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Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
Academy of Music, New York.

1t is doubtful if ever Drury Lane
Theatre in London, where 1.-The Sou
dan" was originally produced, ever con-
tanned so enthusiastic audiences during
the long run of the piece as have nightly
greeted its appearance at the Academy
of Music In New York. This is due to
the fact that 1.-THE Soudan" is melo-
drama of the most intense description,
and, although it has spectacular ele-
ments of wonderful power and attract
iveness, it is much more than a spectacle.
1t is a play with plot, action, interest
and originality far in excess of ordinary
stage productions and its peculiarihes
are snch that 1t is sure to fascinate every
theatregoer. The stage mechanism is
worked with unusual dexterity, each
scene presenting beautiful and realistic
picture. So sharply contrastcd are
many of these charges, and so elaborate
are the scenes presented. that the audi
ence burst into exclamation of surprise
and admiration at the skill and clever
ness displayed. The awakening of the
troops at night to go off on desperate
mission is a spirited piece OF work and
the stage seems peopled, out OF the
darkness, with an army corps, while the
return of the heroes through Trafalgar
SQUARE is a picture which will live in
the memory of those who behold Its
varied splendors. By clever stage
management the performance OF "Ihe
Soudan" has been brought down to two
hours and forty minutes, thus affordina
ont of town people chance OF catching
| late trains.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
Street ParadeS.

Professions in crowded streets
are a great nuisance and result is
no good to any one Even the
amusement afforded the loafng
population is not appreciated by
that class of people if one judges
by their jeers and gibes as the
paraders pass by. Generally,
crowded thoroughfares are select
ed for professions because people
who march and don regalia of
variegated colors and gildings, GO
out to be seen and cause a sensa-
ton. If they only knew how
much the average citizen cares to
look at them they would select
some quiet street or march on the
country road where the fence
stakes would not rail at them and
the police would not help to
blocade the streets. A circus par
ade or any procession given to
advertise a theatrical company OF
similar attractions, seems more
consistent, for there is method in
their madness; but for cold
blooded commonplace citizens tc
| parade the streets to show them
selves and interrupt business is Z
nuisance that ought to be stopped
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
A GREAT SIGHT.

TIE Great Southern Exposition
opened in the City of Raleigh, N. c., on
the first day of October. The Governor
of North Carolina delivered the opening
speech and welcoming address. Every
thing passed off in the best shape, and
the many Northern people who have
taken advantage of the low rate of fare,
speak in the highest praise of the re-
ception they are receiving. The show
is a great one to the Northern visitors.
Much interest is taken in the cotton gin
ming and packing, and there is con-
slant crowd around the turpentine and
rosin still Many strange and interest
ing sights are shown, and every day
something new is presented to the visit
ors. The Exposition lasts during the
months of October and November.
Tickets can be bought at 229 Broadway,
New York, and at Bay Line Steamers
wharf at Baltimore.
A great feature of the Exposition IS
the exhibit made by the negro race. II
is worth going a thousand miles to see
what the slaves of former years have
accomplished in twenty odd years OF
freedom; and what is shown demonstra-
tes the fact that all the work done fol
the colored people has not been done IN
vain 1t is certainly an interesting
feature to those who have aided in help.
ing the colored people. The railroad
rates are low, and every one should
avail themselves Of this opportunity te
see the South and learn what the white
and colored races are doing.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
Registered and Special Deliv-
cry Letters.

An official of thePost Office De.
partinent is quoted as saying that
as soon as the people get hold Of
the point that the same care is ex-
ercised over a special delivery let
ter that is given a registered let
ter very few of the latter will be
sent.
He adds: "You can have a let
ter delivered by special messenger
without any delay for ten cents
1t costs the same to register &
letter. The Government does not
insure the delivery of registered
letter. 1t only promises to exer.
else the greatest possible care ir
delivering it to the person to whom
it is addressed. 1t is put in {
special pouch. The same is true
of a special delivery letter Oh
package. The cost and care are
identically the same, with the ad
vantage of having the special de
livery delivered sooner than the
registered package"
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
Ontario and Western r. r.
A Good Record.

If the Vanderbilts are endeavor-
ing to get the New York, Ontario
and Western into their drag net,
as reported, there was no ind1ca-
tion of it at the Ontario's annual
meeting last week. President
Farmer, who has been i'll all sum-
mer, was in the chair, and in the
election of officers and directors
there was no change in the man
agement.
The annual report indicates an
enviable prosperity in the amount
of business done and in the road S
financial condition. Gross earn
ings for the year ending June 80
were S., ,Soo,7o2, an increase of
$6oo,a56 or a7.69 per cent. Rem
tails and fixed charges, $553,8oo,
leaving surplus of $Ioo,43o Net
earnings for the year, $654,33o, an
increase of 5I.32 per cent.
Second class passenger traffic
has fallen off owing to some of
the trunk lines failing to live up
to their agreement.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
Drs. STARKEY g. PALEN'S
Treatment by Inhalation.

1t does not act as most drugs do, by
creating another ailment, and benefting
one organ at the expense of another,
often requiring a second course to erad-
icate the evil effects of the first, but
Compound Oxygen is a revitalizer, re-
newing. Strengthening, invigorating the
whole body.
These statements are confirmed by
tiuinetous testimonials, published in our
book of 200 pages, only with the express
permission Of the patients; their names
and addresses are given. and you can
refer to them for further information.
+" Comp0Hnd Oxygen-ItS nt0de Of
Acfzon and Results" is the title of a
new book of 200 pages, published by Drs.
Starkey & Palen, which gives to all in
quirers full information as to this remark
able curative agent, and a record of sur
prising cures in a wide range Of chronic
cases-rnany of them after being aban-
doned to die by other physicians. Will
be mailed free to any address on appli-
cation.
DrS. StarkeY & Palen,
1929 Arch ST., PhiIadeIpbfa, Pa.
12O Sutter ST., San Francisco, Cal,
Please mention this Paper.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
ROYS WANTED.

Boys of spirit, boys of will,
Boys of muscle, brain and power,
Fit to cope with anything
These are wanted every hour.
Not the weak and whining dr5nee,
Who all troubles magnify,
Not the gfoveling word II can't"
But the noble one, "I'll try.
Do whate er you have TO do
With d true and earnest zeal,
Bend y6af sinews to the task,
Put your shoulder to the wheel:
Though yoiir duties may Be hard,
Look not on it as an i'll;
If it be an honest task
Do it with an honest will.
In the. workshop, on the farm,
At the desk, where'er you be;
From your efforts-mark it, boys
Comes a nations destiny.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
ALONE For Women. /.

The Wofiien's Christian TEN
perance Union of Paterson has es-
tabiished a home for friendless
women. They have rented the
house 345 Straight street, which
will be fitted up for the desired
object. As it is far from being
thoroughly furnished as yet, it is
hoped that all who are in sym.
pathy with the movement will ex.
tend a hand and assist in furnish.
ing this home.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
From the Daily News.
$4,000 Toward an Hospital.

From what transpired at the
hospital meeting in DIR. Van
Riper's on Monday night, we feel
perfectly confident tnat Passaic
will soon have public hospital
and one in keeping with its other
public buildings. To have four
thousand dollars subscribed on the
spot is an encouraging outlook
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10

At the New Home office 27S Main
avenue there is for sale at a very low
price, in order to make room for new
stock, an ancient melodian or organ. 1t
is said to be over 100 years old, and
Judging from its appearance the state.
ment mighteasily be correct. Their els still
music in its keys. Mr.. w. D. W. Cuynes
will let the instrument go at very low
f1n11rR
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10

THE biggest fly wheel in the Unitei States
was turned few days ago in response to the
touch of President Whitney of the West Fad
Street Railway Company of Boston, at the
new power house. The wheel is twenty
eight feet in diameter, ten feet seven inches
face and weighs eighty tons, with two belts
four feet six inches in width, and running
1000 feet per minute.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
The Passaic Trust and
Safe Deposit Co.,

NOF. NldlIl O. DlOOIlillOia HNSosy
PaSSaiC, NJ. J.
Sayings received on deposit. Three
per cent. interest allowed. Investment
of trust funds solicited from executors
administrators and others, with whom
special rate of interest can be arranged
for deposit on call Bills of Exchange
issued on all European countries at cur
rent.New York City rates.
FOREIGN MONEY BOUGHT,
Safety deposit boxes to rent, So, 81, SI2
and SIS per annum Empowered to act
as executor, administrator, ETC.. and ex-
ecute trusts authorized by law.
Open from a. m. to P. m.
Wednesday evening, to 5.
Saturday evening, to O.
DIRECTORS.
CHAS. M. HOWE, President,
R0BT. ID. KENT, N1ce-Presidehts
THOS. M. MOORE, Attorney,
JOHN j. SLATER. Treasurer.
PETER Reid. Edo Kip,
ToianJ. Bowes. Geo. B. WaterhOuse
M. e. WOrthen, ID. Carlisle,
JOhu A, Wfllett, #. A. Soule,
VIM. r. CASTOR, #. w. Soule.
r. M. Swans A. =. van - nou.e. "a.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
NIGHT SCHOOL.

The Night School will open for the
winter session, at school building No.
on Passaic Street, on Monday evening
October IL. at 7.3o o'clock.
BY order of the
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
A Little Stowaway
From Manchester, England, TO the
Record Office.

With our foreign mail last Mon
day, tucked in between the Man.
chester England Meas and Cou-
rier, there came to the RECORD
office little stowaway in the
shape of Post Card" addressed
to the Clerk of the School Board
of Manchester. 1t contained a
weekly school report, with in
structions that the same should be
sent in every Thursday. Post
master McGrew promised to hast
en- II back, but its trip of over six
thousand miles will make it trif1e
late in reaching the Clerk.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10

Happy and content is a home with '"rhe Ro-
chester a lamp with the light of the morning
Cal on Rochester Lang ca - Psrs-i.ass. ", X.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10
MAeCHESNEY'S
CLASSICAL AND
BUSINESS
COLLEGE,
School Of Shorthand and TyDGWriting.
1856 Words per minute in three months.

No charge for position furnished Elk
penses moderate. Facilities superior. Ad-
dress, DR.. C. Eugene MacChesney, corner
Division and Summer streets, Paterson, J.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-10

BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-12

One of the graduates at West Point
says: Il am now trying to relearn the
use of pockets. For five years l have
been without that pleasant domestic
feature in my trousers, and | am glad
to find that they are still in vogue.
Very few people are familiar with the
binding nature of the routine at the
government school. In my course
there l have been away from the Point
once on a two or three days leave. Yet
l have not found the restraint irksome.
The work is hard but pleasant, and one
must be hard to please who cannotf find
a congenial set of friends there.
Before taking my leave of absence,
granted for six weeks after graduation,
| selected a certain number of posts OF
those submitted to me-three selections
were allowed me-and ran my chances
on getting the one of the three / most
cared for. The government always
sends the new men west, but does not
summarily dismiss them TO some wilder.
ness without consulting their prefer
ences in the matter.
For instance, ont Of the available
posts submitted TO me / chose one or
the coast, one in Colorado and one in
Kansas. According to the vacancies
which may exist / am sent to one Of
these three. Naturally the posts with
the best reputation for life are pitched
on by the vast majority. There may
be but a vacancy or two TO ill. a mans
standing at the completion of his course
has a great deal TO do with his getting
the best. st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-12

Paris. like all other great cities, hai
been much concerned with the question
how to dispose of sewage. At present
most of the outflow Of the collector,
pours into the Seine. t % its serious pol
luton. But some years ago the mu.
nicipality purchased several thousand,
of acres Of land in the plain of Genne.
v%illiers, a Jew miles down the river,
and began the experiment of a sewage
farm. The project has been an un.
qualified success.
An extension from the Pere-Lachaise.
st. Denis collector carries a large guam.
THY Of sewage to the farm, where it i;
used by irrigation as a fertilizer, Will
the best of results in every way. Al
present one-fifth or more of the tOtaI
sewage effiuent Of Paris is used on the
land at G~ennevilliers, and in due time
the whole quantity can be diverted
from the river to this and other tract.
of land which have been selected a,
suitable for the purpose.-D Alberf
Shaw in Century.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-12

gooc grOun-s For believing that they
endure as long as a hundred years.
Their growth is exceedingly slow. al
most beyond belief. indicating that
only a little nourishment is necessary
to keep them alive. In dry time they
have the power to suspend growth alto
gether, renewing it again at the fall Of
rain. This peculiarly alone is enough
to make the lichen a vegetable wonder.
as it is a property possessed by no other
species of plant.
Another interesting fact about lichens
is that they grow only where the air is
free from dust and smoke. They may
be said to be a sure indication of the
purity of the air, as they are never
found growing in cities and towns
where the atmosphere is impregnated
with dust. SCOT. smoke and other i'm
purities. st Louis Republic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-12

of all housewives in Europe, prob
ably the German is the hardest worked
and of all European mothers the Ger
man practices most completely the art
of swathing and padding her baby and
of putting it on the shelf. The Ger
man baby is swaddled in a long, a
row pillow, which is made to meet com
pletely round him. being tucked up
over his feet and turned under his
solemn chin. Three bands of gay blue
ribbons are then passed round the
whole bundle and tied in large, horid
bows about where his chest, his waist
and his ankles may be supposed to be.
In this guise he can be deposited as
an ornament either on the sumptuous
best bed. or on the kitchen dresser, or
ON the drawing room table. How fond
the Germans are of this presentment of
baby may be guessed from the fact
that it figures largely in their picture
books, among their dolls, and even in
the bakers shops at Easter time, made
of dough and covered with sugar, to be
dsvoured by greedy live babies. STRAND
Magazine.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-12

The process of the youthful mind
when it gets to logical deduction is apt
to be fearful and wonderful, and the
adult intellect is lot always easily able
10 follow:
At a kindergarten class not long since
the teacher asked her pupils 20 give an
example Of a cylinder from some object
which they had at home
Asparagus" One small boy 70
sponded very promptly.
my mother had rhubarb," another
nid briskly. thus catching at half the
cylinder idea and yet improving an op-
portunity to boast Of something which
his family enjoyed
The third. overcome by the connec-
ton Of ideas on the culinary side, lost
sight Of the original proposition alto
gether and cried out with the air Of one
who Is not 10 be beaten:
We'll my mothers going TO make
some root beer anywayF-Boston
Courier.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-12

and the tramp got under way While
the assembled audience prepared fol
more laughter. One foot came down,
then the other. Again the pedall
made the circuit, and the wheelmar
applauded:
Good boy; keep it up, keep it upl'
And the tramp did. There was a
sudden bending Of the back, a swift
squirt, and the astonished young mar
gazed on the wanderer going down
West jackson street with the speed Of
the wind.
One safety bore a double load return
ing home that night, for the tramp did
not return. Chicago News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-12

Two cyclers were resting their weary
limbs on West jackson street. Then
2feties leaned against a contiguous
horse post and the recumbent wheel
men lolled on the grass and pulled the
tnvtncible cigarette Into the midst %
this picturesque group stroIled a wan
dsrer. q weather beaten. bearded tramp.
Eyeing the bicycles with a wistfuI gaze,
he said:
Them things hard to rider
Not at all" wa the reply.
Think mebbe ! could straddle one
q EN-" soliloquized the gentleman OF
in6nite leisure. and added: Say, dc
you think l could ride itF'
Get on and try
Selecting a wheel the tramp climbed
On, lost his balance and fell of, while
the two cyclers roared with laughter,
and a crowd began to gather. Again
he valnly attempted to mount. and
again came a roar Of laughter.
Il say, be pleaded. won't one On
yous hold the outfit till I get onF'
The accommodating joker compiled,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-12
w.d.n-day, August IL, 1891.
WHERE Nonzy WAS SCARCE.

Two Letters That Show the Real Pow
erty In the Webster Family.
The following extracts FROM the let
ters of Daniel Webster and his brother
Ezekiel win indicate how the young
men had TO struggle with poverty
through their college days. The reader
win remember that the home farm was
mortgaged to pay Daniels expenses
through college, and when it vas pro
posed to give Ezekiel similar advan-
tages the father and mother held .
council. The farm is already mort
gagged" said the old gentleman, ''and
II we send Ezekiel to college it will take
all we have; but the boys think they
can take cars of us"
1t did not take the strong hearted,
sagacious woman long to decide the
matter. I'VE can trust the boys" she
said.
So the matter was settled. Daniel
went back to Hanover, while Ezekiel
went, bundle in hand. L Doctor
Woods and began the study of Latin,
his expenses being but a dollar a week.
In November. 1902. Daniel was at
home in Salisbury, while Ezekiel was
struggling with poverty at Hanover.
Funds were getting low in the Webster
homestead. Daniel writes under date
of Nov. A:
Now, Zeke. you will not read half
a sentence. no, not one syllable, before
you have thoroughly $ arched this sheet
for scrip; but my word for it. you'll
find no scrip here. We held "A sanhe-
drin this morning a the subject of
cash. Could not h upon any way to
get you Any. Ju before we went
away TO hang our Ives through disap-
pointment it came into our heads that
mex week might 10.
The truth is father had an execu-
ton against Hubbard, of North Ches-
ter, for about 500. The money was
collecting and just ready to drop into
the hands Of the creditors, when Hub
bard suddenly died. This. you see.
stays the execution till the long process
of administering is completed.
Il have now by me two cents in law
ful currency. Next week | shall send
them, if they be all.
"We are all here Just in the old way.
always behind and lacking Boys dig
ging potatoes with frozen fingers. and
girls washing without wood"
Ezekiel writes TO Daniel at about the
same time, the two letters probably
crossing each other.
These cold. frosty mornings very
sensibly inform me that / want a warm
greatcoat. l wish, Daniel, it might be
convenient to send me cloth for one.
otherwise | shall be necessitated to
purchase here. do not care what
color it is-anything that will keep the
frost out. Some kind of shaggy cloth,
1 think, would be cheapest. Deacon
Pettingill has written Offering me four
teen dollars a month to teach school. |
believe shall take it.
money. Dan. money! As I was
walking down to the Office after a let
ter | happened TO have one cent. which
is the only money / have had since the
second day after came on. 1t is a
fact, Dan. that | was called on for a
dollar where / owed it. and borrowed
IL and have borrowed it four times
since to pay those | borrowed off,
YOuth's COunapfon /
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-12

At the beginning of this century the
price of hippopotamus ivory was s.. rs
per pound. Since the American inven-
ton of porcelain enamel Tor artificial
teeth it is no longer sought for, and the
value of the animal depends at present
on the hide and the fat. The latter re-
sembles lard, and the former is used for
whips. A hippopotamus differs from
most aquatic animals in this particular,
that, instead of diving head first it
sinks backward and disappear by
throwing the nose upward. There is
also a marked difference between this
beast and the crocodile as regards the
power OF remaining under water.
The former, notwithstanding its SzaoN
mou' lungs, must come up to breathe
In ten minutes at the longest, whereas
the crocodile a stay beneath the sur
e<ce for almost any length Of time
Tue crocodile has the power of living
through the hot season in a torpid state,
buried in the mud, which dries and
hardens above him. WGen the mud is
softened in the rainy season the animal
resumes its activity. 1t seems that
erOcodiles measuring twenty-five fee
in length have frequently been killed
There is no doubt that one Of these
could swallow an ordinary human
being. A large specimen having bees
killed and cut open in Ceylon the bod
of a native was found ia its stomach
n W. Hazleton in New York Ledger.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-12
when a Lobster Drop. His Claws.

The lobster is greatly in dread Of
thunder, and when the peals are very
loud numbers of them drop their claws
and swim away for deeper water. Any
great fright may also induce them to
drop their claws. But new claws begin
at once to grow, and in a short time
are as large as the old ones and covered
with hard shells. The lobster often
drops its shell, WI en- it hides until IN,
new shell is hard enough to protect it.
Exchange.