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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-02


Danger In Indiscrimlnate kissing.
One of the things upon which care
full mothers insist is that indiscrimi-
nate kissing of her charges must be
prevented. Many persons consider
that a baby or sweet-faced little
| tottler met anywhere is q legitimate
object for kisses and fondling. "a prac-
tice which cannot be too much dis
~couraged. A writer in the Epoch re-
Gently made the startling statement,
credited to a physician, a specialist in
treating Group. that an adult with a
simple Ease OF catarrli can give a child
mem branous Group. A physicians
wife said not long ago in regard to the
same natter
Il was surprised in securing a nurse
for my first child to have my husband
object to u who came to me on trial.
She was efficient and neat in every
wav, but she had very poor teeth.
They were discolored and evidently
in very poor condition, and my hus-
band insisted | should discharge her
at the end OF her trial week. The
mouth he said, was a hotbed for
septic germs even in its most perfect
condition. he would certainly have
no nurse around breathing into his
child's face who could not, at least,
show a sound set OF teeth. And our
next nurse, whose teeth were promis-
ing, but not perfect, he sent to our
dentist for care while she remained
with u.s."
The great trouble about this is
that visitors have a habit of kissing
the baby with the best intentions.
They think to please the mother,
whereas, ii she be intelligent, she is in
agony at the sight. Courtesy keeps
her from stopping the oscillation and
she sits trembling at the danger her
darling is mourning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-02
cHANoERY OF NEW JERSEY.

To John Webers-By virtue OF an order OF the
Court Of Chancery of New Jersey made on the day OF
the date hereof, in a cause wherein Kate h- Weber
IS petitioner and you are defendant. you are 70
uuired to appear and answer 70 the petitioners
petition on or before the fourteenth day OF August
next. or In default thereof such decree VIII be made
against you as the chancellor shall think equitable
and just.
from the bonds OF matrimony on the ground %
desertion.
Dated June IS. 1891
r. 3.
Solicitor OF Petitioner.
No. nc Montgomery street.. Jersey City. Nd.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-02
THURSDAY. JULY ?, is,l.

1ylis pa cr IS dsn1cutsc IN prtacipies
and Is hide. tndeat IN its viccs on all
local questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-02
NORGE TO CREDITORS

Estate OF Isabella Young, deceased. John
Young. executor Of Isabella Young. deceased.
by order of the Deputy SURROGATE OF Hudson Couu-
~. dated Nay q 1881 hereby gives notice 70
the creditors of said decedent TO bring in their
debts. demands and claims against rne estate Of
said decedent under oath or arhrmstien within
nine months from the GATE OF said order. or they
will be forever barred OF any action therefor
against said executor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-02
highest of all in Leavcning Pcvcr--Latest U. S. Govt Report
RWh,I &c.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

ing air becomes cooler than the skin it
steals the heat which the body re-
quires for its W needs. a fresh sup
ply of heat must be produced, and
thus the system is overtaxed to supply
the demands OF che robber. Flannel
is a bad conductor, and guards the
tender body more faithfully, retain
inc the heat.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-02
HELP TAINTED.
AND WORK

" DUNG GIRL WANTS A SITUATION AS NURSE
i or TO do upstairs work. ID Ivy flacc.
WANTED BY A GER
y man woman to do kitchen work only. 50 Canal
street.
Girl WISHES A SITUATION 10
N mind a young baby. Apply to Mrs FOWLER,
4Grand street.
(NERMAN GiRL WANTS A SITUATION TO MIND
VI children or in store. MAR sCH1ITr l4
Essex street.
CrTUATToN WANTED BY A GIRL TO DO LIGHf
- housework or take care OF children. e35 Grand
street, third floor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-02

Decorator and Ffrnisher. from which
the foregoing notes are CLEANED.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-02
DIVIDENDS.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
l. JERSEY Cry, June Is, 1891,
At a meeting of the BOARD of Directors held this
day a dividend OF six 10 per cent was declared
free from tax. payable on and after July l. iS5l.
The transfer books win remain closed until that
Gate. g. W. Cashier
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-07
OUR NAVAL POLICY.

The interview with Captain Doubassoff,
Of the Russian Navy, in THE DISPATCH
the other day, in which he expressed his
disbelief in the effectiveness of the great
armored vessels as against small torpedo
and gun boats, is attracting some atten-
ton. 1t recalls to the Buffalo Courier
the report that Admiral Farragut told a
Young English naval officer that he would
live to see the day when the armor would
be stripped from ships of war just as the
coats of mail were stripped from the me-
diaval soldiers 1t also asserts that res
pectable minority of meT who have given
special study to naval problems, ex-Secre-
taries Whitney and Chandler among them,
hold the same view.
There is much force in these opinions,
and when backed by the experience OF
history in naval progress, that each step
in the improvement of war vessels has re-
duced the old fleets to the value OF junk,
they indicate very plainly what the course
of our Government should be. 1t is not
necessary to fully conclude that existing
torpedo boats are superior to the great
irOnclads in order to hold, as THE Dis
PATCH has done, that our Government
should follow very tentatively in the
wake of European powers in constructing
vast and unwieldy vessels. The ambition
of possessing enough of these costly mon
sters to make a respectable showing beside
the fleets of the other hemisphere should
be wholly eschewed. The possibility of
new inventions is too much in accordance
with the American spirit to be neglected
by an American Government. The work
of naval construction should be most
energetically directed into the field of i'm
provements in dynamite boats, submarine
vessels and kindred ideas. If that is done
some American constructor may repeat
the feat of Ericsson in practically wiping
out of existence the vast and costly fleets
of Europe.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-07
oHIoAGo,s REPUDIATED PLEDGE.

The whole country is interested in the
success of the Chicago Worlds Fair, if
that enterprise is honorably conducted;
but the nation has the right to require that
the letter and spirit of the agreement by
which the Fair was located in that city
shall be honorably carried out The agree
ment was tha5 Chicago. as the city which
would derive all the direct profit from the
Exposition, should furnish the funds nee
essary for th.s buildings. The record of
the enterprise so far has not shown the
utmost integrity in fulfilling this condi-
ton; and that uncommendable tendency
reaches its climax in the resolution in
dorsed last week by the Worlds FAR Com
mission asking for Government apprc-
priation of S5,0OO,00 in aid of the enter
prise.
For some time it seemed doubtful
whether Chicago would make good her
pledge by raising the funds stipulated in
the original agreemeEL 1t is now asserted
that the funds have been raised, but that
the expenses of preparing for the Expo
sitior will amount to S1S,OOO,OOO, and the
Government is asked to contribute So, ,OOO,-
600 toward that total, with proffered
pledge of the first receipts from the show
to repay the advance. But to make the
Fair cost so much as to call for Govern
ment aid is as much violation of the
original pledge as to fail in raising the
stipulated sum. The real meaning pledge
was that there should be no cost to the
general Government whatever, except the
appropriation for the Government exhibit
provided in the original bill.
1t may be deemed best for the credit of
the country to advance the $1,000, 900 in
order to preserve the enterprise from be-
coming magnificent .fdScO. But even
admitting that possibility, it remains the
fact that Chicago has now entirely repudi-
ated its pledge that the Exposition should
not be made the excuse for a raid on the
National Treasury.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-07
FOOD FOR sHARPERS.

The classical popltElLs cult decipi was
undoubtedly founded on fact; yet it is
hard to believe that the ancient author of
the phrase could have observed any such
appetite of the people for being swindled
as exists az the present time. The press
of the entire country has spread broad
cast the exposures of the endowment
swindlers; yet the last of those "get-rich-
quick" organizations has hardly been
broken up before exactly the same kind of
delusion makes its appearance at different
points, with the slight alteration of
change in the name.
One of the swindleS which have recent
ly broken up in other cities was the Pro-
gresSive Endowment League of Balti-
more, which was strictly on the lines of
the previously exposed concerns, and can
therefore be taken as an exponent of the
Baltimorean quality of remaining six
months behind the rest of the country in
the recognition of its frauds, as well as in
other respects. In Philadelphia the en-
dowment humbug was fully exposed in the
early part of the year. In order to
carry on the catching of gudgeons,
therefore, it was necessary to assume a
new disguise, and the brilliant idea was
adopted Of calling the new concerns "mer-
chandise and supply companies" but the
essential feature of catching the
money of the public by promising
that if a little money were put
in, a great deal could be drawn out,
was the same as in the endowment con-
Germs. There seems to be a question
whether the ''suit clubs which have re-
Gently had their career closed by the police
of this city are survival or new inven-
ton, but they seem to have been a cross
between the get-rieh-quick delusion and
pure lottery, with the lottery feature
predominant.
The interesting sociological fact is that
with the exposure of exactly similar
frauds fresh in the popular mind they
continue to find abundance of victims. 1t
is hard to frame theories to explain this
apparent hunger of the people for being
cheated of their earnings. There is an in
teresting question whether the delusion is
due to simple inability to learn the oft
repeated lesson that the proposition to
give you something for nothing conceals a
cheat, or to the mixture of idiocy and dis
honesty which recognizes the fraud, but
hopes to get share of the plunder by
going into the swindle and getting the
payments made to catch other victims
Both classes are represented among the
victims of these sharpers; but it would be
interesting, if there were any way of decid-
ing the question, to learn whether the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-07
WEALTH IN LITIGATION.

There is room for the most serious re-
Election in the statement, in connection
with the announced suit over the possession
of the Hopkins millions, that the contest
ant of the will is to be backed in his fight
by Leland Stanford and the Crockers.
The evident idea that it makes material
difference in the chances Of litigant for
the possession of great wealth, that other
great wealth is ready to back him up in
his fight, is calculated to provoke profound
thought on the practical aspects of our
system of justice
With the respective merits of the adopted
son of the HOpkinses, and of the thrifty
husband who, by a judicious marriage with
an aged widow, secured possession of the
millions, the public need give itself little
concern. But there is food for public
digestion in the intimation that the man
who has money behind him stands better
chance of winning than if he was without
millions TO back him up. 1t does not re-
quire a very high ideal of justice to hold
that it should guarantee poor. litigant
exactly the same chance to secure his
rights that a rich one has. If it does not
do that the question becomes pertinent,
whether the term of justice is not a mis-
nomer and for what purpose it is main
tanned at the public expense.
Yet here we have the very direct init
nation that in the lawsuit for the posses
sion of the largest fortune ever contested
in American courts, it makes a decided
difference that the contestant is supported
by great millionaires who are interested in
the disposition of the property. There is
a decided pertinence in public inquiry as
to whether this is the case. Is it true that
Timothy Hopkins stands better chance
of winning his suit when backed up by the
Stanford and Crocker wealth than if he
had to wage the lawsuit on his own COM
paratively slender resources?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-07
GOSSIP ABOUT CELEBRITIES.

MRS. LANGTRY'S 5,000-acre property on
the Pacific slope has increased fivefold in
value.
CARDINAL MANNING is strongly op-
posed to lotteries and raffles for church or
charitable purposes.
THE first woman to receive honorable
mention from the Paris Salon is n Boston
girl, Miss Theo Alice Ruggles, who is only 20
years of age. She is n sculptor. .
j. LAMB DoTY, United States Consul at
Tahiti, is said to be the youngest Consular
representative in the service of any coun-
try. He was only 20 years old when ap-
pointed.
NJ. JACQUES, who has recently begun a
5O-days' fast at the London Aquarium, as
sumes an air of extreme comfort as he sits
in his easy chair. Sometimes he reads for
an hour or two, but he is not much disposed
to talk. He says that that uses up too much
vitality.
FROM her former sociological works, the
publication of which Mrs. Annie Besant has
entirely suppressed since she in part sue
ceeded the late Mime. Blavatsky as the high
priestess of theosophy, that self-sacriflcing
woman had been deriving an annual income
of $500.
THE story of the dismissal Of Ignatieff,
lately Prime Minister of Russia. is thus told:
Ignatieff one day presented some papers to
his imperial master, saying: "Your Majesty
may sign these without reading them as
they are not of much Importance" The
Czar handed the papers back with the an
swer: "Keep these for your successor. I
never sign papers without looking at them"
GENERAL JOHN j. CUTTING, the new
Republican Congressman from San Fran
cisco, has a scheme for the extension of the
National Guard. At present the National
Guard receives siOO, ,OOO a year from the Fed
eral Government. He wishes to have that
sum increased to $1,ooO,000. His bill would
provide for the enrolment of every Ameri-
can citizen between the years of 1S and 45
into the National Guard, one class to be
active and the other on the reserve. None
but American citizens would be admitted
and all American citizens of the proper age
would be enrolled.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-07
NIAGARA STOPPED FLOWING.
The Water Froze and the Falls Were Dry
for Short Time.

Toronto Globe.J
1t seems almost incredible thatat one time
in its history the greatest and most wonder
full waterfall in the world actually ran dry.
Nevertheless, it is an established fact that
this occurred on March 29, 1918. and for a few
hours scarcely any water passed over
Niagara Falls. The winter of that year had
been an exceptionally severe one, and ice of
unusual thickness had -ormed on Lake Erie.
The warm spring rains loosened this con-
gealed mass, and on the day in question Il
brisk east wind drove the ice far up into the
lake. About sunset the wind suddenly
veered round, and blew heavy gale from
the west This naturally turned the ice in
its course, and, bringing it down to the
mouth of the Niagara river, piled it ND in a
solld, impenetrable wall.
So closely was it packed and so great was
its force that in short time the outlet to
the lake was completely choked up, and
little OF no water could possibly escape. In
a very short space-of time the water below
this frozen barrier passed over the Falls,a
the next morning the people living in the
neighborhood were treated to a most extra
ordinary spectacle. The roaring, tumbling
rapids above the Falls were almost oplit-
Grated and nothing but the cold, black rocks
were visible in all directions. The news
quickly spread, and crowds of spectators
flocked to view the scene, the banks on each
side of the river being lined with people
during the whole day. At last there was a
freak in the ice. 1t was released from its
restraino the pent-up wall of water rushed
downward, and Mia CARA was itself again.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-07
ALecture to Electric Carmen

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
AS Southsider, am always glad to see
Southside improvements For this reason 1
was proud of our city airs when the new
electric cars began whizzing past our doors.
Now, instead of being happy over their adj
vent, am decidedly sorry. Not because
electricity is good motive power, but be-
cause the new order of things seems to have
swelled the heads of some of the conductors
and gripmen. Street cars are supposed to be
for the accommodation of the public as we'll
as the enrichment of the street car magnate,
but the employees seem to have forgotten
this fact.
Often 1 am in hurry to get to the city,
and hail a car, only to have the motorman
point back suggestively, bnt there is no
other car in sight There is nothing for me
to do but wait, and, of course, do so bu5
with ruffles on my temper.
This occurs very often, and it appears
that it is more necessary for cars to be on
schedule time than to pick up passengers
can think of no other reason for refusing to
stop at crossings. The old horse cars were
slow, but if they didn't stop one could hop
on. With these new cars it is different, and
We are at the mercy of the motorman or
conductor. We have been hoping and pray
ing for change, but it is not even seen in
the distance. SOUTHsIDER.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-07
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Let's Pave the Point.

To the Editor OF The Dispatch'
One of Pittsburg's characteristics is, she
puts her worst foot forward, and in bad
weather it is a very muddy foot, too. There
are plenty of beautiful localities in the city,
and many miles of well-paved streets, but
they are not where the casual stranger
within her gates can see them. They are
hidden away in the sacred, far of precincts
of the fashionable residence quarters. As
the casual visitor enters the city by rail, he
can see little but smoke and dirt. when ne
stops of at the station and takes short
stroll to see the sights, the chances are he
will not see decent piece of paving on MS
trip.
This is especially true Just now, when the
Exposition attracts sightseers to that most
unfortunate of all districts, "The Point"
Not only is the architecture rather inferior,
to put 1t mildly, but the condition of the
streets is simply horrible. The thorough
fares there may have been paved streets in
years gone by II am not an old resident),
but now they are masses of boulders. In
lieu of crossings in some places are primi-
tive stepping stones, which offer no protec-
t1on from the mud. Some are at times en-
tlrely covered bv water. Truly the stranger
who visits the Expo will carry away with
him a very poor picture of Pittsburg.
see beginning has already been made
toward q better order of things, by the paw
ing OF Duquesne way. Let the good work
not stop there. The location is such that
at "The Point"
1t is my misfortune to pass through this
district daily from my residence on Du-
l am keeping an account of worn-out shoe
leather, and If better ravements don't come
soon shall be tempted to present a bill of
damages to Councils, GRUMBLER.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-07
SOME PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL.

Joseph Haworth, Miss Kathryn Kidder
and Miss IIotta Keith, arrived at the Ander-
son last night from Rochester. Mr.. Haworth
said he was glad 20 be again in Pittsburg,
where he had so many friends.
Jail Warden John Berlin and wife re-
turned Yesterday from q 30 days vacation
spent at the lakes Thousand Islands and
various resorts in New York State.
j. G. De Witt and Mrs De Wilt, of
New York. who have been summering at
Cresson, arrived at the Monongahela last
evening.
A.F. James, d. d. Mallory, G. 8. White
and W. II. Forbes are tourists from Frank
lin. Pa, staying at the Monongahela.
FL. Whitcomb, of Chicago, President
of the Detroit Car Wheel Company, regis
tered ut the Duquesne Yesterday.
Henry and William Patton, brothers-in-
law of James a. Chambers, returned from
Europe yesterday.
C. Ford Stevens, of Philadelphia, and p.
A. Emanuel, OF Aiken, s. c., are Duquesne
guests.
Edward B. Creighton, an insurance man
from York, is registered ut the Mononga-
hela.
j. L. Bleackley, travelling man from
Manchester, England, is at the Anderson.
d. W. Way, merchant tailor from LON
don, Eng, is at the Duquesne.
F. Kepetko, of Great Falls, Mont, is a
Monongahcla House guest
A. R. Grier, of Birmingham, Eng, is at
the Duquesne.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-07
TENEMENT HOUSE ocCUPANfs
The Census of New York Taken by Sanitary
Policemen.
New York World.J

New York World.J
Chief Bullartl and his 81 sanitary police
men have completed their census of the
tenement-house population. The work has
been in progress for eight months, and it
will be long time before the results can be
collected. 1t is estimated that the number
of tenements in New York is over 40, 900. The
number of families living in them will foot
up nearly 100000, aegregatfng a tenement
house population of 100000. II this esti-
mate proves correct, it will leave a small
margin to include those persons who live in
their own houses, hotels, boarding houses,
etc., according to Superintendent PorteT's
count OF q total population of only l5l3,5Ol-
Chief Billiards. men have learned what
proportion of the rooms they visited are
used Tor workshops They have inspected
in the dead of night flats that swarmed with
people to find out what the sanitary condi-
tions are. They have viewed yards, cellars
and stables and they have counted horses,
dogs, pigs and goats, as well as people.
Nothing like this system of tenement { house
examination has ever before been tried ex-
cept as applied on n limited scale some time
ago to the Hebrew clothing workers on the
Westside by the Relief Committee Of the
Baron Hirsh fund.
1t can be stated with certainty that there
is a tendency to build houses with rooms for
four families on n floor where formerly two
families occupied the same space; that the
season has been above the average in health;
that comparatively few children under a
have been found at work.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-07
ENGLAND's AWKWARD PREDICAMENr.
Without an Ally at the Moment When
1t Needs one Badly.

without an Ally at the Moment When
1t Needs one Badly.
Cleveland Leader.l
The isolation and independence in Eu-
ropean affairs which Great Britain has only
recently rejoiced in begins to show its awk-
ward side when no other power, not even
Turkey, seems disposed to do anything to
prevent Russia from smashing what is left
of those provisions of the treaty of Paris,
which were intended to keep Russian war
ships out of the Mediterranean. France is
compelled by her friendless and perilous
position to wink at and even encourage
movements on the part of the Cars Gov
ernment which would have been deemed
cause of war in the decade following the in
vasion of Crimea.
Germany, getting no pledge of anything
but moral support from England against
offers nothing more than good wishes to
Great Britain now that Russia is seeking to
make the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles
highway for her navy. Austria dare not and
cannot act alone, and Italy doesn't count for
much, anyway. Even poor old Turkey, with
her very independence at stake, is so afraid
of Russia and so angered by British agres-
sion i'll Egypt that England would probably
be obliged to force an entrance through the
Dardanelles for fleet sent to protect Con-
stantinople from Russian occupation. It's O
fine thing for a nation to be independent
and free of the responsibilities of alliances
until it wants helf itself. Then isolation is
not so pleasant.