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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
NOT A TRAVELLER.

I've heard tho call of other lands
 And other realms afar; I've lon6ed to stroll on foreign strands Where rare, sweet fancies are. Of Naples bay I've heard much talk And also ancient Rome. But OCT the waves ne CT could walk, And so stay at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

tion in 1S4S. The first ballot of the whig national convention of that year stood as follows:
 Zachary Taylor. of Louisiana ....."...111 Henry Clay, of Kentucky ..-........... q Winfield Scott. of New Jersey ......... 4S Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts .... 9 John Mclean, of Ohio ................... 2 John NJ Clayton. of Delaware ........, 4
 A successful war had taken place, and it offered to the whigs a popular candidate. Zachary Taylor was nomi- mated and elected. If that war had not taken place Henry Clay would doubtless have been nominated in 1848, and he might have defeated Lewis Cass, the democratic nominee, ham, pered as he was by the candidacy of Martin Van Buren, free soiler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
Excayatina During Holidays.

q think the order issued by Acting Mayor Harry Jones that no more pave ments shall be opened in the downtown section until after the holidays will be generally commended" said holiday shopper. Undoubtedly the thing that brought on the order was the tearing up of Second avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets during the past week. While I have no special interest in Second avenue I could not but feel when I saw that big ditch being dug and the dirt piled up on each side of 1t that it was a great injustice to the Sec ond avenue merchants at this season of the year. It was impossible for carriages to stop in front of the shops and in these days dozens of ladies use carriages or automobiles fin their shopping trips.
 After the street had been opened for the full length of the block I was glad to see that such energetic steps were taken to complete the work. Large forces of men worked all day and all night with the result that the street is again clear. The people of the city generally will con- mend an order which means that no more street excavations are to be made while such large crowds are in the downtown section'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
A MoRRLY WRATH.

q wonder why the Hot Tamale Opera company dlsbanded?' Tt appears that every time the ghost walked it had to use a crutch.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

The President may bring his 250 porters back from Africa and turn them over to the Pullman company to get rich quick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
AN AWFuL CROUCH.

''Witherson is a sour-tempered chap" What makes you think sop
 Why, he never hears an automobile honk that he doesn't abuse the rich"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

Some estimate it will cost SIP ,000, 900 to put our returning battleships in good condition again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

President Roosevelt has had six Sec retaries of the Navy, and few indeed can recall their esteemed names.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

The Dutch ships may fire, but the balls will not hit the president of Ven- ezuela, who is out of range.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
PhYsical Army Test.

Washington. December 16.-Physical tests for marine corps officers are pre- scribed in an executive order just issued. They are to be made once in every two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

The Kaiser sees Roosevelt go right on writing and talking as he pleases, and it hurts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

There is plenty of deep waterways talk, but no one goes down to the river bank armed with a spade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

The Duke of Argyll is nothing if not modern, for he says that England must not only rule the sea but the air also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

Uncle Sam is rearing reindeer in Alaska, and this should put us all in touch with Santa Claus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

The scrapple belt is at it's best now, and the people in the belt feel sorry for those who know nothing of the joys of the dish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

The two great protectionist coun- tries, United States and Germany, are afflicted with great deficits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

No one seems to have been desig- mated to beat the big bass drum in the next administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
A PRosAIC ENDING.

Clara Bell was dreaming of her ideal man yesterday when the doorben rang"
 "oh. how romantic! That was her ideal man, I suppose?'
 Well, not exactly. It was plumber who had come to fix the bathtub up- stairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

Everybody is trying to meet MT. Taft, now that he has plum tree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

A Nobel prize winner must have the goods, but he does not have to be fa' nous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
NATURALLY.

'T hate to hear man preface every statement he makes with the words, I guess"
 "Of course but if he happens to be the weather man that is simply part of his business"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

Santa Claus is generally up to date and 1t Is feared that he will this year wear a green hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

How boys can leave the farm when eggs are 52 cents a dozen is unexplain- able
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
WORKS LIKE A CHARM.

.'When a man comes to you and tells you that he is in great agony of spirit for the welfare of your soul, what do you say?'
 Well if he happens to owe me money I just remind him of it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

Evangelist Pat Grove will, it is feared, jump the reservation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
A BAD FELLOW.

A BAD FELLOW. don't know who, Gentle or Jew, Is the monarch bold in the Land of Boo, But he must be coz To old Bumfuzz, To frighten the children the way he
 doesl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

Castro, carrying his nerve with him, may yet enter Wilhelmina's domains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
THE cor.D-NATTrRED MA

THE COLD-NATURED MAN. The cold-natured man Does all that he can
 To keep him from freezing at mighty And long before day He'll get up and say,
 "Confound it, this covers too nghtr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
PAINFUL OPERATION

Your jokes seem to be forced this morning." remarked the carping critic, as he propped his feet where they would be most in the way.
 "Forcedr exclaimed the down-trodden press humorist. "why feel as if those jokes had been extracted from my sys- tenn with pair of pincersv'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

There are 100000 books in the Li- brary of Congress and more a-eoming all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
GONE TO STAY.

GONE TO STAY. ''Do you remember Cruncher who was always talking about leaving town, but invariably showed up the next day on the same cracker boxT' Sure I remember him." He's gone away at last.' How do you know?" His widows wearing black"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
AT A DIsADvANFAGE.

Al "A OIoADN AIN <AOb.z Oh, my lady's hat Is wide and fiat,
 With a wilderness upon 1t; And I distant keep, For it's hard to peep
 Beneath the brim, doggone iti
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

Poetry was not recognized in Nor way this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
Attempt at Murder.

Kessler, Ga December 16.-By an un- known assailant, hidden behind tree,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
Question of Discipline.

T had the privilege of hearing the Rev. John Daly on the homeless child. or Is the Child Worth Saving? in the Lyceum course at the High school Tuesday night, and listened with great interest to every phase of his discussion" said an old cit- izen
 of course, the audience was ready to agree with the lecturer that the abuse of strong drink came first as a cause of the degradation and suffering found in the big cities, and that grinding poverty was another cause of the conditions under dis cussion But Father Daly also stressed as one of the causes many wrecked lives, what should be obvious to all, but which is treated lightly by the majority of pa- rents in taese days, namely a lack of parental reproof or discipline, especially when the child is still in it's infancy. The speaker dwelt in detail upon what must be the experience of parents with their children the world over. Bad little boys in refined homes are said to be incorrig ible, when the fact is they have never been taught to mind their mother. It Is the fault of the parent. I know nothing or klnuerSatteIl pSScnOiosy' pul oNcis child years of age can be made to re- spect parental authority, and that too, without spanking or seolding. When boy of or 10 refuses to mind his pa- rents the rod should be used. perhaps. Solomon's properb, spare the rod and spoil the child has held good through the ages; but some of the best behaved lads who were naturally rantankerous. were made obedient without being whipped.
 "The main thing for children Is dis eipline, no lnatter how it Is enforced. The youth who grows up unrestrsined is usu- ally unhappy, and as Father Daly sug- gested, many boy goes on the down grade simply because his insubordination in boyhood was allowed to pass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
Newa of pemopoIis.

The hens seem to have formed a trust to restrict the output.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17
REPLIES.

 While we have no ice in this part of the country, a great many people are thinking of buying Christmas skates. Some of the far-fetched jokes published in this country are stolen from the comic papers of Germany and France.
 A trustfnl stranger in Birmingham gave a "slim young man" $5 to go and pur- chase a bottle of whisky. It Is presumed that the slim young man is still looking for the whisky. He hasn't come back, It is a crushing blow for a man to realize that he isn't a genius after all, but he is immeasurably better off when he wakes up to the fact.
 When a rich man is planted you will mo- tice that big crop of relatives spring Hp. A resilient man is one who can bump the bumps of life and not be always talk ing about his bruised spots.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-17

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala'' postofhce as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04

Under the present laws of New Jer-
sey, according to decision of Vice
Chancellor Stevens in the case of Mrs.
Lola Maria Brokaw Williams, of Mont
clair, a marriage With person under
eighteen is not a marriage at all, and
that neither party can be considered
married in court. The Vice-Chancel-
lor's opinion relates to his refusal to
annul the marriage of Percy e. Viii
liams, of Livingston, and Lola Maria
Brokaw, of a we'll known Montclair
family, who were welded when seven
teen and fifteen years old, respectively
The Vice-Chancellor decides, in brief,
that the fact that the 1907 divorce law
is not retroactive is all that saves Mrs.
Williams from being divorced wo-
man before either she or her husband
ceased to be a minor. The Vice-Chan-
cellor says:
If, hereafter, any person be so i'll adj
yised as to enter into marriage with
an infant under the prescribed age
eighteen years. he or she will do it
with the knowledge that the relation
ship can be terminated at the mere
will of the infant.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04
MT. FREEDOM.

Leroy Clark and Paul Reynard, of
East Orange, are visiting relatives
here.
Miss Howard, of Newark, is the
guest of Mrs. Fred Guerin.
Miss Viva Coe is visiting MRS.
Charles Marshall, at Dover.
Miss Julia Guerin and brother Louis
have gone to Beattystown for Two
weeks.
The proceeds of the sociable held
last week amounted to over thirty
dollars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gallagher, of Newark
are at The home of Mrs. S. d. Youngs.
Miss CLARA Blackwell has return d
from visit with relatives at Belyi-
dere.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
at the church on Wednesday afternoon.
Isaac Clark has traded his farm for
property in Orange.
Miss Sarah Thompson, of Port Nor
ris, is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Fred Guerin and Mrs. George
d. Coe attended the meeting at Camp
Tabor on Saturday.
J. M. Clark and Manning Wright
were entertained by Harvey Savage at
Mendham on Sunday.
Miss Lucy Coe, of Morristown, was
the guest OF her parents on Sunday.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04
Ever Order From This Store by Mail?
No Matter Where You Are at Home SeaSO Mountains Country on
Long Tour, The Mail Keeps The Bee Hive ct Your Elbow

Our maorder service altogether better than ys-
1t is perfect in matters that many other overlook
aogeherthe crucial of detail Every Little Point is Th0r0
l00M After Satisfaction accompanies the purchase
pete information in response queries We Have Expert Con-
cen0us Shoppers who know stocks end who
and who particular what they choose for you than
if they bought for themselves
Daily Wagon Deliveries to Morrstown and vicinity
No Branch Stores Mail Orders Filled
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04

Three gamblers from HOboken op-
Grated at Cranberry Lake on Sunday,
Notwithstanding the lesson given to
six OF the profession by Sussex county
officials two weeks ago. The gang was
manipulating a wheel and reaplng a
harvest from the excursiOniStS from
HObOken, when Sheriff JudSon K.
Gum appeared on the scene and put a
stop to their operations. No arrests
we're made, as the gam blers packed up
their device and left the grounds.
DR.. Robert W. Rogers, of Drew
Theological Seminary, delivered five
lectures at Harvard University Sum
.mer School of Theology, Cambridge,
Mass, July IT, on "The Religion OF
BabylonlonianS and ASsyrians. Espe-
cially in Its Relation to the Religion
of Israel and its Influence on the O..
t." The lectures will be published.
DR.. Rogers sailed for Europe July II,
where he will attend the Oriental
Congress at Copenhagen. The Chris
tian Advocate.
Florence Sacco, twelve years old, was
terribly burned at her home in Chat
ham, on Monday. She was trying to
light a gasoline stove when it exploded
and heR skirts caught fire. She ran
outside and rolled in the grass until
the flames were extinguiShed. DR.. j.
e. Pollard found that practically every
bit of her body, save her head and the
SoleS of her feet had been scOrched.
She was taken to Overlook Hospital,
at Summit, and it is stated she has a
lighting chance for life.
The Railroad Employee says: "All
previous speed records on the NJ. & e.
Division were eclipsed on Sunday
evening, July 18th, when the Gran
berry Lake Express, in charge of Err
gineer Perry and Conductor John l.
Smith, made the run between Sum-
nit and Newark, a distance of thir-
teen miles, in nine minutes, an aver
age of eighty-six miles an hour. The
train consisted of five coaches, and at
some portions of the distance a speed
of nearly 100 miles per hour was at
tanned.
The street committee of the board
of aldermen, the town surveyor and
the town counsel have been having a
hard time trying to make order out of
choas on Henry street. The thorough
1uiO AiOul UlAS oPPCet1 UliCC VI ttAAiSo
just grew from a lane or COW path.
Fences do not pretend 20 be in line
and other conditions are out Of the
ordinary. Finally it has been decided
to make a street thirty-siX feet wide
which will permit the establishment
of side and curb lines without re-
course to commissioners. The prop
erty overs desire to improve their
walks.
After a lengthy executive session,
the grievance board of the Delaware,
Lackawanna 81 Western Railroad
switchmen issued an appeal to United
States Commissioner OF Labor Charles
z. Nell and Chairman Martin Knapp
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, under the provisions of the Erd-
man law, asking for the Intervention
OF President Roosevelt in the contro-
yersy between the switchmen and the
Lackawanna company. This is the
switchmen's last resort to effect peace.
Members OF the grievance board say
that if this appeal fails to bring re-
suits, the strike order will be issued.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04
PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Y. q. Boell are at AS
bury Park.
Miss Helen Hoffman is visiting the
family of G. A. Baker at Kenvil.
Alderman A. L. Revere has gone
away for the month of August.
Miss Mary Burr has gone to East
Quogue, L. l., for three weeks.
Mrs. Robert Lane, of Clinton street,
is visiting her son at Mattawan.
Miss Mary III. Loveland is visiting
her sister, Mrs. William W. Dean.
Alexander and William Kimbark, of
Newark, have been visiting Thomas
E. Welsh.
Inspector Duryea of the post office
department, paid MorriStown a visit
on Monday.
Miss Sadie Leslie, of Evergreen ave-
nue.. is spending two weeks vacation
at Philadelphia.
q. l.. Briant has been to Block
Island and will finish his vacation at
North6eld, Mass.
Rev. John Macnaughtan and Mrs.
Macnaughtan, of Chatham, have gone
on trip to Duluth.
Mrs. Clara L. Owens and son, Sher-
man, are spending week or ten days
at Spring Lake, N. ].
Miss Ann Smith was stricken with
paralysis at her home in the Becker
building on Sunday morning.
DR.. and Mrs. G.. A. Becker returned
from at weeks trip to Michigan and
the Thousand Islands on Friday.
Miss Alice M. Sherman, of Balti-
more, Md, is visiting the family OF A.
M. Sherman, on Phoenix avenue.
Ex-Chief Hopper of the Newark po-
lice, was visitor in town on Monday,
calling on his old comrade, Collins
Weir. While here he visited the new
police building.
Rev. Joseph n. Blanchard, of Madi-
son, was one OF the party of ministers
guests of Governor Fort at Spring
Lake last Thursday.
Mrs. j. HI. Polhemus and daughters
are at the Riccodonna, Brighto n
Beach, for short stay, after which
they will occupy their camp al Benson
hurst till close of the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Deane Brink left
Friday for the month of August. After
some days of visiting with Mrs. Drinks
relatives Mr.. Brink will go the sum-
mer school at Silver Bay, Lake George,
Mrs. Brink joining him there for the
the latter part Of The month.
Rev. T. B. Ironside left Friday for
Mortified, Mass, where he will join
his family and remain during the con-
ference. About the twentieth he goes
to Jackson's Grove, Maryland, where
he will Geliyer a series OF daily Bible
lectures for a week. Jackson's Grove
was formerly Methodist Protestant
Camp Meeting, but summer school
and conference are now held there I'M
der interdenOminational auspices. 1t
Is about fifteen miles from Annapolis.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04
COUNTY AND VICINITY.

Mrs. D. n. Nash is having resi-
dence to cost about $4,000 erected at
Millington.
The residence of S. r. Jackson, near
Brookside, caught fire from defective
fiue Friday afternoon and was burned
to the ground. :
The Sunday School of the Presbyter
able picnic in A. G.. Phillips woods at
Ralston last Wednesday.
The eight Sunday Schools, of Han
over township. will hold joint picnic
at Tuttle'S Grove, on the PaSSaic river
near Hanover Neck, on September
two.
The thirteenth annual exhibition Of
the Morris County Gardeners and Flor
lists Society, will be held in Assembly
Hall, Madison, Thursday and Friday,
October 10Th and Both.
James Murray ,-of BoOnton, an agent
for the Colonial Insurance Company
lev Boonton, has been arrested and held
/ Tor the grand jury on charge of en-
| beZzling funds from the company
amounting, it is said, to about 1925.
Green & Pierson will erect a con-
crete building on Main street. Madi-
son. The first floor will be occupied
as an Office by Messrs. Green & Pier
son, the second floor used for furniture
storage, while the third floor may be
turned into lodge room.
Bungalows for the students who will
attend The new State Normal School,
to be opened at Upper Montclair. on
September 18th, are proposed. The
| plans of the new school do not include
ldormitories. A common dining hall
is embraced in the bungalow project.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04
The county Roads.
THE JERsEYMAN,
MOrriStOWn, N. j.

MOrrlStOWn, N. j..
Editor, Dear Sir
I would like TO say something in ref
erence to the way the work has been
done on the Valley Road in Morris
county from the Millington bridge to
the township bridge at Berkeley Heights
under the supervision of the Board of
Freeholders. Ever since they COM
menced putting on crushed stone in
the spring the road has been in very
rough unsatisfactory condition allSum-
mer and not having put any binder or
roller on to keep the stone in place,
they have been knocked about all the
season until the greater part in many
places are showed to one side of the
road by the automobiles and wagons.
This not only makes very unsatis-
factory job, but is also a waste Of pub
lie funds and | certainly think the
freeholders would not approve such
methods if they knew the circum-
stances. In Union county just over
the bridge at Berkeley, the county
road is fine as can be. When they did
the repairing it was sprinkled and
rolled until made smooth and hard as
a board, and then to complete the job
they oil the road to keep the dust
downs If the Valley Road is not 60
ing to be finished by placing the stone
in proper place on the road with some
clay binder to hold it and sprinkled
and rolled with a steam roller, it will
be all to do over again in another year,
for the rains and the melting snow
will wash the road until it is even in
worse condition than it was before
they commenced work this spring.
FROM AN INTERESTED
PROPERTY OWNER.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04
Linooln,s Brevity ana Lucldity

This is a day of long speeches and
long letters of notification committees.
A Lincoln voter has looked up Mr..
Lincoln's speech to the notification
committee of Springfield at his first
nomination. In it there are only l39
words; and in his formal letter of ac-
ceptance there are only 1874 words. In
his speech Of acceptance to the COM
mittee in Washington in 1864 there
are 1876 words, and in his letter OF ac-
ceptance there are only 200 words.
Lincoln gave the meat of the matter,
accepted the platform, and promised
to sustain it. The present method of
printing column after column OF
speeches and letters of acceptance,
such as occurred four years ago and are
likely to occur now, is adopted to
throw dust in peoples eyes, Chris
tian Advocate.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04
..Biny The Kid,, Here Tuesday

Scenes from real life, carefully blend
ed together into strong story are said
to be the ergo of BILLY, the Kid" by
Joseph Santley and Walter Woods,
which LIE Roy Sumner is presenting
this season. The play is melodrama,
full of exciting incidents, relieved by
some excellent comedy, with the char
acters well drawn all telling the story
which is full of interest. 1t is said to
be a most excellent vehicle for LIE Roy
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04
Kennedy Elect, ic Plant.

The Kennedy Electric Company has
secured franchise from the borough
of Butler for an electric lighting sys-
tenn there, and some poles have been
set under that franchise. A producer
gas power-plant will be constructed at
Butler, and it is planned to supply
60 Bloomingdale and Pompton Lakes.
The German Valley plant Of the Ken
neday Company is making progress.
The dam for the water power has been
finished, the wheel set, the dynamo is
on the ground and wheels will soon be
turning. Poles have been erected for
the distribution.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04
Mrs. York.s pleasant vlslt.

Mrs. Joseph York and son Teddy
returned from Europe by Cunard S. S.
Lucania last Saturday, after an alb
sance of four months, the largest part
of the time being spent on the beauti-
ful Isle of Man, in the delightful viii
lage of Crosby. During her stay in
Crosby Mrs. York was called upon by
Hall Game. author of "The Christian, f"
and wife, who afterward entertained
Mrs. York and Teddy at Gruba Castle,
their home. Mr.. and Mrs. Game very
pleasantly accepted an invitation to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. York in Morristown
on their next visit to the United
States.