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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
WOMEN MAIL CARRIERS.
Three of Them Taking Their Hus
bands Places Temporarily.

Lockport, N. Y.-Mrs. N. S. May
nard, Mrs. A. H. Bradford and Mrs
William Bolton are women mail car
riers appointed and sworn in by the
Lockport and Gasport postmasters
upon authority from the postal au-
thorities of Washington. to fill their
husbands places while the latter were
away on vacation.
No complaints have been received
from the public against them, They
are at the postofice every morning
sorting out their mail for their routes
with the men that carry mail.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28

If the threatened shortage in the
beef supply materializes we will have
10 thicken the ox-tail soup, laments
The Atlanta Journal, with calf's foot
Ielly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
Roosevelt Accepts Presidency.

President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay
N. Y, has accepted the honorary
presidency of the Peace and kSbitra,
ton League, an outgrowth of the
North Carolina Peace Congress.
which has as its objective adequate
armament and effective arbitration.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
Good clothes, declares the st. Louis
Slobe-Democrat, are an immense aid
a telling a funny story. =

Canned sermons are now proposed.
5terilized religion we have had, 10!
these many years, moralizes the New
York World
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28

est was handed to each man. These
branches, together with the Union
Jack in which they were wrapped,
were sent by King Edward.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28

1t is estimated that all The inhab,-
tants of the world could stand corr
fortably in the space of eighty miles.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
Stevenson Seeks to Be Goyernor.

Adlai e. Stevenson, formerly Vice.
President of the United States, for.
mally announced his candidacy fol-
the nomination for Governor of ILL.
nois on the Democratic ticket.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
PORTO RICO CELEBRATES.
Tenth Anniversary of the American
Landing is Kept.

San Juan, Porto Rico.-Porto Rico
celebrated the tenth anniversary of
the landing Of American troops at
Guanicao. Governor Post and the in
sular authorities took a prominent
part.
There was special observance of
the day at Ponce, including parade
and banquet and public ball.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
A Popular Farm c,ha,,,,,

we imported last year 900 600.
600 pounds Of soda from Chile ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08

1t was not because her husband
wanted soup three times a day that
the woman applied for a divorce. That
was the least of her troubles. Cater
ing to soup-loving man is about as
easy as anything in married life The
woman who is skillful mixer can
keep the pot on all the time and when
she sees her husband coming a block
away she can light fire and greet
him with a warm plate of soup. A
progressive woman might even have a
pipe line from the kitchen to the table
with faucet over her husbands
plate SO there would be no irritating
delays. No. furnishing soup was the
least of the troubles OF the woman
who got the divorce. It was when
her husband followed her into the
kitchen, telling her how to make
bread, and into the bedroom to criti-
else her bedmaking that she rebelled
after II years. Who can blame her?
asks the Chicago Daily News. If
man cannot be fed with soup into good
nature in II years he is hopeless.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08
The Forty-Six Stars.

Some question has been raised az
10 the proper Encouragement of the
stars in the flag, in view of the fact
OF the admission of Oklahoma as the
forty-sixth state. The new star does
not take its place officially in the
great constellation till the fourth OF
July next, but its place was fixed some
time ago by joint board Of the army
and navy, of which Admiral Dewey
was chairman. Its report has been ap-
proved by the secretary of war and OF
the navy, and also by the president.
The As stars now in the flag are ar
ranged In six rows, the first, third and
fifth having eight stars, and the Sec
and, fourth and sixth having seven
each. Under the new arrangement,
says the Buffalo Commercial, which
was effected AUTOMATICALLY alter
ing the general scheme, the first,
third, fourth and sixth rows will have
eight stars, and the second and fifth
rows seven stars each. Thus Old
Glory will look more imposing and
beautiful than ever. And there is still
room for more stars, when the time
comes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08
HER MOTIVE.
She Brought the Insurance Agent Not
the Doctor.

A young wife said to her husband
one night:
MY dear, there is gentleman In
the parlor wants to speak to you"
who is it," asked the husband.
Dear" said the wife, you must
forgive me, but that cough has both
cred you so much of late; and though
spring is coming on it still clings to
you, and, oh! II you knew how wor-
ried I've been about you!"
Sobbing, she threw her arms around
his neck. What should 1 do II /
were to lose you?"
Come, come" said the young man,
patting her shoulder tenderly; men
don't die of a slight cold. So you've
called the doctor in, Ell? Well, I'll
see him gladly If it will make you
feel easier. Which one is it
Squills?"
1T isn't the doctor, DEAR" was the
answer; 'it's the life insurance
agent Opinion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08

ing at Muliti and the revivals that are
being reported from various parts of
India, most Of them characterized by
astonishing confessions of sin, On the
part of Christians and by prolonged
and even agonized prayer. with pro-
nounced physical emotion.
Making Presbyterians Dance.
There has been pronounced phys
ical side to the demonstrations. az /
found at Kedgaon. Entire audiences
have shaken as If smitten with palsy,
strong men have fallen heaG.ong to
the ground. Even lepers have been
made to dance Leaping, shouting,
rolling on the floor, beating the air
and dancing, have been common. Con-
corning dancing, Bishop Warne said.
Personally, have not seen much of
the dancing; that is reported as most
ly having taken place in Presbyterian
churches!" 1t is a fact that the dig
nified Presbyterians, even the Scotch
church missions, have been foremost
In these revival experiences.
The revival has continued in various
parts of the empire for more than q
year; I have reports from Lucknow.
Allahabad, Adansol, Moradabad. Bare
lily, Khassia Hills and Kedagaon. The
Methodists baptized 1900 new con-
verts during the year, besides the
notable result of having secured more
than 800 new candidates for the min
istry.
Dramatic in the extreme have been
the confessions of sin, and restitution
therefore, and the reconciliations be-
tween enemies.
Everywhere there is agreement that
the lives of the people have been mark
eddy altered for the better. The
revival" says one, has given India a
new sense of SIM" The spontaneous
composition of hymns has been q
curious feature Of some meetings;
Bishop Warne thinks that there will
be q new hymnology in the vernacu-
lar as an outcome of this revival"
While columns more could be writ
ten concerning incidents OF this re-
vival, there il only room here to add
that It must not be assumed that all
of India is being stirred by these
events. Many churches and missions
are strangers to them, and the Euro
pean population of the country as q
whole know nothing about them. Yet
it is the conviction of those who claim
to have received the Pentecostal bap-
49,, <bo< oil ~ India 10 m no oWoDt
by a fire of religious revival. Some
even say that they have been given
direct supernatural assurance of this
fact.
DOWNRIGHT. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
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important incidents which follow,
should tell at some length the story
Of this great settlement, with its wide
acres Of farm land, its many modest
buildings, and its varied forms of In
dustry. Study and work are the rule
for every girl: clothes for that multi
tude must all be woven on the spot,
and the industrial plant is large. An
uncommunicative English woman
guided me faithfully to every spot Of
the settlement that she thought of in
terest, from the cornerstone to the
steam engine and the dying watts. But
not a word did she say that would
lead me into a knowledge of what is
by all means the most noteworthy fact
concerning this famous institution.
Stumbling on a Revival.
OF course, 1 was aware of the un-
usual religious experiences reported
from many Christian communities in
India; but I had never associated this
sort of thing with Pandita Ramabai's
work; probably because some of her
foremost supporters in America are
identified with the new theology"
which has scant room for the camp
meeting type of "old-time religion"
My first clew was pamphlet which /
CHANGED to pick up, relating strange
spiritual experiences on the part Of
some of Ramabai's girls. began to
ask questions, which were answered.
I thought. with seeming reluctance,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08

and discovered that this revival was
still under way.
For half an hour had been hearing
strange sounds, now of one person
shouting in a high voice, now of the
mingled utterance of crowd, and now
of song. At last it settled down into
a steady roar. What is that hear?"
l asked. 1T is the girls prayer meet
ing was the answer. Gould 1 visit
it?" / pointedly asked my guide, after
hints had proved unavailing. why
I-suppose-so. I'll see." In a few
minutes I found myself witnessing a
scene utterly without parable! in my
experience of religious gatherings.
A TumuIt of Praying Girls.
In large, bare room, with cement
floor, were gathered between 80 and 40
girls, ranging in age from IL to 20.
By table sat a sweet-faced, refined.
native young woman, watching sober
ly, attentively and without disapprov-
al the scene before her. After few
minutes she also knelt on the floor In
ciiCut prayer.
The other occupants of the room
were all praying aloud. Some were
crying at the top of their lungs. The
tumult was so great that 1t was with
difficulty that any one voice could be
distinguished. Some of the girls were
bent over with heads touching the
floor. Some were sitting on their
feet, with shoulders and bodies witch
ing and jerking in regular commissions.
Some were swaying to and fro, from
side to side or frontwards and back
wards. Two or three we're kneeling
upright, with arms and bodies moving.
One young woman, the loudest. moved
on her knees, all unconsciously, two
or three yards during the time I
watched. She had a motion of her
body that must have been the most
exhausting physical exercise. She.
like others, also swung her arms vio-
lently, often the gestures of the pray
ing figures were with one or both
hands outstretched, in dramatic sup
plication. Not infrequently. several
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08
Honey for the Honeymoon.

money TOT tne 0oueyWoous
My old hatred of waste makes mo
intolerant when happiness IL missed
or sQuandered, and when my young
married friends grow confidential. I
fear that modern wedding trips are
often disappointments. wonder
why? Perhaps expected too much"
sighed one youthful bride. whose
honeymoon had not been all she had
hoped or intended. Nonsense, my
DEAR" said I, how can one expect too
much of welded love? 1t is far more
likely that you expected too little. and
did not make adequate preparation. I
fancy you set out badly and with one
sided notions as to the honey. Did
you expect to undergo q strong test
of character and of love? Did you ex-
pect to take the honey with you as
part of the trousseau? Did you expect
to find yourself responsible for at least
one-half of the whole supply? Did
you expect to give far more than you
got? II not, you expected too little
not too much."-From Where II Your
Husband?" by George Frost.
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girls would clap their hands at the
same time, though each seemed heed
less of the others. At times the con-
tortions of the faces were painfully
agonized and perspiration streamed
over them. One girl fell over, asleep
or fainting, from sheer exhaustion.
All had their eyes tightly closed. OBJ
livious to surroundings. Such intense
and engrossing devotion 1 had never
witnessed before. It was full Is min
utes before one of the girls, who had
quieted down somewhat, espied me-
Thereafter she sat silent, praying or
reading her Bible. The discovery of
the visitor had this same effect upon
half a dozen other girls during the
next quarter of an hour. At my re-
quest the guide after time asked the
leader If l might talk with her, and
while dozen of the girls were still
left, praying aloud and unaware of
the departure of the others, the leader
withdrew.
A Strange Story.
My first interest was to know wheth-
er the girls had been speaking with
tongues" that day, for I had thought
that I detected one girl using English.
Yes, several of the girls had been
praying in unknown tongues, this
young woman quietly informed me.
Thea. in response to my questionings,
she proceeded to tell me that these
meetings are held twice daily by girls
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08

DR.. Thomas fears that some villain
just escaped from melodrama will
buy up all the dirigible balloons in
the world and then with Is cents
worth of dynamite will hover over the
cities and extract tribute from them,
compelling them to loosen up good and
plenty. That would be fine and hair
raising reading to get out of dime
dream book, but the man who started
out to do the deed might find a few
obstacles in his way. The only pur-
pose of getting money these days IL
to have some place to spend 1t I'M
hampered. In the days of the pirates
of old there were plenty of opportuni-
ties for seafaring person to go pirat-
ing on other shores and come home
with chests of gold which he could
claim to have won in trade, but now it
10 different. The entire world is get
ting to be one vast village and the
robber bold who combines light and
ornamental blowing up of cities as
side line along with the sport of bal.
looming would find the whole world in
conspiracy against him. Some time
when he alighted for a drink of water
some one would playfully stick pen
knife into his balloon and then his
dream Of empire would be over.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08

Newman's Last "pear" Brother.
BY the death Of Father Ryder at the
Birmingham (Eng.) Oratory the last
left Of the group Of friends to whom
Cardinal Newman dedicated the "Apol-
ogia" has passed away. Henry L.
natius Dudley Ryder ends the list Of
those dearest brothers" who had,
Newman avowed, been $50 sensitive
Of my needs, so indulgent to my fall
ings, SO cheerful under discouragements
Of my causing" The whole passage
covers q page and elected from George
Eliot q marginal note as interesting
az itself: II hardly know anything
that delights me MORE" she wrote,
than such evidence Of sweet, BROTH
eYly love being reality in the world"
Father Ryder was a grandson Of the
well-known Anglican bishop Of Lich-
field of his name, and was easily the
handsomest man In the ranks of the
Roman clergy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08

One Of the best-known dining places
In the world IL about to be sold. The
Star and Garter" of Richmond Hill,
near London, is familiar through pic
ture, poetry, prose and experience. In
1888 the original house was erected
on a lot Of ground leased for two
pounds sterling year. Twenty years
later the little inn had expanded into
the chief hotel in the vicinity of Lon
don. Most of the famous characters
of the world. and many of those of
fiction, have dined at the Star and
Garter. Kings and princes have been
its patrons. Louis Philippe lived there
for six months after his flight from
Paris, and Napoleon III. had apart
ments there. Indeed, at one time or
another, almost every distinguished
man Of the day has visited the great
Richmond Hill hosiery.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08

Silent Owl Cured Polly Of He Ex'
treme Garrulousness.

"A parrot is the meanest Of crea-
lures" said an old resident OF Staten
Island. People that are acquainted
with parrots generally admit that there
is nothing that can make parrot
ashamed of himself Now that is .
mistake, for happen to have parrot
that was made ashamed of himself
just the other week, and he is the
most conceited parrot, too. that was
ever seen outside Of congress. 1t speaks
Spanish and English like profess
sional interpreter Now the trouble
was the parrot would talk all the time
when he was not asleep. He was just
talking US deaf, dumb and blind. Even
the cat got Disguised at an early stage
Of the proceedings and quit the house.
well, the other day man who
has had considerable experience OF
parrots happened to drop in, and when
I complained Of the bird he said, Why
don't you get an owl? You get an
owl, and hang him up close to the par
rot's cage. and in about two days
you'll find that your birds dead SIGH
Vi unRAOAt0OA0 COnt CA SotiOhs
We'll, got small owl and put him
In cage close to the parrots cage.
The parrot began by trying to dazsle
the owl with his conversation, but 1t
wouldn't work. The owl sat and
looked at the parrot just as solemn as
a cop who has just lost his Job on the
force, and after a while the parrot
tried him with Spanish. It wasn't OF
any use. Not word would the owl
let on to understand. Then the parrot
tried Dragging, and laid himself out to
make the owl believe that Of all the
parrots in existence he was the ablest.
But he couldn't turn feather OF
the owl. That noble bird sat silent
a. the grave and looked at the parrot
as IL to say, This is indeed melan-
choly exhibition of imbecilityl' Well,
before night that parrot was 50
ashamed Of himself that he closed for
repairs, and from that day to this he
has never spoken an unnecessary
word. Such Is the influence of ex-
ample, even on the worst Of birds"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08

Kedgaon. India.| have stumbled
upon an extraordinary religious man
Hesitation, as remarkable as anytnlas
in connection with the great revival
in Wales. So startling and wonderful
is it that feel quite unwilling 10 pass
an opinion upon it, so shall simply
narrate, soberly and consecutiVeiy'
what l have seen and heard concern
ing this baptism with fire." and pour
ing out of "the gift of tongues" where
by ignorant Hindu girls speak IN
Sanskrit, Hebrew, Greek, English ana
other languages as yet unidentified.
The name of Pandita Ramabai, the
Hindu widows friend" is known
among educated people all over the
world. She is the most famous OF all
Hindu women. There is an Interna-
tional "Pandita Ramabai association,
which cooperates with her in her work
of rescuing. training and caring for
high caste widows. She, more than
any other woman, has made known to
the world the horrors of the child
widows lot in India. Herself high
caste widow, of rare gifts and educa-
ton, her appeal has been made to peo-
pie of culture; nor was her work re-
garded as strictly religious or mis-
sionary, not being associated with any
religious body.
A World-Famous Work.
Ten years ago, at the time Of the
great famine, Ramabai took hundreds
of famine orphans, and ever since she
has had about 1,400 widows and or
phans and deserted girls under her
care. as well as 100 famine boys. All
caste lines are now down, and the
whole immense work is known as the
Mukti mission, although in certain re-
spects the original enterprise for
widows maintains its separate iden-
tity.
Because of the fame of Pandita
Ramabai, and because of the great.
ness of her work, conceived 1t to be
my duty to take the hot journey out
to Kedgaon. Were 1t not for the more
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08

There is q bright young attache at
the British embassy In Washington
who, shortly after his arrival In this
country, was guest at dinner given
by the wife of well-known official at
the national capital, hostess whose
hospitality IL VIGOROUSLY inadequate,
says a writer in Harper's Magazine.
The repast was Of tho usual sam
pie" kind expected by any one who
had ever been q guest at the house. 1t
served merely as an appetizer to the
hungry Briton, and when coffee was
brought his ill-concealed dissatisfac-
ton was most amusing to the other
guests. The hostess, however, did not
notice 1t. for she said to him amiably:
"Now, do tell me when we may have
the pleasure of having you dine with
US agian?"
Immediately. madam. Immediately.
was the unexpected reply.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08
Fun With The Professor.

to disregard the broader principles of
language in his minute searches for
the particles binding an ordinary Eng
fish word to its Ayran or Sanskrit an
cestor.
Once student thought to have a
bit of fun at the learned professors
expense. Assuming an air OF great
modesty, he rose.
Doctor, I've been thinking a gseat
deal OF late about the derivation of the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08
Consideration.

The stranger wandered into the po
lice station.
Il like to see effort rewarded" he
began.
well"
Last night / was robbed" he con-
tinued, "and the fellow who did It
manifested . scrupulous desire to get
ALL had. md he overlooked this
two-dollar bill. If you run across him,
give 1t to him with my compliments. -
Philadelphia Ledgex
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word 'Middletown.' What is your idea
Of it,"
The professor was bit taken back.
Really" he stammered, '1-er-real-
ly, young man, that is a subject that
VIII require much reflection. May
ask whether you have CHANGED upon
anything that would throw any light
on the question:"
1T is my firm belief, SIR" responded
the student. with great gravity, that
Middletown is derived from Moses!"
Dear me. dear mel" exclaimed the
guileless professor. And pray, sir,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08

Busts of Frederick the Great and
Field Marshal Count Won Moltke have
been set up in the West Point Military
academy. They were given to the
academy by Emperor William as q
token of his interest in me American
army, and will take their place along
with the busts of the great American
soldiers that already adorn the build
tnSs Of the academy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-08
A Temperance FERMENTATION.

A British temperance journal recon-
mended substitute for brandy which
could be used in cases of fainting or
severe pains. The temperance remedy
was composed Of equal parts of the
strongest tincture of ginger, sal vola-
tile and chloric ether. This mixture
contains SO per cent. of alcohol az
compared with brandy, which contains
only so Der cent Of alcohol.
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NO LIVING IN THE PRESENT.
Devotion to Business Precludes Al
Nonsense Like That.

The messenger from Mars surveyed
the multitude which had gathered to
meet him with undisguised interest.
Nor did he hesitate to PROFOUND such
inquiries as his curiosity prompted.
Where do you all liver" he asked.
speaking generally. Il live in the fu-
ture," said a young man, good hui
moredly. And in the past" said an
old man. How odd! And does none
Of you live in the PRESENT." Pardon
me-" said the Marian, hastily. Per
haps press my questions too closely"
At this voice from the outskirts of
the crowd spoke up, saying: I'VE have
not yet learned how to live in the pres
ent without interruption Of business,
don't you know."-Puck.