The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
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is put into jewelry, which the wife
wears.
The Bar association, the most infiu-
entail organization of its kind in the
United States, has membership of
1914.
Great Britain has invested in for
eign bonds over $15,OoO,O00.OO0, Of
which $5,839,0o0,O00 is in America, not
including Canada
The largest department store in the
far east was recently opened in Shang
hal. 1t is five stories high and is own
ed by an English company.
Waiting to be operated ON in Brus-
sells hospital, young man became SO
nervous that he went into an empty
room and hanged himself with his
handkerchief.
Morris Lippman, aged twenty three
that an attack Of heart disease follow
ed, and he died before physician
could reach him.
On Eagle island, Maine, off the South
Harpswell shore, Commander Peary's
Eskimo dogs are enjoying life this
winter. There are twelve of the old
ones and eight puppies.
More than ten years ago Mrs. Sophia
Wilson of Clayton, N j., lost silver
thimble. While in the woods the 9TH
er day her daughter found the thimble.
How it got to the woods is a mystery
Captain George III. Pettis, state seal
er of weights, in his annual report
states that there are more than 1000
coal baskets in use in Rhode Island
that are not of the size required by the
statutes.
The fire commissioners of Findlay,
O., have declared that small men make
the best firemen. They have changed
the rules of qualification for the de-
partment SO that man five feet six
inches can become member.
Lions are plentiful in Portuguese
East Africa, and that region is a para
disc for hunters of big game. In some
sections the authorities offer a reward
for each lions head brought in, and
they permit the hunter to keep the
skin.
Missionary Sarah ]. Bird says that
learning inhabits the lowly New York
Bowery as well as Morningside
heights Il saw three men bending
over a table in a lodging house one
night and found they were translating
the HAD" she adds.
Nearly fifty men were arraigned in
New York police court recently for
peddling without a license. Most of
them were mechanics or tailors who
were forced to peddle ON the street be-
cause of hard times. One cent fine
each was inflicted on five of them.
The new Swiss stamp shows Henric
holding his fathers crossbow in one
hand and the arrow pierced apple in
the other. The other stamp of the Sc
ries depicts Helvetia, the allegorical
impersonation of Switzerland, with the
Alps mountains in the background.
The Cheshire National bank of
Keene, N. H., recently received from
gentleman living in Massachusetts
four dollar bill issued by the bank
when it was state institution in 1906.
This bill completes the file of all the
issues of bills since the bank was char
tered in 1903.
The Greek naval authorities have de-
cided upon a complete reorganization
of their fleet and have requested Ad-
miral Fourier of the French fleet to
,1ndartoIya fJ,a e,,,Doryicio,, Of ~ II ie,
very possible that a foreign loan will
be floated for the purpose Of providing
funds for the coming reorganization.
In the will of the late banker poet,
Edmund Clarence Stedman, he be-
queathed his chief literary treasures
to the library of Yale university.
Among the requests are the testator's
editions and texts of the Greek ideal
lists, his edition of Theocritus possibly
the only one in this country and other
rare books.
Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader of
the German reichstag, has informed
the American Socialist party that his
visit to the United States must be in
definitely postponed, because the state
of his health will not permit him to
take on any additional work He had
planned to deliver series of addresses
in the principal cities.
1t is reported, with entire plausibili-
ty, that practically every one of the
5000 twenty dollar gold pieces that
formed what may be called the first
edition of the ST. Gaudens eagles has
already been withdrawn from circula-
ton and, having been carefully laid
away by the coin collectors, will never
again serve as currency.
The Pacific Scientific institution has
been Incorporated at Honolulu for the
purpose of making a full ethnograph-
ical and biological survey Of the nu-
merous little known islands Of the Pa
cific ocean. 1t is said that the enter
prise is to be amply financed and that
1t has the approval Of the leading sci
entists of America and Great Britain.
1t is only few years since butter
was unknown to the Chinese, when it
was never used, and when even the
milk from the COWS could not be pur-
chased, but recently Chinese restau-
rants have taken to the serving Of
European style dinners" and the bet
ter class of Chinese are becoming large
consumers of butter and other Euro
pean luxuries.
Women auto cab drivers will be seen
mo more in Berlin. The only woman