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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
Value Of Cement For Wells.

Unsanitary dairy wells are a menace
to health, and as the country becomes
more closely settled more and more
care is necessary to provide good wa
ter. The director of the Chicago hy-
gienic laboratory reports that of 1853
wells on nearby dairy farms examined
by the inspectors only eleven were
found to be safe for domestic purposes.
In all cases the safe wells were those
lined with cement, with, cement covers
and protecting flange of cement several
feet out from the well. In some of the
wells used for washing milk utensils
high percentage of colon bacteria
was found, and in some cases manure
could be detected microscopically and
by the odor.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
INDEPENDENCE MEN BUSY.
Candidates For Party's Nomination
Open Headquarters In Chicago.

Open Headquarters In Chicago.
Chicago July 21.-The campaign for
the Independence party nomination
for the presidency was opened when
Thomas l.. Hisgen of Massachusetts
reserved headquarters in the Palmer
House.
Charles F. S. Neal of Indiana, a
rival candidate, will open quarters in
the Windsor Clifton hotel, directly
across the street, and win bring with
him the largest delegation of all the
states to fight for his candidacy.
Former Congressman NJ W. Howard
of Alabama viii make his nomination
campaign from headquarters in the
Morrison. While he is the choice Of
his native state, Alabama, from which
he was elected to the national con-
gress, he has been pledged a strong
following from other southern states.
Georgia has no native son, though
one of its best known men is can
didate in the person of John Temple
Graves, who made reputation while
a resident of Atlanta as political re
former, lecturer and economist and
who now appears in the ranks Of the
party as New Yorker.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
The Aerial Course of True Love.
"Will you fly with me, dearest?"


Where's your flying machine?"
"Hushl Harkl That's it humping
the roof"
Mercy, how reckless! Papa will
bump you if he finds it there. He
thinks you tipped the hot air chimney
over on to the conservatory, and he's
quite positive you dropped a ballast
bag ON his silk hat while he was sit
ting on bench in the garden. If he
saw your airship hanging around he'd
put an air gun slug through the gas
bag as quick as scat"
"That's all right darling. I've got
1T handsomely insured in the Aerial
Risk company. But you can see, dear,
that there's no use going to your fa-
Their in his present state of mind. But
come, moments are precious. The
wind may change at any mo@ent."
"All right, George. Let me puff my
hair just a mite and get my new avia-
tor hat. 1t won't take me minute"
An hour later George was still wait
ing there. Then came dull boom
from the roof,
''That must be the old mans air
gum George calmly remarked.
"Therell be no elopement today
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
Destruction bx Rats.

''The western farmer is waking up
to a realization Of the fact that he is,
as the agricultural department told
him some time ago, losing not less than
$10O0O0,00O a year from rats" says J..
FL. Van Burden, a Milwaukee grain
merchant. sit costs about so cents
year to feed rat. We know this be-
cause we have boxed them up and fed
them as much grain as they would eat
for year It is a conservative esti-
mate to place our rat population at
100000. About one-third of them
live in the large cities, where they do
not get so much grain"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
YANKEES IN
GOOD SPIRITS
See Chances Of Beating the
British Athletes.
BEST IN COMING EVENTS

Jumps, Sprints, Hurdles; Middle Dis
tance Runs and Pole Vault, In Which
Our Men Hold Records, on This
Weeks Programme In London-Tus
of War Shoe Incident Satisfactorily
ExpIained--SuIIivan Describes Amer
Jean Teams Handicaps.
London, July 21.-Despite the severe
handicaps under which they have been
placed by the British Olympic commit
tee since their arrival in England
Americas representatives in the track
and field championships of the fifth
Olympiad are in exceedingly fine spir-
its now for the final struggle 1t is
felt that the crisis is passed and that
from now on the United States will
find much easier going. True, the
United Kingdom leads the boys of I'm
Gle Sam by some eighteen points, but
this lead has been acquired principally
in the events in which Great Britain
was conceded undisputabe suprem-
acy.
Eleven events remain to be contested
besides the Marathon race. These in
clude the various jumps, sprints hur-
dies, middle distances and the pole
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
lahne Co., Broad, New and Halsey $751; Newark, N j.

fifth of a second slower than he did
last Friday, when he smashed his for
mer Olympic record of 1 minute 10 sec
onds by covering the 1898 yards in /
minute % seconds. George Meh-
merit, the sturdy little grappler of the
National Turn yerein of Newark, N.
J., captured the premier laurels in the
bantamweight catch-as-catch-ca wres-
ting.
Ewry won the standing broad jump
with leap of 10 feet IN inches. The
worlds record Of the Jersey Skeeter''
is IL feet AS inches, made in ST. Louis
in 1904.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
MAY HAVE SEEN SLAYER.
Suspicious Actions of Two Men on
Night Of Drew Murder.

Troy, N. Y, July 21.-The latest de-
velopment in the case of Hazel Drew,
whose body was found in Teals pond,
was reported by district attorneys Off
Ger Powers. He says Mr.. and Mrs.
William Haffey, who live about three
miles beyond TeaPs pond, were driv-
ing home from Troy during the early
evening of Tuesday, July &, when they
noticed a runabout pulled to one side
of the road near the pond.
A young man was seated in the rig,
stranger to the Haffeys Down to-
ward the shore of the pond was the
indistinct form of tall man who was
brushing about in the thick bush. This
was near the point where the girls
hat was later found. The Haffeys
drove along home 1t is figured as
possible that the tall man in the brush
may have been the murderer. The
may have been the murderer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
-cownea Hav.

At the Indiana station the heaviest
hay crop from cowpeas was made by
the Clay pea with yield of 1900
pounds Of hay per acre, followed by
the Iron pea, with yield OF 1900
pounds Of hay. When it is taken into
consideration that this hay exceeds red
clover in protein, the value of plant
that will give such crops can hardly
be overestimated. Country Gentle
man.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
etarting a Flock.

Y In starting with sheep, as with any
thing elsa, it is best not to start too
strong. Get fifteen to twenty good
ewes Of a breed you decide is what
you want and learn the business. But
don't set discouraged over the mis-
taken idea that sheep are such an
lawful lot of trouble. Some claim
that they are less trouble than any
other animal on the farm. 1t just
takes the know how" and that can
be best learned gradually and before
a large amount Of capital is invested
Farmers Advocate
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
During 1907

The Prudential paid over
200 death claims on poll
icyhOlders who lived i'm
foreign countries, all over
the world. They insured
while in this country,
and kept their policies
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
A Useful MuzzIe.

Madam" said the dog catcher, ''you
viii have to buy muzzle for that dog
or it viii be my duty to take him to
the pound"
1--WE have muzzle for him, but viii
lie is using it as catcher's mask. -
Chicago Record Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21


JUMPER.
vault. In these America will have as
distinct an advantage as had the Brit
Ons in the steeplechase and long DIS
lance runs. Kerr of Canada is going
to make trouble in the sprints, but he
will have the hardest sort of time win
ming first in any Of his starts.
Sullivan's Views.
James e. Sullivan, the commissioner
representing the United States, said:
1--WE have come here to win the
championship in field sports, and we
are going to do it despite the handicap
from which we are suffering. This
handicap has been twofold. In the
first place, the men came to a country
having the worst possible climate for
those unused to it, and this affected
them very seriously, more seriously
than those not engaged in the games
have any idea of.Sa
'"The other handicap against which
we have had to contend is the manner
in which the heat drawings have been
conducted. The drawings have gone
against us in the 1880 meter race,
when our hest men, Sheppard and
Halstead, We're pitted against each
other, and the same thing occurred in
the 800 meter event the heats of
which win be run off today Sheppard
and Halstead having been drawn
against each other for second time,
Bromilow and Ramey also have been
put into a heat together in this event,
while in two other heats of the 500
meters not single American has been
drawn. 1t is either extraordinarily
bad luck or the manner in which the
drawings have been made that has re-
suited in such nnfavorable conditions
for the Americans"
The matter of the use of spiked
shoes worn by the British team in the
tug of war has been satisfactorily ex-
planned.
1t is now conceded by the Americans
that the British team competed in the
ordinary gear which is customary for
such contests in England. To wear
light athletic shoes in tug of war
would here be regarded as the same
error as to wear heavy boots in a
sprint.
The feature of one of the contests
was the throwing of the discus, "as
at Athens or what is known as the
Greek style This event. which was
first added to the Olympic games pro
gramme at Athens in 1906, resulted in
the establishing Of new Olympic
record in which four contestants took
part The distance established by
Jaervenen at Athens two years ago
was 115 feet A inches. This time one
of the first of the American competi
tors to swing out the platter, A. X
Dearborn of the New York Athlete
club, sailed the missile lit feet Thes
figures did not last long, however, 70
when the other competitors got goin
the record moved up rapidly, until i
the final Martin Sheridan won with
throw of 124 feet inches, with Hor
second, with 122 feet 51k inches, an,
Jaeryenin third, with 119 feet 81
inches.
Method Of Scoring In Dispute.
No official announcement is obteina
BILE as to how the British Olympic as
ISOLATION is going to decide the Olympi
championship, but the system adopte'
BY the London sporting papers In Al
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
Washinn the Butter.

AS soon as the butter granules are
the proper size draw off the buttermilk
and put in as much water (the same
temperature as the buttermilk or a de-
gree or two warmer) as you have but
termilk. Turn three or four times and
draw off. Have bucket Of clear wa
ter of the same temperature as before
and pour on the butter until the water
runs off clear
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
FOUND SLAIN
ON TRACK.
Murder Victim Cut Up by
Train Wheels.
RICH WOMAN IS KILLED.

Only Few Days In Country, Wealthy
viennese and Her Daughter Are
Taken to New Jersey Town and
There Shot and Robbed--Daughter,
Who Is Wounded, Tells of Meeting
Relative Whom She. Was to Wed
and Going With Him to Place Where
Tragedy Occurred.
New York, July 21.--In dark, lone
ly spot close to the fittle station of
Coalburg, sixteen miles northwest of
Jersey City, ON the New York, Sus-
quehanna and Western railroad, a
train crew found the mangled body
of a richly dressed, middle aged we
man.
Apparently she had been killed by
an earlier train. The only strange
feature of the incident appearing then
was that in the woman's clenched
hand was 5000 in German bank notes.
Seven hours later, when the body
had been taken to the morgue at
Ridgewood, good looking young girl
of twenty, led by resident of the
countryside, staggered into the place,
bleeding from four bullet wounds.
She identified the woman as her
mother, told the authorities of des-
perate attack, in which the elder wo-
man had been murdered and she her.
self wounded, and started them to
work on one of the strangest myS-
teries of recent years.
A closer examination of the body
showed a bullet wound through the
mothers, heart, which hitherto had
been concealed by the managing of
the train. The daughter added the in
formation that the 5000 in German
money was only the remainder Of ST.
700-the rest in American notes
which the mother had been carrying.
Victim a Newcomer to America.
The victim, it was learned then, was
Mrs Ottilie Eberhard, wealthy res
ident of Vienna, who had been in this
country only since last Thursday. The
girl was Miss Ottilie Eberhard, who
had accompanied her mother from
Austria.
They had been taken to the desolate
spot where the mothers body was
found by August Eberhard, the girls
twenty fiye-year-old cousin, whom she
had crossed the seas to wed.
Just what happened there the girl
did not know. AT the height of a
thunder and lightning storm, while
they We're walking along the tracks,
the mother sank, crying, "I've been
struck by lightningv'
Then there was firing--vaguely the
girl pictured three men as the assail-
ants-a and she felt the hot sting of
four grazing bullets.
Police Looking For Nephew.
She fled at the command Of her
cousin, August. She did not see him
fire any of the shots, though she knew
he had loaded revolver in his pock-
ct. He ran away from her toward
the place whence the spurts of flame
had appeared. That was the last seen
of August. The police are seeking
him.
The police do not think that the
murderer will be captured near the
scene of the crime. They say that
any one who could display such cold
blooded cunning as was shown in the
murder plot, placing the woman's
body after she was shot on the rail-
road track to be cut in two would
plan to get safely away before the
crime was discovered. 1t would have
been easy for the murderer to get to
Paterson or Newark by trolley car,
and from either Of these places he
could get train for the west OF
south.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21

It Is the idea Of many that bacon
hog is merely thin hog, says Farm
ers Advocate. This is not true. The
bacon hog is hog Of the right con
formation, fed right on heterogeneous
food, not really fat but nevertheless
properly fitted. and by no means thin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
The Stone Did II.

Whats the matter old man, bust
ed?"
Busted doesn't express it. I'm lit
orally stone broke'
"What do you meanw
st was buying a solitaire ring for
my girl that broke me-" Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
coyvs Earned Their Keep.

The dairy departments of Ontario,
New Jersey, Kansas and two other ex-
pertinent stations report the annual
cost of feeding per COW was $31.50
to $46.50 per year, while the average
production in milk was $72.1S per
year. Bear in mind these were, as a
rule, good cows not the best, but good,
They were not expensive boarders, as
scores of cows are.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21

noise they make often calls attention.
to disturbers that otherwise might not
be noticed. There is a. good demand
for breeding stock at 50 per pair, the
white kind being especially in demand.
The meat is of good quality some pre-
ferring it to turkey. They lay twenty
eight to thirty eggs before sitting, but
will lay more If the eggs are removed.
Baltimore American.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
Pluckinq a Moral.

Miss Oldgirl / don't envy Miss
Prettyface her conquests. In fact, |
would not have such ineligible admir-
ers What is the fruit Of all her fir
tations?
Miss Peril think one kind is sour
grapes. Baltimore American.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
Admiral Rolestvenaky Dead.

st. Petersburg, July 21.-Vice Ad.
'miral RoJestyensky, who commanded
the Ill fated Russian feet which was
annihilated by the Japanese in the
sea Of Japan in May, 1905, died al
Bad Nauheim, Germany, from heart
frnnhla.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
Retailino produee

Try to get a private trade for your
eggs and poultry. There is hardly
town in the country where the hotels.
and well to do private families win not
be glad 10 get these at an advance
over the price the general buyer will
give.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
THAT'S Proper.

Mrs. Benham What do they do
when the city has distinguished Wis
itors?
Benham-If they are men, give them
the freedom Of the city, and if women.
freedom Of the dry goods stores.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
Plot Charged BY Frank Gould.

New York, July Il. Frank Jay
Gould, who is being sued for divorce
by his wife, Mrs. Helen Kelly Could
caused the arrest of Mrs Ben Teal,
Julia Fleming and Harry s. Mousley
on charge of inducing Mabel b. Mac.
Causlan to give false evidence in be
half Of Mrs. Gould. The crime charged
Is a felony.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21

George" said Mrs. Ferguson,
there's an item in this paper that tells
you how to know mad dog when you
see one.'
"Shucksv' exclaimed Mr.. Ferguson
1--WE no desire to know any mad dogs"
Chicago News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
Fortunate Man.

The Hobo-Say, mister, would youse
mind stakin' pore man wot amt got
no home t few pennies?
Enpeck Got no home? Say, old
chap, you are playing in great luck.
Why, you can stay out all night any
old time you want to.-Detroit Trib-
une
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21

Chollie You girls are always talking
about clothes. You don't hear me say
anything about clothesl
Mobile You don't have to. They
speak for themselves = Yonkers States
man.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
Hav versus siIauo.

A ton Of hay requires 400 cubic feet
Of space, while eight tons Of silage will
60 into this same space. In q ton OF
hay there 1856 pounds OF dry digestive
matter, and IN silage occupying equal
space 1904 pounds.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21

81 tell you" said the promoter, shat
mine can be made to give up money"
II suppose it can" said the small
stakeholder Elbow about the officers
Of the company 2" Washington Star
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
Stopping Him.

"At the risk Of being considered
egotistic"- began the conceited Eel.
low.
constant exposure" interrupted
Miss Peppery, makes you minimize
the risk, suppose. Mr. Bragg. y Phila,
delphia Press.
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in force after tl1eysssssleftII
it, often going t0 con-
siderable trouble to5' H'g get
their premiums to the
Company. This is addi=
tional proof Of how I1igh=
" policyholders regard
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
Value q culneas.

We should not think Of keeping
poultry farm without guineas The
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21

1t was a great day all around for
the boys from Yankeeland. The old
gentleman with the goatee qualified
nine men in the heats Of the 100 me
ter, three men in the 800 meter and
three men In the 400 meter hurdles.
Charley Daniels Of the New York Ath-
letic club won the inal Of the 100 me-
ter swim gliding into home waters
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21

vault. In these America will have as
distinct an advantage as had the Brit
Ons in the steeplechase and long DIS
lance runs. Kerr of Canada is going
to make trouble in the sprints, but he
will have the hardest sort of time win
ming first in any of his starts.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31
CHRISTMAS NECKTIES.

Perhaps we should call this article "The Psy-
choogy of the Christmas NecEtie" but that title
would be too long-in the language of the printer.
it would run over" And we don't want anything
to run over if we can help it. But no matter about
the subject; let get down to it.
Every full-grown man has received at some time
in his life pleasant reminder of the happy Christ
mas season in the form of a necktie And every one
who has received such token of friendship from
the fair hands of his lady love felt in duty bound
to wear it; perhaps did sheepishly tie the thing
around his collar and go bravey forth to make
Gallon his lady love. We doubt very much if
the man ever lived who really liked the necktie
which was given him by the fair hand of woman
at Christmas time any other time Of course
some of the men pretend to like the remembrance:
perhaps they are honest in that much As a re-
membrance, necktie is as useful as anything else
But as necktie-weIl, it's failure.
There's a deep psychological reason for this
natural aversion by the sterner sex for neckties
picked out with such rare good taste by their
woman friends. To understand this reason one
must look into the different characteristics of the
sex in the matter of clothes. For instance when
woman goes into a store to buy any article of
apparel, from hat to shoes, she insists on having
something different The dealers in exclusive mod
els in the millinery and suit lines are privileged
to charge just little more for their wares than
the dealer who cannot guarantee that there's moth
ing like it in the city. Women's suits, hats and
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31

shoes must be different" from those OIL 'iieii
friends. That's one side of our story.
On the other hand, when men go to purchase
any, article Of apparel from hat to Shoes eAceP'
of course that small class of utra-tashohaole
..pontsn that doesn't want to be like the common
bord tbav look over the stock of the dealer ana
riol ont something like they see the other fellows
wearing. They don't want anything odd On Ine
contrary, they crave the ordinary the usual 'N'
regular-something that will look like what every
body else is wearing. The shape, the colorlng, ne
general appearance of the article must be any Inls
but the extreme of fashion. Take the matter Oh
shoes. TIL ordinary man viii not select shoes WIN
harness buckles on them if he can get shoes Wlth
Iaces or buttons And in the matter OF neckues'
each man has his own individual taste that no
body can satisfy quite as we'll as himself. No mat
ter how the genter sex may try, there Is always
something lacking in their selections OF neckwear
for their man friends.
OF course the styles of nec1wear gradually
change First one shape has a run, and then the
furnishing stores get another shape probably be-
cause the old shape is not made any more, and
when men go around to buy new tie they tlnd
they can't get just the as they had before
But they choose one as near like the old one as
possible Half a dozen such trials, and the poor
man has entirely forgotten the original which he
had as an IDEAL and he has new ideal, which will
follow the old one just readily.
There is something of human nature in all this
Does it indicate more unrelenting character than
that possessed by womenl Perhaps it is the Tidi-
cule of their fellows that they would escape May
be it indicates the tendency toward uniformity;
maybe lack of originality or Of independent judg-
ment Anyway, women cant select ties for their
man friends with any satisfaction to anybody but
themselves. They can and do select the ties for
their husbands-but that is a different story.