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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

Panama Canal cannot hope to become
anything more than an expense. 1t
will not meet expenses and 1t will cost
more than is expected. 1t will be an
advantage, yes. but an advantage to
European countries and not to us.
The idea of the canal being of
great value to us in times of warfare,
since our naval forces can be quickly
sent from one coast to the other, he
says, is utterly absurd. 1t would take
days for the ships to get around, and
during that time hostile shells could
have done their work. Mr.. Stevens
believes that it would be far wiser
plan of defense to put the money that
the canal will cost into greater
navy.
Mr.. Stevens is not unique, however,
as prophet of evil for ship canals.
Forty-odd years ago many British and
other mercantile economists were
cocksure that, the Suez Canal could
never pay expenses. Yet for years
the directors of that work have had
periodically to reduce their tolls on
shipping In order to keep their net
yearly profits from exceeding the
twenty-five per cent. permitted by the
charter, and the 100000 worth
of shares which the British Govern
ment purchased in 1875 are now es-
timated to be worth fully $155, 000,-
GOO. There is no objection to Mr.
Stevens keeping company with those
who went so wide of the Suez mark.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17
PANAMA CANAL MUST FAN, SAYS STEVENS.
of Isthmian waterway Gives Reasons
FOx Prophecy.
Former chief Engineer


New Haven, Conn.-John F. Stew
ems, a vice-president of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
read, and former chief engineer of
the Panama Canal, has issued a state
ment regarding the latter enterprise,
in which he prophesies failure of
the undertaking.
In this statement Mr.. Stevens says
that the canal will not help the Uni
ted States in it's trade with South
America, as practically all of the in
habitants of the Southern Continent
are on the east Of the Andes, so that
it would be of no advantage to make
use of the canal to reach there. Mr.
Stevens also says that in our CONNER
cial relations with the islands of the
Pacific and the Far East the canal
will be of little value. Our coal and
wheat centres are inland. Their pro-
ducts have to be started on their way
by rail. When loaded on cars IT would
not be cheaper to ship to the At
lantic and then ship to the East by
the way of the canal than it would be
to send directly to the ports on our
Pacific coast and then get on board
ship.
Furthermore, Mr.. Stevens believes
that our coal supply is fast diminish
ing and that China will be the coal
country for the future. Siberia, he
says, will be the wheat country of the
future, with India a close second.
Mr.. Stevens maintains that the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17
In the Dark Chamber. !.

We must all go there sometimes
the glare of the day is too brilliant;
our eyes become injured and unable
to discern the delicate shades OF color
or appreciate neutral tints-the shad-
owed house of mourning, the shad--
owed life from which the sunlight
has gone. But fear not, it is the
shadow of Gods hand. He is leading
thee
The photograph of His face can
only be fixed in the dark chamber.
But do not suppose that He has cast
thee aside. Thou art still in His.
culver; He has not flung thee aside
as worthless thing. He is only
keeping thee close till the moment
comes when He can send thee more.
swiftly and surely on some errand in
which He will be glorified oh, shad-
owed solitary ones, remember how
close the culver is to the warrior,
within easy reach of his hand, and
guarded jealously.-F. B. Meyer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

An uncommon interest has been
manifested in scientific circles in re-
gard to the new treatise upon cos
mology by the famous Swedish sa-
want Svante Arrhenius, which has
been translated into several Ian
guages and will be published in this
country by the Harpers. The book
is said to contain, as its most i'm
portant contribution to knowledge, a
new theory of the so-called "radia-
ton pressure" According to this
theory, which has been verified by
interesting experiments, rays OF
light actually exert pressure upon
extremely small particles of matter,
and as result we on the earth are
the constant recipients of solar
dust" The radiation pressure" has
nothing to do with inc corpuscular
theory of light in which Newton be-
lieved, though it strongly suggests it;
but it gives clear and simple ex-
PLANTATION of the problem why the
tails of comets stream away from the
sun, which so puzzled the great Eng
lish scientist and his contemporaries
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

arrival of his nephew He thinks
nothing of money. Thank Heaven
he will dine daily in Goucy. We could
not feed him properly; that would
ruin us all.
/ Monsieur Rigaud had been sitting
all day crouched in his chair. He
neither read nor wrote, only kept
watching the door; his mind had
fastened now on the advent of his
nephew as kind Of refuge from him
self.
Il shall find it at last" he mutt
tered, "the repose of the second life.
/ have missed it hitherto, but it will
come back, with youth, into the
| house.
Presently Paul Leduc arrived. He
walked in past old Nanon, nodding
kindly to her, and caused Battiste to
conduct him into the presence of his
master.
Paul did not hesitate; he went
straight up to the old man and held
out both his hands. "Come, my
uncle" he said, in clear, strong
voice, welcome the only child of
your sister, who henceforth vows
himself to be altogether at your SER
vice"
so you are my sisters SOM" said
Monsieur Rigaud, peering up at him
from under his eyebrows. Then /
have some claim on you, eh?"
"Body and soul, my unclei Body
ofif1 q
himself. Il am altogether at your
service. Treat me with confidence
and / will be your son and your pro-
tector"
Meanwhile Battiste, going heavily
back to his wife, was struck by the
sight of his old Nanon standing mo-
tionless by the garden gate, with her
hands hanging idle at her side.
"Come, Nanon," he exclaimed,
what ails your
"Pouf!" she exclaimed, throwing
out her arms. II breathe again.
What is it about him, the man you
call Paul Leduc, that gives me the
shivers like this? Dame! AS he
passed by with his light, quick step
and his smile for everyone, felt as
if the Evil Eye had fallen upon mel"
Dame! What an old fool you are
growing. felt as if my own youth
lived again, and thought what q COM
fort it would be if Monsieur would
make over to him dot and daughter,
and let us live in peace again.
Heaven forbid" said old Nanon,
crossing herself.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17
DEALING WITH ANARCHY BEGUN
washington oAHeiais Admit


Americans, not only to the full letter
| of the law, but to the full of the
American spirit.
| The men who have given the SUBJ
ject of immigration the closest study
seem to feel that the work connected
! with the keeping out of the criminal
and the anarchistic classes should be
| done on the other side of the water
| They believe that means can be
found by which every intending en-
| igrant from foreign country can be
made to prove his record before he
shall be allowed to step on shipboard.
The immigration inspection laws
were useful last year to the extent of
keeping out something fewer than
1000 undesirable citizens. The rec
ord was 800 better than for the pre-
ceding year, and yet the man who at
tempted to kill Chief Shippy came in
as desirable" and it took him only
a few months to do something more
than prove his undesirability.
Educational Test Inadequate.
The reading and writing clause
which it was proposed to put In the
last immigration bill would not have
kept out Lazarus Averbach, neither
would it have kept out the Denver as
sassin; and, in fact, it wouldn't have
kept out one in a hundred of the real
anarchists who seek America. Some
other means must be found, If the
desire be to debar from the country
the men whose thinking drives them
mad
There is recognition in Washington
of the fact that in the heat and pas
sion following the recent Denver MUIR
der, and the attempted assassination
in Chicago, there is disposition on
the part of the police officials to con-
fuse anarchism with socialism and
with other forms of thinking and
practice which take no cognizance of
violence in any shape. The difficulty
is that in the heat and passion the Of
ficials are apt to do things which they
ought not to do, and which tend to
increase, rather than to diminish, the
plague which they are seeking to
eradicate. Another difficulty is that
when the heat and the passion have
passed, there comes forgetfulness and
the officials lapse into the old state
of apathy, to stay in it until some
new violence rouses them.
All that has been said within the
last week was said Immediately fol-
lowing the assassination of President
Mckinley Then anarchism was to
be killed, and anarchism kept on liv-
ing, and, from all appearances, it is
pretty much alive to-day. The Wash
ington preaching is for systematic
and continued pursuit of the anar-
-chists, but the preaching, If one may
Judge by the past, will not be fol-
lowed by the practice. Congress can
do much with a proper form of immi-
grafton bill, but there is no present
prospect that Congress cares to un-
dertake the work.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

Startling is the discovery that a
fundamental distinction between
animal and vegetable structure does
not exist at all 1t has been held by
all scientists until recently that each
vegetable cell unit is boxed up in a
case" of cellulose. Animal cells are
not so imprisoned, but freely COM
municate with one another Now the
botanist and the zoologist learn with
amazement of the continuity of the
protoplasm through the walls of the
vegetable cells by means OF connect
ing canals and threads, This may
seem no startling discovery to
those who are unfamiliar with the
foundation ideas Of biology AS a
matter OF fact, says Professor Ray
Lancaster, this new development is
not less epoch-making than the dis
covery of the circulation of the blood.
If man has been totally misled re-
garding the distinction to be drawn
between animal life, if the cell is es-
sentialIy the same factor in the
growth OF both, it follows that the
plant is a form Of animal or rather
that the animal is a moving plant.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

The Public exclaims: There is a
good deal of talk just now about
pampering the poor with something
for nothing. Isn't it queer that no
one ever suggests that something for
nothing pauperizes the rich? Why
should slice or two from loaf of
bread, and cup of coffee to wash it
down with-why should these doles
make pauper of the hungry man
who can't get work to do, while gift
of thousands year from the COM
mon earnings makes a gentleman of
the monopolist who doesn't want
work to do?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

Washington, D. Cit may not be
reassuring information, butthe Wash
ington officials are none too Optimis-
tic about the outcome of the attempt
to drive all the anarchists from the
United States. Those officials whose
duty it is to deal directly with the an
archists cannot talk for publication.
The officials who can issue orders to
immigration inspectors telling them
to be alive to their duty have talked
for publication, but the talk, like
much of the work done, is impotent.
Some one here has said that anar-
chists are made, not born. This is
largely true, and anarchists will be
made as long as there are anarchist
teachers who get within touch of re-
ceptive pupils. This means that as
long as there are anarchists in the
country their ranks will grow daily.
Since the shooting of the priest at
the altar in Denver and the attempted
killing of the chief of police, Shippy,
in Chicago, the Senators and Repre-
sentatives have been busy talking
about immigration measures, but they
have confined their talking largely to
the corridors and cloak rooms. Most
of them are just as afraid to-day to
pass restriction bill that means re-
striction as they were before the
shootings gave them sharp excuse for
the passing of an absolutely drastic
measure.
One member, who is not more than
one generation removed from being
foreigner himself, told your corre-
spondent that it wouldn't do to draw
a line part way up the continent of
Europe and to say that no one from
below the line should come to this
country. What we ought to do" he
said, lis to draw line down the mid
die of the Atlantic Ocean and another
one down the middle of the Pacific
Ocean, and to say no one shall cross"
Restriction Problem Difficult.
When a New York Representative,
on the floor of the House, spoke in
advocacy of really restrictive immi-
grafton measure, several Representa-
tives whose constituents are largely
Southern Europeans, at once began
missionary work. They told the other
members what wrong 1t would be to
punish the many because of the fail
ings of the few, and they did not neg
iect to touch on the matter of power,
the balance of power, of course, which
the men coming from some of the
European countries hold at the polls
in America.
One member, an Illinois man, told
a colleague who was urging no action,
that it would be far better for him
and for his people in the future to
have all immigration stopped from
their native countries for a series Ct
years, until the United States had OPP
portunity to assimilate those that
we're here to that point of assimila-
ton which means the dropping of hy-
phens and writing of themselves as
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17
CHAPTER TX.

On the Monday on which Arthur
Denstone had promised to return to
Liverpool, he heard from his uncle,
extending his leave of absence for
another week, as he and his wife had
determined upon accepting an invi-
tation to stay with some friends DUR
ing the interval.
Arthur was very glad of the time,
there was SO much to do and settle at
home, He lost no time about Tommy,
and being fortunate enough to find a
vacancy in good naval school, he
took him there and entered him at
once, to the boys great delight, for
the idleness at home had never been
to his taste. The affairs of the state
ly pair of lovers continued to pros
per, and. it was decided, to the great
relief Of the Denstone family, at all
events, that there was no reason
whatever for delaying the marriages
and that it should take place within
a month.
Towards the end of the week, one
morning, Mr.. Denstone came into the
breakfast room with the postbag, as
usual, in his hand, and began hand
ing out the contents to those present.
There was one for Arthur, which he
scarcely looked at for the moment,
and one from Mr.. Alfred Denstone
to himself Mr.. Denstone opened
the letter from his brother and began
to read it aloud: !.
My Dear Brother-Sinc Arthur
left US, slight change has taken
place in our plans. Mr.. John Evans,
whose place your boy was eventually
to fill, has recovered from his illness.
But he will never be the same man
again, and must give up work alto
gether and go abroad. Fortunately.
he has good private means and was
not dependent on his salary. He
wishes to remain at his desk another
couple of months to wind up every
thing and leave no unnecessary con-
fusion to his successor; therefore I
have agreed that Arthur should not
begin his new duties for that time.
1t is our wish to show Mr.. Evans
every possible consideration and mark
of respect. Nevertheless, / do not
wish Arthur to waste two valuable
months in idleness, and for this rea-
son think it highly desirable that
he should in this interval endeavor to
perfect himself in speaking and writ
ing French.
To be Continued.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17
Cat Better Than the Clock.

A Brunswick lady received tele-
phone call one morning last week
from a Bath lady friend. asking her
the time OF day.
The Brunswick lady, surprised, tel
ephoned back it was 10 a. M, where
at the Bath lady explained that her
clocks were all at $50. which she
said she knew was wrong. as her pet
cat lad just washed its face which
It did every morning at precisely TO-.
Hereafter the Bath lady proposes to
regulate her clocks BY the cats alb
iutions Kennehec Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17
1t Gives Courage.

Religion gives a man courage. l
do not mean the courage that hates,
that smites, that kills, but the calm
courage that loves and heals and
blesses such as smite and hate and
kill; the courage thai dares resist
evil, popular, powerful, anointed evil,
vet does it with good, and knows il
shall thereby overcome. Thct is NOT
a common quality. ] think it nbver
comes without religion. -TheGdors'
Parker
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17
Trustees Of Northampton Academy
of Music Report Gain of $1,000

Northampton, Mass The trustees
of the Academy of Music have made
public their annual report showing
for the financial year, which corre-
spends with the calendar year, a
profit of $4,000. This showing is the
more satisfactory when 1t is consid-
cred that it covers part of the pres
profit of $4,000. and have done much
to justify Northampton experiment
of maintaining municipal theatre.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17
The Field Of Snnrfa.

Brown concluded its basketball
season, losing to Williams by %
to IA.
No pitcher in the big leagues stud
les opposing batters more closely
than Christy Mathewson.
There will be no betting on the
Readville trots this season. New
England breeders decided to hold the
Grand Circuit races withou. pool sell
ing or bookmaking.
The Harlem Regatta Association.
Of New York City, voted to ask for
the National Association races this
year.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17
Halls OF Congress.

Advocates of woman suffrage made
arguments before Senate and House
committees.
The bill increasing the pay OF
ofiicers and enlisted men in the array
was passed.
The Lodge bill to reorganize the
consular service Of the United States
passed the Senate.
The House Committee on Naval
Affairs voted for the construction Of
two hattleships, rejecting the Presi-
dents recommendation that four be
built
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

The completion of the Guatemala
Railroad, which runs from the Gulf
of Honduras on the east coast to
Guatemala City, and thence to the
Pacific, is an event that encourages
the hope of more prosperous times,
greater stability and fewer revolu-
lions in Central America. The effect
of the competition of the Tehuan-
tepec line farther north and of this
one upon the traffic of the Panama
Canal may be considerable.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

Says the Christian Register: The
newly discovered words of Jesus, sup
posed to have been cut off from the
last chapter of Mark, do not have the
right ring. We lost nothing when
they disappeared and gain nothing
by finding them.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

Speaking of the suggestion to
American cheesemakers that they go
ahead and make cheeses after their
own manner and give them good do
nestle names instead of borrowing
names used on popular brands from
foreign countries, observes the Bos-
ton Transcript, it may be said that
manufacturers would probably agree
to the arrangement if their customers
would accept it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17
Swift Interests Buy 100000
Acres and 20. 600 Cattle-in Texas.

Austin, Texas Major George w,
Littlefeld, of Austin, closed deal
for the sale of his 100000 acre ranch,
which comprises nearly all the land
in Lamb and Hockey counties in the
Panhandle of Texas, to a syndicate OF
Chicago men closely identified with
the interests of Swift & Co., packers.
prominent membersof the Beef Trust.
He disposed of 10000 cattle and
500 saddle horses with the land, The
total consideration was approximate
ly $4,000, 000
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17
Prof. Starr Seeks Unknown Races.

Professor Frederick Starr, of the
University of Chicago, left Chicago in
search OF an unknown Caucasian race
supposed to exist in the Philippines
He will spend three months in the
study of the islanders, and may go to
inland China, where the Lolos, an
other mysterious white race, exists.
For many years Professor Starr has
desired to live among the Lolos, who
are savages OF a low type. No one
has dared to go among them. Pro-
fessor Starr will take several graphic
phones with which to record the new
languages.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

"A certain section of Canadians are
too sensitive about discussion as to
the merits of their climate, which is
80 largely responsible for the marvel
lous fertility of the soil, confesses
the Canada. The more the intending
emigrant knows about the actual con-
ditions under which he will lead his
new life the better.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

The $44o,oO0,OO0 which is esti-
mated by Mr.. NJ e. ingalls, to have
been spent on automobiles during the
past few years represents in large
part money which would otherwise
have gone into the purchase of stocks
and bonds and would have construct
ed railways, factories, buildings,
water-works, etc.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17
TO Preserve the Elder Duclx,

Through the efforts Of william
butcher, Of New York City, an at
tempt is being made to preserve and
propagate the elder duck, now almost
extinct This bird was once found in
large numbers all over New England.
A bleak island near Grand Manan has
been selected, and 100 birds have
been placed there to start the work.
in charge OF Captain Frederick e.
Small, OF the Cross Island Life-saving
Station. q. Z Z,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

1t looks to the Cleveland Plain
Dealer as if Uncle Sam would keep a
tight grip on the wheel brake after he
hands the reins over to the Cuban
civil authorities.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

The value of diamond seems to
have a good deal of the fictitious
about it, and to depend not upon the
ordinary conditions of natural sup
ply and demand, but upon the bust
ness policy of a few men sitting
around table in London.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

The girl who gets married during
leap year must be very beautiful,
thinks the Chicago Record-Herald, in
order to escape suspicion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-17

There are $4,000 gasoline motor
boats in the United States.