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The Dickinson press., 1889-08-24
A WEST INDIAN CITY.
First Impressions Which st. Pierre Makes
on the Tourist.

First Impressions Which st. Pierre Makes
on the Tourist.
When you find yourself for the first time,
upon some unshadowed day, in the delightful
West Indian city of st. Pierre-supposing
that you own the sense of poetry, the recol-
~lections of a student-there is apt to steal
upon your fancy an impression of having
seen it all before, ever so long ago, you
cannot tell where. The sensation of some
happy dream you cannot wholly recall might
be compared to this feeling.
In the simplicity and solidity of the quaint
architecture; in the eccentricity of bright,
narrow streets, all aglow with warm color
ing: in the tints of roof and wall, antiquated
by streakings and patchings of mold greens
and grays; i'll the startling absence of window
sashes, glass, gas lamps and chimneys; in the
blossom tenderness of the blue heaven, the
splendor of tropic light and the warmth Of the
tropic wind-you will find less the impression
of n scene of today than a sensation Of some
thing that was and is not. Slowly this feel
ing strengthens with your pleasure in the
~colorific radiance of costume; the semi-nudity
of passing figures; the puissant shapeliness
of torsoes ruddily swart like statue metal;
the rounded outline of limbs yellow as tropic
fruit; the grace of attitudes; the unconscious
harmony Of groupings; the gathering and
folding and falling Of light robes that oscil-
late with swaying of free forms; the sculpt-
nred symmetry Of unshod feet. You look up
and down tpe lemon tinted streets-down to
the dazzling azure brightness of meeting sky
and sea: up to the perpetual verdure Of
mountain woods-wondering at the mellow
ness of TOTES, the sharpness of lines in the
light, the ilaphaneity of colored shadows,
ALWAYS 4Skinr memory .When-whara did 7
see all this long ago."
Then. perhaps, your gaze is suddenly rivet-
ed by the vast and solemn beauty of the
verdunt violet shaded mass of the dead
volcano. high towering above the town, Wis
ible from all its ways, and umbraged, may
be, with hinneSt cuttings of cloud, like spec
tiers of its ancient smoking to heaven. And
all at once the secret of your dream is re-
vealed, with the rising of many a luminous
~memory-dreams of the idylists, flowers Of
old Sicilian song, fancies limned upon POM
peiian walls For a moment the illusion II
delicious; you comprehend as never before
the charm of a vanished world, the antique
life, the story of terra cottas and craven
stones and gracious things exhumed; even
the sun is not of today, but of twenty CEN
turtles gone; thus, and under such a light,
walked the women of the elder world.
Too soon the h%allucination is broken by
modern sounds, dissipated by modern sights
rough trolling of sailors descending to their
boats, the heavy boom of u packets signal
gun-the passing of an American buggy.
Instantly you become aware that the melo-
dious tongue spoken by the passing throng is
neither Hellenic nor Roman; only the beau
tiful childish speech of French slaves.-Har.
per's Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-24
importance of Style.

a notable thing i'll every ~work-poem, his
tory or novel-that has survived its own pc
riod is perfection of form. 1t is that which
has kept it. 1t is the amber that preserves
the fly. have no doubt that thousands of
noble conceptions have been lost to us be-
cause of the i~nadequacy OF their literary
form. Certain ii is that many thoughts and
fancies, of no great value i'll themselves, have
been made imperishable by the faultlessness
of their setting. For example, if Richard
Lovelace-whose felicities, by the way. were
purely accidental-had said to Lucasta:
"Lucasta, my girl, | couldn't think half so
much of you as | DO if | didn't feel it my
duty to enlist for the war. Do You catch
on?" If Richard Lovelace. ! repeat. had put
it in that fashion. his con:mendable sentiment
would nave been forgotten i'll fifteen minutes.
but when lie said
could not love thee, dear, so muck
Loved l not honor more
lie gave to England a lyric that shall last
longer han the Thames emha!lknent. The
difference in the style of these two addresses
10 Lucasta illustrates just the difference there
Is between literature and that forIiless ronl-
monplace which certain Of our critics sup.
pose TO be life. -Atlan;ic,
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-24
A bass slaps a Mans Face.

lake and seized by the nose a boy who was
riding in 8 boat, some years ago, no better
fish story has been told in this vicinity than
actually took place OH the river above Black
creek. john Harris, his son, and School
Commissioner Moody were coming down in u
canoe, when a black bass leaped from the
water and struck the commissioner over the
eye with sufficient force to raise a lunlr on
his forehead. The fish tu:nbled into the boat.
YVES captured. tried. and convicted of an az
Cravated assault. Rochester Post-Express
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-24

Florida's Typographical appearance is ex-
actly like that of a pistol. The Pensacola
end of the state would represent the muzzle,
Apalachicola the trigger, Fernandina the
hammer, and all South Florida the handle of
the weapon. Annexation to Alabama west
of the Chattahoochee river would cut off the
muzzle and a good part of the barrel. 1t is
not generally known, perhaps, that in extent
of territory Florida ranks as the twelfth state
of the Union, and is larger than any other
southern state except Texas.-Montgomery
iAla.j Advertiser.
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-24
Starvation in London,

According to a parliamentary paper, there
were in the year 1885 throughout the London
metropolitan area twenty-nine inquests at
which the jury found that the death arose
from starvation or was accelerated by STAR
walton. OF these t~wenty-three were in the
various divisions of Middlesex, one in Green
witch, two in Southwark and three in the
Liberty Of the Duchy Of Lancaster. Accom-
plete list of the twenty-nine cases is given
with various details In no case had admis
sion to the workhouse been refused Once
q Week.
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-24
A Good Woman.

Mrs Felicia Grundy Porter, who died at
Nashville, Tenn, was one of the notable
women of the south. She was a daughter of
the lato Felix Grundy, Van Buren's attorney
general, and before the war was u leader in
the brilliant society of the national capital.
In the days of the war Mrs. Porter busted
herself in establishing hospitals tor the sick
and wounded soldiers, and spent a great por.
ton of her large fortune in this work. Dur
ing the last quarter Of acentury her time has
been devoted To charities. Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-24
Fifty young girls, ranging in age from s to

Fifty young girls, ranging in age from 8 to
II, compose the "Girls' Military company, of
Poughkeepsie." The inform is navy blue
flannel, a skirt made full and reaching to the
tops Of the boots, q blouse waist falling over
the belt, skirt and blouse trimmed with mar
row gold braid, the blouse closing in front
with military buttons, a military cap bear.
ing q laurel wreath and the letters sc
n c."
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-24
He Did Not Like the Came

A clergyman relates that he was once con-.
pletely nonplused by younsSter at a christ
ening. The child having been taken to church
to be baptized. was so much disconnected at
the minister's sprinEling his face that be in
terrupted him by ex.laiming- stop! | won't
play I'-America.
The Dickinson press., 1889-08-24
A Grammatical Error.

Scene-School room at public exhibition.
Elderly Lady-Johnnie, what is the pres
ent third singular of ito fieef"
Johnnie-He fees.
Elderly Lady-That's right. Now give the
perfect third singular.
Johnnie tp~romptly)-He has feas.
Elderly lady is carried OUT in hystericA-
Time.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11
This paper Is Democratic IN principles
and Is Independent in its Ctelos on Gu
local questions.

Our attention has been called to an
unfortunate typographical blunder,
which crept into The JERSEY NEWS
of last Wednesday, and which placed
Mr.. Joseph Warren in an embarrass-
ing light before those who have not
the advantage of knowing him well.
One of our reporters obtained a brief
interview with Justice Wanser on the
results of the election. The
tiendish compositor set up the
name of the interviewer as Jus
tice Warren" 1t is only necessary
to add that the opinions expressed in
the interview were Numerically the
opposite Of those held by Mr.. Warren.
We regret that the matter was not
brought to our attention sooner, when
we would have fastened TO correct
the error. But it escaped our notice
until this time. Mistakes will happen
even in the best regulated newspapers,
and editors are infallible only in their
eDScGthedrG utterances.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11

wanna to come that way. The Llacke-
wanna has repeatedly been invited to co
operate with the Peapack people in the
matter of a railway, bu declined, and
now the preference is naturally given the
Hampton Junction, n. j., has hereto
fore been a terminus for coal trains and
engines on the Central Railroad, of N. j.,
and crews were exchanged there. But
after this the crews and engines viii
change Mt Phillipsburg, and will be run
from there to Jersey City. The number
will be greatly reduced, and what will be
Phillipsburgh's gain will be Hampton's
loss.
The Central Railroad Company, of N.
j., has declared q second quarterly divi-
dend of one and u half per cent, payable
November /. A few years g one dol
lar of Central Railroad stock could be
bought forsix cents. Now it ranges from
1875 to 1870.
The Order Of Railway Conductors will
build a s250,000 National Home some
where in Iowa, and the cities of Daven-
port, Burlington and several others are
trying to Guido one another in Offering
the greatest inducement towards obtain
the home.
During its first year, just closed, the
Rockaway Valley Railroad carried 20,237
passengers and $4,000 baskets of peaches.
WIN Jne now IN progress tHe
business of the road will greatly increase.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
has laid since the beginning of the year
many hundred tons of the SO called mitre-
joint steel rails. The rails side-lap at the
ends. so that continuity of track is Sc
cured and jolting partially done away
with.
A revolution of first consequence to the
travelling public is promised in railroad
construction by the use of steel ties, which
are to make impossible all accidents re-
sulting from the spreading of rails. Steel
ties have been in use on some railroads
in Europe and India for some time, but
they are said to be faulty in design,
owing to the insufficiency OF their fasten-
ings. The manufacture of steel ties in
this country has been entered upon by
Carnegie, Phipps & Co., of Pittsburg. for
use on the Chicago 81 Western Indiana
Railroad. The rails are of American
pattern and the fastening is said by rail
road experts to be perfect, practically
converting the rail and the ties into u
solid and immovable structure A fea-
ture of this tie is the introduction of a
wooden cushion which is attached in
such a manner as to materially lessen
vibration, as well as deaden sound. 1t Is
estimated also that a saving of not less
$500 per mile per annum will result
from its use.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11
RAILROAD IT

The Morris and Essex Railroad Com
pany have prepared plans and maps for
shortening and Strengthening the route
between Maplewood and Short Hill. The
present stations at Wyoming and Mill
burn will be discontinued and a new and
handsome structure will be erected be-
tween the two.
Peapack, Somerset county, seems sure
to have a railroad soon, nearly $4,000 Of
the desired SIS, 600 having been sub
scribed for the new line. The Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad Com
pany proposes having a finger in the pie
by extending the Passaic and Delaware
Division from its present terminus
(BernardsviIle) on to Peapack. A meet
ing was held on Thursday at the latter
place to feel the public pulse. but from
present indications the company will re-
ceive but little attention from the Pea
pack folk, Many OF he wealthy. resi-
dents Of Bernardsyille and other places,
among them George I. Seney, president
OF the Shoe u Leather Bank OF New
York, asked the Delaware and Lacka-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11
Money Poured INTO HOLES.

1t is a painful thing to have to say,
but it is none the less true that the
new Street and Water Commissioners
have rome about their work on the
streets after a wholly wrong plan, and
have wasted a very large portion Of
the money which has passed through
their hands for that purpose.
Petty patching is the most un-
profitable of all work, and in the
matter Of paving it is especially use
less. 1t has neither present utility
nor permanence; as a gentleman in
terviewed in THE JERSEY CRY NEWS
on Saturday saidit improves neither
the appearance O the practical value
of the causeway.
If the money frittered away over
fifty or sixty blocks-some Of them
almost wholly unused by wheeled
traffic-had been condensed upon four,
five, or even ten blocks, or whatever
number it would have absolutely re-
newed, placed in first-rate, A 1 order,
more benefit would have been done
the city than a be wrought by a
century of tinkering. Suppose Mont
goinery street, to the junction with
Newark avenue--the trunk-line Of
travel-had been selected and re-
paved, every man, woman and child
living south OF Pavonia avenue would
have been benefited, the property
standard Of the city would have been
enhanced, investors and possible resi-
dents would have been impressed.
Then there is Washington street
from Montgomery south. 1t is a fine
street, a busy street too. It is the
scene of important improvements in
the building line. Would not a big
slice Of the money have been well
spent in tearing away the present
cobble stone abomination and giving
it a good roadbed. Grove street is
simply horrible and yet it is the most
important artery of northerly traffic.
Why should it not be put in thorough
cOAdltlOAf mUIitlCcltO dNouuG, LOO. is
one of the most important on the Hill
and it is in a horrible state.
All this is so obvious that everyone
wonders why the Commissioners do
not see it in the same light. There
are many who hint that for purposes
of their own, the members of the
Board are dividing the work UP as
small as possible so as to make the
patronage go as far as possible. W.
do not for a moment hint, ourselves,
that this is true; but, if people will
say it, whom has the Board to blame
Anyway the unbusinesslike frib
bling away Of the street money has
gone far enough. The Board of FL
nance ought to find some way to zeal
a turn on the useless expenditure
The Street Commissioner ought tx
be brought to their senses, SO that WI
may have some benefit out Of the TEN
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11
PERSONALS.

Mr.. Mullone's vote for Assembly in the Eighth
precinct of the First district was 1913, instead Of
4s, as, by a typographical error, we reported
Saturday. His total vote is s,44o, and majority
1,7S9.
Mrs. William Walter Phelps and daughter
sailed for Bremen yesterday on the North Ger
man Lloyd steamship werra.
James G. Blaine, Jr. has confessed a judg
ment to DR., Foster g. Fuller for $S29.65 in al
action to recover payment for professional
services rendered to Mr.. Blaines wife and child
between June l and November /, 1888, while they
were guests at the Hotel Shrewsbury, at Sea
bright.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11

THE story of the three young
women who cowhided their uncle in
Newark, published in yesterdays
SUNDAY MORNING News, is n
which makes us wish we lived a hun
dred years ago or so, when the birch
was still a wholesome moral instru-
mentality in jails IS well as schools.
The woman or girl who takes up a
cowhide to avenge her wrongs, how
ever great these may be, puts herself
completely in the wrong, she unsexes
herself, and does more to dethrone
womanhood from its honorable place
than all the wicked men now living
can do by their united efforts.
Women who thus degrade themselves
and their sisters should, in our judg-
men, be dealt with according to the
leG tdlionSs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11
AMUSEMENT

Tonight Cora Tanner opens a weeks
engagement atthe Academy of Music,
appearing in her successful play,
Fascination" Her personal popu-
larity here ensures her a cordial greet
ing. Her success is well known and
it is we'll deserved. A big weeks bust
ness is bound to be done by Miss
Tanner and her excellent company.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11
young yomcn IN AIaska.

In Alaska a girl is ready for society as
soon as she enters her teens. 1t does not
requires many years in that country for
a girl to grow up. The dress of the aver
age Stickee River maiden is not very
elaborate. A plain cotton garment, long
and loose, envelopes her person, and u
Turkish bath towel is wound about her
head. When she goes out a blanket Of
bright colors is threwn around her shout
ders. The wife of a missionary in that
section says the young women often go
barefooted, but that after they see the
boots and shoes of white ome their
great desire is TO have a pair.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11

Lltteen years & the service OF 2
draughtsman would have been required,
The wood engraver would have taken
them first and have photographed them
III reverse upon the block and then have
engraved them. This method Is also
practiced now to some extent, but is being
rapidly superseded by that OF sending the
photographs to the artist, who copies
them in pen and ink. and the photo
engraver r~eproduces them mechanically
for about one-tehth the price the wood
engraver would charge.-Art Amateur,
Styles in Hairdrcssing.
The ladies of this city nave managed
very well in past years with but little aid
of b professional hairdresser, but If
Parisian styles are adopted here during
the coming winter, and there is no doubt
that they will be, to some extent at least.
the days of self-helpfulness will be num-
bered. Except on very exacting occa-
sions ladies OF fashion have been able to
arrange their own couture with only the
assistance Of a maid and during the sum
mer time this arrangement has been con-
fined to q twist given their pack hair and
a free-and-easy brush to the crown. For
years the. prevailing styles have been in
favor of u little hair and false locks
have not been called into service, except
by persons whom Nature had been very
scanty indeed in endowing with q head
covering.
The coming styles are for abundance of
hair, but also an elaborate arrangement.
This fact has given fresh hope for the flu
ture to professional hairdressers, and the
expert who has the honor of having ar
ranged the chestnut locks and wavy
bangs belonging to Mrs. Cleveland when
she was in the White House is looking
forward to making the greatest change
In the coiffures of the row of busts ex-
Ishik~I 81 In,. ~ Ear Nfanxnfh
street that has ever been shown in this
city;
year, she said, "have gone bAck about
one century, and are practically a repro
duction of the styles during the days of
Louis XIV. and XIV"
An ancient print of those days was pro-
duced. and, being compared with pattern
plates just received from the French CAPT
tai, was shown to be almost identically
the same.
s"rhis STYLE" she continued. "brings
the hair circling over the forehead and
curling down under the ears, framing the
face with wavy curls. 1t is an enlarge
ment of the bang, and to produce the
proper effect requires the use of a great
deal of hair. For a number of years but
little hair has been in demand, but now
switches a yard long are absolutely neces-
sary."
The long, silky locks in the cases sug-
gested an inquiry of the source from
which they are generally obtained.
when the style demanding them was
being established" she answered, linen
were going about the rural districts Of
France, n every girl they met with long
locks they would at once begin to bargain
with for them. So the girls of the country
are pretty well clipped by this time, and
such stores. of hair have been gathered in
Paris as have not seen an equal for many,
many years. "1WaShington Post.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11
The English Girl.

The English girl, observes a traveller, is
romantic and submissive. While as full
of sentiment as the ideal love letters tied
with blue ribbons, she still regards man
as her lord and master. She rarely dreams
of disputing the supremacy of her hus-
band. father, or even brother, and her
privilege and pleasure are to minister
unto them. She is SO affectionate in her
home circle that the average man has
only to be admitted there to straightaway
fall head over heels in love with a girl
who worships her brother, is forever kiss
ing her fond father, and disputes with
her sisters the honor and delight of warm
ing the paternal slippers. Even when of
high station she takes her turn in max
ing the tea and preparing the toast and
experimenting the breakfast generally
d task which mamma relegates to her
daughters. The English girl breathes
this engaging air of domesticity. Man
doesn't say "How she can waltz! how
well she looks at the operal how she sur
passes all the other girls in the cotillionl''
No matter to what advantage she may
appear in evening dress under the soft
radiance of the wax candles, what the
most inveterate bachelor whispers to him.
self is this:-"By Georgel what q wife she
would makel And what a homer'-BoS-
ton Herald.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11

THE young man who foundsshis pic
ture in the Rogues' Gallery in st.
Joseph and thus secured a fortune OF
$50, 900 which had been awaiting him
in Paterson for years, was in one
sense a very fortunate fellow. But
what an outrage it was to put his pic
ture in the Rogues' Gallery. This is
one of the abuses of power which
police officials recklessly indulge in
from time to time, and which hurt
alike their popularity and their
prestige.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11
nIrs. Livermore,s Story.

At the celebration at Hartford, in honor
of Mrs. Stowe, the following character
istic story was related by Mrs. Mary A.
Livermore:-'My husband,' she said,
twas pastor of a small county parish be-
fore the war. We hadn't any more
money than we could use. / had heard
of u paper that was published in Wash
ton called the National Era. The sub
scription price was $3.50, and we hadn't
the money for it. My husband went
away for three weeks. While he was
gone 1 made him a pair of pantaloons. l
had never made q pair and I had never
made a button hole. When my husband
came home | told him that thev had
come and costg$2. so, and / had paid for
them. He put them on and pronounced
them excellent, and it wasn't till he had
worn them a week and they had been in
the pulpit that l told him the secret.
That's how l got the National Era. I
don't know whether | ought to take
this audience into my confidence or not.
I've never told this story to any IL be-
fore and l don't want any of you to re-
peat it,"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11

While speaking of mending I will des-
cribe the darning taught by the nuns in
French converts, who probably do the
most of the beautiful and elaborate
needlework in the world. Silk. cashmere,
flannel, in fact all materials except cotton
fabrics are taken and the rent cut around.
to form even edges, then it is matched
with a piece of the goods, which is bAsted
on the wrong side of the tear. Rawlings
of the fabric are pulled from a straight
piece of fabric and q long, fine darning
needle threaded with one, ~discarding il
as soon as it begins to wear fine or rough.
The darning is done over the raw edge
Of the teal. taking the edge as the. centre,
and putting in two or three stitches on
each side of it, extending thus on the new
piece, but not across it. Do the work on
the right side and take up small stitches
both over and under the needle. When
the raw edge has been entirely covered
rip the basting threads, lay q slightly
damp cloth on the right side of the darn
and iron it with a moderately warm
iron.--LGdies' Home Journal.