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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-24
Battle GcHNzMHY

States. Six and one-half miles south
of Gettysburg, Pa, they crossed Ma
son and Dixon's line and stood on
Northern soil. The Union forces
started in pursuit on the 18th and
followed with energy on the Confed-
crate right flank, keeping we'll be-
tween Lees command and Washing
ton. A mountain range intersprsed
screen between the two grand ar
mics.
Much Misunderstanding exists
among the uninitiated visitors to the
battlefield as to why Lee advanced
from the north on Gettysburg, while
the Northern troops held position
to the south of the invading army.
This is readily explained by the fact
that the Southerners had penetrated
some thirty-seven miles beyond Get
tysburg, had occupied Carlisle and
York, Pa, with Harrisburg, the cap
ital of the State, as their objective
point Alarmed for the safety of the
Confederate capital in Virginia, and
apprehensive that Hooker might in
tervene between himself and Rich
mond, Lee had turned backward with
orders to his corps commanders to
concentrate their forces at Gettys-
burg, then peaceful farming viii
lage of 2100 souls, but thereafter to
be celebrated so long as history lasts
as THE Waterloo of America" Here
the food tide of the Rebellion reached
high-water mark. The decisive VIC
tory of Meade cheered the Northern
hearts and nerved their arms for the
arduous campaign which eliminated
in the surrender of Lee at Appomat-
tax.
The Importance Of Gettysburg as
the decisive battle of the war has
been recognized by the United States
Government, and with unstinted
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of Shetland is finer than that grown
on any other sheep, Shetland woods
are sold a great deal in their natural
colors for fancy work The wool is
SO fine that it can be spun into
threads finer than lace threads. 1t is
Shetlander's boast that stocking
made Of the wool of one of these
native sheep may be drawn through
lady's ring. The cows OF these
islands are small, and usually marked
with several colors. The native pigs
of Shetland are unlike the native
s'porkers we are used to seeing, for
they are quite slim, on account of
being fed on fish Their meat, too,
has different favor, for the taste Of
fish is even in the pork. w Washing
ton Star.
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Apropos the changing Senate the
New York Sun says: Death and resig-
nation have made great changes in
the United States Senate during the
last five or six years, and now comes
the report that the Hon. Nelson w.
Aldrich, of Rhode Island, and the
Hon. Eugene Hale, CT Maine. will re-
tire at the expiration of their present
terms, March 8, 1911. Mr., Hoar, of
Massachusetts, died in 1904; Mr..
Mr.. Plat, of Connecticut, in 1905,
and Mr.. Allison, of Iowa, in 1908, and
in 1907 Mr.. SpooneT, of Wisconsin,
resigned. These were among the
great names in the Senate, as are
those Of Mr.. Hale and Mr.. Aldrich to-
day Long and useful service COM
mends such men as leaders, and the
business of the Senate is really con-
Quoted by them. 1t is of course idle
and fippant to say that any one man
controls and directs the affairs of the
Senate. Leadership is nominal, and
1t is a group Of tried veterans who
shape legislation, the men at the
heads Of the big committees, who are
masters Of practice and precedent.
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old Soldiers Day.

Forget? No, never, marches long;
The hospital and camp;
The stirring thrill of fife and drum;
The hurried onward tramp;
The silent bivouac meath the stars;
The night before the fight;
Forget the lonely picket line?
The bullets whistling hghtg
Slow, shutting are the hating steps
That strive along the route;
And dim the eyes that answer back
To comrades mastering out.
The roll is called. Who answers now2
On sick leave, OF away?
On furloughs to the Better Land?
Promoted, did you say?
o sentinels on lofty heights,
Beyond the tides that swell.
Our dull ears seem to hear you call
To us that all is we'll
Attention, company Fall inl"
Passing the ldes 81 May,
brothers of Gray and Blue, mark timel'
IT'S Decoration Day.
Then gently let the blossoms fall.
Lights out At last "Retreatl~
The countersign ~ A little sleep.
At Reveille Wen meet.
Arthur Ward. Sanford. n, y
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Decoration Day.

Little children, gravely marching
With your garlands gay,
Something bring beside the flowers
To these graves to-day.
Bring q love Of truth and valor
And of brave deeds done,
Bring tribute to all heroes
Underneath the sun.
Not alone to those who persisted
In the eager fight,
But to all who've lived and labored
Ever for the right.
To the patient, brave endurance
Of an unearned pain;
To the strife for truth and honor,
Earnest. though In vain.
Thus, with noble emulation,
High resolve and pure.
Shall you, hope Of all our Nation,
Make her future sure.
Evelyn Fletcher.
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GAME OF BEAN BAG.

Two captains are chosen, who Sc
lect an equal number Of players for
their sides. The sides stand SO that
they are in two lines facing each
other Each captain stands on the
right-hand end of his line. BY this
arrangement the captains are then
diagonally opposite. Each captain
throws bean bag to the player oppo-
site. These players throw the bags
across to the players second in line.
These second players throw the ball
back to the opposite side, but to the
players next to those who had the
bags last. This plan is continued
down both lines, so that every one
has turn to throw and to catch each
bag. The bags return in the same
way. Playing with the two bags
makes the game very interesting, es-
pecially since the bags cross in about
the middle of the line. When a player
misses catch or throws to the wrong
person he must join the line at the
other side. After each bag has been
up and Lswn the line twice the game
is ended. The side having the most
players wins the game. To keep
score, count the players on each side
at the close of the game. If one side
has six players and the other side
eight the score is six to eight. When
the players on one side are fewer
than those of the other, the end
player of the short side throws the
bag to each of the extra players on
the long side before it starts back
down the line Washington Star.
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was fought under the most favorable
weather conditions. During the
three days of battle, July L, and 8,
1868, the warmest portion of the
year, the usual heat was much miti-
gated by light breezes, the sun being
frequently yelled by clouds, yet no
rain fell until the afternoon of the
4th Seventy-six degrees marked the
extreme heat the first day, eighty
one degrees the second. eighty-seven
degrees the third; the average for
the entire three days was seventy
seven degrees. The first days fight
was triumph for the Confederates;
the second ended without securing to
them any decided advantage, al
though the fighting of that day was
a series of bravely desperate as
saults, which have written the names
of the Peach Orchard and the Wheat
field upon one of the bloddiest pages
OF American history; the third day
closed leaving the Confederates re-
pulsed at every point. after which
they withdrew from the field and re-
tired the following day in good order
The Federal loss during the three
days fight was 1854 killed and
wounded and 1866 missing (made
prisoners). Total, 23,O49. The Con-
federate loss was 1864 killed and
wounded and 1856 missing Total,
2S,029. Twenty-Five States had
troops in the two contending armies
at Gettysburg, Maryland having COM
mands in both.
Encouraged by their success at
Charlottesville in May, 1868. in ac-
cord with matured plans, the Con-
federate army drew out of Freder-
icksburg, Va, 1853 miles south of the
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IT have spent sixteen years in pris-
on for crimes which brought me in
less than $780," said a burglar re-
convicted the other day in the court
of General Sessions, according to the
New York Tribune. Unless one takes
the view that the board and lodging
which a prison affords are worth the
labor and confinement which earn
them, stealing for a living is about
the least remunerative vocation in
the world.
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Kate Bender Dead.

Kate Bender, OF the notorious fam
lily Of Kansas murderers, died, accord
ing to John Collins, resident of Rio
Vista, Cal The woman, who was
known as Mrs. Gavin, and later AZ
Mrs. Peters, was found dead in re-
sort she conducted. Collins, who was
her friend, said she revealed her idan-
tity to him several years ago. exact
ing promise that he should NOT teII
anybody until after her death. Col
Inns declares that she gave him de-
tailed account of many murders which
she and her brothers committed ii
Inc Bender home at Cherryvale. Kan.
in the seventies. 49, --ss'-''
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hand has the field been preserved and
embellished The States, too in
honor of their soldier dead, have
raised beautiful monuments In their
honorable memory. while the veteran
organizations themselves have taken
pride in marking their individual po-
sitions on the battle lines.
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Home Herald.
Memorial Day.

M6mUFIM Day
In the dream of northern poets,
The brave who In battle die
Fight on in the shadowy phalanx
In the fields of the upper sky;
And, as we read the sounding rhyme,
The reverent fancy hears
The ghostly ring Of the viewless swords
And the clash Of the spectral spears.
We think with imperious questionings
OF the brothers whom we have lost,
And we try to track in deaths mysterl.
The flight of each valiant ghost.
The northern myth comes back to us,
And we feel through our sorrows night
That those young souls are striving still
Somewhere for truth and right.
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The Mayor of New York City has
vetoed an appropriation for coro-
ner's automobile on the ground that
che walking is good His estimate
Of the coroner's time and Importance
is delicately limited in this c3mprehen-
sive comment, thinks the Baltimore
American.
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chosen corps, they are marching on

A chosen corps, they are marching on
In wider field than ours;
Those bright battalions still fulfil
The schemes of the heavenly powers;
And high, brave thoughts float down to us
The echoes of that far fight,
Like the CLEAN of distant picket's gun
Through the shadesof the severing night
No fear for them In our lower field
Let us keep our arms unstained,
That at last we be worthy to stand will
them
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An engineer who deliberately RIA
his train into the one ahead declares
that the Lord had directed him to do
so. Evidently, explains the Philadel-
phia Ledger, ARCHER case of mis-
read orders.
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HOME OF THE SHETLAND PONY

HOME OF THE SHETLAND PONY.
Just OFF the coast of Scotland there
is a group of islands called the Shet-
land Islands. On one of this group
of Shetlands the men are so large
they are almost giants, for they are
tall, strong and broad shouldered.
Their wives and children, too. are fine
looking and intelligent. Only twenty
Ave miles away from this island OF
Fetlar is one called Muckle Roe.
There the men are small, ill-shapen,
homely, and, in fact, look almost like
queer little dwarfs. These people
are so very loyal to each other that
they do not like to welcome any OF
their neighboring islanders to live in
Muckle Roe. For this reason these
queer people make very little pro-
gress. When the people of Shetland
Islands reach the age Of twenty they
feel rather sure of a long life, for over
half Of the population live to be sew
enty years old and many of the people
lead vigorous out-of-door lives until
they are past eighty years Of age.
The Shetland ponies are known the
world over. They are shaggy little
animals weighing only about ono
hundred pounds. but they are very
hardy, sure footed and sensible
Their coats are usually some shade
Of brown, though some are of such
a rich black that they are considered
very beautiful. For this reason the
black ponies are the most valuable
The sheep of Shetland are small, hay
ing short tails and short horns. Some
are white. other gray white; still
others are brown or black. Because
the wool grown on the native sheer
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-24

"A New York journal scores Chicago
as a tinkerer with the classics be-
cause five-mile Marathon has been
instituted there. But in New York
City, laments the Louisville Courier
Journal, the difference between the
classic dance and the rest is in the
proportion of clothing removed by
the dancer
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-24

Mayor Gaynor vetoes permits to in
fest the streets of New York City
with advertising wagons, saying
bluntly and pertinently, LET them
advertise in the newspapers. sensi-
BILE counsel, comments the Troy
Press.
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Travel is great on dimensions,
AYERS the Washington Herald. It
broadens the mind, deepens the APP
precautions, elevates the tastes and
Aattens the pocketbook.
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The man who gets up early to see
the comet, muses. Rams Horn, gen
orally feels a cubit taller than his
heighbor
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scIEi(f|aBlxAu!cs

Five hundred other colors besides
alizarin and indigo are to-day made
from coal-tar. Formerly allowed to
run to waste, this offensive liquid
now furnishes the world with its most
astonishing illustration of the power
of chemistry in taking waste products
and in turning them back again into
the channels of profitable use.
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We shall meet and greet in closing ranks,
In Times declining sun,
When the bugles of God shall sound recall
And the Battle Of Life be won!
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From coal-tar Professor Remsen
derived saccharin. Already other
chemists had made coal-tar the basis
for the manufacture of innumerable
dyes and perfumes and fiavors and
drugs. 1t was reserved for DR.. REM
sen to find that coal-tar contained
within it the possibility of sweeten-
ing material of six hundred times the
power of ordinary cane-sugar. An
almost infihitesimal amount of sac
charm will sweeten cup of coffee.
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It's a common delusion, confesses
the Chicago Tribune, that we are
overcoming our own sins by advertis-
ing those of others.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-24

The devil, declares the Boston
Transcript, is not always so red as he
is painted.
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TH1S, the decisive battle of the
American Civil War, was a
struggle between veteran
troops; the Army of Northern
Virginia, enthused by recent victor
les, deeming themselves invincible,
and commanded by their popular
hero, General Robert e. Lee, against
the grand Army of the Potomac. 1t
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-24

The extremes to which chemists
will go in the use of waste material
is illustrated by case furnished by
Mr.. Peter T. Austen, formerly pro-
lessor Of chemistry at Rutgers Coll
lege. At Mulhausen, in Germany,
there was yarn-mill. This mill pro-
duced, as waste-product, an enorm-
GUS quantity of soapsuds. The sight
of soapsuds going absolutely and ir-
revocably to waste was SO painful to
a neighboring chemist that finally he
devised a method by which he precip-
itated those suds with lime. and
pressed them into briquettes. Fur
thermore, from the briquettes he
manufactured gas which had three
times the illuminating power OF ord
mary gas, and which he used to light
the MILL
A French inventor, M. Paul Jcgou.
has devised an clectrolytic detector
which operates without the use of a
battery to affect telephone receivers.
The deteetor consists Of glass cup
containing at the bottom a small
amount of mercury with some pure
tin in solution This serves as one
electrode, while the other electrode
is Of the usual type, namely fine
Wollaston wire. Diluted sulphuric
acid Is used for the electrolyte. The
detector is found to act like a small
battery, and yet possesses all Of the
sensitivcness Of the electroyltic de-
tector. One Of these dctcctors used
at Paris was found to receive signals
sent from the Ouessant post on the
coast Scientific American
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GOLDEN TEXT Jesus said UNI
70 them, I am the bread of life" John
Evening journal., 1910-10-05
WANTS TO SAVE
HUSBANDS MONEY
Mrs. Refs Gets Rule With
holding $500 in Trustees
Hands for Awhile

Chancellor Curtis today issued a
rule returnable October is on Harry
Reis and the Equitable Guarantee and
Trust Company, trustee. A restrain
ing order was isseud at the same time
restraining the parties from trans
ferring certain money.
Mrs. Genevieve Refs, of Baltimore,
is the complainant and In her bill OF
complaint she says she and Refs were
were married ON September q, 1905.
sums of money amounting to $1,000
were loaned by her to her husband.
His father, David Refs, Of Milford,
died in 1903, leaving a valuable es-
tate. In his will he left one-third
interest in the property to Harry
Refs.
The Safe Deposit and Trust Com
pany, of Baltimore, was appointed
trustee under the will, but refused
to accept. and the Equitable Guaran-
tee and Trust Company was named.
Mrs. Reis complains that her hus-
band will reach his twenty-fifth birth
day tomorrow, and that he would be
entitled to receive a large amount OF
money and that he contemplates trip
to the West She wants the Trustee
10 maintain s5 1000 out Of Reis' mon
ey. The rule is returnable October
10. In the meantime the trustee is re-
strained from paying over any Of the
funds.
Evening journal., 1910-10-05

Thursday and Friday. Every visiting
fireman will be welcomed. and
luncheon and all the conveniences OF
the frehouse will be available.
The Phoenix Company Will enter
tain its guests on Friday with a ride
down the bay on the steamer Brandy
wine.
The Liberty Fire Company will en-
tertain its guests on trolley rides
about the city and in other ways The
treat for its guests will be sail to
the battleship Delaware on one Of the
days of their stay. The company
had a river ride planned, but could
not get a boat.
The independence Fire Company
will banquet its guests at the engine
house on Thursday night, and other
pleasures have been arranged for the
visitors during their stay here
The Washington Fire Company this
afternoon entertained the members of
the Allentown company, at Riverside.
Banquets will be held on both Thurs
day and Friday nights at the German
Hall, and the guests Will be shown
places OF interest during their stay
here.
Evening journal., 1910-10-05
BURNED WHEN
GAS EXPLODES

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DELAWARE CITY, Del. Oct. S.
William Smith, proprietor Of the Del
aware City Hotel, was badly burned
about the face and head yeterday
when the gas plant exploded. He was
attended by DR.. Walter Ellis.
A horse belonging to Herbert Nor
row fell into the canal and was res
cued with some difficulty.
Judging by the crowd of people,
who gathered on the wharves great
interest was shown as the battleship
Delaware passed up the river
The Rev. Armand De Rosset Mears,
rector OF Christ Church, and Mrs.
Mears have gone to Cincinnati to at
tend the general convention Of the
Episcopal Church.
DR. and Mrs. Belville spent Wednes-
day in Smyrna. They were accom-
panied home by Mrs. A. Caldwell.
Mrs. ]. Green. of Newark, was a
visitor in town this week.
Mark Jester. of Wilmington, was in
town Monday.
Mrs. Jacob Rupp. OF Perryville, wal
in town on Tuesday.
Miss Amy Irons has gone to At
lantic City
w. f. Frances. Of Wilmington, wa
in town Tuesday.
Evening journal., 1910-10-05
CAR WORKER
HAS HEAD CUT

P. A. Sullivan. a car builder en-
ployed in the Todd's Cut shops of the
p, B. & W. Railroad Company had a
narrow escape from being willed in
peculiar accident this morning. He
was working upon the coupling be-
tween two cara when someone turned
on the air. The handle of the brake
was thrown on with great force and
struck Mr.. Sullivan in the head. His
head was cut but his skull was not
fractured. His injuries we're dressed
temporarily by Special Officer William
G. Jones, who has charge of the emer-
gency hospital at French street sta
tiOn.
Evening journal., 1910-10-05
WILSON LINER CARRTEs JAcKrrs

Ihe othcers Of the Wilson Line have
placed the steamer City OF Wilmington
at the disposal Of the sailor bows Of
| the Delaware.
The sailors will be allowed ashore in
details Of $50 men each. They will
come ashore at 7.30 o'clock in the
morning and will not have to return
TO the ship until 7.30 o'clock the fol-
lowing morning. The boat will make
a trip TO the battleship every morning
at 7.30 o'clock. Before starting Il will
take aboard the men whose shore
leave expires. and on the return trim
{ viii bring ashore the ESQ men whose
Ihore leave is just beginning This
vii be done free OF charge.
Evening journal., 1910-10-05
UPRISING CAUSES
ALARM IN ITALY

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
ROME, Oct. 5-That the Italian
government and the Vatican are
gravely alarmed over the conditions
In Portugal is indicated by messages
received by Reuters Telegraph.
The queen mother Of Portugal Is
King Victor's aunt and the fear that
she has met death has caused much
anxiety In the Kings household.
Around the Vatican It Is said the
members Of the Pope's oficial house
hold are also greatly worried over
the outbreak fearing that It will have
deterrent effect upon Spain and de-
crease the chance OF a peaceable set
tlement Of the present controversy be-
tween the Church and the State over
the founding OF further clerical
orders.