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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-19
STILL NO HEADS FALL.
The Street and Water Commissioners
Transact Routine Business.

The Board of Street and Water Com
missioners disappointed another large
lobby this morning by transacting simple
routine business and cutting off not a
single head.
The City Comptroller submitted the
statement of the expenditures to June 81 of
the approximations made to the Board.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-19
THE SCHOOL CENSUS.
A Gain of Over 1000 Since Our Last
Years Figures.

For months the school enumerators
have been taking the census on which the
State school moneys will be appropriated
to the city next year. Their work has been
completed and turned over to the Board
of Education. The total of children of
school age in the city is 81, 1,660 The
returns by districts, showing the loss and
gain over last years figures in each, is as
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-19
THE POLICE BUDGET.
The Commissioners Struggled Long and
Hard With 1t.

Hard with III.
The Board of Police Commissioners
held q session of over two ho1rs'
duration yesterday, during which
thew struggled with their budget for the
coming year. They finally succeeded in
getting it into shape to suit them and
when they had thrown open their doors
Clerk Robinson read it, as follows;-
Committee on Station Houses and
Prisons. .,....,...... ......... $12 500
c,ommittee ON Hospitals ............ 1880
Sonnitfee on Printing ing................. 3,500
Committee on Lamps and Lights. Jog, 400
Sonmittee on Salaries es................. 248, 434
Police justices. ply ply
Rentals '...'.....'.''''''' s,u00 ,e0o
City Board of Health. h...................... l,oOO
The Scottish-American Athletic Club
was granted permission to give sparring
exhibition In Oakland Avenue Rink for
the benefit of the Johnstown sufferers,
under the supervision of the Chief OF
Police. The salary of DR.. Nevin, police
surgeon. was fixed at S1,500 for the en-
suing year, and special police powers were
conferred upon William Griffen. Police
man Hartman was transferred from the
Gregory station to the Webster avenue
station Policeman Feehan, from the
Oakland avenue to the Grove street sta
ton; Policeman Gallagher, from the
Grove street to the Gregory street station,
and Policeman Hilger. from the Webster
avenue to the Oakland avenue station.
The Mayor and Board of Finance were
invited to accompany the Commissioners
on q tour of inspection of the station
houses on July 5. A warrant was ordered
drawn in favor of the wife of Policeman
Matthew Speer, who died recently for
$37 so salary due the policeman at his
death.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18

more wicked" and he declares, indeed, that
nothing can be more Numerically opposed
to the fact" As former east end clergy
man and worker among the poor, he may
be credited with clear personal knowledge
of his subject. II have" he says, ''met with
no one who has known East London for the
last twenty years who is not perfectly clear
as to the great Improvement that has taken
place In every direction"
But how terrible the east end must have
been twenty years ago! 1t seems impossible
that it could ever have been worse than it is
today The bright spots Of St. Mary's, St
Jude's and Toynbes hall are but small GASES
in the vast desert Of Whitechapel misery and
dirt and vice. What the east end needs is
emigration. But who wants emigrants from
the east ends Surely not the American peo-
pie, who have among them enough of this
sort, and to spare But Whitechapel IS over
crowded. And, TO make bad matters worse,
its dense pop lation, growing denser daily by
natural (or ought one TO say ''unnatural')
causes, is increased constantly by an influx Of
poverty from the continent
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18
BEAN Bag Philosophy.

4 small boy having returned from bean
bag party where sides were chosen and the
bean bags passed rapidly from hand to hand,
gave the following account Of it;
You see. jim, in this kind Of bean bag
you play for your side, an you've jest got 10
win. Fust OF al, when you stand up, don't
git ratified. Keep cool
Then take the bean bag from the Teller
that passes it 10 you an hold on TO it IF
you drap it. you loses After you git yer
grip, pass IT like hghtnin' TO the next one an
leggo' It's jes' e. necessary 70 know when
to leggo as if is 10 git good holt
If gal STAINS next TO you an keeps a
sayin' Net SO fast an draps the bags every
second, you can't say much, COS she's gal:
bat if it's boy that's splin' al tie chances
les sass him an make him play right or else
quit the business
''Of course, il you're lucky enough 10 dror
a prize, you air harrsi out from drorin'
as'in; but YOU ought 70 work ies' C. hard
after YOU Git prize as 5ou do afore. Don't
cheat, but ies' hustle .hs-n bags 70 wiz"
Ho...x-ax>s->x>
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18
NammerinC Drask.

4 plain and unattractivo piece OF byass can
be made ieto beautiful, as well as Useful,
article with a light haInDsr and four simple
tools.
The tools can be purchased from hard
ware store for from % cents upward. One is
a piece Of steel called a tracer, SIX inches
long, and sloped towards the edge until fat
strip one-eighth Of an inch wide is produced
The edge should be about as sharp a screw
driver.
Another tool il made by roughening the
end of n piece of steel by fling diagonal
and across it. Still another tool is shaped
like gauge with a screw driver edge, and
one like shoemaker anvil with blunt end.
These tools are necessary, but others viii DO
found useful as your work progresses.
Procure piece Of brass the thickness of a
Bristol board and screw it down on a table or
board Now for design; take a clover leaf
draw it on the brass with sharp lead pencil.
Take the tool that ressmhieS a screw driver
in one hand, holding il with the thumb and
first finger, and placing it on the stem OF the
leaf, with constant tapping of the hammer
move the tool along the edge.
After you have sufficiently beaten the edge
of the clover down, with tho tool that has
the cross filed end beat tbs background down.
when your work should stand out In relief
Once more go around the clover with the
tracer TO make a clean edge.
After two or three successful leaves, try
several leaves arranged on a round piece II
brass, with one and half inch margin.
When il Ii done take it 70 tinsTnith and
have a caudlestick made oIt Of H. Other
pretty as well as useful things that can Us
made out Of brass are match boXes, picture
frames, smoking sets, etc--PhllAaslPhia
Tir1es
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18

The wind caught the folds OF the balloon ana
it scared like a kite For an hour the farm
ers tugged at the rope, and when the aero
naut pulled the rip cord to his amazement he
found it already loose. and this was the cause
of the fearful fall, SO nearly disastrous to the
occupants of the air ship.
Professor Henry Warner had narrow es-
cape at Niagara in 1884. He went on a
trapeze In going up ne brushed past a
church steeple, and in a few minutes was
down in the water above the falls. He was
dragged ten feet under water, trapeze and
all He reascended short distance, but when
about mile above the falls he was carried
down again into the water about go yards
from shore. a fisherman rowed out and
saved him 1t would seem that sufficient
danger could be met in ballon at any time
without ascending above a cataract like Nj
agara
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18
THE PARACHUTE.

One of the methods OF amusing large num-
bers of people, without any benefit to science,
adopted during the past few years by aero
bats, is the jumping out of balloon from a
great height and descending TO the earth by
means of parachute. a number OF persons
have rislled their lives in this manner, and
Edward D. Hogan. the man who was lost
with the Campbell air ship, made good deal
of his reputation with parachute. His first
jump was thrilling one. 1t took place at
jackson, mich. his home, in April, 1883. He
had read of Baldwin's drop Of 5000 feet and
determined to drop himself twice as far. The
ascent was made with hot air balloon which
Hogan thought ought to carry him up about
two miles when he would leave the car, grasp
the pendant bar of the parachute and swing
off He calculated that he would fall $50
feet before the ''chute" would OPEN
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18

err" Sports went from all over the country
to play him, and he knew it. He reveled in
the fact that humanity believed him an easy
victim. One day sport stopped him and
said:
Colonel, / heard a man say the other day
in New Y ork that you We're the biggest sucker
in the land"
Did he say it as il it pleased himG"
ooh, yes"
"Well, then, I am delighted. 1 like to
know that at least one man is at his ease"
Lewis iavished thousands upon wine and
women during his early life but when, in
1856, he married Cincinnati girl all this
was changed About 1875 famous preacher
created sensation il Cincinnati by his elo-
quence One night Bolly went and heard
him. The speaker drew q picture Of gam
bleris wife and daughters being summed by
all 1t struck home, ard Bolly reformed
He became an intimate friend OF the clergy
man. who one time announced him TO speak
as the reformed gambler He didn't appear
in person. but wrote: Make a fair start
make a good landing and don't think of me. "
He afterwards went into the hotel business
In Florida and at Chautauqua- In 1851 his
wife died. His daughter had gone before
Boily was never himself again. His old jolly
ways were gone, and ne devoted his entire
time to helping suffering humanity. He died
very rich man.
Here is a verse from one OF his contribu-
tons to The Masonic Review:
They tel ne OF a happier home than this.
Where afis Joy ard leve and bliss:
Then deal nle hand; IF | should win
\ home no there must Chip in,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18
QUARTERS OF THE SOCIALIST CLUB.

ETY. tenements, these lodging houses furnish
warmth and shelter. There are many OF
them and they are all under police supervi-
sion. Fourpence teight cents night is the
usual charge for a bed. The smallest of the
houses have from so to 70 beds and the largest
from 200 to 80. The linen is, according TO
police regulation, changed once week. Some
of them bear on their dingy signs the words
''For Men Only" Others are for women, while
still others provide for both sexes and mar
ried" couples. In order to obtain accommo-
dations III one of these places the price of
bed must be paid at the door. At 10 in the
morning the beds must be emptied. In some
of the lodging houses there are great kitchens
on tho lower floor, with bright fires burning
in an open range or two, where the dodgers
are allowed, without extra charge, TO cook
such poor provisions as they are able 10 buy,
or sit around on the long benches warmed by
the fire and smoking their pipes
THE WOMEN OF wHITECHAPEI-
The women Of the Whitechapel streets
have reached the neJherlnost depths. Gen-
Grafton after generation they come and so,
knowing no life but that Of the gutter, no
language but that of the lowest ginshoFs, no
association but with bruteS III human shape.
Many, to be sure, have drifted here from
brighter, better lives; but the surroundings
are debasing in the extreme; there IS no re-
sisting them Dozens, SCORES, OF these ms
cradle creatures are absolutely homeless No
body cares for them, few know them by
sight, and fewer still know them by name.
They are the most abject OF all creatures on
earth.
GASES IN oUrcAsT LONDON.
One OF the features of Whsrech APPEL Is the
Socialists club. Il is located m Cleavers
yard, not far from where one OF the murders
was committed
There Is a brighter side to Whitechapel
life, however, OF which but little has been
written. The rector of St Mary-s, Rev A
j. Robinson. has done wonderful work among
the east end poor. He by 10 means confines
his efforts 70 preaching He works and lives
among the people, has clubs and classes for
them, and brightens their lives N hundred
ways; and, curious 60 relate, he has Large
personal following among the Jews Outside
MS church is an open air pulpit, tie only one
in England where services are regularly
held and in the summer evenings 10 less
chan 800 rough looking people are ever IL st
tendance there
Rev. S. \. Barnett, of St. Jude's, is an
other earnest worker among the masses OK
Whitechapel, and he, too, works II thor
oughiy practical direction SO, too, do tas
Oxford men 81 Toynbee han, an institution
not unlike the one that Robert Etsmere gave
his life TO establish The Blsnop Of Wakefield,
Ii an admirable article IN The Fortalghtay
ReTievr. throws what 20 most people VIII be
6 new light on east ena life, and takes al
optimistic view. he does not believe, with
the writer OF This Bitter Cry OF Out-ass
London tia. ''the poor are getting poorer,
| the wrstehed more HretchEd Ana re sscked
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18

One day in the sar{y summer Of lctD We
took the early train from Edinburgh 20 Mel
rose heavy shower was falling ss4at rem
dered the prospect for day ont Of doors
rather disappointing, but we were 30 full Of
interest in everything around Us that ~e took
little heed Of the weather. At one OF tie way
stations a kindly, breezy man leaped hurried
~ into our carriage, holding 70 u IN cheer
full fashion. and then almost witnou; pause
he began "A friendly talk, catching slesriily at
the idea Of what woIld chiefly interest u a.
Americana Can VOC tel anything cf a
man in Edinburgh who hss written book
called sHorae SubsecivsF" Wc asked. "On,
yes" he replied. he Is my brother and vii
/ give you a note b hirn with p3eass1Te. And
thus We found Ourselves shortly after at Dr..
Browns TIA table, with the family, not for
getting his friendly doggss Dick can wei
recall now rich Ts felt as we came away after
that first visit; rich first Of al, tn his frissad-
ship. and again r1ch IL tbs oeznory q good
things which hsd fallen frotn lis hFs- r1cE
Z above ell with that sense II seFlerous IA
/ ture which gives and g1ves AID s'4l bath az
/ Even them a sres, shadow tad fallen upon
f DR.. Brown, snd ne Few z>sghts which
were awakened By tbs vlsI' All tn li-;Ie sr-
f citerueat ssem 70 have been h.elpfzl - hira-
He wrote two ietsexs On tEse foZ1ofzirsy tay 20
+ his rev frlsDis n she first q xEsch he con-
/ fe.fsss 70 have Ian awake god part q rs
( night thinking over Eaany things, hat adds,
f. In lis own kindly fsshson, '+we had rot h>~sa
F % happy FIR uzaay a day Il has s>Sne Agtse<
Z ke s.d2s sozDettiaz Which =1ay Re cosssslerss
/ dramatic EPISODE irassd for autograph
/ I1vera: 4 SIN quite sosry tha. ca1nas give
you tie alsaus1ips q 'Eab.' osly ;4res
days sgo found J; n Ey 6e<x s1sd TIRES Il
! into the rss-. b4sket. and ~ thss tirns !. 3
/ IN ashes sBd up tse cti-rnsT. --Sogihzser T.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18

cal science. but it must be admltced thaU d
large number of aeronauts act upon rhe same
motive as one who jumps TO catch the par In
the flying trapeze feat.
AN ADVENTURE THAT ENDED WELL.
Some six years ago two men, Gaston lis
sander and Frederick Cover husband OF
the American prina donna HOrdica), ascend
led at Auteuiu, France, on the day Of fete.
while at a great altitude they struck one OF
those cLasns of rarefied air which are sup
bosed by aeronauts to exist at great heights
I'm the atmosphere Suddenly" said NJ.
Cover. in relating the circumstance, I'VE
helt a breath Of cold and biting air, as though
rhe world had reyolved beneath us and
brought us over the pole. At the same mo-
hnent the needle upon vertical scale-from
which had been reading indications Of level
began to travel with a startling speed A
sound like the roer of surf filed our ears for
AN instant and then gave place to the noise
tof the fete, which now had swelled into a
;cry, as it seemed, from every living thing be-
low. Tissandier threw out sand, and the
sand few UP in our faces.
"Our breath came short and hard, and we
felt the rushing air as on a steamer against
the wind We were falling, suddenly, as
given way. Yet nothing visible had hap
pened, save that the under surface of the en-
velope had all at once grown hollow and
lwrinzled, like the face of an aged man. The
clouds were gone, as by magic, and the earth
was rushing at us. with its thousand voices in
full cry. Tissandier stood cool and firm, deal
ing out ballast with steady hand and counting
the bags that remained.
"'Stand by the anchor he said, quietly, as
If at his study table, 'and be ready to cut
.away when [ tell you
Down we went; the drag rope touched
the earth-trailed across the fields, with
scarcely perceptible difference in our fall.
tThe groun, aemed alive with men hurrying
from every ie, with here and there horse
man among hem. A meadow was just be-
meath, and a quick glance beyond showed the
ledge of a forest. The balloon trembled as
from a blow, and our speed across the field
was suddenly doubled. We had fallen into a
squat.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18

xra- Han Dew Ia oos az tie nos. s:e-
rozei frssD8s 81 fe1&le education IL the
Indian ezapsrs. stss kAsvvrsst@a ss~erzl
BOOKS ad6re-ss,d esp>csAnyso hss oo'un-
lisssd Al LAi.ore. aid e-sr7@d. Ia
sIiFzs-i Tiaan TIE Instruction u CHI
dren3 she onndezzns ~ssta ,@asrxzxh ths
prssers: sTE-s-a a sorneDtsnsg youthful
Taizas~zss1 Psrs4a and Ar.ksc gram
mar. ard a5vSc~tez sh~ ns<1 f1n6y aid
.-st-S-tlze a.es=eas of tss ~ess. tho k:n-
derz&xssa evxses. especially Ira Hasf
Dsri wcitsz IL Urdu. aid ker styls "a
6asc-sssa - sEaP1e. grs1ssui as-l 6o~-
Ing. shs kAs started = lssilssf so<sz-s~l
4 tzo lanszaazss, ss1tied u b<zsel9.--
Sew YorE act-e jca<azL
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18

BLYTHE IN HIS COFFIN.
tween all these emotions she made her de-
cision.
One evening very recently E1-State Atior-
ney General Hart received message from the
pretended widow. She is living at Los An
gees, and there Mr.. Hart went and found
her To him she confessed her guilt, and IN
a moment Florence succeeded 10 her property.
Alice gave Mr.. Hart a copy of the will she
had stolen, and showed him the original
Another important factor was developed
during this visit TO Los Angeles. Mr.. Hart
discovered young woman, a Miss Mcclellan,
who used to teach Florence In Northendou,
England. This link beyond question estab-
lished the fact that she is the daughter Of
Thomas Blythe.
And so it is that the child born out of we'd
lock. who never saw her father in life, whose
childhood has been spent largely i'll fighting
an almost hopeless claim, is now one of the
richest women in America
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18

ned, ead just before the ceremony took place
Miss Ashdowr's lawyer caused tbs groom
expeaa TO be served with papers il .
breach of promise silt for 81. 900. Alien
wasn't ''phazed" little Bit Hs rlst took
the papers, told the minlsee. 70 60 ahead,
and HhG the ceremony was over went away
on his wedding trip He admits having
known Miss Ash5oS1, Bot says &c never
asked us- =, marry him There's fun ahead
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18

which be passed in poverty.
The Illicit intercourse between these two
people ended almost as suddenly as it began.
Blythe sailed away 10 the land where his
treasures were located, leaving the woman
TO console herself with his promise Of mar
rage But he had left her something else
an important factor in this romance Of real
hfe-a little daughter. Florence Blythe was
born, and although her father never saw her
be did not forget her existence.
ENTER ALICE EDITH.
The man who left Miss Perry as his own
father had left his mother, soon after his re-
turn to America, one day met Alice Edith
Dickerson. the daughter OF a man who at one
time had been United States marshal for the
territory of Arizona. Alice did not smile on
Mr. Blythe, but married Young san Fran
CISCO artist who answered 10 tho unartistic
name Of Peters. She did not live happily
with her husband, and after two years Of
married life obtained divorce.
Alice Edith, being possessed Of artistic
tastes, then conceived a plan to make
living by setting up studio in San Francisco.
There she met her old lover, Mr.. Blythe, on
whom she had turned cold shoulder before
her marriage with Peters Blythe kindly
consented 30 forgive her, furnished studio
for her rert free In one Of his cottages, and
after a mutual promise according TO ALICE
Edith that they should consider each Other
man and wife, he went to live with her IN tos
apartments he had provided.
DEATH SLIPS IN
Five years pass Blythe IS s-il living with
Alice Edith One evening Blythe, his mis-
treSs and one GutGriez were together IN Dew
and connections apartments on the Blythe
estate Blythe went - the bathroom to
battle But be must have left the door aiar,
for Death sipp-d In and clutched he Old
man. now o. years old, by the heart with ICY
fingers Psle and trembling hs staggered
back 10 whsTs the other two were sitting.
A physician Was Summoned, bur hs.ors be
could reach Blythe the old man had pAssod
away. Friends came in 70 take charge of
the body. The public administrator went 20
the house 70 pa TIE of2ciai seals on tbs 10
cessed's desks and paper. BE nse. 6 co!d,
determined wouan, who forbade kis e.
t-ance- BE r-a. away, but reeurpsd VIII &
police osfiee- and 5Ie5 the s2lS
II was too lsts Aloe bad poszessad nsr--
self Of the DEAD mans villa viii witch lsts
30 Florence Bfy1h. tbs whole CO IL vsst
estate, excepting 500, co. \ Little gfri, nov
10 years os6. Is The keiress % property ss-a-
mated 70 Be worth from s. oL. 600 70 s..coJ,-
90 bu. ste Is In 4 foreign lzcd and dos got
Know that within briat hail hour see saa
h.sen rosssssei axi dispossssssc Il tEAs i-7-
aae1.se fortune.
But P<rexlce was oae o. me e1z1assn.s %
her fa;he-'s rs.I.I1zs. and cana 20 America
with her uso.ber Ee- father bad ben hs1rstSi.
BIZ; tAe1e were Legal Ts&so,s foT sxeGE'-
sas bsdJ; AID as son as Z - As known toas
| hiz GARxt.sr TH essi1Z Il WA i2<sa II
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-18

tres, then would be thief, and st last found
a home in an inebriate asylum At last came
a crushing blow A decision was rendered
in court which ruined her case.
RESTORATION.
Alice learned that whoever inherited this
estate it could not be hers. Should she let it
go TO the vast army Of Blythesa In a twin
king she could produce the viii and turn the
whole property over 20 Florence. But this
would involve a confession of her guilt. She
hated the Blythes. while she had no real an
tipathy 10 the child she had wronged. Be