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Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
Hotel and Opera House.

We hear rumors of plans for a
large hotel and opera house for
Passaic, and will be glad to learn
of their materializing. Passaic,
with her many handsome resid-
ences and 1900 population, should
have frst-class hotel, and a hall
for Observation-Disclosures and
otherwise; and it is surprising that
some one has not taken hold of the
matter before. During a recent
visit to the thriving town of Penn
Van, on the shores of Kellka Lake,
in Western New York, we were
surprised at the excellent hotel
accommodations, the commodious
and substantial business houses,
and the gem of an opera house,
which are maintained by and for
the seven or eight thousand inhab-
itants. Perhaps our new Board of
Trade can do something to encour-
age the proposed improvement.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
The Origin of White OathS.

Some one has been looking up
the origin of some of the peculiar
white oaths that people use, and
the result is interesting. The oath
"by jimini " is not classic in appear
ance but it is clearly a corruption
of Latin gemini, " or" twins" as
applied to the demi-gods Astor
and Pollux. What does my lady
mean when she sighs, "Oh Dear?"
She is simply initiating Madame,
who says "Mon Dieu," with gallic
vivacity. When the man of the
world calculates "the deuce !" he
imagines that he is talking English.
Oh no. He is talking Latin again
and evoking the devil, designated
in the word "Dusius :" When our
rural friends gasp "gosh" with
astonishment depicted on their
countenances, they are simply Civ
ing sibilant ending to the other
wise hard-sound name of the Deity.
When the gushing school girl twit-
ters goodness gracious" if she
would think moment and reverse
the words, she would never use
them again lightly. A little study
of the true meaning of words
might save great deal of unin-
territorial profanity.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15

Last summer the local editor of
the NeWs was so elated over the
receipt of a mess of fish from Free
holder Biddell that he editorially
thanked Mr.. Biddell for his
thoughtfulness in placing the gift
where it would do the most good.
On Friday last he made the fol-
lowing significant remarks: "Mr.
]. S. Biddell is the only one of our
four Freeholders who does not
need to see the boys this year.
What will poor Dennis do for brain
food? In his Political Pot a few
days ago Dennis made a serious
mistake by emitting the name of
his associate editor, whom we all
know is an aspirant for honors,
empty and otherwise. Perhaps
the pot was not boiling, and they
may prefer to get the fat-iron hot
before they put the kettle on.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
What Will He Be Into Next?

"Oliver Odd" writer of "Satur-
day Salad" for the Ne70s who made
his public appearance in Passaic a
year or two ago, keeps the good
people of our city constantly on
the anxious seat and each one is
wondering what he will be into
next. The last dish of "Salad ;"
was exceedingly tinny and gritty,
and savored unpleasantly of gar
bage and old shoes-not a palat-
able dish, certainly. AS an
esteemed gentleman recently re-
marked: at is difficult to under
stand what position this man aims
to hold in Passaic-a speculator,
preacher or a public censor"
He has been de1ving into real
estate, oil-cloth factory, Passaic
street mission, newspapers and
"fat-irons, and last Saturday
made the surprising announce
ment that he had been delv-
ing into ash barrels mot with
a discarded poker, however) along
the avenue on which he re-
sides and he finds that, "untidiness
and waste is written in glaring
characters inside and outside many
an ash barrel" How will his
neighbors feel the next time they
roll out their ash barrels?
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
Passaic is not Terrorized.

The following statements, pub
lished in the Paterson Call, are as
ridiculous as they are untrue:
Robbers as bold as Robin Hood con-
tinue to ravage Passaic.
people of Passaic are becoming
terror-striken at the bold and nefarious
operations of band of housebreakers. "
During the past twelve months there
have been over a score of robberies in
Passaic."
1.-The success with which the thieves
carry out their work astonishes every
one. People living in quiet and remote
districts have taken great precautions
against being raided, but still the brig
ands accomplish their work and escape. ;"
Whether our neighbor wishes to
frighten people away from Passaic
as an unsafe place of residence we
cannot tell. Certainly the people
are not "terrorized," no houses
have been actually "broken into"
the number of attempts at thiev-
ing have not reached a score nor
even a dozen, and the police are
not "powerless." It is true three
OF four slight attempts at thieving
have been perpetrated, the parties
to which have not been appre
hended. 1t is more than likely,
however, that when they are dis
covered they will be found to hail
from our big suburb and not from
our own midst.
The CaVs startling lines remind
us of the glaring heading '"TRAMPs
CAPTURE PAssAIc," used by the
World and other New York papers
some five years ago when the
residence of 0. S. Freeman was
entered at midnight by thieves who
undertook to carry off many valu-
able wedding presents, but were
disturbed by the click of Colts
revolver as Mr.. Freeman went
down stairs and through the par
lor into the dining room, when
they fled after firing one shot and
receiving one in return, the effect
of which was never known, as the
ball could not be found; while the
shot from their pistol was imbeded
in the door jam few inches from
where Mr.. Freeman stood. The
sensational newspaper reports had
the effect of making many people
think that Passaic was an unsafe
place to live in.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
Wife Murder and Whisky.

Is it true, that in the last two
years no less than 1900 wives have
died of brutal treatment, commit
ted by husbands while they were
under the influence of liquor? If
this statement is correct, the facts
are most appalling; worse than
cholera, smallpox and yellow fever
put together. Is there not some
way to put stop to a legalized traf-
hc, the effects of which are so terri
BILE? Or at least to check the pro-
gress of so great an evil? 1t may
tax the wits of out greatest and best
thinkers; but surely something can
and ought to be done in the way
of active measures.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15

The people of Grove street complain
that the garbage gatherer did not visit
them on Saturday as usual, and the
consequence is that their garbage bar
serted village.-Ne7OS.
If the G. G. does not remove the
barrels before Saturday "Oliver
Odd +" will be able to gather
another dish of ash barrel "Salad
for the readers of the Weavs.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
Keep Before the Public.

To a certain extent general ad-
vertising creates want 1t an
nounces new things and familiar
ICES the public with old ones. Gen
eral advertising is of as great value
to the advertiser in keeping an es-
tablished article before the public
as in introducing new one. The
most successful business men real
ize this, and they never let the pub
lie forget their existence. The oft
repeated assertion that advertise
ments are not read is proved to be
lie of the most senseless kind by
the advertisers record of results
j Journalist.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
The New and the Old.

The month of January, the or
phan of December, is now fairly
upon us. AS robed, how fair and
promising seem this laughing
nurseling? Every jewel in his
crown scintillates in the dazzling
grandeur of his surroundings.
Bright forms glide hither and
thither or fit about his throne,
eager to greet and serve their in
FAINT sovereign. Promises of rich
rewards are by him extended alike
to all. No fond request goes un-
noticed; princes ask for kingdoms,
and beggars ask for bread, and
they are smiled upon and given to
hope. The great ruler looks about
him and sees kingdoms tottering,
the mighty conqueror leads forth
his armies and we wait to feel the
world tremb1e; the fearless navi-
gator scours the unknown deep and
through the mist beho1ds ver-
dant undiscovered land. What
powers, what fame what riches
and what glories are soon to be
theirs? May the realization of
their hopes be the good fortunes
of all such dreamers.
But now let us turn and pass
through the curtained arch to the
bier of the year which is dead.
We must tread softly less we dis
turb the tapers that do burn and
dim1y shadow his corse. How
ghastly and stark now seems our
monarch; yet we have seen him as
radiant as our infant king, and
although our profuse requests and
bright hopes were not all realized
to our desires, he was a tender
nurse to us, a kind and indulgent
guardian. He seemed a universal
tyrant rather than our individual
prosecutor. Let us recall some of
the thousands of dark and dread
full happenings of his troubled
reign. The elements seemed to
have waged war against one an
other. Disasters of the most
appalling natures followed quick
in the wake of each other. Floods,
confagrations, shipwrecks and
railway collisions set the world in
turmoil. And what region of
the globe Jared worse than our
own dear America? Abroad the
grass already grows green over
the tombs of kings and emperors,
who have withered and fallen dur
ing the short expanse of two years.
Great over-bloated powers have
become disgruntled and threat
ened to crush one another. En-
pires have undergone social and
political revolutions, crumbled,
and in their places have sprung
up and been firmly seated modern
Republics.
Thus while the world was envel-
oped in and laboring under
weight of faults and miseries,
which it will yet take ages to over
come and cast out, the grim
recorder bends over his calendar
anxiously watching the last grains
of sand pass out of his glass.
Then with the eagerness of
conquerer he grasps his chalk and
scores another victory. But do
not let us look back, we have no
thing to fear or care in what was
or might have been: but let us
together stride forward. On the
condition of our near future de-
pends our terrestrial welfare and
our celestial happiness hereafter.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
Both for $500,

The January number of the Cottage
Hearth is as CHEEKY and bright as a
wood-fre. 1t contains an art lithograph
in bright colors on embossed paper,
printed so cleverly that it can hardly be
distinguished from an original painting.
Accompanying it is a fine poem by Celia
Thaxter. the last verse of which we es-
pecially like:
"Skies may be dark with storm,
While fierce the north wind blows,
Yet earth at heart is warm,
And the snowdrift hides the rose. y
The leading prose contribution is a
letter from Mr.. Claire Orr, a member of
the Expedition now penetrating Central
Africa from the South with a view to
discovering the lost Ophir, or the verit-
able king Solomon's Mines"
Our readers will remember we offer
both the RECORD and the Cottage Hearth
for 1891 for the single sum of 5000. In
order to secure the beautiful colored
frontispeice of the January Cottage
Hearth, subscriptions should be sent in
at once. before the edition is exhausted.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
Her Board of Trade Did 1t.

Through the Board of Trade of
Peekskill. N. Y, manufactory and
foundry have been persuaded
to locate in that village, without
the offering of any inducements;
and $4,000 has been pledged by
popular subscription to induce a
shoe factory to locate there.
Passaic and other manufacturing
towns must look to there laure1S.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15

We congratulate the publishers
of the Paterson Call on their pros
poets of building of their own.
The Call is the only morning paper
and one of the best dailies in Pat
erson. It's new home will be on
the Washington Hall site fronting
on Broadway. By liberal and
careful management the Call has
won and merits success.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
Baptist Church Services.

Regular divine worship every Sunday
at Io.45 a. m. and Jas p. m. in the hall.
of the P. c. w. and A. A. Rev Arthur
5. Burrows, Pastor. Young Peoples
Society of Christian Endeavor meets in
the hall every Sunday evening at p. m.
The Sunday School meets at 2.3o pm. in
the Presbyterian church. w. A. Crosby
superintendent
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
Special Notice.

~ We aUiI e0nszdey 1T a favoy ii
these aOAo are yeestving Tie RECORD
regularly, but vAo haze not as yet
HANDED IN their sadseyIpffon. wsU
kindIy do 50 az 0nce.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
SITUATION WANTED.

An active middle aged man wants
situation TO attend an invalid gentleman
has had experience, is strictly temper
ate and has patience.
Address X II, RECORD Office
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
THE GRAND MARCH WILL
BEGIN at 9 O'CLOCK.

Supper will be provided in the large
Dining Room on the floor, below,
and no one need go out of the Hall.
No expense will be spared. No effort
will be omitted to make this event
eclipse all other balls ever held in the
county.
The grand success of the first ball of
this Association has caused numbers to
request reunion of the Association this
coming January, and Mr.. Primrose, hop
ing to have the assistance of all his
friends, will endeavor to please them if
possible, more than before.
Pyeszaent-JACOB WISE.
Vzee-Pyeszdent-JAMES CLARE.
FINANCIAL .Secyefary-J. WEBER.
Reeoydfng Seerefary-J. LOUGHLIN.
Treasnrer-M. PETT1GREW.
Special train for New York will leave
Paterson on the Main line of the Erie at
3A. M. Stops at all stations. no2otd
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15

Happy and content is a home with The Ro-
chester" a lamp with the light of the morning.
For catalogue, zo,fte Rochester Lamp Co. Ney YoyA.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15

Robinson's Full Band will furnish Music.
The Hall will be decorated with il1u.
limitations, plants, flags, etc., in an artis.
tic manner by a professional decorator.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15
A TRAMP
Passafc Post Office Directory.

Office opens 100 am. Closes 100 pm
Money Orders issued 500 am. to 6. 90
p.rIl.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15

ARRIVAL OF MAILS
100 am. East and west. and Paterson
900 am. East and West and Paterson
LOO pm. East and Paterson.
I.34 pm. Rutherford
3.I5 pm. Paterson and Western Local.
a. 80 pm. East and Paterson.
$50 p. m. East.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15

CLOSING OF MAILS,
$40 am. East and West and Paterson.
10. 10 am. East.
IL. 90 m. East and Paterson.
2.45 pm. East and Local.
$50 pm. Orange County. and West.
500 pm. Paterson.
Gas pm. East and West.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15

COLLECTIONS BY CARRIERS.
From Business Portion of the City.
700 and 900 am. and LOO and 4. 80 D. m.
From Resident Portion of the City.
100 and 100 p. M, and 4.3o pm.
BENJAMIN E. MCGREw,
Postmaster
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15

DELIVERIES.
To Business Portion of the City:
100 and g 90 a. M, and LOO and d. 80 pm.
To Resident Portion of the City
100 am, LOO and 4,3o pm.
Passaic City record., 1891-01-15

Attest:
JOHN A. HEGEMAN,
ANDREW MCLEAN, Directors.
HENRY MYERS,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-09
Tin Imports.

That our democratic brethren are
getting short of ammunition to fire at the
Mckinley bill is shown by the impor-
lance they give the fact that about Is,
100000 pounds of tin plate were i'm
ported during June, the last month
before the new tariff of % cents per
pound went into effect. Some wildly
claim this supply will last two years,
and that our WEIGH friends have loaded
the market so that home manufacturers
will haYe no show at all.
As a matter of fact this large amount
OF tin hardly exceeds what our great
country consumes every month of this
useful article. In 1889 England sold us
742, 136, $40 pounds of tin plate, an
average Of 81, 844, 720 pounds per month.
This was two years ago, and while we
have not figures for 1890 at hand it is
safe to presume the annual consumption
increases at least 10 per cent which
would bring the amount required in
June 1891 up to 74,S32,lll pounds, so
that the amount forced into our markets
last month in anticipation of the McKin-
ley bill could not have been over few
hundred thousand pounds beyond the
legitimate demand.
Our home manufacturers, who are
already able to fill orders, have given
their patrons notice that there will be
no advance in price consequent on the
increased duty. Thus does the infant
industry show its influence, and remove
another prop from the free traders
argument.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-09
NOTED IN ART CIRCLES.

DUBOIS, the French sculptor, piqued
that his statue was badly placed in the
Paris salon, smashed it into atoms, in
stead of smashing the committee.
MRS. MACKAY's portrait by Nelson
Ter, which was supposed to have been
destroyed, now forms part of the gallery
at Mrs. Macllay's new house in London.
PROF. PFUHL, of the Berlin university,
has received a years leave of absence
for the purpose of assisting his father
in-law, Prof. Koch, in the preparation of
his works for publication.
Guy DE MAUPAssANT, the French au-
thor, is man of forty, cynic and a
hypochondriac. In manner he is eccen-
trio and brusque even toward women.
In his literary work he is prodigy of
industry.
NJ. NJ. PoMEBoY, familiarly known as
Brick" is about sixty years old, bald,
and wears chin beard. He resembles
country Methodist parson. Humorous
writing consumes only portion of his
time as he is engaged in mining opera
tions near Denver.
JOHN j. BOYLE, of Philadelphia, will
model the figure of an Intlian, six feet
six inches high, to stand on the battle
field of Gettysburg in honor of the
Forty-second New York. The figure
viii stand before tent holding spear.
The bronze work is TO be finished by
Bureau Bros, Philadelphia.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-09
ST. NICHOLAS.

The July ST. NICHOLAS has a rich
abundance of the short and bright
articles which children are so fond of
reading, there being thirty items in the
table of contents.
The first story, RESCUED by the
Enemy" deals with the defeat of a
party of marauding "Whaleboat-men
on the north shore of Long Island, in
Revolutionary days. by the timely
arrival of some British Marine officers.
1t is illustrated by Birch, one of the
pictures forming the frontispiece.
The serials by j. T. Trowbridge and
j. .. Davidson are full of incident, and
of the bright verses and funny pictures
we can specify only few: "A Sug-
gestion" to the Weather Bureau will
win hearty Endorsement; Birch's Young
Pam is charming, as are his pictures to
"A Bachelor of Maine," by Ellen
Douglas Deland; Mildred Howells sings
"A Song of Folly" and illustrates it
with clever pencil; and Oliver HEREFORD
shows us giraffe who complains that
his bot tea cools before he can swallow
it. A bright hi. of verse by Ii. A.
Ogden is the third item where author
and Illustrator are one person, and
there are many more nuggets, including
a sunshiny sketch, by Brennan, of a
little girl going to post letter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-09
READ AND REMEMBER.

To RENDER cloth or any fabric fire.
proof dip it into a weak solution Of
chloride Of zinc, ten cents worth to one
quart Of water
10 SUPPRESS a sneeze, a thing very
often desirable, press the finger hard
against the upper lip. It will always
prevent sneeze.
To TAKE iron rust out of linen. hold
the part that is rusted over bowl filed
with boiling water. rub it out with lem
on juice and salt, or with a solution Of
oxallc acid. When the spot disappears
rub out the place in hot water.
A SURE indication of death is obtained
by the injection beneath the skin of a
drop of strong spirits Of ammonia.
Should red spot appear, the patient is
IN a comatose state; should no such eff
feet follow, death has taken place
To REMOVE obstinate shoppers from
glass bottles, dip piece of wooden
cloth into boiling hot water and wrap
1t tightly around the neck of the bottle.
In few minutes the stopper can be re-
moved, as this method has never been
known to fail
To KEEP steel ornaments from rusting
when not in use, sift powdered starch
through fine muslin, place in a paste
board box and plunge the articles of
steel into the starch, quite covering
them. When wished for use simply
brush off all the starch. Keep from
damn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-09
TRANSFERRING oF LATE.

A CITIZEN of Cordele, Ga, caught a
rabbit the other day that had gold
chain about'his neck.
A WOMAN in Slater, Mo-, pricl1ed her
finger while handling insect powder,
and suffered severely for some months.
THE people of Starlight, Grundy
county, Mo, complain that the man who
carries the mail to that town puts young
pigs, etc, in the pouch along with the
love letters, etc
A RESIDENT of Searsport, Me-, lately
discovered a peculiar phenomenon on
the beach. Large quantities of CLAIMS
had been forced out of the sand and
were lying in piles in the cfefts of the
rocks on Mosman's ledge. He hauled
away more than seventy-tive bushels.
T. II. PULLEN, of Milford, Ga, placed
a note in bale of cotton which he
made, requesting the purchaser to in
form him where it was bought. He re-
Gently received letter from a manu-
facturer in Moscow, Russia, stating
that the cotton had been sold there and
purchased by him.
AT pigeon shoot near Newark, y. j.,
recently, pointer dog owned by resi-
dent of Harrisburg, Pa. caught a
wounded bird by springing into the air
after it. The bird was six feet above the
ground when the dogs jaws closed on
il, and the old trap shooters entered in
the sweepstale shoots said that it was
the finest catch ever seen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-09
HEARD IN LARGE CITIES.

IT cost $40, 900 to gild the dome of the
state house in Boston.
A Two-oENT diet kitchen is to be es-
tahlished in New York.
NEW YoRKERs every year spend
81, 2O0, 900 for umbrellas.
CHICAGO boasts of /, 1913 hotels, with a
total capacity for 1876, 900 guests.
ROBERT SHAW. of Brooklyn, owns the
old gun with which Israel Putnam shot
the wolf.
A PORTER at a large Philadelphia
hotel is worth $50, 600, while the pro-
prietors are insolvent.
Forty years ago a New York man
marked quarter and put it into eircu-
lation. II has just returned to him.
PHILADELPHIA taste is growing
Frenchy The general exchange soon
to be established has been christened
THE Philadelphia Bourse.
A New York man who had been
kicked by horse and but slightly in
iured sued the owner of the animal for
$50, 900 and recovered a verdict for
81, 500 recently.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-09
CURIOUS MEDICAL CASES.

A BALTIMORE man had earache con-
tinually for eleven years Finally he
recovered and delight drove him insane.
ILrrLE child in Waynesboro, Ga,
swallowed galvanized iron staple and
experienced no bad results from it.
DIR. KELIAR, of Pottstown, cut a
threaded needle out of the foot of VIII
liam Ellis the other day. Ellis did not
know how it got there, but has suffered
from it for several years.
A MISSISSIPPI boy sent to Louisville
for medical treatment is abnormally
fond Of water, although previous to an
accidental shooting some months ago he
had as strong an aversion TO il. For
the past two months he has been sitting
in tub Of water, and screams as IL in
the greatest agony when out of his
huge tub,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-09
Deafness Can't be Cured.

by local applications, as they can not
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deafness,
and that is by consutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eu-
stacnian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
~ closed Deafness is the result, and un-
less inc inflammation can be be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever;nine cases out of ten are caused bv
catarrh, which is nothing but an inflem-
ed condition of the mucous rurfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness Caused by ca
tarrh) that we can mt cure by taking
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free.
FL. CHENEY Co, Toledo, o.
ESold by Druggists, 75c.
1921