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The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-15

An exchange kindly informs US that
margaret Eytinge writes the humorous
matter on the last page of Harper's Basar"
We are glad to know this, as it enables us
to compliment Margaret upon her long
memory or the valuable acquisition of s'Joe
Miller books she must have in her library.
As a matter of fact the last page of Harper's
Bdzar does not contain two original para
graphs for auy single issue.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-15

England don't despise its Insignificant
Arab foes SO much as it did. The British
soldier is good man, but he can't always
whip ten thousand of the o.her fellows
except when the ten thousand other fell
lows don't happen to be there. If the
Mahdi concludes the performance by COB
bling up Wolseley the best thing left for
Gladstone to do will be to go over and
place his neck under the scimetar also.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-15
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY Is. 1886.

The Trenton True american has raised
its voice against the absurd system of
school tax which prevails in this State. 1t
was time. Why one county should be tax
ed to support the schools of another county
is matter we never could understand and
30 we never tried to comprehend the sub
ject nor wasted any time in reverent adj
miration of the genius which evolved such
a system. OF course the counties which
received portion of the taxes wrung from
their sister counties admire the system
hugely, but there is no more justice in such
way of doing business than there would
be in taxing Morris to maintain police
force in Essex or Hudson. Every county
should be taxed for its own government
and its own schools. We don't know how
Jersey City is affected by this system, hay
ing no table of reference at hand, but there
is one or two things to be said about it: If
we pay more than we receive the condition
of our schools, as to their inadequacy of
accommodation. should be placed before
the Legislature at once; if we receive more
than we pay then the condition of our
schools is all the greater disgrace to our
city and its school authorities. There is
money enough spent on our schools to give
us good service and plenty of accommoda-
tions, but unfortunately good share of
the money is frittered away, even if some
of it is not swallowed up in ''jobs" that are
ssput up" by our honorable directors. One
OF the latest evidences of idiocy on the part
of the Board is the establishment of
school of stenography. There is no more war
rant in law or common sense for using the
school moneys to teach stenography than
there is for devoting them to dredging Mill
Creek for the purpose of making it naviga-
BILE. And the same may be said of good
many other studies taught in the High
School as well as of that institution itself.
Aud while the public school moneys are
thus being frittered away from month to
month there are hundreds of children who
are denied admission to the primary de-
partments and declared from learning the
alphabet. This glazing evil should at least
bs corrected, and it wouldn't be bad idea
for the parents of children thus denied the
privileges of rudimentary education the law
processes to secure them, to make up a
test case under the law requiring children
to attend school and see if the courts can
not find remedy for the evils complained
of. 1t might be an advantage to have the
courts imprison the Board of Education
and let the schools run themselves for a
while. 1t is morally certain the schools
could suffer no injury thereby.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-15

New Jersey day at the New Orleans Ex-7
position should draw to the Crescent City
at that time every Jerseyman who can af-
ford time to go there, or who intends
going there at any time. It will be of no
use to have Jersey day unless there are
enough Jerseymen there to make good
show. The postponement of the day,
originally set to the 25th of March, will
enable everyone who desires to get there
without missing the Inauguration.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-15

That che alleged dynaleiter, Cunning
ham, will receive fair trial may well be
doubted. One of the points made against
him by Prosecutor Poland in his opening
address at the examination was that Cum
ningham cleft his house at o'clock on
the day of the explosion and never returned
to it" This is terrible charge, no doubt.
but as the police locked Cunningham up
at 3:45-less than three hours after he left
home-we should like to know how he was
to get back? Can Poland tell us9
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-15

The storm that passed over this State
last Tuesday was an unpleasant one. even
in this section, but no great damage was
done here. But the scenes at Hohokus,
New Brunswick and Trenton were full of
excitement and some danger, and consider
able damage was inflicted. Happily no
lives were lost, though Trenton at one
time was endangered. by an ice gorge over
forty feet high and which seriously
threatened to carry away part of the
town
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-15

Popular little Miss Alcott has been SO
driven by autograph fends that she is
victim to writer's cramp. This is to be the
more regretted that it will keep Miss AL
colt from applying her pen to legitimate
service for some weeks, if not months, and
the literary world must suffer. How we
admire the man who styled an album re-
cord skept for Others wit by people who
have nome" Andt the autograph iends are
even worse than the ordinary albummers.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-15

The Bergen County Democrat dresses
down the much absent Democratic Senator
from that county to the extent of saying
that his ''absence from his seat during the
entire week has occasioned very great
deal of dissatisfaction among his colleagues
at Trenton. There are important meas
ures there which are delayed in ecnse-
quence of his protracted absence. As the
case stands, our county, thus far, has been
almost absolutely unrepresented In the
Senate, and we are suffering from this un-
toward dereliction."
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20
Casting the Squid!.

Standing upright in his bat; the ex-
pert bassstisherInan graSps.his roatrmly
below tlareel. which mu@s be one. th2s
runs a the laest possible ,frictioni and
holds 3s9 or 4Gn feet of line. and wtir1s
it with the,sqEid and several ya-dS OF
line FREE. When the whirlns s4a5d Is
brougaFto a ser5ain velocity. which the
fee.ingrand siStinct of the angler m lst
iudgeeto.a Eieety. he tarusts the ro1 for
warta du;cs5Eg with sTaoeftEi movement
that. ean ONLY be un1er-toOt on being
seen Tbs whirling squid instantly re-
spends To sne movement. Il shoots out
with amazing velocstv rs straight as a
bullet Fight. The whizzingreel pays oui
the. unresisting line. and if the east hae
been made by an expert $50 feet of line
viii have left the reel before the sozid
drops into the water just at the spot il
was launched 40 reach. 1t Will not be
long before some monster of bass viii
show his appreciation of the skin with
which the least is made, by sToopine
upon the attractive lure. and then will
come struggle that may last an hour,
and perhaps two, before one or the
other of the combatanIs conquers-the
longer the struggle the more favorable
its Iesult to the angler.--M z Times
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20
REST IN ACTION.

Absolute Rest and Perpetual Activity
Equally Incompatible With Life.
Absolute perpetual rest and absolute
perpetual activity are. equally incom--
patible with life. Each; duly balanced,
is the complement of the other. Sleep
is simply rest in its completest form
rest of muscle, rest of brain and rest of
ali the organs, save those necessary to
existence. The tough heart rests be-
tween the beats. nor cIu it be much ac-
celerated by stimulants without imme-
date OF remote injury. The harder
working lungs rest between inspiration
and expiration.
The brain must have rest. or fail
Such case of unresting activity as that
OF Henry Kirke White-and there have
been thousands like it-should show
scholars that nature holds it an unpar-
donable sin to rob the brain of its right
full rest Others, who tOiled Ike White.
instead of paying the penalty in early
death. have exchanged genius for mad
ness or imbrclity.
But large part of QUE needed rest
may be secured in connection with a
high degree of activity. The clerk
threatened with writers cramp" may
escape. not so well by living for a month
in reclining chair as by engaging in
athletic games, chOppiag wood, or
rambling in the forests.
Generally only small part of the
brain is unduly used. and that may be
recuperated by calling into action some.
other part; that is. bv change of ments sL
application. Gladstone. doubtless rests
his brain from the. careS of State as
much by such studies aS Homer as by
the sturdy blows of his AK. The pas
tors calls at the homes 0f his flock not
only double the good OShis preaching
but most etfectuallyrest his brain by
the change.
The mere monev-getaer tends to be-
come a mOnomaniac. The miser dyingl
in filth and rags> beside his hosrGdd
gold. is the end OF aVarice. The power
and the disposition to,accumulate need
to,he balanced by thG disposition asd
the power to use. acquisitions properly
AMI wisely.
If one has oyerwoY]sed both stDnaeh
and brain. let him beware how he Yields
To D.the temptation tie stimulate theTs,
arsiticially to theirrHNSnted activity Ca
the contrary let'hiEn give eacs a;IoRg
r4st. while lie bestirs himself 10 a geA-
eral invigor:ssion-of his physicafsystean
So whatever organ has been oyeE-
used. rest hat. And this can COM
monty best ba done in conneGtion vith
n full. or a. special activity of othar
parts TCyth,S CseapdniOn.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20

formal proof of loss, an advsAce OF
SO has been made Immediately upon
report OF the local agent in order 20 re-
h1ssnyS hesH =, tS,s stss ,s,s two Tesrs the
kaw Lie Association has proved ITS re1aa-
bility and the soundness of its business
princlpies tEe careini mahagstnen' Os % - -
officers hes secured the confidence OF 10
pohcy-holdefs, and a close scrutiny OF its
workings has won many friends and patrons
~ ;s SeYe - r. ~ %
the insurance law during abe winter of 1881
80. The chaugsin the views of these gentle
vestigate this coEpaay, the aboyefaf4s being
the result. Were it not that there are q
number of composites still trying TO % buSi.
EesS in Kansas that have not complies with
the law, this notes would not have been
written. Justice to u company whose solid
list of bCndsmen app 7ered IN tbs Re'JOurnci on
the lSt demands that il, as one of our solid
institutions, be particularly noticed in this
manner.
We publish the foregoing in order to
give our readers the fullest and what We
regard IS the most reliable information
yet published regarding the standing
and work of the Kaw 6ife Association
There are npsards of four hundred policy
holders M this county andi the matter is of
great interest to them Tie NORItOT gives
it as-its opinion, without reserve, that as
the Association is SQUAD and
reliable and carries out the agreements and
contracts made with Its policy holcerSS TO
the letter. We admit frankl 7 that we have
tried % get evidence to the contrary. but
have failed. If there is any wrong doing
in the premises is ought TO I've laid to guile,
less agsnts who, by deception, talk ands
represent to people ia securing
policies that they will receive the full or
highest c2nount named in the policy in
stead of the actual amount, moFe or less,
collected from an assessment. No doubt
the time is- coming, if not now, when the
kaw Life Association will be abe to pay
the maximshI amount of her policies, and
until such time hey members can rest as
suTed that thew wii5 be called upCa to pay
only in mortuary assessment thS actual
amJunt due apon the amount paid.
In conclusion, we desire to stSte that
whi we cheerfully publish the above ex-
cellent record and showing of the Kaw
Life Association as-it now stands and does
business, offering our bond and encourage
ment, we reserve the right to criticise and
cOnde nn the Association and any nefari-
Gus practices iIaiulged in by its agens and
officers should we at any time learn that
there existed any croOkedness in the man
agement of the Gfairs of the Association,
or in fact that of any other insurance COM
pany OTcpublic corporation.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20
Summer. ShaHis.

The .ExSorite Summer shawl for the
country is the cream white India chud-
dab USED in fOrnsrrseas@ns; this is con-
sideret SmOre d1,essy than the cOlOred
chuddsshs but these OF scarlet or pale
blue are liked foS esEeh of color on
cool days, whiie- the Quaker gray and
dove-colored shaddsfs sre chosen for
old ladies. An0yelty IS French chud-
dab scarfs with, stripes brocaded in
India collars and! designs on white,
black blue OK gray grounds. Thinner
gauze shawls> with bOurette threads
have gold st1pes in them alternating
with bright 20pyy red. navy blse. light
blues black, ox-white stripes oebroader
widan. Those ara. soft and elinging,
and.may b6.had I'm their beau siful col
ors.in diffiereAttsisss, costing from two
dOlaEs anjafifty cents to siE dollars.
Warmer saaWls-a0e squares oAred, blue.
oNblack India. cashmere witA an inch
v sde border of; cashmere embroidery
and narInw friAge. For inexpensive
sSawls a.s9uars of fine French CASH
sere is. used,. with two ads raveled
soE fringe. The zephyr and ice wool
lshawls> are -oroeheted in cream white,
SKY blRe,. and dull red shades, with
or in santraSs. The shawls woZR, by
those inmO5rning are squares os black
India oiiudssah with its pgzag lines, or
else sf VerT soft Fren ah cashnere.@
HdTgeyis, Rnzar.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20
ANCIENT LIGHTS"
A Recen ! British Decision Upon an Old
Common Law Right.

A Recens British Decision Upon an Old
Common Law Right.
A new and rathsrsurprising illustra-
sion of tie cOmmSn law relative to
ancient lights" is furnished by a re-
cent decision in England, in the case
OF Buffers versus Dickinson. 1t seems
that an old Building; three stories high,
stood upon a;certairT' street, projecting
some feet ,sr the street line. The
building, wsich was once dollhouse,
large wIndos had been put in the front
wall of the first story The window
hadi been in song enCugh TO have ac-
quiIRd RICH zto light under the ordi-
nary rules. " hen the city authorities
decided to buy and reaove the portion
of TIE building to which. it belonged, in
order TO give he street, in front of it
the fall width. The obi wall was not
para lei to the street line, and it was nee
essa1y to cut cfi portion of the build
ing fJDr feet ins depth ST one end, and
seven feet nine inches at the other; and
the owner, rather thanrhave his prop
eIIy 80 cAIcHSl|clS IubtlAttCNi, pOllCu
the bIjIding down, and erected one
story structure IN the site, with front
on the new line. and a sAep window in
it. 3. A large building, which was con-
structed on neighboring lot, was
then foRnd to interfere with the light
of the new window and me owner of
the shCp broughEsuit tOs prevent the
infring TrDent of What he claimed to be
his ancient right to,unoLstrEcted light.
The pr sOrietOr oathe offending edifice
that ass the window for
which lds adversary claimed the pro-
lection ofsthe courTwas n new wall, in
a difiercnt pOsitiGnfrom the old one,
it coulGjnOt. properly be- regarded or
entitledto all ttsr righss which had
been enjoyed by sts window to which
it sueces,ied; but thetJudee decided that
even su ne notifications in the circum-
stances as those which had taken place
did not amount to,anI abandonment of
any Ori inal rightI and ordered a de-
cree forthe plaintiff Asaerica' Arch
itecE
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20
a Remarkable. .Incidenh.

Am extraordinary accident. iss report
ED to, haEe occurred at Grenobie. As
"a torchhght procession, followed by a,
tremendous crowd. was passing before.
the quarters of General Chagria, de.
Saint Hilaire, the, officer commanding
the garrison, his, wife, who was stand
ing on the balesny. suddenly began To
6ear the flags With which it was adoEned
into shreds, and to throw the pieces
among the people, whom she al the
same time Aarangue& crying repeat
edly: ''Dowa with the RepnblieI>A The
sensation produced among the large
assemblage. by this behavior NAV well
be imagiDed. The mob replied with
Kisses and uncomplimentary express
sions. and a very serious riot, which
would. probably, have been accom-
panied with dangerous demonstrations,
wou6 have ensued had not the Mayor,
promptly divining the true state of af-
fairs, explained that Madame Chagrin
de Saint Hilaire had been suddenly be-
reft OF her wits. The unfortunate LADY,
then locked herself up in her room.
which she barricaded. and breaking ND
the furniture, threw it out of the win
dows. She was about to set fire To the
house when the firemen, who had heezA
summoned to the spot, tore down the
doors and held her until she was re-
J moved to an asylum.-Cor. N. z Posi-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20
AMERlCANIZEo CHINESE.
How the Celestisls the Pacific Coast
are Adopting American Habits and In
stitutiOns.

How the CelestisIs the Pacific Coast
are Adopting American Habits and In
stitutions.
The Tapes have been raising tapage.
1t was through the application of the
Tapes to the Supreme Court that the
Chinese public school was opened in
San Francisco. The Tapes are Ameri-
canized Chinese. and how Americanized
the following story viii show: John
Tape is an expressman, drives one wag-
on and owns another, wears his hair cut
short and goes to Sunday-school. In
taking goods to the mission he met
Mary, servant. who wore her hair in
a butterfly chignon. painted flowers and
did embroidery. John and Mary courted
and were married. John built a neat
little house out in the western addition.
where in due time appeared two little
TapeS-Mamie and John. 1t was an
American family in custom, costume
and speech, and the mission folk used
to take visitors out to the Tapes and ex-
hjbit them as examples of how very
Caucasian the NIongolian might be
made. A little while ago, however. John
came to the mission in a very unpleas-
ant frame of mind. Something was the
matter with Mary. He could not for the
life of him tell what it was. but Mary was
not herself. She was neglectful and list
less, but would give no explanation of
her behavior Would some of the ladies
90 up and find out what was the matter?
Nothing would please the ladies better,
and the very next morning they paid a
visit to the Tape residence. There was
plenty of evidence in Mrs Tapes man
ner that Johns complaint was well
grounded.
What's the matter Mary?" asked
one of the visitors; has John been
doing anvthingP"
''No; John all right" said Mary.
"Have the children been misbe-
having?"
No: the children are all right"
"lVell, what is the matter, them"
Another man." said Mary. plainly.
Without any more pressing Mary con-
fessed that she had fallen in love with
the Chinese interpreter of the Sacra-
mento Courts. and that she did not care
anv longer for her husband. Attempts
to impress her with the Nervousness of
this domestic offence were fruitleSs and
the ladies left much cast down. When
John came home that evening Mary
told him the terrible news with as little
circumlocution, and added that she in
tended to pack up and leave the next
day. Arguments and entreaties were
fruitless, and. sure enough. next day
Mary placed her children with mutual
friend and left. SOmething-John said
it was God. but it was probably Oriental
cysnning-told John to be at the Market
Street depot that afternoon. Soon after
his arrival Union Street car brought
Mary and bundle on the scene: John
hid behind a pillar and saw his wife
ioined by the Sacramento interpreter.
With. howl he rushed out. and, seizing
the interpreters pigtail with one hand,
swung him round and with the other
hand planted such terrible blow be-
tween his rivals eyes that he fell Ike
log. Mary looked at the fallen inter-
prefer, then at Johns terrific righ5
hand, took his arm and quietly walked
home with him.-.Sd1s' Francisco Call /
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-20
CHAPTER V.

The landlady's surmise was true, and
the nearest doctor, having been hastily
summoned, confirmed it
There has probably been some great
mental shock here" said the doctor.
There has," said Montgomery Bas-
.sett with a white face, in which every
muscle was twitching. 'She has been
most basely aud cruelty deceived by a
young man to whom she was engaged
TO be married. Is she in any danger?"
The case is grave" the doctor an
swered. She will need SIX llful nurs-
ing. and will, with your permission,
send in professional nurse at once"
"Do anything and everything that
can be DONE" cried the tragedian. The
medical man was accustomed enough
to scenes of domestic anguish, but he
thought he had not often beheld such
signs of trouble as Mr.. BaSsett dis
PLAYED. That gentleman was plunged,
indeed, into a condition of the utmost
terror and dismay. He had counted on
a tear or two, on a cheek little pallid,
a gait little languid. a day or TWO of
low spirits and poor appetite; but not
on this, or anything near it or like it,
anu IL StdSScIcu ullL. Ii Shc OiSO, Hc
would be murderer as truly and as
clearly as if he had struck her down
with his own hand. His thoughts on
matters theological had never been of
much trouble to him, but, like the great
majority of people, he had certain vague
ideas of future life in which he would
have to pay for earthly Offenses, and
lhere was, or had been, a tacit under
standing with himself that before he
Said down the burden of the flesh he
would square himself for all that, and
3e prepared to die in properly re-
formed and repentant spirit. He
tho ight nothing in the world so wicked
a> an. atheist, and had the highest pos
sible opinion of the clergy. So that he,
Ike other people, began to consider the
great problem which veXed Hamlet s
stepfather-how to be pardoned and re-
tain the offense. To 60 back to Cam
eron and to confess his villainy was alb
solutely out of the question, and it was
Just as impossible to acknowledge it to
his daughter, even if she should re-
cover But while she lay in danger
and she lay at deaths door for days
he did little bit of sustained mental
gymnastics which was worthy of him.
de determined that he would at least