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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23
COURT HUMoR.

First Court Jester-'fI fail to see
what the king means. He pays about
forty ministers, and they do abso-
lutely nothing"
{ Second Court Jester-"Ah! The
Idles of the King. The Circle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23
THE TIME NOT RIPE.

Anxious Patron-"D Doctor, don't
you think you'd better call in some
other physicians for consultations"
Family Doctor (cheerfully) -"Oh,
no, not yet. There is still some
hope. New York Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23
THE ELABoRATEp spooK.

so you believe in ghosts?"
Not in words of one syllable. But
! attach great Importance to psychic
phenomena. Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23
A TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE.

ST have been taking some moving
pictures of life on your farm.
did you ketch the hired man in
motion?"
Il think So"
'Ah, science kin do anything these
days. "-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23
Many men, remarks the Chicago
News, who get credit for keeping
their tempers have none.

"A noticeable thing about a man
who swears off is that It's no use for
him to go fishing, muses. the New
York Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23

An electric railway is being built
on the zugspitze, the highest peak
in the Alps, on Bavarian territory.
Its height is about 10000 feet. The
railway will run to the summit, while
a hotel win be built at the 7OO0-foot
level.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23
RESTRICTIONS.

rs is true that this rich prisoner
is given unlimited liberty?"
Unlimited liberty? Why, certain
ly not. He isn't allow to go outside
the Houston Chronicle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23
FIINDSIGHT.

Hubby, if you hadn't proposed six
times, might not have married you"
That's what I've often told N.Y.
SELF" responded the brutal man.
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23
THE OTHER RELATIVE

Small BOY want some medicine
to reduce flesh"
Drug Clerk" Antifat?"
Small Boy-"No, uncle. Judge.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23

The average man, opines the Bos-
ton Post, does some mighty queer
stunts for the purpose of keeping his
uame before the public.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23

In paper read before the Amer
lean Institute of Mining Engineers, in
session in New Haven, Gustav H.
Schwab, of the North German Lloyd
line, made vigorous argument in
favor of sea level canal at Panama.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23

The man who would rather be right
than be President generally has his
preference gratified, admits the Phil
edelphia Record.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23
Judge Faints at Murder Trial.

At Columbus, o., Judge G. M. Rog-
ers, in the trial OF Harry Hilyard for#
the murder Of Patrolman Campbell
was overcome when the bloody clotig
ing was displayed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23
WHY. CERTAINLY.

What is it you like best about us
girls?" asked the sweet young thing.
my arms" answered the youth
Boston Transcript.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23
WAIT.

Mother-"Yo must not try to mo-
nopolize all the conversation, Ethel"
Ethel" Must l wait till I'm mar
ried, mamma Yonkers Statesman.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23
KNOCKS AT THE HOLY ESTATE.

Little Willie" Say, pa, is fighting
Pal believe so, my son-except
in the matrimonial state. - Chicago
News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-23
Jl7e
5sn7oosy- 5ci7oo(
INTERNATIONAL LESSON CONE
NENTS FOR MARCH %.

Temperance Lesson, Proverbs 1922
35-Golden Text: TAT the Last
1t Biteth Like Serpent and
Stingeth Like an Adder" Prov.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17
Rates Must Be Stable,

"The conclusions reached in this
hearing should have regard to as long
future period as possible under the
constantly changing conditions. The
railway management have right to
expect that where rates are changed
and fixed by the state, such determine
ton shall be reasonably stable, so
that they can anticipate future earn
ings for a reasonable time.
"The commission believes that a
reduction of 1917 per cent. of the rates
on grain in force at the close of the
last fiscal year-namely, June 80, 1909
would leave rate on grain that
would be reas enable, permitting re-
duction on other commodities in rea-
sonable amount, still leaving the rail-
way earning a liberal return on it's
investment, as we'll as allowing it to
make provision for surplus out of
it's present earnings.
'The commission is not unmindful
of the fact that, Notwithstanding the
depression during period of the fis-
cal years of 1907 and 1908, the five
years considered have, on the whole,
been highly prosperous years. The
commission has also considered and
made allowance for the increasing
state tonnage over interstate and the
increasing revenue from state business
over interstate, which, if continued,
will nuquestionably, in the near flu
ture, change the relation of the value
of state and interstate, giving a great
err per cent. of the total value of the
property of the company properly
chargeable to state uses than that al
lowed by the commission in the valua-
ton hearing. The increase in state
earnings will take care of this changed
relationship under the reduction and
suggested future reduction in rates re-
ferred to in this opinion"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17
The Mirage of the Plains


The next day, when she was pack
ing her books, her hair disheveled, her
fingers dusty, the hallboy brought a
card. There was some self-distrust In
her frown; but she told the boy to
bring up the caller, and went on pack
ing
Henri Duruy sat down unlimited.
"Are you moving?" he asked.
'Yes," she answered, with a sort of
uncertain challenge in her voice; yes,
I'm moving"
II thought you liked these rooms"
He had an inslstent way of making
an Indifferent remark. At the moment
his eye swept the view from the win
dow. She followed his glance with
hers, but made no explanation.
IF you will glance over the con-
tract and sign it," he said, looking at
her. "The places and dates are here.
You are to open in the north this sea-
son."
The pallor that came to her cheek
was noticeable, and she put her hands
on the arms of her chair for a mo-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17
THE MEADOW.

Know a way-will you go, my dear,
VIII you follow the path with me-
Inc path that leads from the Now and
Here
Forth into Already?
Where always the rose Is red and
sweet,
Where always the skies are blue,
Wnere there is rest for wandering feet
IN the Meadow Where Dreams
Come True.
Bid farewell to your bitter grief,
Laugh at your haunting care:
Loose the letters Of unbelief-
Arcady's flowers are fair
Make you a garland Of daffodils,
With. never a sprig Of rue,
And We'll follow the path DER the hap
py hills,
To the Meadow Where Dreams Come
True.
We will dream our dreams as the
hours go,
We will fashion them fair and fine
And all of my dreams will be yours.
you know,
And all of your dreams be mine.
Dear, will you follow the path with
me?
I'm waiting for you, for you!
To take the path into Already,
To the Meadow Where Dreams Come
True.
Success Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17
u. P. TRACK LAYING
TO BEGIN ON SEPT. Is

Aberdeen, Sept. 11.-One of the con-
tractors on the Grays Harbor branch
of the Union Pacific is authority for
the statement made in this city that
tracklaying will begin on Sept. Is, and
be rushed at the rate of mile and a
half a day, and that Cosmopolis will
be reached Nov. 1. All of the bridges
on the eastern division are completed
and work on the balance is so far
along that they will be completed long
before the tracklaying crews reach
them. Right-of-way through the west
ern portion of this city is cleared and
grading operations will begin in few
days. No further move has been
made on the part of the railway COM
pany in relation to the construction of
the proposed bridge across the Che
halls river at this place.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17
MAN VS.. STEAM.
Railroads I'm Japan and O0rea Come
pete with Human Muscle.

Railroads I'm Japan and O0rea Come
pete with Human Muscle.
Both in Corea and In Japan the
railroads have big competition with
human muscle. Frank G. Carpenter
writes that he has seen men, women
and boys hauling great loads In carts
from town to town in Japan. They
were harnessed up like horses and
bent half double as they pulled their
vehicles onward There were carts
drawn by bulls or bullocks, and not
few by stocky ponies. Six or seven
hundred pounds Is an average cart
load for two persons, and II miles Is
fair days march. Bullock carts are
usually drawn by only one animal,
and horse carts likewise. In such
cases the driver walks by the ami
mails head, instead of sitting on the
load, as our people do. The freight
bullocks and horses are shod with
straw, and in the interior these straw
shoes cost about one cent apiece.
In Corea, where the railroads are
only few years old, the transporta-
ton methods are even more crude.
For thousands of years these people
have carried all their goods from
place to place, on the backs Of men
or pack animals, and they do so to-
day. There are bullock carts in the
cities, but the country roads are little
more than bride paths, and about ev-'
erything is packed from one place to
another. The porters have regular
trade. and they have one of the
strongest guilds or unions of the coun-
try. They carry their loads on a
framework made of forked sticks
which Is fastened to the backs in such
way that the burden sometimes rises
above the head. This frame is called
1.-The jiggy," and it Is In common use.
The jiggy men rest their jiggies on
the ground, propping each with fork
ed stick while they put on the load.
They then kneel down and thrust
their arms through the two padded
loops which fasten them to their shout
ders, and rise, carrying the weights
with them. The average porter can
get up with 200 or 800 pounds on his
back, and he can carry 500 pounds at
a pinch. The average load for long
journey Is 100 pounds, and porter
will take that weight 80 miles day
and not kick. A great deal of goods
is carried on pack ponies, and not
little on the backs of bulls which are
trained for the purpose. Such bulls
are shod with iron, and they are a
common sight everywhere.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17

Before the earthquake and fire three
years ago San Francisco had 100000
inhabitants. To-day the number ex-
ceeds 100000.
No matter at what time of the year
the Japanese child is born, whether In
May, the middle of summer, or late in
December, it Is always said to be one
year old on the January 1 following
its birth.
Agitation has been started among
the leading men of the Bohemian
colony in New York to erect in Gen.
trail Park a bust to the founder of
the Bohemian national music, Fred
erick Smetana.
Laurence Shirley, fourth earl Of
Ferrers, who shot his steward and was
tried for the offense by his peers in
Westminster Hall, on April Is, 1850.
was the last English peer to be exc
cuted for murder.
Already distinguished as the oldest
comic paper in the United States, the
Harvard Lampoon is to have hand
some building, giving it the honor
of possessing the only one owned and
occupied by a college publication.
Sir Paolo Tosti, the popular song
composer, has a fad of upholstering,
and it is claimed for him that all Of
the upholstering of Lady Tosti's draw
ing room furniture has been done by
her celebrated husband.-The Circle.
A novel sentence was imposed the
other day in Windsor, Ont. The gov
ernor Of the Sandwich Jail, having
Gomez into conflict with a judge, was
declared guilty Of contempt of court.
and was ordered confined In his own
prison for ten days.
The use Of rat skins in various in
dustries has created demand In Lon
don alone to the amount of nearly
100000 a year. They are used,
among other things, for bookbinding,
photograph frames, purses and for
thumbs in gloves.-Fur News.
Two bricks from the first brick
house erected on the American con-
tinent are on exhibition in the flag
and relic room in the Ohio state house.
They are from the house built at
Jamestown Island, Va, by Governor
Richard Kemp, of that colony, In 1888.
Chicago's French colony has un-
yelled a large bronze tablet In men,
DRY of Marquette and Joliet. The
memorial is at the base Of q cross
erected at Robey street and the south
branch Of the Chicago River, the his
toric high ground" where, in 1874.
Father Marquette spent the winter.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17

ment, then leaned forward, look of
exultation shining in her black eyes.
Henri" she said. II am not going to
sign any contract this year,"
He was used to hesitation. well,
why not?"
Il am not going to sing any more
in-in public" she said, slowly.
He started back aghast for a mo-
ment. Then a humorous look stole
into the keen black eyes.
"Who is he?" he asked.
She parried, because he was cold and
not frantic TT Is all so artificial,
this life-striving for new phases Of
appreciation, for fresh honors. want
the real life
"Ah!" there was contempt, volume
Of 1t, in his tone; realities attract
your"
YES" she said sharply. because Of
his sarcasm; Il leave tomorrow for
real world, place where love is,
and home and freedom"
For you," he answered, "that can
be only a mirage. Your realities lie
in your voice, In your power, in your
surroundings. Keep the other for a
vision, my lady"
She did not seem to hear him, and
spoke quickly you see, must sur
render all that is mine to go into the
other world. He must live on the
plains, going where his work takes
him. I cannot even take these books
and pictures. But I am glad to go
I cannot wait to start! To-day I am
putting these things of the old world
into their collins" She pointed to the
open boxes and laughed.
His face narrowed in its intensity.
you are vida mystic with a
dream!"
II am primeval woman" she said.
IT will not stay here longer! l love
him!"
your logic is perfect, but know
that you will come back to your
world. These things are part OF
you"-he looked about the room
1.-THE noises in the street, the applause
at night, the smell Of wet pavements."
He rose and offered. her his hand. Il
do not envy him. If you love him,
let him come into your world; enjoy
your primeval visions where you can
awake from them" His eyes lost their
look of amusement, and he measured
his prophecy against her faith. you
will not stay away many months. And
am always your friend, though
may have to fill your engagement for
this year with someone else.
When he had gone she went back TO
the books and packed them az though
they were hot things that scorched
her fingers.
By sea, and racing across the east
ern States, watching the prairies roll
away from the window. she recalled
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17
Rixht-Sfded Tongue.

From the observations made by a
physiognomist it appears that the
tongue when quite still can be as elo-
auent in giving its owner away as
when it Is wagging sixteen Co the doz-
en-. This is a hard fact for silent
man to swallow-in silence. His only
remedy is to keep well so as to OBJ
waite the necessary injunction of the
doctor to put his tongue out, for by
this thrust out sign the doctor shall
know him.
The tongue Of the talker when OBJ
+ruded inclines to the right side OF
the mouth, we are asked to believe
whereas the seldom used tongue grav-
itates to the left side. Orators,
preachers and barristers are endowed
with the right-sided tongues. verbally
narsimonious persons have left-sided
tongues.
Furthermore, "the tongue that
.hoots out straight without turning or
waver,ng. indicates solid, reliable
man of affairs" Tongues that turn
nm indicate impractical natures. A
downward. dropping tongue belongs
to a person born to poverty and 2
ready eye to the hopeless side OF
things.
The cruel tongue fattens and broad
an. when extended. The delicate
sneaking organ with curled up edges
IL the property Of an imaginative and
ortistic being. When the tongue Is
s,as forth as II gripped In dental
wise. it signifies a love OF il1e more
than ordinary.
Finally we are warned thai Tue III
diyidual who thrusts forth MS tongue
70 its EXTREMIST verge Is a person to
whom no secret should ever De con-
f1ded. for he is an irresponsible chat
terer.-London Chronicle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17
TAFT'S TRIP
BEGINS
PRESIDENT WILL VISIT ~
STATES DURING
FALL.
itinerary Definitely Announced.
Incidents Will Be Visits to Ma
tons Great Scenic Spots, a
Trip Down the Mississippi KlVef
and Two Days at Fair.

Beverly, Mass, Sept. b" nen
President Taft motors into Boston TO-
morrow afternoon to be the guest OF
the chamber of commerce at dinner
he will have actually started on one
of the most notable trips ever taken
by a president. He will leave at lo
a. m. Wednesday on the first stage OF
his long journey, the first stopping
place being at Chicago. Leading
through thirty states and both OF the
far southwestern territories, the presl-
dents trip will reach it's climax at Ell
Paso on October 16, where he will
meet President Diaz of Mexico.
The presidents trip covers an 1tln-
erary of 1873 miles, and his private
car will be handled over twenty-five
different railroad systems. The South
ern Pacific will get the longest haul
of 2,2S9 miles. The voyage down the
Mississippi river from st. Louis to
New Orleans on the steamboat MIS-
sissippi, covers 1,165 miles and occu-
pies four days and five nights.
Incidents of itinerary.
Incidents of the trip will include
moonlight ride through the Royal
Gorge and a night trip over the high
est passes of the Rocky mountains, an
inspection of one of the greatest irri-
cation projects in all the West, at
Montrose, Colo, visit to the smell
tiers at Butte; a visit to the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition at Seattle; a
day of sightseeing down the Shasta
route in California; three days visit
to the Yosemite valley; day passed
about the rim of the Grand canyon in
Arizona and four days on the ranch of
the presidents brother, Charles P.
Taft, near Corpus Christi, Texas.
The cabinet officers who will be
with the president at the meeting with
President Diaz are Secretary Knox,
Secretary Dickinson, Postmaster Gen.
eral Hitchcock and Secretary Nagel
Secretary Ballinger is expected to
be with the president during the
greater part of the time he passes in
the Northwest. The president has also
invited several United States senators
and personal friends to make portions
of the journey as his guests.
Schedule of Principal Stops.
The revised schedule of the princi
pal stops to be made by the president
after he leaves Denver, September 81,
is as follows:
SEPTEMBER 22-Wolhurst, Colo, fore
noon; Colorado Springs, early after
noon; Pueblo, late afternoon.
September 23-Glenwood, Colo.
brief morning visit; Grand Junction,
one hour; Montrose, afternoon and
evening.
September 24-Provo, Utah, after
noon; Salt Lake, evening.
September 26- Pocatello, Idaho,
brief night visit.
September 2S-Spokane, Wash, all
day.
September 29-North Yakima, fore
noon; Seattle, evening
September 3O-Seattle.
October Seattle, morning; Ia
coma, afternoon and evening
October 2 and 3-Portland.
October 1.-THE Grand canyon.
October 15-Albuquerque.
October 16-El Paso and Ciudad Ju-
arez, Mexico.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17
NORTHERN PACIFIC MAKES
RATE ON CRUSHED ROCK

Olympia, Sept. 1.-THE Northern
Pacific has announced rate of cent
ton mile on all rock shipped from
the state quarries operated by contract
labor, for haul of so miles or under.
The company will charge three-quar-
tiers of cent for each additional mile
up to 100 miles,and fiat rate of three
quarters of cent a ton a mile for all
hauls of more than 100 miles. All the
rock quarries to be established by the
state, except the one at Deception
Pass, are located on the lines of the
Northern Pacific railway.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17
Please Tell Us.

Standing in line before the money
order window at the postoface yester-
day were two men. One Of them was
next" but as his turn came he per,
mitted a woman to step In ahead Of
him to get an order. When she was
through the man let another woman
In ahead Of him. This made the other
man mad Say" he said to the man
ahead, please don't be gentleman at
my expense. I'm in q hurry" Was
he right or not denver Post.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17

Success Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17

In another year there will be mil.
lions Of dollars worth Of flying ma
chimes in use. The "honk, honk" of
the automobile may yet be echoed
plentifully from the whirring sky.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17

When you meet stranger get busy
and tell your troubles first.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-17

A burglars idea Of 4 great joke Is
the little revolvers the women WA.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-21

1t is stated that there are 1000
600 children in Russia who are I'M
able to get any education whatever
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-21
SKY SAILORS MAKING A MAP.

The balloon and airship have sug-
gested, in keeping with aeronautical
progress, that there is a possibility
of mapping the air currents, and an
attempt to do so is about to be made
by Captain Thomas s. Baldwin, ia
nous balloon expert, says the Cuero
Star in a dispatch from Seattle.
Since the very latest types of the
airship and the big modern gas bags
are to be exhibited at the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific Exposition at Seattle
this summer. and numerous flights
and tests will be made, Capt Bald
win, to further demonstrate that to
manage a balloon in long flights is
one of the great scientific problems
of the day. proposes to make bal
loon flight from Seattle to Boston.
While the date for the start has
not as yet been set, it is expected that
Capt. Baldwin will leave the exposi-
ton grounds during the coming sum-
mer, at a time when atmospheric con-
ditions are right.
H. Helm Clayton of the Blue Hill
observatory one of the most noted
students of atmospheric conditions in
the world is behind the proposed
Baldwin ballooning expedition from
Seattle to Boston.
Clayton, by the use of kites and
the meteorological instruments, has
fetched just enough knowledge con-
corning that mysterious space over
head to the earth below to venture
the opinion that at an elevation of
about 5000 feet there is always a
steady wind from the westward. Now
Clayton further believes that should
a balloon be kept constantly at this,
or even a higher elevation, the great
bag would enjoy the full power of
this steady wind, and should, if all
theories pertaining to ballooning
prove correct, traverse the continent
rapidly. Again if these same atmos-
pheric conditions were exactly right
at the time Captain Baldwin hopes to
land his balloon on Boston Common
within four days after departing from
the Seattle exposition.
En- route, Capt. Baldwin proposes
to make meteorological observations
and to map the currents of the air
This would serve as a guide to future
voyages along the same line.