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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-03
CHAPTER ".

The train was at 1920. Aunt
Betsy was quite low at breakfast at
tne thought of the departure of her
nephew.
Perhaps you will never come
back, Arthur" she said, sorrowfully.
II am not given to presentiments,
but l have one that am not to keep
you, my own boy, as l wished to do
so much"
Don't say that, auntie," said Ar
thur, gaily. "On the contrary, the
danger is that you may have too
much of me-.
"Presentiments are very odd
thing" said old Monsieur Rigaud,
who was. eating vigorously, prepare
tory to his own departure,
"Is madame often troubled with
them?"
"They are generally the result of
Indigestion" she answered, wiping
her eyes. II hope don't believe in
any such nonsense.
They are also very real, went on
the old Frenchman. "The last time
left my poor wife had PRESENT.
ment that l should never see her
again. She was very i'll at the time. I"
Then why did you leave herr"
said Mr.. Denstone, Indignantly.
1 did not believe in any such nom
sense" 1t was one of the sharp an
swers that showed that his native
shrewdness still existed, but he went
on, as if to soften the effect: "There
are strange things in nature, strange
hereditary faculties and powers of
which it is difficult to trace the origin.
They exist to an unusual degree in
my wife's family"
Indeed; have they second sight?"
said Mr.. Denstone, lightly,
mo, not that; faculty as power
full, perhaps more useful. That
ragout is superb, May venture to
help myself second time?"
Have you many relations. Ri
gaud?" said Mr.. Denstone, handing
him the dish.
NO." he answered, ~ have no re-
lations IL the world. / had one sis
ter, Louise She married a Monsieur
Leduc; th1y settled in Peru. Once
heard from her; she wrote requesting
money. / was not in a position to
grant her request. l heard afterward
that both she and her husband were
dead. / imagine that they left NO
family or should have heard OF
it. OF my wife's family none are
left; yes, the Aymers are extinct; the
only lineal descendant is my daugh-
ter, and she is but child. Yet l be-
lieye the strange powers; but
apologize. Bah! the garrulity of old
age is astonishing. You should check
me madame"
1T interests me, !" said Aunt Betsy,
"though cannot say that under
stand you, Monsieur Rigaud; why,
for instance, you should have let that
poor creature out in Peru want when
you were rolling in riches! 1t passes
me-"
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Keeping OFF the Burglars.

Mr.. and Mrs. Choice had mag
nificent Great Dane, brindle fellow
so tall that he could eat off the din
ner table without raising his head an
inch above its natural poise. They
called him Bowse. Bowse died, and
his mistress, frightened by the re-
peated burglaries in the neighbor-
hood, thought she would not be able
to remain in the house alone while
her husband was in the city. Il
have an idea," said Mr.. Choice. eve
will have him stuffed and mounted,
and stand him near the door, where
every one who calls can see him.
If you go to the door and see per-
son whom you suspect of being not
quite respectable, catch Bowse by the
collar, just as If he were alive. and
make a show of holding him back
from tearing the caller to pieces. !"
And so it was cone, and the stuffed
Bowse was as effectual as the ami
mated one. Among.the light-fingered
fraternity and the second-story gents
it soon got to be known that an ex-
ceedingly dangerous dog was in that
house: and they kept away.
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The most striking feature of con-
temporary social life in the United
States is the steady growth of tenn
perance sentiment, declares the Chi
cago Tribune. Almost every election
that is held shows it's triumph some
where. When the conditions in the
several States of the Union are ex-
amined the extent to which the move
ment for the abolition of the saloon
has developed occasions surprise and
establishment. The principle of local
option has been the controlling fac
tor. The county, the township, the
town, or village has voted wet or
dry without outside interference.
The increased interest in mankind
resultant from the study of sociolo-
gical problems may have had much
to do with it. The influence of the
religious forces has been great. The
faithfulness of women in their long
fight has accomplished much. What
ever the causes of the remarkable
movement may be, the facts are plain,
The temperance sentiment in the
United States is stronger than it has
ever been.
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Franco EnorrnonsIv Rirh.

Inere has been made public an in-
terVlew with Finance Minister Call
AUX, IN Paris, in which, contrasting
the French financial situation with
mat OF other countries, the Minister
cans attention to the enormous assets
lne french Government and the Com
munes hold against their liabilities.
Wlthln forty years. M. Caillaux de-
clares, these will be increased by the
escheatlng to the local authorities Of
yaIuaDle franchises, such as lighting.
neallng ana water, and between 1850
anu lSoo an the railroads will be-
come the pronerty of the nation.''
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Our Proprietors.

A year or two ago Henry Clews,
the New York banker, named the five
leading fortunes in the country as be-
ing John D. Rockefeller estimated
at 100000, 900; Andrew Carnegie's,
$3.50, 100000; w. w. Astor's, $780,.
100000; Gould family, $150,000,-
600. and Marshall Fields, $500, 000..
600. The fact that the Field estate
is found to inventory very close to
500, 900, 900 is regarded in Chicago
as tending to confirm the accuracy Of
the Clews estimates in the other
cases. Philadelphia Record.
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That is civilization, announces the
New York Mail, the interchange of
ideas and methods. 1t is a vast pro-
cess of borrowing, a community of
mental goods. Nowadays it is not
necessary for State or a city to
originate much of anything. Its task
is to select, to adapt. The best COM
munities are dominated by electic-
ism, They appropriate their own
wherever they find it. Not to origi-
nate but to assimilate, not to create
but to know what the other fellow
has done and whether or not it is
good-these are the characteristics
of the modern statesman.
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CHAPTER ".
Continued.


Dearest Old Boy-How we miss
you words cannot tell. l wish you
were back. Tommy is awfully OBJ
streperous. / wish-how / wish we
could do something for Tommy! He
ought to be at school; it is such a
pity, for he is out and out the clever
est of the whole brood. My dear Ar
thur, could you conceive such a thing
happening to one of us? Colonel
Curtis has proposed to Janet! Alas!
alas! why did they not tell me?
might have prepared the way; but he
| did the most foolish thing he could
possibly have done. He went straight
| to father. What a want of common
sense! You would have thought that
father would have been pleased, and
so he would have been, but as it was
he had the quarters bills all pouring
| in, and he was in no humor for more
worries. So he just told Colonel
Curtis that he could not be bothered,
that Janet was much too young
and she is actually nineteen-that .,e
could not afford the expense of a
wedding, and as I passed the library
door I could not help hearing him
saying, For Heavens sake, go away!
My good sir, 1 entreat you to go
away!' Oh! dear, how unlucky it is!
Colonel Curtis is as proud as Lucifer
and speeds into the nearest shop at
the most distant vision of our pro-
cession of perambulators upwards.
He will never get over being told to
go away, and Janet looks all to pieces
from crying all night and reading one
little note he sent her all day. Col
onel Curtis has not shown himself
again. fancy he has left the Grange
in huff. l think he is a touchy indi-
vidual, and if Janet does marry him
we shall lose her altogether, for he
will never be able to tolerate us,
even at twelve miles distance. The
quarters bills are all paid now and
we are quite serene again. Tommy
has given up epitaphs and taken to
riddles, but he is out of his depth
there, so the editor sent them back
to him, and the snubbing has done
him good. Before you are quite set
tied down for ever and aye at your
work, could you not run home and
see us?
Dearest, dearest Arthur, how I
miss you, and yet I am so thankful
you are not here. Lefty gets no bet
ter, I am convinced it is her spine;
but father says it is temper. l wish
we could have good advice for her.
Your own loving
WITCH"
Arthur determined to obtain leave
from his uncle to go home for few
days, though he was not quite so san
guine as his little sister as to the pos
sibility of making things right be-
tween his sister and her fine, huffy
sutton.
He obtained the leave readily
enough, and as NJ Rigaud was about
to return to his French home it was
agreed that they should be travelling
companions as far as London.
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aThen you do not know whether ne

"Then you do not know whether ne
is alive?"
Alas, no. monsieur! ! have been
absent from Peru for some years now.
1 have neither seen nor heard any
thing of your young friend-or rela-
tive?"
my nephew" said Monsieur Ri
gaud, "and, sir, excuse my many
questions. I am a poor man myself,
and feel for those in similar circum-
stances. Monsieur and Madame Lee
duc-were they embarrassed for
money!"
ooh, que non!" said the stranger,
quickly. "They were comfortably
off. Madame was. always we'll
dressed; monsieur frequented the
most expensive club. They were not
rich bien entendu, but they had an
ample suficiency, which l imagine
has descended to my young friend
Paul"
Just so, said RigauG, whose con-
science being set at rest on the sub
ject of his sisters fate, cared to hear
no more.
They reached Southampton at last.
The stranger got out first, and kindly
offered his hand to assist Monsieur
Rigaud to descend. The incongruity
of that hand again struck Arthur,
and for moment he looked fixedly
at their fellow-passenge The look
was returned frankly, the eyes were
bright, clear and penetrating, their
glance open and frank. The two
bowed a courteous goodnight as Ar
thur, carrying the black box in one
hand and supporting his old COM
panion on his arm, led him away
through the din of the railway sta
ton and across the docks to the st.
Malo boat
Goodnight! A thousand thanks!
am at home again." said old Mon
sieur Rigaud, saying adieu with en-
pressement, and Arthur stepped on
shore as the boat moved off.
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a vest portion which is of lace, but
the essential portion of the blouse is,
as already stated, simple in the ex-
IRENE. If lace is not liked for the
surplice portions they could be made
of the material trimmed or of en-
broidery or of any similar material
Again in place of the applique could
be substituted almost any pretty
banding, design executed in SOU
tache or some pretty embroidery
worked onto the material The Cir
die allows a choice of the width illus
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-03
Necklace Fad.

The jewelers. are showing new
way to wear necklace. The first
circle of it is given to the couture in
stead of the neck. After going once
around loop falls down and under
the chin, like nothing so much as
Tommy Atkins nose strap, except
this goes lower, quite below the chin.
The second loop falls lower still, and
the third and last to the waist. This
arrangement is a tritie extreme, how
ever, to tempt the conservative
dresser.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-03
CHAPTER VI.

"There he isl" exclaimed lola,
leaping out of bed as shower of lit
tie pebbles danced up against the
window.
"Who? What?" said Janet, sleep
! lily.
"Only Arthur. I will run down and
let him in" And before Janet could
reassemble her scattered senses, lola
had plunged into her little blue dress
ing gown and stolen swiftly down.
stairs.
Fancy his coming at this time of
night" said Janet, turning round on
the pillow and comfortably betaking
herself to slumber again.
The hall clock had just struck A.
lola, shivering with pleasure, ex-
element and scanty raiment, opened
the door and threw her arms round
her brother in ecstasy. my dear,
dear, darling old boy, come in at
once. Are you cold? Are you tired?
Are you hungry"
Neither of the two first, though
l walked from Plumtree; but hungry
is not the word. l am ravenous! I
could eat you up bodily"
lola laughed merrily. "Come to
the schoolroom," she said. 81 have
surreptitiously concealed a regal re-
past there, and the remnant of a
fre!"
Arthur caught up shawl, fastened
her up in it like mummy and fol-
lowed her to the schoolroom. "Hur-
rah!" he said. "You are jolly little
brick!"
There was so much to tell Arthur
had to answer question after question
before he could begin on his own
side, and when the clock struck 5,
the brother and sister were still
crouched over the dying fire, talking
over all the family affairs as if they
were the parents birds on whom the
care of the nest depended. But at
Arthur rose up. Now Tola," he
said, 81 mean you to go to bed, and
not waste any more of the precious
midnight oil. You dear little soul,
you have certainly grown thinner
since l saw you last"
Nevertheless, am as leathery and
active as-as-where shall I go for
a simile?"
go to bed, my child; we will talk
tomorrow to our hearts content.
The next morning the carrier
brought over Arthur's luggage, and
he consigned the interesting little
trunk to his mother with Mrs. Alfred
Denstone's humble little message.
To be Continued.
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trated or a narrower one, and the
over blouse is equally well adapted to
the entire gown and the separate
waist.
The blouse is made with the tucked
portions, the sleeves and the surplice
portions, all of which are Joined to a
foundation girdle, over which the
draped one is arranged.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is two and one
quarter yards twenty-one, two yards
twenty-seven or one yard forty-four
inches wide, three-quarter yard OF
bias velvet, three and one-half yards
of applique, seven-eighth yard of lace
for surplice portions to make as IL
lustrated.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-03
CoIored Collars the Mode.

BY all odds the smartest linen col
lars are the colored ones. Those in
light blue, pink, gray and leaf green
are particularly novel. They are usu-
ally single-fold and not tapped, and
are scalloped and embroidered along
the upper edge. The lower one.
where the buttonholes for fastening
are placed, is plain. The embroidery
is in cotton, usually pure white, and
the collars are worn with white wool
or duck, linen or French flannel
waists
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square neck, and it can be cut of al
the waist line or finished in either
round or pointed outline below the
waist To use it to the greatest ad
vantage it should be cut and exactly
fitted to the figure, then reserved fol-
future use, as it makes a foundation
from which all others can be cut and
will render all future dressmaking Q
comparatively simple matter. There
are double darts and both side, back
and under-arm cores. The sleeves
are of the latest cut and shape and
can be cut off in any desired length
SO that they make perfect founda
ton for any full or draped sort. Silh
and cotton Innings both are appro
pirate.
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Last year proved exceptionally dis
astrous for the Spanish bull fighting
profession. Never before in any sim
gle year has there been so much loss
Of life and limb in the arenas of the
Peninsula. Seven of the best known
toreros have been removed from the
field. The first victim was the ia
nous espada Monies, who was fatally
gored by bull on January 10. He
was followed on February 4 by the
popular banderillero Melito, who
while witnessing fight as an ordin-
airy spectator was seized at an excit-
ing moment by uncomfortable frenzy
and jumped into the arena, to be
promptly tossed into the air by the
infatuated bull. In all eighty-two of
the profession, including nearly all
the best known espadas, received
more or less severe injuries during
the year. The casualty list among
the animals is also record one; o.
$50 bulls and 2720 horses were killed
in the various plazas. That this bar
barrie form of sport is losing none of
its popularity in Spain is amply evil
denced by the fact that new bull rings
are being built all over the country;
one OF the largest among them, at
Bilbao. will accommodate 5000 spec
tators An even larger one is in
course of construction in Madrid, this
h~ng the second ring il the Spanish
capital.
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Blue Chiffon Trimming.

Natty blue chiffon velvet trims a
crepe de chine gown of the same color
that is designed for wear on the Ri
viera. Its front is wrinkled in the
fashionable way to a short apron
depth, but the skirt is not as clinging
as many French models by the same
designer, though there will be but
one petticoat worn beneath it and
that without f1ounces.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-03

An English banker, speaking to an
American newspaper writer and re-
ferring to financial scandals, made
this emphatic declarations 1--WE will
no longer buy your securities. You
seem to have one law for the small
thief and quite another for the big
thief. Your simple scoundrels ride
in prison vans; your big, sagacious
scoundrels ride in automobiles
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-03

New York City.-The over waist
with wide sleeves in japanese style
Is an unQuesuoned favorite, and this
design Is one of the latest and pref
test that have appeared. 1t gives an
exceedingly elegant and somewhat
elaborate effect, yet In reality is very
simple, as is made evident by the
smaller sketch. Applique is arranged
between the tucks and the front edges
and between the groups, and there is
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Model BASQUE.

No matter what form the blouse OF
the waist may take, perfect fitting
lining is the first essential to it's sue
cess. Here is one which it would be
we'll for every woman to possess, and
which can be utilized in a number OF
ways. 1t can be made closed at the
front or at the back, it can be made
with high neck or low round OF
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Don't Rise Too Promnt,v

me French Academy Of Sciences j,
rarls, listened sympatheticaliy to an
ADDRESS by DR.. Savary, who warned he
hearers against the dangers of risine
Immediately upon awakening from
steep. He said the strenuous bnsi5
ness man, who bolts out Of he'd 70 nc he
DatntuD the moment he opens his
Eyes Eye IN the morning, renders himself
napIe to number of ailments IN.
Guiding madness. 1t was ahsni,,teiv
necessary, DR.. Savary declared II
rest Wakefully in bed for twenty min NJ
utes before getting up. " 80 = ~
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Keep Mum.

Women, as women, are pretty
much alike. They have the same
hair, differing slightly only as to color
and length; same features, same
thoughts, When we love one Of
them, therefore, we are in reality
loving them all. But it is just as
well not to mention this. Life.
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Panel Effects in Favor.

A feature of all the new skirts is
the panel effect in the front and back.
In many skirts the front panel ex-
tends above the waist line and forms
a portion of the girdle. These pam
els give a perfectly smooth fit, and
are universally becoming.
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Automobiles or the land killed or
injured 1868 persons last year. No.
body doubts the eventual complete
economic utility of the motor wagon.
Nobody believes for a moment that
it needs to mark with spilled blood
and broken bones it's road to the
highest usefulness.
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The st. Louis experiment of send
Sng crazy women out shopping for
relief is probably calculated, thinks
the New York World, on the prin-
ciple of setting greater frenzy to
cure the less.
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Venezuela is to have baseball All
past revolutions in that country will
pale into insigniicance, prophesies
the Atlanta Georgian, beside the up
heaval in the bleachers when the UNI
pire goes against the home town
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Recalls the Hartford Times: When
Josh Billings wrote his famous words,
Darn fiji" he had in mind only the
annoyance these insects cause. 1t is
only since his time that we have
learned that they carry fevers and
may be at least as noxious as they are
irrit ting
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If, outside of city churches, the
salaries of all our ministers were in
creased by fifty per cent, observes
the Christian Register, the average
would still be less than the wages of
good bricklayer or plumber.
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Chenille Loops.

Chenille loops upon tailored suits
would once have seemed almost abb
surd, but the tailored suits of the
present day are things of beauty as
well as of service, and really hand
some ornamentation is permissible.
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Forest preservation, suggests the
Atlanta Constitution, is a kindly pro-
vision of tall timbers for the politi-
clans of the future,
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In marrying, as in ordering a din
ner, be sure you don't pick out
wife who is too rich to agree with
you, urges Town Topics.
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Perhaps If man wasn't chicken
hearted he wouldn't be henpecked,
suggests the Philadelphia Record.
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TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL:
INTERNATIONAL LESSON Coii-
MENTs FOR MARCH 8.

Subject: Jesus the Bread Of Life,
John 6:22-4O - Golden Text
John 6:35-Commit Verses 81,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-13
For Judge Gray
MOVEMENT ON TO MAKE HIM
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR
PRESIDENT.

SCRANTON, Pa, Feb. IA move.
ment Of national scope to nominate
Judge George Gray for the Presidency
was launched here last night, when
the Democratic county committee
unanimously passed an appeal to the
Democrats of the country favoring his
nomination by the Democratic nation
al convention, and called upon candl-
dates for national delegate in this
district to pledge their votes to him.
Democrats in the other mining dis
tricts of Pennsylvania are likely to
follow the lead set last night. and it is
expected that the movement for Judge
Gray will spread rapidly into West
Virginia, Illinois, Tennessee, Indiana,
Alabama and other States where the
Delaware man is known best as an ar
bitrator of labor disputes.