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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
The First Practical Trial of the
Patent Ballot Reform.

The First Practical Trial of the
Patent Ballot Reform.
In Newark, the Ballot Reform law
will be tried in its practical operations
for the first time tomorrow. That
city will hold a charter election. in
which fifteen Aldermen, fifteen School
Commissioners, one Water Commits
sioner and one Trustee of the City
Home are to be chosen. This contest
will give the law a fair practical test.
There will be four officers to vote for
on each ticket, SO thatthe ballots will
not be too simple to preclude a fair
criterion of the working possibilities
of the system, nor will they be so
complex as to unduly embarrass the
voters and the election officers who
are as yet inexperienced.
BY the results of this election the
voting portion of the law will be
judged. There is no inherent reason
why it should not succeed. There is
nothing about it which defeats
average intelligence. If people would
only read the law and then act
nationally in accordance with its
provisions there would be no trouble.
But all human experience shows
that people cannot be relied upon to
take the slightest trouble to learn the
new system Oh to observe its require
ments. People as a rule obstinately
do the wrong thing at great personal
Inconvenience, while the right thing
is simple and easy. Ask any railway
doorman how easy it is to get people
into the right trains. Ask any pub
lie official how easy it is to
get people of good intelligence
TO fill up any sort of blanks
correctly. Stand by a Post Office
order window and see how many incor-
rectly filed applications are handed
in, although the Instructions printed
on the form are as clear and simple as
the Ten Commandments. Having
collected all this information regard
ing everyday human stupidity, try
and form some idea of the difficulty
of getting this wholly novel and none
too simple process of voting to work
with anything like ease. Reflect that
the Republican leaders of this county
have already Numbered egregiously in
respect to the Congressional nominal
ton. 1t is true the technicality has
not been enforced against them, but
that they Numbered, all the same. no
body who reads the law impartially
can for a moment doubt. And yet
these are trained political experts.
We hope for the best, but will not
be surprised to find the election in
Newark tomorrow only one degree re
moved from absolute chaos.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
An insult to the Court.

1t is just as well for himself as we'll
as for the interests of common de-
cency that Charles j. Pfngsten de-
clined the nomination for Assembly
in the Fourth district. Indeed it is
to his honor that he showed a higher
sense of the fitness of things than did
the Republican delegates who elected
him. That his recent misconduct
and the rebuke inflicted by the court
should kill him permanently in poll
tics would be hard; but that he should
be brought out of deserved obscurity
at this time would be to proclaim
that the people were not in sympathy
with the courts in the administration
of Justice.
Pdngsten will have to prove by a
long period of modest and honest
effort that he sincerely repents his
offences against public morals before
he will be a proper recipient of any
honor OF favor at the hands of the
public.
In thrusting him forward at this
time, the Republican convention
showed itself to be quito as bad as
the Davis Ring, and indeed it is prob.
able that the members are heelers Of
the joker boss in disguise.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
sEWELL ON TOP IN ESSEX.
His Man, James e. Howell. Nominated
for State Senator.

Special to the Jersey CITY Neos.
NEWARK, Oct. Is, 1890. The Essex
county Republican convention met Sat
turday in Saenger Hall aud nominated
James e. Howell for State Senator and
Hugh NJ. Doremus for Sheriff. William
r. Williams was b ack ed by the County
Committee and had the convention all
his own way until General Sewell inter
fered. Williams was a prominent candi-
date for the Internal Revenue Collector
ship. but the Sewell influence with
the administration was too much
tor him and he failed to
secure the prize. This made him bitter
against the National administration, and
it was that bitterness which cost him the
nomination. Williams and his friends
are very sore over the treatment he re-
ceived in the convention this afternoon
and they threaten to bolt.
The convention was called to order at
half-past three O'Clock, and Congressman
Lehlbach was made permanent chair
man. In taking the chair Mr.. Lehlbach
made a long speech. He said that the
coming election was q most important
one to the Republicans of Essex county
for on its results would depend very
largely the supremacy of Ihe Republican
party, not only in this county but in the
State.
He then went into an elaborate eulogy
of the Mckinley tariff and related In
stances where the tariff had not only
fostered Newark industries, but had de-
creased the price of the products of those
industries as well.
He urged the people of Essex to elect
MI. Condict, the Republican candidate
for Congress, by one of the largest major
tiles ever given a Republican in Essex
county. Snch an expression of the
people, he said, he would consider as an
endorsement Of his own acts in Congress.
In speaking of the State Senatorship Mr..
Lehlbach said
II want to speak to you concerning the
Importance of the State Senator. / am
sure whoever the wisdom of this conven-
ton selects for that position will be an
able, honest and u%npledged man. On his
| election depends the future redistricting
of the State. II THE Senator is lost to the
Republicans ir is highly probable the
| Democrats will control both houses OF
the Legislature and they will redistrict
the State so that it will be impossible to
redeem it for many years. As oon as
your candidate has been nominated it
will become the solemn duty of every
Republican to see to it that he is
| electeQ.U
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
People Who Believe in Pie.

In answer to the question whether oat-
meal is preferable to pie as an American
national food DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes
is credited with the following:-"I suppose
the pest answer l can give to your ques-
ton is to tell you what is my W prac-
tice. Oatmeal in the morning. as an
architect lays a bed Of concrete TO form q
base for his superstructure. Pie when |
can get it; that is Of the genuine sort.
There is q very odd prejudice against pie
as an article of diet. 1t is common to
hear every form of bodily ~degeneracy and
infirmity attributed TO this particular
favorite food. I see no reason or sense
in it. Mr.. Emerson believed in pie, and
was almost indignant when a fellow
traveller refused the slice he offered him.
Why, Nj. - said he, what is pic
made forf' If every Green Mountain boy
hasn't eaten a thousand times his weight
in apple, pumpkin, squash and mince
pie, call me a dumping. And Colonel
Ethan Allen was one of them-Ethan
Allen, who, as they used to say, could
wrench off the head Of a wrought iron
nail with his teeth"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
unannreciatad Labor.

Too often she first thought of a mother
over the cradle of a little child, especially
If it be a girl, is how to steer and trim her
little bark SO that at the proper age she
may fioat upon the serene seas of social
success. The schemes, and devices, and
worries Of young mothers in New York to
achieve this end; the complications in
which they involve themselves, and the
energy which they expend to control or
K interfere with the affairs of a school in
matters of which they a no knowledge
or skill, would be amusing were it not so
pitiful. While they talk of anxiety and
interest for the education of their chill
dren, it is this meretricious end alone
which many parents are seeking. The
teacher receives their children with the
knowledge that her best work will never
be appreciated.-Mrs SylUanus Reed, In
October Scribner.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
RATLRO4DS


4 EST SHORE RAILRoAD-N. Y. C. & H. R. R
w X. Co.. l~essee-Trains leave West Forty
second street station, New YORK, as follows, and
twenty minutes earlier from thefoot q jay street
New Yorkf-Hamtlton, London, Detroit und Cnt
cage. q 55 q. M, oil p. ms s. IS p mi St. Louis.
s5.l5. IS. IS p. M; TORONTO, Haas a M; Il. ii. ss.l5 p.
M; BUFFALO, Rochester,, Syracuse. Utica, Suspen-
sion Bridge, Niagara Fails, !. g, *s.55 q. M, ss.i6.
BIS p. M; and ai1.S0 for Utica only Kingston.
ss.sl. *7,i5, +g;55, alls0 q m, s4QA *5.I5 and .S.l5
D. M; Catskill and Albany, 3.Sp. *I1a tl-55. all. so
Corn wall Newburg, 40. s7,lA ss5,- .s.29 s9l5I. All
Pm. Montreal and Gsnada East, 7.is :. r,
falo. Niagara Falls. Detroit. Chicago and So
Louis, on all through trains q. s.-Leave Brooklyn
via ArookIyn Annex, ai0 " a. M; 500 p. IA Jersey
Guy, P. 4. Z. station. allao a m; ssss ? =. spaiiy.
4daily except Saturday. All other trains daily
except sunday. For tickets, time table. par
Tor and sleeping car commodation or g
washington street No. 526 Fulton street
York city. NOS. !. g. ss. ~. s!2 Ezoadway, No III
Bowery, No. u Park place. No. So West 18th street,
and West shore stations foor OF West Forty-second
street and foot Of Jay street. North River 2 &
btlt avenue, New xoFk
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
Highest Of all in Leavening Power-U. s. Govt Report, Aug y, 1885.
Re! R Bsxasz
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ing to himself, "How o will it be

ing to himself, "How soon will it be
found out.
Parents arc very t~honghtless about this
thing. They do not look ahead and re-
member that it Is selfish enough to invite
a youngster into the world without at
least asking him what he would like fora
name which has got to stay by him day and
night, and be the only thing left OF MIN
when he makes his exit, and to live after
him on a tombstone when all else of him
is forgotten. 1t would be a kindness to
number children when they are born-as
Jones n Jones two-or first Jones,
secoud Jones, and so on, and allow the
youngsters to select a name, when they
are old enough. Then at least they would
have one thing less for which. to blame
and papa.-Boston Home Jour
nal.
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is nothing if not earnest, and IN MS
words, and in his name even more
than in his words it was plain that on
this occasion he had no heart in what
he was saying.
That the Governor was enthusiastic
in his support of Senator Mcdonald
may be taken for granted. He is TOO
good a democrat and too patriotic a
maj not to burn with wrath at the
crimes of the Republican House OF
Representatives under Gar Reeds
domination, and the similar rascalty
of the New Jersey Senate under
Boss Gardner. He is too good q demo-
crat and too patriotic q citizen not
to be heart and soul with the Demo
Gratis Of Hudson in helping to rebuke
these outrages by the return to Con
eress oil the victim of one of them.
In his ringing utterances on this issue
of the campaign Leon Albeit was, as
ever, the lion of the Jersey Democracy.
But when he came down to the
level of John McPhillips and the still
lower level of John McPhillips'
afriend,n Leon was no longer himself;
his flood of fervid words deserted him,
and his reserved and non-cominittal
sentences fell on the audience like a
draught from a refrigerator. What
ever obligations the Governor may
have felt under to make a show OF
supporting the regular Democratic
nominee he certainly did not like the
task, and he displayed a grim resolu-
ton to go no further than V
tional party fidelity required.
Governor Albeit dwelt on two
points chiefly. One was that John
McPhillips was personally an honest
man; the second was that he was
not responsible for the rascal
ity of his friend, Mr.. Bob
Davis, which the Governor
admitted by implication. On the
former of these points, we can only
repeat what we have said already. 1t
is not disputed that John McPhillips
is a man of business and social hon
esty. But we find it impossible to
believe that any man of good political
morals could have held the second
rank in the Sheriff's Office and taken
part in the abuses which have marked
the conduct of that den of infamy
during the past twelve months. The
fact that John McPhillips has been
Under Sheriff for the past year is in
our estimation an unanswerable argu-
ment against ever electing him to a
public office again.
There is an old wife's saying, "Tell
me your company and I'll tell you
who you are" It is a very good one,
and it fits the relations between Nc
Phillips and Davis exactly. Mr.. Nc
Phillips must on this occasion be
judged by his associates. 1t is a mat
ter of all but absolute demonstration
that he is under contract with Robert
Davis for the period of his prospective
incumbency as Sheriff. The circum-
stances of his nomination leave no
room for doubt on that point. It is
in fact Mr.. Davis who is asking for
the votes of the people and it is on
the merits of Mr.. Davis that the cam
| paign must turn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13

MONDAY. OCTOBER IS, 1890.
REGULAR DEM0CRATlC NOMINATIONS

For Congress-
Dist.
I.-WM.L NEWELL. of Cumberland.
II.-WILsoN ID. HAVEN, of Mercer.
III.-JAcoB A. GEISsENHAINER, OF
Monmouth.
IV.-SAMUEL FOWLER, OF Sussex.
V.-CoRNRLIUs A. CADMUs, of Pas
sale.
VI.-THoMAs DUNN ENGLISH, OF
Essex.
Seventh District,
EDWARD F. MCDONALD.
For Assembly-Hudson County
Dist.
L. MICHAEL MULLoNE.
III. GEORGE A. HEANEY.
v. JOHN KNoELLER.
vi. HENRY PUsTER. Z
VII. JOHN +. MADDEN.
X. THOMAS B. USHER.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
sHERI FF M'PHILL1ps means Sheriff
Davis.
Abbett unon ice.

Governor Abbett's speech at the
Ring Ratification meeting on Satur-
day night will add little to his repute
as a popular orator. The Governor
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
The Old, Old Story.

AM6 OIUt OEu HtOFys
A little cough ; a feeling ILL;
A headache Oft; a daily chill;
Aslower walk; a quickened breath;
A frequent talk of c coming death:
No strength to rise from day to day;
From loving eyes be fades away.
Now lifts no more the weary head,
The struggles DER; the man is dead.
Such is the fatal progress of consump-
ton. How often is repeated the old, old
story. Yet not one half so often as W
before the knowledge came to mankind
that there was O discovery in medical sci
ence by which the dread disease could be
tent restored to health. This wonderful
remedy. is DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery.
Thousands Of cures follow the use Of
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13

This paper rs democratic IN principles
and Is Independent in Its Utea0s on all
local questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13

anxiously expected every year. but it's
appearance is eagerly welcomed by hosts
of young readers-and older readers as
well-in every part of the English-speak-
ing world. The next volume, the eleventh
in The series. describes the adventures and
experiences of Tho Boy Travellers in
Great Britain and ireland, and is an
nounced by Harper & Brothers as nearly
ready for publication.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
Preserving the Health.

1. Rise early and never sit up late.
2. Wash the whole body every morning
by means of a large sponge, and rub it
dry with a rough towel.
3. Drink water.
A. Avoid spirits n fermented liquors
of every kind.
5. Keep the head cool, and sleep in an
airy apartment.
6. Eat no more than enough and let the
food be plain.
z. Let your supper be light.-Adpance.
Ought to Consult the Children First.
A Boston man will tell you that his lack
of success in life is entirely owing to the
mistake of his mother in giving him a
weak middle name, which matches him
about us well as patent leather boots
would q pedestrian. His first aversion in
life was this middle name. He blushed
for it the first thing when he awoke in
the morning, not to mention awaking in
the night sometimes overcome with a
sense of shame. He was III hourly horror
at school for fear the boys would call 1t
after him in the street, and the only time
that ne could brace up at all was the first
day that a new boy caine to the school,
before he had had time to find it ont.
Even then he wal oppressed with dread,
and would eye the lad f~urtively, wonder
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
Remedies for WARTS.

Warts are due to. some local irritation
of the cuticle. They can be easily re-
moved by small doses of sulphateof mag
nesia, taken internally. Children treated
with three grain doses of EPSON salts
morning and evening were promptly
cured. M. ALBERT cites the case of a wo-
man whose face was disfigured by these
excrescences and who was cured in a
month by a dram and a half of magnesi J.
taken daily. Another medical man re-
ports a case of very large warts which
disappeared in a fortnight from a daily
administration of ten grains of the salts.
A still simpler but effective cure is ex-
ternal-mere rubbing of the wart at FREE
quent intervals Of the day. This persist
ent agitation or kneading seems to dis
place the root, and in q short time The
waru disappears.-Detroit Free Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13

Thousands Of cures follow the use of
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. 50 cents.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
THE D~EARLITTLE WOMAN.
She Does Many Queer Things, But
She is Lovely, Just the Same.
Isn't She9

The average ona stays in the house
on pleasant days and visits twenty-three
stores in the afternoon when the winds
speed has to be taken with a lghtnin g
rod.
She Will rail for twenty-five years
against the barbarous fashion of boring
the ears, and then she will punch holes
in her ear lobes with q darning needle II
there is a ghost of a chance of getting q
pair of diamond earrings.
She will take two hours to dress, and
run back three times into the house II
she is going over to Minnie's to spend the
Afternoon, and the next day, when she
has q sudden chance to go to san Fran
cisco, she will pack a toothbrush o
her purse in her pocket, button her CLOAK
and gloves on q sJreetcar and be at tue
station three-quarters of an hour ahead
of Gne train.
She spills coffee on the clean tablecloth
and smiles sweetly-when there is COM
pany; and then she glares like q healthy
demon if William Henry lays the carving
knife on the table when they are alone.
She carefully mends q rent a quarter OF
an inch long IN her gloves, n goes for
Jays with a tear two feet o in her
petticoat.
She will put sealskin buttons on Q
blush coat. ana expects tH6 WHVAo VIVIAN
to believe that it is real fur.
She can hold forty-seven pins in her
mouth and give an order to the grocery
boy that will fill the market basket and
the milk pail.
She laughs because the Smith girls
wear old-fashioned bonnets, and cries be-
cause she knows of some poor boy who
cannot afford a winter overcoat.
She will arrange a silk scarf over a pic
ture frame until a man eye will bulge
out with admiration, but she can't tie an
ordinary necktie to save her life.
She will walk up street in the rain to
save a street car fare, and then she will
give a quarter of q dollar to the first beg
gar she meets.
She will go over every carpet in the
house with a damp cloth and q brush,
and then go down with a black spot on
her nose.
She will give a good course OF lectures
upon the history, general appearance and
people of the Roman empire, aud then
She would get lost il she tried to go from
Buffalo to Attica without an escort.
She will read an essay on u inhuman
treatment of the red man, ad then she
locks the door If she sees a sassafras ven
der coming in at the side gate.
She will fry beefsteah and then expect
the man of her choice to eat it.
She is altogether a lovable creature and
she knows it.-Albany Union.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-13
The Disposition of the Ring.

The disposition of that sentimental
pledge, the engagement ring, has at last
been carried before the French courts.
and now we know to whom when its sig
n~ificance is broken the token shall revert.
III the Mines court in France q recent
divorce case came up in which the wife
claimed as hers certain articles of jewelry
presented to her before their marriage.
Prominent among these was the engage
ment ring. The judges decided that not
only is a entitled before the law
to all those articles of value which a
lover has seen fit to present to her before
marriage. but that the .'ring offered for
the purpose of recalling the engagement
of W persons constitutes che most per-
sonal and most irrevocable of all souve-
Mrs given in view of marriage" This Is
as it should be.-San Francisco Aqg0-
nalLt.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-06
BRITONS IN THE MINORITY
Americans Will Retain Control of
the Chicago Stockyards.

Americans Will Retain Control OF
the Chicago Stockyards.
BosToN. July Sin reference to the
purchase of the Chicago Stock yards
and Transit company, by syndicate
for $20,000,000 Messrs. F. FL. Prince &
Co., who are understood to represent
control of the stock yards will remain
in this country. A large majority
of the new securities are owned in
this country, and the management will
be American. The securities will have
an international market, as they are to
be listed OH the New York, Boston, Chi
cago and London exchanges. The old
stock was never dealt in upon any ex-
change, and much criticism was caused
several years ago when it became known
that the Lake Shore had sold its stock
yard shares at private sale to Mr.. Van
derbilt. The stock yards company has
always been a close corporation finan-
cially. which has narrowed its market
and detracted from the value of it's
shares. Lately American bankers have
offered to take nearly two-thir6s of
the new securities which will be
New York and Boston next week, with
full details of the organization of the
new company. To the present board
will be added leading capitalists of
America of world wide reputation,
while the Chicago management, under
John B. Sherman, will remain I'M
changed. Mr.. Sherman will continue
as vice president, and Mr.. Thayer as
president. Mr.. Thayer and Mr. Olney,
who now represent over SO per cent of
the old stock, have approved of the new
in the old corporation will also be in the
new one. The company will be ina posi-
ton to be more progressive and to make
the extensions and improvements de-
manded by the times and the growth
of the Chicago stock yards business.