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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
OVER THE FENCE
Neighbor Says Something.

The front yard fence is a famous
council place on pleasant days. May
be to chat with some one along the
street, or for friendly gossip with
next door neighbor. Sometimes it Is
only small talk, but other times
neighbor has something really good
to offer
An old resident of Baird, Texas,
got some mighty good advice this
way once.
He says:
Drinking coffee left me nearly
dead with dyspepsia, kidney disease
and bowel trouble, with constant
pains in my stomach, back and side,
and so weak could scarcely walk.
Zone day l was chatting with one
of my neighbors about my trouble
and told her | believed coffee hurt
me. Neighbor said she knew lots Of
people to whom coffee was poison
and she pleaded with me to quit it
and give Postum trial. | did not
take her advice right away, but tried
a change of climate, which did not do
me any good. Then dropped coffee
and took up Postum.
"My improvement began immedi-
ately and got better every day I
used Postum.
Ny bowels became regular and in
two weeks all my pains were gone.
Now | am well and strong and can
eat anything want to without dis
tress. All of this is due to my hav-
Ing quit coffee. and to the use OF
Postum regularly.
my son, who was troubled with
indigestion, thought that If Postum
helped me SO, it might help him. It
did. too, and he is now well and
strong again.
We like Postum as well as we
ever liked the coffee and use it alto
gether in my family in place of coffee
and all keep we'll" There's a Rea-
son." Read "The Road to Well
Vile" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
CONFESSIONS OF A CLOWN.
At Last, There is on Sale Book
Brimful of American Humor.

At Last, There is on Sale Book
Brimful of American Humor.
Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant, quest of his customers
Is for "a book which will make me
laugh" The bookman is compelled
to reply that the race of American
humorists has run out and comic lit
erature Is scarcer than funny plays.
A wide sale is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs of Dan Rice" the
Clown of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, book guar
anteed to make you roar with laugh
ter The author presents to the pub
lie volume of the great TESTERS
most pungent jokes, comic harangues,
caustic hits upon men and manners,
lectures, anecdotes, sketches of adj
venture, original songs and poetical
effusions; wise and witty, serious.
satirical, and sentimental sayings of
the sawdust arena of other days.
Old Dan Rice, as proprietor of the
famous zone Horse Show" was more
OF national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book of 500 pages,
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
postpaid to you for $3.50. Address
Book Publishing House, 1874 Leonard
street, New York City.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
Rescued a Shipwrecked Cat.

The salvage steamer Enterprise,
which put into Dover yesterday from
the wrecked liner Mahratta on the
Goodwins, had on board black cat
which was rescued eleven days after
the liner was abandoned
1t was in terribly emaciated con-
dition when discovered by the salvage
men, having had nothing to eat or
drink during that period, and it was
very wild. Eventually Diver G. Fa-
bian succeeded in capturing it, and it
is being made pet of on the Enter
prise.--London Daily Mail.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
BRITISH ARMY A SHAM. SAYS ROBERTS.

comfortably, the danger is coming
nearer and nearer to us daily, and
unless you cease telling the people
they are living in safety and get an
army fit to deal with any enemy we
shall one day come to such utter grief
that you will bitterly regret your in
action.
ut is a perfect marvel to me how
anybody can see what is going on
around us in Europe and be content
with the condition of our army. No
country in the world would attempt
to defend itself with the paucity of
men and with the unframed men we
have got. You will never have real
army until you have taken the nation
into your confidence and tell them
their danger. You may think you
are safe, but you are not. Be frank
and tell the nation what is before
them. They will respond"
His admonitions were addressed to
the Government representatives.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01

London. army is a sham!
We have no army!" exclaimed Field
Marshal Lord Roberts earnestly in a.
debate in the House of Lords upon
the Duke of Bedford's motion for an
inquiry into the condition of the re-
serve. Earl Roberts, who is known
to favor compulsory military train
ing, declared that he was amazed at
the manner in which both houses
treated the army as a party question
and at the apathy of the nation re-
garding military defense. The ma
ton, he said, did not believe in the
danger of invasion, and no wonder,
for their leaders told them there was
no fear of it, He added:
II know perfectly we'll that the
leaders in both houses are anxious
about the future, but they do not tell
the country that we have neither an
army to send abroad nor to defend
the country at home. While we are
sitting here, taking it easily and
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
The Spiritual Line.

A good story is told of very
sedate doctor of divinity. When re-
turning by train from church con-
gress, fellow passenger undertook
to draw him into conversation, and so
far succeeded that the reverend gem
tleman asked him to what profession
he happened to belong.
"Oh,' said the layman, cheerfully,
SIN in the cotton line.
"Oh, indeed" replied the clergy
man, urbanely; there is good deal
Of business going ON in that branch
just now, l understand.
First class said the layman with
a cunning smile. "And may 1 ask
what is your liner"
a." said the clergyman patroniz-
ingly with the nearest approach to a
joke he was ever known to perpe-
trate, II am in the spiritual line."
"Blest if l didn't think So" ex-
claimed his companion knowingly;
and putting one hand on the doctors
knee, he leaned forward eagerly and
added, with an indescribable wink,
Abut say, what a price you have got
gin up !"-Tit-Bits.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
Notes of the Diamond.

Almost every old crossroads team
has it's Cy Young.
Roger Bresnahan has made a pro-
nounced hit with the St. Louis fans.
The st. Louis club has given Catch
err Wells his unconditional release.
President Sherman is a daily
visitor at the games in Washington.
Duke Farrell said Jouett Meekin
has more speed than any pitcher he
ever saw.
The Boston National Club has sold
pitcher Harley Young Coy Youna
IIT.) to the Oklahoma City Club. Of
the Texas League.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
LORIMER SUCCEEDS
HOPKINS IN ILLINOIS
Deadlock, in Assembly at Spring
field Since January, Broken.
TWENTY-FIVE BALLOTS TAKEN
New Senator Declares He Will Sup
port Platform Pledge on Tariff
He Was Supporter of the Beef
Trust.

NEW E0CHfLOI AAC - zap
port Platform Pledge on Tariff
He Was Supporter of the Beef
Trust.
Springfield, Ill-William Lorimer,
the Sixth District Congressman, the
blonde and bland Nemesis Of Albert
J. Hopkins, is the Senator-elect from
Illinois. A non-partisan alliance, sim
liar to that which reelected Mr.
Shurtleff as Speaker at the beginning
of the session, broke the deadlock
which has tied up the General Assem-
by since January 20, which has sti1ed
legislation and made of distinguished
statesmen mere packages of nerves.
Mr.. Lorimer, who would not start
in the race until he was sure he
would succeed, gave the word at noon
and at 2.35 o'clock in the afternoon
on the ninety-fifth ballot, he was de-
clared elected to the chair occupied
for six years by Mr.. Hopkins. He
received 108 votes to 80, six more
than enough to elect.
Until a few days ago he had not
received vote for Senator, while
Senator Hopkins, who went before
the Legislature with the Endorsement
of the primary election of the Repub-
licans of Illinois, had kept within
from twenty to thirty votes of ma.
jority during the five months of the
deadlock.
Mr.. Lorimer said: Personally,
all my life have been protectionist
All my life I have been for what is
known as a high protective tariff,
but in our last Republican National
Convention our party, the Republi-
can party, declared for lower tariff
or a tariff revision downward. I dc
not know whether that legislation
will yield enough to conduct the ar.
fairs of the country, but I do know
that the party to which | belong will
keep the faith and pass bill along
the lines passed by the House of Rep
resentatives.
Lorimer is politician of type
distinguished by its supremacy in
municipal affairs. He is one of the
kind who understands silence to per.
lection. He was born in Manchester
England, but came to this country
when a boy. He got start in Chi.
cago as street car conductor, and
from that developed into politics
There as inspector of plumbing he
progressed rapidly. BY 1894 he had
seen enough of the city game ane
turned to National politics, being
elected to the House for the first OF
the seven terms to which he has been
elected.
In the House Lorimer has been one
of the stanchest supporters of the
special interests of Chicago AL
though not representing the beef
packing district, he was the partic
ular champion of the packers during
the Roosevelt fight for the Meat In.
spection bill
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
All That Saved Them.

Kind Lady-"So you are sailor?"
The Hobo-"Yes, ma'am. Las
winter me an ten udder fellers wuz
shipwrecked on barren island, an
all our grub lorst.
Kind Lady-"And how long did
you remain there?"
The Hobo--"T'ree months, lady"
Kind Lady-"But how did you
manage to keep alive if all your pro-
visions were lost?"
The Hobo-"De ship turned turtle,
ma'am, an we lived on turtle soup.
e?"-Chicago News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01

New York City.-The Corn Prod
ucts Refining Company, of which e.
T. Bedford, of the Standard Oil Com
pany, is president, and in which
James A. Moffett. F. @. Barstowe and
Charles M. Pratt are directors, and
William Rockefeller and the late H
H. Rogers were generally understood
to be largely interested, is likely to
go into the retail candy business.
AS has been generally known, the
directors at their last meeting took
the preliminary steps toward starting
project for utilizing the glucose
manufactured in the company's
plants by establishing candy fac
tories. This step, it was said recent
ly, is likely to be followed by the
retailing of the product of the fac
tories, through company yet to be
organized, in its own stores. The
candy business has recently seen in a
smaller way signs of approaching
organization on the modern lines OF
combination, but this step will be far
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
GOVERNOR HASKELL INDICTED
Accused With Others of Obtaining
Government Land Illegally.

Tulsa, kla-Indictments charg.
ing fraud in the Muskogee town LOT
cases we're returned by the United
States Grand Jury against Governor
Charles N. Haskell, F. B. Sewers, w.
T. Hutchins, G. w. Turner, A, q. Eng.
lish, and w. r. Elton. They arc
charged with obtaining titles from
the Government to town lots in Mus.
kogee by Illegal methods. Bond in
each case was fixed at $4,000 and was
promptly furnished.
This is the second Indictment OF
Governor Haskell in the Tulsa case
The first bills were dismissed on o
technicality.
Governor Haskell said;
AS result of four Government
attorneys and an army of secret men
surrounding the Grand Jury and lin.
iting the testimony to just what suit
ed them, indictments have been Sc
cured against me. / am thoroughly
satisfied that when the whole facts
are made known in the open the Gov,
eminent will not approve of these
cases, as there has been no violation
of the law in any particular"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
Judges Grant Saloon Licenses.

Denver, Col. Ministers and laymen
should not use tobacco, but it is not
contrary to the principles of the
church for Judges who are Presby
terians to grant saloon licenses. This
was decided by the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church in ap.
proving the report of the Temperance
Committee after long discussion.
The report commended President
Taft, the Kaiser and ex-President
Eliot, of Harvard, for being teetotal
ers, and urged the ministers of the
church to petition Congress to stop
interstate shipments of liquor, to dis.
continue tho issuance of internal rev.
enue receipts in prohibition territory,
and to prohibit the use of the mails
for the distribution of advertisements
of liquor.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
Among Noted Peonle.

Work at Beverly, Mass, on the
summer home of President Taft was
rushed.
Jacob Riis was elected honorary
president of the Playground Associa-
ton Of America, in session at Pitts
burg.
Rear~Admiral Harder and the Off
GERS of his squadron were received by
the Mikado and dined by Admiral
Togo at Toxic.
Learning that Magistrate Walsh
had died poor, his associates made up
fund of $1,000 for his widow, in
New York City.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
What Was in Her Hair.

Nov, Margaret, dear, I'm going
to put some vaseline on your hair to
take the danruff out, . said mamma to
her small hopeful of five. "Then you
may run out and play"
Whats in your hair, Margie?"
asked her playmate little later. at
looks all shiny"
"Oh, my mamma put some gasoline
in it to take the dandelions out,
replied little Margaret wisely.-New
York Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
LAWYER SHOOTS w1Dow.
Man Already Indicted For Robbery
FIees After Crime.

Lima, Ohio.-Mrs. Maude Diltz, a
young widow, who recently came
from Waynesfield, was shot and
killed at her home here by John
Beam, lawyer and real estate dealer,
from whom she rented the property,
AS soon as Mrs. Diltz opened the
door in answer to his knock, Beam
began firing. He emptied a revolver,
then reloaded the weapon and fired
two shots at a neighbor who gave
chase as Beam ran away.
Beam is under indictment for i'm
plication in a robbery that occurred
at farm near Lima last winter.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
The world of sport.

Freshman track athletics at Yale
last year paid $129.65.
1t is pretty good rowing coach
whose men never get overtrained.
Lou Dillon made her first appear
ance on a trotting track in Europe.
"Joe" Jeanette defeated Sam
McVey In fifty rounds at Paris,
France.
Wisconsin's crew at Poughkeepsie
will have an exceptionally long time
of training there.
With rapid strides the Montreal
Jockey Club has become the leading
turf organization In Canada.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
MURDERED MANS BODY FOUND.
Fishermen Discover Crime Evidently
Committed Months Ago.

Hooksett, N. H.-The body of an
unknown, who appears to have been
the victim of an atrocious murder,
has been recovered from Humans
Pond, about three miles from here.
The body, that of man of fifty
five, was found by Joseph Taillefer
and Joseph Campbell, of Allentown,
who were fishing.
1t was bound with about twenty
five feet of hemp rope, to which was
attached piece of granite weighing
about twenty-five pounds. The body
had evidently been in the water for
months.
An examination by DR.. G. M. Togus
disclosed wound on the left side of
the head due to heavy blow and on
the right side of the head was bull
let wound. There was no water in
the lungs.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
Inconsistent Business Men.

There are plenty of business men
here in Uvalde who buy government
envelopes because they can get them
printed for nothing. They do not
believe it is proper for the people to
get their merchandise through mai
order house, but it is all right for
them to patronize government mon
opoly.-U valde Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
KING EDWARDS HORSE WINS.
American Entry at the English Derby
Falls-Backers Lose 100000.

London Minoru, King Edwards
horse, ridden by Jones, won the
classic Derby at EPSON Downs This
is the first time the Kings colors
have been swept to victory in the
Derby, although he won twice while
he was the Prince of Wales.
King Edward and Queen Alexan
dra occupied the Kings box and ap
plauded heartily.
The hopes of the Americans
crashed in Sir Martin, the entry OF
Louis Winans. The American horse
fell at Tattingham Corners, his acct
dent being due to the slippery track
1t is estimated that nearly 100000
was lost by Sir Martins hackers. The
rich Americans at the track backed
the three-year-old American horse
heavily.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
Sea Cuts Away Great Stretches
of Cape Cod Coast.

Woods Hole, Mass.--The north
east gale that for over week blew
steadily along the shores of Vine
yard Sound and on Nantucket shoals
cut up the beaches all along the
shores Of Cape Cod. and hotels and
summer homes along the coast will
have to be moved back.
The life-savers say that they never
before witnessed such great changes
where they formerly patrolled the
beach the tides now run riot.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01

cause terrible painful attacks. / lost
20 pounds, and as specialists did not
help me grew respondent. L
thought l would try Doan's Kidney
Pills, and can't express my delight at
finding they helped me. kept on
until the trouble was gone, and
though 70 years old feel strong"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
Spare the Horses.

A cavalry sergeant had endured
the stupidity of recruit for many
days. One day the rookie" was thus
greeted when he had violated the SER
geant's orders:
@Don't ever come at the horses
from behind without speakin' to
them!" exclaimed the sergeant.
they'll be kicking that thick head
of yours! Then the first thing you
know there'll be lot of lame horses
in the squadron. ILLUSTRATED Bits.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
FARMERS AssAILANT LYNcHED.

Gard on Body Warning Other Ne
grOes Against Similar Fate.
Lincolnton, Ga.-Albert Aiken, a
negro, who wounded John Spires, a
white farmer, was hanged by 100
men, who broke into the Jail, seized
the negro and carried him into the
country. The body was found
marked by bullet holes and bearing
the placard:
"Notice-This is what will happen
to all negroes in Lincoln County un-
der similar circumstances.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
Y on Indoor
People

must give the bowels help.
Your choice must lie be-
tween harsh physic and candy
Cascarets. Harshness makes
the bowels callous, so you need
increasing doses. Cascarets do
just as much, but in a gentle way.
Vest-pocket box. 10 cents-at drug-stores. ISL
Each tablet of the genuine is marked C C.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
Wonderful.

We passed, in the course of an
hour, two dead COWS and more than
fifty dead chickens. A strong smell
OF petrol pervaded the atmosphere
and there were wheel tracks in the
dust.
Sherlock Holmes became greatly
interested
Watson, exclaimed he, after deep
thought, there has been motor
along here. Kansas City indie
pendent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
FoRGER DIES IN PRISON.
William X. Skillman Planned to Get
$4,000 Estate of Friend.

Trenton, N. William K. Skill
man, the aged farmer of Blawen-
burg, who was sentenced to FIVE
years Imprisonment for having
forged the will of his friend and
neighbor, William Lanehart, died in
the State Prison here.
Skillman was seventy years old.
He was addicted to the use of NOR
phine.
In the will that Skillman was con-
victed of having forged he appeared
as the chief beneficiary. The estate
was worth about $4,000. He was
at one time president of the New
Jersey State Horticultural Society.
He leaves a widow, a daughter and
two sons.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
CONTEST FOR AND
AGAINST LIQUOR RACES
Minister'S Face Slapped at Polls
by Virginia Merchant.
INDIANA COUNTIES co WET
Presbyterian General Assembly Dis,
cusses Temperance at Denver
and Declares Against Tobacco
Judges May Grant Licenses.


Petersburg, va.-After the bitter
est and the hardest fought local op-
ton campaign in the history of this
old city, Petersburg voted wet" by
a majority of 578 in a total Of 1892.
The result was a decisive defeat
for the Anti-Saloon League of Vir-
ginia, which made a most aggressive
fight, and imported speakers for the
temperance cause The Business
Mems Association lined up strongly
with the "wets.
Women and children remained
about the polls all day, singing and
praying. When Wesley G. Andrews,
merchant and City Councilman,
challenged the vote of the Rev. Sid
ney Peters, secretary of the League.
quarrel ensued and the former
slapped the minister's face. Both
were hailed to the police court.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01

At washington. D. O., three sui.
cides were recorded on the police
blotters In one day. The victims were.
Jacob Sherley, aged thirty, Of Clar
endon, Va; Elizabeth Allen, aged
forty-five, and Louis Rosenthal, aged
ffty-three, both OF Washington. D. G.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
Original Honest Man Lives
the Great State of Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa. William Will
son, a laboring man Of this city.
found $120 in greenbacks under tin
can several weeks ago.
Did William Wilson spend that
$3.50? No, he did not. He turned 1t
over to Justice of the Peace Roe.
made an affidavit as to how he found
the money, and that's why he Is
called Iowa's Original Honest Man.
Wilson was picking mushrooms
near Beaver Creek when he made
the find.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01

says: six years ago
a pain in the back
almost toppled me
over. My back got
weak and ached
most of the time.
Sediment in the
urine changed to
small grains and
then gravel began to
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01

Deep mystery has surrounded the
ditting personality of yelled woman
In black in Atlantic City. NJ J. It was
found that she was gathering in cats
owned by wealthy residents and kill
ing them for their fur.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
SHERIFF FACES PRISON.

j. F. Shipp, of Tennessee, Guilty OF
Allowing Negro to Be Lynched.
Washington, D. C.-The Supreme
Court has directed that an attach.
ment issue for ]. F. Shipp, Sheriff of
Hamilton County, Tennessee, his dep.
uty, Gibson, and four others for con-
tempt, and the half-dozen men are
practically sure to get prison SEN
fences, it is believed.
The charge against Shipp and his
co-defendants was due to the fact
that when negro naEed Johnson
was lynched at Chattanooga, in 1905,
he was constructively in the custody
of the court.
Johnson had been found guilty of
assault and sentenced to death.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
Two Indiana Counties wet.

Indianapolis, Ind--Laporte and
Floyd Counties voted wet and Har-
rison County voted dry in local option
elections. The majority for the wets
in Laporte County was about 5000.
Floyd County voted wet by a major
ity of about 1000. The dry majority
in Harrison County is 169.