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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
The Official Report.

Washington, D. C.-The condition
of corn on September / was 1914 per
cent. of normal, against ten-year
average of 81 per cent; spring wheat
when harvested, IT'S per cent,
against a ten-year average of ITO;
barley when harvested, S12 per cent,
against ten-year average of 1875,
and oats, 69.7 per cent. against a
ten-year average of 80.7, says the
crop report issued by the Department
of Agriculture.
The condition of corn was S2.5 last
month; 500 on September /. 1907,
and 90.2 ON September 1, 1906.
The average September l condition
of spring wheat when harvested was
80.7 last month, TIL in 1907 and
1914 in 1906.
Barley - Average condition when
harvested. 1871 last month, 1875 in
1907, S9.4 in 1906.
The average condition of the oat
crop when harvested was 1873 last
month, 655 in 1907 and S1.9 in 1906.
other crops, September 1, average
condition: Buckwheat, 87.S, against
1914 last month, TIA on September
1, 1907; 91.2 in 1906, and ten
year average on September of 86.5.
Potatoes, 1877. against S2.9 last
month; S0.2 on September 1, 1907;
S5.3 in 1906, and ten-year average
ON September / of sos. Condition
in Maine, Sc; New. York, Sc; Michi-
gan. r.; Wisconsin, 70.
Tobacco, SAB, against S5.S last
month; S2.5 on September 1 1907;
S6.2 in 1906 and a ten-year average
on September 1 of S3.7.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
Tragedy of Fish Life.

Fish never die natural DEATH"
said an old fisherman who has OBJ
served as he fished. IF they did,
bodies of dead fish would be floating
on the surface of the water all the
while, because such bodies, if unmo-
Tested, would have to float.
IF fish in their native element
were never molested l believe they
would never die. If they had suf-
f1cient food, which would be impossi-
BILE if they no longer preyed on one
another. there would be no reason
for their dying. 1t was to prevent
such uninterrupted tenure of life that
all fish were made fiercely predatory,
if not remorselessly cannibalistic, as
many kinds are.
"A fish's life is a constantly siren
uous one and one entirely selfish. A
fish live only to eat and to avoid
being eaten, Los Angeles Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
NO RECORD CROPS,
But AVERAGE ONES
Figures of Government Show De-
terioratiOn in Spring Wheat.
DROP OF 81 in CORN CROP
Harvest is Still Ahead of Last Year
Governments Estimate of Dat
Crop is 25,90s,O 900 Bushels
Estimated Wheat Yield.

New York City Figures of the
Government crop report indicated a
total yield Of wheat of csc, 1896, 900
bushels, 2,595,597,OO0 bushels of
corn, S25,9O8,0O0 bushels of oats,
30,921, 900 bushels of rye, 1863 .434,-
900 bushels OF barley and 2S3,662,-
600 bushels of potatoes. OF hay a
crop of 67,743,OoO tons is promised.
Good average Yields of fiaxseed and
buckwheat are also indicated by the
figures published.
While the crops of wheat and corn
and oats are fair, disappointment was
expressed at the deterioration report
ed by the Governmental spring wheat
and corn. During August corn dete-
riorated from condition of 82.5 to
1914, which reduced into bushels
means an indicated loss of 100000
900 bushels of corn Spring wheat
deteriorated from a condition of 80.7
at the beginning of August to 776
on September /. This decrease in
percentage conditions means an indi-
Gated reduction in the spring wheat
yield of 100000 bushels. The indi-
Gated crop of spring wheat is now
240, 856,000 bushels. The total yield
of wheat, amounting to 666,796,000
bushels now indicated, exceeds last
years final weld by 30,000,000 bush
els. but falls short of the crop Of
1906 by 1000, 600 bushels.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
FOUR DEAD IN HOTEL FIRE.
Many Jumped From Windows of the
Blazing Belmont in Denver.

Denver, Colour men lost their
lives and a score of persons were in
jured. several of them seriously, in a
fire that destroyed the Belmont Ho-
tel, a three-story building, at 1928
Stout street The dead:
George Bode. Middletown, NJ T.,
died in hospital of injuries received
by jumping.
John d, Kane, Colorado Springs,
suffocated.
Edward Moore. aged fifty-five, real
estate agent, Philadelphia, killed by
jumping.
George OFT, Dodge City,, Kan, died
at hospital of injuries received by
jumping.
Patrick Treadwell, fireman. of
Cripple Creek, Col, who was stop
ping in the Belmont when the fire
started, is credited with having saved
at least ten lives by inducing en-
trapped guests to jump from the up
per story windows across five-foot
alley to the roof of an adjoining
building and catching them in his
arms. More than score of persons
jumped from windows before the fire
department arrived. Nearly 100
guests were staying in the hotel.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
God is Leading.

No room for discouraged or de-
pressed feeling is left you. If your
sphere is outwardly humble, if it even
appears to be quite insignificant, God
understands it better than you do,
and it is part of His wisdom to bring
out great sentiments in humble con-
ditions, great principles in works
that are outwardly trivial, great char
acters under great adversities and
heavy loads of encumbrance
Let it fill you with cheering and ex-
allied feeling, however deep in OBJ
security your lot may be, that God is
leading you on, girding you for a.
work, preparing you for good that.
is worthy of His divine magnificence.
If God is really preparing us all to
become that which is the very highest
and best thing possible, there ought
never to be discouraged or uncheer-.
full being in the world. Horace
Bushnell.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
In All Parts of the State.

The glass factories at Williams
town have started in full blast, both
night and day shifts working.
Typhoid fever has gained grip on
Paulsboro, and there were four cases
in the family of Abraham Cowgirl.
o. d. Reeve, eighty years old, died
at his home in Newton He had
amassed fortune in the tailoring
business. His wife survives him.
Alfred Twells, Charles Thackara
and Albert Pearce, of Woodbury., shot
and gathered thirteen and one-half
dozen reedbirds.
Sportsmen at Burlington report
that the first two days Of the reed and
railroad bird season were the most
successful in years.
John j. Christie, of Woodbury.. cap
tured runaway horse on German
street by running it down from be-
hind.
While Alexander Jackson was in
Williamstown store a bold thief drove
of with his horse and buggy.
Mrs Mary B. Cooper, prominent in
charitable and church work in Belle
vile, where she had lived for nearly
forty years, died of complication of
diseases9 at her home, No. 349 Wash
ington avenue.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
Keep Beer out Of Politics.

Prosecutor Rogers, of Woodbury.,
has issued letter to the hotel men of
Gloucester County to keep their hands
off the political fight this fall. After
quoting the law of 1906, the Prose-
cutor says: 1T is my duty as Prose-
cutor to prevent the unlawful use of
Intoxicating liquors in influencing
voters at elections. / am looking to
the hotelkeepers for aid in preventing
the unlawful use of liquors over the
bars of their hotels, because / believe
that this form of violation of the
anti-bribery law can be effectually
prevented only by their active as
sistance, which / shall expect to re-
ceive. The Prosecutor says he will
prosecute all offenders to the full
extent of the law.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
The PRAYER That Prevails.

1t has been said that every true
prayer has a foreground and back
ground. The foreground of prayer is
an intense, immediate desire for
something which seems necessary to
the soul; the background is the
earnest desire that the will of God,
whatever it may be, shall be done.
Leave out the foreground, and there
is danger of fatalism. Leave out
the background, and only an express
sion of self-will is left. The perfect
prayer-the prayer that prevails
must have background and fore
ground, desire and submission. The
Rev. j. r. Miller.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
Queerly Bi-Partisan Newspaper.

One of the oldest newspapers in
the world is one named the Wochen-
blatt, which is published in Grunin-
gen, small town of some 1900 in
habitants in the canton of Zurich, in
Switzerland. 1t is the only newspa-
per in the place, and is at one and
the same time the organ Of the Lib
eral Conservatives and the Social
Democrats. Pages one and two be-
long to the Liberals and pages three
and four to the Socialists, and the
two abuse one another heartily in its
pages. New York World
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
EASY on Murdercrs.

According to records kept by a
county officer, at Sunbury, Pa, there
have been lis homicides committed
in Northumberland County within
period Of twenty-one years. The
large majority of the killings took
place in the coal regions. In spite
of the fact that many of the MUIR
ders were Of such an open nature as
to seem to preclude any doubt as to
the identity of the guilty person.
there has not been hanging in the
county in thirty years. A number OF
the alleged murderers have been al
lowed 10 go free, While others re-
eeived only light jail sentences.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15

The country does not exist for the
railroads, but the railroads for the
country, announces the Wall Street
Journal. 1t is right that the rail-
/. roads should be the servants, not the
masters of law; that they should be
the subjects, not the sovereigns. 1t
is proper that they should be obedient
to law, that they should provide, safe,
convenient and speedy transporta-
ton, that their rates of fare and
freight should be equal to all ship
pers. open to the public and not so
high as to constitute an unduly bur-
densome tax on commerce. 1t is,
proper that these railroads should be
subject to public supervision, that the
Government should act as umpire be-
tween them and the public in disputes
over rates and practices, and that in
the interest alike of fair capitaliza-
ton and honest financial administra-
zion, and OF the safeguarding of in
vestors; they should make regular
and frequent reports of earnings. 1t
is proper that they should deal lib
orally and humanely with their en-
ployes in the matter Of wages, hours
Of labor and protection against acct
dents.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Burlington Water Scare.

Declaring that the Delaware River
water drawn from the mains in Bur-
1ington has become so impure that
unless immediate action is taken to
give the city a pure supply the COM
munity will be open to epidemics dur
ing the coming winter, the city Board
of Health, in communication to City
Council, demanded haste in dealing
with some plan of publication. State
Photographer G. G. Vermule began in
vestigations, with the assistance of a
corps of experts, of the watershed at
Sylvan Lakes, south of the city. The
State Photographer has found water
in the hills in that vicinity of fine
quality, upon which the city can draw
to the extent of 10000 gallons a
day. While it makes no more rec
concentrations in the communication,
the city Health Board favors this sup
ply as far superior to any filtered
product.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
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LESSON COM.
MENFS FOR SEPTEMBER 20.

Review of the Eleven Preceding Les
sons For the Third Quarter
Golden Text, 2 Samuel 5:12-E
Read Psalm IS.
Golden Text: "And David per-
ceived that the Lord had established
him king over Israel, and that he had
exalted his kingdom for his people
IsraePs sake" 2 Sam. 5:12.
Each of the lessons of this quarter
teaches us something about the prin-
ciples upon which God dealsawith men
and something also about how men
treat God
In Lesson I. we see the constant
disposition of the human heart to re-
ject God and to refuse to have Him
rule over us. We see also when men
choose some one else before God, He
lets them have their own mad choice
in order that they may learn their
folly by bitter experience.
In Lesson III. we see again the dis
position Of the human heart to reject
God, even after He had saved us out
of all oux~calamities and distresses.
In Lesson III we see Gods long
suffering toward those who reject
Him and His love in bringing His UNI
grateful people to consciousness Of
their sin and His unWillingness to for
sake His people.
In Lesson ". we see that the one
thing that God demands from His
servants is obedience, and how if one
rejects the Word of the Lord, the
Lord will also reject him.
In Lesson v. we see that when one
servant fails God He chooses another
to fill his place and anoints him with
the Holy Spirit that he may be quail
fed for the work to which he has
been called.
In Lesson VI. we see how the Lord
gives victory to those who trust in
Him and He saves, not with the sword
and spear, but by the power of His
own name.
In Lesson VII. we see that the Lord
is with the one that trusts and obeys
and gives him favor with men and
makes him the terror of His enemies.
In Lesson VIII. we learn how God
delivers His servants even in times Of
greatest peril.
In Lesson TX. we see that God de-
livers our enemies into our hands, but
that vengeance belong unto Him.
In Lesson x. we see the awful fate
of the one whom God had rejected
and how God clears the way for the
one who leaves his exaltation entirely
in Gods hands.
In Lesson XII. we see that God will.
guide the one who commits his way
unto Him and leans not upon his own
understanding, and that God deals
with us as we deal with our fellow
men.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15

Experts in sanitation are agreed.
AYERS the Lockport Union-Sun, THAI
the ordinary house fly is responsible
for the spread of numerous diseases.
The fly is not capable of carrying the
inoculated diseases, but is guilty of
carrying germ diseases though filth
they deposit upon food. Scientists
make the disquieting statement that
the germ of typhoid survives the pas
sage of the intestinal tract of the
insect, so that the innocent looking.
fly spot is a menace to health,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15

The Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle observes: Under the lead
lership of Raymond A. Person, the
Commissioner of Agriculture, and
with the cooperation OF the Legisla-
ture, which gave him new law and
an ample appropriation to work with,
an energetic campaign will be waged
in this State against bovine tubercu-
losis. The tuberculin test, which has
been extremely unpopular among the
farmers and dairymen, will be prac-
tically abolished, and the most mod
ern scientific system, modelled after
that in use in Denmark, will be sub
stituted. This is pronounced by ex-
perts to be the most effective system
in the world to-day for safeguarding
both dairy COWS and the consuming
public from tuberculosis.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15

The Dalai Lama, who fled from
Lhassa on the approach of the British.
expedition in 1904, is offered many
inducements by the Chinese Govern
ment to return to his country. The
Lama has, so far, preferred to remain
in China, and his presence has proved
a very serious burden upon the Off
Gals he has visited. as he is followed
by an enormous number of retainers
and baggage animals, for whom the
local magistrates have to find sup
plies.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15

The cigarette is very much in the
air at present, fact which makes it
interesting for the London Chronicle
to recall that it did not reach England
until after the Crimean War, in which
the English officers adopted it from
the Turks and Russians. Many peo-
pie give Pellegrini, the "ape" of
vanity Fair" the credit of introduc-
ing the cigarette into England. AT
any rate, his example did much to
popularize it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
Fatal Haste to Get to Work.

While crossing the tracks of the
Pennsylvania Railroad quarter of
mile below the station an unknown
man was killed by the train due at
Trenton. 1t is presumed he was in
hurry to get to work and did not see
the approaching train on account of
the heavy fog. The body is that of
man about thirty years old A card
in one of his pockets bore the name
of William Scott, water carrier, and
he is believed to have been laborer
employed by contractors constructing
sewers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
Church Property in His Name.

The congregation of Union Baptist
Church, at Trenton, has ousted the
Rev. ]. l.. Burton from the pastorate,
following a lively fight One faction
of the congregation alleged that the
minister had the deeds of the church
property put in his own name. His
opponents also asserted that he bor-
rowed money to meet church debts
without being authorized to do so.
The congregation, through legal pro-
ceedings, has regained possession of
the real estate and has had the
church incorporated. Mr.. Burton will
fight the action, although the pulpit
has been declared vacant.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
The Winds That STRENGTHEN.

The air from the sea of affliction is
extremely beneficial to invalid Chris
tians, says Sturgeon. Continued pros
perity, like warm atmosphere, has
a tendency to unbind the sinews and
soften the bones; but the cold winds
of trouble make us sturdy, hardy and
well-braced in every part. Unbroken
success often leads to an undervalu-
ing of mercies and forgetfulness of
the Giver; but the withdrawal of the
sunshine leads us to look for the sun.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15

Archibald Heron, who shot and
killed the Rev. S. v. D. Prickett at
Metuchen on July is, will not be put
ton, as his sentence provides. Vice
Chancellor Walker, acting for Chan
cellor Pitney, has refused to allow a
writ of errors bringing Herron's case
before the State Supreme Court on
the ground of insanity. This takes
the case to the Court of Errors and
Appeals, where it will be argued at
the November term.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
Note Hints at Suicide.

A note pinned to the coat of George
Koch, of Philadelphia, found on the
bridge near Mantua Creek at Mount
Royal, indicated that the young man
either committed suicide or is sham
ming. The note reads: Goodbye,
Amanda The water is awful cold,
and you know / cannot swim. -
George" Miss Amanda bikes, of
Mount Royal, to whom Koch had been
paying attentions, said that she was
much annoyed by his constant en-
treaties for her to marry him. When
she refused he had threatedend at
various times to shoot himself, her,
and again both of them Koch has
not been seen at Mount Royal since
he visited the girl.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
insanity spreading.

While the death rate Of England
has been declining steadily for the
last few years, II has been 1873 in the
1000 for the last three months, which
IS lS below the corresponding quar-
ter OF the previous ten,years. Lunacvt
on the other hand, is increasing in q
marked degree. This years ratio a
certified lunatics Is / In $50. Tar
years ago it was in 309. Tic 4ables
show higher proportion Of female
insane. Marriages and the birth rate
show decrease. = : b
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
WOMAN JUMPS FROM LINER.
Mother Of Ensign Killed in Battle
ship Explosion Ends Her Life.

San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Eliza
D. Newman, whose son, Ensign
Newman, was killed in a turret ex-
plosion on the battleship Georgia off
Boston last fall, jumped off the deck
of the Pacific Mail steamer City of
Sydney when the steamer was few
hours out from Acapulco.
Mrs Newman was the widow Of
Paul Newman, of San Francisco, for
many years legal adviser of former
King Kalakaua of Hawaii.
The steamer was turned back, but
mo trace of the missing woman could
be found.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15

The modern commercial traveller
knows nothing of the word "defeat. !"
When others are pessimistic, he is
smiling, notes the New York Amer
lean. If crops are bad, he hopes for
another better year, and says so. If
times are good, he cautions modera-
ton. When banks fail, he knows of
concerns where there is strength.
When commercial skies are leaden,
he is the first to see the sun.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
Get Pa to Go Fishing.

The next time anybody asks him to
go fishing John Hanf, of Bayonne,
says he will learn first whether any
of his children contemplates imme-
date matrimony 1t came out that
on August 16 Mr.. Hanf's daughter
Lena was married to William F Shee-
han, of Andrew street. a prominent
member of the Bayonne Lodge of
Elks. Mrs. Hanf was visiting in De-
troit at the time, and Miss Hanf
coaxed her father and brothers to go
fishing. Then she and Sheehan hur-
ried to church and were married.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
Voting Machines Lose.

At special election in Montclair
the citizens voted in favor of dispens-
ing with the voting machines. In
every ward the majority ofsthose who
voted were opposed to the machines
and the total vote in the town was
900 against the device and 206 for it.
The poor showing in favor of the ma
chimes is ascribed to the apathy Of the
voters, as the vote was very light.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
Pregers trenton 70 Shore.

Formal acceptance of call as pas
tor of the First Baptist Church, at
Trenton. has been made by the Rev.
John Wellington Hoag, of La Crosse,
Wis, who recently declined a call to
an Atlantic City church because he
thought the atmosphere of that resort
might not be good for him. His sal
airy is to be $4,000 year.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15

Every gambler is sure to lose some
time, affirms the New York World.
And if every time he CANDLES he bets
to the limit of his resources no num-
her of successful speculations will
prevent his ultimate failure.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15

The search of a patrol from the
American fleet for the men who failed
to go aboard their ships when the
battleships left Melbourne, Australia.
for Albany, has not met with much
success. Rewards, therefore, have
been offered for the apprehension Of
vi stragglers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15

Before the Christian era the philos-
ophers of Egypt, Greece and Rome
knew far more about eclipses and the
cause Of them, asserts the New YORK
American, than is known by large
majority of the men of average edu-
cation at the present day.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15

The Federal grand jurors at Homo
lulu did not indfct Captain J. F. Car
ter, U. S. NJ, for punching re-
porter's head an that case we have
no BILL" they reported, believing
that the alleged assault was COM
mitted under circumstances which
would lead a petit jury to return a
verdict of not guilty"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15

If there be no hereafter and no
future vindication of the upright,
then virtue and purity are but names,
and the only possible conclusion is,
"let us eat and drink, for tomorrow
we die. The Rev. w. P. George,
Denver.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-15
FIeet win Not visit Java.

The Navy Department has been
obliged to decline with regret an in
gitation extended by the Netherlands
Government to have the battleship
aeet make visit to Java on the way
10 Manila.