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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-25

threats that the jury withdrew and
soon returned with verdict OF
guilty.
back to Jail, and on July following
she was led in chains down the isle
of the First Church of Salem, and
was solemnly communicated from
the Church of which she had been a
faithful member. On July 10 she
was led out to Gallows Hill, in Sa-
lem, and hanged as a witch, amid
the hootings and excavations of the
crowd that had assembled to wit
ness the aged and infirm woman die
for crimes it was impossible that she
or any one else could have commit
ted
Hundreds and thousands of stran-
gers have visited the old Nourse
house, but. it was not until the year
1885 that anything was done to place
permanent mark on the spot. Then
the Nourse Monument Association
erected a monument to the memory
Of Rebecca Nourse on the old home
stead, and now the Danvers Histori-
cal Society purposes to buy the old
house to use it as a home for the
society.
The house stands short distance
from Salem's famous Witch Hill. 1t
is on this hill that eight supposed
witches were executed at one time,
and the Rev. Nicholas Noyes said, as
the poor creatures hung in the air.
What sad thing it is to see eight
firebrands of hell hanging there!"
The Rev. Nicholas seems to have
enjoyed the spectacle, and when he
twitted one of the women with being
a witch she turned on him and said,
with pardonable fury:
"You are a liar! am no more
witch than you are wizard; and if
you take away my life God will give
you blood to drink"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-25
Concrete Telegraph Poles.

Concrete has been used to make
fence posts for several years, and is
now being employed experimentally
In the production of telegraph poles.
After few years service these may
develop faults which have not been
forcseen, but a tendency to rot will
certainly not be one of them. The
trial is being made on the Pennsyl-
vania Railway near Naples, Ind, on
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chi
cago division. A mile of track is
equipped with the new poles, which
are from twenty-five to thirty-four
feet in length. They are eight inches
square at the bottom and six inches
square at the top, but the edges are
chamfered, so that the poles seem to
be octagonal in section Half-inch
wires, running lengthwise, reinforce
the concrete. The poles were set last
autumn, and seem to have stood the
winter well. They rest in a founda-
ton of pounded stone, and reach
down four feet from the surface. 1t
is reported that several trolley COM
panies in the West have considered
the propriety of using similar poles
to carry their wires.
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Side Lines For Farmers.

A Chester, Mass, letter says that
che witchhazel industry has been
active. Farmers of that section sup
ply a local mill with hundreds of
tons of the brush, which grows fast
and returns SO to SO a ton. Last
years crop produced $50 barrels of
extract. Another use for former
waste is in distilling from black
birch brush substitute for oil of
wintergreen. For this the mills pays
$3.50 a ton, and last season used
1858 tons of brush, obtaining nearly
5000 lb. of oil, which sells to drug
gists and confectioners for So a
pound. Aside from being a substi-
tute for wintergreen, it is used in
rheumatic medicines, birch beer, and
as fayoring for mineral water. The
mill has material usually to keep it
running till June. Another oil which
is being developed is distilled from
the ferns which grow in abundance
on the hills. The properties are sim
liar to those of witchhazel, with a
pleasanter odor. 1t is called Fernia.
The Country Gentleman.
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DOCTORS FOOD TALK.
Selection of Food One of the Most
Important Acts in Life.

A Mass. doctor says: "Our health
and physical and mental happiness
are so largely under our personal con.
troll that the proper selection of food
should be and is one Of the most i'm.
portant acts in life.
"On this subject, | may say that /
know of no food equal in digestibility
and more powerful in point OF nutri-
ment than the modern Grape-Nuts,
four heaping teaspoons of which is
sufficient for the cereal part of a
meal, and experience demonstrates
that the user is perfectly nourished
from one meal to another.
II am convinced that the extensive
and general use of high class foods OF
this character would increase the
term Of human life, add to the sum
total of happiness and very consider
ably improve soSiety in general.
am free to mention the food, for
personally know of its value"
Grape-Nuts food can be used by
babes in arms or adults. 1t is ready
cooked, can be served instantly, either
cold with cream, or with hot water or
hot milk poured over. All sorts of
buildings and fancy dishes can be
made with Grape-Nuts. The food is
concentrated and very economical, for
four heaping teaspoons are sufficient
for the cereal part of meal Read
the little book, ''The Road to Well
yille," in pkgs. There's a Reason.
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fS'-Tl1nSily2' s. N
AElI1NgNaSaa2sS

Currant jelly is excellent for serv-
ing with ham.
Sharpen all kinds of fish sauce
with lemon juice.
Grape juice gives delicious favor
ing to mince pies.
A dash of black pepper greatly i'm
proves vanilla ice cream
Fresh or picked fennel are used
for garnishing mackerel or salmon.
Bean soup is much improved by
adding little mace just before sery-
ing.
When making corn bisque, use
cayenne with little sugar for sea-
soning.
Never put salt into soup when
cooking it until it is skinned, as salt
prevents the scum from rising.
Grass stains may be removed by
dipping them in molasses and then
washing this out with clean water
To improve sweetbreads and give a
fine flavor, soak them in mild
lemon juice water one hour, then
boil in beef stock twenty minutes.
Carrots should be cut in slices in
stead of cubes, because the outside
darker part is richer and better, and
if cut in slices it is more equally dis
tributed
When oil or grease is spilled upon
hn eIa Nc Il ak0Jx
covered with cornmeal and it will be
absorbed without leaving the usual
unsightly stain.
Some women say that lump of
orris root dropped into the boiler
On washday leaves pleasant fra
GRANGE with the clothes even after
they have been ironed.
When boiling ham, put in cup of
black molasses, one onion, a few
cloves and peppercorns5 adding a
small bunch of clean hay; it seasons
finely. Let the ham cool in the
water in which it is cooked.
If you have never known the
hardness of carpet needle, get one
forthwith In mending rips and
darning threadbare places in the car
pet it is worth its weight in gold.
Any one who has had this disagree
able task to do knows how hard is it's
performance with an ordinary darn
ing needle.
In order to keep the odor of cauli-
flower, turnips and cabbage from per-
meating the house, lay cloth over
the top of the pot in which they are
boiled and then sprinkle little salt
over the cloth. This is a simple
remedy and is said to be effective
Kitchen Helps.
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BEEF HEART PoTTEn.

Beef heart is quite an inexpensive
meat and proves quite a delicious
change from the regular bill of fare
when properly cooked and served oc-
casionally. Wash the beef heart and
remove the tough membrane, then
sprinkle with salt and pepper. Into
pot large enough to hold the heart
put one-quarter of a pound of Harding
pork and fry it until the grease is
well extracted and the pork is brown.
Dredge the heart with -four, put it
into the hot fat, turning it over sew
eral times until quantity of the fat
has been absorbed Now put into
the pot one cupful of boiling water,
one onion, sliced; one sliced carrot,
sprig of parsley and two cloves;
cover closely and let it cook slowly
for three hours. Serve on hot plat
ter inside ring of riced potatoes.
For the gravy skim the top fat in
the pot and add a little hot water.
Blend two tablespoonfuls of -four, in
bowl, with cold water, pour this in
the pot little at time, stirring con-
stantly, and when the correct consist
ency, season with pepper and salt.
Strain and pass around in the gravy
boat.-American Home Monthly.
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How to Remember the coIors.

why and Wherefore answered a
query the other day about the seven
colors of the prism, or the primary
colors - violet, indigo, blue, green,
yellow. orange and red. These seven
colors are named in their prismatic
order, and the first letter of each
color spells the word "Vibgyor." This
word, apparently nonsensical, sticks
in the memory like Mark Twain's ia
nous Punch, brothers, punch with
care" and will be found valuable
aid to the memory when the subject
of the primary colors and their order
in the rainbow comes up. 1t was told
me by an old professor, when l was a
schoolboy, and / send it to you think
ing that it may be of interest to some
of your readers. Albert Collins, in
the New York American.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-25

The principal address at the recent
annual meeting of the Minnesota
Press Association in st. Paul was not
on the program. William Jennings
Bryan was in town, and, as he missed
train, had some time to spare, and
was prevailed upon to make speech
to the editors. He said in part:
Il want to say word about the
weekly newspaper; / want to make a
suggestion. Our great daily papers
are becoming more and more bust
aess enterprises and less political fac
tors. The trouble is, they are owned
mainly by rich men, and as a rule,
the men who have enough business
sense to accumulate the money re-
CURED to own one of them haven't
enough editorial ability to guide the
editorial department Hence these
papers are edited by hired men,
Such editors almost necessarily lack
the conscience and personality of the
country editor. Therefore they also
lack his influence. A country editor,
known personally to his public,
yields more influence through his
thousand subscribers than does city
editor, personally unknown, through
his 100000 subscribers. In proper
ton as we put character behind the
editorial position we shall add influ-
ence to the weekly press.
1.-THE public must place an increas-
ing reliance upon the country papers
Tor leadership in political affairs.
Each party should strengthen its
country press"
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they will not fall down and probably
go rolling in all directions. The dis
advantage of most coin holders made
Tor the purpose is the necessity of
having separate holders for each
sized coin. A California man has de-
signed coin holder which will hold
coins of any size, as shown in the il
lNtration. 1t is made of two pieces
of spring wire, bent to shape and
pivoted together
The top of one piece of wire serves
as holder for the catch on the other
piece, SO that the two sections can
be interlocked. The coins are atacked
in the holder, and the sections clasped
as stated. 1t is impossible for sin
gle coin to became loosened, nor
can any be removed without releas-
ing the clasp. The coins can also be
thus stacked in rows without fear
of being easily knocked over. Wash
ington Star.
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ality has engendered an idea that the
foreigner has SO much money that he
does not appreciate economy, and all
that can be made upon the purchases
for the house is legitimate per-
Quisite. AS marketing is considered
somewhat undignified, the servant
does most of the buying, and recent
ly servants have declined situations
in which they would not be allowed
to be the purchasing agent with
commissions on the side" The de-
mand for good foreign servants is
largely on the increase among the
richer foreigners Modern Mexico.
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Fertile England.

Save grapes, tobacco, olives, and
some other fruits, we can grow in
England all that can be grown in
France with as good certainty, and
often in better quality. From our
counties come beets that all the cat
tie breeders in the world clamor for.
Incompatible shire horses are still
bred in the Cambridgeshire centres
act up by Henry VIII. In Scotland
and all over the north are farmers
whose peculiar knowledge, extending
from tubers to trees, is, as one may
say, gift of the soul. Yet England.
which is over civilized, is not yet
half colonized. -National Review.
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Caviare Grows Bearer.

Frequenters of the principal Lon
don restaurants are not little fret
full at the sudden rise in the price of
caviare. 1t has jumped so suddenly
that the worst is feared.
Is the supply coming to an end?
they ask. The delicacy is now serv-
ing in London at twenty-five shillings
a pound, whereas at the beginning
of the war between Russia and Japan
it was only ten shillings.
The reason put forward is that as
a result of the great war the sturgeon
fishery fell into a state of compare
tive disuetude. There is apparently
no lack of sturgeon, but the fishery
has not been worked lately, so Lon.
don is crying out at the increase in
price of more than 100 per cent.
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house on the charge of being witch,
on March SO. 1892. OF course, the
poor woman protested her innocence,
but this did not keep the justice be-
fore whom she was tried in the near
by town of Salem from committing
her to the Salem JAIL This Jail is
still standing, and is now a part of
the residence of Abner Goodell, of
Salem.
Poor Rebecca Nourse remained a
prisoner in the Salem Jail, with 9TH
ers accused of witchcraft, until April
IL, when she and her unfortunate
companions were taken to Boston for
. trial. The jury brought in verdict
of not guilty, but the witchcraft de-
fusion was at fever heat at that time,
and a violent protest was made
against the verdict of the jury. The
mob in and out of the courtroom be-
came so violent and made such
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-25

To great extent che success OF
every newspaper depends upon the
reliability of it's news. Whether the
news it presents is or is not reliable
depends upon the reporter. 1t will
thus be easily conceived that in the
realm Of the press the reporter occu-
pies an important and responsible
place. Newspapers which attain
highest success are those which cover
the local field most thoroughly and
truthfully and which present the news
In the most readable manner.-H. G.
Rose, Kewanee (Ill.) Star-C Courier.
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rhe Servant Question in Mexico.

An old resident of the capital be-
means the fact that the increase Of
the foreign population has had a
tendency to render the modern Mex
lean good servant unsatisfactory. The
time was when good servant could
be procured at very cheap rate of
wages, and while the rate has in
creased, the character of the service
has decreased until it would seem
as If the higher the wages the poorer
the service. The foreigner, with un-
necessary liberality, has spoiled the
modern servant and this same liber-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-25
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
Whole Body Covered With Cuban
Itch--Cuticura Remedies Cure
at Cost of 75c.

My little boy, when only an infant Of
three months, caught the Cuban Itch.
Sores broke out from his head to the bot
tom of his feet. He would itch and claw
himself and cry all the time He could not
sleep day or night, and light dress is all
he could wear. | called one of our best
doctors to treat him, and his treatment did
mot do any good, but he seemed to get
worse. He suffered so terribly that my
husband said he believed he would have to
die. | had almost given up hope when a
lady friend told me to try the Cuticura
Remedies. / used the Cuticura Soap and
applied the Cuticura Ointment and he at
once fell into sleep, and he slept with
ease for the first time for two months
After three applications the sores began to
dry up, and in just two weeks from the
day l commenced to use the Cuticura Rem.
edies my baby was entirely well. The treat
ment only cost me &c., and l would have
gladly paid 500 if could not have got it
any cheaper. l feel safe in saying that the
Cuticura Remedies saved his life. He is
now boy of five years. Mrs. Zana Miller.
Union City, r. #. D., No. l, Branch Co.,
Mich, May II, 1902
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-25
SOFT MoLAssBs COOKIES.

Two cupfuls of molasses.
One cupful of brown sugar.
One cupful of lard.
One cupful of buttermilk.
One teaspoonful of ginger.
Two tablespoonfuls of soda
Stir these together, adding enough
flour to make astiff batter; in fact, as
stiff as possible. Let this stand over
night and in the morning roll out
in a fairly thick layer. Spread with
sugar and cut with cookie cutter.
Bake in quick oven. When baked
these should be thick, yellow and
creamy, as we'll as Of fine grain.
They are pronounced by all as de-
icious.-American Home Monthly.
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ORANGE sHERBET.

-Four cupfuls of waite, two cupfuls
of sugar, two cupfuls of orange juice,
one-fourth of cupful of lemon juice,
the grated rind Of two oranges. Make
a syrup by boiling the water and
sugar for twenty minutes, then add
fruit juice and the grated rind;
cool, strain and freeze Womans
Home Companion.
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WITCH HANGING.
Home of One of the Victims May
Change Owners.

There is not in all New England
a house having sadder associations
than those that cluster around the
old Rebecca Nourse house, in Dan
yers, Mass, twenty miles from Bos-
ton. One cannot read any extended
account of the terrible witchcraft
days in Massachusetts without find
ing some account of Rebecca Nourse,
who was taken from this house to die
because she was supposed to be a
witch.
The Nourse house is one of the old
est houses in New England. The
exact date of its erection is not
known, but it is believed that it was
built as early as the year 1886. The
builder was man named Bishop,
and he sold it to Francis Nourse. Re-
becca Nourse was the wife of Francis
Noufse She was arrested in this
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A Popular Recreation.

Where are you going, Sandy?"
said one Scotchman to another in the
story that Mr. Carnegie told at the
recent peace congress in New York.
Doom to the club said Sandy.
And wha foor?"
Just to contradeect a wee bit. -
Detroit News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-25

The English wife of a Chinese
magician" summoned him for deser-
ton. He explained that she had
grown so stout that it was now impos-
sible for him to perform his trick Of
turning her into a duck.
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Encourage Binding Erection.

Loans are freely made by the Phil
ippine Commission to the various
provinces for the erection of public
buildings on the island.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-25
G21EE51C
inStaHps

n Stamne you want
best results.
by the experience Of
all you need to know
by a man who made
Poultry, and in that
andspentmuchmoney
conduct the business
Csc in postage stamps.
andCure Disease, how
also for Market, which
ing Purposes and in
you must know on the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-25
Indian TERRITORY Condenses.

The name of Cooweescoowee Coun.
ty has been changed to Rogers. -
Kansas City Journal.
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FITS, st. Vitus' Dance, Nervous Diseases per
manently cured by DIR. Hines Great Nerve
Rcssorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
fr.KE. r. Kline, Id ,93l Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
Crime in the United States costs the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-25
Knocking the Bride.

Recipe for fruit cake that will keep
year: Let the young bride make
it.-Somerville Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-25

The well known wild beast dealer,
Herr Hagenbeck, of Stellingen, is
sending the contents of geological
garden to Pekin for the Chinese Gov
eminent. N. Y.-26
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to do it intelligently and get the
The way to do this is to profit
others. We offer a book telling
on the subject-a book written
his living for 25 years in raising
time necessarily hadtoexperiment
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to learn the best way to
for the small sum Of
Ittells you how to Detect
to Feed for Eggs, and
Fowls to Savefor Breed
deed about everything
subject to be successful.
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Coin Holder.

AS desirable as it may be, it is
nevertheless impossible to stack a
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HICKENS
EARN MONEY!


: WHETHER you raise Chickens tor tun Or pro6
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-05
a COST TO TnE GOVERNMENT

Last year congress appointed a
committee to investigate certain
standing abuses in the post office
department, especially those con
nected with the vast quantities of
second class matter, which are
carried and distributed for | cent
pound while the cost of the SER
vice is over cents a pound. The
committee has inst reported that
the task imposed upon it was great
er than it could properly discharge,
and recommends the appointment
of commission of three to get at
the facts. The postal revenue of
the country has reached $175, 00O,.
900 year and is growing faster
than at any previous time. Last
year the departments deficit was
80, 0O0,0 900 and in 1905 it was
S14, 100000. In the Judgment of
the committee the postals ystem has
become ''unwieldly," and should
be Investigated in all it branches.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-05
\ MILLION more FoR CONG eEss

Beginning with next March, the
pay of Senators and Representa-
tiyes will be S. 800 a year. This
means a total of 81 900, O0)a year,
or l cent and 4 mills per capita.
OF the retiring Senators, Berry, of
Arkansas; Patterson, of Colorado,
and Carmack voted against the in
crease, probably on the theory that
they lave been worth as much as
their successors will be. JEFF
Davis and Bob Taylor are doubt
less in position to properly appre
ciate an extra 81, 800 per annum,
but Guggenheim is Indifferent.
He gave many times that amount
for his office. Only seventy-four
of the ninety Senators voted in the
vote that settled the question of
increase of salary, fifty-three vot-
ing for and twenty-one against the
measure. OF the fifty three Sena-
tors who voted for the increase,
twenty are rated as millionaires,
and Patterson, the Colorado radical
Demo crat, is the richest man who
voted against it, The country will
not object to the increase.