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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-17
LODGE NOTES.

George Washington Council, No.
359, Knights of Columbus has elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: Grand knight, Eugene S. Burke !;
past grand knight, Jerry q. White !;
recording secretary, John p. Lyons !;
financial secretary, Angus Grant !;
treasurer, Joseph f. Burke: chancel-
lor, Richard f. Dempsey; advocate.
Christopher Z. Gallagher; warden,
Thomas Moreland custodian, Michael
| j. Boston; lecturer, James j. Lyons !:
organist, DR.. Ray Welsh delegate,
Thomas E Macksey alternate, Joseph
f. Burke; trustees, James w. Russell,
John j. yorholz, Felix w. Mullen T;
inside guard, Patrick Kelley; outside
guard, William Morrison.
The women's branch of the Cath
Ole Benevolent Legion has elected
officers for the ensuing year: Past
president, Mrs. Bartholomew Demp-
sey !; president, Miss Kate Rutledge /;
first vice president, Mrs. Margaret D.
VAIL; second vice-president, Mrs
Bridget Garrity recorder, Mrs, Marie
t. Hillock assistant recorder, Mrs.
Margaret Halpin; financial secretary,
Miss Anna B, Hillock treasurer, Mrs.
Mary G. Lanergan; marshal, Miss M.
A. Rutledge guard, Miss Minnie Cur
ley trustees, Mrs. Catherine Whelan,
Miss Rose Cullen, Miss Rose Mansfield.
Watnong Council, Loyal Additional
Benefit Association has elected the
following officers; Councillor, Robert
Hipson vice-councilor, G. r. Shelley ;
past councillor. George r. Crater; ora
tor, r. Cronshey; chaplain, Joseph
Ambrose; recorder, +. Schraudenbach;
collector, r. f. Sands; treasurer, + B.
Cobbett marshal, V. e. Boell; guar
dian, j. K. Boniface sentinel, e. Ell.
Payie trustees ahlon Pitney, Irv-
ing e. Salmon and Fl. NJ. Smith (; dele
gate to grand council, G, r. Crater +;
alternate, @. r. Slater.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-17
Presbytery OF Morris and orange.

A special meeting of the Presbytery
Of Morris & Orange will be held ia the
South Street Presbyterian Church
this Tuesday afternoon at half-pasu
three, for the purpose Of receiving the
Rev. Alexander MacColl from the
Manhattan Association Of Congrega-
tional Ministers and to arrange for his
installation as pastor Of the South
Street Church at some later date.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-17
Wounds d Rarbed wiz.

Wounds caused by barbed wire may
be healed rapidly by applying equal
parts iodoform and boric acid to sore
twice a day Give three drains fluid
extract sarsaparilla in feed twice a
day.
When the $4,000 collection Of brlc-a-
brac picked up BY Miss Lillian Russell
was put up at auction a number Of
New York dealers let 1t be publicly
known that they had made purchases
of articles that would be for sale again.
Since then they have been driving
quite sale Of goods affirmed to be
''from Miss Russelps collection A
curio hunter who. travels among these
shops considerably declares that it re-
minds him Of the widows cruise of
oil THE more sales are made" he
says. "the larger grows the supply.
Miss Russell must have lived In a
warehouse to hold them ALL"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-17
churnina Hints.

Very rich cream is likely to paste OF
thicken in the churn so that concus.
sion ceases. Add enough water of the
same temperature as the cream to di
lutte it so that it will drop.
Cream that contains too much skim
milk and is too old will foam Never
add hot water to the cream. 1t should
be taken from she churn and heated
by placing the pan in pan of hot
water and stirring until the desired
temperature is reached.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-17
Remedy For Grease Heel.

This remedy is suggested for grease
heel: Apply peroxide hydrogen to sores
twice day. Also apply one part car
bolic acid in thirty parts water. Keep
the legs dry and clean. Feed very lit
tie grain and give one-half ounce pow
dered nitrate potash in feed twice a
day for ek.-Chieago Inter Ocean.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-17

Refere and umpire-B. D. Brink
Time-keeper- A. Harrington. Score
keeper-A. Van VOORHEES,. Score
First half. Madison II, Morristown s..
Score, second half, Madison Is, Morris
town 10. Total score, Madison 43,
Morristown Is.
The monthly members meeting was
held on Friday evening with Joseph
Lorraine as the entertainer. There
were about sixty members in attend
ance and a number of speeches were
made.
Miss Lillian Leighton Samson will be
the entertainer at the annual New
Years gathering at the Y. NJ. G. A
She will present selections from Chas.
Kleins Lion and the Mouse"
The directors of the Young Mems
Christian Association on Tuesday
evening elected Frank e. Suits presi-
dent for the remainder of the Associa-
ton year.
The speaker at the mems meeting
on Sunday afternoon will be Rev. T.
B Ironside. F. w. Coriell will be the
leader.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-17
NoduIar Disease In Sheer.

Nodular diseases in sheep may be
overcome with this treatment: Pow
dered sulphate iron, ginger gentian
and charcoal, equal parts by weight.
a teaspoonEnl will be dose enough for
three or fGrx sheep. and it should be
fed to then E.giee day
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-17

The following from the BernardsyilIe
News might apply to Morristown 1T
was dolorously remarked a few days
since, l wish we were as near having
a trolley line from Morristown to Tren-
ton, via Far Hills, Somerville and
Kingston, as we appeared to be about
two years since. If, as intimated, the
realization of this dream is farther of
than it was two years ago, il is some
thing TO be ashamed Of Other com
munities, even in the sparsely settled
portions of Pennsylvania and other
states, when once they decide that a
trolley line is desirable. simply rise up
and build one. That such is needed TO
reach the county seat from this i'm
portant section Of Somerset will, we
think, be granted without argument
Then why not built one? Or are we
waiting for some one to do it for us F? 2
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-17
Care Of the Horse.

If ever your horse needs careful
treatment, 1t Is after you have driven
him fast to get in out of a storm
First wipe him off as dry as you can
with cloth or clean straw, then
blanket him lightly. A little later put
ON a heavier blanket and ay Did drafts
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-17

The Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany has sold to a syndicate Of Man
hattano operators 222 acres of land at
Murray Hill. The property has a large
frontage on Union Boulevard, and is
interested by the Passalc 4 Delaware
Railroad The property will be de-
yeloped.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-17

POTTER Thursday, Dec. II, 1907,
at Somerville, n j., Sarah H., wild
ow of the late Jonathan d. Potter,
in the 10th year Of her age.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-17
Y. M. c. A. NOTES.

The Y. M. G. A. basket-b ball team
was defeated at Madison on Friday
evening by the score of 43 to Is. The
lineup was as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14
Hack Fares and Electricity.

"If the Moore ordinance proposing a more than double increase in the price of passenger and baggage transfer. in this city Is ever adopted 1t is going to prove bonanza stroke in favor of the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power com pany," said a man who watches public movements.
 If you have noticed the policy of that excellently managed company he add ed. you certainly know that it takes care of every opportunity presented for doing business. It's passenger rates is only D cents anywhere in the city limits and it's lines now extend in every direction to and from each of the railroad stations Watch the company provide fully for baggage handling and you will see that the hack man and the transfer wagon will be knocked into smithereens
 However, I think Alderman Moore was joking when he introduced that ordi- nance, just as was Alderman Greener on the temperance proposition. Let's walt and see."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14
Currency 10 Move Crops

About August 20 the New York banks begin to expect the tide of money to turn from their vaults to- wards the harvesting centers. And the burning question in New York at present Is, can the banks supply money for moving crops without contracting loans at home?
 The west needs during the shipping season from s25 5,0OO,O0O to $S5,O00,0 900 of money drawn from New York. The wheat-crop movement comes first, fol- lowed soon afterwards by demands on account of the corn crop And then comes the cotton crop, and all these demands are additional to the ship ment to Europe of s3O,OoO,O 900 in gold and the giving up of s30 0,o0o gov i ernment deposits.
 But while money this fall in New York will be active, yet no serious trouble is anticipated by leading bank CTS, because Wall street Is borrowing less money than 1t did one year ago, and because there Is slowing down" in some branches of business. Bor- rowers are confining their requests to actual needs. There will therefore be money enough to meet the demands of actual business, but notSenough to encourage and promote speculation. If the banks refuse to get behing stock exchange rises there will be none of them, and it is better for all concerned that there should be none this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14
Increased Hack Rates.

"The criticism of the ordinance in- creasing the hack rate from 25 cents to 50 cents is rather amusing to an outsider said a railroad man last night, who trav els far and wide. Birmingham Is the only city of It's size of which I have any knowledge, where this % cent rate still obtains. Dallas Texas recently adopted the 5o-cent fare and the result is to be seen In the disappearance of ramshacille vehicles, which masqueraded as cabs and a general improvement in hack service. If the pending ordinance Is passed l pre- dict that it will soon establish itself in public favor. People who use hacks are as a rule not affected by small in crease in expense, but they do insist upon proper appearances. cleanliness and com fort The new rate would encourage liv- erymen and others operating hacks to make their turnouts smarter and more attractive. and Birmingham would be the gainer thereby in the estimation of eul- tured visitors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14
NERVES IN THE NAVY.
the London Express.

From the London Express.
 In consequence of reports having been made to the admiralty of seamen in some of His Majesty's ships having re- fused to go aloft in rough weather, 1t has been decided to reinstate the old mast and sail" system of instruction in the harbor training ships,
 This system was abolished about seven years ago, and with it went the old crui- ser squadron, consisting of fully rigged steamships. in which youths were sent to see before being passed out into the ships in the first line. The sailing brigs Nautills and Liberty were also disman- tied
 In the place of this system new one was introduced by which boys were first sent to sea in the ships of the partic- ular service squadron, consisting of first class armored cruisers Sail drill, run ming aioft and such things were consigned to the limbo of the past as having ID place in an age of steam and steel.
 The objections of many distinguished naval officers were right and the obso- lete mast and sail'' drill is to be rein stated. We have been training our seamen in barracks for good many years now, but a fully rigged mast is to be erected in the grounds of the Shotley establish ment, to be followed. 1t is believed, by a similar modification In the training of vnnths whan they pass out to sea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14
Alabama and New York

In the past six months of the pres ent calendar year Alabama made S61,- I'll tons of pig iron, and New York made S59,125 tons. It Is a neck-and- neck race, and if New York wins, Ala bama will have to accept fifth place. This district has long been fourth to Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois, but New York Is endeavoring to crowd us out of fourth place.
 The trouble Is, the southern ore fields are tagging. Out of twenty-nine furnaces in course of construction and thirteen more projected only one is located in Alabama and one in Vir- ginia. The north is outdoing us, al though we have in this district ore, fuel and Aux within the sound of one whistle.
 Unusually the production of pig iron is doubled every ten years, but the indications are that the country will make in 1907 twice as much iron as it made in 1900. But Alabama is not keeping step with the rest of tho country. for in 1900 this district made 1,1s4,337 tons of pig iron. and this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14
Pacific Caalinn Stations

A sailing ship left Baltimore with 30Oo tons of coal for San Francesca and arrived In Melbourne, Australia This coal was intended to provide tuel for the fleet of battleships which is heinz sent to the Pacific, and now 1t seems the fleet will share similar fate to that which befell the dog when Mother Hubbard went to the cup beard.
 This event should stir up the gov ernment to lend every effort towards the speedy completion of the Panama canal. regardless of cost. Unless there are coaling stations on the Pacific to meet the demands of a fleet of battle snlps it would be far better to keep the fleet where it it is, and coaiing stations without coal, or dependant on their supply from sailing ships which land their cargoes in the antipodes instead of the port to which they were consigned. are sources of weak ness rather than strength. If the neu- trality laws which went into effect during the Russo-Japan war were to be strictly applied in the case of an American fleet going from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the fate of Rojestven- sky would be certain to attend Bop Evans.
 Another point to be remembered is that England and Japan are allies, and that it is most unlikely the English government would permit English ship owners to charter their vessels to carry coal to the Pacific stations for the use of the American fleet.
 With these two objects in mind It becomes imperative for the United States to provide her own transports and the shortest route by which those transports can reach the points to
 
 which they are consigned. The canal would not alone be the shortest but also the quickest route and should therefore be rushed to a finish, and, since ship subsidy does not meet with popular favor, the government should either build its own transports or else allow the purchase of foreign-built ships. If the truth were known, it might safely be said that Japan's ob- lection to the presence of the Ameri- can fleet in the Pacific completely vanished when she learned of the scarcity of coal and the. difficulty of procuring it in that part of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14
TIME AND LOVE.

By William Shakespeare
 l. When I have seen by Times fell hand
 defaced The rich proud cost fo out-worn huriad When sometime lofty towers I see down.
 razed And brass eternal slave to mortal rage: When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore. And the firm soil win of the watry main Increasing store with loss and loss with
 store; When have seen such interchange of
 state. o rstate itself confounded to decay, Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate- That Time will come and take my Love
 away: This though is as a death. which cannot
 choose But weep to have that which it fears ta
 lose. Since brass. nor stone. nor earth, nor
 boundless sea, But sad mortality o'ersways their power, Hoy with this raS shall beauty hold
 plea, Whose action is no stronger than a
 flower? O how shall summers honey breath hold
 out Against the wreckful siege of battering
 days, When rocks impregnable are not so stout Nor gates of steel so strong, but time
 decays? O fearful meditation, where, alackl Shall Times best jewel from Times chest
 lie hid? Or what strong hand can hold his swift
 foot back, Or wno his spoil of beauty can forbid? O. none. unless this miracle have might, That In black ink my love may still shine
 bright.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14

world are being turned, and from these rich beds of iron and coal must be drawn in large measures supplies 10 meet the great and growing demands of the commercial world.
 There is only one thing lacking to bring about an immediate consumma- ton of the happy conditions hoped for and certain to come to this section, and that is labor. The field is here, but the laborers are too few. The farms, the furnaces, the mills and the mines are calling loudly for labor, and the only solution is the encourage ment of immigration. The call for help" all along the line is loud and persistent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14
Weeds on Sidewalks.

Some of the sidewaNs of the city which are paved with brick or cement, are so overgrown with weeds as not to allow two pedestrians to pass each other with care" said an observant woman whose skirts were stained by the juice of the plants land I wonder whose business it Is to cut these weeds.
 "If the sidewalks are public property, though paved at the cost of the abutting owner 1t seems to me that tho city should cut the weeds. or if the sidewalks belong to tho property which they front, then the owner occupant should do the work. Certain it Is that somebody should keep the sidewalks open, else we should quit boosting of metropolitan importance and not talk so much about cutting weeds on private lots"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14
Rubbernecks and stumblers.

Had you noticed how much in evi- dence is the 'rubber-neck' fellow in Blrm- ingham?" asked an observant man who generally walks rather than rides.
 He is a nuisance; f1e turns and looks al pretty women, their hat plumes, dresses and handsome carriage and when he does he runs sideways or backward against innocent male and female pedes- trians. I would like to annihilate the rubber-neck fellow, but see no way to do so In the first place woman dress handsomely to attract attention, and in the next place, 1t Is Just natural to look at them forward, backward, sideways or otherwise, but the poor unobservant fel- low who is walking the same way is apt to stumble against the rubber-neck fel- low who looks backward, and especially must he keep his eyes open in Birmins- ham, where female beauty is so much In evidence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14
ORIGINAL HucKLEBERRY FINN.
Frank F. Was a Real Boy and Is Still
 Alive, Says Mark Twain.

From the North American Review
 For thirty years I have received an average of a dozen letters a year from strangers who remember me, or whose fathers remember me as a boy and young man. But these letters are almost always disappointing. 1 have not known these strangers nor their fathers. I have not heard of the names they mention; the "reminiscences to which they call at tention have had no part in my exper- fence; all of which means that these strangers have been mistaking me for somebody else. But at last I have the refreshment, this morning of a letter from a man who deals in names that were familiar to me in my boyhood The writer incloses newspaper clipping which has been wandering through the press for four or five weeks, and he wants to know if Captain Tonkray, lately de- ceased, was Gas stated In the clipping), the original "Huckleberry Finn"
 l have replied that "Huckleberry Finn" was Frank P As this inquirer evidently knew the Hannibal of the forties he will easily recall Frank. Franks father was at one time Town Drunkard an exceed ingly well-defined and unofficial office of those days. He succeeded General Gaines, and for time he was sole and only incumbent of the office but after ward Jimmy Finn proved competency and disputed the place with him, so we had two twon drunkards at one time and 1t made much trouble in that vil- lage IS Christendom experienced in the fourteenth century when there were two Popes at the same time.
 In "Huckleberry Finn" I have drawn Frank exactly as he was. He was ignor- ant, unwashed insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had His liberties were totally unrestrict- ed. He was the only really independent person-boy or man--in the community, and by consequence he was tranquilly and continuously happy and was vied by all the rest of us We liked him; we enjoyed his society And as his society was forbidden us by our parents, the prohibition trebed and quadrupe1 It's value, and therefore we sought and got more of his society than oy any other boys. 1 heard, four years ago, that he was justice of the peace in remote vil- lage In the state of ---, and was a good citizen and was greatly respected.
 During Jimmy Finns term he (Jimmy), was not exclusive; he was not f1nical; he was not hypocritical he was largely and handsomely democratic-and slept in the deswerted lanyard with the hogs My father tried to reform him once, but he did not succeed. My father was not a professional reformer. In him the spirit of reform was spasmodc. It only broke out now and then, with considerable in tervals between. Once he tried to reform Iniun Joe. That also was a failure, and we boys were glad. For Injun Joe, drunk, was interesting and a benefaction to us, but Injun Joe, sober was dreary spec tacle. We watched my fathers experi- ments upon him with a good deal of anxiety, but 1t came out all right and we were satisfied. Injun Joe got drunk oftener than before. and became intoler- ably interesting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Elections Galore.

Do you know that this goodly year 1907 lacks much of being an off year in poltics?' said a public man. We have already had two elections this year in Birmingham-a city election and a court house bond election; and it looks like we are to have three more to wit: The Greater Birmingham proposition, the constitutional amendment proposition and the prohibition fight.
 This makes five election days in 1907 and all within few months. These are busy months too, and the business pub lie can ill-afford to give much time to either of the matters However, l re- gard the Greater Birmingham proposi- ton the most important to be submit- ted, and if the elections to come be on separate dates you will find that most concern will center upon this latter pro- position'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14
Present and Future

There is folly in the pessimistic Idea or prediction that business is on the decline, when it Is shown that the railroads of this country are hauling more freight than they did year ago; that the people are buying more, and the mills and mines are producing more.
 In the United States the home de- mand is enormous. This country pro- ruces 40 per cent of the worlds iron and 42 per cent of it's steel, but this does not meet the home demand. There was $740,000000 of manufac- lures exported last fiscal year, of which iron and steel furnished con siderable part, and not withstanding the expansion in the number and the capacity of the iron and steel works of the country they are unable to sup ply all the orders which they receive, and foreign furnaces and mills are De- Ing drawn upon, thus establishing large import list of these goods.
 Not many years ago the United States was third or fourth In the list in coal, iron and steel production, while today we are in the lead.
 The aggregate value of the agricul- tural products of this country in 1906 was nearly s7,0O0,0 0,0o0,OO0, which was ahead O, any two countries in the world.
 These facts and figures speak most encouragingly for the future of our entire country, but especially for the Birmingham district and for real Greater Birmingham" for 1t is this section to which the eyes of the finan- rial. manufacturing and consuming