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| looked up in astonishment. What had my
liking for him to do with Ampere? began
to fear that constant failure had affected my
friends brain.
"You know I am, or I wouldn't be here. Z"
"That's So" he said, looking around the
little room With q sad smile on his face.
"You are ths only visitor I ever entertain.
It seems almost too bad that it Is only case
of currents"
was losing his mind. I did not dare to
speak for fear of agitating him still further.
"a fine place to be caught with mad
man," reflected, as peered through the
darkness toward the door. He observed my
emotion and went on:
"Come, come, my boy; will tease you no
longer, but the fact is have made a tremen-
dous discovery. The world is at my feet.
In another month shall be wealthy, court
ed, happy, and it's all owing to Ampere-
and Hamerton. Strange combination that?
It's seldom you can make a compound fof q
Frenchman and an Englishmsn and obtain
as a result riches, glory and all the good
things OF the earth. L tell you it's the
greatest feat ever performed by what we
might call mental chemistry"
l let him have his say, and then asked
calmly:
sand what is the discovery"
Let the results answer your question. It
may be that I am over-sanguine in this
matter. Heaven knows 1 have had bold
hopes before, and they have always turned
to dust"
SIS that all you will say to satisfy nv Gu
riosity?" remarked, rising to 60. I had
not wholly laid aside the fear that the man
might at any moment become dangerous.
mo, sit down. will 90 a step further,
with you. Do you know why you and n
have always been friends? Sympathy
says Hamerton. sBosh.' say I. The fact is
our respective electric currents have always
flowed in the same direction. Result-at-
traction. Unfortunately for me, the electric
current OF other men flow in the opposite
direction from mine. Result-repulsion.
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dinner placed before you. Old Orchard is
slightly diluted Coney Island, with dash
of Narragansett ana one portion of Glen
Island thrown in. It has its merry-go-
rounds, its tent shows, and its camp meet
ings. 1t is architecturally crude from the
Kissing, rattling railroad that cleaves it in
two, up to the barniest and swellest hotel
that it contains.
Whole carloads of raw excursionists are
being constantly emptied out of open cars;
those young men who wear lightning jackets
are forever batting tennis ball over a net
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04
WILLING TO COMPROMISE.
Jones Wasn't Particular, 90 Long a. He Got
His Dinner.

His Dinner.
New York world.l
''When used to run grist mill over in
Scrub Grass township" said Uncle Silas
Bowersox, can old skinfint named Alb
Jones always managed to 60, home to mill
just in time to be invited to dinner or sup
per, as the case might be. This went along
most allsummer, when the old woman got
mighty sick of it an told me I mustn't in
vite him any more. didn't see how I
could very well help it, the way Jones
managed things, but the old lady was pretty
slick herself, and told me could just tell
him that 1 was sorry, but that we didn't
have bite of bread in the house. That
looked like an easy way to get out oft, and
so the next time Jones kem to mill and
fingered by the brookside, so to say, I jest
up and told him how awful sorry was that
1 couldn't invite him to stay to dinner, but
it happened that Mrs. Bowersox didn't
have q bite OF bread or biscuit in the
house.
"'Oh, weIl," says old Jones, pies and
cakes will do.'"
"An' pies an cakes it had to be-"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04

Why, then. are you not as unpopular rs
am? you ask. Therein lies mystery. Let
us put II, for the sake Of argument, that the
electric current pertaining to your sensitive
individuality is more adaptable than that
which dominates my unyielding self. Do
you follow me? You ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS some
men attract you and othels repel you. You
further assert that sometimes you like Q GER
tain man, and again detest him. That is,
your electric current sometimes flows in one
direction, sometimes in another. If you
will be honest with yourself. you will admit
that your liking for me not only has degrees
OF intensity, but sometimes changes into
almostaversion. Fluctuation in the currents.
sir. just think Of my theory for moment.
Does il not explain vast number Of social
phenomena? Take matrimony, for instance.
Two young people are drawn irresistibly to-
ward each other They marry. Alter .
time the currents become disturbed. Per-
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1 would and could have done more for him
than had, If he had not been such a proud,
unapproachable fellow; but, nevertheless,
what small attentions he would accept had
always gladly rendered. was annoyed,
therefore, at the materialistic Interpretation
he had placed upon my affection for him.
and could not persuade myself to see him
again.
! It was early in the fall before I heard Of
him. One day read in a newspaper that
the War Department had adopted ''ths
Rodney sight tor rifles At the time did
not realize that the item referred to my
friends device, but not long afterward I
read that Marcus Rodney, inventor of the
improved rife-sight, had become manager
of the Graball Electric Motor Company I
at once wrote him letter of congratulation,
to which he returned no answer. A week
later column was devoted in one of the
morning journals to description of Marcus
Rodney's inventions, and the article stated
incidentally that "this wonderful genius
was rapidly acquiring large fortune from
his ROYALTIES. The writer also asserted that
"Mr. Rodney is one of the most fascinating
men in the country, possessing a PERSONAL
ity which attracts men instantly and sur
rounds him with warm and enthusiastic
friends"
''Do you know Marcus Rodney?" was
asked at my club one night.
eyes, used to be intimately acquainted
with him. Why?"
':Well, his name is up for membership.
His proposers are so uncompromising in
their praise that they have almost made him
laughing-stock in the committee. What
sort of fellow Is hep"
"a gentleman and genius. He will bs
a valuable addition to the club"
1 said this perfunctorily, though, to tell
the truth, / did not look forward to Rod
ney's admission with any great pleasure.
His picture, as had last seen him, was in
my mind and could not imagine him as
presentable club man. The following week,
however. was surprised to find that had
done him an injustice. had entered the
smoking room OF the club one evening after
dinner, when my attention was instantly
attracted by tall, striking-looking man
dressed richly, but in good taste, who was
putting cigar in front Of the wood fire
which crackled in the CRATE. The back Of
his head looked familiar, and as stepped
forward he turned toward me. 1t was
Marcus Rodney. The old fondness for him
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04
ADMIRINGLY sCRUTIN1zEp


by the females than would soulful poet
with the head of Byron. The artist might
obtain shocks here, but the worldly, red
blooded pleasure seeker moves in the good
natured crowd, gets smiled at, smiles back
and says to himself 81 like it." The res-
sons for liking it are many. and are sub
stantlal enough for summer weather. The
people here are such as the citifed worker
has not been accustomed to dealing with, at
least they are all playing different parts
than those we saw them in last winter. More
than half of them come from Canada, lend
ing fascinating sort of'foreign atmosphere
to the place, with their parody on the
French language. their rapid ways and
their remarkable toggery.
1t seems as If the noble old State of-Maine
surrounded the place without having the
proprietorship of it. The good people Of the.
State do not seem able to utilize the pleas
ures here, except in single exciting dbse,
consisting of bath, dinner and ffght.
On the hotel registers We find the names Of
the residents Of Montreal, Ottawa andQue-
bee, not those OF the leading townsp5en Of
Eaccarappa, Amenticus and Fryebur4
Still, the girls get the very newest Iwhims
Of behavior The hand-touch Is on. No
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04
CHAPTER II.

Weeks passed, but did not see Rodney
again. In placing my friendship for him
upon a purely scientific basis, he had
shocked my tenderest feelings. For had
been unselfsh in my intercourse with him,
and had often sacrificed my inclinations for
the sake of cheering him up by my presence,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04
CULTURED FILTRATION.

Filtration has been brought to the
highest degree of culture at Old
Orchard. A young man from New York
arrived here at noon time one day last week,
and, alter getting his baggage into his room,
he took chair on the front piazza, and be-
gan gazing down toward the vast expanse
edged with foam 0e To T'u the ~ beach from This this
hotel it is an unobstructsd half mile, and a
plank walk runs directly from the hotel
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04

HIS place is no
new invention in
the way Of a sum
mer resort, but it is
aluminous example
of what most New
Workers think they
have a monopoly
of-the yertigo-pro-
ducing, wave-wash-
ed woodpiles, where
it requires dipio-
macy, wealth and
brute force to get q
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04

HE strange career OF
Marcus Rodney, in
ventor, scholar and
electrician, has long
been a source of q
vast amount of gossip
and speculation. The
facts of his case are
known to me alone,
and I now intend to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04

Il n y . a LIE M,
July 81 write
this letter on the
house top of a
bishops residence,
on the top of Mount
Zion, in the center
of Jerusalem. My
American type
writer stands with
in 80 feet of the
great square tower
OF David, the base
of which was un-
doubtedly built be-
lore Christ. At
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04

bracing breeze which blew in from the sea.
SIS Marcus Rodney madman or a genius?"
was the problem in my mind. Little did
imagine how important to me would be the
solution OF that question.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04

their noses. Next comes troop of Turkish
soldiers in blue European uniforms and red
fez caps. They knock aside the Christians
as they go along, and it makes ones blood
boil to know that this land which is the
holiest of all to Christian nations is in the
hands of the Turks. The sound of the
Turkish band is continuously heard in
Jerusalem. The Turkish sword and gun is
everywhere and the Holy Sepulcher itself is
guarded by Turks.
PRETTY BETHLEHEM GIRLS.
There is market inside the Jaffa gate and
can see it just under me as write. Great
piles of oranges and lemons lie upon the
fag sidewalk and there are scores of women
with baskets of vegetables before them.
Many of these are from Bethlehem and the
Bethleh hem girls are the prettiest you see in
Jerusalem. They have straight, we'll
rounded forms, which they clothe in long
linen dress of white, beautifully embroid-
cred in silk, SO that single gown requires
many months of work. This dress is much
like the American woman's night gown
without the frills and laces. 1t falls from
the neck to the feet and is open at the front
of the neck in a narrow slit as far down as
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04

longer do these upeto-date bellies kiss each
other in public, nor gush at all, but simply
touch fingers in 80 quick and casual way
that II cannot be called even hand shake.
1t is the newest freak of stylish manners.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04
CHASING CARE AWAY
How the Merry Youths and Maidens
Enjoy kife at Old Orchard.
A BAD CASE OF SPRAINED ANKLE.
The Effect of the Atmosphere Upon the
Appetite and Dancing.
CANADIANS A PROMINENT FEATURE

rwRrTTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.l
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, ME-, August 2.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04
THE NEW JERUSALEM.
Introducing the American Type
writer Into the Holy City.
THE WONDERFUL RUINS OF ZION.
Pretty Bethlehem Girls With Their Dow
ries on Their Heads.
THE QUAINTEsT CITY OF THE ORIENT

rTnoM OUR TRAVELLING COMMISSIONER.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04
CHAPTER I.

HE strange career of
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-07
Newark,s New water Company.

The i~ncorporators of the East Jersey
Water Company, the company with which
Newark is about to enter into a contract
for a new water supply from the headwa-
tiers of the Passaic, met in this city yester-
day for organization. The Board of Di-
rectors of the company was chosen, and
the officers elected. The directors are
Mr.. e. P. Wilbur, an official of the Lee
high Valley Railroad Company; Mr.. Chas.
Hartshorne, of Philadelphia, the first
vice president of the Lehigh Valley Rail
road Company; Mr.. L. r. Barrett, of
Bloomfield, the New York agent of the
Lehigh Valley Coal Company; Mr.. D. G.
Baird, Of Beverly, N. j., an official of the
railroad company, and Mr.. John Hood, of
Camden. Mr.. E. p. Wilbur was elected
president of the company, Mr.. Charles
Hartshorne, vice president, and Mr.. D. G.
Baird, secretary. The subject of the pro-
posed contract with Newark was dis
cussed and finally referred to the Execu-
tive Committee.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-07
Liquor Dealers Are Active.

Agents for the State Liquor Dealers
Association are visiting every city and
town in the State and are showing a cir
cular Issued by the State organization in
which the danger of losing all the advan-
tages gained by last years legislation is
pointed out. The circular states that a
strong effort is being made by republi-
cans, and those who favor local option, to
capture the next Legislature, and the
formation of local associations and the
banding together of the liquor men is
urged in the strongest terms. The fact is
pointed out that the liquor interests are
in great danger of being ruined, and that
only the most prompt action will save
them. 1t is recommended that each town
and township organize Immediately and
be prepared to send delegates to a general
convention, to be held in the neal future.
The association in this city is active and
will join in the movement.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-07
Notice to Contractors.

CEALED~ WILL BE RECEIVED AT
= the office of the Board OF Street and Water Com
missioners on Monday, August -, 1889, at ten O'Clock
am, for the construction of a Ainch sewer In
AVENUE, FRoM HUTTON STREE TO
THE CORNER OF BOWERS STREET
AND HANCOCK AVENUE
in accordance with plans and specifications on file
in the office of the Chief Engineer, corner of Jersey
avenue and Mercer street, where blank forms OF
bid and agreement of surety must be obtained.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 1000 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About 100 lineal feet OF 2tinch brick sewer.
Abont s new receiving basins.
About 25 cubic yards of concrete.
Time allowed for completion OF the work, two
hundred [200l working days.
The making of the above Improvement and award
for the contract therefor, will be subject to the re-
monstrnnce of the owners OF the property liable to
more than one-half Of the assessment therefor,
endorsed, proposals. for building Brick Sewer In
Hancock avenue" directed to "E. A. Dugan, esq,
chairman OF Committee on Streets and Sewers
and handed to the clerk of the Board In open meet
ing when called for In the order Of business relat-
ing to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety.
The attention of bidders Is especially called to
section IL, of the New Charter OF 1859, under the
terms whereof, no contract shall be binding upon the
have been approved by the Board Of Finance, the
President of said Board having power TO examine
the proposed bonds1nen nnder oath.
BY order OF the Board of Street and Water Com
GEORGE T. BoUToN.
Dated JERSEY CRY, N. J., August 2, 1889.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-07
A Dishonest Postmaster.

Joseph R. Malloy, Postmaster at the
Fish House, in Camden county, was be-
fore United States Commissioner Cassidy
yesterday for a hearing to answer charges
of OBTAINING and embezzling letters. The
testimony was to the effect that colored
laborers had entrusted letters to his care
to be sent to relatives. After being regis
tered, it was charged, the letters and
money were abstracted after the sender's
departure. The complaints were made
by these persons, who claim to have lost
the sums following their names:-Benja-
min johnson, $50; Mark Shannon, 81;
Daniel Cartwright, $40. Malloy was COM
mitted in default of 81, 500 bail.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-07
Greenyille,s Y. NJ. C. A.

The G~reenville branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association held it's regu-
lar monthly meeting in its hall on Linden
avenue, last evening. Pastor w. R.
Keifer made a splendid twenty minute
address in which he gave great encour
agement to the young men in the work of
building up a large organization. The
hall was comfortable filed with an audi
ence of young men and women. Refresh
ments were served and an impromptu en-
tertainment was given by Arthur
Duhme, E. M. Kyle, Adolph LANCER, w.
w. Outwater, G. o. Deakin, j. Pockman
and Mrs. Ferret, Mrs. Vreeland, Miss
French and Miss Spatchel. President
George Chesebro was master of ceremon-
ieS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-07
A Rapid Transit Victim.

NEW BRIGHTON, S. l., August &, 1885,
Late last evening William j. Herman, n
run over and killed by a train of the S. l.
r. Z. Railroad Co. Herman had been
''spreeing'' 1t of late and when killed had
a bank book and a large sum of money in
his possession. The body has been re-
moved to Justice Casey's morgue, where
the Coroner's inquest will be held.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-07
A New WAY of Doing 1t.

Albert r. Nuts adoption of Mamie
Bell, a tall, well-formed blonde OF twenty
two, is the cause of much domestic trouble
in the family, who live in Hamilton Town
ship, near Trenton. Mutt and his foster
daughter were held a few days ago on a
charge of attempting to poison Mrs. Mutt,
the latter alleging the pair want to get
married. Today Mrs. Mutt was held on u
charge of assault and battery on Mamie
Bell during q dispute last Thursday,
growing out of the purchase of a gold
watch as a birthday gift for the girl.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-07
Notice to Contractors.

CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
y the office of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners on Monday. August, ~, 1889, at ten
O'Clock a. M, for the construction fa
24INCH BRICK OVAL SEWER IN
VENUE
from a point about 125 feet south of South street to
and connecting with the sewer now built in Bowers
street, in accordance with plans and specfhcat1ons
on file in the office of the Chief Engineer, corner OF
Jersey avenue and Mercer street, where blank forms
of bid and agreement OF sureties must be obtained.
ESTIMATES OF QUANTITIES.
About $50 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About rs cubic yards Of concrete.
Time allowed for the'completion Of the work, one
hundred and twenty-five 125) working days.
The making of the above Improvement and award
of the contract therefor will be subject to the re-
monstrance of the owners of the property liable to
more than one-half the assessment therefor.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes,
endorsed Proposals for Building Brick Oval Sewer
in Hancock avenue directed to "E. A. Dugan. Esq,
chairman of Committee on Streets and Sewers"
and handed to the clerk of the Board in open meet
ing, when called for in the order OF business relat-
ing to sealed proposals.
No city onfcial will be accepted as surety.
The attention OF bidders Is especially called to
the terms whereof no contract shall be binding
upon the city until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have been approved by the Board Of
Finance; the president Of said Board having power
to examine the proposed bondSmen under oath.
By order of the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners.
Clerk.
Dated JERSEY CRY, August 2. 1889.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-07
knights TempIar Parade.

The following New Jersey command
cries will take part in the knights Temp
lar parade in Washington, October 81
Grand Commandery of New Jersey, Hugh
de Payens Commandery, No. 1, of Jersey
City; Helena, No. 8, Burlington; Pales
tine, No. 4, Trenton; Damascus, No. 5,
Newark; Cyrene, No. Z, Camden; Ivan
hoe, No. II, Bordentown: MeIita, No. 10,
Paterson; st. Elmo, No. IA, Lambertville;
Corsen, No. Is, AsburY Park.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-07

Thomas Danley, a resident of Philadel-
phia, had al experience with Gloucester
footpads Monday night. While walking
in the vicinity of Pine Grove he was way
laid and assaulted by three men who beat
him numerically about the face, head
and body and robbed him of SIS and his
watch. He was found in an insensible
condition and taken to the City Jail and
City Physician Wamsley summoned. He
lay for several hours in a comatose state,
and yesterday he recovered sufficiently to
give his name and tell how he came to re-
ceive his wounds. A description of his
assailants was given and three men were
arrested and taken before Mayor jackson,
but the injured man was unable to identify
them and they were discharged. The
city officials had the wounded man taken
to his home. Other arrests, it is stated,
will take nIaca :
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-07
Mgr. Doane's New Honor.

A despatch from Rome that
the Pope has conferred on the Rt. Rev.
George Fl. Doane, of Newark, the title of
Parliamentary Apostolic. At the residence
of the priests attached to the Cathedral
nothing was known of this matter beyond
what was contained in the despatch, but
it was believed that the statement was
true, as it is known that the Pope enter
tains the highest regard for Mgr. Doane
and received him with distinguished
marks of favor when he visited Rome on
his way to the Holy Land. The office of
Parliamentary is the highest rank of the
Monsignori, who are prelates of the Papal
household, and is the highest honor that
can possibly be conferred upon a priest.
Heretofore there has been only one priest
in America who has borne this exalted
title, and singularlv enough he too has
been attached to the Diocese OF Newark,
this being Mgr. Seton. The office is n
of dignity and honor, but not of jurisdic-
tiOn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-07
Another Constitutions Amendment.

Governor Green has authorized the
publishing of the notice that Article W.,
Section Z, Clause IL of the State Constitu-
ton is to be amended according to the
concurrent resolution passed last winteI
by the Legislature. Also to amend Ar
ticle VII. and Section 2.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-07
A Row in Camden Jail.

There were lively times in the Camden
County Prison yesterday morning. While
Tailor Logue was reading his morning
paper he was surprised at hearing a cry
for help and murder, which came from
the female department. He FASTENED to
the apartment, where he saw Mary Nc
Donald, a white woman, fifty years of
age. lying on the floor, with her face COW
cred with blood, while Josephine Moore,
a colored girl, stood by, Furnishing a tin
cup, the weapon that had caused Mary's
wounds. She was O~verpowered after a
struggle and removed to a darkened cell.
The County Physician found the woman's
wounds were very painful, but not seri-
GUS.
The Essex County Committee's Debt.
The Democratic County Committee, of
Essex county, met last night, with Col
onel E. l.. Price in the chair. E. 8. Men.
dells said he had the assurance of a prom
nent man in town that if two-thirds of
the debt of the committee was paid he
would make the other third good. Col
onel E. L. Price reported that the Free
holders case was before the upper courts
and that a decision would probably be
rendered in September. Before the meet
tpG adjourned q motion was made and