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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
CHAPTER VII.
Mammon Wins His Way.

White with moonlight, astir with
the life and joyousness of the south
ern night, are the narrow streets Of
companion proceed toward what may
by courtesy be called Belinda's home.
They walk for considerable time
in silence, Belinda and Mr.. Jones.
At last, 81 hope you have forgiven me
for not feeding Costa on macaroons?"
whispers the young man, pressing her
unresponsive hand ever so little to his
side.
do you, Mr.. Jones? Why? When
I know people detest me, l would
much rather be without their forgive
ness than with it,"
Not an encouraging answer for a
man on the eve of proposing. But
Mrs. O'Shea's wary arts during the
starlit conversation on the terrace
have brought Mr.. Jones resolution
to the sticking point.
II have never been fortunate
enough to find you at home yet, Miss
O'Shea." He makes this next attempt
at tender talk just as they reach the
Maison Lohobiague, on the third floor
of which Miss Burke and Belinda
lodge. 81 should like" sentimentally,
ito see the apartment where you
spend your time, if / might?"
"The apartment where spend my
time? Burke's den! Well, if you
want to see it you had better use your
legs and walk up now. Miss Burke,
as you know, is away; our servant
actually we have servant, Mr.. Jones,
| just to set our soup going of morn
ing-went off to the bullfght at Fon-
tarabia yesterday, and has not APP
peared since. So you must not expect
70 see things in apple-pie order"
To he Cnntiuued
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CTILDREN'S DEPARTMENTa

stretch of sand the sun bIazed down
on them with burning heat and Chinn
crept under the donkey to be in the
shade. Meetu tried to thrust Chinn
from under, claiming the shade as
his, because he owned the donkey,
while Chinn declared that he had
hired the shade when he hired the
donkey. Thus they argued and strug-
gled, striking and pushing, each striv-
ing to get under the donkey. At last
that patient beast, taking fright,
started off, burden and all, and with
swift-fying heels ran over the burn
ing desert sands to the distant wilder
ness, and was never seen again.
The shade being now gone, and the
strugglers nearly overcome by the
scorching heat, they Imply sank to
the ground and strained their eyes
after their departed property Meetu
his donkey and Chinn his burden of
goods.
Then this thought flashed into both
their minds We often strive after
the shadow and lose the substance!
w. s. Nortenheim, in the Philadel-
phia Record.
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Temple is watching her face, and a
new freak of perversity takes posses
sion of her. Miss O'Shea has got
Costa, but she will be only too glad
Of your protection, now and at all
times, Mr.. Jones!" smiling affection
ately at Jones with her lips, and
hooking him, ridiculing him. despis-
ing him with her eyes.
"You will see If that is not a
match" remarks Rose, as the two fig
ures walk away together in the moon
light. II was so much obliged to you.
my dear, for taking her off my hands
this evening. 1t gave me such nice
long talk with Mr.. Jones, and am
convinced he is serious. What is
more, Roger, in spite of all her
Eighty manner, / am convinced that
Belinda will accept him; indeed, my
only fear is that he will be shocked
by her over-readiness. A young girl
telling an eligible man that she would
be glad now and at all times for his
protection!
"Recollect her age. Rose. You
must not take, au pied de la lettre,
every word that a madcap child like
Belinda choose to utter"
II take peoples speeches and their
actions, too, as / find them" answers
Rose, ignoring the quotation; Rosie
ignores everything in the universe
that she does not understand. And
do not forget that Belinda is of Van
sittart blood. Like mother, like
daughter" Proud though she is Of
the connection, Cornelius O'Shea's
widow can never refrain from flinging
her little pebble at poor dead Lady
Elizabeth's memory. I'VE all know
what kind of reputation the Vansit-
tart women had"
"The reputation of more than COM
mon beauty, / have been told" re-
marks Roger with an air of innocence.
"She has taken his arm-actually!
When we were girls such thing was
never thought of until one was for
mally engaged. Belinda has taken
Mr.. Jones arm-do you see?"
Yes, / see, see!" answers Roger
Temple, not without impotence. Gu
rious anomaly-if anything pertain
ing to the relations of men and wom-
en- can ever be called anomalous!-
Rosie's lover is sensible of distinct
pang of jealousy at this moment.
Amy girl of seventeen would encour-
age any fellow who had carriages and
diamonds to offer her, as you ought
to know, Rose"
Belinda, most of ALL" acquiesces
the widow, with one of her pretty
signs. "It has gone out of fashion for
young girls to sacrifice interest to the
affections, as we used"
Roger thinks of Mr.. Shelmadeane.
and is silent.
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BOY INVENTORS PROFITS.

Wireless telegraph and the con-
quest of the air have taken tirm
hold on the youths of America. the
hundreds of lads of tender years, but
advanced ideas devoting their talents
to the invention or construction OF
machines in both these lines.
While these devices are largely for
pleasure, young America has proved
his ability to turn inventive genius
into utilitarian channels. One of the
most remarkable inventions made by
a boy is device for signaling on ele-
waited roads. 1t is in use on part of
the Brooklyn "L' system, and is the
work of Morris Schaeffer, fifteen
years old, public school boy. Nor
ris was offered $4,000 for his patent.
but on the advice of friends, refused
it. The boy expects to be able to get
$4,000 for the idea from the rail-
road company.
OF quite different calibre is the
machine invented by Donald H. Mil
Ter, student at Columbia University.
This, by the mere touching of keys,
similar to those on a typewriter,
translates Chinese into English. 1t
can also be used to translate any
other language. The contrivance re-
sembles an adding machine.
From darkest India comes the rec
ord of the achievement of Claude
Moore, the son of poor coal miner.
Young Moore, who is twenty years
old, was reduced to the sum of two
cents when he received word from
the Patent Office that 1t had issued
a patent on corn husker. There
upon Claude, who, is thrifty youth,
sold his patent to the Harvester Trust
for considerable real money.
A most ambitious piece of work has
just been successfully finished by
Francis Lee Herreshoff, the young
nephew of the famous yacht designer.
This is the construction of a high
power racing automobile, with which
has been developed the tremendous
speed of eighty miles an hour.
Herreshoff has also patented de-
vice for subduing the glare of acety-
lene lamps. The mechanism does
away with the necessity for extin-
gushing the lamps, for it softens the
glare, making it hardly more notice.
able than an oil lamp.-Van Norden
Magazine.
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Boorishness, like beauty, is often
only skin deep. Our contention, SUBJ
mits the New York World, is that the
American man, in the essential quail
ties which make for modern knight
hood and chivalry-that is to say, in
respectful consideration toward WON.
ankind-is at heart sound and gentle
Women who have travelled abroad and
run the gauntlet of the licensed inso-
lence of the average polished Euro
pean" toward their sex acquire high
er appreciation of rough-hewn home
standards of etiquette.
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sPARRows.

have no dog or cat, neither have
canary, but would like to write
few lines about some sparrows that
come to our kitchen window to be fed
every morning. They are fine, little
healthy birds and are so used to our
feeding them that they have become
quite tame and always seem to act
as if they were entitled to their morn
ing meal. One morning this winter
flock of large storm birds came on
our lawn, and the sparrows, thinking,
no doubt, that they were intruders.
acted as if they we're very much Of
Tended. I think if the boys who try
to shoot the little sparrows could see
these birds coming each morning for
their little breakfast they would not
be inclined to modest them. For my
part, shall always try to protect
even the parrows.-Claire Courte-
nay, in the New York Tribune.
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In marked contrast to the aviatic
activity abroad and the remarkable
development of the aeroplane or diri-
gible airship as a method of offense
or defense, is the apathy shown in
governmental bodies in this country
on this subject. Congress displays
either an amazing ignorance or a
magnificent carelessness, observes the
Baltimore Star Despite the object
lessons abroad, and the warnings of
military experts here, that body has
evinced but feeble interest in the
matter. Therefore, not only as pro.
gressive nation, but as a matter of
future protection, the military arm
of the United States Government
should be enabled by sufficient appro-
priations from Congress to carry on
effectively the development of the
aerial warship, whether it be aero
plane or dirigible machines.
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souEALY AND cuRLY-rA1L.

l am going to tell you about two
very funny pets, Squealy and Curly
Tail. Squealy is a little black and
white pig and Curly-Tail is all white.
l know some of my little Tribuns
friends would think Squealy and
Curly-Tail very queer pets, but if you
once saw them l am sure you would
like them.
One day my uncle, who owns big
farm, went down to the market to
buy duck eggs. AS he was looking
around he saw crate with two little
pigs in it. They were so tiny and
cute that he bought them and took
them home to my cousin, who fell in
love with them at first sight.
Squealy used to follow my cousin
wherever she went, and when she got
tired she would stop and squeal as
loud as she could. This is how she
got her name. Curly-Tail got his
name from the funny shape Of his
TAIL which curls right over his back.
Florence Fouchaux, in the New
York Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

We should all be more enthusiastic
over the prospect of the navy, admits
the New York Mail, did we not re-
mark that our country is outbidding
itself, and did we not know that next
year some other country will outbid
it in the Internal and insane competi-
ton of ornaments, so that we shall
have to bid again. The nations of the
world are in vicious circle, leading
nowhither except to bankruptcy, and
Satan is calling the time of their lu-
matte round dance.
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Observes the RIchmond Tlmes-r

Observes the Richmond Times-Dis-
patch: We are glad Mr. Rockefeller
intends to give away his millions. We
have no particular grudge against
him and would not have him part
with his dollars unless he thinks they
can be used to better purposes than
in boosting Wall Street securities. He
made his own money and he has a
right to spend it. If he wanted to
build castle in Scotland and ape the
laird we do not see where the people
could honestly object. But as he
wishes to promote "any and all ele-
ments of human progress" we rejoice
at his decision.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
Where 1t Landed Him.

With a dazed look in his bloodshot
eyes the man who had been on jag
for a week or more and had wandered
over the country in half delirious
condition without knowing where he
was going came to himself.
He was in a STANCE city.
Everything around him looked I'M
familiar.
Officer" he said, stopping a po-
liceman, what town is this?"
Anaconda" answered the police
man.
Then I've got 'em again." he
groaned Chicago Tribune
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

Cardinal Kohn certainly sounds
odd. Still, it may be reserved to the
twentieth century to bring us such a
novelty" says the American 1sraelite
"Dr. Theodore Kohn, the son of a
full-blooded Jew. was in 1898 elected
Archbishop of the Austrian diocese
of Olmuetz, one OF the most promin-
emit episcopal sees of Christendom,
which had occasionally been occupied
by members of the imperial family,
and which for 800 years had been re-
served to members of the highest aris-
tocracy. In 1904 charges were filed
against him in Rome, and, while the
material was not sufficient to try him
for malfeasance, Plus x. induced him
to resign. The stipulations of this
compromise were never made public,
but it was understood that he would
be given cardinalate. These seems,
however, to be a hitch somewhere,
but the Archbishop insists on the full
siIment Of the promises made to him.
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Ready to Do His Part.

An eccentric country squire agreed
to employ an equally eccentric rustic
to rid his mansion Of its plague of
flies, the terms being board, lodging
and beer for three days.
At the end of this period there were
more flies than ever and the squire
Intercepted his new employe thus:
why ever haven't you made start?
You contracted to kill all the fiies.''
"I'm waiting for you. guv'nor," re-
torted the willy rustic; you've got to
catch 'em first. only promised to
kill 'em. London Daily News.
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draw string of my scent bag, let out
a tiny Whit of perfume, and he turns
and fees for his life. Ha! Ha! Ha!
In triumph bear off to my wife and
my babes his plumpest goose, or his
sleekest pullet. If my home is far
from any farm I keep my table sup
piled with cartridges, pheasants and
other wild fowl. When / walk abroad
I always have the path to myself.
There is no forest dweller who cares
or dares to dispute it with me. If
one sees me afar he says to himself,
1.-THE Perfumed Knight" and hastily
retreats. Can you guess my name?-
Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
THE sMARTEsT CAT

I want to write and tell you about
my cat. His name is Smut and he is
the smartest cat I ever saw can
dress him up in my cast-off baby
clothes and put him in the baby car
riage and wheel him all around, and
then I can lay him down on sofa
cushion and go away and leave him
on it, and he will not get off the cush-
ion till 1 come back. He will also
play hide and seek with me.-Bethel
Bailey, in the New York Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

A little girl who had live bantam
presented to her was disappointed at
the smallness of the first egg laid by
the bird. Her :deal egg was that OF
the ostrich. a specimen Of which was
on a table in the drawing room. One
day the ostrich's egg was missing
from its accustomed place, 1t was
subsequently found near the spot
where the bantam nested. and on ii
was stuck a piece of paper with the
words: Something like this. please.
Keep ON trying. " ~ Dundee Adver-
tiser.
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Girls Lost Voice Returns.

Miss Anna Arend, a seamstress, OF
Sandusky, Ohio, who thought her
voice had left her forever, unexpect.
eddy recovered it. Her vocal organs
became affected when she contracted
a severe cold one night last summer
while on her way from Sandusky to
Cedar Point, and gradually her power
of speech left her. For FIVE months
she was unable to utter syllable SC
as to be heard, Specialists were con.
suited, but to no avail. Before her
voice returned Miss Arend was seized
with a severe coughing spelI.
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Says the New Orleans Picayune:
If there are extortionate prices de-
manded for articles of use, it is not
because gold is drug on the market,
but because the monopolies that con-
troll so many of the necessaries of life
hold great quantities of the gold also.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
THE PERFUMED KNIGHT.
] wear no suit of armor;
No sword OF upear / bear.
I've but a little scent bag;
IT. Saws In all. "PawarofD

MY coat is one of the llandsomest
to be seen in the forest black,
decked out with a great white collar.
My tail is large and snowy. wan
der through the woods by day or
night, whenever please, though a
moonlight night is always my choice
for stroll. BY starlight or in bright
sunshine / raid the farmers poultry
house, and if he approaches with
club or stone I have only to loosen the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

Theinf1iction of the third degree" by
oficers of the law is one of the Oldest
practices of barbarism and savagery,
remarks the Christian Register. Con-
fession extorted from prisoners is said
still to be the bane of law practice
in India 1t is certainly scandal in
fAmerioa
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

The Polish dramatist, Przybishew-
ski, observes the Louisville Courier
Journal, has a name almost as diff
cult to spell as that of Pader-P ader-
roo - Paderwesk - we'll, the fellow
who plays the piano so constantly
that he hasn't time to have his hair
ei1t
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

If it were not for the inflow of per-
sons from the New England States
and the West, New York would soon
be city of people of foreign birth in
overwhelming proportions, for there
is a small number of inhabitants Of
native stock there.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

1t is our idea, admits the Atchison
Globe, that the cat which catches the
goldfish, and incidentally breaks the
bowl, is something of a benefactor to
the family.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

One thing, to the Dallas News, is
certain-if cheap airship rates to the
polar religions can once be established.
cold storage charges are sure to go
down
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

An incandescent lamp in it's green
shade will, when turned upward to-
ward the ceiling, spread soft and
pleasantly diffused light, plenty
strong enough for a room where no
one is reading. When the lamp is so
used no shadows are cast.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

A portable transformer drying APP
paratus has been devised to dry out
transformers that have become moist
during shipment or storage. The APP
paratus consists of a furnace adapted
to burn wood or charcoal. A current
of air heated by the furnace is forced
through the transformer by means of
blower driven by small motor.
The air, before reaching the blower.
is filtered through several thicknesses
of cheesecloth. Scientific American.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
DEWEY AND BEAUTY.

These are the names of the two
dogs which / am going to tell you
about. Dewey is the stronger and
more capable dog He is shepherd
dog with rough brown hair ON his
body. Beauty is also shepherd dog.
but has longer hair than Dewey and
nearly a white head There is also
a white stripe down her back and at
the tip of her tail. In summer Dewey
drives the cows from the pasture,
while Beauty stays at home playing
with the smaller children. When we
played football we nearly always had
Dewey and Beauty play also, Dewey
on one side and Beauty on the other
When one of the boys received the
ball he would give it to the dog on
his side and the dog would grab the
lace on the ball and mostly run the
way we wanted him to go, because
one of the boys would run ahead and
call his name The dogs could stop
each other quite easily, but the boys
could not stop the dogs. If the dogs
wanted to stop the boys they would
run ahead and trip them. Sometimes
accidents would happen, but never a
serious one. Thomas Capek, in the
New York Tribune,
THE DONKEY AND HIS SHADOW
4 .1<ss1x<...a
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

The professional beggar should re-
member, warns the Philadelphia Rec
ord, that he who whines seldom dimes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

The telephones used on steamships
are quite interesting. The induction
coil, condenser, and bell Of the instru-
ment are inclosed in small white
enamel box, and the switch hook
which projects from one side Is pro-
vided with special retaining device
to prevent the receiver from being
knocked off by the motion Of the
ship. The receiver is allowed to rock
on the hook. otherwise the lever
would lift and make false connec-
ton when the ship was pitching and
rolling Scientific American.
In the operation of the trains
through the Sinclair Tunnel the show
ing has been very marked in favor OF
electricity. 1t has been found that
electric locomotives were capable Of
hauling 100O-toE trains, as against
7OO-ton trains hauled by the steam
locomotives. The 27.S car trains.
which was the average size of the
trains hauled by the electric motors,
required ten minutes to pass through
tho electric zone. The average size
Of the steaEa trains was 1877 cars,
and it took the steam locomotives flf-
teen minutes to haul them over the
same distance. Tie steam locomo-
tives burnaR per month $4,000 worth
Of coal, costing So per ton; the cleo
trio service, burning soft coal costing
So per ton. required only $3.50 for
fuel for the same period.
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THE DONKEY AND HIS SHADOW.
Chinn once hired donkey from
Meetu to carry burden, AS they
left the city and were crossing .
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This is the time of the year when
the lure of the farm affects the city
dweller, signs The Commonner.
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The
Sunday School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR APRIL 8.
Subject: The Power of Faith, Matts
0:18-34-Commit to Memory
Verses 2S, 20.

GOLDEN TEXT.-'sAll things are
possible to him that believeth." Mark
n q o
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-16
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
MEET AT RAPID CITY

Rapid City, Dec. 2.-(SpeciaD y
The South Dakota Board of Railroad
Commissioners will hold a hearing
in our Club Rooms December %,
beginning at A. M.
Shippers and Commercial clubs in
all towns west of the River are in
vited to join the freight rate com
mittee of our club in demonstrating
that the freight rates now charged
are excessive, unreasonable and un-
just.
The formal complaint demands
that the board establish a new tariff
of maximum rates. Kindly give this
matter as much publicity as pos
sible and urge all interested to reach
Rapid City for conference Deem
Der 81, at 8 P. M.