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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
A Zero Courtship.

The Practical Young Man and the
Girl from Boston had known each
other for nearly two weeks, and two
weeks is long time when there are
moonlight nights and stretch Of
sheltered beach with an old wrecked
schooner smuggling down comfortably
in its sandy grave. 1t seemed as
though they had known each Other
for years and years. The Practica-
Young Man said so, and the Girl from
Boston, knowing him to be Practical
agreed with him.
One night, when a fieecy cloud
passed accommodating across the
moon, and the sheltered beach seemed
even more sheltered than usual, an6
the old wreck was actually redolent
of romance instead of tar, on that
night the Practical Young Man sc
far forgot himself as to ask the Cir
from Boston if he might kiss her.
The Girl from Boston shivered.
"Oh! sir" she cried, II have never
been kissed in all my life
That's all right" said the Practi
cal Young Man. Don't let that worry
you ] suppose somebody has got Il
break the ice New York Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
The Port Captain,s Yarn.

A friend was complaining the other
day to Captain Barber, port captain
Of the State pilots, about the crowded
conditions of the steamboat on which
he recently made a trip -Four in a
room?" replied Barber That's
nothing. You should have travelled
in the days Of the gold rush to Cali
fornia, ] remember one trip out of
New York we carried more tan 1000
passengers, and if you would put fifty
on that ship to-day there'd be holler
that would reach Washington and
make trouble for somebody. To show
you how crowded it was and what
crowded really means, three days
out from New York chap walked up
to the old man and said; Captain,
you really must find me place to
sleep Where in thunder have you
been sleeping until now?' asked the
old man. Well, says the fellow, you
see, it's this way: I've been sleeping
on sick man, but he's getting better
now and won't stand for it much
longer. San Francisco Call.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
PROFIT IN CASTOR BEANS.
A Crop of Southern California Which
Yields 500 Per Acre.

A novel industry, yet one which is
said by its owner to be very remuner>
tive on small capital, has been quietly
carried on in Southern California for
some time by an elderly German
rancher, who brought the secret, Il
secret it can be called, from Southern
Europe when he migrated westward
several years ago.
Castor beans are the sole crop
grown by this German, and for their
growing he uses nothing but bare,
semi-arid valleys and gently sloping
hillsides, on which, owing to lack OF
water, nothing else will grow to good
advantage. He supplies, of course,
only a small part of the castor beans
in use in the world, but his is be.
lieved to be the only ranch of its kind
in California, if not in the United
States, much of the oil being pre-
pared from the seeds of the wild
shrubs, which grow in great profu.
sion in some parts of America and
Mexico.
When the beans were sacked and
weighed, all the small ones having
been culled out in the winnowing pro-
cess, Brass discovered that he had be.
tween four and five tons of as fine
beans as could be produced in the
world For those he received five
cents per pound, almost 500 per
acre for his five acres.
The work done on the beans had
been all his own, with the aid of one
horse, and had been performed at
spare times from caring for large
barley field which he owned. The
beans were SO much more profitable
than the barley that the thrifty Ger
man the next season set out fifteen
more acres to the oil producing
shrubs From these he has consist
emily, during the eight or nine years
since that first experiment, received
an income averaging $500 per acre.
At times OF great yield, apparently
when the castor bean producers of
other parts of the world were unload
ing big stocks on the market, prices
have gone down, but Mr. Brass has
never received less than three cents
per pound for his beans, and during
one or two years the price went as
high as six cents. The demand for
the beans is always good. and Brass
believes that field of 100 acres
would be more profitable than 100
acres Of alfalfa, one Of the best pay
ing crops of Southern California
Technical World Magazine.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12

had he called her? Sweetheart,
and how naturally it came to his lips
and how dear name. Sweetheart
why, it was like the sun bursting
through the clouds. This, then, was
the reason for his happiness during
the past year.
Why! It's you love, he cried
rapturously. 1T has been you all
along. How blind / have been.
You are sure it is not because you
saw" faltered Elinor.
What do you think-nows sweet
hearth" whispered Ned
Il am surprised, said a voice with
a touch of frost in its tones, from the
den door
So am /, marin, meekly answered
Ned as he struggled to his feet,
But with an ingratiating smile, "I'll
be an awfully good son-in-law if you'll
give me the chance. Boston Post.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
Ways TO Brace Poles For Private Tele.
phone Lines.
BY THALEoN BLAKE.

The extension of telephone lines to
rural districts is one of the real bless
ings modern science and business en-
terprise have bestowed upon the
farmers. Most of these spurs and
cross-country lines are made at the
expense of the telephone companies;
but sometimes, when the number of
subscribers does not warrant it, the
prospective customers must furnish
or erect their own poles. Even If
these are done by the companies,
many boys may desire to unite their
neighbors' houses with theirs by pri-
vate telephone or telegraph lines.
Telegraphy is a fascinating study to
boys. To those who contemplate the
erection of private telephone or
telegraph line it may be informing
for them to examine these designs
of two ways of bracing poles. In fact,
the plans are worthy of any farmers
attention who uses poles for any pur-
pose whatsoever about the farm.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
Pretty Women at Home.

William F. Doty, the American
Consul in Tabriz, told in recent
letter, story about Persian prince
A party of English tourists were
travelling in Persia and in Tabri7
they invited this prince to dinner.
He came, splendidly attired in gold
and white.
But he was taciturn. He seemed
disappointed. When the dessert was
served he sneered and said:
II am pleased to see that the Eng,
lishmen are now taking leaf out OF
the Persian's book"
How so, Prince Kamil?" said the
hosts wife, very tall, lean woman
with unusually long teeth.
They leave all their pretty women
at home" said the prince, frankly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
So He Didn't.

Little George, aged three and a
half years, owns a rocking horse,
which he does not care much for.
One day his aunt was looking at Q
Christmas book and turned to a pic.
ture of a little boy OH rocking horse
A little girl was standing back of ths
horse pulling its tail Georges aunt
said: George, come and look at
this little boy on a rocking horse
just like you're, and having such q
good time why don't you care fol
yours2~ George looked at it for q
minute, considering an answer, Their
turned away indifferently, saying. y
don't have any little girl to pull his
tail. -Delineator.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
More Important Than Eyes

The pretty young teacher was
struggling to impart spelling book
lore to a small Italian boy "Chiet"
was the word under consideration.
Chief" spelled Tony laboriously.
"Oh, now, Tony she said. you've
left out one letter Can't you think
what it is?7 Tony shook his shiny,
black head ITS name is just the
same as something you have, she
went on. looking straight into his
eyes. Il can see them looking at me
this minute, right out Of your head
two, big, brown ones "BugsiH
shouted Tony triumphantly De
linoator.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
CircumstantiaI Evidence.

Clyde was an inquisitive youngster
whose propensity for getting into
scrapes was matched only by his
small sisters fertility of resources
for getting out of them. AS triLGA
TO her cleverness he usually shifted
the blame of his misd emeanors. One
evening there was much excitement
and fun among the older members OF
the family behind closed doors
Clyde, of course, was all curiosity
He battered the door, "he huffed and
he puffed," and finally when the door
was opened from inside the little man
sprawled headlong into the room
Before making any attempt to get ur
he gasped out the usual, ut walnut
me; it wath Putthie. "--Delineator.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
CLEAN HOUSES AND
DIRTY TOWNS.
Mary Heaton Worse Points Out
the Close Relation Between Home
and Town in Success Magazine

Mary Heaton Worse Points Out
the Close Relation Between n ome
and Town in Success Magazine
If your city is smoke-laden, if its
streets are full of litter and dirt, If
every vacant lot is a repository Of
rubbish, the individual dustpan and
brush will be Of little avail Even
though your house may be model
one in every matter pertaining TO
health, and though you set your chill
drer the highest example, it may
profiz you nothing. You can not tell
at waat moment your children may
suffer in health because of some dis
ease-breeding district that you did not
feel it was your business to know
about, or when your growing boys
may come in contact with depravity,
bred by undertaking and overcrowd-
ing.
So, in the final analysis, we find
that everything that has to do with
town sanitation has a direct bearing
on the individual household We
know that tuberculosis-breed
slums are menace to those of US
fortunate enough to be living in pleas
ant and well-ventilated homes. 1t
has been demonstrated, time and
again, that clothes made under I'M
sanitary conditions, in sweatshops,
are disease-carrying agents. So it is
increasingly difficult to tell where the
business of the home ends and some
body else's business begins. One
thing is sure: the relation between
municipal housekeeping and good
homemaking is close one.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12

through the hole in the steel, which
was held in wise, the spring was
easily wound
This suggested the construction of
the spring winder illustrated here
with. A piece Of soft steel, 4x1 n x
] " inch, forms the body A A-inch
shank, fitted with chuck taking
from to " inch, was run through
the hole at the top and provided with
crank handle,
An assorted lot of lag screws served
for the open springs, and rods are
used for the close springs and springs
of oval Ior odd shapes. Scientific
American.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
Sweet Liberty.

Little Egbert one day observed his
mother making tea. What kind OF
tea is that, mammal" he asked
why / don't recall the name Why
do you ask?" II was Just wondering
whether it was the Libby tea we sing
about at school. - elineator.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12

gas exhausted. The writer was given
piece of No. 60 wire, but no one
had such thing as winder, SO he
was obliged to make one, and had a
spring within half hour
In junk pile was found piece of
soft steel, 4x1Axh inch wide, with
" Inch hole in one end A " inch
Gag screw was placed in brace,
Sinhole was drilled in the gimlet end
DS the screw. then putting. the screw
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12

German manufacturing. exporting
and financial circles are keenly alive
to the growing custom of establish
ing in foreign cities department
stores to serve as channels for sup
plying German merchandise.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
Knot For Fying Up a Launch.

All sailors and steamboat men
know how to throw Glove hitch, but
find there are many that own
pleasure launches who do not, AS
this is the approved method of tying
up a large boat to a pier or wharf,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
Chronic Politeness.

"Tomlinson really can't help being
polite"
That's right. You'd think he was
always running for Office. 70 leve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
Home-Made spring Winder.
BY j. 0. BRoUn.LET.

Not long ago the writer was called
ipon to replace a broken spring in a
machine. 1t had to be done at mo-
ment's notice, as the work could not
be held up. The supply of springs
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12
KEEP ON PUSHIN' ON.
THE LIFE OF AN AFTERNOON
By MRS. MINNIE N. KINDS.
And / thought Won we're a man

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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12

Bryn Mawr College was founded by
Joseph w. Taylor, who began the
erection Of the college buildings in
1879. He died in 1886 and left an
endowment of $500, 900 for the con
tinuance of the work he had begun
O college for women.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-12

The American Institute of Electrical
Engineers now has over 5000 members
with branches in nearly every large city
The U. S. Government has bought "a
Gross "a, 900 boxes) Of Rough on Rats to
send to the Panama Canal Zone, because
it does the work. The old reliable that
never fails. The unbeatable exterminator.
15c., 25c., 75c.
Cheap labor has been the principal
handicap in introducing modern ma
chinery in India. NY.-42
New-York tribune., 1909-06-09
WARS STARTED BY TRIFLEs

Berlins Burgomaster and the City Fathers of
Emperor Williams capital have been entertained
during the last ten days with the utmost hOspi
tality and cordially by the Lord Mayor and alder
of London, while everybody, from King Ed
ward down. has been doing all in his power to
make the visit success This furnishes merely an
other instance of the honest endeavors which
being made by the authorities both sides of the
Channel to promote kindlier feeling between Ger
many and Great Britain and to allay the bitter
ness of the irritation which has arisen, fostered
largely by irresponsible politicians and above all,
by the press. The trouble is that this irritation de-
velops such a condition of affairs that the merest
tride may become sufficient TO start conflict of the
most ruinous and sangunaTy character.
Most of the great wars of the Old World have
been started by mere trifes. That between Ger
many and France was brought about by a snap
psh remark of old Emperor William to the French
AmbassadoS. Count Benedict, at Ems, at a
ment when it believed that a satisfactory set
tlement Of all differences between the two nations
had been reached.
Popular tradition attributes the Turko- Russian
War to the blow of a Balkan blacksmith's ham
upon the head OF Ottoman tax collector.
The famous War of Succession in the eighteenth
century, which retarded the development of civil
ization not only Of Spain, but also of all Europe.
for about a hundred years. resulted from quarrel
AT the Court of Versailles about glass of water
The most terrible and sangunary in the n
nails of China is known by the OF the Tea
pot War and was caused by the smashing of a
Va alua Die teapot pelOnSlng 10 meInber OF tns
regning family while travelling in the Northwest
ern provinces. More than million lives
rifiCed in this conflict.
Two of the minor states of Germany his
toric record having gone to war in the thirteenth
century settle the momentous question as to the
citizens of which monarchy could drink the most
beer; while bloody fight between Rome and
Naples in the sixteenth century arose from quar-
rel about dog
Possibly the Moors might still be established IN
SPAIN had it been for the theft of Castilian
lady's Sunday 60 tO-meeting petticoat by Moor
sh dandy, who imagined that It would look well on
his own person. and who was stabbed for his act
his death giving rise TO the war between the Cross
and the Crescent in the Iberian peninsula when
resulted in the expulsion from Europe Of the Moor
ish creators of the Alhambra.
The most terrible civil war in Afghanistan, which
affected the whole OF Central Asia, was caused by
2 petty quarrel about a pipe; and scores OF otheF
instances could be cited to show that when once
two nations have been brought by specious means
TO such a condition of bitterness against one an
other that they may be described as being, IN
American parIance "on the ragged edge. the
ties. AhRIRO4SE- A'A1 HS->4'@-'-'A'
New-York tribune., 1909-06-09
A PHILADELPHIA corNr.

This again landed him in the clutches OF the po-
ice in connection with charges OF forgery and of
iraud, one Of the witnesses In the case being a
soi-disant Polish Count Marshal de Moro who un-
Ger cross-exanination admitted that his real name
was Phillips that he American that ne
nailed from Philadelphia. where his father had
been manufacturing chemist. and that he had
merely assumed the title and Count Mar
shal de Moro" because he thought II would be
better for business purposes"
The baron underwent another term of penal ser
vitude in England. and thereUpon seems To have
retired 10 Madrid. where. IN happy possession Of
MS Order Of Isabella the Catholic. he died the
other day atsthe age OF seventy-one in the odor
OF sanctity. leaving as the result OF his life of
fraud and crime q fortune Of &o,ooo which he be-
New-York tribune., 1909-06-09
YZNAG4 WILL VOID.
Do7oager Duchess of Manchester and
Lady Lister-KayG Vim Suit.

Ex-Justice d. Cady Herrick fled his report yes
terday referee in the suit of Consuelo Dowager
Duchess of Manchester; Lady Natca LfsterKaye
and Emily Yznaga. the daughters of Antonio del
Vale Yznaga TO have his will declared null and
void. The latter died IN this city May 2s 1892,
and the will admitted to probate in Philadel-
phia- The plaintiffs asked to have the will con-
strued under the laws OF New York state. Mr.
Herrick reports in favor OF the plaintiffs.
The referee holds that the trusts created under
the will for period covering two lives then in be
ing being Invalid under the laws of New York
should be declared null and void and that the three
plaintiffs therefore entitled TO receive in equal
shares the principal and interest Of the trust funds
which amount TO $356,ss0- He decides that
Il B. Hoilins is entitled TO about $4,000 and Fred
ericlS L. Eldridge to $4,000 trustees
The plaintiffs said that the will was probated in
Philadelphia for certain reasons by their brother
Fernando Antonio Yznags, who has since died
This, they aiIesed illegal their father lived
in New York and the will executed in
formity with the laws OF this state The mother OF
the plaintiffs. who entitled an interest under
the will, is also dead.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-09
MUSEUM TO SEND OUT EXPEDITIONS.
Two Will Start This Week for Central Mon
tana and Wyoming.

DR. Herrnon c. Bumpus director OF the American
Museum of Natural History. announced yesterday
that two expeditions organized by the museum
would start this week for Central Montana and
wyoming DR.. ". D. Matthew. assistant curator
of the department Of vertebrate palaeontoogy, said
regarding them yesterday:
.'One expedition is in charge Of Barnum Brown
and goes to Central Montana continue the search
for cretaceous dinosaurs. especially the three
horned dinosaurs Mr Brown has succeeded IN
the last five years in obtaining fine skeletons OF
the duck-bIled dinosaur and the great carniYorous
dinosaur in that territory.
If Mr. Brown succeeds in obtaining the skele-
ton OF the three-horned dinosaur we shall then be
provided with the principal forms of the dinosaurs
of the cretaceous period. The skeleton OF the
duck-biIled dinosaur is now exhibition and the
great carnivorous dinosaur mount is being pre-
pared - -,
The other expedition. which will be in charge Of
Walter Granger will continue the search for fossil
mammals in the Eocenes deposits OF wyoming. II
Is specially desired By the museum to obtain addi
tionaI skeletons Of the four-toed ancestors OF
horses , 49,, al,
I'VE have had two expeditions q year in the field
from this department for eighteen years ana with
= single exception have obtained valuable results.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-09
HARRIS HEADS MANAGERS
Elected President of association
What the Organization Has Done.

Henry e. Harris elected president the
National Association of Theatrical Producing Man
ayers al Its annual meeting, held yesterday in the
Hotel Astor. Jules Murry was made secretary.
succeeding Hollis Cooley, who was added to the
board OF directors According TO the report made
by the outgoing officials. the of the associa-
ton includes numerous victories for its members
1t mas obtained an amendment TO the criminal code
OF canada with respect to play piracies and is
assured that new copyright law will be considered
by the next Parliament; 1t has been instrumental
In obtaining the new copyright law in the United
States; has secured thirty-ave rebates on over
charges by railroads. and out of twenty-five com
plants made to the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion il has twenty
More than one hundred disputes which would
nave entailed litigation amicably settled and
large amount saved iGI costs: approx
matey five hundred complaints involving legal
rights have been received, and all but four ad-
Justed; three hundred instances of play piracy
have been acted upon. in every instance success
fully, in some cases resulting the ringing
down of the curtain during the performance; nu-
merous repayments of Overcharge by transfer
companies have been secured: and the duty
scenery in Canada has been abolished. The Off
GERS elected follow President Henry B. Harris;
vice-president Charles H. Yale; secretary, Jules
Murry; treasurer, Samuel A. Scribner; general
counsel. Lgon Johnson; Directors, William A.
Brady, Henry W. Savage, William T. Connor, Gus
Hill, Harry Martell. Joseph Brooks, A. H. Woods
B. E. Forester Daniel Frohman. Hollis r. Cooley,
John A. Himmelein and Harry Doel Parker.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-09
DANIEL cHAUNcEY, JR.

Cedarhurst Long Island June (SpeciaD-Daniel
Chauncey, jr.. a member Of the Rockaway Hunting
Club and one of the youngest members OF the Stock
Exchange died this morning al his country place
here. Three weeks ago he was struck on the head
with polo nlalet while in practice game but ap-
narertIv suffered no serious consequences. The
death week ago of his sister Caroline proved a
severe blow to the young
Two years ago Mr.. Chauncey. while playing in
the polo tournament at Great Neck, was rendered
unconscious by a blow on the head. but he recov
cred in a short time. Some of his friends believe
that he Srieved death the loss of his sister,
and others think that the blow on the head caused
I he nervous condition from which he suffered
Two years ago Mr.. ChaunCey married Miss Grace
Fargo of Manhattan. He was graduated from the
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and St Pauls. Con-
ord II
New-York tribune., 1909-06-09
DUKE OF HOBOKEN.

Possibly the United States government would not
have been so quick in declining the invitation to
participate in the forthcoming international exhi-
bton at Brussels had It realized that the principal
officer and digntary of the enterprise was noble
man who in addition his title Of Duke of TTrsel
which he habitually uses, is also Duke of Hoboken
a name familiar to the ears of every one who has
crossed the Hudson River at New York.
The founder of his family Conrad van Schetz.
Baron Of Hoboken, in Flanders who was adopted
by his mothers sister, Barbe d'UrseI. and inher-
tied not only all her property but also her name
and her armorial bearings. Emperor Charles VI
of Germany converted his barony of HobQken into
a dukedom. likewise creating him Duke of Ursel
and such he figures not only in the Belgian
bility but likewise in that of Germany and of the
Netherlands. The late duke president of the
Belgian Senate. and the present duke is of
the most popular members of the great world at
Brussels. His dukedom of Hoboken dates from
April q, III.