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The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
ss The Lottery Man.,

Can any one, even a girl herself,
imagine the sense of mingled trepida-
tion and surprise young woman
would feel if she found herself sudden
ly possessed of prospective but un-
known husband as the result of a dar-
ing purchase of a lottery ticket :?
Whether done in spirit of innocent
mischief or with the view of actually
tempting fate, to find oneself the
holder of the winning number would
prove none the less astounding. This
is the situation which confronts Lizzie,
the elderly SpinSter in 1.-The Lottery
Man, now cuTr Mt at the Bijou thea
tire. The fact is, Lizzie is decidedly
pleased with her bargain, and the dis
may is all on the mans side. One
must see Lizzie to appreciate his point
ef view. Helen Lowell, who plays the
part of Lizzie, is both attractive ard
charming. A great deal of credit
therefore, can be given to her cleveT
art which produces this exceedingly
amusing character. The young re-
porter who is the lottery prize " is
portrayed by Cyril Scott, the star of
the piece This is Mr.. Scott's first
venture into pure farce, his former
successes having beenli won in more
serious parts, notably 1.-The Prince
Chap" and 1.-THE Intruder" His ex-
cellent playing of 1.-The Lottery Man, .
however, will doubtless make this sue
cessful actoramore popular than ever.
Louise Galloway, Janet Beecher and
Ethel Winthrop, who are members OF
the cast, play their respective parts
with much tact and charm.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08

APRoPos of the Ballinger and Pin
chot controversy, the Brooklyn
Eagle" say 1.-THE readers of the
Eagle should bear in mind some facts
in which the constitution and the acts
of congress on forest conservation are
concerned. President Taft is a juriSt
Mr.. Ballinger is an able lawyer. and
Attorney General Wickersham, a very
able lawyer, sustains both. All of them
have given to the subject deep and
long study. Without consultation they
have arrived at the same conclusions.
All treated Mr.. Pinchot, layman.
with great consideration, till the pres
ident felt he had toremove him. Since
then Mr.. PiHchot has raised his per-
sonality to the Nth power of felt i'm
portance, and is now arraigning Mr..
Ballinger, more than rejecting on the
president, whom he is trying to nag
into rejoinder and is ready to 'un-
Timber his guns on Attorney General
Wickersham. with the design ofbring-
ing ]. r. Garfield, certainly, and ex-
President Roosevelt, il he can, into
the controversy. An able, earnest,
angry young man, with money, leisure,
forestry knowledge and a bad case of
megalomania, Mr.. PinchoU was an
office holder and believes he has be-
come "a national ISSUE" We do not
think he has, and we await the result
of the whole inquiry with more solicit
tude for him than for the men just
as good and twice as wise and thrice
as learned in the law as he."
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08

THE Hamburg-American steamship
President Lincoln is on her way to
this country from Europe with 3,6l9
passengers aboard. With one excep-
tion this is the largest number of per-
sons that ever crossed the ocean al
one time. The exception was in the
case Of the steamer President Grant,
which last December brought over 81
TAO passengers. Is it any wonder that
our population should grow rapidly
when each voyage OF one Of these
modern steamers means the arrival ol
enough immigrants to establish a
gOod-sized American town.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
pon,t Like Jersey Justice.

Several Morristown lawyers and
business men have received copies of
a statement issued by DIR. James A.
Campbell, physician practicing in
New York and who has a country
place on the Washington Valley road
near Morristown, in which Judge AL
fred Elmer Mills is assailed and also
two justices of the peace, Isaac r.
Pierson and Patrick j. Howard, are
criticised. DR.. Campbell heads his
story g Resume of Jersey Justice, =
and prefaces it with the statement
" the words Jersey JUSTICE are gen.
orally supposed to strike terror to the
hearts Of most people. 1t certainly
does to me but not In the sense usual.
ly understood.
He recountS the numerous suits at
law ne has been subjected to and
seems to think he is the victim OF a
wide spread conspiracy. While he
makes sweeping charges against a
number of officials and others no one
is disposed to take him seriously.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Among the transfers of property
recorded last week in the County
Clerks office is the transfer of the
Joseph B. Dickson property on De-
Kalb avenue to Jesse M. Eddy, of this
lefty, and to Laura T. White, also of
this CITY,. Each transaction is in con-
sideratioh of the sum Of $100,
Other transfers are:
Fannie Graves Lathrop to Florence
Graves Lathrop, property in Town of
Morristown.
Catherine M. Lindsey ct ais to Jo-
lseph S. Whitenack, property in Pas
sale Township; consideration 5000.
Elias e. McMurtry ct ux to John r.
Gibney, property in Bedminster Twp.
| William Phipps ct ux to Lille
Becker, property in Florham Park
Borough; consideration $310.
Alfred M. Goodale and Arthur FL.
Goodale to Johnson R. Flumerfelt ct
ux and Gerge G. Alpaugh, property in
Town Of Dover.
Guy Minton to James A. Webb,
property in Madison Borough; con
sidertion $2,150.
Eugene J. Fenton ct ux to Henry
P. Day, property in Madison Borough.
The Butler Coal and Lumber Co. to
The New York and Greenwood Lake
Railroad Company, property in Pc
quannock Twp; consideration $5.
Isaac Halpin ct ais to ]. Styles Van
Ness, property in Hanover Township.
Holloway w. Hunt to Harvey S. Ort
property in Washington Township;
consideration $1,851.
Mary L. Beach to Albert S. Green,
property in Hanover Township; con-
liberation $4,000.
John D. Budd ct ux to Julia L. Run
yon and Anna N. Noblet, property in
Mt. Olive Township.
Peter Ianetti ct ux to Dominic Ian
etti, property in Montville Township;
consideration $3.50.
Joseph Magdzar ct ux to Peter IAN
etti ct ux, property in Montville Twp.
George Gala ct ux to Joseph Mag
dzar ct ux, property In MontviIle
Township; consideration $55
George w. Sherman ct ux to Alex
ander Johnston, property in Pequan-
mock Township.
William H. Tiger ct ux to Simon
Melick, property in Chester Township.
Edwin ]. Matthews ct ux to the
Mayor and Council of the Borough OF
Rockaway; property in Rockaway
Borough
Mary L. Romine ct ais to William
p. Dickerson, property in Hanover
Township; consideration $4O0.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
EIks Elect omoers.

Morristown lodge, No. S15, B. P. 0.
Elks, held it's annual election of Off
GERS Thursday evening in its rooms in
the Schmidt building with the follow
ing result: Exalted Ruler, Edward
Isaacs, of Madison; leading knight,
DR.. Ray W. WEIGH; loyal knight.
Daniel Sullivan lecturing knight,
Claude Terrell; treasurer, Daniel r.
Brennan secretary, Frederick @.
Reeves trustees, John J. A. Owens.
They expect to soon occupy the
Chronicle building, recently purchased
by the lodge. Trustees Eugene Car
rell. DR.. Gustav A. Becker and John
u A. Owens, who have the arrange
mentS in charge, think the lodge will
vacate it's present quarters in the
Schmidt building about the middle of
this month. The lodge will not make
extensive alterations to the new build
ing al present. The two stores on the
ground floor are rented. The second
floor, occupied for many years by the
Morris County Republican committee
as headquarters, will be used by the
Elks as their social rooms. The large
front room will be fitted up as recep-
tion and lounging room. The long
narrow room to the left used by the
Republicans as an assembly hall, will
be the billiard room and the room on
the opposite side will be the Elk clubs
CommiSsary department. and Kitchen.
The lodge will use the lodge room on
the third floor two nights each month,
subletting the lodge room to other or
CARNATIONS of the town for the other
nights.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
ORIGINATOR OF
POLE LINES
lcoNr1NuED FROM FIRST pAeEl

Mr.. Vail, who had been thinking al.
most constantly over the grave prob
lem confronting US, said to Morse in
my presence:
"'I wonder how it would do tC
string the wires on sticks -
1t wouldn't do at ALL Morse re-
piled. The wires would constantly
be broken and otherwise interfered
with
"Al Vail was a man who always
spoke his mind.
:" [ don't believe it, he said blunt
ly to Morse. II have made several ex-
periments stringing wires upon sticks.
At the sticks | had run the wires
through the necks OF broken BOTTLES
to insulate them, and they work all
right. NOW, if we get tall enough
sticks, and utilize trees wherever we
find them along the route, am sure
that we can string our wires at very
small cost, and nothing short of very
big wind storm or heavy snow storm
would do them any damage
" took sides with Mr.. Vail at once" !"
the venerable engineer continued, with
reminiscent smile. Z" You see, my
engineering experience served me. /
told Professor Morse that Wallis plan
was perfectly feasible; and when Vail
added, during the course of the ensu-
ing argument, that all we'd have to
do would be to set up the sticks-as
we called them then-along the high
ways, and that the right of way would
cost us nothing, argued for his viewS
more strongly than ever.
Eat last we persuaded Professor
Morse to put aside the trench, or
buried wire, idea, and turn to sticks,
or poles. In the meantime, however,
Vail had set up some clothes poles and
strung telegraph wire along them, and
thus proved by ocular demonstration
that his plan was feasible. at that
time we got the idea of having the
telegraph sticks about the height of
the ordinary clothes pole, but before
we began the work of securing and
placing the poles, we all three decided
that a higher pole would be better-it
would keep the wires out of reach of
people and vehicles, out of harms way.
So pole about The height of the pres
enb telegraph pole was decided on.
Vail, / believe, determining the
height.
Later on the telegraphic demon
stration that we made between Balti-
more and Washington over our wires
strung on sticks, or poles, was perfect
and the telegraph took its proper place
the great inventions of the
ages. But not until many years later
when, in some of our big cities, there
came public outcry to get rid of tele-
graph wires and poles, was there re-
turn to Professor Morse's original plan
to run the telegraph wires through
subways.''
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
Auto Chemical Exhibited.

The chief engineer of the Saratoga
Springs fire department, accompanied
by Mr.. Keating, of the American La
France Fire Engine Co., was in town
Friday and examined the automobile
chemical engine. He was taken in the
machine on trip around town by
Chiefs Runyon and Day of the local
department and was most favorably
impressed with the machine. A COM
mittee from Danbury, Conn.,, ex-
amined the machine on Sunday.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
Dover Man a Governor.

The friends of Charles N. Shawger,
who, while in Dover lived on Bergen
street and who was member of Com
pany M, at the outbreak of the Span
ish-American war and who later en-
listed for service in the Philippine
islands and has lived there since, will
be pleased to learn that he has grad
ually climbed the ladder cf success.
He was recently appointed president
of the Government of Wright in the
province of Samar. He has jurisdic-
tion over fourteen towns with a total
population of II 900.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
GREATEST FLAGS ODD USE.
A Screen For Easter Lilies Growing In
Pittsburg Hothouse. =

The largest American flag in the
world, 160 by so feet, is now used to
cover the lilies that are being forced
in the Phipps conservatory in Schenley
park, at Pittsburg, for the Easter flow
er show.
The original idea of the big flag
which has proved red. white and
blue elephant-was inspired by Cap
tain Howard Oursler, Mayor Magee's
secretary, who enlisted several hun
dred women in its making. These or
ganized the Society Of Betsy Ross. No
supports or pole could be found suf-
ficiently strong to hold the big bunt-
ing. The last time it was displayed
was during the worlds series cham
pionship ball games last fall, when it
was spread on the hillside of Schenley
park. The thousands at Forbes field
could see it's bright colors across the
diamond In the distance.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
Caring For an incompetent.

Several months ago an elderly col
ored woman came to town from Bound
Brook, as she claims, giving her name
as Char oGte Bergen. She has betn
taken in by different colored families
and cared for although she had no
claim upon them except compassion
for her condition. Oyerseer of the
Poor Welsh's attention was called to
her with the result that she was COM
mitted to the care of the'sheriff pend
ing an inquiry into her mental con-
dition and place of residence, by JUS
lice Pierson, as she is evidently de-
mented. -.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
LIQUOR QUESTION AT TRENTON.

The friends of local option and the
advocates of Sunday liquor selling
part of the day had a joint hearing
before joint committees of the legis-
lature at Trenton Monday, and it
was a field day for both parties. The
local option advocates made a strong
presentation of their side Of the case,
in advocating that the people be given
opportunity to decide for themselves
whether the saloon should be licensed
to sell liquors, which was a home rule
principle. On the other hand the OPP
ponentS of local option declared it
un-American, and pointed out its in
efficiency wherever it has been tried,
the use of 1ntoxicants showing no di-
minuUion. OF course, there was really
nothing new advanced by either side
to the controversy, and it can safely
be said that the mem bers of the COM
mittee are well advised on all the
points advanced by the disputants.
There was no Indication of how the
committee was impressed with the
arguments, which were chiefly stereo-
typed, hut the probabilities are that
there will be no legislation on either
local option or Sunday liquor selling
at this session Of the legislature. 1t
will not be denied that there are com
munities in the state which, if given
perfect local option, would vote for
selling intoxicants on Sunday openly
just as it is done clandestinely in prob
ably every city in the state. But
neither can it be denied that keeping
the Sabbath holy by refraining from
the business of the other days of the
week tends to moral and physical i'm
provement. as the present Sunday
observance law reduces the temptation
to self-indulgence that too many peo-
Pile are inclined to. Better hold fact
to the regulation of the liquor traf-
fic by law as now prevails, and prevent
any further spread of hypocrisy and
defiance of law by those in the busi-
ness. Camden Courier"
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08

THE joint Commute on appropria-
tions of the state legislature is having
its usual time of it, in listening to de-
mands from almost every department.
of the state for increased appropria-
tions for maintenance and improve
ments. The applicants argue that the
state is growing and the population of
its dependent and other institutions is
also constantly increasing, as we'll as
the cost of supplies, all of which will
be admitted. But are the revenues OF
the state keeping pace with the growth
of the demands upon it? That is the
question which probably does not con.
cern the applicants, but it is very
material one for the members of the
appropriations committee.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08

SENATOR OSBORNE has introduced
the bill to create a new county out of
two townships of Somerset and one
township of Morris. The evident in
tention of the introducer is to create
new Democratic county, and accord
ing to the bill this county is to be
added to the Fourth Congressional
District. The territory affected is
now divided between the Fourth and
Fifth Congressional Districts. The
three townships, according to the as
SCISSORS return, aggregate 63,042 acres
and are taxed on SS, ,274 of valua-
tion. The political complexion, as
shown by the last election, would be
Democratic, the vote being no Repub-
lican and 1,l5S Democratic. If there
was any need for new county 1t
would not be made on these lines, and
it is not supposable that the author or
the introducer of the bill had any hope
of passing it in a Republican legisla-
ture. There have been no new coun-
ties created in this State during the
last half century, and it is not proba-
BILE that there will be any more created
at any time, and certainly there should
be no more pocket borough counties
with total vote less than that cast
by city ward.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
LIVING IN TOTAL DARKNESS.
Animals Put In Concrete Cave at
Carnegie Experimental Station.


DIR. A. M. BAnta of the Carnegie
Branch For Experimental Evolution
at Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y, has built
a concrete cave 10. by AZ feet and
s feet in height underground, there
to carry on his experiments. 1t is
equipped with tanks into which water
from driven wells is run through
screens and from which the overflow
is also well screened Live fishes have
been put into the tanks, while crick-
cts and other insects are entombed in
compartments that are dry, but totally
dark. DR., Banta wishes to know the
effect of complete darkness upon the
objects of his experiments.
Other experiments of odd character
have been in progress at the expert
ment station for several years, most
of which have been kept from public
knowledge. The effort to breed tail.
less cat is said to be one of the inter
esting experiments that have yielded
no encouraging results.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08

THE number of deaths last year by
drowning of summer bathers of New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
amounted to 1850, according to figures
made public by officers of the United
States volunteer life saving corps. The
corps assisted 1876 crafts in distress and
rescued 250 persons from drowning in
the waters surrounding New York.
New York is shown TO have paid the
heaviest toll, with total Of SS6 lives
lost, of which pa we're children. Penn
sylvania comes next, with 46S, of which
1876 were children, and New Jersey has
the lowest record, with 1876, Of which
"a were children. August was the
most deadly month and holidays
showed marked increases over week
days in deaths reported.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08

JUSTICE WRIGHT, of the District of
Columbia supreme court, has laid
down the law to congress that "no
man in this country is so high that he
is higher than the law. All will
agree that in his Judgment in their
case he was governed by the law as he
conceives it to be, since he has demon
strated that he recognizes the suprem-
acy of law even over its creators, the
members Of congress.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
The Avaricious Landlord.

'T've got every room in this house
rented except this one" said the
greedy eyed landlord, indicating the
apartment that appeared to be COM
bination parlor, dining room, kitchen
and bedroom. "You may have it."
-But this seems to be tenanted," re-
joined the applicant hesitatingly.
Eyes. / live here myself"
'Then if you were to rent it to me
what would you do?"
"Oh, I'd store my stuff and hang
around on the outside" = New York
Press.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
Trolley Car Derailed.

Morristown's pride and joy, its only
trolley car, was deraied near William
Fl. Thompson's place at Morris Plains
Thursday afternoon and ploughed into
the sidewalk, narrowly missing col
Iision with a tree. A broken fiange
on one of its wheels caused the acci-
dent. Though several passengers were
in the Car no one was injured. ESev-
.eral windows and a step on the Car
were broken. The car was in charge
of Motorman Gilchrist and Conductor
Millburn
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
Wholesale License Application
fREGTnENTl

To the Board of Excise Commissioners with
in and for the Town of Mnrristown, in the
County of Morris, State of New Jersey:
THE subscribers. residents of theTown of Nor
! ristown, hereby make application to your
Honorable Body TO grant theul. wholesale
License to sell and expose for sale.malt fer
menyed, vinous and spirituous liquors within
of the State of New Jersey, d14lE@ordinances
of the said Board of Excise Com fissi0ners
now or hereafter existing,
The place where said business is proposed to
be carried on is located at u Market street,
Ia said Town of Morristown.
Dated March 4th, 1910.
PIPER RROs.;
Applicantas
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08

THE decision rendered by the su-
preme court against the lessees in
Ocean Grove will add to the earnest
ness OF the demand for borough form
of government. The assessor listed
the lessees, The state board exempted
them and put the tax on the camp
meeting association because it re-
tanned the fee. The supreme court
put the taxes back on the lessees be-
cause their leases are for ninety-nine
years with renewal to them. their heirs
or assigns in perpetuity. The lessees
have actual property rights far in ex-
cess Of the value of TIE fee. 1t is pos
sible that the lessees will take the
matter to the court of errors and ap-
peals if only to annoy the association.
The contest is becoming bitter on the
part Of the lessees. The association
maintains something like proprietary
government and those who bought and
built knew the conditions before they
invested. 1t looks as if the Camp
Meeting association would win in the
end,
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
l.. & M. Yarnlsh stain.

Use it to renew and make entirely new
old worn out chairs and old furniture. You
can varnish chair in thirty minutes, and
make it as good as new. Directions on each
can Sold by Phillips & Day, Morristown;
|P. c. Henry Co Basking Ridge; w. r..
Wilson, Whippany; J. r. Meade & Son,
Hanover.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08

Mills Gardner, aged eighty, former
congressman and member of both
branches of the Ohio legislature, died
in Washington. He was one of the
last Lincoln electors in Ohio.
Seward A. Baker, a former New
York city magistrate, who lived in
Westchester, was stricken with apo
plexy and died suddenly in the Eagle
hotel. Kingston, N. Y.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
Logic.

A beehive is diseased potato. You
obtain this startling information in
the following way
A beehive is a bee-hoIder.
A beholder is a spectator,
A specked tater is diseased potato.
London Fun.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
New Reading Room at the Neighbor-
hood House.

New Reading Room at the Neighbour
hood House.
The board of managers OF the Ital-
ian Association of Morristown have
recently opened mems reading room
at the Neighborhood house, No. 4
Flagler street. 1t is thought that
such reading room will be of great
benefit to the Italian men of the
town. The interest and gifts of citi-
zens are solicited in order to make
this reading room as useful and at
tractive as possible. Books and maga-
zines in both English and Italian are
especially needed. also student lamp
and sign lamp to hang outside on
reading room nights.
Gifts and donations may be sent to
Miss Frances Orpen, No. 4 Flagler
street, and will be much appreciated
and promptly acknowledged.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08

French aeroplane constructors at
Paris decided to send lawyer to the
United States to defend French inter
ests in the snits brought by the Wright
brothers.
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08

SAVE YOUR OLD CARPETs-We make
handsome reversible rugs out OF them
Send for pamphlets giving full pnrticul ars
The New Jersey Rug Co.. Haokensaok. N
y. Women agents can earn good money
The Morris County chronicle., 1910-03-08
Poi In Hawaii.

Poi, the Hawaiian national dish, is
made by pounding up the cooked root
Of the taro plantzthe Arum esculen-
tum Of the botanfsts-with water into
a thick paste. When slightly ferment-
ed it has pleasant, fruity, acid
taste.