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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-28
Flannel for the Baby.

II mothers knew the immense saving
of trouble that there is in dressing a baby
in flannel altogether, even putting out of
the question its great physical benefit to
the child, it would be a strong argument
in its favor. Every mother knows the
quantity of washing there is to be done
where there is a baby. OF which the
starching and ironing is not the least part
of the trouble. All this is done away
with where flannel is used. Hall an hour
or less will suffice to wash a baby's whole
flannel wardrobe. some Will think that
to provide a stlayette" entirely of flannel
must be a very expensive proceeding; but
it need not be so. There will not be re-
ouired so many garments of flannel as
there are of cotton or linen, and they last
much longer, and they Go not require
ANYTHING like the same amount of fine
sewing in the making. 1t is ridiculous
the amount of time some young mothers
spend in preparing their first layette.
| Hours are passed with head bent, Shout
| ders stopped and eyes strained, manufac-
turing countless tucks and frills to linen
| shirts and petticoats and robes that, after
| all, are only to injure the little creature
for whom they are prepared. There is
often as much spent in the purchase of
useless lace for the adjournment of these
unsanitary garments as would purchase
a Years supply of comfortable, health
preserving ~1annels. And it need not be
supposed that iannel garments must be
ugly ones. They will bear a great deal
| Of characterization if the maker of them
feel so disposed. They can be shaped
prettily, and can be embroidered either
with silk or that flax thread known as
dourishing cotton. But let them be made
nationally. What grown up. man or
woman would go about with bare legs,
arms and neck? And, if grown people
would not wear this kind OF dress. why
should we make young children adopt it?
1T is a relic of barbarism. Because the
child's arms look pretty. no account is
taken as to how it may suffer from this
absurd vanity. Even women who 60 to
parties with their necks and shoulders
bare have some wrap to throw round
them when coming away, but children
run from one room to the other in cold
weather, when the house isn't heated; they
runo out on the hall door steps with their
throars and chests exposed to the cold,
and what wonder then when Hines fol
lows.-The Lady.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-28

1t may be a matter of interest to a
long-suffering public to know that the
little monkeys that accompany the
hand organs and climb into second
and third story windows for money,
when fattened and roasted are good
eating.-NeaOagb Journal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-28

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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-28
REGULAR DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.

For Governor,
LEON
For State Senator,
EDWARD F,
For County Clerk,
DENNIS
For Register,
GEORGE B. FIELDER
For Director-at-Large,
AUGUST M. B~RUGGEMANN
For Assemblymen;-
District.
I.-MIcHAEL MULLoNE.
u.-HENRY BYRNEs.
IV.-WILLIAM @. HEPPENHEIMER-
V.-JoHN w. AYMAR.
VI.-ANDREw r. DoNNELL.
vH.-JoHN f. KELLY.
VIII.-ANDREw J. BOYLE.
IX.-LAwRENCE PAGAN.
X.-THoMAs b. USHER.
For Freeholders:-
District
I,-JoHN d. GoRMAN.
u.-MICHAEL HENNEssY.
HI.-PETER T. DoNNELLY.
W.-ADAM G, SMITH.
V.-WILLIAM PAIRsoN.
Vu.-WILLIAM H. ELLIS.
VIIL.-WLLIAM J. TIERNEY.
IX.-JoHN BRUNING.
X.-DENNIs M. NOoNAN.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-28

PILES, ITCHING, BLEEDING, ULCER, ETC.. CURED
without CUTTING, LOCATING or CHLoRoFoRM. Our
patients attend to business while receiving treat
ment. Illustrated papers sent free. Address
Drs. Miller and Jamison, No. Al West Twenty
sixth street, New York. ~
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-28

This paper Is Democratic IN principles
@md Is Independent IN its vieaos ON ou
local questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-28

MONDAY. OCTOBER g. 1889.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-28

GENTS FURNISHINGS.
Full Line of Underwear and Hosiery,
Cardigan and stockinet Jackets, Etc.
Gents Heavy Merino shirts, 25c.; worth 49ct
Gents colored Heavy Merlno Shirts and Drawers,
4sc.j worth f5c.
Gents Night Robes, White and colorek, sOc,i
worth 75c.
Cents Scarfs III elegent designs. 22c.; worth $50.
Gents Canes in Fine Silver Handles, 5Oc.; worth
$l.0o.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-28
FURS AND kSTRAkHAN AT SPECIAL PRICES.
Orders by Mail or Telephone promptly attended to-.
Goods delivered free to all parts Of Hudson County.
CHAS. s. FURST.

WILLIAM DELANEY, Furnishing Undertaken, cal
riages and camp chairs to let, S5 Grove street. sei
sey City. Nj. Telephone call. No 1887
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-18
Facts Worth Knowing.

There are 1850 languages.
Watches were first made in 1476.
A barrel of rice weighs 600 pounds.
The average human lifeis 81 years.
A barrel offour weighs 1876 pounds.
A barrel ofpork weighs 2OOpounds.
The first steel pen was made in 1880.
A hurricane moves so miles per
hour. ...s..
The value of a, ton of silver is
$37, 7O4,S4.
The first lucifer match was made
in 1929. ~.
The first iron steamship was built
in 1880.
Modern needles first came into use
in 1916.
Coaches were first built in England
in 1869.
The first horse railroad was built
In 1S26-'27.
Telegraph wires have to be re-
newed every five or seven years.
One million dollars of gold coin
weighs 1866 pounds avoirdupois.
One million dollars of silver coin
weighs $500, pounds avoirdupoir.
Until 1776 cotton spinning was per-
formed by the hand spinning wheel.
Albert Durer gave the world
prophecy of future wood engraving
in 1927.
Glass windows were first intro
duced into England in the eighth
century.
The first complete sewing machine
was patented by Elias Howein 1916.
Measure 900 feet on each side, and
you will have a square acre within
an inch.-W orthington's Annual.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-18
The Bid Was Withdrawn.

In Jacksonville, Fla, in the winter
of 194S, an auction sale OF the per-
sonal state of deceased planter,
comprising some seventy or eighty
slaves and other "chattels, was held
in the pnblic market place. / was
glad of the opportunity to see for
myself how such things were done.
On beginning the sale the auctioneer
announced that families would not
be separated, but would be sold in
s1ots." After a number of "lots had
been duly brought to the block and
knocked down to the highest bidder,
a bright looking boy was brought
forward and placed upon the stand.
The auctioneer at the same time
called ali old colored man among the
crowd to come up and stand beside
the boy. He did SO. and the auc-
tioneer then said:
"Gentlemen, the old man is this
boys father; he lives in the West
Indies, and is a free man. He wants
to buy the boy and take him to his
home to make him free. He bids
| $500, which is all the money he has"
The intent of this statement Was
evidently to discourage any advance
of that bid. and it touched a sympa-
thetic cord in his audience. The
crowd watched the proceedings for a
minute or two in silence, while the
auctioneer dwelt upon the bid Of
$500, and was calling it out for the
third and last time, when, from the
outskirts of the crowd, a voice bid
"Fifty." Every eye was at once turn
ed in the direction of the bidder, who
was rough, dissipated looking fell
low, a typical slave trader in appear
ance. The auctioneer paused a
moment, looked annoyed, and then
repeated his previous statement con-
corning the old man, emphasizing the
remark that $500 was all the money
he had. "And now,' said he, II am
bid four hundred and fifty" Froma
dozen voices came the cry: with
draw your bidp' The auctioneer
awaited the result. The bidder
growled a surly refusal, saying he
wanted that boy, and had as good
a right to bid as anybody" "Four
hundred and fifty" came slowly from
the lips of the auctioneer, The shouts
of "Withdraw your bid" were repeat
ed in angry tones on every side.
"Well,' said the bidder. ~ with
draw it,"
The auctioneer quickly went back
to the original bid, onwhich he Gwelt
two or three times, when down went
his hammer. "Sold at four hundred.
Old man, the boy is yours; take him
down." The crowd cheered, and the
principal figure in this little drama
who, the moment before, had been
the picture of despair, hurried down
from the stand smiling and happy
New York Sun.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-18
Arithmetic in the Dairy.

/, Too many of our farmers neglect
their arithmetic in the dairy business.
Very few have any definite idea of the
cost Of a quart of milk, yet the matter
of a fraction Of a cent determines the
profit or loss in the business. They
will attend a cheese meeting in the
spring and haggle for hours over the
difference between a sixth and a
seventh of a cent in the manufacture
of pound of cheese, but neglect en-
,tirely to consider the cost of a pound
iof milk. Every farmer should have
some data by which he can tell how
much quart of milk costs him at diff
sferent seasons Of the year. &
Each COW should be tested by her
self, at least once a year, and twice
would be much better. In this way
the COWS that make our profits could
be separated from those that are a
positive loss. It is not every COW that
is a success. There are as many fail.
aires in the dairy herd as in the human
family. Some people should have
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-18
| mistaken. The baby was not expected

mistaken. The baby was not expected
to produce any disorder; it was simply
another object to be scrubbed.
But one day in February letter
came which changed all their plans
and altered the current of their lives.
1t was from Boston, from the attorney
Of an aunt. She had died suddenly,
and left all her property to "her dear
nephew . and had appointed him sole
executor. Harry became perfectly be.
side himself at this news. He sang,
he shouted, he seized Jennie around
the waist and made her dance the
widest kind of a gallop. He tossed
the baby up in the air, and made flu
tile effort to stand on his head.
''Oh, dear Aunt Sarah! OH rare Aunt
Sarah!'' he cried; nothing in your life
became you like the leaving OF it! Jen-
ME, I'll buy Turkish bath, and you
can lie in it all day! You'll be SC
cleanse clean, dear-that you'll beg
for mercy! Oh, Jennie, isn't it too
good, too SPLENDID? Oh, dear me,
must calm myself, and remember that
I'm a mournerr'
tsLet's go abroad" said Harry. Cpl
resign my position, an we'll just &C
and have a whole year of enjoyment
I'm tired to death and you look worr
to the bone, Jennie. Well take GOOD
nurse for the baby, and just have a
glorious timer
Jennie murmured little at first, but
was finally persuaded to look fay orally
upon the plan, and they sailed in May.
Harry was like boy let out O.
school. His jollity and fun knew ne
bounds. He became a great favorite
on board and made many friends. Jen.
ME was sick most of the way over and
kept her state room, but the baby wa:
as we'll and nearly as jolly as it's faith
er. Harry was almost thankful that
its mother was too sick to- see how very
dirty it got on deck.
They reached London in the midst
of one of its worst fogs, which Ger
tainly was depressing. Jennie could
speak OF nothing but the grimy, dirty
appearance of everything.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-18
Growing Flax.

Il All through the west, as is generally
Known, flax is grown by farmers for
seed alone. The fibre, which in Eu-
rope is considered the most valuable
part Of the crop, is here thrown away,
as making too much trouble to save.
"a careful computation shows that the
Max fibre thus wasted would, if utilized,
give work to enough population to
make a city of $50, 900 people. The
anore this subject is studied, the great
Ter. this wastage appears. The men en-
gagged in working up the fax fibre
would be withdrawn from agricultural
pursuits. We should furnish a home
market for probably 1,O00,0 900 more
bushels of wheat than we do now. The
ssdax industry, being made doubly profit
able, most enormously increase. If
I'VE are now producing too much other
grain, especially wheat, the increased
growth of fax would displace part of
hhe extra product. Flax is said to be,
llsSSnd is, exhaustive. But the seed
makes the most valuable feed for ma
nure making. The stalk excepting the
sfbres should be saved and returned to
the soil. So, though fax will always
require rich land, its net exhaustion
of the soil, with good management,
may be less than with many other
& aronc 55fS5 Ases iB4k TX
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-18
AGRICULTURAL POINTS.
Eaots. for the Farmer and Notes for the
Housekeeper
How to Insure Eggs Throughout the Winter
s. Necessary Care for Young Lambs Flax
Growing Dairy and Apiary Notes House
hold Hints
Got Eggs Every Day Last Winter.

Got Eggs Every Day Last Winter.
!, In the first place hens should never
be crowded in their winter quarters;
second, corn should never be fed to
laying hens, as it contains no elements
Chat assist in egg production and is
only fit for the fattening process. Now,
Tor my method, not theoretically
given, but as a practical experience. I
got eggs every day last winter, and ex-
pect to this winter. My houses are
mot artificially heated, nor are they so
warm as to keep water from freezing
Gn them; but they are tight enough ito
turn all draughts and the windows are
supplied with tight shutters. The
apartments are eight feet square, and
are intended to hold no more than
swelve hens. The floor is of dry dirt,
covered about a foot with clean, dry
straw. This should be forked over
every two or three days and chan ged
Tor fresh as often as necessary. In the
morning give a warm feed consisting
of bran middlings, very small portion
of oatmeal and the refuse scraps from
the table, stirred up in hot milk. I
feed only what they will eat up clean;
then about ten o'clock, two or three
good handfuls Of wheat, oats or barley
are thrown into the straw; this keeps
them busy scratching the rest of the
day. A hen must be given plenty of
exercise; she is sure to become too fat
10 lay if she has nothing to do but
stand around and eat. "Oh, well,"
some people would say, call this is too
much trouble; it won't pay" All
right, then, if it don't pay to sell eggs
at twenty-five and thirty cents per
dozen, there is no money in poultry at
hl. But there is money in it, as
hundreds of successful poultrymen will
amply prove. vs..
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-18
Hints for the Kitchen.

Cleanse the sink-spout with copperas
water.
If sassafras bark is sprinkled among
dried fruit it will keep out the worms
Tin cleaned with paper will shine
better than when cleaned with flannel.
Ham should be broiled very quickly,
and just enough to cook through.
Yeast jars should be washed in cold
water and afterward thoroughly scald-
ed. 49, . ..s 4
Oilcloths will last longer if one or
two layers of wadded carpet lining are
laid under them.
Tea leaves are good to scatter over
carpets before sweeping, not only to
freshen the colors, but also to prevent
the dust arising.
Plenty of towels in the kitchen is a
saving, and six good wipers are none
too many. Three each a week and the
rinsing after meals is not needed.
Cranberries will keep through the
winter in frkin of water, but to have
GllSul Y uLOo lISo1l Uu0 WdGSi IuuSL U6
changed several times during the sea-
son. .4-.'.
Lay a piece of thick Canton flannel
under your tablecloth. Even coarse
napery will look a much better quality
with q subcover than if spread directly
over the bare table top.
Flowers can be kept fresh for some
time if pinch of soda or saltpeter is
added to the water Wilted roses will
regain their freshness if dipped min
ute or two in hot water.
The elasticity of cane chair bottom
can be restored by washing the cane
with soap and water until it is well
soaked and then drying thoroughly in
the air, after which they will become
as tight and firm as new, if none of the
canes are broken.
In washing tumblers or goblets that
have been used for milk do not plunge
them into hot water without first rims
ing, as it drives the milk into the glass
and cannot be removed.
To clarity molasses heat over the
fire, pour in one pint of sweet milk to
each gallon OF molasses. The impure
ties will rise in scum, which must be
taken off before broken by boiling.
Saving in the kitchen tells upon the
income and makes the bank account
heavier, but there is one saving that
exceeds even these; it is that the wife
and mother save herself.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-18
AnInsurance Clerks Good Fortune

An Insurance Clerks Good Fortune.
1t isn't often that young clerk still in his
teens has SIS, 1000 placed in his hands To do
with as he pleases, and to use az his fancy
may dictate; yet this was a little event thai
occurred last week to Roe Grant. 3. vonn~
man who lives on Vinestreet with his paren re-
and WHO'S employed in the offices ofthe Hart.
ford Life and Annuity Insurance COMPANY
in this city Young Grant held one.twentieth
OF ticket 63, 1856, which drew the first CAPITAL
prize of 100000 in the drawing o, 1Tha
Louisiana State Lottery Company ON the
18th OF October. The lucky young man was
questioned by newspaper man and he em ne
phatically denied having won the $1,000
but expressed himself as being willing ia re'
ceive such sum. Since the interview the
newspaper man has learned that Grant did
receive the money; that it was paid to him Nv
the manager of the Adams Express Comnany
u this city, and that two supernumerary
policemen guarded the house the NIGH tha
money was kept therein All this was done
without the knowledge OF Grants parents
put when they, too, found out how fortnnatas
the son had been, immediate efforts were
made TO suppress it's publication. III artford
Conn Times November Ii.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-18

He got the hammer and chisel and
set to work. cheerfully. Presently the
cover flew OFF, and he bent to examine
the contents, and gave a long, low
whistle.
There were four dozen cakes of
sapolio in the box, and that was all.
But Jennie did not understand his
whistle, nor the laugh that followed it.
She took out one of the cakes and held
it almost lovingly.
.sDear MOTHER she said, tenderly,
chow good she always is to me!''
It was absurd, preposterous, it was
pitiful, but her husband realized that
nothing not a diamond tiara, nor a
grand piano have been so ac-
ceptable a gift or had represented so
much happiness to her, as that box OF
sapolio.
It was in April that the baby was
born, a sweet, plump, pretty baby, who
didn't seem to appreciate its advantages
in being born into s.the best scrubbed
family in the state as Harry called it.
He hoped that the advent of this young
stranger would make change in the
frightful neatness of his home. Il
seemed to him it would be impossible
to keep house with baby in it SO
clean.
But he soon discovered that he was
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-18
No Two Alike.

There are no two things in the
world just exactly alike. No two COWS
are exactly alike, and the individual is
constantly changing, like her owner,
from year to year. This calls for con-
slant watchfulness and Individual
treatment of the cow, according to the
demands of her condition. So far as
possible the cow should be given the
opportunity of selection of food, and
the time when to drink water and when
to eat salt; when to stand idle, when
to forage, when 10 lie down and when
to move around. Bee keepers study
the habits and wants of their bees;
the dairyman should do the same with
his COWS,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-18
Had Nothing to Say.

A Well-kuown society girl had a
queer experience with midnight ma
rauder not long ago, says the San Fran
cisco Examiner. She was awakened
at about 2 o'clock in the morning BY a
noise in her room She is a plucky lit
tie thing, 50 she saI up aud said:
who's there?''
No answer.
WHO'S therep" she demanded again
Silence was the only reply
why don't you speakP" she cried
nervously.
Il ant got anything to say came
In meek tones from the would be thief,
as he hurriedly slid out Of the door.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-18

He took her by the hand and led
her upstairs They went into the
room together, and he shut the door.
'Lie down, Jennie" he said, earn
estly, lie down.
She looked at him half frightened
"What is the matter, Harry? You
act so strangely -
Strangely y he echoed, with a
short laugh; strangely, Jennie ~
he said, desperately ''either you or !
must be crazy, that's all p
'tWhy, Harry, what do you mean? I,
at least, am perfectly sane"
'Well,'' he said, s'perhaps it is I,
then, who have lost my wits. But
when I come home and find all my
garments gyrating in unseemly atti-
tudes upon the line; when I find two
women poking sticks with cloths on
them through every hole in the lattice
work on the front piazza; when I find
my wife picking off fy-specks with a
knitting-needle, can't quite tell
whether it's my own house or a private
asylum y -..s1. E.. =. -
''You must expect such things, Har,
ry, y said his wife with dignity; don't
you know I'm cleaning house?n
EYES, he answered, .'you havn't
done anything else since I married
your .......
The color came to her face and she
began to cry.
Very WE'LL" she said, brokenly, '.if
you feel like that, I think had better
go home to my mother. It was always
clean there"
|:Don't talk about your MOTHER" he
cried, excitedly.
He was walking up and down the
room rapidly. Presently he stopped
and sat down on the edge of the bed
beside her.
Jennie" he said gently, s'don'
cry. Can't you-can't we manage in
some way so that you won't have so
much of this eternal fussing?"
After a time he comforted her, and
they went downstairs together, and
he never realized that the inherited
vice had conquered him, and was now
firmly established in his home.
She had expected to go home Christ
mas, but she was not very we'll, and
they had not a great deal of spare
money. Harry was finding out that
too much cleanliness is as expensive
as any other extravaganza. So Jen-
ME decided to stay at home, and they
were very well satisfied, after all, to
spend their first Christmas at their
own home.
On Christmas Eve when Harry came
in she ran to meet him, saying:
There is box from mother in the
hall. wish you would open it, I've
been waiting for YOU"