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Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28

Gen 22be os. blep Der / Yaris a5=
holot en- torartet 6eit til Winoe ON,
at bet ben Sag par 100 Qar, iioen
ben fprite &epublit opretteces /
Trantrise. Geiret bar prestist, Os
Buleuaroerne uar tuloe al Tolf, Iom
uar TONNE langueis ira til Soften.
Yreiioent @arnot os Weolemmerne
al Miniiteriet antom til Eautheon
&l. 10, mebeus Warleiuai1en 1pi1e=
beg al militere Mulifforpier. Bre.
fioenten os bans 5slse mootuses meo
Bese1ftrius. 8remierutniiter 9ouz
bet bolot 3alen for Sosen. ban
gap en- Stilbrins al Gepubltfen; builz
ten ban lasoe piloe forigse at lsie be
loctale Spprssmaol paa en- frebelis
Waaoe. 5an fulstes af sc. 5loquz
ct, lom lasoe, at ben nuoerenoe 3Re=
publif. taffet uere Bartiernes Sore
ming. bauoe sieuOpbpsset Jeationens
5tprte og uar MI reipefteret al oue
og elfet al mango. Breiibent @ar.
not bleo si0en en- torartet 6ploeit.
Ser bprtes life anbet eno Gaebet
v2eue &epubltten", oueralt boor ban
tisrte siennem Bpen. @itermiooa=
gems SSefligbeOer betoo / en- itor
&roceslion, Der uosit fra Snoufri=
palaolet us fortiatte til camps @lpz
fee. S 5pib1en marI6erebe en- Hes
lotion &aoalerimeno / untformer fra
forrise Narbunbreoe. Multfen Iptlz
leoe MuiifftDffer fra famine STD.
5aa tom Der ct 5o9 meo pre9tise
&ogne, boori Der bar Meno, iom
lfuloe reprelentere betjenote 8erion,
lisbeoer fra ben itore 5tenolution, ug
oerpaa afoelinser al 6oosieuaere
tleote 9raster, iom ,bares al
5aanooertslaus forrise Warbnn>
brebe.
Eortusiiife Republifanere, Der
! Dor ubpiite fra lit Sabrelano, freu=
bar en- QilIen til Hreiibent @arnot.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28
(yBero. @ang").

@siter at Sobn @erbpff 1om bleo
rapporteret opo af 21itnant Bearp,
forlpser at faa bet amerifanlfe Gi=
oenifabsafaoemt Ill at uoienbe en- np
@rpe6ttiou for at ie efter beuoes BrD~
Der. gun tror, at ban 1euer, os at
ban bleo efterlaot at Hearp. Set
tan o9lua soot. oere iaa, at gerbpff
leuer, iioeu man lite fon0t bans Gig.
Nan tror, at Der bar ueret nosen
l1eniabeo mellem 8earp o9 &erbgfi,
os at oenue iioite bar billet foretase
en- Expedition paa esen 6aano. Sc:
per ban, iaa er bet meset lanoipnlist,
at bar finoer frem til ct Steo, buor
ban Tan bore iBebolo.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28

Set er sonlfe bpgselise Nii1priu=
ger, lom mango auieeoe Blaoe MI
brinser tilturps, ON buorlebes @(epa=
tor os serubanetompasnierne itieler
51rmernes 9oeoe. @i uil lite ber
9aa iuo paa oisie uel plaulaste os H.
9elaa uel uofgrte Tguerier. &i fal
bare meooele en- @iitorie, iom paste
reoe for nogle Sage fiben, Der uiier
ben Gratbeo, buormeo oisje iaatalote
6ueoeinipetterer lnpoer De fatters
6armere. Mr. Wrue 9eisoen beoer
en- @torfarmer ueo @rano sSorfs.
6an auleoe neiten 1000 Bulbel 9pe=
be War. Sun reiite til 9ututb meb
$500 Buffet. Deputp= Snlpeftprer
sraoeoe Den Tor 9tr. l Nortbern.
Men iaa Tom ielpe Snipettpren.
3an iatte en- at Tosnene neo til Scr.
2 &Ortbern. 9ette litte naturlispis
lite Mr. 3eisoen. @an uiloe nppeQe=
re 9ommen til Boaro af Snipeftors
/ ct. SAUL. 9e sieue @errer / Du=
lutb bare 10 ao bam. Men ban
appeQereoe ltseuel Saseu us efter me-
get Streu uanot ban Sasen laaleoes,
at Snipettpreus &ienbelie tulotaifez
bes, mems bans Deputies blep tieuot
rigtig.
Mr. @eisbeu er ot It en al be fprite
norfe 5armere, iom bar siennemfprt
ct 1aaoant &unfitpffe. 9eerpereube
Blaos Geoattpr bar iammen meb
Mr. 9eisoen en- 9ass 9ie, og ben
opstise 6armer fortalte mango inter.
esIante 3ing ON, buorleoes 6uebeu
inlpefteres. @n SnIpeftpr er Der,
6an bar mango Deputies. 9is1t
forretter bet esentlise Nrbeibe, mer
be fleite al bisle Deputies ct unoe
Spplia9e, }om alDrig tit 2iu ia,
peret poa en- 5arm. 9e forfaar iic
life mer paa 6peoe enD Manoeu
Maanen. Sc unse @utunger er en-:
ten al sooe 6amilier eller bar ),
| siort 9ieneite &olitif. geaar hi
eseutlig Imerifa lore at 1ette Sag
funoifab os 9pstisbeb oper politiI
Ginobpitelmaseri? Set fommer uuf
en- END TENT.
| Run praftiIfe Jarmere bpr tage;
til ct fe paa os sraoere 6peoen. 9e
bar man minoft af aft Brug for po
LITTLE 2oafere. (uHplititen. !"
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28
Noro=9afpta.

5anborn 22be Sept. Brobioitt=
onslooen b(ir itaoig ouertraaot Der.
2ttgr le(ges uo aabent til 3relfe=
manbltaber og auore. 5ois lite @m=
beosmenoene ptl sjpre fin Bltst, oil
andre tose 5aseu fin 9aano.
Sfplse ct Telegram fra @rano
Sorts til minneapolis Sournal "
bar Snoepeuoeuterne BE luttet at
tretfe fin &anoioat Dr. We. .. Sci.
gen ttlb1se til 5oroel Tor 9emotra=
ternes &anoi0at O'Brien fra Gepils
Qufe.
= @ranoiu 24oe Sept. 1ra}s<
ninsen er omtrent siort bfr. Ire=
iferne turtaaer forlfieutet ON uobptz
tet. 9eosle 2lsre aaar laa bpit 1om
80 BuIbel pr. Ncre, meoens anore
saar 6 Bulbel. 9ette er besse Yoer=
lisbeoer, meoeus Miooeltauet nil bli:
be nermeit - eqer Is Bulbel. Nu=
linsen ct oaarlisft paa bet laue 2ano
ner &eb &iuer.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28

pOmelteao, Henn., 24oe Sept.
9e aifeoiseoe Nrbeioere bar ibaq
mootaset fine Igrite Bibras fra
Nmalgamateo Nsiociation. Neiten
$4,000 bleu ienot til 6omeneao for
at uobetales til Menoene, og bet
iises, at ouer Qaluparten al bette
Belpb blep ubbelt blanbt Weolem=
merne al bet mefanilfe 9epartement,
Tom neoln9be tit Nrbetoe al gpmpa=
tbt for be aflfeotgeoe Nrbeioere.
Set er utrfelis Ouerrafenoe, BOO:
til1iosfuloe Manoene bespuber at bli<
be. Jor to Tiger Foen par De sanife
baablpIe, os man uenteoe buer 9ime,
at be ptloe saa tilba5e til Nrbeioet.
esbag er Der lite en- Mano / 3ome=
lfeao, iom life fpler, at @eiren er itf>
ter. Meoens bet toas er Betalinss=
bag for Meolemmerne of Nmalsamaz
TED Ns|pctation, er bet o9laa Beta,
linesoag for 5abriferne, % omfrin9
$4,000 nil bliue ubbelt blaEot 9eonz
acknowledgements. 9ette er $4,000
minore eno bet Belpb, lom uobetal'
tes paa Betalins ssoagene, Do s5abrtz
ferne orepes meo fulof araft. Ser
rapporteres tffe f1ere &gmninser, os
enbel ppeoe Mrbeibere er TONNE til
bage.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28
Jnblanpet.

zen 1smte pualrgg: 3amper taor
gift al stabelen forleoen 9ag poa
american 8urs @orfs / @ef gu
pertor.
- 9enoer, COL, 24be Sept. Size
Imerican H1uo eSrrisating Canal
Company bleu inforporeret iDas meo
en- glftiefapital al $2,000,O00 meo
&et til at forpse ben til $4,000, 900.
&ompasntet oil operere Colorado,
@pomtns, Montana, Soabo, yeem
Megico os utab, efterlom bet fan err
bueroe Jig @ieuoom btsle 5tater.
: s @iscouiin gaar BET qualist
til meo ee to partier. 55prlt Ogntes
5tatsfaslererne til at (euere tilbaae
en- Sci Hente, lom De bauoe tat al
5tatens Hen9e, De fin @mbeostio
baooe lut uo paa &eute. 9a bapoe
Demotraterne Ouertuget. Saa fum
ben berpmte @errpmanoer=Sa buor
Demotraterues 0mre9ulering al Sc,
Observation-Disclosures unoertienotes al
Statens 6Bieferet. So uanbt Ge,
publifanerne. Men @uuernpr &ed
lammentalote en- st itra: Session al
2estslaturen, Der foreto9 en- np
Suoeliug. 9eu uil Nepublitanerne
o9iaa prppe at faa ben unoerfienot.
9erom bar Der / oenne uge peret fprt
Sag ior @iscouiins 9gieferet.
(Holitifen.)
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28
uoIanOet.

3omburg 2toe Sept. 81 npe Til=
feloe al &o.era tnotrai fer isaar
1fplse De oificieqe Sal os 81 0gos.
falo.
S Seru lalem er Der fortioen en-
Boom, lom piloe gipre boilteniom=
belit B0 ben amerifanIfe Gi(opefen
@re. Set ct Sernbanen, iom aab,
neoes Der / forrise uge, lom h1r forz
aariaset Ben.
4islabon 22oe Sept. @apt.
4noretDs, 1om oflsileoe fra 2ltlantic
gitp, gee&p Serlep, / en- l,oen 1o=
manos5aao for 6uelpa, 5panien, an
fom bio isadraites. 6au uil furt,
lette &etlen til !6uelua for at tose
9el @olumbusieitlisbeoerne
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28

Mleranber Bergman, Der forl19te
at orebe Srif, bar MI faaet i'm Som,
Der lpo paa 81 9lars Jensielsfraf.
9a Doumen nar opleft, Iasbe bau:
vSes penteoe mig lite &etferoisbeo
og fit ben beqer itfe". @tpar Elmer
efter bar ban iiprt Slauetleber os
bapoe be9pnbt at ublone i'm Brpoe.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28

&iBbenDaun 22oe Sept. &pber,
tioligere omerifanf &onIul ber1tebs,
nu unoer Irreit for Suis Sorbin=
belle meo bans 5oroaltnins Of Nr=
pemioler, Hal lnart forbsres for
&etten.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28
1peoc=Gottbittattotte1t+

y@bicuso 5eralo" og r5t. Saul
Globe" bar lat Jig fore at aflore
1oeoerinsen / 9eoroueiteu, og be
brinser for 9asen en- Meu9oe 9ing,
Tom bet oifnot er Bro. at 5armerne
6lir befienot meo. Tor enoel er bet
bet famine, lom Mtuoritetsrappor
ten al 6ueoeunoerip3e p3eliestomiteen
fremfprte. Man bar aareois paaz
itaaet, at Der N1orbuefen bar be,
Itaoet en- Sting al Sernbauemeno,
WDuere og @lepatormeno meo bet
5ormaal at fontrolere 6oeoepriierne.
0ens piem er Minneapolis, us etpar
At De Tornemite Weuo &insen er
aatoset at oere 5euator @albburn
% Mdaefon9en Salisbury.
Ut Der uirfeli3 betaar en- Iaaban
Combination er Der ueppe @ruuo til
at tniule ON. Ser er altior mango
2ins, lom tpoer oerpaa. Set er
oelbetienot, buorleoes Sernbanerne
% @(euatorfompasuierue forfplser
ale 6ueoefjpbere, lom oil tOnfurere
meo 9peoetombinationen.
S 1889 Rrep $. S. Qruolo al
2arimore, 93oro>9afota, til Wr.
Salisbury, ON bet uiloe uere nosen
Joroel tor Tarmerne oeroppe at ops
FIRE en- @leuatur. EiQsburp 1uare=
Sc, at Der uar inseu 8ense / @lepas
tor'Torretningen, og at @leuatur=
fompasnierne tuertlmoo / aareuis
boooe tabt Eerse. Otte Tiger 6or=
oeien bauoe Eiusburp ltreuet ct Breo
aI en- ganjte anoen Raratter til Be=
Itgreren al ben ameritanlfe Ifoelius
al @reoit 2Dounais Bant al Garis.
asiqsburp foriifrer bette Breu. at
gleoaturerne altto b1r betalt fig
soot. st al bans Rompasnter bar /
5lennemlnit / fem Nar betalt en-
2ioioenoe al 30 Erocent, % andre
4ompasnier, boilte ban bar en- al
oe lfprite Iftieeiere, pauos nosle
EilIeloe siuet en- 9ipioenoe al 40 %
andre at so Hrucent. r@b!caso
peralo" bar faaet lat paa HiQs>
5urps Breue baaoe til $. S. Nruolo
al 9arimore, sc. g., % til Banfen |
Baris % aftrptfer benz / 5acfmile.
gon1binationen bat / aoreots betalt
iaa laue Briler ior 9ueoeu, at DEN
fan lelses isieu / Minneapolis os
Duluth til en- NettOfOrtieneae af 107
til 25 Gent pr. Bulbel. @ombina=
tionen git til 1856 unoer g&aun al
Minneapolis WiQers Ns1ociation, ba
oennes @barter uolpb bet Nar. Den=
ne Corporation optanbr ben 1aafalbte
9itprts for 9ueoe. % til 30 @les
oatorfompasn,er buer meo fra 100
til $50 @leuatorer inogtf en- Suereus.
tomit, buorueo be forbanot fig til life
at betale ouer 2iitprilen.
Der ansiues 4 Maaoer, boorpaa
5armerne 1ui9es al @leuatorerne uoe
paa 2anoet. Eeo be terminate Gle
natUrer gues Der andre Beorugerter.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28

Martin 5birlp / Sarge ct efter
Jorlpoenoe ensageret al 6oltepartiet
til at boloe &al9taler ben ipblise
9el af Mtnneiota, foruemmelis be
norIfe 9ettlemeuter.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28

Sra 9ometeao meobeles, at
@ranoiurnen bar funbet Nnflager
mob 1859 5treifere. Burge1s
Mc2udie loo iiofe Eorsbag Nrrelt,
urbre uotaae mob 5ormano $. 8.
Jrid, gice=5rrmanb 2eilbman,
@efreter 2oueiop, @upt. SOFTER Og
gurrp % Gibbs. ale al Carnegie
fompagniet, forbt be buerpeoe &in'
fertpnm9nb. Be blep lgslabte mue
$4,000 &autiun bner.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28

3alsbu3ses % brenoes. ct. He=
teraburs 22oe Sept. S Npril iioitz
leoen blen Wrs. 2ltna @ainio, gift
meo en- 8roiesIor Statsuniuerlite=
tet 2auofebuus, Sin1ano, funoen
lfplois / at boue forsioet i'm Mauo,
og Soerens itemmelIe meo DEN nib
oelaloerlse 9op, lom enonu faar peo
Mast Der, bleo bun ogmt til ct bals-
busses Os oeretter at brenoes.
Mrs. Sainio ct Blot % Nar sam>
mel. 8un bleo gift / 1890 os bot ct
Barn. Man pibfe life anoet, eno at
bun lepeoe lptfelist meo i'm Manr,
os long Eio uibRe man life, huem
Der bauoe forsipet Brotesioren. @n=
oelis git Mrs. 5ainio til Befienoelie.
gun lasoe, at BUN baooe fisbt en-
StrDtnintapiel. Zig oem iom pleier at
inoeboloe &iniu, iom benoes Mano
pleieoe at tase. 9a bun bauoe siuet
bam oenne, tpsleoe bun ham o9 git
til tit Soueuerelle os srou tit 6oueo
neo &uoerne, forat bum lite ifulbe
bsre bans SommerRris unoer 9posz
fampeu.
9un bleo oslun befp(ot for at ba-
be oerct utro mob fin Manb. 9ette
nesteoe BUN baaronattet os lasoe, at
Mutiuet for benoes gambling bar at
faa fat paa lin Manos 2iusasluran.
ce, $2,500, oa bun uar opbt @ielo.
@iter 9omfeloellen blep 5asen
iuoantet for 6pieiteret, iom ioas bar
ftaofeitet l1noerrettens Som os for<
beiet 5traHen for ben ulpttelise Ruir=
be. Set TOM frem unoer Sorb1ret,
at Mrs. Sainio bapoe freuet fin
Mauos Mapu paa Inpisninser paa
imaa Beleb nosen Gio fgr bans 9po,
os for oenne 5orbrDoelfe bar 6p1efe=
ret opmt benoe til at mite fin bpire
@aano. 8erpaa fal bun balsbus7
ses ug benbes 2eseme feftes til en-
&el og ttloeffes meo Brenoe, TOM
Der Ral iettes Slo paa.
Straffen er ben meit frpstelise, os
bet antases, at @;aren uil bliue an=
lgst ON at forntiloe ben.
III unoerretnins, man bar funnel
erboloe angaaenoe Mrs. 5ainio, lps
mes at ftaofeite ben Nnfuel'e, at bun
ct ct bortltlemt Barn, ug at bum al,
brig bar foritaaet 2iuets Nlpor. gun
bar life peret oreuen af no9en itert
2ibenfab men bur oltib peret optas
gen afTanteu pm, buorleoes bun Fu 4
be more Jig paa en- barnslts Moaoe.
5or at funne tilfrebsfiQe fin 2pit til
Slttte.ier - Iom benbes 0tano for
lpnece benoe riselis meo = itial
bun os bebrog uoen nlinbite Betente:
| lt9beb.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28

@n uns9ame fraNemgort bar ifuot
Jig / 5piQebelpebet Manoca efterat
bare lpillet bort bele fin 55ormue -
omtrent / MilIiou 9oQars.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28

8pen @olparo Miner GountD,
5go=8afota, lasoes / Glfe Manoas
@itermiobas. So Mennefer, Mr.
% Mrs. BaQensipurtb, inbebrRnote.
Gabet paa @ienbom anilaaes til
100000.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28

Wrs. parri,on bar MI beret lla
me9et beore, at bun bar taalt at bltue
Fgttet fra Soon Safe Seem gort til
@a1btn9ton.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28

Eaitor @br. Eeterion fra Belgrade,
Mtnu., fal uere Be etprer al 2arer=
Ieminariet Siour Talls, g. 8.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28

Jorfatteren Getle 8ialte er Iorlo-
bet meo SSrpfen @erbu Mrnerlgo.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1892-09-28
lite Mar9.

Entered at the post office at Fer
gus Falls as second class matter.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-30
BAY0NNE.
A Great Picnic of Sons Of Veterans
Floating News and Gossip.

The comrades of Custer Post No. 6,
first annual picnic and hop last evening
IN Columbia Park at Centreville. About
one hundred and fifty couple, chiefly
young people, participated in the festivi-
ties. The grand promenade was led by
Floor Manager Robert NJ. Bird, aud Miss
Mamie w. Heffernan. Among those In
attendance were Recommendation james
N. Van Buskirk Post No 100. G.. A. r.,
and Mansfield Post No. 20. G. A. r., of
Bayoune; Van Buskirk Circle No. II and
Mansfield circle No. II, Ladies of the q.
A. r., of Bayonne; Van Houten Post No.
3. G, A. r., aud Henry Wilson Post No.
10, G. A. r., of Jersey City; Ellsworth
Post No. 2, S. o. v, of Union Hill;
Joseph Weston Post No. 10 of
aackensack; Gideon Tucker Post
No. Is. s.. o. v; of Newark; Hexamer
Post, No. 5, S. O.V., of Newark; Abraham
Lincoln Post, No. 16. S. o. v, of Carl
stadt; Marcus L. Ward Post. No. IS. S. O..
v, OF Newark; George B.. Mcclellan
Posi-. No. II, s. o. ". of Westwood, and
James A. Garfield Post. No. "a. S. o. ",
of Long Island City. The committees
having the event in charge were: Ar
tier VanBuskirk, Herman As Graper,
James E. VanBuskirk, Richard Graper
and Alexander Lawson; reception-A.
Mettler VanBuskirk, Daniel E. Walrod,
George W. Fewkes, Walter II. Brown,
Henry Iidabock and Patrick j. Shortall;
floor-Thomas J. Bird, Jr., George w.
Seeley, Matthew D. VanBusklrk, William
Hogan and William b. Levers: assistant
floor manager, Vane Orst Levers.
During the meeting held last evening
by Bayonne Council, No. 695, Royal Ar
canum, Joseph Broome was initiated.
The organization now numbers 33S.
Ex-COuncilman James Reilly of the
Fourth ward Is lying dangerously Ill 1t
his home, No. 81 East Fifth street.
The postponed sale under the Martin
act OF property delinquent to the city for
taxes, assessments and water rents, Is
scheduled to be held in the Council
Chamber of the City Hall by City ColIec-
tor r. Cadmus Combes tomorrow after
noon. The sale will probably again be
defer ed.
Justice of the Peace Sydney L. Cara
gan has again resumed duty at the City
Hall.
For Joseph E. C%olston, a two-story
frame cottage has been erected on West
Sixth street, between Avenues B and G.,
at q cost OF 81, 500.
Mr.. and Mrs. George f. Templeton of
Chicago, ILL.,, are visiting MIR. and Mrs.
Edward d. Harris of Avenue D.
At a cost of 81, 600 q two-story frame cot
tage is being erected on West Sixteenth
street, between Avenues G and D, for
Hugh O'Flanagan.
The Hudson County Contracting Com
pany has a force of nearly two hundred
men at work upon the lower end of the
County Boulevard.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-30
BOARD OK EuUCATlON.
[oFF1oIAL PROCEEDINGS. !

Regular meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation, held III the meeting room. Bay
street, on Thursday evening, August IS,
1892.
Present--President Reid, DIR. Shain,
Messrs. Moran. Jones and Muldoon.
Absent-Messrs. Garrison and Menl.
READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
The minutes OF the last meeting. on
motion of DIR. Shain, alter correcting the
date of Miss Denver's appointment TO
September IL. were approved rs printed
in manual form.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From Messrs. A. Haakins, 2O6 Nunda
avenue: Horatio McCoig, 629 Communf-
paw avenue: William Spear, l Cooper
place, and John Kelly, $50 Mercer street,
applying for positions as j~anitor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-30
OLD TIMES IN HAWH.
Tho Absolute Power of the King and the
PeopLe,s Fear of Priests.

Tho Absolute Power of the King and the
Peoples Fear of Priests.
Reverence for royalty was one of the
most marked characteristics of the an
cient religion of the Hawaiians. 1t was
formerly a crime punishable with death
to pass through the kings shadow. or sit
higher than his head. His person was
sacred, and protected by " strict system
of taboo. In the royal palace the TABOO
stick, with which the king his
communications, is exhibited. 1t is a
wand with a carved stone cap. If this
stick Was lowered on the approach of a
courtier he was compelled to withdraw
Immediately, and was recognized as being
in disgrace. The kings will was aoso-
lute; but, according the Overland
Monthly, the majority of the Hawaiian
mouarchs seem to have been of q kindly
disposition. and to have made no i'm
proper nse of their extreme power. It
was Tue to one of them that the ia boo
system was abolished. This system bore
with %grievous weight upon the women.
They were forbidden the use of some of
the most common articles of diet, such
as bananas and certain kinds is fish on
pain of death. lie was taboo for a woman
10 enter the eating house of the men, or
one of the "heians" or temples. Before
the arrival OF the first missionaries the
reiguing king, out of consideration for
some of his women, declared the taboo
abolished.
The WORK of converting the natives to
Christianity was greatly assisted by this
voluntary remuneration of the old heather
system, The power of the priests was
broken by it, though their influence was
still strong with the natives. The source
of the awe in which they were held Is
easily understood when one considers that
they were formerly invested with the
right of choosing the victims for the
human sacrifices. Later they depended
largely on the "anana." or power OF pray
ing people to death, to retain their in
huences. No amount of argument can
disabuse the native mind of a belief in
this particular kind of enchantment.
1t is not the priests alone who
practice it, 1t is believed that
anyone can compass the de-
struction of an enemy by a sufficient ex-
ercise of will power In fact, so strong
Is the popular conviction On the subject,
or so weak the vitality of the race, that
1t Is sometimes sufficient merely to con-
mined Co pray him to death.
An instance is related by one of the
early missionaries of a man who became
thus convinced, and set the dav and hour
OF his own death. Mr.. Armstrong was
resolved that the man should not die.
He accordingly procured a sufficient
amount of chloroform, and kept him I'M
conscious until the fatal hour was past.
His astontshment on being aroused was
boundless. but the bold ruse saved his
life.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-30
Dramatic Always.

When Marshal MacMahon was Presi-
dent of the French Republic, an incident
occurred, says the Youths Companion.
which illustrates the Frenchman's O
of what is dramatic. A French soldier
sat on the summit of q hill overlooking a
garrison town; his horse was picketed
close by; the man vas smoking Ieisurely,
and from time TO time he glanced from
the e~splanade to q big official envelope he
held ia his hand. A comrade passed by
aud asked:-"What are you doing herepp
II am bearing the Presidents pardon for
our friend F~lichmann, who is 10 be shot
this morning" replied the smoker, calm
ly, without changing his comfortable at
tlsude. well then, you should hurry
along with your pardon" admonished
his comraae. "Ab, no, exclaimed the
other, iu some indignation. "See, there
Is hardly a soul yet on the e~splanade. and
the firing platoon has not over been
formed. You surely would not have me
rob my appearance Of all dramatic effect
my friendP'