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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-19
M'GREG0R Is ALI RIGHT.
But Why Is Ho Hiding Away In New
York?

James McGregor, the much-wanted
missing witness in the Mayoralty con-
test, is probably i'll New York city. He
is not at his home, No. 100 Pacific
avenue, and his wife, this morn
Ing, said he had not been since
he was she said she did not know, but
that today she had received letter post
marked New York city from him. Mrs
McGregor said that her husband merely
said he was we'll and for her not to be un-
easy; he would soon be back. Mrs. Nc
Gregor said she had been worried, for he
had never before gone away without tell
ing her where he was going and when he
would return. Furthermore, she said,
that Counsellor Record, in whose employ
McGregor had been, had also sent after
him
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-19
FIRE BOARD FINANCE.
Eighteen Thousand Dollars Asked for
More Than Last Year.

Eighteen Thousand Dollars Asked for
More Than Last Year.
The Fire Commissioners met last even
ing. The resignation of George Kalieg-
her, horseman at call of Hook and
Ladder Company No. S, was received and
accepted.
BY the report of Chief Eng ineer Far
rier, it appeared that during May there
twenty-five fires, for which there were
only eleven bell alarms The loss on
property amounted to s26, 395, and the in
surance thereon was $4,000.
A number of 'Buffaloes,' suspended by
the chief engineer for not having per-
formed the required percentage of duty
during the quarter, were brought before
the Board. Frank McDermott. Louis
Burhans and Benjamin H. Vail pleaded
guilty to the charge and offered no state
ment Jacob Arnoux failed to appear
and J. F. Bogert pleaded not guilty and
endeavored to show that his marking
down" was a mistake. Decisions in all
the cases were reserved.
BY resolution of President Conway
these transfers were made:-Permanent
Hoseman John Boucher, from Engine
Company No. to Engine Company No. q;
Permanent Hoseman Frank Towly, from
Engine Company No. z to Hook and Lad
der Company No. 3, as permanent truck
man.
The following resolution by the Com
mittee of the Whole was adopted
Resolved, That the following be sent to the
Honorable Board OF Finance as an estimate Of
this Boards requirements for the fiscal year
Il
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-19
Weather Indications.

WASHINGTON, June 10. 1890. Weather
indications for twenty-four hours, for
Eastern New York, New Jersey and
Eastern Pennsylvania Fair, slightly
warmer, except stationary Temperatures
on the coast; northwesterly winds
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-19
The city Hail Commission.

The New City Hall Commissioners met
yesterday afternoon and adopted set of
governing rules. 1t was decided to meet
regularly at the City Hall every Friday
niUhf
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-19

James Murray was prisoner before
Justice Stilsing, and held for further ex-
animation, on a charge of being a dis
orderly person. A seven-year-old boy
named Denny McMann identified Murray
as companion of Michael Reardon,
another trampish looking individual with
sewer on thirteenth street. The BOY,
who evidently became ratified, instead OF
attempting to escape from the hole into
whicn ne was thrown. crawled all the
way to to next man hole. Reardon made
his escape. The episode is said to he the
result of q drunken freak on the part of
Reardon.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-19
came % Sec the Yaeht race.

A jolly party started for the Pennsyl-
vania ferry this morning on the tugboat
Belyedere, one Of the largest and fastest
boats in the railroads company's fleet 1t
arried distinguished party of
division superintendents and general
officers of the Pennsylvania Road
some of whom had journed from Pitts
burg TO take part in the pleasant excur-
sion as guests Of Superintendent Craw-
ford. Numerous hampers and baskets
were sent aboard the tug and no one will
be hungry or thirsty long ON the trip. The
tug will follow the boats in the regatta
of the New York Yacht Club.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-19

curate, officiated. After wedding sup
per at the home of the brides parents
the young couple left on wedding tour
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-19

Merit wins, as the marvellous success Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla show It possesses true
medicinal merit. Sold by all druggists.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-19
Named tho winner but Lost His wager.

Named the winner but Lost His wager
A local sport is out six hundred dollars
through clerical error He put hun
dred dollars at five to one on Civil Ser
vice. The bookmaker's clerk wrote
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-19

You Know The Old Story,
But what we want to tell youis, to use Knapp's
Root Beer Extract at home. 25c.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-19

The Boston Dental Association still retains its
reputation for first class work and reasonable
prices. Edw. H. Webb, D. D. s., manager.
The Republican., 1890-08-29
FIRESlDE FRAGMENTS,

Corn beef, pressed beef and ham
should be eaten cold, and should be
dressed with hard boiled eggs, parsley
or water-cress
After butterirg the tin for boiled
pudding dust it with pounded bread
crumbs; baking pans can be treated with
flour in the same way and the cake will
never stick.
-Custard Pie Without Milk: Wet
heaping tablespoonful of corn starch
with cold water, add boiling water till it
IS as thick as thin cream, beat two eggs,
add three tablespoonfuls of sugar, put
in the cooked starch, beat well, flavor to
taste, and bake as usual Bud
got.
Oatmeal Cookies: Three quarts -four:
two pounds steel-ground oatmeal: four
coffee cups sugar; one and three-quarter
cups lard; two ounces ginger; one ounce
soda dissolved in boiling water: molasses
to make stiff dough. This makes a
very large quantity and will keep any
length of time. e.-Ilousekeeper
Boiled Rice: This is a dish very
few people understand cooking, but one
that is used extensively in the South,
and there considered indispensable as a
breakfast dish. Wash the rice thor
oughly three times, add a IsAtle salt,
and to one cupful of rice, all - pint
c.-: !, A-e
simmer sIoG%%Siig, untRfG" unnttRf"" PS IITtI a"'a =,
when each grain will stand a. :; never
stir, or use cold wator.-Good House
keeping.
Veal Flukes: Chop some cooked
veal very fine; to it add half the guam
tity of cracker crumbs to one pint of
the meat aad cracker crumbs add one
egg, little cayenne, a little grated nut
meg. one saltspoonful salt one desert
spoonful lemon juice; mix we'll; take
about a tablespoonful and form into
long, narrow rolls: roll in beaten egg
and cracker crumbs and fry in hot fat;
serve on red napkin; garnish with
parsley and sliced lemon.-Old Home
stead.
blackberry Empress: Two cupful3
milk, one egg, half a cupful of butter, Il
spoonful of balsing-powder, and flour to
make Il thin batter. Place layer in a
pudding-dish; cover with quart of
blackberrics we'll covered with sugar
and a few dabS of butter. Cover with
the remaining batter. Bake one hour;
serve, either hot or cold, with sweetened
cream. This is delicious, and other fruit
may be used, if sirablo.-Ladies' Homo
journal.
-Log-Cabin Peach Cobbler: Make one
quart and a half of -four into smooth
paste by working into it three-fourths
of cupful of lard, onc-half tcaspOonful
of salt and sufficient water to mix it.
Pare and quarter the ripe peaches, cover
the bottom of baking-dish with dough.
spread over this layer of peaches and
bits of butter, season with grated nut
meg or cinnamon and sprinkle over
each layer two tablespoOnfuls of pow
dorcd sugar Cut narrow strips of dough,
slightly twist them, and cross until you
have another layer; over this place
more fruit, and have the top layer of
the log-cabin strips; then bake.-In-
dianapoliS Sentinel.
The Republican., 1890-08-29

pened to notice that | had no pocket
knife with me, and so. on the impulse
of the moment, stepped into shop
and bought one. Why, | hardly knew,
as | had half-adozcn at home, and had
no idea that | should want one before
my return. The one | now purchased
was an ordinary, ivory-handled, three
bladed knife, the largest blade being
three inches long. That same knife,
after a lapse of more than thirteen
years, is in my pocket while | write.
have never once lost it during all that
time.
! arrived in Barrie on the five p. m.
train, and, after taking tea at very
good hotel, walked out about half mile
from town to call upon cousin whom |
had not seen for great many years.
This cousin tnow dead was a wealthy
lumbcrer, or rather square timber man
ufacturer and dealer He had, and was
we'll known to have, the habit, very
unusual in a business man, of always
carrying in his pocket ''wad" of five
or six hundred dollars in bank bills;
and, although often reasoned with on
the subject, nothing could induce him
10 abandon this curious custom. If the
amount of his ''wad' ever got below
five hundred dollars he would immc-
diately rcplenish it. lie said he ALWAYS
felt better with money in his pocket.
Most anybody would. | spent very
pleasant evening with him, talking over
old times. etc, AM did not get away
1nti1 ,niIni,rh+ hi ~,
house was on the crest of hill, with
garden and orchard extending down
the slope toward the town. just at the
corner of the orchard there was hollow
Or depression in the ground, and. while
the sidewalks on either side of the road
were built on the original surface, the
causeway or road itself had been raised
to the extent of five feet or SO.
AS, quietly smoking cigar | slowly
walked along on one of these sidewalks,
some one, apparently half drunk, sitting
in the deep shade of a large tree on the
other side Of the road hailed me in
grutf, unsteady voice:
''Sssay, mate, will you give fell
fellow match?"
Thinking this was probably some in
toXicated laborer, who was really suf-
fering for "A smoke, replied:
''Ies. come across and III give you
one
''No mate, | can-can-can't git up
You fetch it to me; that's goo-goo-
good man
TO this cool request l answered
rather sharply: ''IG you want light,
come and get it, or go without
Seeing that "Mohammed must go
to the mountain" the fellow did get
The Republican., 1890-08-29

France, Spain and Portugal have almost
monopoly of the cork business. The
cork tree is not a rank grower, and pro.
duces edible acorns which in taste re.
Scmble cheStnutS, and are frequently
eaten by the population of the cork dis.
trictS, but arc moro useful as food for
swine, the peculiar taste impaired to the
flesh rendering the pork and bacon of
Southern Franco and Northern Spain a
choice dainty in the country markets.
The tree may begin bearing at any
time between fifteen and twenty-five
years; but the first crop is worthless for
commercial purposes, being coarse, knot
ty and sometimes full of seams and
cracks. 1t is known as virgin cork
and is extensively employed for roofing,
fencing, and the like. The second crop
is much better than the first, but is still
unavailable for sale, except for the pur-
pose of making the Spanish-black, which
is merely the charcoal of cork.
The third and succeeding crops are
the true cork of commerce, and the tree
will bear ten or twelve consecutive
crops. Not, however, in consecutive
years, for the bark is of slow growth,
and eight to ten years must olapse be-
fore the second crop can be gathered
from the same tree. When the cork.
cutter deems that the tree is ready tc
pc shorn of it's bark an incision is made
round the trunk near the ground and
another just beneath the lowest branch.
Vertical incisions are then made through
the bark, care being taken not to cut
into tho tender, living bark beneath
the cork, otherwise the tree would be
killed. A peculiar knife, having two
handles, OF an axe made for the purpose,
is then employed to remove the slabs of
bark from the tree, and if taken off with
proper care the plant is not harmed by
the operation; on the contrary, the re-
moval is beneficial, for the cork is
really dead bark, and sometimes the
cork-cutters prefer, after making the
incisions in tho tree, to allow the cork
slabs to separate themselves, which they
do in a few months.
After the slabs have been taken from
the tree they are naturally concavo-con-
veX, following the shape of the trunk.
They are laid in a ditch, or trench of
water, and heavy stones placed upon
them to make them fiat. After the
warp has been taken out they are dried
in the sun and charred in fire to render
the substance or the cork more compact
and to conceal superficial defects, and it
must be confessed the cork-growers are
clever 1T this, as manufacturers sonls-
tl&les find to their cost, for cracks and
holes in the slabs are filled up with ;ld-
hcsive earth, and thus a beautifully
smooth ard even piece will sometimes
be found commercially worthless. After
charring and again pressing tho cork lisI
packed into bales, and is ready eiJ
tor manufaoture or for OxnOrt.
The Republican., 1890-08-29

Even as l spoke, a medium. sized
white bulldog, hitherto unseen, crept
noiselessly from behind the fellow,
and sprang straight at re- throat In
an instant l saw the whole murderous
scheme, and realized my own imminent
danger. If the four-legged brute, of a
breed which never lets go with life,
should fasten upon me, the two-legged
one could then pound me into the earth,
and rob or murder me at his leisure. He
had doubtless mistaken me for my
cousin, of whose strange habit as to
carrying money about with him he had
probably heard. However, thanks to a
lifelong familiarity with dangers OF
evey kind, | did not feel at all afraid
or ratified" although the thought did
cross my mind that it would be pity
if this brute should succeed in tramp
ling out my life, after / had safely
passed through so many risky ad'
ventures. | met the first spring OF
the dog by driving the knife into his
left check and throwing him off; out
he came at me again like lightning,
and was again foiled in the same way,
His third spring was so exceedingly
swift that l nearly missed him, the
knife-blade merely Sitting one of his
ears, and he succeeded in getting a
hold on my right sleeve, and slightly
wounding my arm. Fortunately the
loose cloth gave way as | threw him of
once more, with a motion so violent
that he rolled over and over on touch
ing the ground. But he was evidently
pure-bred animal, and game" to the
backbone. Once again he dashed at
me, always aiming for my face; and
this time the knife entered his open
mouth, and the back of my hand, COM
ing into contact with his upper tusks,
received two deep cuts. This last
thrust was so severe that he could not
close his jaws on my hand, and he
dropped off, utterirg, for the first time,
low whine of pain.
Since the beginning of the fight, and
up to this moment, not sound had
been uttered by the dog, the owner OF
myself. If the situation had not been
so serious, it would have been really
cOmical. The brawny rufIian stood in
grim silence. watching the efforts OF
his less ignoble companion, while | as
silently repealed his attacks. / was toe
busy to speak or call out, and at that
hour no one could have heard me had
done 50. This man evidently saw the
flashing of the bright knife-blade in the
The Republican., 1890-08-29

Thus we frequently dnd the army-worm,
cut-worms and silk moths bearing about
many of their eggs. The maggots which
hatch from these eggs eat into their host
and destroy it. The present season the
cut-worms have been very serious pests
in various parts of the country. Indig.
ging them out of the ground, to convey
them to my breeding cases, find that
they are being destroyed in considera-
BILE numbers by these Tachina flies.
The latter pupate in seed-like cocoon,
and in digging for cut-worms l have
found many of these pupariums, as they
are called THESE indicate that many
of the destructive cut-worms have gone
tC feed these very serviceable parasitic
f1ies. While these Tachina flies are not
so common and important as the Hy.
menopterOus or four-winged parasites,
yet they do immense serVira. "A. j.
Cook. in Rural New Yorker.
The Republican., 1890-08-29
EEETS AS FOOD

For Milra COws-lntereSting Experiments
Made at the Ohio Agricultural Expert
ment station - y Comparison of the
Efficiency of Commercial and Green
ManurcS on Wheat.
A bulletin of the Ohio Agricultural
Experiment Station, now in press, gives
the results of an experiment in feeding
sugar beets to milch cows, made during
the past winter, together with sum-
mary of two similar experiments, one
made by the station in 1889 and one by
the farm department of the Ohio State
University in 1879.
In the last named experiment eight
cows were kept under test for eleven
weeks; in 1850, twelve cows for eight
weeks, and in 1890, twelve cows for nine
weeks, the COWS in each case being
weighed daily, as we'll as their feed and
milk.
In each of the three experiments the
cows ate more hay and more total dry
matter when feeding on bccts than on
other foods (hay, meal and bran in 1879
corn silage in 1889 and 1S90) and in each
case more milk was given from the beets
than from the other foods, but it is not
yet demonstrated that the increase of
milk was produced economically.
For twelve years records have been
kept on the farm now occupied by the
station, which shows that the average
yield of bcets over this period has been
nearly sixteen tons per acre, against an
annual yield of about fifty-fve bushels
OF shclled corn per acre.
But crop of fifty-fve bushels of
shelled corn, with its fodder. will con-
tain nearly twice as much dry matter as
sixteen tons of beets, and these expert
mentS indicate that, whether fed dry as
corn meal and dry fodder. or as corn
ensilage, the dry matter of the corn crop
will be found about as effective, pound
for pound, as the dry matter of the beet
crop.
1t is possible to raise much more than
sixteen tons of beets to the acre. One
crop of two acres is reported at 31l5
tons per acre, and smaller areas have
given still larger yields but such crops
require very rich land and thorough cul-
ture. Whether it is possible to produce
a pound of dry matter in beets as eco
nomically as it can be done in corn is
not yet definitely settled, but the proba-
bilities are against it.
COMMERCIAL AND GREEN MANURES FOR
WHEAT.
In an experiment made by the North
Carolina Experiment Station, a series of
plots was laid out in such manner that
one end of each plot should be on land
on which cow peas had been previously
plowed under. and the other end on land
without peas. The whole was sown to
wheat, and kainit, acid phosphate and
cotton seed meal were applied to the
several plots, singly and in combination,
two plots being left without any fer
tilizer.
The result was that on the land which
had had no fertilizer the highest increase
of any of the fertilized over the un-
3ertilized plots was four bushels per
acre (for 800 pounds cotton seed meaD,
while on the green manured land the
increase from the pea vines was from
six bushels at the least to fifteen bushels
per acre, averaging ten bushels .
The Republican., 1890-08-29

So1'ks, their length and ddiameterdepend-
ing upon the thickness of the slab. Tho
cork is never cut from the tree until it
is at least three-quartcrs of an inch thick,
and corkS cut from the slab vary
in length from that to two inches.
Great difficulty was experienced by the
inventors in pcrfecting machinery for
the manufacture of corks, from Curl
Gus and little anticipated obstaclc-tho
impossibility of keeping the knives
sharp. 1t is a singular fact that cork,
although so porous and yielding a SUBJ
stance, dullS a knife to an incredible cX-
tent, so that hand-cuttcrs are accus-
toned to sharpen their knives after
every stroke; tools for cutting metals do
not require tithe of the attention that
must be given to the knife used in cork
cutting. But with patience and cXpc-
rience the difficulty has been overcome;
method has been devised to sharpen
the knives of the machine after every
cut, and corks are now more extensive
ly cut by machinery than by hand.
To ascertain the total yield of cork is
by no means an easy matter; but ten
years ago the importations into Great
Britain from Portugal, Algeria, Spain
and France were 1000 tons of tho
partially prepared material, valued at
S1,000,000 and there were besides $685..
900 pounds of the manufactured product.
Nearly S1,000,OO0 worth of cork is an.
nually imported into the United States,
and, as other countries use the sub
stance in proportion, the total product
is estimated at from $12,0OO,00O to $14,-
100000.
Cork has many qualities which adapt
1t to other uses than that of stopping
bottles. 1t is extremely porous, but the
pores do not open into one another, and
so it is almost impervious to water;
while it is elastic in the extreme, and
SO buoyant that ''as light as cork has
theen proverb over since the article
was known. Its many good qualities
have therefore commended it in tho
manufacture Of other articles than that
of shoppers. Cork soles for shoes are
impervious to water, and the thick solea
of Chinese shoes have for ages been
made of this material. Improvements
in the machinery for cutting it havo en-
abled slices the 124th part of an inch
thick to be cut from the block, and
these thin vencerings have been used to
advantage in the manufacture of hats
and many other articles, while tho
shavinGs of cork and the saw-dust from
the material mixed with oil form COM
ponent part of several floor coverings.
AS floats for nets, cork has long been
used. While in a dry and powdered con-
dition, it makes the best possible stuff
fing for mattresses, and these on board
ship are invaluable for life-prcservers.
The value of cork was as we'll known
to the ancients as to ourselves. Pliny
speaks of cork Jackets" by which, as
he states, those inexperienced in swim
ming could float on the water as readily
as the most clover expert, while its use
for the soles of shoes or of sandals was
The Republican., 1890-08-29
A CONTENTED MAN.

Ambition, like 2 cankering worm,
Eats out the Joy Of life
In sweet conten.ment let me live,
Remote from care and strife.
jay Gould and Sohn d. Rockefeller
l do not envy such,
only ask a little wealth,
Two millions is not much.
Enough to buy a house in town;
Another by the sea,
With good steam yacht Of my own,
Is quite enough for me;
don't object to heavy work,
I'm glad to toll and strife,
And cut coupons from Government bonds,
From eight O'Clock till five.
The vulgar loud huzZas Of fame
Are empty noise to me
But would write few good books
To cheer postcrity.
I'D like to be a Nations bard,
And sing n Nations songs,
And, if the thr0ngs should shout my name,
l can't control the throngs.
want but little here below
I'd like to be the mayor,
And go to Congress after that,
Before my hair is grayer.
Then if you want President,
And turn your eyes to me,
l would not cheat your longing gaze,
A President I'd be.
And if you build monument
Above my lowly tomb
think I'd rest in calm content,
And ask no further room.
A humble man I'd live and die,
Retired, glad, content,
If you'd agree to take my son
And make him President.
S. w. Foss in Yankee Blade.
The Republican., 1890-08-29

about flowers in company with bees
and wasps. which they often mimic
in wonderful manner. This MINI
icry, no doubt, often preserves them.
1t dcceives the bird that would swal-
low the fly, except that the fear of
sting restraints it. These flies lay
their scores of eggs in the midst Of
plant lice. From these eggs hatch a
conical maggot Zig, a, which varies
in color from drab to brown. 1t is often
seen extending its pointed mouth end
about for lice, and when one of them is
secured, it is raised up and sucked
bloodless to be cast away, when another
is quickly grasped and destroyed The
capacity of these maggotS for lice is
marvellous. TO see them devour the
liquid contents of louise after louise. ono
would suppose that they would burst.
Yet they grow and thrive, and soon
mature, when more eggs are laid, and
the round of useful service is repeated
These Surplus fly maggots are one Of
the many important agents in keeping
in check the devastating lice, which
multiply with such frightful rapidity.
The Tachina Flies. - These flies
Gig. - are closely related to
and much resemble in form, size and