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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26
NEW C
The Cosmopolitan for April.

inc N~osnopoltIah Tor april
The Cosmopolitan grows brighter and
brighter each month, and has long been
recognize ; as one OF the leading monthly
periodicals of the DAY. The April num-
Der is particularly interesting, for an ex-
cellent article on General Sherman,
by Murad Halstead, and a paper on
the Farmers Alliance by Senator PETER,
the hayseed successor of the picturesque
ingalls,. Those VIC desire to obtain
some intelligent idea of this great move
ment, free from all buriesque iand distOr-
ton, should read Senator Peffer's article.
An excellent engraving of General
Sherman from a drawing by Victor
Gribayedoff leads the artistic illustrations
which relieve the monotony OF the letter
press. Miss Elizabeth Bisland entertain
ingly writes about the dance which she
designates as the ''eldest of the arts"
Meissonier and his works are treated at
some length by George Edgar Mont
gomery under the title of "The Master of
Genre" and Frederick Villiers tells in a
pleasing "fhe Story of q Wan
Correspondents Life"
The oddities and q%uaintnesses of Japa-
nese theatres are set forth by Elizabeth
Ruhamah Skidmore, and Charles Harvey
imparts some valuable information of the
Nicaragua Canal. Brander Matthews
has something to say about Certain Re
cent Novels by American Women" and
Ell ward Eyeritt Hale gives his views "On
Choosing an Occupation" There are
several instruments Of choice fiction and
some pleasing verses scattered through
the number
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26

A bonnet that is a very dream in
violet has a crown of open gold lace
that is outlined about the face and
around the top with small v%iolets,
the gold lace showing plainly be-
tween the two rows of vioiets. Just
in front are two tiny, white love birds
that seem to nestle among the pale
blossoms, while at the back are loops
of white ribbon from among which
comes up a white aigrette. The ties,
descending from under these loops,
are also of white ribbon and are fast
ened in a prim little bow just in front.
A bonnet OF this design made of lace
straw, the very yellow shade, will be
in vogue and can, of course, be
trimmed to suit ones fancy a well as
TO look we'll with ones gowns.-1he
Ladies Home Journal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26

NOTICE is HEREBY W THAT ON THE
msos s4 q ,S Ssf bS 81 fe Of see.st tS AID aR @aten conn Tss
sloners oy s Z yresland sne ethers, for TIE
CONSTRUCTION OF a \ pi IL SEWER IN OCEAN
from seaview ave. 70 a point about 100 feet
south OF Gates ave and In ~
from Ocean ave TO Garnsid ave- the sewer In
sious and in accordance with the established plan
OF sewerage. together with all the necessary nan
holes. connections. receiving basins anu aDpur-
Notice is also given thas on the 18th day Of
March, 1881, the Commissioners OF Assessment filed
with the Board Of Street and Water Commissioner
their ~elimiaa sketch. showing what properly
OF benefit 10 Q ich lot or parcel or lana. also the
probable amount OF sssessmentp per foot OF frontage
for the SAID improvement. and the same IS now
Of the Board OF Street anu Water Commissioners
And notice Is also given that the following
are ineludedfn said asses ment, namely
OCEAN AVE,
on the north side. from a point about 2ltl feet west
Of seaview ave. TO g point about l02 q feet west OF
Gates ave.
AVE.
west OF Sea View ave TO a point about l0a q feet
OLD BERGEN ROAD,
on the south side. from Gates ave. about 1856 feet
GARFIELD AVE,
on the north s,ds from Gates ave. about las feet
from Old Bergen road TO Garfield ave.
md that the IN day OF april lssl, at 10 o'clock
anu Water Commissioners are hereby dxed a. the
time and place when and whore the Board OF
parties Interested IN said application. and ali re-
nonstranees against the said Improvement that
y order OF the Board OF Street and Water Com
mission rs
GEO. T. BoUroS
Dated Jersey city. March %. 1881
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26
A BOLD SPECTATOR.
Hetty Green's Independent and
Successful Career in Wall
Street.

Her character, indeed, has some
highly Objectionable features, but in
point of business qualifications she
has few equals in the country. Her
thrift is sullied by parsimony, and her
wealth has only rendered her miser-
ly, but such cases are not limited to
her sex. Overlooking these defects,
however, she is a remarkable speci-
men of executive ability in all the de-
tails of finance. Hetty's defects, in
deed, are the result of heredity, and
therefore she is not entirely TO blame.
Her father, the late Edward Nj. Rob
inson, was misery in the extreme,
and having made a good start in the
whaling business, he gradually piled
up SO. 900, 900. He sent her to the city
for education, and she was noticed by
some rich families of New Bedford
origin Including the Grinnells), but
her parsimonious dress and i'll APP
pearance generally prevented her
reception into good society, and she
returned home to pursue the natural
inclination to hoard money.
The marriage was the mere combl-
nation of two fortunes. Edward II.
Green has been for some years in the
China trade and was worth nearly
81, 600, 900, but the vastly greater
wealth of Hetty Robinson was an ir-
resistable attraction, even though he
could not control it. Hetty, indeed,
placed him under an ante-nuptlal
agreement which barred any benefit,
except the repute which a connection
with a rich woman might afford.
Soon after marriage Green began
specializing in Wall street, and his
wife was at first encouraged by his
C This led her TO guarantee
his account at Cisco's bank to the
amount of $400, 900. Not long after
ward, however, he lost all his fortune
by a bad change in the market and
also exhausted his credit at Cisco's to
its full extent.
The banker notified Hetty of her
responsibility, which excited her
wrath, and she Immediately posted
down and demanded the payment of
all her funds. Cisco was not able to
meet this, and therefore Hetty forced
him to close the doors and announce
suspension of payments. This was
the first time a woman ever closed q
hrst-claSs banking mouse. deIJy tnen
determined TO do the specializing her
self. and made Green stay at home.
She operated with great Doldness and
success and has been a wonder to the
general crowd of bulls and bears. Her
investments are carefully watched and
the income is Immediately reinvested,
and in this manner Hetty has accu-
mulated a score of millions-some in-
deed, estimate the amount at double
that sum. Hetty lives privately in
order to avoid taxes. For this reason
she left the city and took an humble
residence in a Long Island village.
Such is Hetty Green. do not men
ton her as an ornament to her sex,
but merely to show that the latter can
hold a place among capitalists and
Wall street operators in a bold and
independent manner.-NelO York Cor
respondent of The Troy Times.
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Politics and ..the Rum Issue.n

OlAthC1 IN hC l6Sue.
The action of the Trenton Metho-
dist Conference ON the liquor ques-
ton, we are glad to see, has made a
profound impression, and the Demo
cratic papers, as we'll as the Republi-
a ones, all have something to say
about it. We are sorry to observe
that some of the cast iron mossback
sheets have not the courage to tell the
leaders OF their party the truth and
yarn them of the impending danger.
They take another way OF dealing
with the situation. They seem to
think that Misrepresentation and
abuse will counterfeit the effect of the
Conferences action. This, in our
judgment, is a lamentable blunder.
The american says, this morning
The Methodist Conference. by its prohibition
resolutions. pats itself and the people whom it
claimed to represent more clearly ia a partisan
attitude than has heretofore been attempted by
a religious organization in this state.
This is a wholly unwarranted asser-
ton, and yet the True american, like
the ostrich hiding its head in the sand,
proceeds to discuss the whole subject
on the assumption that it truly repre-
scrts the case. That it is absurdly
uniuSt and untruthful cannot be bet
ter proven than by quoting a few
lines which appeared in the editorial
eolumnD of the State Gazette the day
before yesterday, and which, for once,
come very near the truth. Here they
are
The irrevereh. and uneharltabie clerical bigot
who, in yesterday mornings session Of the New
Jersey Conference. yelled out that both the
great political parties were 'as rotten as nell, "
insuited and slandared more than nineteen
twentieths Of the peOpie OF New Jersey. 1t was
neither true nor In good taste II was false and
coarse.
This ''irreverent bigot" pretty ac-
eurately expressed the sentiment of
the whole conference. 1t plainly
looked upon both parties as false,
shifty and untrustworthy in the last
degree, and it was superlatively un-
partisan in its condemnation Of both.
For two or three years back the De-
mocraey has been rather in favor with
the church people in respect to this
very liquor issue. Tired of Republi-
can deception, of promises made for
votes, and Of deals and concessions
made to the rum interest equally made
for votes. the temperance people came
TO respect the frank attitude OF the
Democracy, whose leaders said, "Ws
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26

Governor Albeit was busily engaged at the
State House all day Yesterday. Among other
things he approved House bill No. 35I, which
provides for sewage and drainage in incorpor-
porated townships having a public water supply.
Counselor James n. Braden was this morning
appointed CLERK Of the First District Court by
Judge Puster.
Richard Bell. who has been in i'll health and it
now recuperatlng at Asheville, n. c., writes
that he Is improving and has gained eighs
pounds.
Senator Cranmer of Ocean county was in the
city yesterday visiting his friends.
Henry NJ. 7. Beekman was admitted yester-
day at Trenton, on motion of Henry Traphagen,
to practice as attorney and counsellor In the
United states Circuit and District Courts.
Alderman Schermerhorn has not positively
refused TO accept the Republican nomination for
Alderman at Large.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26
where Riches Arc a blessing.

We are too prone to measure a
woman's worth by her condition in
life. Only last week l saw the wife of
a well-known New York millionaire
enter n of the great hospitals of the
town. After a bit, curiosity tempted
me to follow, and for two hours |
watched that IN going through
the wards OF the sick, dispensing here
some dainty from a maids basket,
there a smile, and again a CHEEKY
word. All the patients knew her, and
in a dozen instances did | see the
stricken sufferers kiss her ungloved
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26
RAILROADS.

WEST shoRE RAILkoAD-s. 2. 9. an. r. R
w X. Co. l~essee-1rains leave West Forty
Sc cond street station, New York, as follows. and
twenty minutes earlier from the foot OF Jay street.
New York. hamilton London, Detroit and Chi
cago. si1b a. M. -4b p. M. SIS y. mi ST. Louis
.5.I5 s8bp .. M Toronto, +lOl5 a. nj +ai3 s. Is ..
~; Bun alo. kochesteE. syracuse. Utica. Suspen-
Eion bridge. Niagara Falls, so slel3 am, .Al5
=. IS l. M. and alI-50 for Utica only. Kingston
$40 s5.iA s1O.l5. aIl-&J a. M si.0u IS. IS. and al5p.
m; Catskil and Albany, S-5u. -.l5. tl0,h aiLU a.
m- s4Ou. -al, eol5 d. M Cranstons. West P5int,
cornwall. NewDurg, ~ .lIa 81. .islS' lo.li
aiLoO a. m. sl.la. sL.OJ, As0,s5.1A, 5.5, I'd. @l5.*ll.S
D. m Montreal and Canada East, Ills a. M,
S13 D. m Elegant sleeping cars Tor Bnf.
falo, Niagara Falls. Detroit, Chicago and st.
Louis. on all Through trains. a. s-Leave Brooklyn
via brooklyn Annex. alU.& a. M; 800 .. m. Jersey
City, +. X. K. station, ALA a. m; SIS y. m
sDaliy, &daily except saturday. All other trains
daily except Sunday. FOR tickets. time table. par.
lor and sleeping car accommodation or informa-
lion apply oiiieeS hsooki5n 70. 81 wsnlagton
OF fulton street. new York city. Nos l. 2Il, 36S IS
So Bro2nway, No. A3 BoTery. No. y PARK place
No. IS West l25th street. and West Shore station.
foot Of West Iorty- SECOND 81 Get and foot Of Jaw
street. North River. c. Il LAMBERT. GeneralPas
Esnger Agent No. Vanderbilt avenue. New YORK
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A ~JnstifabIe onence.

The other week a popular young
man was brought before a Justice in
Natal, charged with the offence of
kissing a young lady ''by force and
against her WILL The young lady who
was very handsome gave her testi-
mony in an honest and straightfor-
ward manner, after which the Judge
gave the following decision: The
Court in this Ease sympathiZes with
the defendant, and will therefore dis
charge him without fine. imprison-
ment or reprimand, because the Court,
whilst this case has been in progress,
has been obliged to hold on to both
arms of his chair in order to keep from
kissing complaint himself" Toronto
Mail
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26
The Unlversity's biological station.


SEA ISLE CITY, March 20, 1s9l.-The
Legislature at its closing session passed
the bill introduced by Charles K. Lands,
founder OF Sea Isle City, allowing tine pro
moters OF the new Marine Biological
Laboratory to be established here by the
University OF Pennsylvania, to dredge in
tue waters of this locality at all seasons of
the year, ana also exempting from tax
alton the biological buildings TO be
erected on the bay shore. The buildings
will be completed by June, and the bio
logical class of The University will be able
10 take a course during tine coming sum,
mel season
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26

will level rest until we secure justice
for the liquor dealers; but we guaran-
tee the people protection against the
abuses Of the liquor element. and,
above all, we promise that the right
of local restriction or prohibition shall
be unassailably established"
The state Gazette says this morning
There is no installing where the
Republican party of New Jersey
stands on the temperance question. "
This is true. 1t stands on it for votes.
1t proved that fact c~onclusively in the
convention which nominated General
Grubb. The temperance people
recognized this truth, and this was
one of the great reasons of the recent
sweeping Democratic victories in the
State.
But now, the temperance element
and in that must be included many
thousands who are neither cranks mol
extremists, have reason to fear that
the Democracy has violated its faith.
Its representatives have carried
through the Legislature a bill which,
it is claimed, makes the liquor ele-
ment a tail to the party kite. 1t
contemplates, it is claimed, the insti-
tuition of irresponsible excise boards
with indefinite powers, powers which
are exercisable chiefly in the interest
Of liquor dealers and against the local
option idea, and which, it is
claimed by enemies OF the bill,
may be constantly used as a
matter of political bargain. There
fore. the Methodist representatives,
who are indeed a somewhat extreme
branch of the temperance element,
indulge in sweeping condemnation of
both parties; the Republican on ac-
count of it's long course of double
dealing, the Democratic on account of
its most deplorable lapse from its
position of justice and fair play all
around.
The special danger to the Demo
cracy now lies in the opportunity
which the situation may afford to
shrewd Republican leaders. The
Democracy as the most recent of
fender, should this excise bill become
law, will, we fear, have to bear the
brunt of the popular indignation,
while the Republicans will be ready
with new assurances, new measures,
ready to throw the liquor element
overboard-for the time being-in the
confidence that there is more to be
made for the moment by absolute
responsibility than by trying to stand
in both with rum and cold water.
We trust the Governor will see his
way to vetoing the bill. He viii
probably make some cheap run sellers
very angry by doing so. He will
probably make some small fry
politicians politicians angry also,
who hoped to manipulate the excise
boards TO their own profit. But what
do these amount to when compared
with the great a of people who be-
lieve that the present liquor law is
admirable and should on no account
be altered. Governor Albeit made a
great point last year with a large
element by refusing TO sign the race
track bills. How much greater praise
can he ecu by killing this one.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26

OUR dear friend, the Eoenfn0 Jour
nal, did the common scold act last
night to its hearts content. Pretty
nearly everyone in the State caught
it. Governor Albeit, Dennis Nc
Laughlin and ex-Sherif Davis were
the especial victims of the Majors
wrath.
We view with amusement these mis-
taken efforts OF our elderly contem-
porary to delude the public into the
idea that it is independent and that
it concerns itself about the public in
terest.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26
Highest Of all in Leavsnng Powr-U. S Govt Report, Aug rs 1850
R@tai:,.:!I! BakIRg
ABSOLUTELY PURE

the contact with good people, not at
arms length, but in their homes not
at the dinner, feast or entertainment
given to him while the giver stands
by and looks down to see how he en-
joys it, and remarks on his forlorn APP
pearance; but brought into the family
and given a seat at the table, where,
as one boy wrote home. II a have
two pieces of pie If | want, and mo-
body says nothing If / take three
pieces of cake; or, as a little girl re-
ported, where I'VE have lots to eat,
and so much to eat that We could not
tell you how much we get to eat
This is quite a different kind of ser
vice. and has resulted in the complete
transformation of many a child. 1t
has gone back to its wretchedness. to
be sure, but in hundreds of instances
about which | have personally known
it has returned with head and heart
full of new ways, new ideas Of decent
living. and has successfully taught
the shiftless parents the better way.
One little girl talked so much of her
trip last summer and described the
country life in such glowing terms
that her father came to inquire where
il was his child went, adding, Il
should think it was Heaven, from the
she talks about it."-Rer. va
lard Parsons IN April ScTtbner.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26
Mr.. Wegman's Nomination a Mere
Matter of Form.

Matter OF FORM
The Republican nominating com
mittee last evening selected Mr.. Dom
inicus Wegman as a sort of ~expiatory
victim for its many sins of omission
and commission. In other words, it
selected him as candidate for Alder
man-at- Large for this city.
OF course this nomination is what is
known as a complimentary one" The
selection itself is proof that the party
has no expectation of electing its man
and no notion of trying.
Mr.. Wegman is a business man of
credit and responsibility. He has
some small local prominence, too, in
politics. In his W end of the Sixth
District he is not wholly unknown.
He would probably be a fair average
candidate for Alderman from the
Sixth District, and. If he got that
nomination, he would probably be
elected, as the Sixth is hopelessly Re
publican.
But as a candidate for the whole
city, his position is about as absurd as
ii a National convention should take
up Postmaster Dickinson or Colonel
Toffey and run him for President.
There is not time enough between
o and election day to convince the
average voter that there is such a
gentleman as Dominicus Wegman in
existence.
We venture to forecast that in the
coming election fifty per cent. of the
Republican vote will stay at home on
Election Day from sheer lack of
knowledge that there is a Republican
candidate in the field.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26

Is there in the fortnight's outing for
the poor anything more than a mere
ly pleasant holiday? What good can
accrue from taking a child out of its
wretched home, and after two weeks
of comfort and easy living, sending it
back TO its old surroundings? One
minister writes: 1t will only make
the child discontinued with the sur
roundings where God placed him."
/ contend that a great gain has
been made if you can only succeed III
making the tenement house chill
thoroughly discontinued with his lot.
There is some hope then OF his getting
out OF it and rising TO q higher plane.
The new life he sees ia the country,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26

1t costs only a little forethought to
have always at hand such remedies as
are most useful in case of burn; a
small bottle of sweet oil, a small box
with finely powdered baking soda or
starch, a good sized bottle of lime
water, a roll of cotton batting, and a
bundle of soft old linen. Indeed, a
pair of scissors, a thimble, a spool of
thread and a ball of coarse darning
cotton should be kept with the above
mentioned articles, because, even in
well ordered households, it takes some
times TO collect all these things-tiIne
that seems dOubly long when a dear
one is suffering.
Lime water is easily made by pour
ing three pints of water over half a
pound of unslaeked lime. Stir a few
moments, and then set away for half
a day, then pour off as much of the
lime water as is perfectly clear and
free from sediment; bottle, and pro-
vide with a stopper hat may be
drawn quickly. This should be made
fresh every few months. Cotton bat
ting for this purpose should be pur-
chased at the druggists, where a fine
and superior quality may be had.
Scalds are OF frequent occurrence in
families where there are small
children. A baby plunges its hand
into a cup of hot coffee, and if the
mother cannot quickly apply the
proper remedies the poor child must
suffer until a physician can be called.
The treatment is simple and plain.
Pour sweet oil over the burned part
| and sprinkle with soda or starch; lay
on soft, old linen and wet with the
lime water. In case of a very bad
scald or burn a thin layer of cotton
batting is saturated with oil and laid
/ over the linen. If placed directly
over the wound ii is almost certain
10 adhere to the burned flesh and
cause much pain. If a child falls into
a tub of hot water, or pulls a kettle OF
it over its body, the first thing is 10 re-
moveits clothing, which, being saturat-
ed with the hot liquid, keeps in the
heat, thus causing the burn to become
deeper. By pouring cold water over
the patient the clothing is at once
cooled, and should be taken off as gent
ly as possible; after which cover all
the burned parts with oil and soda,
and then with linen and lime water.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-26

Bee keeping offers to women an
agreeable, healthful and lucrative
employment, says The Ladies Home
Journal. While there may be no for
tunes in bee keeping, except to the
few, yet to all there is, usually, salts
factory reward for labor and money
expended. Women ought to be bet
ter bee keepers than men for they
have, usually, a gentler, finer touch
than men. The qualifications of a
bee keeper are gentleness. patience,
absence of fear and perfect command
of self. Fear must be overcome or
concealed. 1t may be present at first,
but usually gives place to confidence
after a little experience. The theory
that bees i~nstinctiyely select some
persons as natural enemies has no
foundation in fact. In an ordinary
season a colony of bees, by the nom
swarming, double hive system, will
produce not less than fifty pounds of
honey, often seventy-five and a hun
bred pounds. This honey, if properly
marketed, will bring the producer
twenty cents a pound. One person,
with occasional help, may attend to
hundred colonies if comb honey
pe JHS pEOuuCe. II IOnoy
be the object, assistance will be re-
quired in extracting the honey.
Though millions of tons of honey
are produced every year, yet honey is
practically unknown to the great
body of the people. There are aban-
doned farms north, east, south and
west. and there are tons of honey on
these farms running to waste; and ut
the same time there are thousands of
women, pinched by want, wearied by
toll, who could earn on these farms,
with the help of the bees, more than
they earn nov and be comfortable
and cOntentad.