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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-23

TONIGHT the Board of Aldermen
will consider the application of the
Daft Electric Company for permis-
sion to erect its lines in this city. So
far, no serious reason has been adj
vanced against the application. The
City Fathers should remember that
the company is a local one. Its
money is invested in the city, and
much of its earnings are paid out
HERE Its employees are our citi-
zens, andi it pays taxes into our treas
ury. These facts give it a claim to
MISREPRESENTATION iiisdi al 9a,4d
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-23
Precept ana PRACTICE.

- ~ HEL = F. ~ Fr
do be a little patient with the
children, my dear" said Mr.. Bixby to
his wife when she spoke sharply to
them for upsetting her work basket
and sending it's contents all over the
floor. Remember that you were a
child yourself once, and the most
obedient and pleasing children are
those who are ruled by love. When
they vex me T. What in the ann
of Moses do you mean, Willie Bixby,
by deliberately sticking your feet into
my silk hat? If that don't beat any
thing / ever heard of! Now look at
that hat, sir-look at It'll For hall a
cent I'd take you out into the wood
shed and give you such a warming up
as you wouldn't forget as long as you
livedi | ought to do it! It's the only
way to teach you young one to be-
have a little less like a lot of hyenasl
Now you put off to bed without your
supper, young man!'-IIme. .
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-23

ErIN the DEATH Of Father Hanly Jer-
sey City ~sustains a serious loss, and
shis4peopIe a gcruel bereavement. His
career as a priest and pastor won him
pniyyarsal love and respect His infu-
encew was beneficial both to the moral
and material interests of the com
munity.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-23
success.
The Fredonian's shame

1t appears that the eavesdropper
iswho picked up some stray scraps of a
conversation between Governor Alb
bett and ex-Postinaster Kelly, of
Metuchen, and repeated them to the
New Brunswick FFedoniaa has some
sense of shame. He has written TO
the Fredoa1dda d~eprecating the mali
cious Interpretation which that vicious
and mendacious sheet forced upon
them.
The Fredoni0n has no shame, how
ever. 1t glorles in its own infany. 1t
says
"A brief communication has been received
from Mr.. George Mabon, in which he assumes
that there was unwarranted assumption shown
in the publication of that ferryboat story,
wherein he prominently figured with Leon Alb
bett and Mr.. Kelly, of Metuchen. The letter
does not do Mr.. Mabon the credit he
deserves and hence will not be reproduced.
We will not pretend TO dispute Mr.. Mabon's
knowledge of what is news, as his experience
has doubtless been vast and varied in the jour
nalistic Held, but when he calmly gives a story
to the world of such startling significance as
the one published yesterday and as calmly de-
MES it the next day. the most charitable con
struetion TO be placed upon it is that he has been
joking or ronlancing for the entertainment of
his friends. The Fredonian owes Messrs. Albeit
and Kelly an apology which they will consider
freely given.
We heartily coincide in its condem-
nations OF the eavesdropper. But the
cool assurance with which it shifts to
his shoulders its W guilt is amazing.
1t seems to think that it did a fine
thing in trumpeting abroad its own
distortion of a few innocent words,
and that the only.Alameworthy thing
in the whole business is the tardy re"
pentance that has come to Mr.. Mabon.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-23
FEMALE VANITY.
Even Women convicts viii Have
Looking Glasses if They Can.

Compulsion is the woman con*ict's
drop OF bitterness. The complete
modification Of that harmless sort of
vanity which fills so MACE of a
woman's Life, maNes her durance
doubly vile. All her fine feathers are
sacrificed ruthlessly. Her hair, which
she has apostolic authoritylf tor regard
ing as an ornament, is shorh ot ttslast
lock as soon as her Gel. ohas been
allotted to her; andthe face which has
gazed with perfect passiyeness, al
most to rouse a country's admiration,
and the tongue that has been mute
under the finding of jury and sentence
of Judge. are raised to plead patheti-
cally with the holder of the scissors,
while the corridors sometimes ring
again to the piercing cries for a spar
ing pity as the inexorable shearers
gather their harvest of curls. But,
spring returns, and the hair renews
itself, and before the next ~shearing
day the girls grumbie thar a thought
less administration provides them
with no hairpins. 5an
One woman whose hair continued
to be suspiciousfy Respondent, as OF
niacassar, after weeks of incarcera-
ton, was an object of some wonder
ment, ave to the chaplain, until she
explained to him in confidence that
she allowed her broth to grow cool
and then skinned off the fat to gilt
ter in her crown of glory. Another
girl certainly rouged, and rougue tells
effectively on the pallor of prison con
X tNA11nYAT f-VAc xtsar fl,f, nVNxy1nrc N
dignation of her sisters in servitude
against a frivolity so unattainable,
but greater still, perhaps, was the
curiosity to discover how the accom-
plishment of such a frivolity could be
attained. AT length it was discovered
that the red threads woven among
the blue skirts which she had to, sew
would, when drawn out and chewed,
yield the bloom yearned after by the
cheek of beauty.
The in which nearly every
woman finds il possible to d~isarrange
and double of her underskirts and
present the destinations of a crinolette
is SO comic thai it has been known to
wiring a smile from the gfavest among
prison chapfaIn, And a Wo-
man without a looking glass. Only
the ausrerest and severest orders of
nuns renounce that. And perhaps it
is the female prisoners most oppres-
sive penance, for the relief of winch
she is even willing TO risk the imposi-
tion Of extra punishment-a task the
more, a meal the less. By an accident,
which she declares she will regret for
a lifetime, she has broken a window.
The hole is there, sure enough; but
where is the detached glass? Days
after this it is found concealed in a
corner of her cell, and behind it a
strip of dark cloth, her substitute for
quicksilver. And all for what? There
are no male hearts to break and few
male eyes to see-only those of gov
eruor, chaplain and doctor.--SGn
Francisco ArgonaGut.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-23

MS powers diminished, and the
closing scene found him far
from blessed with this worlds
prosperity. This is often the way
with favorite fctionists of the
second grade. Their money is easily
made and easily spent. The literary
temperament is averse from habits of
thrift, and it is only a question oftime
when the tickle public favor falls
away. Only the giants of literature
Tcan command continued success. AT
anyhate the many who enjoyed Cap
tain Bryce's personal acquaintance
will read of his snddden death with
heartfelt grief.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-23
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-23

Dear Mabel, did you see those sensible pre- $
ents fol- Christmas at c. j. McCabeAs, No. 81
Montgomery street. II is the safest place in the
city 10 buy smokers fayorites.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-23
Next Years Census in New Jersey

Next Years Census in New Jersey.
The New York Times figures re-.
speeding the Federal census next year,
are interesting, even if not specially
authentic, and we present them to our
readers this afternoon in another col
umn as a basis for individual estimate.
11t wilhbel noted that a11ncfease Of.
population is probable in every
county in the State, the aggregate
reaching the very handsome figure of
mfabout 400, 900 e 1880. and $50, 600
over the State census of 1885.
As might be expected, the largest.
growth has been in Hudson and
Essex, which together are set down as
increasing the population III ten years
by 11s, 900 souls. The Times gives
lEssexithe greater part Of this increase,
about 81, 1000, but we have our doubts
ietonefiing the accuracy ofsthis forecast.
1t is true that the Oranges and the
-eHnbairbs of NEWARK have grown con
siderably within the five years just
pastabut the pRogressaof Jersey City,
Hoboken and Bayonne has been just
as remarkable for itsssastained vigor
as for its rapidity at any given time,
In every part of Bayonne building
EslIasA been active. anal new Families
have been constantly moving into the
eeity, awhile very lew have left it.
About Bayonne station on the Central
road whole straetsihave sprung into
solid brick and stone reality within
three years. They are all occupied as
FAST as built, ami the demand for still
more single dwellings. remains unsup-
piled.
Then, in Hoboken. notable improve
lnents have been made, and the north
ndfA at That city. ned the Four
8eSatbe Street EFSTbS, ahsss Virtually
aa.Jeen sertfed withfn the past three
years. 1t now presents long rows of
pretty dwellings, all tenanted, and
building operations are in active pro-
gress with people waiting to occupy,
the flats and houses in process of
erection as soon as completed.
But perhaps the most vigorous
s arssav.adS asI2 $3a wash Va zIa 10y,
Village, sayeh MHe old and densAly
populatsdeoW districts haVe opened
their arms TO new thousands and have
put up hundreds of buildings to ac-
commodates,ehen Inc the Bergen
district alone, there must have been
several thousands of increase in the
last two years. Allthe improve
lpents, asound the Arlington Avenue
ststIdn Have brppght new people.
ssos plheesand Park Street are only.
Examples of the way that new streets
have taken the place of mere open
lots.
In our judgment Essex county will
have 10 do some tan counting to make
al better show than Hudson, aud. in
Particular, Newark we are confident
will have to play second fiddle to Jer-'
sey City.
THE death of Captain John w.
Bryce ends a strange and a sad story.
An officer of high standing in the
United States Navy, he abandoned
his profession fotake to the thankiess
one Of periodical literature. A grace
full and a facile writer, he long com
manded a profitable market. But as
g advanced, his popularity and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-23

Il then a sigh over the neat escapes
a worshipper; otherwise the place is
quiet and sleepy. and reposefui.
Reading or mental exertion Of any
kind IS forbidden, and indeed severely
punished by headache or exhaustion.
! Cninspired must be the drowsy OBJ
seryations that mingle now and then
with the humming of the flies, and no
one attempts to break this rigid law.
Even the excavations wrung from the
sufferers by the persistent attacks Of
these insects ought TO be OF the mild
est character possible, considering the
provocation. Much had to be en-
dured from the active colony that
had established themselves at the sun
/ bath.
During the last ten or twenty min
utes the faithful are wrapped up in
blankets like mummies; a tepid bath
and a rubbing follows, and then the
long-suffering one is released, but
only to repeat the process in the after
noon. Through the opposite actions
of the cool air in the morning and Of
the sun at midday, great things to
the advantage of the patient are said
TO occur. DR.. Riklf traces q large
number of illnesses, nervous and
other to the want of vigorous skin
action and the consequent strain on
the other parts of the body to do the
work which the lazy skin is neglect
ing to do, Pal Mall Gazette.
81 sg The Sacred Mino.
sHa. ha, ha! Why don't You get a
chair to sit down on?n
The voice was rather loud but not
d~isagreeable and the tone somewhat
muffied, as of a person half choking
with laughter. The Sanitation came
to the news gatherer as he was on his
daily perambulations about the city,
and was traced to a handsome blue
black bird in a cage hanging under
the shape OF a fig tree at the residence
OF DIR. Gildea, IN Sixteenth street,
near H. As the reporter approached
nearer he was received with more
laughter and inquiries as to whether
he came to see the "Mino,n it his
health was good, etc. A few inquiries
directed to a pleasant faced lady near
by elected the information that the
bird was the sacred Mino of Siam,
which as a Nesting had been SNUG
gled from the temple where it was
bred by a rowing sea captain and sold
to DR.. Gildea at Honolulu some eight
years ago.
Minnie, as she is called, is about
half the size of a crow and nearly as
black. In the sunlight the feathers
take a blue and green tinge, and there
is aspot OF white upon each wing and
a necklace OF bright yellow about the
throat. The bill, which is large and
strong, tapers to a point and is
orange-hued near the head and lemon
colored at the tip. The prominent
eyes are dark and bright. the feet and
legs lem~on-colored. The bird is val
ued at $3.50, but specimens have been
known to bring $1,000 in the United
States, where but few of them have
ever been brought. The species is
carefully guarded in Siam, and as none
are ever sold they can only be OBJ
tanned surreptitiously The San Die
gan.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-23

aTHE. corner stone laying of st. Alo-
ysius' Academy was an impressive
ceremony. The new institution will
have many admirable features. We
wish the building enterprise every
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-23
For a DISORDERED LIVER /
Try BEECNaM'S PILLS.
26Cts. a Box.
ow Ar.T, DRTJGCr9T@. 4
HELP WANTED.


w A~NTED-5.O0 YOUNG MEN. BETWEEN THE
w ages of ID and 40, to get their New Year Call
ing Cards written by j. FOELLER, JR., Artist Pen
man, 70 Montgomery st. weldon Buiidingl ]. c.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-23

Dated Jersey city. December is. 1889.
The sun., 1889-11-24
CURIOUS EBG1UEEs Os. AOruzE BFE



One day whom whole bus full of us drove
bersd that he had drummer from Kew York who had
been suffering terribly with tootbaehe for two or three
days He had tried every remedy known 70 man eH-
oept that OF having II pulled but nothing had aVAied
him lie said he hoped Of n might be able 70
suggest something and slowly added
"Genusmen. IhAvs heard that sudden shock to q
mans nervous system wouia sometimes the werst
Of aSs e us SC S e:
and IL was finally decided that man named simmn,
ho1S 10 10 20 Ss ana sas the New
he to 40 by claiming 10 have seen despatch 20
We taousst that ousSt 70 cure his any SnE
SHow big a man i he i" asked the delegate when
Soh SsS rather und.ruitsd," replied the landlord.
81" he shoud get mp on hs sst you can easily clam him
me medicine man went No We followed and stood
grosninE sick horse ana after introducing him
sqfry Tor you, old fellow particularly at this tim'
."Sop eIclaiIpsd the other, ,lttinE up IN bed
iSsbonshe Sd ddssdi" ~ "''N' ''''
Better for ySS Il Shs waA She's run away with
There was a wild yoAl tolloved BY several yhooH,,
him around and made bear fodder d him Il was kvs
aS:''g MaS ssfS,f sd sSs
face S GS Sra ys'a GS On. % % &
queer. Whats happened" v.,
SSu cent . # e Sss ssi ,SS ssI SsS
ne did and you kindly CONSENTED to shock his men.
%sTTssfss'Si %TTss 81 Il didI'"
But great hesvsnsi feel Of rs; look at me; keep
sponglnG I'm nothing SSt pig sp,stter Of !syI Boys
die and hope T & M esHns Ts Ss5R ysS Sne
selves with your own nubpenders"
The sun., 1889-11-24
ReuSen Started II.

It was election day in a town in Tennessee.
and while crowd OF men the streets seemed good
natured and inclined to there several old
pioneers who shook their heads and remarked that
such q condition OF Affairs boded no good one old
farmer beekoned his public stairway and said
Look a-here Reuben, don't you start fuss around
ysre to-day"
Eur why"
"Ksse the man who starts fuss is Ewlne TO got
ehawed oil in time. This crowd Is orner3
Reuben"
hogs " Qusried Reuben
no. sir He'd breed tuss quicker nor scat You
jiJt hold yerseit level Roul mighty level
Reuben promised to and Il EiAnted his hat on his
ear and sailed TO spit his shoulder. hunt old
PRrkS up and call him . hog , 'tet He had scarcely
got the words out OF bis mouth something hit him
and he dropped and in less than II minutes there
lighting for blocks and down ,Ne street Roubea
old father in the bar OF the hots taking drink.
The sounds of conflict brought him ont just as Rsuoe
cravled up tho hotel steps- He had broken nose. 4
broken jaw. two black eyeG scalp wound cut hand,
and was almost naked.
lis that Reube' shouted the old nan aS he bent
down get a closor look,
Reube nodded his head.
Pound old P1rEe and called him a hog thief,
recEont'
Another nod from Reuben
We'll told 20 and now. durn yer good fur nuthin'
hide hope won't be able to dig eassAfras tur six
months TO come HoWgumeVeI bein has
started and bein I'm alus 70 home when tharS hRhtn
I'll sail In and warm up lOetls."
The sun., 1889-11-24
Caught q RaIIooner.

Il used to make balloon ascensions In con-
necton with Warmers crcuR" said old and retired
the other day, "And one day went up from
Pekin. Illinois The balloon was new and light and
rot much longer ride than what expected finally
descended in farmhouse ward about ten miles away
my anchor having caught In cherry tree The farmer
was old fellow, about 90 ysArP Of AGe aud he sat
reading on his door step as came down He removed
pocket and then came forward and carelessiJ OBJ
served;
Yes Help mo pull It down."
Are You baooner
Yea. Pull hard
we got the air ship down. and wanted him 70 take
me TO town in his wagon. He had mono. and had
hired rig Of neighbor and about To depart whom
the OLD fellow stepped forward with:
have . little bill here, sir
Bill! What for = ="
damage to cherry treo ahilliu's: tkeerinR my
poultry 50 cents skeerinR my old woman. the same; ;
services Of myself 81. Total SIPS. which iS mighty
cheap considerin' ths timeE"
80 But won't nay it," protested.
".'Oh you voh'tf We'll, I'm Justice ofthe Peace
he kin .sryst The old woman h out Of her At SX this
about s25 for dsturen OF the peace and contempt
And was made to realize that the best way out Of
II to down with tho amount OF his IT'LL and
luckily had Il, and . quarter to spare"
The sun., 1889-11-24

Powers, the Cowboy Samson, is retained as
the chief attraction DorisS Eighth Avenue Museum
this week His wonderful feat OF making human
bridge OF himself by Suspsndng his body between two
chairs his head resting on ono and his heels on tho
other while a heavy horse walks and dances upon q
platform placed upon his bare breast 10 tho talk OF the
west slde congress of Circoan sirens IN athletic
sTc,ses, ChAuncsy AoTAI fat boy: Mons PIrriot
among the other curio hal! featuTeA Mcintyre and
Hr6tlB comedy company have been engaged to give
iEo usual comedy sage performance IN mo theatornm
~ his ynird Avenue houss Manager Doris VIII place on
rSU tiU In the cnri1 nails LAriS suBOn the only Lap
lanleT IL is SAID eVsr exhibited in AmerlcA with his
SladgeA boatP, EpeaTA sDOWshoeS Gc PrOt EvFe, ma
RicIan PAneot strong man; Tat woman: and other
attractions equally As novel number or g0od soe-
cAY performers have also been secured for the
show special bills have been prepared Al both rcEors
for IhEHkSRiSInX Day and tho regular coucerB Will be
KIYru LOniKl.
The sun., 1889-11-24
ANoruKR EEARTs JOKE.
How He Convinced Mr.. Blaine That it
Wouid Not be Hest TO Make Removal.


When the Garfield Administration auspi-
ciously opened. Mr. Blaine sat more firmly in
trenched In the State Department than any
Secretary OF State since the days OF Seward. 1t
was evident that he was master OF the situa-
tion. Minister'S ENJOYS, consul5-general con-
suls, and diplomatic agents moved At MS nod
like paWns AMI DioceS on chess Donri be-
meath masters hand. one Iayorlte tteory o;
his and not unpopular one. was IN favor OF
limited tenures OF service and ROTATION in Of
flee. II a consul had slumbered through three
Administrations at some iar-away post, In
dolce Jur RisHte OF lOtus-eatlng ana salary
drawing existence the keen secretary as
OF America and the appointment OF MS sue
Mr.. Blaine sat in his private offlce ono day
discussing affairs OF state with bis Immediate
predecessor. eX-Secretary William Maximum
Sow. here" said he. is, 4 case in point.
This man has been Consul at Cn hung Tor
twenty years He went there during the war.
and has remained there ever since II ls tline
he returned home 10 be ncquainted win MS
country before he grows 1ueue. ~ ne SAYS
there much longer he will haye chinese plas
In his sight / shall remove him at once.
~ wouldn't remove hiD. Mr. Secretary" re-
piled slr. Eyarts.
II am AFRAID twill DO an unpleasant thing
My mind is made NJ" replied Mr. Blaine:
" as soon as can tind good i've man 10 take
his place shall remove him.. ,,oo,.,
ijut think you will haye grave dihiculty In
finding good live man who would DO Wiling
aniicipSte no such dificulty. But will you
explain 10 me. Sir, Eyarts. why you think there
"Beeauss this man has been dead and buried
these six months. Mr.. Secretary"
The sun., 1889-11-24

passaeeyaya, every mans pluck completely
gone. The Captain and second mate were IN
the armory; lot them out and then freed the
engineer. The four OF ,us were the only white
men left alive. We collected the prisonsre i1
then proceeded TO act While remained
among them to check any new ambition, the
Captain took his station at the forward port
Rangway. The engineer then led the
pirates out to the Captain one by one,
and the latter put a bullet through each mans
head and pitched him forward into the sea- IL
was retributlon with y vengeance, and certain
writer's, who we're thousand miles from the
scene and underwent none OF It's perilB, have
termed II the massacre Of the prisoners"
went out with the last one. Like all others
who had preceded him. he went humbly 10 his
death, not even utterlng protest When he
had been disposed of we turned to and pre-
pared the bodies Of our dead for burial, cleaned
the decks. and. by two OF us acting as etokers,
we worked the steamer up to kiu-Siu.
For a few weeks the natives kept wonderfully
quiet about the adventure, but It then leaked
out that about 180 lives had been lost In tho at
tempt to capture us. Had they got possession
OF the steamer Il was their intention to run her
up to the head OF the Yellow Sea. and make use
OF her in their piraticel excursions from tho
coast OF Formose- As none OF them understood
how to navigate the wlngless devil" as they
called her. Il Is likely that she would have been
blown up within an hour or two after they got
charge She was IN the trade and on the same
line for tho next five yenrs, and every native
craft would turn tail at the sight OF her i've
tnilea aNyaV
The sun., 1889-11-24
A Week Too Late.

young man about 90 years Of age, dressed
like farmer had his feet the seat in OF
him and was reading novel when OF the boys
went over to him and observed
i've lust made bet Of tve dolGrS on you"
On me- What 10 -
I've bet nvs dollars that you will suicide within =
week I've been watching closely for the last
half hour, and Al signs indicate mslsneholy and
Killing youTsef-po!sOh the rope, drOwninE. hang
avs Did you actually bet nvs dollars" an,iOusy asked
the young man
" / did."
Pay II you lose :"
IN have to
week"
why last week 80
BscAuGo then had the aEsT every day right along
two COWS sick GU my handS-my girl had gone
dead back oil me, AID expected a windmill man was
going 70 beat me out Of four hundred dOilau. did
Kinder think of suicide a"
But now p
All is changed Cows got WSIl-Ager all Eons-Esl
has the day for next Wednesday. and the wind.
mill 10 strAikhtsr than board. Darn my hide II
kAint going 10 Try and 1--we nVS thousand ysAISr