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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-03
publican mornings and that if he
would save himself from destruction
he must get in the swim.
13.ao6 Words vox ct P~raeteres
Mill.

1926 Words Vox ct P~raeterea
Mill.
President Harrison by his public
utterances is winning a high reputa-
ton at home and abroad for platitu-
dinous verbosity. His annual
message just published is a beautiful
example of this style OF rhetoric.
There are very good reasons why
the President should say nothing at
all ut this time; but it is hard to de-
eide just why he should have taken
10, 206 words to say it in. Presi-
dent Harrison is probably very
much scared by the example
of President Cleveland. That
admirable public servant had a
habit Of saying honestly what he hon
estly thought, no matter who liked it
or disliked it. BY his straightforward
advocacy Of sound principles heAhas
done his country vast good. He has,
even, in the long run won the vast
majority of the people over to his way
of thinking-indeed, the majority of
them as individuals are with him all
along.
But Mr.. Cleveland was not re-
elected. A minority of the voters
were so distributed as to control a
majority of the Electoral College, and
so Mr.. Harrison became President.
Mr.. Harrison thinks it was his pre-
deeessor's too liberal expression
of his views that brought
about this result, and SO
he, himself, has determined to keep
on the fence or up a tree upon all pub
lie questions to the utmost extent of
his abilities-whieh, for such pur-
poses, is acknowledged to be large.
Unfortunately Mr.. Harrison's ae-
compIishments in this instance are
not equal to his efforts. In one or two
cases his ~ingrained craftsmanship has
betrayed him, and he utters some
thing which may be construed as ex-
pressions of opinion by those who are
eager to pin him down to something
definite.
In another column we quote about
two thousand words out of the 10, e06
of which the message consists. We
have been at some pains to select
those passages in which the
President seems to come nearest to
a meaning. The remaining 1905
words are devoted to assurances
that the country is safe, that the
dome still stands upon the Capitol at
Washington, and that some portion
of the National Doodle remains
in the Treasury vaults. These
facts, however interesting in them
selves, are deficient in the charm of
novelty. If he had been able to give
us an idea of how long that state OF
things would continue, we had been
better pleased.
If, for instance, he could assure us
that our cordial foreign relations
would withstand the strong policy
of Mr.. Blaine, or that the surplus
would be saved from the raid Sec
rotary Noble, in his report published
yesterday, proposed to make on it
in concession to the Tanner element,
then we would be inspired with more
admiration of the President and his
message, and We would regret less the
10, 206 words so ruthlessly launched
against a helpless and long suffering
public.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-03

| November, aud it was not at all uncom
mon TO see young men and women walk
ing the village streets b~arefooted, al
though quite smaftly dressed in other
respects.
The father OF the gentleman referred to
was a Justice of the Peace in a far West
ern rural town, and was often called upon
to marry couples.
One day there drove up to his house a
young man who wore a salt of shining
black, a spotless paper collar, q new and
snowy plaid satin hectic and new gloves,
but nothing on his feet.
Jumping lightly to the ground he gal
lantly assisted the young woman to
descend, and then it was discovered that
she too was b~arefooted, although she had
white gloves ON her hands and wore q
white and heavily flounced lawn dress
and a snowy hat with q strip of white
veil dangling from it.
Hand Inland, and wholly unconscious
of anything anomalous in their appear
ance, they came into the. house and were
made man and wife. Then they de-
parted, ind their bare feet left queer
looking marks in the dusty path leading
to the gate.-Y0Htlt'S Conspdnton..
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-03
A Pretty Fireplace.

An unused fireplace is an ugly and I'M
attractive object. We do not mean the
old fashioned fireplace, with brass fire
dogs and great logs. that even when not
lighted q be made pretty with ever
green's aud autumn leaves, but the fire
place with an ugly black CRATE, or. worse
still, a hole for a stovepipe. In a dear old
country house, where we are q welcome
guest, we recently saw a fireplace so
ingeniausly hidden that the nook became
a thing Of beauty. A. folding screen
covered with red and gold wall paper was
placed in front Of it, and at the foot of
the screen was q long box filled with
ferns and other plants which thrive with
out sunshine. This room was heated
from an adjoining room, so that the
decoration could remain summer and
winter; but, where it is necessary to light
a fire in winter, the screen and box are
easily moved TO any part of the room. In
place of the screen Il might use u large
mirror, framing it with p~sstehoard and
some suitable wall paper or gilt paper
american AgricNtttMtst.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-03
rhe Merrx GIVE, nfasane

The Merry Owls annual masquerade
ball occurred last night at kroebel's Hall
and a large and merry company and
maskers participated in the fun and dane
ing.
President D. j. Barry and the officers,
Il. Lorenz, Il. Zlmmeli, Il. H. Wolf, I'll.
Schneider and H. G. Lorenz, acted as the
Reception Committee, and the dancing
was directed by Theo. q. Lorenz, aided
by d. j. Barry and Frank Schneider and
a large floor committee.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-03
western nridal Costume.

A gentleman who is now wealthy and
occupies a high station in life says that he
was a boy of fourteen before he owned a
pair OF boots. Till that time he either
went b~arefooted, or wore such foot cover
ings--they could not be called shees-as
his father could make out OF untanned
cowhide or the skins OF wild animals. In
this respect he was quite as we'll of as his
playmates. IS,
They went b~arefooted from April until
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-03

PILES, IrcH1Na, BLEEDING, pLcERn ETC, CURED
without CUTTING, LIsATIao or OHLoRoFoRm. Our
patients attend to business while receiving treat
nent. Illustrated papers sent free. Address
Drs. Miller and Jamison No. IL West Twenty
sixth street. New York;
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-03

Our only competitor spends a good
part of its editorial space in shouting
''fakeT" at THE JERSEY CRY NEWS.
Everygtiine it bellows ''fakel' it con
fesses to having been beaten. Its last
wall which found editorial expression
last evening was provoked by The
SUNDAY MORNING News story,
which it, in a spirit of small envy,
credits to the New York papers, of
the sinking of a large barge
on the river by a ferry
boat last Saturday night. Our
only competitor cannot deny the
whole truth OF the story with any de-
gree OF success, and it is forced to son
tent itself with a foolish attempt to
belittle the story. The story was ex-
actly as THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS
reported. 1t did not come to us at
second hand, but one of our reporters
happened to be on the boat, and he
saw just what the paper reported as
having happened.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-03
North Hudson Notes.

rhe young ladies ofSt Johns Lutheran
Church, of West New York. will hold o
fair on December 4, 5 and 6. The pro-
ceeds will be devoted to the church.
A bowling match for S35 a side will take
place at Wohlfart's alleys, West Hobos
ken, tonight, between George Knippe I
and Charles Knawer. The betting is
lively, with Knipper a slight favorite.
The E%intract Gesang Verein of Union
Hill, will hold their thirty-second annual
concert and ball at Ruth's Hall next Mon
day evening.
Every race day is hailed with delight
by the trades people of North Hudson,
and if the North Bergen authorities
would attempt to stop the racing, there
would be a long and prolonged howl.
The Rev. John Justin, of the First
Congregational Church, Union Hill, who
was taken suddenly i'll while delivering a
sermon on Sunday, has entirely re-
covered.
The gamblers on the West Shore ferry
boats have o hard road to travel while
Sergeant Clifford is on duty.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-03
RESNMAKING.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sUffs MADE FOR 81
~ and upwards: s 7. Taylors system; Mt guaran-
teed. Miss N. Flannsrs, No ra Forrest street,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-03
RAIDING A TOUGH HOUSE.
A Union Hill Dive Broken Into by the
Police.

A Union Hill Dive Broken Into by the
Police.
For several weeks past the people resid
ing in the n~eighborh0od of New York
Avenue and Franklin street, Union Hill,
nave complained to the police of the
drunken carousals and reyefs of degraded
men and women, who cOngregated at the
house on the corner of these thorough
fares. These complaints resulted in a
raid early this morning.
The proprietor of the place was not
known to the complainants, and no one
seemed DESTROYS of assuming that respon-
sibility- Therefore no specific charge
could be made.
The house is a tumhle-down, rickety
affair and looks as If it might be a century
old. Whether the place has q proprietor
or is simply run by a stock company is
not known, but it is understood shat the
real owner is the former keeper of q
s'chippie' dive in West Hoboken.
The people in the neighborhood claim
that the house is the resort for the most
degraded of both sexes and that drunken
brawls were of frequent occurrence in
the place.
1t is said that the proprietor of the
place boosted Of his pull with the police
and said that he wasn't afraid of any
body and would run his place Just as it
suited him. However strong his pull
with the police was he must have lost it,
as this mornings raid proved.
The house was deserted with the exeep-
ton Of a man and woman. Evidently the
police had been preceded by a tip, as at
this hour the revels were generally ut the
highest pitch.
Five policemen in citizens clothes re-
ported at the Union Hill police station at
half past two this morning. They were
ordered to proceed in a body to the house
and arrest everyone in it. When they
arrived at the house they found the doors
barricaded. Policeman Feeney knocked
and demanded that they open in the
name of the law. Not receiving any re-
Spouse the door was forced open,
The prisoners were brought TO the
police station where they recorded their
names as James Anderson and Maria
Kroolpfeifer. Anderson said he was a
machinist. The girl Maria is quite pretty,
and is said to come from a respectable
family on Union Hill.
The raid has caused a great deal of ex-
element on the Hill, but some people
think that the police should turn their
attention to some OF the more prosperous
dives which are known to exist.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-03
1'hss paper Is Democratic tn principles
and Is Independent In its gtes0s on @H
local questions.
The L.Road Franchise.

One of the New York papers easu-
ally observed yesterday that the pro-
priety of the AIdermen's voting away
a franchise to the Central Elevated
Transit Company without exacting
compensation is doubted. The City
Fathers, as a matter of law, have no
right to exact pay for street privileges.
The streets are for the public con-
venience. If public ends cannot be
served by any use to which 1t is pro-
posed to put them, the city has nc
right to permit them to be used
for that purpose at any cost.
If the purpose serves a public
end, then the city has no right to
refuse it's consent to that use till a
price is paid for it. That is the
purely legal aspect OF the question.
But, as we understand it, these
gentlemen of the elevated railroad do
not propose to shield themselves from
a public demand behind a tech
nicality. They propose to share
their profits with the city when they
i. make them, and part of their prop
osition with the city is to turn into
the city treasury a ten per cent.
dividend when the enterprise pays
seven per cent. on the investment.
In addition to this the city will get
much money from the company which
it does not now receive for taxes on
the company's property, and increased
tax bills from the property on the
Heights which the railroad will boom
into larger values, will be another
profit the city will derive directly
from the enterprise.
By all means, let us have that Ele-
waited Railroad.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-03

ADvEnr1sraxkrs UNnEn rffs HaAb or
MARRIAGES. AND DEATHS
VIII be inserted in the JERsRY Cry NEWS an !
the SUNDAY MoRN1Se NEWS at the rate of ten
cents a line o the first insertion; hue cents q time
for each SUBSEQUENT insertion
DIED
December ], 1889. Mrs. Mary Z. Nc
Ayoy, wife Of JobA J. MeAv0Y.
Funeral from ST. Mtchaefs Church. on Wednss-
day, December 4. at ten O'Clock, a. m.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-27
THAT VANOALIA RESOLUTION.
A Card From Mr.. Newkirk, Late Chief
Clerk of the House.

A Card From MIR. NewkirlS, Late Chief
Clerk of the House.
To THE EDIToR-Sir: Considerable has been
said in the papers about that "Vandalia Con-
current Resolution" adopted by the legislature
in its last hours.
After the resolution had been adopted in the
senate it was either not returned from the senate
or was stolen from the speakers table. The
speaker instructed me to enroll the resolution
and file it with the secretary of state, for
what reason do not know, unless, it was be-
cause the resolution itself requires that officer
to serve a copy on the officers of the road within
a time therein stated. and until the journal
is printed and indexed it would be matter OF
considerable work to find it in the journal.
Again, the secretary would not be supposed to
have knowledge OF the existence of the resolu-
ton unless his attention was called toit in some
formal way Just so with the resolution in
relation to the sale of the statutes. How
would he have known of the adoption of the
same without running through the entire jour
nal or waiting until the journal is printed and
indexed?
The law does not require the concurrent res
olutIons to be signed by the presiding officers.
/ am sorry Mr.. Griffin did not appreciate the
work | did, and which certainly was con-
venience to him. instead of attempting to make
me appear ridiculous by mis-statement OF
law which shows the Ignorance to have existed
on his part rather than my own, when 1t was
my business to obey orders and not to give
them.
However, the whole matter is of no conse-
duence and Mr.. Griffin's gratuitOus statements
to the public only show that neither the secre-
tary of state or the ex-clerk of the house
has monopolized information on all subjects.
THOMAS j. NEwKIRK.
Nashville. March o.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-27
A HANDSOME PREMIUM.
Good Figures Secured On the Three Per
Cent. State Loan.

Good Figures Secured On the Three Per
Cent. State Loan.
The bids for the loan Of the 100000 au-
thorized by the legislature were opened by the
governor. the auditor and treasurer of state
yesterday, and the bonds were awarded. Three
bids we're made for the privilege of loaning
this money The successful one was that
made by the German savings bank of New
York. Two other bids were received, one
from Moeler & Co.. and the other from Blake
Bros. & Co., both of New York.
The loan was divided into two parts-one
part being for 100000 and the other for
$4,000. The former amount was divided into
seven bonds Of 100000. due in ten years but
payable at the option OF the state any time
after five years. The smaller sum Is divided into
three bonds $4,000 and one bond of $4,000.
These are due in i've years but may be paid by
the state any time after two years. The interest
the entire loan is per cent
The German savings bank bid was S101.6 per
SlC0 on the seveu-hundred-th loan
and SlO0.T per 500 on the $4,000. This is
considered a high premium TO be offered and
the state officers feel like congratulating them
selves in securing such good terms. The total
amount of premium thus obtained for the loan
is s14,lS9 The hank made its bid by telegraph
through its CORES pOndents. WinslOw, Lanier &
Co. They were promptly notified OF their
securing the loan. The bonds viii be sent to
Winslow. Lanier Co. April ,, when, accord
ing 10 contract, the money will be placed on
deposit to the credit of the state. The German
savings bank deposited 5000 in bank as a
guarantee OF good faith.
The bids OF the unsuccessful competitors
were materially lower than that OF the German
savings bank. Moller & Co. bid SlO037 for
the seven-hundred-thousand loan and
S100l7 for the Observation-Disclosures
sand-dolar loan. Blake Bros. & Co. bid 500 Is
for the undred-thousand-dollar loan,
and STOOLS for the Observation-Disclosures
thOusand-dOllar
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-27
ANOTHER GREAT PUZZLE.
''Pigs In Clover'' Threatens to Equal the
Fifteen Craze.

"Pigs in Clover Threatens to Equal the
Fifteen Craze.
New York, Philadelphia and Boston have
gone crazy over the latest ''fad"-the attempt
to work the new puzzle, "Pigs in Clover" On
elevated trains, in the surface cars, in offices,
counting-rooms and stores, and through the
windows of coy homes, people may be seen,
apparently gesticulatng franteally and going
into all sorts of ridiculous contortions with
heads and hands. To one not into the secret
the opinion would not be unnatural, that
everybody was suffering from St. Yitus dance.
In stairways and on curbstOnes, the street
gamins may be seen going through the same
seemingly imbecile contOrtiOns, with brOws
corrugated and lips askew, while piles OF neg
lected papers lie at their feet and blaeking-kits
hang neglected at their backs.
On every corner and in every alleyway loud
voiced "fakirs" call pigs IN Clover" "Pigs in
Clover" till the other voices of the street are
drowned and over all the din echoes, "Pigs in
Clover"
The cause OF all this commotion is q new
puzzle which threatens to be an even greater
popular favorite than the celebrated 13-14-15
affair which ran its course some years ago.
The toy is a circular box within which are
two circular "fences" including a covered
'pen." The gate of the outer fence is opposite
the closed part of the inner and that of the
That is, the gates of the two fences are in line
but not opposite. The entrance of the pen is
placed in the same way, with reference 10 the
inner fence. The gates are large enough to
admit one of the pigs" There are four MIRA
bles in different colors. The pigs are
TO be driven to their pen by tipping
the box to various angles and allow
ing them to roll about. After the pigs are
safely inside the first fence the real difficulty
begins While rolling one pig inside the sec
ond gate all three of the others may roll back
and out of gate number one, and while attend
ing these stray pOrkers the fourth pig may roll
to join his brethren. The trouble in getting
the pigs into the pen is of course twice as great
as that Of getting them inside the second fence.
Even in thinking of the puzzle one invOluntar-
lily begins to speculate on its solution. 1t has
all the fascination of difficult thing which
seems simple
So great has the "craze'' for working this
seemingly simple but in reality intricate puzzle
become that the factory has thousands of
orders which 1t cannot fill and is working day
and night turning out the deceptive con-
trivances. By special arrangement with the
patentee THE SENTINEL has secured the first
lot that will be sent to the West, and puzzle
will be given free to each subscriber to The
SUNDAY SENTINEL for six months. Send in
your orders early so as to secure a puzzle be-
fore the first lot is exhausted.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-27
A FIGHT WITH WILD CATS.
FOUR BOYS TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
They Go Hunting For Squirrels and Find
CatamOunts-A Lively Battle In Which
the Animals Are Killed and the
Boys Badly Injured.

GUzAENE, W. Va, March 23.-Four boys,
James and Thomas LOTUS and Henry and
Frank Nutchee, sons of neighboring farmers
near the foot of McLain mountain, Wyoming
county, were out squirrel hunting yesterday,
and when returning home in the afternoon one
OF them shot squirrel, which fell into deep
assure in the mountain side
When they descended the fssure to get the
squirrel they saw four pairs of yellow eyes
glazing at them from a recess in the rock
Only two of the boys had guns and when they
had fired at two pairs of yellow eyes, shutting
them, the owners of the other two pairs who
proved to be enormous wild cats sprangat
the lads.
With their empty guns and the clubs they
carried the boys finally succeeded in killing
the catamounts but not before one boy had
been terribly torn from his neck to the small
OF his back. Another had his cheek and one
ear laid open, while the third was badly bitten
through the right arm and scratched across the
chest by the sharp claws of one of the cata-
mounts.
After the battle was over the only one of the
quartet unhurt climbed TO the surface and man
aged to haul and drag his comrades out one by
one after him. The boys are all doing well and
will be out again in a few days.
The largest catamount measured four feet
six inches in length. The other three were full
grown females.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-27
IT'S NOTHING BUT A FAKE.
THAT GOLD IN LOWER CALIFORNIA.
Louis LAWN of Chicago Visits the Newly
Discovered Ell Dorado and Finds Moth
ing But Desert-Like Country and
Excitement-A Bad Job.

CHICAGO, March 23.-Louis LAWN of Chi
cago, who has lived in Sandieago, Cal. during
the last year, returned yesterday after a brief
and decidedly unsatisfactory trip to the Lower
California mines.
Its all fake" said he to reporter, "but it
has been so worked that enc is duped before
he knows il. The excitement in Sandieago
has nearly died away, but for two weeks a
craze seemed to have struck every
body. Several hundred of Sandieago's
best business men even abandoned
their business to run to newly discovered gold
fields. 1 was in Sandieago the same week that
the first news of the discoveries was brought to
town. Three or four Mexican and Indian
miners had been displaying some remarkable
nuggets which they claimed to have found in
lower California. They would under no cir
cumstances divulge the location of the placers,
but by sharp diplomatic handling and under
promise OF the strictest secrecy they gave the
location as in the Santa Clara ranges This was
enough. OF course such news was too good to
keep. One man whispered the secret to an
other and inside of twenty-four hours the
whole town was in a ferment OF excitement.
Il and three Others left Sandieago on the
morning of March with team and well sup
piled with provisions. We Travelled for FIVE
days over the toughest, meanest country l ever
saw. The distance from SandieagO TO Ense,
NADIA is about one hundred and forty miles.
Wherever it was not mountainous the country
was desert, with nothing but cacti-spanish
bayonets and like vegetables. There was not
even grass enough for a pony. When we
reached the mines the camps were in a fear
fully excited state. How bloOdshed was pre-
vented is more than can imagine. Itwas al
most impossible to secure provisions; every
thing was abnormally high. Flour was selling
at 81 pound and everything else III proper
ton. There was gold but not enough to paw,
and the quartz mines could not be developed
for want of machinery. We stayed in camp
ten days and then gave up the whole thing as
a had oh