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The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-12-13
HOBOKEN NOTES.

The members of the Lenox Club are
making great preparations for grand
ball at Odd Fellows Hall on January "a.
Charley Fosdick. the clerk of the
Board Of Health. is confined to his home
suffering from asthma.
v The Crescent Social Club recently elect
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-12-13

The Union Hill Laedertofel held meet
ing last night at their rooms and made
arrangements to attend the ceremonies
ii the unveiiinQ of the Schubert Memo
-iai ia Philadelphia.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-12-13
SUNDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1891.

Thts paper Is democratic III principles
and Il independent IN ats rielcs Oh al
local QUESTIONS
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-12-13

il the current number of Hagpeq's
Weekly an editorial on the Chicago
Fair appears, which it seems to us.
recommends strange compromise
with principle. for y paper which
prides itself on its high standard OF
rectitude. This article reads, in part,
lis follows
It is FOR the interest Of New York that It
should take Part 10 the Fair. chicago and tne
rest az the country can asily make it success
full But il Is desirable that in snch an assembly
Of the Industrial forces OF ths Union, its great
est 81 shout Be I'D eqnas~ly rspressssntea New
STUNTS til own primacy and supremacy in W az
which 81 her communities are very fond OF snub-
blaR But there is public spirit enough am 9ng
E-W Workers to prevent them from fndlHerruce
TO 50 important and national an undertaking as
the fair. and an active committee taking the
matter ID hand wonld win a worthy response
The question is not as TO whether it
Is 10 New Works Interest," or not to
take part in the Fair. New York can
we'll afford to despise any petty adj
vantage either of direct financial
kind or in the shape OF advertising
which the Fair might afford. New
York is big enough and rich enough
to despise such things Her SUI
premacy is SO real and so pronounced
that she cannot really be benefited or
injured by participating in the Fair
or By stunning it. But even If i'm
portant advantages to her were in
yoIvsd, the issue at stake is one OF
justice, and she could better afford
te loose ten millions OF dollars than
compromise her right.
The Fair belonged on every princi-
pie 81 reason and justice to New York.
The voice Of practically the entire
world agreed that it should be held
there. But 1t was stolen away by a
vulgar, scheming coarse, nnprinci-
pied, cynical and reckless rivalry and
bestowed upon city which has about
lis much claim to II as Pekin. This act
makes the entire show an insult and
an offense 70 all fair-minded people.
II Is wrong In every stage Of its his
tory It mot only deserves no support
bur it deserves to be punished with
all the severity Of isolation that the
injured States can compass
New York and the other States OF
the East saonld--so far as they cam
make the wicked display a lasting
memory Of the disaster and shame
that arc the true need OF public
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The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-12-13

Notios il hereby ciysn that an elcction for eight
Eirecyors of this Bank viii be beld nc the fQntine
HOUSE on 4 tuesday,. tbs llih day OF January next
The pals Will b. open from Y 81 20 ! \. ~.
e. ~. cQNkIsIS. # Z
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-12-13
THE THEATRES.
Two FaVorite Stars, Maggie
Mitchell and Mantell,
Will Be Here Next
Week.
A STRANGE CONFESSION.
Gossip Of the Stage and Those
Who Play Upon 1t.

The influence that is oftimes exerted
by the player on the stage, is strikingly
illustrated in the following story, which
is related of Maggie Mitchell. who APP
pears here next week in her new play.
The Little Maverick"
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-12-13

WE are inclined to agree with Mr.
Pes1all that HaIIinger will never be
hanged. He ought to be. But our
law Is pretty certainly defective, and
MI. PeshaH has got the case into such
b coil that the man will die OF old age
before it can be tisentangIed.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-12-13

he sings nightly. The supporting COM
pany is exceedingly capable, including 4
charming comedienne, a beautiful child
actress, an Irish piper, of whom 1t Is said
He can charm the birds of the field. !"
The piece is handsomely staged
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-12-13

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF The STOCK HOLD.
Co. WIN he held az the office OF the com Danv Frl
Ter BUILDING Jerssy CITY. \ j. on siondsy pecsns
seven Directors. and for such other business as
- = = ALEXANDER MELHADo.
Secretary.
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EDWARD RIDLEY 4 SONS,

3O9, 81, 81 r. to 32l Grand ST.,
Six floors occupied exclusively by us for
the Sale of millinery. Fancy and Dress
Goods, SC.
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BANK STA TEN ENTS.

ID Export OF THE CONDITION or THE THIRD
IL National Rank at Jersey City. in the State Of
New Jersey the close OF business. December .
1891
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-12-13
EDWARD RIDLEY 4 SONS,

800, 81, 3lI IL 10 32I Grand ST,
six floors occupied exclusively by us for
the sale Of millinery, Fancy and Dress
Goods. &e.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-04

-Fontenelle preferred his asparagus
dressed with oil; but his friend, the
Able Terrasson, liked it with butter.
The latter coming to dine with him one
day, Fontenelle unselfshly ordered that
half the asparagus should be dressed his
way and the other half Terrasson's.
Just before sitting down to table, the
able was struck down by apoplexy,
whereupon Fontenelle rushed out of the
room and shouted to his cook ''All the
asparagus with oil! All of it with oil!'
1t is the boast of an old lady resid-
ing in California that George ". once
imprinted kiss upon her lips.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-04
THE QUEENS DINING ROOM.
And the Retinue of Servants That Provides
the Dinners.

And the Retinue of Servants That Provides
the Dinners.
The Queens dining room always pre-
sents a very bright and brisk aspect,
for, in addition to the crowd of servants
in their royal liveries. and some of her
Majesty's Highland and Indian domest-
les, there are the head functuaries of
the kitchen and the clerks of the cellar
in their respective uniforms. The
clerk of the kitchen, who is at the head
of the cuisine department. receives
e700 year, with his board and lodging,
and he is provided with staff of four
assistant clerks and a female mental,
who is officially known as the 'neces-
sary woman"
The chief is aided by four master
cooks, two yeomen Of the kitchen Zone
of whom is the confectionery, two
bakers, two roasting cooks, two coffee
women, and perfect regiment of as
sistants, male and female of their kind;
apprentices, scourers, kitchen maids,
two steam apparatus workers, two
'green office" men and storekeeper.
The cellar is different department.
There are plenty Of delicacies at the
and always an adequate number of the
elaborate 'Fmade Dishes which Mr.. Os-
borne termed ''ongtreys," but there are
also invariably some plain joints, both
hot and cold. Prince Albert, like Sir
Alexander Cockburn, was always
pleased to see, cold sir1oin of roast
beet on the side board, and the Queen
has throughout her life shown marked
preference for simple fare. Prince
Albert and the late Duke of Camb bridge
greatly liked the good old-fashioned
dish, sucking pig, served with prune
sauce.
There have been ''dine and sleep"
visitors at Windsor Castle every day
during the Queens residence there, but
the list of people to be asked exclusive
of the royal, official and diplomatic
guests is SO long that there will have to
be another succession during her Ma
jesty's next sojourn there in order to
clear it off.
The invitations are usually sent out
by S r John Cowell (often by telegram,
and as rule only few hours notice is
given. The guests are expected to ar
rive in time to dress for dinner, and
they leave after breakfast the next
morning.
The rule is for guests to appear in the
corridor in full dress at $50, the dinner
hour being 8:45; and the Queen comes in
from her own apartments just as the
clocks chime the quarter, bows to the
company, and proceeds into the oak
room, where dinner is served.
After it is over the company usually
stand about the corridor, or proceed in
to one OF the three draw ing rooms
which adjoin it; the Queen speaks for
few moments to each person in success
sion and then retires, and the guests
see her no more, as she never appears
in the morning; so that a visit to the
Castle does not involve much personal
intercourse with her Majesty.
After the Queen has gone to her room
the company remain in one of the draw
ing rooms for music and whist; and
when the ladies retire the men adjourn
to the smoking room, in which there is
billiard tablc.-London World.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-04
BUT ONE THING WAS LACKING.
An Impassioned Political Orator Inconti-
nentIy Snuffed Out.

An Impassioned Political Orator Inconti-
nently Snuffed Out.
''Down in my district, the story be-
gan, ''there lived soldier who wanted
to become politician. So he secured
his appointment as sub-elector, which
in our country means a man who can
make speeches, but for whom no one can
vote. Well, this young harness-maker
started off to make speeches, and he
ended his campaign in the Democratic
stronghold of the district:
''The hall which he had hired proved
too small, and he went out under an
oak tree prepared, as he says, to shake
the acorns. In the front row of the
crowd sat Major Blank, the bell-wether
of the Democratic flock. The amateur
orator was vastly pleased. If 1 can
make an impression on the Major, he
said, my political fortune is made
after great display of oratorical
fireworks, during which he kept his
eye on the Major, he descended from
the improvised platform on the side
nearest the Major, who, much to his de-
light, beckoned to him.
L have heard the greatest orators,
said the Major, and never before did
see the fire of eloquence kindled as it
was in your eyes to-day
go, thank you, said the blushing
orator.
"And your gesticulations were per-
feet. If / had been deaf l should have
understood all that you said
I am delighted, murmured the sad
dler.
"'And your voice is as musical as a
deep-toned church bell
"'You fatter me, Major interrupted
the listener again; you fatter me-
"'And if you only had some idees,
young man, concluded the Major, with
crushing emphasis Just some idees,
you would beat the world. '"-Washing-
ton Post
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-04

An English scientist John Aitken,
j.. R. s., demolishes the popular notion
that dew falls from the clouds. It is
no such celestial visitor, but an exuda-
ton from growing vegetation itself He
has carried out a series of experiments
which remorsely exclude all doubt for
even the leaf inclosed in an alright
vessel has shed from its own veins the
artght translucent drop One state
xsent which any inquirer may verify for
himself is that these liquid crystals are
always found poised at the extremity of
d vein, and in a position where they
could not have remained under the laws
of gravity if poured downward from the
aar
"A letter to the Livestock Journal
from Mr.. 2. R. Gordon, Chief Inspector
eff Stock, Queensland, states that the
experience of the colony is strongly in
favor of incubation as a protective
against pleuro-pneumonia. The prac-
tice has now twenty-eight years sue
cess to show A very practical testi-
mony is the fact that inocui ated cattle
are worth more than fifteen per cent in
price over uninoculated In New Zea-
Land incubation is reported to have
practically stamped OUT the disease
It is strange that with this experience,
well attested, many agriculturists con-
tinue to advocate the killing of the dis
eased animals as the only remedy.
In Parsonfeld, Me-, there was a cat
not many years ago cursed by the name
of Calvin because of the gravity of his
'demeanor and the severity of his coun-
tenance, who was won't to let himself
into the house by jumping upon and
pressing down with his paw the thumb b.
piece of the old-fashioned door-latch.
When he wanted to go out he ordered
enc of his servants, in which body was
included the whole family, to open the
door for him. Cornish, few years ago.
had cat that could talk, If DR.. ROBBIE
Blake, its master, may be believed.
And it's not such an incredible story to
ears that have lain awake nights listen
ing to amorous conversations on neigh
boring ridgepoles and doorsteps.
DR.. Mendel, of Berlin, has been
lmaking a profound study of the effect OF
excessive coffee drinking. He finds
that it produces q kind of neurosis so
violent at times as to drive it's victims
into a condition resembling delirium
'tremens. The doctor observed many
eases of this kind among the workmen
employed in the gun factories at Essen,
who CONSUME upward of pound of cof-
fee a week Intoxication from coffee is
followed by gloom and sleeplessness
and dislike for work. The habit when
confirmed, is attended by results as
dangerous as those following the use OF
opium or alcohol What is true of cot.
fee is also true in a less degree of tea
DR.. Mendel knows of no cure for this
kiud OF drunkenness,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-04
Not Quite Alone.

AS he entered the car he saw at a
glance that there was one seat with a
young lady in it, and he marched straight
down the aisle, deposited his grip and
overcoat, sat down and Familiarity OBJ
served:
81 entirely forgot to ask your permits
sion"
''Thats of no consequence she re-
piled.
Thanks. Travelling alone, eh?"
almost, but not quite. My husband
is in the smoker, my father and brother
are in the seat back of us, and the two
gentlemen across the aisle are my un-
cles. The conductor, who is cousin of
mine, has just gone forward, but will
return soon, and l will introduce you to
my aunts if you will go back a few
seats"
cav! Aw! seer' gasped the man,
and the floor of the car suddenly became
SO red-hot that he picked up his baggage
and his feet and lit out for the next one
ahead.-N. Y. Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-04
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.
An Era of Progress Which Benefits tn
Brute Creation.

An Era of Progress Which Benefits the
Brute Creation.
One of the best signs of the time is
the greater regard the mass of men
have for the domestic animals that
serve them. 1t shows a progression in
civilization nothing else could. When
the millennium comes, to which the
world has always been looking, it will
doubtless be much more comprehen-
sive blessing than most can now mag
ine In the nature of things the COM
panions and servants of man among
the brute creation must share so far as
their capacity allows in the benefits it
confers. Certainly the era which
brings universal peace and good will
among men can not be without most
beneficial effect on the brute creatures
which have for ages been mans COM
panions and servants. Who that has
witnessed the cruelty of barbarian man
to animals can wonder at the express
sion of the Apostle that the ''whole ere
alton groaneth until now, being bur-
dened," because of human wrong
| doing.
In the better day coming the domes-
tic animals will be none the less COM
panions to man than they are now. In
their way they seem to be preparing
for the companionship which must be
theirs unless they fall altogether out of
line with human progress. Between
them and man there is a vast differ
ence, vast and probably an impassa-
| BILE gulf fixed. Yet the love and affec-
ton that may exist between domestic
animals and their owners, or rather
their keepers, often at least seems
| to bridge this gulf; who shall
say that it does not at least render some
sort of communication possible. Horse
men who really love their horses often
credit them with almost human intelli-
gence. And as COWS receive more loving
care their appreciation of it increases,
| until, as their owners say, they seem
almost like one of the family whom
they serve.
1t will be long before outrageous
cruelty to domestic animals will be en-
tirely suppressed. But it is fortunately
| for them, as fortunate also for human
| progress and development, that these
cruelties to speechless brutes are at
last placed under the ban of human
laws, designed not less for the protec-
ton of animals than for the benefit of
the men whom they restrain from acts
of unnecessary cruelty. The dominion
of the brute creation is, we believe,
! given to man. We would not deny
him this in any point where human
benefit depends on the suffering and
even sacrifice of the lower orders of
creation that are to minister to mans
comfort and necessities. The religion
of the Hindoos, that holds all animal
life sacred, has proven it's ill-adapted-
ness TO human needs, for it can not
compete with Christianity, or even with
Judaism, in producing progressive
| humanity. But the time has come
when. not at all abandoning mans do
minion over the brute creation, he shall
recognize his higher duty, if not for their
| sake at least for his own, to give them
| the treatment that must come from one
| filled with the spirit of benevolence for
every thing that lives.-Boston Budget.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-04
LAMPS I'm CHURCHES.
Ancient ContriytIsaes for Preserving Sacred
Fires Perpetually.

u
Fires Perpetua1ly.
Among the legends of the early Celtic
saints nothing is more common than
the story of the saint being sent to
borrow fire and carrying it in his lap
without the fire burning his garment
In Ireland, before st. Patrick intro
duced Christianity, there was a temple
at Tara where fire burned ever and was
on no account suffered to go out.
When Christianity became dominant,
it was necessary to dissociate the ideas
of the people from the central idea of
fire as mixed up with the old gods; at
the same time some central fire was in
absolute need. Accordingly the church
was converted into the sacred depos-
itory of the perpetual fire, and a lamp
was kept in it ever burning, not only
that the candles might be ignited from
it for the services, without recourse being
had to friction or finder, flint and steel,
but also that the parish, the village, the
town, might obtain thence their fire.
There exists few-a very few-con-
trivances for this perpetual fire in our
churches; they go by the name of
cresset stones. The earliest known is
not in England but is in the atrium
outside the remarkable church of Saint
Ambrogio at Milan. It is block of
white marble on nodded base, now
broken but banded together with iron.
1t stands feet 10 inches high and is 2
feet inches in diameter at the top. It
consists of a dat surface in which are
depressed nine cup-like hollows.
These were originally filled with
oil, and wicks were placed in them
and ignited. In England one is still in
stu, IN the church of Lewannick, in
Cornwall. There it is not far from the
door. It consists of circular block
containing on it's fat upper surface,
like hollows, AZ inches deep. The
stone stands on rudely-molded base,
octagonal and is in all about feet 6
inches high. In Furness Abbey, among
the ruins, has been found another, with
five cups in it; at Calder Abbey another
with sixteen such cups for oil and wicks.
At York is another with six such fire.
cups, and at Stockholm another with
the same number in square stone
table. At Wool Church, Dorset, is again
another example built into the south
wall of small chapel on the north side
of the chancel. 1t is a block of Pur-
beck marble, and has in the top five
cup-shaped cavities quite blackened
with the oil and smoke. In some of
the examples there are traces of metal
pin around which the wick was twisted.
In addition to these, in several
churches are to be found lamp inches.
Some have chimneys or fues, which
pass upward, in some cases passing into
the chimneys of freplaces. Others
have conical hollows in the heads or
roofs in order to catch the SCOT and pre-
vent it passing out into the church.
Now, although these lamps and cres-
sets had their religious signifcationA
yet this religious Specification was an
afterthought The origin of them lay
in the necessity of there. being in every
place central light, from which light
at any time could be borrowed, and the
reason why it was put in the middle of
the church was to dissociate heathenish
ideas with it-COrnh:ll MAGAZINE
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-04
ANCIENT COSTUMES.
The Skirt and Bodice of Scores of Years
Apn-The Sernent in Fashion.

The Skirt and Bodice of Scores of Years
Ago-The Serpent in Fashion.
The chief point of interest in the ret
respect of the years fashions is the de-
cline and disappearance Of the tournure.
There is not a vestige of it's bumptious-
ness left The line of fashionable beauty,
in so far as skirts are concerned, is an
oblique one at the back, sloping broadly
out from the bottom of the waist to the
edge of the fan-plaited skirt. Skirts
have grown steadily longer, until now
the fashionable street gown is longer
than the house dress of 80. Broad bands
of velvet, lace, fur or passementerle, or
one or more flounces about the bottom
of the skirt, assist in spreading it wide
at the feet to stimulate the appear
ance of a fan. This skirt Us very
much gored, fans out only at the
edge, and lies some inches on the
ground 1t must not be taken up by
the wearer even in New Yorl1's dusty
streets, but sweeps on the pavement to
the wearer's dignity and grace, but to
the skirts swift ruin and destruction.
Bodices, too, have grown gradually
and decidedly longer, until now even
evening gowns are made with quaint
long Louis XIV. coats with valois sleeves
and Henry Ii. rufus. When they are not
shaped in the stiff outlines of courtly and
historic quaintness, they are not cut at
all, apparently, but wrapped about the
figure La Cleopatra, with no seams of
fastenings at ALL Sleeves have been
exaggerated to most stupendous pro-
I'D
somewhat modified, require almost more
cloth than the petticoat. Their last
years shoulder puffs extend quite to the
elbow this season, and the lower part is
fitted in closely to the arm, only to flare
again at the wrist and fall over the
hand.
All the royal insignia of former great
ness blazes on the shoulders now of
stanch republicans whose fathers or
husbands made their pile in petroleum
or lard. The Medici and the Tudors,
the Bonapartes and their royal enc
miles, courtiers and Princes of all pc
riods, have contributed their magnii
cence to the glory of the year that is
gone. Even Charlemagne has added
his mite to the general sumptuousness
in the shape of an opera cloak. AS the
sleeves increased in size, the bonnets
diminished until the outlines of the
fashionable woman are decidedly sug
gestive of kite standing on the smaller
end. And now Cleopatra has started
her collection of vipers 1.-The trail of the
serpents" is over it all. Twisted about
hats and bonnets, twined about the.
re no 1o,.o hny ha oil
braided into the couture or clasped
about the neck the serpent rears his
ugly head and flashes his jeweled eyes.
Years hence, when the antiquarian
studies the dress of the close of the
century, he will find it but a reproduc-
ton of famous in former centuries
grouped with regard as to anachron-
ism, extremely artistic in effect, but de-
void of individuality or distinctiveness.
IN. Y. Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-04
A salutarx Precautfon.

Gentlemen" said the Governor, who
had been petitioned to extend executive
clemency to prisoner convicted OF
poisoning her husband, 81 will pardon
this woman, but only on one condition. +"
/ "And that is-?'
THAT she shall not go on the stage"
Life.