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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

Jesse Macy tells the readers of Nc
Clure's about his observations in the
British courts. He did not person
ally see single juror rejected or
challenged there from first to last.
''In a court of quarter sessions at
Taunton, England" he says, II saw a
single jury in enc day render eleven
verdicts ! found that it was custom
airy in the several sorts of court that
j attended for the same jury to act in
successive cases, In no instance did
/ gee q jury leave their seaSs to MAKE
up their verdict. Usually the issue
before them was made so plain that
all who gave attention knew in adj
vance what the decision would be. /
made note of an exceptional instance
OF delay, when the court was forced
to wait nine minutes for the report
of the jury. In this case the judge
who gave the instructions was him
self in doubt as to what the verdict
ought to be"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28
BEAUTY.

For many years I had longed for
a pet, especially puppy On my last
birthday was presented with tiny
two-weeks-old dog. MY delight knew
no bounds. After long consultation
we named him Beauty, and very APP
propriate name it was. We made
many futile attempts to feed him
from saucer, but he puts his head
and feet into it, SO we gave that up.
Finally we hit upon the plan of using
a baby bottle. My little pet became
SO attached to it that he hated to part
with it. He soon began to try to hold
1t with his little paws, but of course
they slipped from the smooth surface.
Beauty had dear little basket and
blankets all to himself. Every morn
ing and evening washed him with
a sponge, and soon he came to like
this process. In the night / tucked
him snugly into my room. He was
very restless and often kept me
awake. He was also very particular
as to his meal hour and resented the
non-appearance of bottle at a. m.
by various squeals and funny little
barks. Now comes the sad part of
my story. After staying up several
nights with my puppy, mother said
he was too much work and too young,
SO gave my poor little doggie away.
A veterinary surgeon is now his proud
owner, while his former one never
thinks of him without sigh of re-
gret.-Audrey P. Dering, in the New
York Tribune
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28
GUNS AT WASHINGTON'S HEAD
QUARTERS.

Morristown, N. j., is famous as a
beautiful residential place and also
as an historical place, since it was
there that Washington and his army
camped for the better part of two
winters and to-day the fine old man
sion which served our gallant general
as a headquarters is one of the show
places of the town, The guns to be
seen there are genuine old Reyolu-
tionary relics and within the house
are to be found numberless reminders
of the days of the War for Indepen-
dence.
This house was known as the old
Ford House and is now the property
of the Washington Association.
There are quaint old household appli-
ances, warming pans, rag carpets,
fireplaces, old chairs and tables, and
davenports and rare old prints. A
visit to Morristown is not complete
without trip to the old headquar-
ters. Washington occupied Morris
town from January to May in the year
1777 and from December, 1779, to
June, 1880.
Morristown is the county seat OF
Morris County and is about sixteen
miles from Newark, as the crow flies.
1t is nineteen miles by road and TWEEN
ty-two by rail. 1t is located in the
heart of q rich agricultural district
ana the fruit and gardenltruck raised
make ii rich section. 1T was set
tied in 1903 and ITO and was FIRST
salled West Hanover. III 1740 the
anne was changed to Morristown, in
honor Of Lewis Morris. then colonial
governor CT New Jersey.
In Mo4ristown there is a beautiful
park with a soldiers monument to
mark the site Of Fort Nonsense,
erected by Washington. Newark
Call
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

Henry Mills Alden, for many years
editor of Harper's Magazine, writes in
his Editors Study of the educational
guidance of children, particularly in
their reading. Without any idea of
making a specific list of books to be
read by children, MI. Alden mentions
the Bible, Shakespeare, Scott, Dick
ems, Thackeray and Ainsworth among
those they should not miss, adding
Cervantes' Don Quixote, Homer and
Wright not in the original, in the
best translations and Greek and
Northern mythology; any folklore
tales, including fairy stories, from the
ancient Metamorphoses to Uncle Re
mus; and Bunyan's masterpiece. Mr..
Alden's contention is that the child
should be given the best of the old
literature while he is yet able to abb
sorb its true spirit, and not till later
maturity should he meet and judge
the new
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28
CHAPTER XVII.
Continued.

Enid erouched down as he disap-
peared; she rocked herself to and fro,
her grief was SO great, her mental
agony so terrible.
Heaven forgive me for this sin!
she moaned out loud. 1T was to save
you, Gervais, to save you, my dar-
ling, and you did not know-you
shall never know it, must go away,
and shall never see you again, Ger
vais; but / have saved you, and that
is all l need"
The whisper was caught on the
wintry wind and carried away, and
Enid still wept on, but after awhile
her tears ceased and she rose from
her cramped position.
1t is good-by," she said, brokenly
to herself, as she moved with diff
ficulty along the snow-covered path;
"good-by forever!"
AS she went slowly away, man
came from behind the clump of trees
and stood looking after her.
For my sake!" he repeated, in a
low voice. For my sake, and said
such cruel things to her! On, my
poor child, what a heart is yours,
and how j have been mistaken!
Would Dorothy have sacrificed her
self like thfs?" He shook his head !;
his mad passion had gone, his face
was set with a grim, determined look.
%Dorothy-my wife-the woman I
have worshiped-false to her honor
end to her name! Well, the end
has come; the scales have fallen
from my eyes. Heaven knows
what my life will be; she has
destroyed all faith and trust, and
shaken my great love to its very
roots. must know all, be it as black
as hades itself. have been walking
blindfold-poor, miserable fool; now /
must see, even if it break my heart"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

If man does not like his work he
is drudge, and his work shows it in
quality and quantity, especially in
quality, remarks the New York
World. A drudge is always tired at
the close of his hours of daily toll and
is usually tired when he begins A
willing worker is worth more than
several drudges. He does more work
with less effort. In a shop his ma
chine is in better order On build
ing he does a heater job. He requires
less supervision.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

The small child was saying her
prayers This was part of her petit
ton 20 God, make all the bad peo-
pie good, and make all the good peo-
ple-all the good people-the good
people-nice. Now here was
prayer worth praying Little Alice
must have been familiar with some Of
those people whose effort at being
good has been so misdirected that it
has worn on their nerves, or those
other people who are so good in their
own estimation that that they seem
to carry almost visible labels to that
effect stamped all over them, and who
intimate that by comparison pretty
much everything and everybody is
simply horrid. Such goodness is try
ing and breeds scepticism. We can
hardly help doubling its sterling quail
ity. 1t doesn't ring true, Real good
ness can't be austere, harsh, critical,
unkindly, priggish, selfish, compia-
cent, we rightly say. Real goodness
must attract and not repel, we may
feel sure. There must be something
wrong about a goodness that faunteth
itself to the rustling Of the atmos-
phere through which it passes. So
we may well pray not to be good, but
TO be nice, says the New Bedford
Standard.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28
THE NEW BABY.

woke up in the night
Because foot went by my door,
And then / heard little cry,
And then ] fell asleep again,
And heard no more.
But when the sun peked ia,
And pulled me from my bed,
heard again that little cry,
And SO | knew it was no dream,
But real, instead.
! tiptoed into mothers room,
And some one said, Come here"
My mother smiled at me,
Because upon her arm there lay
A little, tiny dear
How sweet it was Of her,
Not even knowing our tongue,
To come to us SO young;
To leave the nest of the dear Lord,
And choose us Of her own accord!
She cried to be let in,
Crying just like bird,
How glad am that mother heard
Florence Wilkinso
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

While playing in the yard at his
home, at Elsemere. Del, William
Carswell, thirteen years old. was mys-
teriously shot, pistol ball entering
his stomach. He was playing with
boy named Johnson, and neither
could tell much about the shooting.
The first thing William knew was
that something struck him. and he
thought it was bee sting. The littsA
fellow was hurried to the hospital.
where the surgeons said he would ne
cover Whether the shooting wa&a
stray ballet or whether some one de-
Iiberateiy shot the little fellow is an
3pen question
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28
CHAPTER xxx.
The Bitter End.

Christmas broke cold and gloomy
over Bromley Manor. Two days had
elapsed since the earl's departure,
and he had not returned, nor had his
mother arrived on her expected visit.
Dare Broughton was down early
on Christmas morning.
ugh" he said to himself, with a
SILVER, how cherries and misera-
blel"
He made his way to Gervais' study
to read through his letters and
papers, but started back with aston
ishment when he entered and saw a
man seated in the armchair. his face
bowed on his folded arms that rested
on the table.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28
tTe be continued.)
The Kansas Corn Crop.

We have noticed several articles in
yoLr valuable paper in the last two
weeks in regard to the corn crop in
Kansas. We think we have the ban
ner stalk of corn. 1t measures IA "
feet high and the first ear of corn
is eight feet from the ground. There
will be good chance for some wide
awake salesman to dispose of several
cars of stepladders or carload of
axes in this community between now
and corn gathering time Quenemo
(Kan.) Letter to the Kansas City
Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

From the way DR.. Wiley speaks of
the household icebox one might think,
laments the Philadelphia Record, that
the deadly thing was on wheels, with
the housewife herself as it's chauffeur.
But, however accursed the icebox
may be it doesn't throw dust in your
face or threaten to crush the life out
Of you whenever you walk abroad.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28
The First Evolutionist.

The first to suggest the transmuta-
tion of species among animals was
Button, about 1850. The eccentric
Lord Monboddo was the first to sug-
gest the possible descent of man from
the ape, about l774. In 1919 a DR..
w c. Wells first proposed to apply
the principle of natural selection to
the natural history of man, and in
1922 Herbert first asserted the trans
mutation Of species in plants. The
American.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28
vENTR1LoQu1sM IN NATURE.

While pioneering in South Brazil,
Mr. Withers was struck by the low
and plaintive cry of some creature
calling in the night. He was at first
impressed with the idea that it was
the cry of child, but the tones soon
convinced him that this could not be
the case.
/ had never heard. he says, a more
pure and liquid musical sound than
this was. The pleasing effect upon
the ear was but little diminished on
learning by what animal it was pro-
duced. The vocalist was a. frog; and
soon another from more distant
spot took up the strain, and the two
SANG together, now in solos, now in
chorus.
Curious to see this musical frog, /
took torch from the fire and went
to look for him. / arrived at the spot
whence the sound was proceeding,
but, as stopped to search the grass,
the music seemed to float away to an
other place some yards distant
followed, and still the sound
moved and nowhere could l discover
whence it came. searched for near
ly quarter of an hour. without being
able to fix the spot and then gave
up in despair.
The fact is, this frog is recognized
to be ventriloquist of no common
order. I have many time since
heard him crying in broad daylight;
and the power of ventriloquism is no
doubt given him as a protection
against the numerous cranes and
Dther enemies that would otherwise
be guided by the sound and soon rem
der the species extinct-Christia
Register.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

A woman on train entering Grand
Rapids asked the conductor how long
the cars stopped at Union station:
He replied Madam, we stop just
four minutes, from two to two to
two two"
The woman turned to her compan-
ion and said:
II wonder If he thinks he's the
whistle on the engine? Outdoor
Life.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28
WOODY.

first met him one spring morning
as / was going along wood road,
lined with huckleberry bushes, bay
berry bushes and sweet fern, writes
Charles E. Jenpey, in the Churchman.
There was rustic in the bushes and
dead leaves, and making haste to in
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

Fifty years ago, recalls the Chicago
Record Herald, Macauley's History of
England was the best-sellin5 book in
the United States. VIII anybody be
able fifty years from now to remem-
Der the titles of any of the best sellers
of the present time?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

The making of tin-plate originated
in Bohemia, according to a recent
paper by William e. Gray, hammered
iron plates having been coated with
tin in that country some time before
the year 1900. Tin-plate making was
introduced in England in 1865, the
art being brought there from Saxony.
In France the first tin-plate factory
was established in 1714. The first
commercial manufacture OF tin-plate
in the United States was at Pittsburg,
in 1872.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

By means of the seismograph, an
ticipates the New York Evening Post,
we may some day predict and locate
earthquakes and move away from
them. Shall we ever, when close
pressed, be able to leave the earth
altogether, and make of the universe
our oyster?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

Says the Philadelphia Press: II
there has been hazing at West Point
the hazing must go. If an officer is
not taught to obey the law in the
academy he will never learn to any
where else.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

BY the will of the late Charles u.
Dean, former Mayor OF Maiden, Mass,
which disposes of an estate Of $780,
600, $4,000 is given to the Baptist
Church at Ashford. Conn, and $1,000
to the Methodist Church at Eastford,
Conn. The remainder Of the estate Isl
beQueathed to the widow and sor.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

An interesting article in the Fine
Arts Journal describes the artistic
possibilities of electricity both for
decorative lighting. and more ntilita-
rian purposes of facile hospitality,
from electric toast racks to chatting
dishes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

Trials for heresy are getting to be
very unpopular, admits the Christian
Register, but, as the heretics null
tiply, the embarrassment o. the reg
ulars increases.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28
suEN(fl6p4Avcs
Aa.

Inc eight-track swing bridger
across the main channel Of the Chi
cage drainage canal near Thirty-frst
street will be operated by electricity.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

The envelope was invented in 1858
and was in disfayor for a long time.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28
FRANCIS }. Lee.

Francis ]. Lee. the well known
English chess player, died in London.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

French discoveries of ASBESTOS have
been made upon the property of the
South Ufals Asbestos Company in the
Orsk district. The average content
in asbestos of one deposit is fifteen
per cent. At times Il reaches as high
as eighty per cent, n point of quail
ty resembling chryeolite, and being
very soft and woolly. The fibre is
strong, while the color in Jumps is
olive green, but the single staple APP
pears to be pure white A second de-
post presents similar conditions and
wealth of content.
An ingenious scheme of burglar
protection, ernbodying specially de-
signed curtains and portieres. has
been invented by Dresden engineer.
The curtains and portieres are made
of any of the materials used for such
purposes, and wired with fine conduc-
tors. At certain places on the cur
tains are affixed small metals knobs,
connected with the wire conductors.
When drawn across window or door,
or around safe or vault, the slight
est disturbance of their position iIn-
mediately breaks the circuit, as the
metal knobs are thus thrown out of
contact with each other. Should the
intruder notice the wires and cut one
or more Of them, his action would
break the circuit and start the alarm.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-09-28

Gervais paced the floor of his room
1t London hotel and tried to think,
season and hope, but all to no effect.
His last glimpse OF Dorothy had been
The greatest witness against her; her
white face, her sudden alarm and agi-
tation, all spoke of the existence OF
some secret. whether guilty one or
40 the morning would arove, for be
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09
TROOPS OUT IN OHIO STRIKE.
Governor Sends Militia to Subdue
Rioters at Bridgeport.

Governor Harmon of Ohio has or
dered twenty-one companies of State
troops to Bridgeport for the purpose
of quelling a riot among the striking
employees at the Aetna mill of the
American Sheet and Tin Plate Com
pany. A mob of 700 or more men had
formed on the hillside overlooking the
Bridgeport plant. and rifles and revolv-
ers were fired at frequent intervals.
Sheriff Amrine, at whose request Gov
ernor Harmon ordered out the troops,
called upon 100 citizens to be sworn
in as deputies. With a few exceptions
these men refused to serve. Four
guards at the plant were wounded by
strikers the other night, and a boy
who was lettering near the mills also
was shot. The mob fired on the guards
during the entire night, and their fire
was returned. Sheriff Amrine ordered
both Bridgeport and Martins Ferry
under martial law. The strike had its
inception five months ago when the
American Sheet and Tinplate Com
pany issued an order that all Of its
plants would be operated on the open
shop policy. A majority of the work
men were members of the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron. Steel, and
Tin Workers, and struck. Several days
ago a number of the strikers voluntar-
lily returned to their old positions,
since which time there has been much
disorder
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09
WARSH|PS ORDERED
RUSHED TO C0R|NTO
Cruiser Albany and the Gunboat
Yorktown Are Sent to Mica
raguan Waters.
PASSPORTS GIVEN TO ENVOY.
Dictator Held Responsible for KILL
ing of Americans-Rush Marines
to Scene of Trouble.

The first step of the United States
government toward backing up the
declaration made by Secretary of
State Knox regarding the Nicaraguan
situation was taken Thursday when
the Secretary of the Navy sent urgent
orders to the commanders of the
cruiser Albany and the gunboat York
town, the two American warships
which are now at Magdalena Bay,
lower California, to proceed forthwith
to Corinto, the Pacific coast port of
Nicaragua, nearest to the capital of
that country.
By the direction of the President.
the Secretary of State Wednesday
evening in Washington, summarily
broke off all diplomatic relations with
the government of President Zelaya
of Nicaragua. At the same time the
secretary gave formal recognition to
the belligerency of the Nicaraguan rev-
olut;onists.
The action of the secretary was
made the more dramatic by the trans
mission OF passports to the diplomatic
agents of President Zelaya for their
use in case they wish to leave the
country. If these agents desire to re-
main they will be received as the I'M
Official representatives of President
Zelaya, just as the secretary proposes
to receive the representatives of Gen.
Estrada, the leader of the revolution
| lists.
The action by Secretary Knox does
not necessarily mean war. 1t is pre-
liminary to the formal demand which
will be made upon the government OF
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09

President Zelaya for reparation for
the execution by his direction Of two
American citizens who we're entitled
in the judgment of the state depart
ment to be dealt with according to the
enlightened practice OF civilized ma
lions. 1t may be the demand never
will be made. The encoura cement the
note of the Secretary of State will
give to the revolution will be, it is
expected, the death blow 10 Zelaya.
A wireless dispatch received at
Colon from Bluenslds, says: After
five hours oil fighting Sunday the rev.
olutionists under General Matuty de-
feated 1000 government troops in the
neighborhood OF the Topaz mine above
Rama. Several standards and guam
tity of arms and ammunition fell into
the hands of General Matuty. The
Zelayan troops lost eighty men killed
and many wounded. while the revo-
lutionists. who fought behind bowl
ders and other projections. lost twenty
men killed"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09
CALHOUN AS MINISTER TO CHINA
Formal Announcement Is Made from
State Department at Washington.

State Department at Washington.
Announcement was made at the
State Department at Washington.
d. c., Monday of the appointment of
William j. Calhoun of Chicago as min
lister to China. Mr. Calhoun has ac-
cepted the appointment, and the Chi
nese government has indicated its
pleasure in receiving him.
Born in iFitts5urg in 1S4S, Mr.. Cal
hOun has long been commanding
figure in Illinois and the nation. In
1896 he took up the cause eS1the late
President Mckinley and did much to
swing Illinois delegation to the Nc
Kinley column in the National Con-
vention. In 1900 Mr. Calhoun could
have received the Republican nomina-
lion for Governor if he would have
permitted his friends to enter him in
the race. He has wide acquaintance
down State, having lived at Danville,
Ill.,, where he was admitted to the bar
In 1875. before coming to Chicago.
In 1898 Mr.. Calhoun was named a
member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, serving until 1900, in
which year he moved to Chicago. In
1905 he was selected as a special COM
missioner to Venezuela, when an inter
national crisis was impending. His
report, made then, has formed the
basis for Americas action ever since
In maintaining the principles of the
Monroe doctrine.