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Workmen's advocate., 1889-05-25
UNWElCOME VISITORS.

bo D' uHhbl' VI COhl plcIlcHu IHdI others exist except for their own amusement or to give them an op- portunity to air their alleged opin- ions. Every new movement seems to be pestered with these inCOnsider- ate egoists, and yet they are often to eratcd, to the detrIment of the move ment they feel called upon to attach themselves to. If they are snubbcd they become more pestlferous, and if given cQual liberty with more sensible and orderly people they take a mean advantage of 1t and in- fringe upon the rights of others.
 We have seen labor meetings gradually decimatcd because of the ostentatious and persistent presence of few such pests, while those in authority hcsitated to relieve the audiences of them because of the fear of being considered undemo- cratic and tyrannouS. And so the unwelcome guests remained until the inevitable happened. We have seen how few "dcmocratic" heel ers destroyed the effectiveness of K. of l.. Assembly by creating con- fusion. Still, being members, and entitled to equal rights in the as scmbly room, they only exercised their conceded rights in occupying valuable time and having their say and their vote, which they enjoyed till the membership dwindled and the few remaining discovered their identity and kicked them out.
 Socialists have been noted for their liberality in providing free de- batting grounds for all who wished to attend and take part in the dis cussion. They found oftentimes that this courtesy on their part was abused and their democracy taken advantage of to disgust timid but honest inquirers. Recently the American Section of Chicago Social ists decided to rid themselves of such nuIsances, even at the risk of appearing undemocratic iu the eyes of those who were unacquaInted with the real circumstances. That they would have the enmjty of the persons they excluded from their meetings, they knew. Nevertheless 1t was decided that their time and that of their guests was too valuable to be wasted ill listening to the rav- ings of insane anarchists or the soph- istries of well-known political heel CTS, and resolution to that effect was passed and enforced. lmmedl- ately there went up howl from these timc-stealers and their mouth pieces. A Boston anarchist sheet whines:
 "We know now what sort of treat ment to expect from the Cooperative Commonwealth. When the ignorant and brutal fellows who babhle about State control and sovereignty get the power to tyannize over those whose superiority they fear, no time is likely to be wasted i'll verbal resolutions of re- gret."
 This comes from a sheet that howls for "liberty." Liberty to do what? Why, to annoy others in their own house; to occupy tune which belongs to others; to intrude themselves when they are most un- welcome. Undoubtedly they mean well, thinking that they are super for in every way, and anxious to prevent others from pursuing a course of agitation which comments itself to their wisdom. No doubt they will feel tiattered by their ex- cluson, and actually attribute it to fear of their alleged "arguments. . Rnt thn annrnh ist and i'm ,nnllt.nnl
Workmen's advocate., 1889-05-25
SUCCESS OF THE VIENNA STRIKE.

t'ANCE EN)N' VI LII I ' liIAN ~ h t7I hl h To
 The unexpected, it is said, al- ways happens, and this is doubly true with regard to the success gained by the Vienna tram car men, whom we little thought, from the collapse of their strike, would gain such a complete victory. As mat ters stand at present, they have the advantage over their London com rades, for the Vienna men have now really an eleven-hour day, as Will be seen by a reference to our labor notes. An hour for dinner has been granted them, and they will also be paid 2d. an hour extra for over time, besides other minor conces- slons. The efforts of the Socialists no doubt contributed mainly to the successful issue of the struggle, for they not only persuaded the men to strike, but also reused public sym pathy in their favor. The critical condition of Austrian affairs with Russia makes it imperative that no social diScord should be apparent in the capital, and, doubtless, the off cials of the company saw this; per haps, also, the heavy fine so quickly levied by the town council greatly helped the understanding ng.-LOndOn TDut,1o
Workmen's advocate., 1889-05-25

Just as l am about to write these lines, expressive of my opinion that the single-tax movement of to-day is not the same as the anti-poverty movement of two years ago, 1 re- ceived a private letter from one of the strongest and most earnest of our leaders, in which he speaks of Mr. CroasdaleS scandaIous article in the StaHdard, and goes on to say:
 In fact, by his Mir Georges great efforts to make his theory respectable, he has, in my opinion, made it almost useless. Mir. Georges efforts in the di- rection of showing the evil of private ownership of land have been of the greatest value, but he has even aban- doned that to large extent. The movement has now degenerated into g single-tax scheme. The single-tax is nothing but fiscal measure. It is not
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05

political foes come together. Mr.. Griggs, how
ever, did not appear. but was represented by a
substitute.
The case Of the Standard Underground Cable
Company and John P. Stockton, Attorney Gen
eral, which is an appeal from the decision of the
lower court requiring the company to pay SS,Wo
taxes, was argued by A. 9. Keasbey and William
johnson before the Court of Errors and Appeals
at Trenton, Monday. The question is the const-
nationality of the taxation law. There are four
similar cases on the list, and they were all
argued together.
Miss Hannah Milford, who died recently in
Bridgeton, has left a large portion of her prop
erty for benevolent purposes. The public be-
quests in her will are as follows:-To the Ameri-
can Baptist Publication Society, $1,000, and also
81, 900 additional after the death of the persons
who have the interest thereof during their lives;
to the Women's Baptist Foreign Missionary So
ciety, at Boston, $1,000; the Women's Baptist
Home Mission Society, at Chicago, 5000; the
New Jersey Baptist State Convention, $4,000;
the New Jersey Baptist Educational Society,
$1,000. The residue of her estate, after the pay
ment of all other requests, is to be divided into
three parts, one of which goes to the American
Baptist Missionary Union, AMI the other Two
parts to the American Baptist Home Mission
Sneiatv
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05
The Fashion in Tea.

A pretty device for making tea Chinese
fashion at the home table and at after
noon teas, and tor serving delicate re-
freshments to callers, consists of a hol-
low ball of gold or silver about the size of
a walnut, suspended from a finger ring
by a slender chain four or five inches
long. The ball divides in,the middle, and
the halves are hinged. 1t is perforated
with innumerable holes. Sometimes 1t is
made of gold or silver wire gauze. The
hostess uses it in this wise She opens
the hollow ball, fills the halves with dry
tea leaves and clasps it shut. She then
slips the ring from which it is suspended
Upon one of the fingers of the right hand.
Filling a tea cup with hot water, she lets
the bali hang in the cup, and moves it
back and forth and up and down until the
latter is colored to the desired strength.
The strength of the tea, of course. de-
ponds upon the length of time the ball is
dawdled in the cup.
The little ceremony is much pleasanter
to the eye than the old way of pouring
out tea, especially if the hostess be grace
full and have a prettily modelled hand and
wrist. Moreover, it produces an immeas-
urably finer cup of tea thar can be had by
any other method. At afternoon teas the
hostess sits upon her divan, with the
trinket suspended from her finger, and
makes the tea at a table by her side. The
tea bali, as it is called, is moreover an
encouragement to the custom, Borrowed
with it from the Chinese, of serving tea to
callers-an adjunct to entertaining meth
DDS which is rapidly becoming popular.
Hot water, of course, is always at hand,
and this easy and graceful way of making
tea in the guests presence forbids the
suspicion that the hostess is putting her
self to inconvenience in providing it.
Beside being refreshing, the tea conduces
to ease and s~ociability.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05

monstrosity of wickedness, and few
people will be charitable enough to
doubt that in launching it with a skill
of presentation worthy of a better
cause, he is the tool and the accom-
plice of a villainous ring.
In plain English the proposal is
that the government should gamble
in futures in silver. 1t is to take that
commodity at a current quotation,
paying for it in sight drafts. 1t en-
cages to buy more at future periods
at current quotations. Besides 1T en-
cages to sell what it has got at any
time at current market price, making
or losing on the transaction as h
vicissitudes of trade may determine.
If this is not gambling, if it is not
specializing in future values just as
much as any stock transaction is, we
do not know how to regard it. Is not
the government in absolute fact Civ
ing puts and ''calls" for fabulous
values to the manipulators of the sill
yer market, and is there any doubt
that these manipulators are arranging
to have the government do so for their
own profit solely?
In this matter of buying and selling
silver to and fro between two parties,
there is no possible way by which
more than one party can make a
profit. Does it seem probable that as
between the Treasury and the specu-
lators. the Treasury will win-espec-
tally. with Mr.. Window at its head.
The apparent restrictions in the
bill appear to us to be puerile pre-
fences. The Secretary may discon-
tinue the purchase of silver if he
thinks the price is being artificially
affected; he may pay off the treasury
notes in gold on similar occasion.
But assuming that all the fluctuations
we're natural, would the governmental
dealing be any less in thenature of
speculation? Are not nine-tenths OF
the fluctuations on which all specula-
tive dealing turns caused by so-cailed
natural causes2 And beyond all this
the element of personal judgment or
personal honesty is the final element,
for who is to decide when corrupt
combination takes the place of ma
tural economic laws i'll controlling the
price?
Why, Mr.. Window, Of course, the
tool of the Silver Ring.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05
USES OF URANIUM.
Interesting Facts ABOUT a Metal Once
Very Rare.

Interesting Facts ABOUT a Metal Once
Very Rare.
Exactly a century ago-namely, in 1889
-Klaproth succeeded in isolating from a
dark colored mineral known as pitch
blende a yellow oxide, which, after care
fully testing, he pronounced to be the
oxide of q new metal. To this metallic
substance he rave the name of uranium,
so calling it after the planet Uranus, then
recently discovered by Herschel, and 1t
was at once classed among the rare
metals, and still remains so. Its rarity is
indicated by its market price, which is
about 42,4 per ton. There are several
oxides of this metal; but the best known
and most important is the sesqui-oxide,
which forms a number of beautiful yellow
salts. This oxide is largely employed for
imparting delicate golden and greenish
yellow tints to glass, while the protoxide
IS muchus in producing the costly black
porcelain.
Uranium is also found to be useful in
certain Photographic processes as a substl-
uute for the chloride Of gold; but its rarity
and consequent high price have hitherto
caused its application to be very limited,
although there are uses other thar those
already named to which it could be put II
it were less scarce and less costly. 1t is
found in Cornwall, SaXony and Bohemia;
Duu up w uiO hCDNa SAAAS AtS OhAL
been met with in isolated pockets and
patches. The centenary of its discovery
by klaproth has, however, been marked
by the finding of a continuous lode at the
Union Mine, Grampound road, Cornwall,
which is believed to be the only lode in
the world. This discovery is regarded as
unique in the history Of the metal. for the
lode is what is known as a true assure
vein, and the ore is found to contain an
average of twelve per cent. of the pure
metal, the assays going up as high as
thirty per cent. in some parts of the lode.
Several tons of the ore have already been
raised and sold, fetching high prices.
The lode traverses the mine from north
to south, and the uranium occur in it
chiefly as a sesqui-oXlde. 1t is antici-
pated that the present discovery will ems
able w important applications of the
metal to be followed up. The first is as a
substitute for gold in electro-plated ware,
inasmuch as with platinum and copper
it forms two beautiful alloys, each hav-
ing the appearance of gold, and the
former also resisting the action of acids.
The second application is in connection
with electric installations, where its USE
fulness consists in its high electrical
resistance.AL0ftdOn Times.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05
AM USEMENTS

The annual engagement of Mr.. w.
j. Seaman, the famous Irish comedian.
at the Academy of Music, will be
begun Monday, December 8, in the
popular four act drama, "Myles
Aroon." 1t is one of the important
theatrical events of the season. Mr..
Seaman has always been popular
with Jersey City theatregoers and
there is no doubt but that the Acad-
envy will be crowded at every per-
Torrance. Special scenery has been
provided and the production will be
the same in every respect as that at
the Star Theatre, New York. Mr..
Seaman has written and composed
several new songs which will be sung
by him for the first time here.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05
MR.. THURSTON's SIDE.

Why the j. C. & Il. II. r.. Refuses to Aid in
the Montgomery Street improvements.
President Charles B. Thurston. Of the
Jersey City and Bergen Railroad Com
pany, does not think that the law of 1871,
which exempts the railroad company
from the necessity Of paving between the
tracks on Montgomery street, was much
of a surprise to Mayor Cleveland.
The city is, indeed, paving between the
tracks now as well as outside of them.
Nor was it in response to a notice from
the Mayor that Mr.. Thurston sent the
o of he act. He had just had all the
acts affecting the company's interest
''codified, so to speak, and printed IN
pamphlet form, and sent one along to the
Mayor with his compliments.
"As a matter of fact" said Mr.. Thurs
ton this morning, ''the company has no
public burden in connection with
street improvements and it has
already done more IN Mont
gomery street than it could legally be
called upon to do. In the first place 1T
has done the paving between it's tracks,
and its counsel advises h a it cannot be
called upon to do repaving anywhere.
But for our roadway between the
tracks Montgomery street would for
years have been no thoroughfare. Inc
blocks we paved with are more suitable
to horse travel than those which are now
being put down"
Mr.. Thurston told how the company
had put the street between Barrow and
Jersey avenues in good order from curb
to curb, and then noted its work at the
Van Worst street crossing. There the
street had sunk twenty inches below the
established grade, and the COM
pany raised it to grade down Gregory
down Montgomery and down Van Worst
streets at a large outlay. Altogether he
thinks the company is justified in taking
the benefit of the exemption the act OF
1871 gives it from the expense of the new
improvement on Montgomery street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05
THE PARK SITES.
The Commissioners Looking at Another
Bayonne Site.

The Commissioners Looking at Another
Bayonne Site.
The County Park Commissioners, keep
ing in mind all the time the use of Cur
rie's woods, if that site becomes available
and can be purchased for a proper figure,
have begun to look at other park sites in
the south section of the county.
The site which most pleases them just
now is in the neighborhood of '"The Will
lows" on the Newark Bay shore in Bay
onne. They have offers of q tract extend
ing from Fifty-seventh street to Thirty
seventh street; and other offers that will
enable them to extend the territory to
Thirty-first street
The track is over a mile and a half long.
and can be purchased at a reasonable
figure. It extends from Avenue b,
through which the new Boulevard will
probably run, to the Newark Bay shore,
and car be converted into a beautiful
driving park at a small outlay of money.
The Commissioners have decided to
locate two large parks and as many
smaller parks as possible. The North
County park will be Kings Woods, to
condemn which proceedings will shortly
be instituted in the courts.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05

takes care that my lady has plenty to
choose from in the way of foot covering.
Bright colored hosiery with elaborate
embroidery is in favor, and repeats the
color of the evening and dinner dress.
Chocolate color shading up or doEn-as
the case may be-to a delicate shade of
ecru, makes an odd combination. A very
elaborate pair of stockings of solid ecru
color had embroidered clocks of pale
green and rose leaves. These articles
look pretty in the stores, but are too
suggestive of barber poles for many
sensible women who prefer something
more quiet in tone. Embroidered shoes
have had their day, and patent leather
leads at present for shoe and slipper.
NeIOaTk EUening NelDS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05
A silver swindIe.

Secretary Window left the Treasury
Department some years ago with a
high reputation for financial ability
darkened by grave suspicious of ven
ality. His career this term promises
to confirm the general estimate of his
shrewdness and unhappily to establish
beyond doubt the reproach of cor
rupt and interested administration
which has heretofore been rather
whispered than spoken out. No per-
son who examines the question can
lail to reach the conclusion that Mr..
WINDOWS silver proposition is a
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05

Charley Murray Says Old country
clay pipes are largely frauds. The other
day / gave an Irish friend a new clay, and
told him it had just been given me by q
newly arrived emigrant from the Emerald
Isle. He filed it and commenced snok-
ing, explaining to me all the time that
there was no Disgusting an Irish pipe, be-
other clay, and the feel to the lips was so
much nicer than any other make of pipe.
The much praised clay was n of a thou
sand just arrived from the East. They
were made in France, where, indeed,
nineteen-twentieths of all the clay pipes
smoked throughout the world are manu-
factured2 The number of these clays
turned out every year is about 10000, 900,
and women and child labor is used very
largely i'm their production. This Is why
they can be sold at such exceedingly low
prices. "TSt, Louis Globe Democrat.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05
CATARRH.
Catarrhal Deafness-Hay Fever-A New
Home treatment.

Sufferers are not generally aware that these
diseases are contagious, or that they are due to
the presence of living parasites in the lining
membrane Of the nose and eustachian tubes.
Microscopic research, however, has proved this
to be a fact, and the result of this discovery is
that a simple remedy has been formulated where
permanently cured in from one to three simple
applications made at home by the patient once
in two weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not 9 snuff or an oint-
ment; both have been discarded by reputable
physicians as injurious. A pamphlet explaining
this new treatment is sent on receipt of ten
cents by A. Fl. Dixon & Son, Nos. 337 and $3.50
West King street, Toronto, Canada.-Christidn
Advocate.
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should care
ully read the above.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05
A Model Woman.

Jones came home at an unseemly hour
one night and was surprised to see Mrs.
Jones sitting up for him below stairs.
"M-M1Marla ne sac, nusklly, ny-you
business
AS Mrs jones did not answer him he
continued in an alarmed voice:-
-"Shorry, m'dear, but it's last time-tell
you Pm sorry. Won't speak to me?"
At this moment Mrs. Jones called from
above STAIRS
Mr.. Jones, whom are you talking to at
this hour Of the night?"
s'Thas'h what l like to know myself"
stammered Jones.
Mrs. Jones fastened down stairs, lamp
in hand. When she saw the situation
she laughed, in spite of being very angry.
'It's the model" she said, 1.-THE model |
bought today to fit my dresses on"
eyes, thas So" said Jones, tipsily.
'model woman-did't talk back-make
some fellow good wife."-Ihe Wasp.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05
James nj. q. Church Fair.

The Ladies' Fair, at James NJ. e.
Church, corner of Summit avenue and
Bowers street, was well attended last
evening, and the several booths were
literally ~patronized. An informal enter
tainment, consisting of recitations and
singing by oun people of the church,
enlivened the proceedings. Another en-
tertainment will be given this evening.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05
Was He stabbed by Raiie

The police give no credence to the story
of Edward Gallagher, who complained
yesterday that he had been stabbed the
night before by al unknown man while
descending a flight of stairs in his home
on Third street.
1t is thought that Gallagher fell against
after the accident, while drunk, and re-
ceived the wound from the sharp edge of
the baluster rail.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05
where words have a Hard Time.

Where Words have a Hard Time.
Lady Duffer1n, wife of the late Viceroy
of India, has published an interesting
book upon her life in that country. In
it she gives some amusing specimens of
the English used by the natives. One
addressed the English resident at Bhurt-
pore as Honoured Enormity!" Another,
in treating of the horse, observed that
che is a very noble animal, but when irri-
tated he ceases to do so;" a third, taking
q higher flight on the theme of riches
and poverty" wrote: "In short the rich
man welGers on crimson velvet while the
poor man snorts ON flint" She also gives
as a specimen of the inflated Asiatic style
the following translation of q letter writ
ten by one of the Llamas of Thibet to the
Viceroy acknowledging the receipt of a
present sent him: 40 the great and most
opulent Governor, who turns the wheel
of power all over this wide world, Ruler
of Asia and Pillar of the Faith to his
Throne. With reverence, and with the
full three mundane essentials (the heart,
the speech and the body, this most hum
BILE and insignificant self, who from his
infancy applying himself to study, has
acquired only a minute jot of learning,
such as may be compared to an insects
mouthful Of water, has been favoured
with a golden robe of honour in the
shape of apresent of $500 rupees for him.
for which he presents his most cordial
thanks"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05

IT made everyone smile to see our
only competitor copy on Tuesday our
week old story of the trouble the
Pennsylvania Railroad has struck
about its new line across the meadows.
Still it is better to print old news than
NO news.