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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
SWEEPING POWDER.

In sweeping room housekeepers
formerly scattered damp, spent tea
leaves on the carpet, the leaves serv-
ing to catch and hold the dust. This
Sid idea has been improved by the
ase of better and neater material
han tea leaves. A handful of dry,
brown powder is scattered on the
door, carpet or rug at one corner of
ihe room; the sweeping begins next
he wall, gradually sweeping the pow
der forward till it has been swept
over the whole surface of the room.
The powder is then gray, showing
It has gathered up a large part of the
lust. The sweepings and powder can
then be removed in tie dustpan and
thrown away in the waste barrel. Elk
periments with this powder show
that it effectually removes all dust
and leaves the carpets and rugs
bright and clean. Other experiments
were made to see if the powder in
jured the carpets, but it seemed tic
be harmless, even when left on the
carpet for twenty-four hours.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
Hog of Brilliant Color.

That really beautiful species the
Red River hog of West Africa is now
we'll represented in the zoo. In COM
mon with other juvenile wild pigs
the Red River hog is striped in the
early part of it's life When about
three months old it loses it's mark
ings and the body has spotted ap-
pearance.
The adult is one of the most bril-
liantly colored mammals in existence,
but it's bright red hue no doubt har-
monies with it's surroundings, the
soil in many parts of West Africa
being red. 1t is of an elegant shape
and with it's tufted tail and long,
pencilled ears has considerable pre-
tentions to beauty.
Though it has not the enormous
tusks found in many of the wild
swine the Red River hog is not de-
void of means of defense. It's face is
protected by hard callosities on each
side, just below the eyes, and there
is bony ridge on each side of the
upper jaw. And that these growths
are not merely ornamental is proved
by the fact that this animal can hold
it's own with the wart hog, a species
provided with formidable upturned
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
WISE WORDS.

It's long honeymoon that has no
return to sanity.
A girl is never really out of love;
she just shifts around.
If it's only stick pin it's jewels
when a woman loses it.
Money may be the root of evil, but
lack of it is the full-grown tree.
Sometimes women play cards at
card party if there is nothing to talk
about
The more man curls his mustache
the more he seems to think it takes
the place of brains.
It's mighty easy to admire a wom-
ans handsome clothes unless you
have to pay for them.
One of the most useful things
about being married is man can't
afford any bad habits.
When a man joins the church
either he thinks he's going to die or
he's going into politics.
The reason a girl can fool her
mother so easily is her mother used
10 do the same things herself.
A woman seems to be afraid that
If she wears anything on her feet
md chest she might catch cold.
A woman likes to have her hus-
band go to church, so people can say
hey know it's her good influence
You won't get popular by saying
smart things, but by laughing at
hem when somebody else says them.
There is hardly enough money in
he world to make it up to some men
for the names their parents gave
hem.
To woman it would hardly seem
like being married unless she wor-
lied over whether her husband wore
warm enough fiannels.-From RE
Hections of Bachelor" in the New
York Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
ADLER oN suRPLus wEALrH.
Evils of Child Labor Also Denounced
Before Ethical Society.

'sThe Evils of Surplus Wealth"
were discussed by Prof. Felix Adler
before the Society for Ethical Culture
at Carnegie Hall. In his address
Prof. Adler strongly condemned the
spirit of greed responsible for the
employment of child labor and the
adulteration of food The attempt
of wealthy men to obviate the evils
by disposing of their surplus wealth
through philanthropic channels DR..
Adler declared to be a failure both
individually and so far as society
was concerned. The speaker also
said that the lot of the wealth getter
was anything but an enviable one.
Child labor, DR.. Adler said, was
employed because it was cheap, and
the men employing it did not care
what the future of the child would
be-that it's physical, mental and
moral growth would be perverted
made no difference to them so long
as they got labor cheap. Utterly
mean and contemplate also were the
men who filled their neighbors with
worthless stuffs and poisons in the
adulteration of food products and
drugs, he declared. Only the vilest
of creatures could so plot against
their fellow-men, DR.. Adler said. Yet
many fortunes had been built up up
on such methods. One of the great
est existing evils, DIR. Adler eontin-
ued, was the corrupting influence of
such men upon the country's politics.
DR.. Adler then condemned the type
of men who rendered great and real
social services, but only that they
might advertise themselves; men who
made the interest of society incident
al to their own selfish purposes.
Thousands of poor persons envied the
great wealth of the few and envied
the possessors of it, and their minds
were affected by that false idea, DR..
Adler said The transmission of such
wealth to the getter's children had
proved in most instances curse, and
ruined the children physically, men
tally and morally. The wealth-getter
himself struggling after power was
anything but man to be envied.
The country seemed to be breeding
a race of "supermen" -of 500, O0O,-
900 "supermen." But" asked DIR.
Adler, is the type of race advanced?
Does it pay society for the sacrifices
in breeding them.
Some very rich men have hob
bies,' said the speaker. What right
have men to have hobbies? What
right have men, trustees of surplus
wealth, to possess capricious hob
bies? '-New York Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
The Snhtie nifference.

An earnest defender of things Irish
asserts that the traditional bull of
Ireland is not, as is commonly sup
posed, the expression of laundering
intelligence, but, on the contrary,
shows the exquisite feeling of the
Irish for the fine shades of meaning
The trouble lies in the ears that hear
it.
If we were to be killed crossing a
fence ye'd be all right" said locker
on to a fox hunter whose horse had
turned head over heels in the middle
OF level pasture. "But If We were
killed on the fiat O. tn field ye'd new
er hold up your head againi'--
Youths COMPANION
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
Has Lived 1t Down.

What is now the University
Michigan at Ann Arbor was given tho
strange title of 'Catholepistemiad in
the original charter for the institu-
ton drawn up in 1917 This bit O,
information is contained in the His
tory of the University" by the late
Professor Hinsdale
There are many other odd bits OF
information in the volume which will
come as surprise to most Michigan
men. The professorships were to be
called "didaxlim; literature was tc
be known as "anthropoglossica, and
medicine as 'iatrica." These terms
were adopted SO that they might be
"engrafted without variation into
every modern language" "They are
worse than Carnegie spelling" is
camnus cnmment.---Chicagn Post
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

difficult problem The ordinary
methods employed are slow and tedi-
Gus, and often unsuccessful. A more
up-to-date method is shown in the
illustration, the invention of a New
Jersey mechanic. He provides a
clamp which can. easily be placed in
position, and by simple method
frightened up. Encircling the column
issan iron chain, at one end of which
is! the clamp. The clamp comprises
two sections, one connected to the
chain and the other having hook,
onto which any link of the chain can
be hooked, according to the size of
the column. Connecting the two
parts of the clamp is threaded bolt
having reverse threads at each end.
1t Will be obvious that by turning
the threaded bolt the two sections of
the clamp will be brought together
until the pieces of the column are
brought tightly together.-Philade
phia Record.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
Kings Named John.

John I. of the eastern empire"
was poisoned by servant; John w.
was deposed and had his eyes put
out; John V. ruled only in name and
lived in constant dread of assassins;
John vi. was deposed and died in pri-
son. One of the Swedish Johns was
driven out of his kingdom by his sub
jects, and another was belittled and
defeated at every turn. John 1. of
France had short and disastrous
reign, and John II. was prisoner of
the English for years. A long list of
Johns have changed their titles when
taking on kingly robes because of the
superstition that 4 John" ruler can
not be otherwise than unfortunate.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
THEATRICAL MANAGERS
INDICTED IN NEW YORK
Charged With Controlling Many
Houses and Companies.
KLAW AND ERLANGER BAILED
Samuel Nixon, J. F. Zimmerman,
Marc KIaw, Abraham ErIanger,
Charles Frohman and AL Hay
man Named as Conspirators.

man Named as COnSpiratOrS.
New York City.-A blanket bill of
Indictment, charging six members of
the so-called Theatrical Trust with
conspiracy in restraint of trade, was
returned by the Grand Jury. The
theatrical managers named in the in
iictment are Samuel Nixon and ]. F.
Zimmerman, composing the firm of
Nixon & Zimmerman, of Philadelphia
and New York; Marc Klaw and Abra-
ham Erlanger, of the firm of Klaw G.
Erlanger. and Charles Frohman and
AL Hayman, all of this city.
OF these men only Messrs Klfsv
and Erlanger were in town Nixon
and Zimmerman are in Philadelphia,
and Charles Frohman and AL Hayman
are in Europe.
The indictment, filling seventy
typewriter pages, was handed up to
Judge Foster in Part l. of General
Sessions. Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger
had already been summoned by their
counsel, Alfred Lauterbach, and bail
In the amount of $1,000 each was fur
nished by big Tim Sullivan, who
gave as security the Dewey Theatre,
in East Fourteenth street, which he
said was worth 100000.
The indictment sets forth in detail
the acts of the so-called trust The
charge is that the managers have
,onspired to monopolize the theatre
,al business both as to ownership of
theatres and as to the production of
theatrical attractions. Under the
statutes, such a violation of the In
erstate law is misdemeanor
The conspiracy, it is charged, takes
the form of written agreements en-
tered into in 1896 and 1900 by the
indicted managers. By these agree
ments the several managers agree to
pool theatres and attractions and d.
vide the profits of the business. At
the time of the organization of the
so-called trust, the indictment points
out, it controlled fifty theatres
throughout the country. At the pres
emit time it absolutely controls 500
of the 600 prominent ones.
The indictment also charges that
by means of the combination, the
managers have coerced actors, play
wrights and owners, and have com
PEELED owners of many theatres to
give the syndicate exclusive control
Of the bookings of their theatres, in
payment for which the syndicate has
extorted from twenty-five to fifty per
cent. of the profits of the houses
AS an instance of the methods of
the syndicate. the case of Sarah Bern
hardt is cited. In her last tour of
this country, in 1905, permission was
refused her to play in syndicate
houses, for the reason that she was
appearing under the direction of
rival firm of managers. In her tour
Nine. Bernhard played only in in
dependent houses, and was frequent
ly forced to appear under tents.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
Feminine Notes.

Louisiana has enacted law which
permits cities of over 10000 inhab
itants to appoint women factory in
spectors.
Princess Mary of Saxe-Altenburg
former Queen of Hanover, who died
in Gmunden, Upper Austria, on jan
uary last, left $75O.000 to various
charities in the former Kingdom of
Hanover.
Mrs. James Bryce, wife of the new
British Ambassador to the United
States, was Miss Marion Ashton be-
fore she married Mr.. Bryce, In 1889.
Her social success has been notable
in London.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
Be One.

There is true wisdom in the recipe
for having good neighbors-"Be
one!" When we complain of any
fault in those round us, blaming them
continually for being cross, indiffer-
emit, selfish, rude, unfair or bad tenn
pered, it is always well to see to it
that our own conduct shall be invari-
ably cheerful, sympathetic, unselfish,
courteous, fair, good-tempered. 9th
erwise-strang as it may seem
they may be justified in complaining
Of US. too! Great THOUGHTS.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
CROWDED OUT.

Johnny, where is your Mechanical
engine?"
Pops got it."
How about your automatic trip
hammer"
Uncle Bill won't let me have it,
your Japanese top?"
Uncle Jim's playing with that"
"Well, you seem to be in the way
in the nursery. Guess you'd better
go into the library for awhile. -
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
HOUSE DECORATION.

A great many women like to re-
ceive gifts for the hoLse, and it is an
excellent plan when the individual
members of family cannot spend
very much for them to join together
and present one nice gift which the
mother of the household is known to
covet-a handsome rug, a favorite
picture, perhaps. or wall mirror,
something not actually useful, but
which she would not be apt to buy
Tor herself.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
SOCIALISTS EXECUTE A BANDIT.
Man Who Attempted to Rob Bank
Shot Dead in Waiting Room.

Warsaw, Poland. Socialist exc
cuted bandit who made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to get $500 from the
Commercial Bank, of Warsaw The
man entered the bank and asked the
director to give him $500. His re-
quest was refused, whereupon the
man sat down in the waiting room
and announced his intention of re-
naming there until he received the
money. The bank officials feared to
ask the police for help. A Socialist
member of the banks staff, however.
called up the Socialist headquarters
on the telephone and explained the
situation. Two men from headquar-
ters at once went to the bank. They
approached the man in the waiting
room, threw sack over his head and
blew out his brains with a revolver.
The police have not interefered with
the men who did the killing.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

A stiIf wire twenty inches long has
a small piece of cork fastened to one
end, and a shaving of cork at the
other, this last piece of cork to float
In the water of the can, which is to be
opeJ at the top. The bit of cork at
the top, which is to act as pointer,
can also help to steady the wire by
having two needles inserted so that
they will move up and down in the
groove, being fixed crosswise.
One Of the needles will thus serve
HIS pointer; and to mark out the
hours on the cardboard one simply
lets the water run out for an hour
from the opening at the bottom, and
going to the card, makes mark;
the other hours are determined in the
same way.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
MoRRIsrowN PosTorFIcE.
open from z in the Morning Until 2
In the Evening.
aAIIs CLOSE

open from z I'm the Morning Until 2
In the Evening.
NAILS CLOSE.
Y.S0A A.;-For New York and 81 interme1l-
ste stations.
s.15 A. M.-For Easton. Newton. Cb~ster ana
III intermediAte stations. Whippany.
Rl5A M.-For Brookside. Mendham and an
tAtions on the Rockaway Valley Railroad. Z
els A. M.-Bor New York; and. intermedaaAo
stations.
al5 A. M.-For Mount Freedom.
ab A. M-For Newark. New York md b.
POND.
Ills A. x-FOr Newark. New York and b
Fond. =
l24s p. x.-yOr New York and All inserms-
tate stations
I245P. M.-Fur RockAway and Dover.
a5o p. M.-For New York and all interNe-
Late stations
MAILS READY FOR DELIVERY.
T.&A M.-Erom New York and intermstzp
We stations.
$50 A. M.-From Hsckettstown and tntoR /
mediate stations Whippany. Mt. Freedom I
"a. M-Trom Brookside, Mendham and a.
Etations on the Rockaway Valley Railroad. I
s9.20 A. M.-Erom New York and intsrmedsr
ute stations.
E2A. M.-Erom Dover.
s1.lOP. M.--Erom New York end interreaaH
ate stations.
1.24 p. M.-Erom New York.
B.3OP. M-From Philadelphia, Easton, NgBn
bon, Chester and intermediate stations.
$50 P. As-From Broolrside, Mendham and aA
nations on the Rockawsy vAlssg Railroad.
sAEl p M.-Trom New York and intarmaABr
lte stations.
sA.1A From Newark and New xcxh.
eDeligoroS by caxriora.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
PRISON WARDEN KILLED.
Governor Shot on Basil Island-Mur-
derer Escapes.

st. Petersburg, Russia. Guide
ma, Governor of the political prison
on Vasili Ostrow (Basil Island), a
suburb of this city, was shot in the
main street of the island and died al
most Immediately.
The assassin, boy of eighteen,
dressed as workman, went out from
a teahouse as M. Guidema was pass
ing, and shot him twice in tee stom-
ach. The terrorist also shot and
mortally wounded a prison warden
who accompanied M. Guidema. The
murderer disappeared and the police
have been unable to find any trace
of him, owing to the fact that the
population of the island generally
sympathize with the revolutionists.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
MADE MUSIC. TOO.

Mother (returning from shopping)
Bridget, why has baby been cry
ing?"
Bridget-"The little darlin' fell.
mum, and hit the head av him agin
the pedal of the pianny, mum"
Mother--"Oh, my poor precious!
Bridget, how could you let baby hurt
himself SOP
Bridget" 'Tain't so bad, mum;
it were only the soft pedal that he
hit, "-Boston Transcript.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
HER EXPERIENCE.

did you go to the Mothers Con-
gress?" asked one woman.
NO" answered the other. fThe
last time 1 attended a mothers con-
gress the children took advantage of
my absence and grew so unruly that
it took me three weeks to restore
family. discipline" - Washington
Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
A Useful Toy.

\ Very little difficulty will be encoun-
tered in making the water-clock il
Illustrated here; and any boy can man
age. All that are needed are a piece
of cardboard, piece of wire, two
pieces of cork, some needles and a
tin can.
A hole is made in the bottom of the
can which shall suffice to let all the
water run out in twenty-four hours.
The piece of cardboard must be about
twenty-six inches long and six inches
wide, and is cut out as shown in the
diagram. This is set up on the tin
can by means of wires.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
THOUGHTFUL.

What will the poor do when they
get to heaven?"
ooh, they will be well taken care
of there" answered the fashionable
rector. 81 myself am working on a
soup-kitchen proposition which ex.
pect to present to the celestial au.
tho es in due time. "-WashingtoD
Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
Rogers Settles Gas suit.

The suit of the Bay State Gas Com
pany, Of Delaware, against Henry H.
Rogers in connection with the own
ership of stock of the Boston Gas
Company was practically settled at
Boston by an agreement to pay the
receiver $1,50O,000 in consideration
Of the abandonment of claims and
stock
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
SORE PUZZLED.

cit is a little confusing" said the
Gear.
Whats the trouble?" asked the
court official.
When l have been away I never
can tell on my return home whether
am getting into a fireworks exhibit
ton in my honor or terrorist dem
onstration. '-Washington Star.
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QUITE TRUE.

"Who is the happiest, the man who
has million or the one who has
seven children?"
1.-THE man who has seven children. >
"But why?"
Because the man who has mil
ion desires more, and the man with
seven children has sufficient. Ill
Scacciapensieri
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WIFELY soLICITuDE.

Doctor. my husband is dreadfully
:roubled with sleeplessness. What is
good for it?''
"You might try reading him to
sleep, madam"
What would be the use of that.
doctor? I try to talk him to sleep
every night, and it doesn't do bit
of good. Chicago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
MutuaI,s Suit Dismissed.

The suit of the Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company against D. G. Halde-
man and the North British and Mer-
camille Insurance Company was dis
missed in the Chancery Division of
the High Court of Justice at London.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
ONLY WAY TO SAVE IT.

What, Maria, in bed at this
hour?"
ALAS, yes"
'tAre you ill?"
"Oh, no; but must remain N bed,
Or my husband will carry it and the
mattress to the pawn shop."-La
Caricaturista
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
Let's Have the Story.

"I say, D'Orsay, have you eA
heard that joke about the guide i.
Rome who showed some travellers tive
skulls of st. Paul, one as boy and
the other as a MANI"
Jaw, deah boy--no--aw, let
hear it. Boston Transcript.
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CleveIand's New once.

Ex-President Grover Cleveland
was elected chairman and chief coun-
sci of the Association of Life Insur-
ance Presidents at asalary of S25 900
a year.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
THE NEW WAY.

care you guilty." the lawyer asked
his burglar client
"Sure," replied the prisoner. "I
cracked the crib all right, but 1
thought from the size of your fee
you might dig up a little of this un-
written law for me. philadelphia
Ledger.
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An Austrian engineer named PoIa
has invented an apparatus which, BY
means of sudden suction and pres
sure, dispels the fog in fror* Of ships.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05

Among men, fifty-one per cent. are
stronger in the right arm than in the
left. In thirty-three cases the left
arm is the stronger; in the rest the
- arnsare equal.
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a fool and his money are soon
parted-and wise man soon dies
and his heirs take what the lawyers
leavs.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE.

Little Oscar-"Pop, this book says
the Chinese are full of idiosyncracies.
What is an idiosyncracy?"
Mr.. Gessem-"How in thunder
should I know? I never studied
Chinese. New York Journal.
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EASY.

Life is real, life is earnest,
Men can conquer whom they must;
Even you may claim attention
If you'll boldly bust some trust.
Chicago Record-Herald.
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How TO LOCATE Az AIARM.

II the alarm is sounded from box Is, the nrs
bell win strike two. then pause end strike i've.
which will indicate that the fire IL in the victn,
ity Of No. Is box. Every alarm is repeated
four times
NO. COX. IndArTOW
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
WHEN THE FIKE BELL RINGS j
Look at This and You VIII Be Ak
to Locate the Blaze.

TO send In an alarm, open box and pun dewm
the lever on tho inside. When an alarm 10
sent in, the fire bell will sound the number oE
the box and repeat the alarm four times.
There are several keys to each box, which are
held by persons living nearby-a card attaches
TO each box gives the names of such holdars.
Policemen also have keys