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The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10
INCREASED COST OF FURs.

Skins Advance Between 500 and 6Ol Per Cent in q Few Years.
 No fur has risen in value like the lynx in the last few years. Four years ago the dealers could buy any amount
 Of skins for s6 apiece. writes the Cana dian correspondent of Fur News. Now large skin will fetch the trapper s30 to $33.
 The fact that fewer lynx have been taken this winter than last does not go to prove that they are decreasing in numbers. The lynx Is an animal that is continually travelling and he goes in a huge circle, covering thou sands of miles, so that years in which they are plentiful in Manitoba and the western provinces there Is likely to be decrease in the eastern provinces.
 The mink does not appear to be quite so numerous as formerly This can readily be explained by the large price paid the trapper for skins. Ten years ago skin that would fetch $1 now can readily be sold for s6
 In Manitoba and the western prov inces the season Is closed for beaver and otter owing to the scarcity of these animals. However, these two magnifi- cent fur-bearing animals are becoming more plentiful. On many parts of the Assiniboine, where the beavers have not been seen for a period of twelve years, they are now visiting the old haunts and building new dams. On the Souris river the beaver has be- come so plentiful that farmers have complained of the damage done to small trees, particularly poplar
 The weasel is another animal that the fur men yearly export in thou sands. The weasel is easily taken by the trapper, as he Is a very inquisitive animal and is always on the move One fur dealer of this city has already shipped 60,000 weasel skins to the Eng fish market.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10
THE HINDU WIDOW.
Indian Author Explains the Sacrifice
 of Suttee.

of Suttee.
 | Contrary to the usual western be lief, said Sarath Kumar GhoSh, the In dian author, Indian women are mor' highly esteemed by their husband! even than their western sisters Int Indian is taught veneration for wom en from his earliest boyhood- Any un kindness to a wife is supposed to bt swiftly followed by misfortune and z mans prayers are of no effect unles: his wife joins in them with all sin cerity. At coronation the presence of the sovereign's wife is of the ut most importance. Should she be un able to appear a statue of her must be placed at her husbands side. Other wise the ceremony is not legal. The standard of morality, the lee turer asserted, is higher in India than in England. The Indian, it is true, is legally allowed to take a second wife should his first marriage prove child less, but it is most rare to hear of an Indian availing himself of this priyi- lege.
 When the Princess Of Wales visited India she was regarded with the great est veneration, not merely for her charm of manner CT the fact that one day she would be Empress of India, but for the fact that she had five sonS
 Death was not forced on any widow, the lecturer asserted. They were free to choose for themselves. If they did not feel called upon to make the Sacri- flee of suttee they were always at lib erty to refuse. However. should they desire to sacrifice themselves the act brought them a crown of martyrdom, earning for themselves the title of "Devi." It was an error to think they were burnt alive. A cup of poison was drunk and cremation followed.
 Finally Mir Ghosh related that prediction calling down disaster on man passed harmlessly over a woman, her moral standing being the higher of the two. The great diamond of h. dia, the Kohinur, carried with it a curse to the effect that it's wearer would rule over India, but die a sud den death. A woman might wear the jewel safely The late Queen Victoria had it placed in the royal crown, but now, said the lecturer, 1t adorn5 the one made for Queen Alexandra by the order of the King, to whom the proph- ecy was sent from India.-LondoD Chronicle.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10

At Portland, Oregon. struggling 4or his life with an infuriated baboon, Fred Wilson. of Brazil, Ind, trainer employed by an animal show, fought desperately for half an hour with Ko- komo. a pink-tailed baboon. that at tackled him In the cage. The savage beast clutched Wilson's throat, but so long as the trainer could keep on his feet he had the best of the fight At length he fell, exhausted from the loss of blood and strain, and the animal gnawed at his legs in a frightful mau- ner. A score of monkeys in the cage kept up a shrill screaming during the progress of the fight and this attracted the attention of other employees, who rescued Wilson.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10
A DELAYED EXPLORATION,
N<sriOr of AndrOs Island at Last In-
 vaded by Expedition.

0<sriOr of Andros Island at Last In-
 vaded by Expedition.
 The final step in the exploration of the Bahama Islands has just been un- dertaken. Columbus would be aston ished to find, that, after four cen turies. journey of discovery is in progress about 200 miles west of his landing place in America. It is the interior of Andros Island, the largest of the group, that is now being ex. plored, and the men doing the work are pr. J. K. Small, curator of the Museum of the New York Botanical Garden, and J. J. Carter, of Pennsyl- vania.
 Ostensibly the little voyage of dis covery Is to complete the botanical and faunal exploration of the Bahamas that began with Mark Catesby's visit to New Providence, Andros, Abaco, Eleuthera and other islands in 1875 and in recent years has been carried on most comprehensively by Dr. N. L. Britton, the director of the New York Botanical Garden, who before long will give the scientific world a comprehen sive study of the flora of this archi pelago.
 However, there is a larger scientific interest in this venture into island wilds where, so far as is known, the white man never has set foot. The ne groes of the littoral settlements believe that the seemingly impenetrable for ests of the interior are inhabited by some sort of savage Indians. ''Yahoos," the negroes call them, and the danger of going out "in the mud" (sponge fishing) they regard as noth- ing to the unexplored wilds that super stition has made dreadful to them. But, perhaps, it is not all superstition.
 Andros Island is some 90 miles long and runs from 20 to 40 miles in width. and it is possible that somewhere in the vastness of these hundreds of square miles is a remnant of the Lu- cayans. the original Indian inhabitants of the Bahamas, who are supposed. though estimated to once number about 10000, to have been exterminat' ed by the Spaniards.
 Only 20 years ago large Lucayan canoe and its paddle were found in a cave on Andros. There also have been bones picked up, and stone implements of exceptionally good workmanship. | While the negroes dread the ''Yahoos," they regard these relics as heavenly | Lalismans and hold fast to them-un- less the price offered goes up to an irresistible height. All told there | probably are less than 4,0O0 people on the island. These are blacks. princi- | pally, who in some of the settlements live in a state approaching barbarism.
 Although Andros was colonized in part from the island of St. Andros on he Mosquito coast, it gets its name rom the first royal Governor of Massachusetts, Sir Edmund Andros. The proprietary lords who colonized he Bahamas wanted to compliment Andros and so his name stands for the hree islands, 146 keys and 355 rocks hat usually are called one island and form about third of the .ntire territory of the Bahamas
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10
A CarefuI Pnrenf.

At settlement located on the East Side in New York a mothers meeting is held Wednesday afternoons. There mothers of various nationalities, of greater or less familiarity with the English tongue, and in different de- gTees of assimilation to the ideals of their new country, are served with tea and cakes, helped with their sewing. aLd furnished with hints as to the proper up-bringing of their children hints sometimes carried out on ex- raordinary lines.
 A worker from the settlement. pay ing calls in a populous tenement, on reaching the two rooms occupied by 8 recently arrived Italian family found her ears assailed by childish howls of anguish.
 Les-a, signorina, mel wheep An gelo-hard-a" explained the mother Of the family. who for a month or so ha6 been regular attend at the We'd nesday afternoons. ''I go on the meet ing at-a your house. not ,let-a my keeds say bad-a word, I breeng-a up my keeds all-a right. Angelo seeng-a low song-a-bad-a word in heem. vera bad-a word. l wheep Angelo vera mooch."
 And then the worker from the settle ment found serious task of expla- nation on her hands; for, probing the matter, she discovered that the Tow song-a" containing the "bad-a word" which had brought poor Angelo to grief, was none other than Nearer, My God, to Theei"
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10
couNsELs SON BY WIRELESS.
NInrcOni Connection Between Father
 and Boy at College.

'1O:20 p. m.-Joe, what are you
 studying now? Don't forget your French Good night. DAD."
 This message, or one somewhat like it, the Philadelphia Bulletin asserts, is likely to be roaming about the at mosphere by wireless any evening. At present it is likely to be transmitted only by pr. Walter Webb of Sharon Hill to his son, Joseph s. Webb, q freshman at Swarthmore College.
 The finer details of this minute-by- minute parental guidance were con- pleted recently when a receiving sta tion was installed in young Webb's room in Wharton Hall, the boys dor mitory at Swarthmore College. He and his father have had a station at their home for some time and they have installed one at college so that the son will not grow rusty in han ding the key.
 The beauty of the scheme is seen after a little thought Suppose the young man writes home that, owing to the press of studies, he will not be. able to visit the old folks over Sun udy. 1Q0u Ou N1Ouudy HIS clicks out a message inquiring wheth- CT Joe had received one which was sent the previous day. What excuse could be offered?
 Of course, this is not likely in this particular case, because Webb is a diligelt student and does what he says he intends to do. But when the practice of having wireless stations at all homes and all schools is common what will the average boy do?
 At present Joseph Webb, at school. has only a receiving station Dr. Webb can counsel and admonish him to his hearts content and there will be no back talk"
 And so it may go on. Inventive fathers may devise a thousand and one ways of keeping the son at college up to scratch. When such home and school connection becomes general 1t is hard to say how rnbearable a col lege boys life will become
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10

 R2Y3aW@5aB

An Ideal Husband" by the late
 Oscar Wilde, has been translated into
 Russian and has been staged by th,
 Moscow Imperial State Theater. The
 play has attained an unusual success
 in Moscow, having been performed %
 times in the space of four months
 The Moscow theater is a "repertory'
 playhouse, with 15 to 20 plays running
 each winter.
 A parchment recently discovered in
 the State archives of Munster has proved to be the manuscript of three songs of Walter von der Vogelweide
 together with the music and a frag ment of a poem by another writer. It had been used as a cover for a six teenth century bill and is judged from the handwriting to belong to the mid dle of tine fourteenth century.
 Three Years Behind the Guns" is to be put into embossed type for the blind. This is the story of the ex- periences of a runaway sailor lad on the Olympia and it was of this book that, Admiral Dewey wrote the pub fishers: "I can vouch for many of the facts, and the description of the bat tie of Manila Bay is one of the best I have ever seen published" A cu- rious fact in connection with this book is that it was written by a wom- an who didn't see the battle, but wrote the story as her runaway sailor son told it to her.
 A nIif correspondent of the London Aths iaeum writes long letter to that journal in the hope of recovering his cory of the early poems of George Me edith. which he left at St. Goar- hauSen in 1857. 'It so happens that l have had five copies of this notable little volume. At this moment I have my hand upon two copies of the book One of them lent to Meredith about the time of his second marriage. He asked for the loan of it to read to his new wife during their honeymoon When he gave it me back was obliged to have it bound"
 The new biography of the French Republican, Gambetta, compiled by a relative of his, M. P. Gheusi, has been published in England Under the title "Gambetta: Life and Letters" The work is largely made up of leu- ters from the great tribune to his re- latives and intimate friends. NJ. Gheusi, by a judicious choice of the very voluminous correspondence left by Gambetta. and treasured by his own circle, now rapidly growing small CT and smaller. enables us to follow the patriots career from his entry into the humble seminary at Cahors kept by priests until his sudden death. |
 In little book, 'The- Education of the Child" Ellen Key attacks vigor- |
 In a little book, "The Education of | tho Child" Ellen Key attacks Yigor- ously some common mistakes made by parents. She says: "A grown man would become insane if joking Titans treated him for single day as child is treated for a year. A child should be just as courteously addressed as a grown person, in order that he may learn courtesy. 4 child should never be pushed into notice, never compelled to endure caresses. never overwhelmed with kisses. which ordinarily torment him and are often the cause of sexual Nor should the child be forced to express regret in begging pardon and the like. which is exeeIleu. training for hypocrisy"
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10
Female ChanticIer..

Alas! That the women should crow
 over men,
 They simply won't do as they us'ter: They not only want to pose as the hen, But wear what belongs to the rooster Boston Herald.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10
Keening It Dark.

Miss Kidder-S'shl Carrie has dyed her hair black. Don't tell anybody. Miss Askitt-Is it a secret?
 Miss Kidder-Yes. She wants to keep 1t dark.-Boston Globe.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10
Certified.

Mother-All I hope is, John, that you have engaged yourself to young lady of refinement.
 Son-She's that all right. Why, mother, she can drive a seventy-horse power car,
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10
Conxer.atisn at a Tea.

She (sweetly, as they sip their tea togetheT)-Isn't this delicious?
 He (absent-mindedly)-Yes, love to take tea with a little lemon.-Co- lumbia Jester
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10

Take good watch to a pawnbroker and see how quickly the time passes
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10

Look on the bright side: With meat where 1t is, there isn't going to be any
 a~- hash
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10

Ministers and divorce judges are kept busy revising the marriage lists,
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10

Do you know how far down it is necessary to go to arrive at brass tacks@
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-10

Even the honest pretzel is crooked.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-15

the world saw the value of the Ha-
waiian Islands and endeavored to Sc
cure exclusive privileges there through
the favor of it's sovereign King Kala-
kaua was being courted by the United
States as well as by other govern
ments. After being treated to a tri-
umphal tour of England he arrived
in this country, where he was feted
from coast to coast. Finally it came
the turn of Chicago to receive the king
and entertain him.
After weary day at parades and
reviews" said Senator Depew, 1.-THE
then mayor of the metropolis of the
west found king on his hands. He
wished, of course. to promote the COM
mercial interests of the city over
which he presided. At the same time
kings were not in his line. nor was he
familiar with their attributes or Gus
toms of court or the methods of adj
dressing them. To relieve himself of
embarrassment he drove his majesty
to the leading hotel and. leaving him
in the lobby, said:
"'Good afternoon. king. We have
had hard day, and think you had
better go to your room and wash up !"
The Ways of Society.
Just why some of those persons who
have once held official station at the
capital should elect to remain here
after the tenure of their office has ex-
pired can only be explained as the lure
of society and the glitter of fashion.
Just now at least two former cabinet
hostesses are mourning in sorrow be-
cause they have fingered to find them
selves somewhat ignored save by a
few residents.
Water Color For Mrs. Taft.
Mrs. Taft recently received hand
some water color panel. bunch of
carnations, the work of Princess Kou-
dacheff, wife of the Russian minister
to Denmark. who is noted for her
work in water colors.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-15

Mems Suits of pure all-wool fabrics
such as dark and medium fancy gray
Worsteds. Cassimeres and Tweeds, in 4
variety of desirable shades and patterns
lined with dependable materials, full
range of sizes, here at the very moderate
price of. .................. $IO
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-15
TAFT'S FANCY STEPS.
After Speaker cannon's Highland Fling
President Danced "Hoe Down."

After Speaker Cannon's Highland Fling
President Danced aloe Down."
While more than fifty guests looked
ON laughingly and applauded, Speaker
Cannon tempted President Taft the
other night into test of terpsichorean
agility in the east room of the White
House at Washington Both stopped
painting when the trial was ended, but
the opinion was unanimous that the
h0nors on fancy steps were even. The
dancing followed a dinner given by
the president to Uncle Joe, said to be
the first formal affair ever accorded
speaker of the house of representative
by president.
The dinner ended the company went
to the east room. An orchestra played
gentle waltz, and the president led
off with Mrs. Joseph III. Gaines, wife
of the representative from West Vir-
ginia, The speaker, with Mrs. Laugh
lin, sister OF Mrs. Taft, glided out on
the polished floor in the wake Of the
chief. Then the dance was on.
In the intermission, however, when
the orchestra struck up a lively tune
Uncle Joe stepped briskly into the mid
die of the room and brought his heels
together sharply. There was patting
of gloved hands, and voices called en-
couragingly to the guest of honor. In
a moment the speakers heels were
twinkling in brilliant highland fling.
Excellent, eh?" he called exultant-
ly to Mr.. Taft. II was something of a
dancer when was youngster."
For answer the president stepped
smilingly forward, and those who
were present say the two executed
several steps of an old fashioned ''hoe
down that delighted every one.
A Great Question.
Church-Named the kid yet?
Gotham-Nope.
why not?"
~Well. wife's got a rich uncle, and
30 have l."
why don't you. toss up cent
them"
THAT wouldn't decide which has the
most money. "-Yonkers Statesman.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-15

Claim Made For Bread Baked From
Formula Devised by Wife Of Adiron-
dack Guide-Officers Believe 1t Will
Prove of Greatest Value to the United
States Army.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-15
A Mean ADVANTAGE.

Crabbe--He's the meanest fellow I
ever met.
Goodley-At any rate, he's success
full. He has taken advantage of his
opportunities.
Crabbe-Yes. and guess his oppor-
tunities were small, which is another
sign of his meanness.- Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-15
Superb.

what regal carriage he has!
There is surely royal blood in his
veins. Do you know him?" whispered
the enthusiastic woman.
Eyes" replied the man; che comes
of a long line of janitors. Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-15
The Reply She Got.

Green-My wife sent 50 in answer
to an advertisement of sure method
Of getting rid Of superfuous fat.
Brown-And did she get the desired
information?
Green Well. she got reply telling
her to sell it to the soap man. Gate
way.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-15

81 understand that all star cast was
rather languid." $3.50
"Yes. They played poorly for stars.
Even the life they put into the mob
scene was accidental and came about
merely through each of them trying to
grab the center of the stage. Phlladel-
phia Bulletin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-15
Every Old Thing Made New

Old kitchen chairs, benches, lawn-swings,
porch furniture win require only small can
Of our Domestic Paint in open mouth cans to
make them look like new.
Get il from Phillips & Day, Morristown;
r. c. Henry Co.. Basking Ridge; w. r.
Wilson, Whippanyi ]. r. Meade & Son,
Hanover.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-15
So DiHerArt

Mrs. Uppersett takes such great In
terest in her baby"
Eyes; she says she was delightfully."-
surprised when it came. as she had
obtained her ideas about babies from
the comic supplements, you know
Puck
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-15

We show Mems Suits in plain and
fancy patterns, of materials that are
strictly all-wool-. excellently tailored suits
that will hold their shape indefinitely,
in-remarkable variety, at only. sis
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-15

Bluebird- dare you going TO be- the
harbinger Of spring2
Robin-What's the user They have q
gasoline bird nOxz zsaGss
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-03

"And there's an end of it, | suppose,
as far as | am eoncerned?"
"Of course"
Are you sure" He came over close
to her
The real nature Of the man came to
her in a fash Of revelation and she
shuddered. If Stan "euld only come,
Heavens, Esther" he pursued. shut
you are lovely enough TO make monk
forget his vows, and have taken no
vows"
But I have she said hotIv. and I
must ask you to go at once She
pressed the bell.
Not before I've kissed YOU. even if
it's for the last time he exclaimed
madly.
Il assure you that it would be the last
time if You did" interposed a ra Their
grim voice. Stanton Drew was watching
from the half opened door and a servant
stood behind him,
apologize" said Chalmers sullenlv.
Only Just in time, my friend
fou-there's some excuse for me con
s!dering all things
Don't be fool. Are You goins?"
Yes, you thief"
Stanton relinquished his wjfe.s arm
and stood with his fists clenched.
Get out-quick,'' he said. and the
visitor went, while Esther's lips met her
husbands in passionate thanks.
ind L. Randell in London Tatler.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-03
Rules for Graduates

Bearing the signature of Margaret
Glover, chief marshal for the senior
class nine rules specifying the sort of
clothes the girls may or may not wear
at commencement were posted at Rad
cliffe college. The new rules. calling for
extreme simplicity, follow: l, long
sleeved white shirtwaists. plain as posi-
BILE; ., linen collar: 3. ties will be provid-
ed; t. plain white skirt-no ruffies. EN-
hroidery of buttons; >, skirt 3 inches
from ground; &, gown inches above
skirt; 4; absolutely no iewelry and no
bows in hair: s. black shoes and stock
ings. Feet must look dainty and trim
81. no fancy combs and harretteS