldier was no adept at dis
stimulation. His manner implied dis,
appointment, and in each heart therd
was vague conviction that this news
was not satisfactory. 1t was no ex-
PLANTATION of the subsequent silence.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
SwitzerIand's Prosperity.

The material prosperity of Switz-
erland is strikingly illustrated by the
statistics just published. During the
last fifty-five years the wealth of the
country, not including State property,
has risen from s400, 100000 to
$3.50. 900, 900. The remarkable fea-
ture of these figures is the fact that
no less than two-hfths Of this total
has been acquired by the hotel pro-
prietors, whose annual income is es-
timated at upward Of $4,000, 0O0.-
Spectator.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26

! 1t is within the power of the Secre-
tary to divorce the Treasury from
Wall Street, and to that end Mr.. Cor
telyou has the assistance of>the AID
rich act, remarks the New York
World. He can stop up the leaks
through which certain banks have al
ways had advance information about
the plans of the Treasury. He can
end the system of favoritism which
has been in existence ever since New
York and Chicago bankers began
looking to the department to recog-
nize their eminent services in defense
cf "the national honor.n
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
"Gerrit Smith was one of the mos

"Gerrit Smith was one of the most
impressive looking men we ever
saw" says DR.. Buckley in the Chris
tian Advocate. "His head was larger
than that of Webster and his voice
deeper. At Park Street Church, Bos-
ton, in one of the May meetings, we
heard him read paper on Peace
His gigantic stature and his deep
toned voice. his long, flowing beard,
which, later in life, became snow
white, raised very great expectations,
but the paper was read in a mono
tone and somewhat wearied the au-
dience before he finished"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
Proper Proportion.
The more precious the word, tn,
greater the value Of your works.
Secret Stairway in Palace,

Workmen engaged in renovating
the so-called Engineers Palace, at
~. petersburg, Russia, constructed
py emperor Paul, discovered secret
uoor and stairway leading to a cell
"a the basement, where they found a
skeleton chained to the wall. His
tory does not offer any explanation
OF the presence of the skeleton in the
cell. This palace, in which Emperor
Paui was assassinated, is a mysteri-
GUS building, containing a number OF
secret passages, constructed by til.
emperor. There is one leading un.
foreground to the Fontanka Canal
wnere, according to tradition, a boat
vas Kept in readiness for the Emper-
~ TO escape to the fortress on the
opposite bank of the Neva
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
Poodle Travelled as Infant.

A Camden, N. j., Woman wanted to
take her pet poodle visiting with her
recently, but as dogs are not allowed
in the Pullmans she was much wor
ried about how she could keep it from
the clutches of the baggage man. FL
nally she dressed the brute up in baby
clothes, put heavy veil over its head,
and the dog Travelled as an infant I'm.
beknown to the conductor.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
Let's pay the teachers right, ana /

| Let's pay the teachers right, and II
there is anything left let the politi-
clans be considered, advises the In
hianapolis News. Let US put teach.
Ing on the plane of permanent oc-
Eupation and appeal to the best young
men and women to enter on it, be-
cause, first, it is the noblest of all vo-
cations and. second, because the pay
lustifies the work.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26

1 A new kind of an honest man has
appeared out in Jewell City, Kansas,
according to the Republican. He was
drawing a pension, but the Christian
Scientists having convinced him that
nothing is the matter with him, he
has surrendered his pension. When
christian Science can separate man
~
from his pension there must be scme-
thing in it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
KIM "Three.Men-in-a-Cab" Bill.

The "Three Men in a Cab" bill
was killed in the House Committee
on Railroads at Trenton. Exper-
fenced railroad men appeared before
the committee and declared that the
safety of the public would be en-
aangered more by having an extra
engineer in the locomotive cab than
by having the present one man. Di-
vision of responsibility, they said,
would lead to clashes, and in mo.
ments when quick decision had to be
made wrecks would certainly result
from 1.-TWO heads on one job"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26

"a year ago the business world I'M
derwent a cleansing. The insurance
Investigation put an end to much rot
tenness. Prosecution of trust mag
mates and others-some of whom are
still on the carpet-brought cures to
other cancers. Railroad officers and
political bosses, observes the Courier
journal, have been put on the run by
waves of popular indignation.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
Four States of this Union have

Four States of this Union have
abolished the death penalty. One 9TH
jer-Kansas-by a curious custom,
remarks the New York American,
(which is slowly growing into law,
sentences the condemned murderer
to death upon warrant of the Gov
lernor," and no Governor for eight
cen years has signed death war;
rant.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26

"a writer in London Punch says
the reason SO many American women
go abroad for husbands is that they
want to be bossed. The average
american man who has made an eff
fort in that line is perfectly willing
the European should undertake 1t,
comments the New York American.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
LONGEST IN THE WORLD.

Immense Stone Arch in Bridge al
PIauenr Saxony.
A stone arch bridge with a clear
span of 295 feet is now in process Of
construction at Plauen, in Saxony
The span of the new bridge is rs feet
greater than that Of the Cabin Johp
arch, and is greater by about 1S feet
than that of the recently completed
Luxembourg bridge. The Plauen via
duct will, therefore, be the longest
stone arch ever constructed. Stated
exactly, the new bridge has span
of 80 m. 1882 feet). 1t is constructed
Of stone masonry throughout and the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
Since there is nothing mysteriousl:

Since there is nothing mysteriously
sacred in the number twelve, and no
reason why one more or one less
would arrive at verdict in any way
less satisfactory than that which
would be reached by twelve, 1t seems
strange to the New York Times that
we go on in the old way.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26

+ 1T seems that breach of promise
Butts are not the only baneful results
following the pernicious practice OF
writing and not burning letters, la
ments the Atlanta Constitution.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26

! Toronto manufacturers have 1t in
mind to put 81 100000 into the erec-
zion of cottages, and to sell these to
their workmen on easy terms. There
has been talk in Toronto of the city
itself providing houses for the work
an
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26

t. High priced railroad men come
cheaper than accidents and damages.
lit lie by no means certain, observes the
Philadelphia Press, but this is not
case where more is needed than dam
ages - proceedings that will bring
home more serious responsibility.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26

j. The Atchison Globe cynically OBJ
serves: There has been lot of diff
ferent ones, but you probably haven't
seen picture of Little Evelyn wash
ing the supper dishes or doing any
thing sensible.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
Has a New Safety Lifeboat.

George D. Ditton, of Lanoka, has
been granted letters patent on ar
unsuitable, unfillable, self-rightine
lifeboat, to be propelled by motor OF
sail power, which will probably reyo,
lutionize the lifeboat service.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26

Japan is kept busy these days de-
nying that she has any intention Of
making a noise like yellow peril,
notes the Washington Post.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26

George f. MID salleton, of Atlantic
Highlands, who it was alleged was
concerned in the conspiracy case ir
which Caleb Butterworth, of Camden
was the plaintiff.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
r. Hall Game wants the s'barnacles'
rubbed off Shakespeare. .ysN

Railroads are becoming the prime
factor in American race suicide, AYERS
the New York American.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
suIphur yellow the Coming color.

The Diapers Record, of Londona
announces that sulphur yellow will
pc the popular shade in 1907 both
Tor women's dresses and house dect
orations. 1t already has a vogue id
Paris. and London is following. i
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
Accuse Constable Of Extortion.

The arrest at Atlantic City of Geo.
Bisand, negro constable, charged
with extortion of "a from a poor
woman, whom he is alleged to have
threatened with arrest, has unearthed
what the police believe is another
conspiracy of negroes occupying these
petty county positions, to mulch ig-
norant victims. Justice of the Peace
w. G. Roberts, already under indict-
ment for illegal practices, was
charged by Bisand with having di-
fected him to collect the costs.
The Rev. DIR. Middleton Exonerated.
The New Jersey Methodist Episco.
pal Conference at Red Bank dis
missed the charges against the Rev,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-09
UTILIZING POWER OF TIDES.
Difficulties In Way Of Project Will All
Be Overcome.

The difficulties of concentrating It'd
al power and making it available are
great and SO far 1t has been used only
on a small scale and in a primitive
way. but the near future will probably
see great electric generating plants
established at favorable localities
where the tides run high and there are
natural storage basins. Some months
ago plan was worked out for utiliz-
ing the ebb and flow of the River
Seine. Assuming that tidal embank-
ments were needed for guiding the
channel through the estuary 1t was
proposed that these be connected to
the shore on either side SO as to form
two large reservoirs. each of which
should be divided into a high water
basin and low water basin.
the discharge from one to the
other to drive turbines. The available
tide Is about 10 feet. Each reservoir
would have an area of about $500
acres. and 1t was estimated that about
6.O0O-horsepower would be given of
during the six hours OF the rising tide
The cost Of division dams, turbines
and other works was placed at $780,
600. From this the annual cost of each
horsepower was computed at $500, in
cluding land rent and interest at 10
per cent, but this would rise to more
than $4,000 II the channel walls were
to form part Of the expense.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-09
Education,

Intelligence is the distinguishing
mark between the savage and civ
ilized man. Education is one OF the
greatest of Gods blessings. and ig-
norance a curse. In America there ex-
lists no valid reason why every man,
woman and child of normal brain
should not have an education. There
Is no phase OF life where knowledge
is not necessary. In the most progress
sive communities is where the supe-
rior schools are found. Help along
your town and help along education
in general. By affording your chill
dren a chance for a good education,
you offer them riches that cannot be
destroyed; 1t is ready cash in hand.
assets that one cannot be robbed O.
only by act Of Providence.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-09
TO the FARMgR-Oor.
His chaness Are Best in His Homo
Town Rather Than in the Big City.

My boy. the farm is all right Some
times you may feel that its environs
are too narrow for you. its life too
much Of = humdrum, and that you
would prefer to be one OF the residents
Of the big city or town. There have
been hundreds and thousands Of 9TH
ers Just like you. and with Just such
ideas. They have started from the
farm buoyant with hope. and after
years have regretted their youthful
resolutions. Others have succeeded:
have won laurels in the professional
field. in business. in statesmanship:
but the few who have succeeded thus
are SO small in number compared to
the army Of failures that there 10 lit
tie encouragement for the careful
thinker to leave that which promises
for a life time. The farmer is surely
the most Independent OF all workers.
He is sure to receive a greater re-
ward for his labors, is his own man.
ager. and II he will strive diligently
can aspire to a place in the public es-
innate that few can attain in the large
towns.
OF course there are times when you
think there is almost an unbearable
dullness about existence on the farm.
We're you a resident OF the city, there
would be times when you would long
for the quietness and the pleasure that
the farm affords. Hours Of work may
be long riding the plow, or harvesting
the grain. but far superior is the work
than that the great majority Of the
city youths are compelled to follow,
and how much greater the compensa-
ton? How would you like to stand
behind the dry goods or grocery coun-
ter from morning to night for the
small wages that the city clerk re-
ceives? Year after year the laborer
lives in cheap boarding houses and
rarely save sufficient to engage in
business. His is mere subsistence,
and a constant struggle. The best
years Of life are wasted in making
money for others, while the indus
trious farmer is working for himself,
saving money year after year, and
when the time for rest comes 1t en-
ables him to take it.
Cities are overcrowded with clerk
help. An advertisement inserted in
any daily paper for a clerk to fill any
position will bring hundreds of re-
sponses. The array of unemployed
and those seeking to better their con
ditions is always large. OF late years
a large element of workers from cit
les are looking toward the farms for
employment. They realize that the
farm offers more permanency of occu-
patton and greater independence than
like efforts in the city can possibly
afford. Before you concentrate your
attention on employment in city or
town, weigh every matter well, and
then act according to what reason die
tates. You will be very likely to con-
clude that the farm is good enough
place for you, and that your own lit
tie home town is preferable to the
over-crowded city. Remember that
your greatest interests center in
what you call your home town" Do
all you can to assist in It's improve
ment, and make it better business
place d. NJ. CARR.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-09
Home Trade Idea Not New.

Day after day the people are awak
ening to the fact that the only way
the evils OF trusts can be combatted
is by an adherence to the home trade
doctrine. 1t is nothing new. 1t was
the sentiment that prompted the
founders OF our government to sound
the clarion OF Liberty from the sum-
nit Of Bunker Hill. Then. it was the
forcing of q people dependent on an
other government to pay an unjust
tribute for necessaries Of life. To-
day 1t is one class OF people of ma
ton, and the greatest nation on earth.
to compel the other classes to pay un-
just tribute in a commercial way. The
wrong was righted by blood in the
first case; the wrong can be fghted
in the present case by the people with
out resorting to serious trouble, by
merely exercising their prerogatives
and the means that lie in their power
to prevent the concentration of great
wealth In the big financial centers by
keeping their surplus earnings at
home. 1t Is the draining the dollars
from the country to the large cities
that assist In building up the great
combines. the great trusts. which are
manipulated to the deteriment of the
people Of the country at large. 1t
does not require special legislation for
the farmer to buy -four made In his
home mill: to use other products made
in his county or state, or to patronize
the merchants OF his home town.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-09

upon Miss Chartris, who cries nervous
ly: What are you jumping on me
for? l was only keeping Marina's S
handbag and umbrella, and Edwin's
canes and rug. and looked round and
she'd got 1t in the neck!"
Not dagger" shudders Enid. But
a hasty inspection Of Marina's white
throat relieving her, Miss Anstruther
cries: Maud, how dare you use such
ambiguous Americanisms! What has
she got?"
How do know" pouts Maud, ag-
gressively. She was too groggy to
speak"
TT can't be paralysis!" shudders the
groom, trying in vain to revive Ma
rina.
Not a Bit" answers Barnes, after
hasty examination.
DO you think we dare put her on
the train" queries Edwin, anxiously.
"As a friend, l would say we must
get her away, but" The American
pauses.
Mercy! You have some news from
Ajaccio?" Enid breaks in, trembling.
NO more news, only 1t is wise to be
moving on. But" Burton feels the
fiuttering pulse of the bride, but as a
doctor, my opinion is she must remain
here for a few hours at least. I'll get
a carriage. Here. Tompson," he says
to the maid who had followed him
from the crowd In the depot, help your
mistress with the grips!"
ha No
outside the station. and Maud follow
ing, says: Take her to the Grand,
our hotel. Mas got lovely rooms
there"
'Yes, it's only q short distance" re-
marks Barnes, "and we can make your
wife comfortable at once"
The whole party soon reach the
Grand hotel on the Rue Noailles. Here
they are received with mixed exclama-
tions OF surprise and delight and then
concern by Lady Chartris. Marina
was well, you say, only few minutes
ago and tainted at the railroad station.
What produced it," cries the English
matron, after the young Corsican lady
has been taken to bedroom and a
well-recommended physician sent for,
Enid staying by the patient until his
arrival.
Mr. Barnes doesn't deem 1t wise to
go into details with Lady Chartris.
You had better descend and make
yourself comfortable in the cafe. Ed
win," he suggests. Young husbands
are too nervous when their wives are
sick"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-09

Mrs. Ellen Nagle, 4l4 4th street, Green
Bay, Wis, writes:
II have often heard Peruna praised
and it is more widely known here than
any other medicine, but l never knew
what splendid medicine it really was
until a few weeks ago when l caught a
bad cold which sett led all over me.
THE doctor wanted to prescribe, but
/ told him ! was going to try Peruna
and sent for bottle and tried it.
Il felt much better the next morning
and within five days l had not trace
of any lameness or any cough.
81 consider IL the finest cough rem.
edy."
PERuNA TABLETs:-Some people pre-
fer to take tablets. rather than to take
medicine in a fluid form. Such people
can obtain Peruna tablets, which repre-
sent the solid medicinal ingredients OF
Peruua.